Doomsday's Handle

On the eighth day, the sky seemed to be broken, and it was still snowing, with no intention of stopping.

On the fourth day of heavy snowfall, there was a power outage, the lines were severely iced, and the base's low-voltage power grid line was aging and began to disconnect and catch fire.There were even incidents of electric poles and high-voltage line towers being toppled, large-scale power outages at the base, and the surviving staff of the power grid company insisted on line maintenance at the beginning.But the situation is getting more and more serious. Serious icing of roads and lines has made it impossible to transport some maintenance materials and test equipment, and the test results cannot truly reflect the performance of the equipment.The staff who went out also had a lot of frostbite, and finally gave up helplessly. Now the base is completely out of power.

Because the base belongs to a southern city, there are no protective measures for the exposed water pipes and water meters. When the water pipes burst, even the water supply was stopped.People's lives fell into darkness, food, heating equipment, and drinking water were severely lacking, causing chaos at the base.

The Chen family now goes to the yard to shovel snow every day. Chen Xi is worried that the caravan will be damaged, so he put it into the space early.They learned from Bai Er that although the cultivation world is lonely, it still retains many storage tools.Yufeng refined a pair of defensive artifacts in the shape of rings, which he said were storage tools passed down from his master.It turned out that I was worried that it would be too shocking, so I didn't say it.In this way, they can take out a lot of things without any scruples.

When the power was cut off, Yufeng took out a stainless steel oven and a set of barbecue tools for outdoor camping from the space.Put pots and pans on the oven rack, and you can still cook vegetables and stew.Now, what is put in the oven is not coal, but a strange gemstone in the space—flame stone. This kind of stone emits a scorching breath, but the heat can only last for one month. After one month, it will be an ordinary ruby. , put it in a place with abundant spiritual power, and it will recover after three months.This is also introduced in the space information.Now this flame stone is used as coal.

The next day after the power outage, the running water was also cut off, and the water purifier came in handy. The current domestic water of the Chen family is to fetch snow from the yard, then use the water purifier to purify it, and boil it to wash and flush the toilet. The reference water is the mineral water bottled in Chen Xi's space.People outside have to go to the counseling center to get purified water every day, and they can only get two liters each time.For cooking, there is a small coal mine near the base, and those who have labor at home organize to collect coal together.Some people took advantage of the frozen zombies and moved slowly into the city to collect wood, liquefied gas stoves and liquefied gas tanks.Now it's only themselves, and the base can't do anything.The free supply of food to the population without a labor force in the base has also stopped.

It has been snowing heavily for many days. Although Chen's family clears the snow in the yard every day, the first floor seems to be trapped in an ice cellar surrounded by heavy snow.The family moved to the second floor, and in the largest bedroom, there were thick cushions and thick blankets hung over the windows.Chen Xi placed 5 flame stones emitting scorching temperature in the bedroom to keep the room warm.The barbecue stove is in the middle of the room, and there is a kettle on the stove with boiling water in it. In Chen Xi's words, it needs to be used 24 hours a day to make the most of it.

Maomao has been sleeping all the time recently, and now he doesn't even eat. At first, the Chen family was worried, but looking at it, it has been doing nothing, wondering if it will evolve as it is written in the book.Ever since Yufeng and the others knew that they were not catching mutated animals but monsters, they decided to supplement the knowledge of the end of the world. Now there is no information, only the whole family popularizes the novels of the end of the world, and chatting with Baier.

In the warm room, the two little buns were wrapped like a meat ball, rolling around on the floor was a joy.Chen Yong, Father Chen, and Uncle Chen were discussing the issue of human nature in a novel of the last days.Li Lan was knitting sweaters for the two children with the wool and needles provided by Chen Xi. Chen Xi found these things in the clothing studio, and there were many raw materials for making clothes.With the help of Mrs. Chen, the aunt was still memorizing the cheats, and Li Jun was practicing in a corner silently. He knew that his brain was not working well, so he worked harder than anyone else in cultivation.Chen Xi and Yufeng took a few learning books for preschool children to discuss what to let the babies learn first.Gao Peng and Chen Rui were holding a pistol and studying what posture is the most handsome when shooting.

"Now there is no water, no electricity, no food, what kind of chaos is it outside?" Father Chen sighed suddenly. He sighed after reading a similar scene in a post-apocalyptic novel.

"We can't control those, we just need to take care of ourselves." Mother Chen gave him a blank look.

"Ah!" Gao Peng screamed suddenly.

"What's going on?" Everyone looked at him strangely.

"Does what I just said mean that the mutated animals outside have no food? Didn't the animal world say that there is a lack of food in winter, and that life for those carnivorous animals is so difficult?"

The whole family was stunned, yes, will animals that are covered by heavy snow and can't find food attack the human base? The base has a lot of food for them.

"Also, and, are those zombies covered by snow now, so they can't move?" Gao Peng thought that he was smashing the heads of the zombies like a whack-a-mole, feeling very good.

"I really don't know whether we should be thankful that our country has a large population and the living space for animals is small, or we should be sad about our poor living environment before." Hearing Gao Peng's words, Chen Xi sighed.

"What do you mean?" Chen Rui and Li Jun scratched their heads, they didn't understand, did they miss the question?

"Our country has a large population, so there are many zombies, but there are few animals, especially large carnivorous animals, which means that there are few mutant animals. Now that the mutant animals are getting stronger and stronger, it is undoubtedly something to be thankful for." Yufeng understood that Chen Xi meaning, explained.

