Chapter 70 Derailment
She scrolled through the group chat. The community group where she used to live had been sending out power outage maintenance notices for several days. Wei Jiao still pieced together what happened from other people's chats: the wiring was old and the electrical box was on fire. Fortunately, it was in time. It was discovered that no greater disaster had occurred.
But even so, the flying sparks scalded the children, and the group was in a state of turmoil. Some were complaining, some were distressed, and some were worried.
Wei Jiao sighed. The community she lives in now is not peaceful. Although the infrastructure is very reliable and there are no worries about power and water outages, just yesterday, an old man in the community passed away due to high temperature. Opening a large group, it is still floating. A screen full of candles.
She spends her busy days day by day. September has just entered and the temperature has stabilized above 45 degrees.
At this time, there are only ten days left before the end of the world.
Wei Jiao's daily tasks gradually became easier. It was not that the space materials were processed, but that she gradually slackened off. There were no necessary tasks that threatened her survival. After the initial freshness, she just went about her routine. Do it.
Anyway, there will be a lot of time after the end of the world, so it doesn’t matter if you save some things to do later.
The download was coming to an end, which was a bit unexpected. She thought she would not be able to meet the download target, and she also considered whether to hire someone to download it——
For some reason that she didn't know herself, she never left the part-time group she joined in college. Before school started, the group was very lively for a while: there were no classes, it was too hot to go out, and college students were all busy. Looking for online part-time jobs in the group.
She was really tempted at that time, thinking about hiring a reliable person to copy the torrent file into a mobile hard drive and send it out, and then the other party would send it back after downloading it.
But she didn't implement it in the end. After thinking about it carefully, she still found it troublesome. What if the express delivery failed? Or what if something unexpected happens? The most important thing is, how to determine whether a person is reliable?
For her, having to worry about screening candidates is already a fatal blow - she would rather be tired than say another word to others.
But fortunately, maybe she underestimated the broadband in the community, and the download progressed very quickly. All the resources in the network disk have been transferred successfully, the seed file will be downloaded soon, and even the hard disk has been replaced with a new one.
She casually browsed the design website while distractedly checking the community groups.
Since the last fatality, fewer and fewer people have gone out in the community. In contrast, the group chat has become more lively.
As the end of the world approaches, Wei Jiao doesn't want to miss the news around her and often checks group chat messages.
In fact, not many people were willing to go out when the weather was hot, but now they are basically working from home. People who like to go out wait until the sun goes down before going outdoors.
Although the temperature is still hot, at least the sun is not shining on me, so I feel better physically.
The only people who like to go out in the community are the elderly who like to take a walk, energetic young people and dog walkers.
When the weather wasn't too hot, she would sometimes go downstairs for a walk after a hearty meal, firstly to digest food, and secondly to get familiar with the structure of the community.
At this time, you can always meet elderly people walking in twos and threes. There will also be elderly people gathering in small gardens and small squares, chatting and playing chess, and sometimes singing and dancing.
The sports ground at the back was the domain of young people. Every time she passed by, she could see people playing basketball or badminton there. There were also two girls who always liked to skateboard on the road in front of the sports ground.
There are fewer people coming out now, and Wei Jiao doesn't go out, so she gets news from the group chat.
There are still some elderly people going out for walks, but the time is later. Now they basically wait until dark before going out.
Wei Jiao saw the elderly family members chatting in the group and said that the elderly people really couldn't stay, especially after eating, they felt uncomfortable if they didn't take a walk.
In fact, the old man who died before also died when he went for a walk.
The old man had some symptoms. I don't know whether it was because of the hot weather or some other reason. He couldn't eat much during those days. He ate a little at noon and then went to take a nap. After getting up, he felt uncomfortable and had to go out to get some fresh air. good.
It was hot at that time, and the family was worried. The old man himself was also afraid of getting into trouble due to the heat, but he felt uncomfortable being bored in the room, so he could only walk back and forth in the corridor a few times without much relief until he ate. After dinner, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I went downstairs to get some fresh air.
Something happened with this breath.
It was fine when I went out, but when I walked to the small garden, I said it was hot and wanted to sit in the pavilion to enjoy the breeze. As a result, I didn't get up after sitting there.
This was posted by the elderly family member in a group chat. She could actually see the tears behind her just by reading the text.
The family members were angry, self-blaming and sad. At the end of the long article, they used a huge exclamation point to warn residents with elderly people at home to be careful and go to the hospital in time if there is any situation.
The family members said that if they had paid more attention to the old man when he just couldn't eat and felt uncomfortable, such a tragedy might not have happened.
Wei Jiao felt her heart heavy. She knew that this was a common problem among many elderly people.
There were many elderly people in the community where she used to live, and they would go for walks together at fixed times every day, and some of them were even rain or shine.
She had heard old people chatting and said that as they got older, their health really deteriorated. Eating did not taste good and digestion was not good. If they accidentally ate an extra piece of meat, they would feel uncomfortable for several days. Even if they vomited, they would not be able to vomit it out. The energy is blocked in the body.
This makes me uncomfortable, and I feel uncomfortable staying in the house. No matter how bad the weather is outside, or how comfortable the air conditioner is in the house, I just feel suffocated. I need to walk outside, catch my breath, and relax for a while to feel better.
She sighed, once there is a disaster, the elderly and children will be the first to bear the brunt. Their resistance is not high, and the elderly have some basic diseases, which makes it worse.
The news pushed every day is becoming more and more serious. Fires in old residential electrical boxes are nothing new, but news about maintenance workers fainting due to high-temperature work are increasing day by day. There are also workers at construction sites dying under the scorching sun, which has aroused a wave of criticism... …
A tire burst on a vehicle on the road led to a series of car accidents. During the maintenance of order and treatment, secondary injuries were suffered due to high temperatures. The bumpers of cars parked outdoors for a long time were actually melted...
It is the beginning of the school year. Although schools arrange online classes at home according to the policy, some schools still retain the registration and opening ceremony for new students for some reason. In the high temperature of nearly 50 degrees, students fainted in batches, setting off a heated discussion... …
The news of his death due to high temperature has gradually condensed from a long article full of blood and tears into a number in a news report. The negative emotions on the Internet are overwhelming, including complaints, curses, exhaustion, disappointment...
This isn’t even the end of the world yet.
She pointlessly confirmed the countdown again, there were indeed ten days left until the end of the world.
It has just entered September. According to common sense, the season is moving towards autumn and the temperature should gradually drop. City B should be about to usher in its most pleasant season, but...
She looked out the window at the bright sun, which was mercilessly swaying its venomous rays, causing the temperature to reach an unprecedented 5. You know, the weather in City B would become big news as soon as it reached 40 degrees.
Some people complain about the weather, some pray for normality, and some think this is normal and there is no need to worry...
But Wei Jiao knew that everything would never get back on track.