Chapter 298: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 299: Natural Disaster Apocalypse Cannon Fodder (7)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

"What's inside is" Shen Yao lowered her head, looking hesitant.

One could tell it was a protective suit, but facing drought, a protective suit was useless; natural disasters shouldn't involve human calamities like viruses or nuclear leaks.

"It's a protective suit, special material, wearing it can block sunlight, insulate against heat and cold," very functional, it was a technology product.

The reason Wei Mingyu had them was entirely because of his identity and internal purchasing channels; related products would be officially launched in a few days, but with many restrictions. Wei Mingyu worried about Shen Yao, so he bought several sets in advance and sent them over.

After simply explaining the protective suits, Wei Mingyu mentioned that this temperature rise was not an exception, but a global drought.

According to the Meteorological Bureau's prediction, the drought would likely last until mid-to-late July, and Rimu City's outdoor temperature might even exceed 50℃.

"These protective suits are prepared for going out; there might be migration."

Once the temperature rose to a certain degree, living on the ground would become difficult; the state had long been prepared, including building shelters underground.

Once they reached a desperate situation, they would move into the underground shelters to live until the outdoor temperature stabilized.

Hearing this, Shen Yao hurriedly thanked Wei Mingyu; the importance of the protective suits went without saying, and she would definitely keep this favor in mind that he could give them to her at this time.

Wei Mingyu smiled, "I'm going back first; no one is home recently, so I'll trouble you to keep an eye on things."

Handing his house key to Shen Yao, Wei Mingyu said nothing more, wiped the sweat beads from his forehead, turned around, and left.

Only after seeing him enter the door did Shen Yao close the open room door.

The two room doors were sturdy enough; once closed, not a sound could be heard. Shen Yao lowered her head to look at the protective suit in the plastic bag, took it out, and sent it to the storage room to put away.

Her body was covered in fine sweat from the recent busyness; fortunately, there was no water or power outage at this time, so Shen Yao quickly took a shower to cool off.

It was a pity that she had only eaten half of the cold noodles; she had to tidy up and wait until she was hungry to eat again.

At this critical juncture, wasting food was unacceptable; Shen Yao had money but didn't want to be a Stupid Person who didn't eat human fireworks; she had her own pursuits and principles.

After finishing her personal hygiene, Shen Yao washed up and continued to lie down and sleep.

The rising temperature outside was a disaster for workers and students, but for Shen Yao, a sick university student who neither went to school nor worked, it was nothing to her.

Anyway, there was enough food at home, and the air conditioner still worked; Shen Yao didn't need to go out at all.

She just stayed home like this until mid-June, when Rimu City's temperature rose to 40℃; schools and companies all paused, except for necessary Work Posts, everyone stayed home.

Shen Yao held her Laptop, with an Air Conditioner blowing cold air beside her.

At this time, she was browsing news online; since there were too few newly listed protective suits, she had tried to grab them for three days straight but failed.

Sigh

Fortunately Wei Mingyu had foresight; otherwise, relying on Shen Yao's own abilities, there would be trouble.

Crack—

The Laptop was closed by someone; Shen Yao leaned her body against the Sofa behind her, showing fatigue in her eyes.

She still underestimated the harm of Natural Disasters; Rimu City still had some leeway, but other provinces could already use the heat to Boiled Egg; most of the produced protective suits were used to support life-saving, yet it was still not enough, and large numbers of elderly and children continued to lose their lives because of this.

It wasn't that the Official did nothing; it was simply that manpower couldn't resist Natural Disasters; who could withstand such temperatures? Everyone was just an Ordinary Person.

Touching her dry Belly, Shen Yao muttered a sentence that she was Hungry, then got up and ran to the Kitchen to cook.

Still blanched cold noodles and a plate of mixed Cucumber; Shen Yao ate with satisfaction, and her heavy mood was much better with the food accompanying her.

Pity, such a good mood didn't last long, because soon, Rimu City's power went out.

After the power outage, the Air Conditioner couldn't be used; most importantly was the food in the Refrigerator.

Helpless, Shen Yao could only first put the home's Refrigerator into the temporarily emptied space, and she took out ice cubes herself to cool down and relieve the heat.

The internet exploded because of the power outage; after all, after the temperature rose, the big guys relied entirely on Air Conditioners to persist; in such stuffy weather, how could one live without Air Conditioners?

In the neighborhood group on the phone, people constantly appeared who fainted or had convulsions from the heat; the Bureau phone couldn't get through, the Hospital phone was busy; it was simply a mess.

