Time passed day by day, and it was already mid-November. Instead of falling, the temperature was getting hotter and hotter. On some days, the highest temperature was even close to 40 degrees.
Li Mu doesn't know when the high temperature apocalypse will come in full force, so he can only try his best to prepare.
Especially regarding weapons, he found a well-reputed weapons workshop online and ordered a batch of cold weapons.
A batch of recurve bows and compound bows were also customized at high prices. In the real world, the Muwu Sports Club itself has an archery project. Li Mu often goes there to play and has good skills.
In the past few days, he found a good sports club in Yun City. He often went there to practice and his archery level improved rapidly.
In addition, now that the visa has been approved, I can finally purchase the thermal weapons I have been longing for.
It took a week for Li Mu to go abroad, purchase a large number of thermal weapons through the underground black market, and then return to Yun City in a low-key manner.
It is better not to use these thermal weapons if possible.
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In the blink of an eye, it's late November, it's already late autumn, winter is about to begin, and the weather outside is getting hotter and hotter.
Today's highest temperature reached 41 degrees, and the Internet has exploded. Countless netizens are discussing such extreme weather fiercely, and all kinds of rumors are everywhere.
Li Mu went out for a run in the morning and was covered in sweat. At noon, as soon as he left the villa, he felt a wave of heat coming over him. The sun was scorching the earth.
Relevant departments have also issued high temperature warnings and all outdoor operations have been stopped.
On the contrary, in order to catch up with the insulation renovation work of Li Mu's villa, the decoration company not only did not stop the work in order to get more bonuses, but also transferred a large number of workers who had been suspended from doing outdoor work in other places to speed up the progress of the renovation.
To this end, Li Mu specially purchased a large number of fans and a refrigerator full of cold drinks to cool down the workers.
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As for Li Mu, he doesn't plan to go out in such hot weather.
The central air conditioner blew out the slightest cool breeze. On the second floor of the villa, Li Mu looked at the rolling heat wave outside the window and the overwhelming news on the Internet, especially short videos. Many people had begun to stock up on shopping supplies despite the hot weather.
After scrolling through her phone for a long time, Sun Yuan came over with a pot of tea and poured a cup: "Sir, have some tea."
Li Mu nodded: "It's troublesome."
He picked up the tea and took a few sips: "The craftsmanship is good."
Sun Yuan smiled: "Thank you sir for the compliment."
After saying that, he glanced at Li Mu and said again: "Sir, the weather is too abnormal now. I just went online and saw that many places are rushing to stock up on supplies. Should we also stock up on some?"
"While the panic buying in our Yun City hasn't spread yet, Liu Yue and I can drive to the supermarket and take the opportunity to purchase a batch."
Li Mu smiled: "It's so hot, so don't bother. I've already stocked up a batch of supplies."
Sun Yuan was surprised and said: "Sir, you are already prepared."
Li Mu nodded: "The weather in the past few months has been too abnormal. It is already late autumn and winter is about to begin. The temperature can actually exceed 40 degrees, which is even hotter than summer. It is so abnormal that we can't do it without preparation.
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As he said that, he pointed to the villa that was being renovated and said: "Not only are there supplies, but I saw that the villa doesn't have any. The insulation renovation is being carried out. When the project is completed, if the extreme weather continues, we will move to that villa.
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Sun Yuan was surprised and said: "Sir, you are really far-sighted."
Li Mu smiled: "It's not far-sighted. It's just that you have money and leisure. When others are busy working, you have time to think about other things."
"Actually, it's not just me. There are many rich people who are sensitive in this regard. Many people are also insulating their houses, storing supplies, and installing photovoltaic solar panels."
Sun Yuan sighed and said: "I hope this extreme weather will not continue anymore and return to normal as soon as possible."
Li Mu was speechless, this was just the beginning, the next step would be more serious.
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Sure enough, in the next few days, the temperature kept rising, forty-two degrees, forty-three degrees... the highest temperature once reached forty-five degrees, and the entire earth was scorching like a furnace.
The Internet has become even more chaotic, with everything being said, and there are countless apocalyptic comments... With such an unusually high temperature, even experts who always like to talk nonsense can't sit still and start all kinds of speculations.
The government has issued high temperature warnings one after another and taken various measures. Outdoor work is prohibited. Some public places such as libraries and stadiums have also been fully opened to provide places for people who do not have air conditioning and heat protection measures to escape the heat.
Even some air raid shelters were temporarily opened, allowing people to go in to escape the heat.
Just when everyone was looking at the scorching sun and the billowing heat waves outside the window, they were worried.
