More than 70% of the world's power generation facilities have stopped operating, which mainly refers to hydropower, thermal power and tidal power generation facilities.
Power facilities are offline, but electricity consumption is only increasing. Although countries have prepared underground thermal power generation reserves in strict accordance with the second emergency plan, it will take time to fill the gap between power output and demand. This
It’s really time to “race against time”.
The three of them, Natsume, who were in the Bohai Bay Sea Granary, slowly felt this tense atmosphere.
More than 90% of the entire Hailangcang breeding base had lighting facilities turned off, and heating was stopped in many places. Even at the end of March after the disaster, except for the edible seaweed cultivation tank, which required a specific cultivation temperature, power supply and
Apart from lighting, Hanako and the others could only wear thick cold-proof clothing even in the work area.
Hanako, who could no longer sneak snacks during work, became depressed. Even when she saw Natsume and Masato during off-duty hours, she rarely talked or laughed.
After the last batch of guards evacuated, there were only nineteen staff members left at the Bohai Bay Sea Granary Breeding Base.
As the last holdouts, they will wait until the surface temperature drops to about minus 50 degrees and all breeding ponds are closed before they can leave.
During this period, they only had a submarine optical cable as a link to the outside world.
…
May.
It was originally a beautiful season of spring.
But Hanako and the three of them could only squeeze into a very small room, huddled together, their teeth chattering, and they were extremely cold.
Seven hours ago, there was a problem with a set of power transfer equipment. The rooms of Hanako and the others happened to be within this circuit layout, so they could only wait in the dark for maintenance personnel to complete the repairs.
But seven hours have passed and the power has still not been restored.
Although the three people huddled in a thermal blanket could survive the whole night relying on their body temperature and the internal combustion self-heating lamp in the room, they couldn't help but panic in their hearts.
Hanako is the one who is most afraid of the cold. She is sandwiched between Masato and Natsume.
At first, the three of them were quite happy because they were so close for the first time, and they were talking and laughing, but now everyone has become silent.
Hanako was afraid of the cold, and even more afraid of this kind of atmosphere, so she took the initiative to break the silence and suggested: "How about... let's go find the supervisor? There should be electricity over there. It's better than waiting here, right?"
Natsume and Masato have actually had this idea for a long time.
only……
"The supervisors are still separated from us by a kilometer-long walkway and a seventeen-story drop. It's so dark outside now. Will it be dangerous if we go out rashly?" Masato asked a little uneasily.
"Danger? What danger can there be? This is not an ancient tomb, and a "big zongzi" [a name for the zombies in Ghost Blowing Lantern] can pop out and eat you?" Hanako was happy, and after saying that, she even made a "ferocious"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" to scare Masato.
Masato was amused by her, covered her mouth and said with a smile: "You must have read too many novels recently, that's not what I meant."
Natsume also agrees with Masato's view. He has wanted to find the supervisor since the power outage, but as Masato said... now more than 90% of the entire base is dark, and after the heating is turned off, the entire base becomes
Although there won't be any "big rice dumplings" if you open a big freezer, some unexpected accidents will inevitably happen along the way.
The last time the three of them sneaked out, Masato sprained his foot.
This incident is still fresh in Natsume's memory...but waiting like this is not an option. Natsume is not the kind of character who is willing to leave his fate in the hands of others.
So Natsume said: "Let's do this. You two stay here and don't move anywhere. I'll contact the emergency repair team to ask about the situation and tidy up. If it really can't be repaired, we can leave at any time without delay.
.”
Hearing this, Hanako immediately looked at Natsume with bright eyes and said, "Wow! Brother Natsume! You are so manly! You are so reliable! Everyone is moved!"
Natsume's mouth suddenly twitched when he heard this.
Masato couldn't say such disgusting words, but she also had her own ideas. She suggested to Natsume: "The other group will be back from get off work soon. You can ask their opinions then."
Natsume nodded: "Well, then I'll contact the emergency repair team first."
With that said, Natsume picked up her coat and got out of the thermal blanket.
Hanako and Masato hugged each other tightly, both of them looking at this reliable man with bright eyes.
…
More than an hour passed.
The lights in the room were still not on, and the temperature in the room had dropped to about minus ten degrees Celsius.
Although the temperature was not freezing to death, Masato and Hanako could no longer sit still.
Natsume came back half an hour ago. He said that the emergency repair team was still trying, but the condition of the generator was not optimistic.
Now after another half an hour, there is still no power, so the two sisters started to get dressed and get ready to go.
After both of them finished dressing, Natsume also came over with another group of people.
Six people gathered in a room for a brief discussion and decided to go to the supervisor immediately to ask for a cup of hot water. The six people were divided into three groups.
Natsume was at the front, followed by Hanako, Masato and another girl in the middle, and two Northeastern guys at the end.
Everyone talked happily while walking, and they didn't realize how scary the darkness was.
Even halfway through, Hanako, who had recently been reading novels such as "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", chatted with two Northeastern boys about some slightly scary storylines.
Masato was most afraid of these things. She always hoped that Hanako would stop talking, but she couldn't bear to interrupt, so she had to cover her ears and keep comforting herself: 'I didn't hear... I didn't hear...'
