Chapter 84 The power arrives
She held her phone and thought for a while, then suddenly took out a pen and paper and started recording.
On the second day of high temperature, power rationing begins; on the third day of high temperature, water rationing begins.
There is still a large blank space on the paper, which she will use to record the situation every day in the future.
The city-wide power and water rationing for residents has sent a very bad signal; she also knows that this is the end of the world, so the situation will only get worse, and this restriction will not get better.
She made up her mind not to go out and only rely on group chat to obtain surrounding information, but what if one day the communication was also cut off?
She can't just rely on notifications in the group, she has to check the power and water supply herself every day.
The next day, water restrictions began.
Naturally, there was a burst of public dissatisfaction in the group chat, but there was also good news. The reservation fees for household power supplies have been collected by the property management company, and they promised to deliver the power to residents as soon as possible.
To say that the efficiency of the property management is really good, on the day when the deposit was paid, a large truck delivered the power supply to the community.
Wei Jiao once again put on low-key going out clothes, and while praying that this was really the last time, she went downstairs to collect her share.
Ms. Zhao was still in charge, and there were several maintenance workers nearby. They gave a brief explanation in the underground garage. Detailed instructions were also sent to the group chat, and they said that if there were any problems, they could provide door-to-door service.
Fortunately, it was night time when the power supply was on. Wei Jiao carried the heavy set into the elevator and carried it manually through the entire corridor.
In order to avoid attracting attention, she didn't bring a stroller or anything like that, for fear that others would rub against her.
I guess everyone has returned home, and the group has become lively, with a lot of questions about the instructions for use.
I don’t blame everyone for their high enthusiasm, it’s really hard to live without air conditioning.
The battery can drive the air conditioner, but it is troublesome. It requires multiple parallel connections and an inverter to barely supply it. Moreover, the battery storage capacity is also low. Although there is no shortage of solar energy, it is inconvenient to always charge and replace it.
It is certainly inconvenient for Wei Jiao, but it is a blessing for other residents.
She looked at the time and decided to stay up a little "late night" today until there was a power outage to see if there were many air conditioners in the community. If there were more, she could fish in troubled waters——
The air conditioner is still easier to use than the mobile air conditioner. She plans to see how long other people's batteries can support the operation of the air conditioner, and she will also turn on the air conditioner herself.
The sun gradually rose, and at eleven o'clock in the morning, the power went out on time.
She turned on the mobile air conditioner and scrolled through the group chat to wait. There were really many problems. It seemed that the maintenance workers were very busy, but one after another, many people said that they finally had the air conditioner turned on again.
The group was full of crying emoticons, mixed with complaints that the power supply had not been fixed yet. Wei Jiao put her phone away and yawned.
Nothing could be seen at this moment. She was not in a hurry to use the air conditioner and went to change the mobile air conditioner to the latest state. She turned over and went to bed and continued to cultivate her routine.
On the 6th day of high temperature, power and water restrictions were imposed.
After recording on the white paper, Wei Jiao stretched herself, drank a cup of mung bean smoothie, and scrolled through the group chat.
After several days, her routine finally stabilized, she was able to get enough sleep every day, and she was in good condition.
At the same time, she also roughly knows how often air conditioners are used in the community.
In the group chat, people complained every day about running out of battery and taking a long time to charge. Many people also posted messages such as "it just blew for half an hour and it stopped working", so that she could collect some information.
She bravely opened the balcony window while she was exercising in the living room and listened to the sound of the nearby air conditioner unit, and then she almost figured out the length of time she could turn on the air conditioner without being obtrusive.
But...it's too trivial.
The current power limit is four hours a day, which is not long in terms of numbers, but it cannot be fully covered even during this period.
Wei Jiao felt that it was better to just use a mobile air conditioner.
Originally, if you want to turn on the air conditioner, it must be the same as other homes, and cannot be turned on for a long time. Otherwise, other people's batteries will not be able to power the air conditioner, and only the outdoor unit of her air conditioner will be sounding, which will be too conspicuous.
The power limit period is also bedtime, so should she get up after sleeping for a while and switch to a mobile air conditioner?
Finally, she adopted a troublesome method. Both the air conditioner and the mobile air conditioner were connected to the original generator before going to bed. She set a timer for the air conditioner and only turned it on for a short time.
This would not consume too much electricity, the generator could also run it, and she could just follow the crowd - if other people's air conditioners were buzzing, it would be suspicious if hers was the only one silent on such a hot day.
In addition to solving the problem of air conditioning, her electric baton training has also been further advanced in the past few days, changing from a fixed object to a movable object.
...referring to the fact that she manually beat the dummy sandbag into motion and then poked it with an electric baton.
There was no other way, so she went to Goldfinger to describe it. It seemed that a robot that could simulate the enemy had not yet been invented, so she could only retreat to the next best thing and manually make the opponent move.
Not only that, she also referred to many fighting videos, which demonstrated attack and blocking moves. She memorized these moves in her head and then put them in the air.
Pretend someone is fighting across the street and use an electric baton to deal with it.
Unfortunately, the "customized environment" of the space cannot simulate human figures, so she can only rely on her own imagination.
Just, it’s already hot, but when I think about it, it makes me even more feverish...
Although there is no record of using electric batons against people so far, she is quite confident.
Originally, I could only poke the neck, hit the head, and hit the body that felt comfortable. After practice, I got a little enlightened. Compared with knocking, directly poking the front of the body is more efficient. There is no forward movement of waving, and it is more unexpected.
Moreover, the lethality of the frontal attack is also higher. If it is directly hit to the heart, there is no need for follow-up shots.
In terms of leisure and entertainment, she was even more messed up. She sorted out electronic files and other things every day, and she also messed around with the materials in the space.
Anyway, when I was wandering around every day and busy copying and stocking up on goods, many of them were roughly categorized, and there were still many things worthy of refinement.
In addition, this is also a way for her to maintain her routine.
Before the end of the world, she was not someone who could go to bed on time, but now she had to adjust her schedule and ensure that she fell asleep on time.
At this time, tidying up space, which is very helpful for sleeping - no, very energy-consuming, comes into play in unexpected places.
Lie down in advance every day and start moving things in the space as soon as you close your eyes. This is really more effective than any white noise ASMR. You will slowly feel confused and fall asleep smoothly.
And once she had some free time to relieve her boredom by organizing space, she realized the benefits of regional subdivision.
Being able to subdivide is equivalent to providing a richer way of classification: you can directly break the classification into small pieces, or you can generalize it into several large areas and then expand the sub-levels.
Her original categories basically followed the types of copied stores, such as outdoor products, which is such a large category, ranging from outdoor clothing to self-defense weapons, from camping equipment to survival tools, everything is piled in it.
Using subdivided areas, she can separate different categories and still group them into "outdoor products"; she can also separate them separately, such as putting clothes, pants, and shoes into their corresponding areas.
——Of course, this is just an idea. It is most efficient to classify functional materials like this in a unified manner.
However, we can go a step further and separate clothing for different parts to cope with different environments; put utensils responsible for food processing together and commonly used tools together to reduce the complexity of retrieval.