After two months, it finally rained.
It was still raining heavily, and it had been raining continuously all night. When she woke up in the morning, Li Muching felt a chill that she hadn't seen in a long time.
I took out the temperature gun and tried it outside. It was only over ten degrees. I checked the weather forecast and found that today's highest temperature was only over 20 degrees.
In other words, the high temperature that lasted for such a long time was suppressed by a heavy rain.
On the way to exercise in the early morning, there were more and more people, all with smiles on their faces, sighing at the refreshing weather and glad that the high temperature for days was finally over.
Li Mu finished his morning exercise and came home, eating breakfast and scrolling through his mobile phone.
The Internet was also full of joy, and major media outlets rushed to report on this heavy rain. The hot weather had finally passed, and the abnormal extreme weather had finally returned to normal.
Even netizens are in a good mood. The panic buying of the past few days has disappeared, and those who hoarded supplies have stopped hoarding.
After browsing for a while, Li Mu saw other news in some corners. Due to the heavy rain at night, many places were flooded, and even some low-lying places were directly flooded due to lack of timely drainage.
Compared with the good news of cooling, these news obviously did not attract much attention from netizens. Everyone was immersed in the festive atmosphere of cooling.
Li Mu was originally in a good mood. Although he knew that the future would be a high-temperature apocalypse, the situation would be cruel, and the current cooling would be short-lived. However, the temperature did not rise all at once, and it was a good thing to give everyone time to breathe.
However, when he saw the news about these floods, Li Mu was stunned for a long time and suddenly realized another issue that he had ignored, a very important issue.
A high-temperature apocalypse, and a global high-temperature apocalypse, means that the temperature of the earth will increase in all aspects in the future. Then, what needs to be considered is not just a city or a country's problem.
Everyone knows what the global temperature rise means.
This means that the polar glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising. Some coastal cities and islands will be submerged and sink to the bottom of the sea...
In recent years, the issue of global warming has always been one of the hot topics in the world. One of the most important hazards of global warming is the melting of glaciers, causing sea levels to rise.
Due to the issue of global warming, there have been countless controversies and disputes on the earth.
This is just a global warming problem, what if it is a high temperature apocalypse that is more serious than global warming!
In the conceivable future, as the temperature gets higher and higher, the global temperature generally increases, the polar glaciers will gradually melt, the sea level will get higher and higher, the seawater will pour back, and most coastal cities and islands will be submerged.
The Xia Kingdom's economy is originally an export-oriented economy and relies heavily on overseas trade. The top four provinces in terms of domestic economic aggregate are all coastal provinces.
Most of the country's economically and industrially strong cities are also located in coastal areas.
If the sea level rises and sea water flows back, coastal cities will be flooded, causing immeasurable losses to the country.
Even if you relocate, the costs and losses will be huge.
This is still at the national level. If we reduce it to Cloud City or to an individual, it is also a huge event.
Yun City is an inland area. Even if the polar glaciers melt and the sea level rises, coastal areas may not be able to avoid being flooded, and sea water should not be able to flow back into Yun City.
Just because we are not afraid of seawater intrusion does not mean we are not afraid of floods.
In the future, once a high-temperature apocalypse occurs, such high temperatures will greatly increase the evaporation rate of water. A large amount of water will accumulate in the air, and sooner or later it will turn into rain and fall.
What's more, extreme weather, volatile temperatures, and typhoons are likely to be larger, more frequent, and erratic.
Not only does a large part of the water vapor in the air turn into rain and fall into the sea, but some of it also comes to the land.
Considering the temperature of the earth in the high-temperature apocalypse, the speed of water vapor evaporation, and the amount of precipitation on land in the future, I don’t know how much it will increase.
Inland areas, unlike coastal areas, can discharge water into the sea in time after heavy rains without causing flood disasters. On the contrary, drainage in inland areas is generally discharged into rivers, but the flow of rivers is limited, especially when flowing through
There are many areas and areas far from the sea.
Once rainwater cannot be drained in time, it will flow out of rivers and reservoirs, with nowhere to go, flooding farmland, villages and cities, causing large-scale floods and flood disasters.
Just like Zheng City in reality, it only rained for one night, and so many places were flooded, causing so much damage.
It only rains in one place, and the rainwater can quickly drain to other areas through rivers.
If, it starts to rain generally across the country.
In coastal areas, it can be discharged directly into the sea.
What about inland areas? It rains in so many places at the same time, and the rivers are simply not enough. Where does the water go?
Some cities with high terrain, or cities built on mountains, such as Chongqing, are better.