…
"Hey! Do you think this ancient man was really that powerful? He could actually build a fairy palace on a mountain thousands of meters high?" Hanako asked.
Zhang Qi, the elder brother of the Northeastern twins, said: "Oh, sister Hanako, those are actually made up in novels to attract attention."
Hanako suddenly felt very disappointed.
But at this time, Zhang Ling, the younger brother of the Northeast twins, retorted: "Who said that! Then the pyramid is still built in the desert? How come our fairy palace is a fabrication?"
Hanako's eyes lit up again.
Zhang Qi said: "Isn't that awesome! The pyramid actually exists. It is the ultimate expression of social productivity after a society has developed to a certain level of civilization. It is a symbol of the imperial power of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. Can this be the same?"
"Why is it different? Is it a personal hobby to build a bunch of terracotta warriors and horses when Qin Shihuang was buried? If you say I'm a master, I think you are no worse than me!"
Zhang Qi's face turned red and she was suddenly speechless.
Hanako is looking forward to him continuing to express his "high opinions".
But Zhang Qi didn't say anything for a long time, and it seemed that the topic was coming to an end.
The girl in their group, Yin Xiaotong, who has a quarter of Indian ancestry, spoke up: "It's really not a personal hobby, but we Chinese, especially emperors, pay the most attention to Feng Shui and feudal rule luck when building imperial tombs, so... generally
The imperial tombs of the emperors were all built in places with excellent Feng Shui, and the fairy palace on the mountain that Hanako just mentioned, something that looks very ethereal, is actually a big taboo in ancient Feng Shui, so... it is said to be an attraction.
It’s not wrong to increase the excitement of the storyline by eyeballing it.”
"Hey!? Xiaotong, why don't you help your brother and speak to me?"
Yin Xiaotong smiled: "I'm just discussing the matter, there's nothing I can do to help. Besides, aren't we just chatting and having fun?"
When Zhang Ling heard this, he immediately attacked his brother who was only a few minutes older than him and said: "That's right! This is called discussing things. Anyone like you likes to be more serious in everything they do!"
Zhang Qi was speechless, but it was not the first time that he had been attacked by these two people, so he didn't care much.
He sighed: "Hey... you are right, but although you are right... have you ever had such thoughts?"
"Huh? What do you think?" Yin Xiaotong asked.
"Look, just like the current state of our base...if this place is really abandoned and then frozen, do you think...will people in thousands of years time still argue when they dig here?
Is this an ancient tomb or an eye-catching place that does not conform to Feng Shui?" Zhang Qi's thoughts were a little jumpy.
But everyone understood what he meant.
For a moment, the original lively discussion atmosphere in the entire team disappeared.
Natsume, who was walking at the front, had a serious look on his face, secretly feeling that Zhang Qi had the potential to be a crow's mouth.
After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. He hurriedly made three bah-bah-bah noises and said with a smile: "Oh! What a mouthful! What am I talking about!"
Zhang Ling rolled her eyes at him and said, "Who knew, even a good day could be chatted to death by you!"
Hanako was also in a good mood and protested in a low voice: "That's right! Why are you talking nonsense!"
Yin Xiaotong didn't speak, but she noticed that Yaren had been looking out the window.
They are currently on the seventh floor of the ground building of the base. From here, they can basically see the entire underwater breeding tank of the Hailiangcang Base.
After discovering Yaren's abnormality, Yin Xiaotong asked with concern: "Yaren, what are you looking at?"
Yaren was shocked when he heard this, and then came back to his senses and said: "Uh... no... I didn't see anything..."
Yin Xiaotong frowned, this was obviously a lie.
So she stopped by the window and began to examine it carefully.
Seeing Yin Xiaotong's actions, the entire team stopped.
But when everyone went to the window, they found that the Hailiangcang base was pitch black at night, and nothing could be seen on the ice.
Zhang Qi asked: "What's wrong? What did you see?"
Yin Xiaotong didn't say anything. She turned back and glanced at Yaren, whose eyes were slightly averted.
So she walked over and asked seriously: "Yaren, tell me the truth, what did you see?"
Everyone looked at the two of them in confusion when they heard this.
Masato could no longer hide it, so he said: "Just now... when you were chatting just now... I seemed... as if... I saw lights on the ice below... but it was just for a moment, maybe... maybe
I was wrong."
"Is there a light?" Everyone was stunned.
Natsume frowned. He had actually been trying to contact the supervisor, but the communicator was working normally but no one answered.
Now after listening to Masato's words, Natsume began to worry that there was also a problem on the supervisor's side.
"Uh... I must have seen it wrong." Masato didn't look like he was lying.
But everyone's hearts were in suspense.
When Yin Xiaotong was about to speak, a red light suddenly lit up behind him.
Everyone was startled, and when they looked back, they saw a flare rising.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all ran to the window and looked at the ice.
result……
They saw a scene they would never forget.
…
In the low temperature of more than 30 degrees below zero, on the ice without light, a man with a gun chased two other people who fled in a hurry.