Shen Yao was Unable to do anything about this; she could only take care of herself and not add trouble to Other People.

The phone was scorching hot, obviously a sign of overuse; fortunately, the problem wasn't big. Shen Yao turned off the phone, held her Laptop and went to the Study to busy herself. After things settled down, Wei Mingyu contacted her.

It was rare; Wei Mingyu had been so busy recently that Shen Yao couldn't see his shadow.

"The Bureau is short of manpower; we can only fill in. Is everything okay at home?"

Wei Mingyu's words were cold and indifferent, just like him.

"It's fine, everything at home is safe, it's just that the power outage caused the room temperature to rise; someone fainted in the neighborhood. This is an inevitable situation during a power outage, but the power outage is uncontrolled; the hot weather melted wires; we can only wait until it's fixed."

"Power will come back in the Evening; there isn't much in my room's Refrigerator; if you like, take it all. Leaving it there would only lead to spoilage and corrosion; Wei Mingyu felt wasting was shameful, better to give it to those in need."

Exactly, Shen Yao was that person in need; Wei Mingyu gave a portion without holding back.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao hurriedly ran to the opposite room, took the remaining frozen food from the Refrigerator, and patiently helped clean it up.

It wasn't good to take others' things for nothing; although Shen Yao wasn't short of these things, she still had to show some gesture.

Touching her Chin with one hand, she also pulled the curtains of Wei Mingyu's room to block light; Shen Yao patted her arm and exhaled a Turbid breath.

Exhale

Indeed, one shouldn't move around when there's no power; just this stuffy and sticky state made people feel Uncomfortable.

Shen Yao endured and returned to her room, collapsing on the Sofa motionless; finally, the power returning Saved her, and let her take a warm shower.

However, the power returning didn't alleviate the Chaos in the neighborhood; people who fainted from heat needed cars to go to the Hospital, and those with elderly and children at home needed someone to take care of them.

The group was noisy; Shen Yao saw several asking if anyone could help, but Pity, no one answered, or rather, everyone was scared by such a situation, subconsciously Afraid of trouble, not wanting to go and provoke it.

Shen Yao was the same; she had a car, but didn't want to go out in such hot weather; even though the high temperature couldn't be relieved even after dark, she didn't feel that running to the Hospital could handle it.

Wei Mingyu kept telling her not to go to the Hospital, and she was still very obedient to advice.

But Shen Yao wouldn't listen to advice; everyone knew Shen Yao had a car, especially those living in the same building, who came to her door asking for a ride to the hospital—ordinary people found it hard to refuse such a request.

Shen Yao:... Thanks for the invitation, but she's not an ordinary person.

"Sorry, I'm not going to the hospital; you'd better ask someone else," those with cars could pay for a ride, which was far more convenient than asking her to go.

Shen Yao refused cleanly and decisively, and even helped ask others in the group chat, leaving the young couple who came to beg her stunned, and they finally left in a hurry.

Their child had heatstroke at home, and after taking medicine without much relief, they worried it would get worse, so they decided to go to the hospital.

According to Shen Yao, it would be better to stay home with the air conditioner; after the power outage that afternoon, the hospital situation wouldn't be much better.

If they really took the child to the hospital, it might even worsen their own condition.

Especially since the car was stuck on the road, with no village ahead and no store behind, and the temperature was high—the scene was too beautiful to imagine, just thinking about it made one's heart tremble.

Shaking her head, Shen Yao told Wei Mingyu about what had just happened, not expecting Wei Mingyu to actually have time at this moment; a voice call came through immediately.

Reaching out to answer, Shen Yao explained she hadn't gone, just told him to find someone else.

"You did the right thing; the hospital is chaotic, and staying home is more comfortable. If you feel unwell, it's best to rest quietly. At this time, one shouldn't run around everywhere; no one knows when the next disaster will strike."

Shen Yao asked where Wei Mingyu was; the noise from the receiver was loud, perhaps he was on secret official business.

"I'm at the hospital, helping maintain order," so he was afraid Shen Yao would come over.

At this time, calling the hospital a human purgatory was not an exaggeration; people were everywhere.

Chaotic footsteps, shrill wails, and the constant pleading and breakdowns of patients' family members.

Wei Mingyu wiped his face, but unfortunately, separated by a thick enough protective barrier, some of his movements seemed quite clumsy.

