Some small shops and supermarkets have all closed down and are no longer in business. Only a few large supermarkets that are supported by the government or directly requisitioned are able to continue selling to the outside world. Prices are also gradually rising and are out of control.

In addition, all residents must hold their ID cards or household registration books and register for quantitative purchases when purchasing supplies in designated supermarkets. It is not feasible to stockpile large quantities of goods in government-designated supermarkets.

There is an urgent shortage of staff in the city, and recruitment information has been replayed on the radio. All work is carried out on a four-hour shift system. Each person only needs to work four hours a day and is not allowed to work while injured or sick.

Five kilograms of rice or flour can be obtained in four hours, and staff can also request to exchange it for other items of equal value.

The temperature did not drop at all. Whether it was human or animal corpses, they had to be cleaned up in a timely manner. Otherwise, these corpses would decompose very quickly within a day or two, and the gases produced would only make the environment worse.

The damage to the city's electricity is becoming more and more serious. Although the staff has made some maintenance, it is not enough to support the city's day and night electricity work.

The government has already made plans to operate electricity in different zones and time periods. Natural gas pipelines are no longer supplying gas, and broadcasts have been made allowing people to buy wood stoves or liquefied gas stoves to deal with power outages.

This reminder had actually been announced a long time ago. Knowing that there would be a power outage, many families made preparations in advance, but there were also people who were not very thoughtful or thought they could just get through it and were not well prepared.

The number of staff is still decreasing rapidly. Even if the working hours are reduced again and the remuneration is increased, there are still very few people who sign up.

Most of the people who were able to survive this disaster had suffered varying degrees of physical injuries. Many staff members who were wearing heavy protective clothing were inevitably cut and bruised while doing the cleanup work outside, and then failed to receive treatment and lost their lives.

We have also heard that there are some mutated and surviving fish in the river that will attack humans. If you are bitten by these fish, the wound will become infected faster, which means you are basically dead.

If they were not at the end of their rope, many people would rather continue to live than go out and face these high-risk jobs.

Li Ke's body adapted quickly. She only felt uncomfortable for a few days and her throat soon returned to normal. She still paid great attention to drinking some thirst-quenching soups and medicines every day to maintain her body, and she also distributed the soups and medicines in the community.

In order not to stand out in front of others, I also took a period of sick leave.

A lot of new people have moved into the building where she lives recently. What impressed her most was that a group of college students, three men and five women, moved in on the 17th floor and shared the largest apartment with three bedrooms and two living rooms.

Among this group of college students, there are two girls and one boy. They have a relatively positive attitude towards life. The physical fitness of these three people is better. Although they cough all day long, they still applied to be community work volunteers.

Li Ke had met them several times when he went downstairs or at work, and they were just nodding acquaintances.

A large family moved into a small two-bedroom apartment on the fifteenth floor. It included the elderly, their children and their grandchildren. Three large families, nearly twenty people, were squeezed into a small two-bedroom apartment. They ran to the property management office every day to ask if there were any vacant rooms or if anyone could exchange rooms with them.

Recently, two relatives in that family died, an old man and a child. They were sad for a day or two and then went to the property management office to inquire about the house.

The family wanted to live in a more spacious place, but they also wanted to stay together without being bullied, so they only wanted to find a place to live in this building.

The property staff has been replaced twice, and even the property manager only appears once or twice a week due to illness.

During this period, Li Ke informed the manager and secretly cancelled his resident information for safety reasons. Except for the property manager, no one knew that Li Ke was the only one living on the three large flats on the roof.

Also, Li Ke is the only property staff member who has been working there since the disaster. She is not arrogant and does a very good job in the work assigned to her. Now that the situation is bad, Li Ke simply doesn't want any salary. The property manager thinks she is honest and caring, so he values ​​Li Ke more and more.

In addition, the manager was ill and unable to handle the work, so Li Ke had to intervene in many subsequent recruitment and assignment tasks. In order to retain this selfless talent, the property manager even gave her the title of deputy manager.

Therefore, the staff who came in later in the property management regarded Li Ke as the second-in-command. Whenever there was any new information or instructions in the work group, Li Ke was always the first to know.

Li Ke could see any dissatisfaction or conflicts among the owners.

As long as these things do not affect her interests and the work of the property, Li Ke never cares about them.

Due to power shortages, network signals were also cut off, and the flow of information now mainly relies on broadcasting and gradual notifications from property management.

The property office does have a generator, but it can't support the electricity consumption of the entire building. At most, it can support the operation of the elevator.

But fuel is limited, so the elevator is only used when transporting patients and corpses. Normally, we use the emergency stairs.

Even though daily life was already very closed off, news of the riots outside still slowly spread among the masses.

Earthquakes and tsunamis of varying sizes are still striking various parts of the earth. Coupled with air pollution and acid rain corrosion, the world is suffering from severe disasters, and riots are occurring everywhere.

The situation in City N where Li Ke is located and some similar inland cities is relatively stable and well maintained because of the government's takeover. It is one of the rare peaceful places on earth.

The radio now only broadcasts some common sense of self-help in life, and some weather forecasts or change notifications. It never mentions news about the outside world, for fear that people will panic and become difficult to manage.

But there are always some people who find ways to get news that others cannot hear, and then spread it privately. I heard that all the people on the small island in Country R were transferred to Country M. They thought they were saved, but they were actually forced to do hard labor and rebuild.

I also heard that several countries that were severely affected by the disaster have completely given up, no longer caring about the disaster, and have directly attacked other countries to steal resources.

Anyway, the outside world is in complete chaos, and I don’t know how long we can hold out here.

City N still frequently feels the shaking caused by the earthquake, and other severely affected areas are already in an uncontrollable situation.

I heard that backup troops and armed forces have already rushed to the relevant riot areas to carry out rescue and stability maintenance work, but with little success.

However, these are all rumors circulating privately and it is impossible to broadcast them on the radio.

Life is getting worse day by day. City N is now facing a serious situation. The groundwater has been completely polluted and the tap water in residents' homes is completely unusable.

Even after several disinfection and purification treatments, the water quality can still cause poisoning reactions in the human body.

There was no water or electricity, food was running out, and commodity prices were soaring. However, supply was still insufficient to meet demand. Faced with this situation, the already suppressed emotions of the people became even more anxious.

More and more people are committing suicide because of running out of supplies, being unable to withstand the pressure or being unable to face these heavy situations. Many people are also gathering in front of the government office, demanding that the water problem be solved as soon as possible.

Everyone's emotions have reached a critical point that is about to explode. If the current situation cannot be handled properly, the stability of this city will be disrupted at any time.

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like