The three of them stumbled around until the flares lit up, and they shouted angrily: "Stop!"
The two fleeing men stopped.
They turned around and looked at the woman with blood stains on her face in horror.
She pointed her gun at the two people who escaped and said, "Go back with me!"
A slightly pleading tone.
But the two people smiled miserably: "It's useless... stop struggling..."
The woman shook her head. With the red light, she finally saw the true faces of the two people.
"I'm warning you for the last time!"
The two looked at each other with no intention of surrender. They slowly retreated to the ice and said: "We will die if we go back... Why don't we end it here... Just shoot..."
The woman's eyes flickered, and her right hand holding the gun trembled slightly. She didn't have the strength to pull the trigger, so she finally put down the gun.
The two people who saw this scene laughed: "Thank you."
Then the next second, the woman suddenly raised the muzzle of the gun and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
After two gunshots, they fell.
He followed her and walked slowly over, walked closer, and shot each of them in the heart, and then said softly: "You're welcome..."
…
Gunshots rang out!
Masato screamed and turned his head.
Although they were far away, Natsume and the others still witnessed this scene clearly.
The first time she saw a rape scene so clearly, Hanako was dumbfounded.
Yin Xiaotong was also shocked and speechless
The two brothers Zhang Qi and Zhang Ling had stern expressions, and after a while they said: "I'll go... what the hell... what's going on?!"
No one could answer him, and no one knew what happened.
But Natsume has roughly guessed... all of this must be related to the base's power outage problem, but there are still many reasons to be discovered.
When the gunfire rang out again, several people who were already on the verge of collapse really collapsed.
Hanako's originally dull eyes reacted, and she suddenly covered her mouth, then turned around and retched.
Yin Xiaotong never expected that the man would go up and shoot the "corpse" again after shooting two people dead.
Natsume's eyelids twitched. He looked around cautiously. Suddenly his expression changed. He turned around and said to several people: "Hide! Hurry!!!"
After saying that, he took Hanako and Masato and hid in the next room.
Brothers Zhang Qi and Zhang Ling were not slow to respond, and they quickly took Yin Xiaotong with them to follow Natsume.
Everyone hid in a room, and when Zhang Qi was about to ask Natsume what was going on, there were footsteps in the corridor outside the door.
…
"Didn't the supervisor tell us everything? Why did the colonel insist on asking us to search again?" came a very annoying voice.
"Stop talking nonsense, quickly search this floor. If we can't find anyone, we'll go back. There's so much nonsense." The other person's voice sounded much colder.
"Hi, hi! Captain, you are right."
…
After listening to this conversation, Natsume, Hanako and Masato's expressions immediately changed.
These words are all said in Japanese.
Brothers Yin Xiaotong and Zhang Qi didn't understand, but they immediately determined that the people outside were not friends.
"Japanese? Japanese devils? How could they..." Zhang Qi was covered by Zhang Ling before she could finish her words. At the same time, Zhang Ling looked at Hanako and Masato with apologetic eyes.
Yaren said softly: "He is the 'Warrior of the Country'..."
Upon hearing these four words, Zhang Qi and the others reacted immediately.
But, in their perception, these guys should have "disappeared" long ago, right?
Natsume made a silence gesture, and then quietly took out the pistol.
When they saw the gun, Zhang Qi and Zhang Ling's eyes widened... But now it's better to have a gun on your side than to be unarmed.
After the footsteps of the two warriors of the country faded away, Natsume breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There must be something wrong with the supervisor... We have to make other plans."
"Any other plans? Without electricity, we won't be able to survive for a few days." Zhang Ling was a little panicked.
Zhang Qi frowned and said, "That's why I asked you to make other plans. Look at you, you're such a bitch! If you can't think of a way, just don't say anything."
Zhang Ling stopped talking and shrank aside angrily.
But Zhang Qi herself didn't have much idea. He asked: "How much food and drink do you have with you?"
Hearing this, Hanako was about to take out her backpack to take a look, but Natsume was the first to answer: "I didn't bring much, just enough for the three of us to have a meal, and most of it is still at the residence."
Zhang Qiyi frowned: "Tsk...then should we go to the supervisor to see what happened, or should we go back and prepare more food and water?"
Natsume thought for a while and then said: "If the base is really invaded by the Warriors of the Country, it would be too risky to rush to the supervisor with our strength... So... I think we should avoid them first and wait for them
Take what they want and we'll make plans."
Zhang Qi and others nodded after hearing this, but Yaren said: "But... if we don't rescue the supervisor... then won't they have to..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone understood what she meant.
Of course Natsume also wanted to save the supervisor, but reason told him not to do so.
"Let's do this... Hanako, you come with me. The two of us will take another road to check out the situation. The others will stay here, so don't go there either!"
Hanako was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect that Natsume would call her a "burden".
But now that Natsume said it, Hanako is still willing to be with him.
"Well...that's all we have to do...but wouldn't it be better to let Zhang Qi go with you?" Yin Xiaotong asked.
Natsume said: "You also need someone to protect you, so... I just need Hanako to help me." After saying that, Natsume took Hanako's hand and stood up and walked out.