Those low-lying areas directly become flood discharge areas for other places.
Even though the area where Yun City is located is a large plain with a similar altitude, once widespread rainfall begins across the country and water cannot escape, both rural and urban areas will most likely be flooded.
The high-lying areas should be treated lightly, but it is not uncommon for low-lying areas to flood several floors.
Moreover, this is not a one-and-done deal, and may become the norm in the future.
Even before the floods caused by the previous heavy rain were drained away, because the temperature was too high, the water evaporated too quickly, and there was too much moisture accumulated in the air, another heavy rain came.
In some low-lying areas, rainwater may never be drained cleanly, forming a lake or even a swamp.
This is no longer something that human power can change.
Just like this heavy rain at night, if the country had not been experiencing high temperatures and drought for so many days, the water levels of rivers and lakes have dropped significantly, and there is a general water shortage. If the rainwater has a place to go, more places may be flooded.
Thinking of this, Li Mu also thought about the two villas he bought. If it really reaches this point in the future and Yun City is flooded, the villas will probably not be able to avoid it. It's just a matter of the depth of the flooding.
So, even if the situation is optimistic, only the first floor of the villa will be flooded, and the second and third floors will be spared.
However, those two basement levels are basically closed and will inevitably be flooded.
Due to the secret and safe nature of the basement, most of the materials Li Mu purchased were planned to be stored in the basement.
It has really reached that point, and most of the supplies have been flooded... It will be even more difficult to survive the high-temperature model apocalypse for three years.
There are some things that, now that you know them, you need to prepare for a rainy day.
Thinking of this and looking at the villa in front of him, Li Mu sighed slightly. He originally planned to use these two villas as a survival base. It seems that he has to choose a more suitable place.
However, the task needs to be completed in Yun City. Yun City is built on a large plain. The altitudes are not much different in various places and there are no mountains. If a flood disaster really occurs, there is no place to escape.
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Li Mu thought for a long time, and the villa option was crossed out, and buildings at low altitudes were not considered. It would be good to buy a residential building or a building and live in a high-rise. It can store supplies and avoid floods.
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Thinking of this, I immediately became interested.
Contact relevant intermediaries and ask them to help find suitable targets.
The economy is in recession these days, and both real estate companies and some enterprises are struggling to survive, and selling off fixed assets has become the norm.
Under the guidance of the intermediary, Li Mu visited multiple buildings within a few days, including residential buildings and office buildings.
However, none of them are satisfied.
The first is residential buildings. This was Li Mu’s first choice. Residential buildings are more livable than office buildings. This is recognized by everyone.
However, at this time, one of the usual advantages of residential buildings has now become a disadvantage that has been infinitely magnified.
Nothing but the balcony!
Under normal circumstances, it would be great to have a balcony. After buying the building, Li Mu obviously had to make large-scale renovations to prevent heatstroke, heat insulation, and sun protection.
In this regard, office buildings are much more convenient than residential buildings. So many balconies are a huge problem for renovation projects.
Not only does it greatly increase the difficulty of construction and affect construction efficiency, but the thermal insulation effect after modification will also be affected.
For this reason alone, the idea of buying a residential building is gone.
However, he has also visited several office buildings in the past two days and is equally dissatisfied. There is a high probability that these buildings will be flooded frequently in the future, which puts forward higher requirements for the quality of the buildings.
What should we do if an ordinary office building collapses after being soaked in water for a year or two?
I told the agent my new requirements, and two days later, the agent called me excitedly.
"Mr. Li, we have found another target. I guarantee that you will be satisfied with this building."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Oh! Really?"
The agent said: "Really, Mr. Li. This building is only three or four kilometers away from your villa. You may have seen it before. It is the headquarters built by a large group."
"Nowadays, the economic situation is not good. The headquarters has just been built. Before it could be renovated, the company fell into crisis and had to sell the entire building."
"Because this building is used as the headquarters of the group, the construction standards are very high and it uses high-grade materials. It is said that it can withstand earthquakes of magnitude 10, which meets your requirements very well."
After hearing what he said, Li Mu became interested. After thinking about it, he seemed to have some impression of this building. It was quite large, probably more than thirty floors.
Thinking of this, he asked: "Approximately how many floors are there? How much is the construction area?"
The agent said: "There are thirty-six floors, each floor has a construction area of 3,000 square meters, and the total construction area exceeds 100,000 square meters. It will definitely meet your requirements."
Li Mu nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Let's go take a look tomorrow."
The agent said excitedly: "Okay, Mr. Li, I'll wait for you tomorrow."