His gaze fixed on the people in the hall, ready to rush up and stop any slight disturbance; Wei Mingyu and his colleagues had been maintaining order in the hospital for some time, but unfortunately, Rimu City was short of people everywhere, and it was hard to find a chance to switch shifts and rest.

Helpless, he continued to endure; who knew when he might get a break.

Wei Mingyu comforted himself in his heart, but without the slightest hesitation in action; when he heard someone calling for help again, he hurriedly ran over.

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Another night passed, and Shen Yao calmed down from yesterday's chaos.

The community group chat was still chaotic, but compared to yesterday's panic, today obviously looked much better.

Or perhaps that wasn't entirely correct, because some people still hadn't returned; whether stuck at the hospital or on the road, they hadn't gotten what they wanted, and were now spewing evil words in the group chat.

Her phone screen was flooded; looking at these messages skimmed at ten lines a glance, Shen Yao sighed—really troublesome.

Life in the future would only get harder; now even this small matter could cause an uproar, who knew how many bad things would happen later.

Tap—

Turning off the phone screen, Shen Yao got up to cook; no matter when, she had to ensure she lived comfortably.

After eating and drinking her fill, Shen Yao, changed into sportswear, simply exercised in the spacious living room; as for whether it was useful or not, she didn't know for the time being.

However, relying on Shen Yao's not-bad arm strength, she could let people experience it well.

Unfortunately, she hadn't met a suitable person yet; after all, Rimu City couldn't afford chaos, Shen Yao wasn't allowed to show off her strength—truly a sweet burden.

Eating, exercising, writing novels, sleeping, chatting with Wei Mingyu and reporting safety when free—Shen Yao's daily life could be said to be extremely boring.

But such a boring life still aroused the envy and jealousy of many people.

As time went on, the temperature outside kept rising.

Other cities were already scorching hot, and Rimu City was about to follow suit.

Water and power outages went from occasional at first to frequent now; what could Shen Yao say? She could only try to use her own supplies to live comfortably.

During this period, Wei Mingyu came back two trips, both coming and going in a hurry.

Shen Yao not only found Wei Mingyu had lost weight, but his skin had also darkened by a shade, showing he had suffered quite a bit outside.

Their relationship was separated by a layer of thin gauze; neither had pierced it. They also knew there was some affection between them, though at this time it seemed untimely.

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July, the weather got hotter and hotter, the earth cracked, and traces appeared.

Shen Yao looked at the room with water and power outages again, silently turned on the electric fan, placed an ice basin filled with ice cubes in front of the electric fan, and the breeze brought a trace of coolness.

Fortunately, she had foresight and bought tools that could store electricity in advance; otherwise, relying solely on herself to endure, who could persist.

The community group chat had already counted the households to be relocated; the temperature was too hot, staying on the ground was more dangerous, the elderly and children had been transferred to the underground shelter, and now those being counted were healthy adults.

Shen Yao was naturally on the list; although she could live well without going, at this time it was most taboo to not fit in, as it was easy to expose some extraordinary things.

Although Shen Yao wasn't afraid of anything, facing such a huge machine as the authorities, she still felt it was troublesome.

Especially since most of her methods couldn't be used; once the authorities stepped in, she would probably have to compromise and admit defeat.

Forget it, what's good about a visible ending? It's better to honestly follow the rules; according to the authorities' approach, they wouldn't make things difficult for her.

"Tomorrow at six in the afternoon, gather at the doorway on time; don't bring too many things, it's just temporary resettlement, we'll all be back soon."

The administrator shouted in the group chat, but not many responded; they were really withered by the day after day of high temperatures.

Shen Yao typed a received; she believed they could come back, and the time would be earlier than expected.

But similarly, coming back didn't mean the disaster was over; it just meant they survived the initial drought, and there were other disasters behind.

Packing her luggage, and closing and locking the storeroom door, Shen Yao brought enough grain for her own consumption, and at five-thirty in the afternoon the next day, came out of the room, wearing a protective suit, and silently came to the community entrance via the stairs.

Many people had already gathered at the community entrance; compared to the whole community, there were still less than half, which was not surprising; after all, the community was special, they were now the last batch to leave.

"Is everyone here? Gather quickly, don't wander around casually."

The administrator stood at the very front, holding a loudspeaker and shouting everywhere; fortunately, the protective suit he wore could resist part of the rising temperature, allowing people to withstand the outdoor temperature; otherwise, they couldn't even walk there, just standing would be unbearable.