Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Water and power outages
Three days after the doomsday, the good show officially began.
Zhang Yi knew what would happen on this day, so he did not sleep all night, waiting to see this good show.
What happened was actually very simple.
That is, the electricity in the entire Yuelu community was suddenly cut off!
And soon after, due to the chain reaction of power outages, the water company could not supply water normally.
There was a problem with the water supply system, and every household had no water.
All this was within Zhang Yi's expectations.
After all, at the beginning of the doomsday, no one could predict how long this extremely low temperature disaster would last.
The authorities are still trying their best to support and solve this snow disaster.
But as time went by, it was only on the third day that they realized that this was not a problem that could be solved by manpower at all.
It was freezing cold, and major hydropower plants were shut down one after another, and thermal power plants could not continue to generate electricity because their personnel could not work.
When cities across the country have exhausted their stored electricity, power outages are inevitable.
At this time, I am afraid that only a small number of nuclear power plants are still in operation.
But the electricity generated is naturally all supplied to the official departments.
Water and power outages have plunged ordinary people's lives into darkness!
And Zhang Yi had already turned on two silent generators in advance and started to generate electricity for the room function.
After doing all this, Zhang Yi turned on his mobile phone and saw that many chat group messages were 99+.
"Do you have electricity at home?"
"We have no electricity! And the tap water has stopped, what's going on?"
"We have no water and no electricity at home! In such cold weather, the air conditioner is completely unusable, and there is no way to use the heater. How can we live like this!"
"Why don't the officials come out to take care of it at this time! If it continues like this, I am afraid people will freeze to death."
Zhang Yi shook his head silently.
At this time, the official has no time to take care of everyone.
If you want to survive, you can only rely on yourself.
He also knows that the end of the world will be truly coming from today.
After losing the electricity and food of modern society, humans will also fall into mass death.
Zhang Yi thought of this and looked at his home with lingering fear.
When he saw his warm house, as safe as a copper hoop and iron barrel, and the endless supplies in the alien space, he felt a sense of solid warmth in his heart.
The community owners group was also full of nervous complaints at this time.
If it weren't for the advanced technology, the battery of the mobile phone would no longer stop due to low temperature, and they couldn't even use the mobile phone.
But without electricity, the mobile phone will become waste sooner or later.
"When will this snow fall? The air conditioner can't be used. It's more than 30 degrees below zero in the house."
"If it goes on like this, it will really freeze people to death!"
"The water has stopped, are we going to drink snow water?"
"There's not much food left in our house. The heavy snow blocks the door and we can't go to the supermarket. But what can we do!"
Some people started to attack Auntie Lin. "Auntie Lin, didn't you say it was okay before?"
"That's right, I didn't go out to buy supplies because I believed you. What should we do now?"
"When will the higher-ups come to rescue us? Please tell me something!"
Auntie Lin was anxious and panicked when facing the questions from her neighbors.
At this moment, she was more scared than her neighbors.
The owners didn't know how the higher-ups would rescue them.
But Auntie Lin had received some information in advance through the neighborhood committee. "It's snowing all over the world now. It's said that it's a snowstorm that happens only once in hundreds of thousands of years. Maybe we are facing another mass extinction, or the end of the world!"
"Although the government is trying its best to support it, it's impossible for my country to take care of more than one billion people."
"Several major cities in the country have already fallen!"
"If we want to survive, we can only rely on ourselves. We must stock up more supplies, especially food and heating energy."
"I have started to ask for supplies from door to door, in the name of the neighborhood committee."
"This... Isn't it harming people?"
"Harming people? If I don't do that, my family will freeze to death or starve to death in three days at most! I can't take care of so many things!"
"I don't know how many people will die in this snowstorm. I can only take care of myself and my family first."
"Yes, while we still have some influence now, we should quickly get more supplies. At this time, survival is the most important thing!"
Auntie Lin stared at the news in the neighborhood committee group, shaking violently. Although the indoor temperature has reached more than 30 degrees below zero, cold sweat still flows down her forehead.
She lies on the bed, covered with three thick layers of quilts, which almost suffocate her, but she dare not lift them.
Because the room is like an ice cellar at this time.
At this time, her grandson Xiaohu in the quilt asked: "Grandma, why is it so cold outside! When will Dad and Mom come back?"
Aunt Lin looked at her little grandson, and her heart sank.
She just chatted with her son and daughter-in-law today.
They all work in other places, and now they are trapped in a rental house, and their situation is not much better than theirs.
"I must protect my mother and me, and I must survive!"
Aunt Lin bit her lips tightly, and a fierce look flashed in her eyes.
"Xiaohu, it's okay, Dad and Mom will be back in a while."
After comforting Xiaohu, Aunt Lin picked up her mobile phone and started talking in the owner group.
"Everyone, the disaster is only temporary. It's too cold outside, so it's not surprising that there are water and power outages."
"Don't worry, there are already staff members repairing the area."
"The authorities have issued a notice. In this extraordinary period, our neighborhood committee will manage the owners of the community in a unified manner."
"I hope everyone will cooperate with our work. If anyone does not cooperate and causes serious consequences, we will ask the police to arrest and interrogate them afterwards!"
Auntie Lin's words were very serious.
These words caused strong dissatisfaction among the owners.
They did not expect that at this time, the neighborhood committee not only did not explain its poor work, but also threatened the owners.
However, everyone was a little scared, and no one dared to speak out against it.
Zhang Yi took his mobile phone and looked at Auntie Lin's message on the phone leisurely.
He raised his eyebrows and sneered.
Of course he knew that Auntie Lin was lying. In her previous life, she used this despicable way to cheat a lot of supplies from others.
However, he did not intend to expose Aunt Lin's trick.
What does it matter to him whether other neighbors are dead or alive?
Zhang Yi turned on the TV and continued to play his game.
Water outage, power outage?
It doesn't matter, his warehouse stores a large number of backup batteries, generators, fuel, and solid alcohol.
As for water, he has stockpiled 500 tons of tap water alone, not to mention tens of thousands of tons of mineral water and beverages in the warehouse.
And when necessary, he can also get water by melting snow.
In short, whether it is fresh water or energy, he has no shortage.