"Hey..." Chen Rui suddenly smirked.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Lan saw her son twitching again, and patted him on the head, "I was wondering what would happen if all the animals on the prairie mutated, groups of huge zebras, deer, wolves, hehe It must be very lively."

A group of people imagined that scene, the collective black line.

"Should we change to a house with a higher floor?" Chen Xi thought that this place is no longer safe, and it is easy to be broken into.

This is a problem. The snow outside is thick, and those who are interested can easily break into the second floor. This is a big problem.

"This is a problem. I don't know if there is anyone in the counseling center." Dad Chen was also worried.

"I'll go and have a look tomorrow." Chen Xi considered the feasibility.

"Then you take Chen Rui to the counseling center tomorrow, and I'll take Gao Peng and my cousin to find out if there are any vacant houses. If there are any, just move there and no one will take care of it now."

"Dad, Dad, are you going out tomorrow?" The two little guys were suffocated at home recently, and when they heard that their father and uncles were going out, they immediately clung to each other and acted like a baby.

"You two little brats, it's very cold outside and you can't go out." Chen Xi saw their intentions, rubbed that little furry head, it was so soft.

"But we haven't been out of the house for a long time." Yang Yang complained, pouted.

"It's very dangerous outside now, you stay at home and protect your grandparents." Yufeng hugged Yangyang and Chengcheng in his arms.

"But..." Chengcheng hesitated and wanted to say something.

"It's sunny, Dad and Dad are taking you out, okay?" Chen Xi looked at the eager eyes of the two children and promised.

"Okay then, we will take good care of our grandparents." The two children agreed wearily.

"Auntie, I'm hungry, what's for dinner?" Gao Peng's stomach growled.

"You foodie." Chen Rui teased him.

"You too." Gao Peng was not to be outdone.

"Okay, you two stop arguing and eat dumplings tonight." Chen Xi took out several generations of quick-frozen dumplings and a piece of cabbage. There are many children in the family and they need vitamin supplements.Gao Peng and Chen Rui were classified into Yang Yang's group.The aunt took the food from Chen Xi.

"Long live, I haven't eaten dumplings for a long time." Gao Peng was very happy.

"Brother." Chen Rui looked at Chen Xi pitifully.

"Say." Chen Xi thought, and it started again. Chen Rui always had this expression when she asked him for help.

"Can I eat barbecue?" Chen Rui really wanted to eat meat. Since the heavy snowfall, the family has almost eaten noodles, dried rice noodles, stewed rice and other simple and delicious things in one pot, but he wants to eat meat.

"Okay." Chen Xi thought about it, their recent meals only had a little minced meat as an ingredient.

"Long live, there is meat to eat." Chen Rui danced happily.

"Xiao Xi, don't spoil him too much, what's wrong with the world now." Li Lan looked at her silly son and said to Chen Xi.

"Auntie, I'm not spoiling him. It's been a long time since the family had a good meal. It's time to improve the food for everyone."

"Xiao Xi, although you have storage tools, after all, you can only go out but not in, so you should save it." Chen Yong felt that his stupid son was too ignorant, and he wanted to strengthen education later.

"Uncle, I know."

"Okay, okay, it's time to make up for the children."

"We also want to eat meat, delicious meat." Chengcheng and Yangyang also came to join in the fun.

"Little ones, uncle will bake delicious meat for you later."

In the evening, my aunt and mother Chen cooked a pot of cabbage soup and steamed all the dumplings.The barbecue was not done. I was worried that the oil dripping on the flame stone would contaminate the flame stone during the barbecue, but in the end it became sizzling beef and sizzling tenderloin.The four children had a great time eating together.

"Peng...wow..."

In the night, the sound of glass being smashed came, and the Chen family was awakened.Someone smashed the glass and broke into the bedroom next door. Fortunately, they were worried about someone breaking in this afternoon. The window of the bedroom where they rested was boarded up.

Then someone banged on the bedroom door.

"Boss's family must have a lot of supplies. I often smell a smell of food coming from their house."

"Smash me quickly."

The banging on the door outside became louder.Chen Xi and Yufeng quickly put the flame stone into the space.

Yufeng, Chen Xi, Chen Rui, Li Jun, Gao Peng and several other young people raised their vigilance and prepared to catch the intruders in one fell swoop.Father Chen, Uncle Chen, and Uncle Chen watched the door vigilantly, protecting their wives and grandchildren behind them.Chen's mother, aunt, and aunt take care of the two children.The two children were not afraid at all, their eyes were wide open, and they looked at the door curiously.

"Touch." The door was knocked open and a beam of flashlight came in. The light was very weak. The people who came didn't see the main force on both sides of the door. All they saw were old and weak women and children.The intruder was overjoyed, a group of 6 strong men rushed in, and 5 people were guarding the door.

Seeing the intruders rushing in, the main force of the five years took action, one person quickly took down one by one, and the extra one was also taken down by the second-line organization Papa Chen and the others.

The people outside the door didn't panic when they saw that their brother had been caught. Two people took out pistols from their pockets and pointed at Chen Xi and them.

"Don't move around, or don't blame my buddy for not having eyes." A short and fat man said.

"What do you want to do?" Chen Xi pretended to be stupid.

"All we need is food, water and quilts."

"Boss and the others are so warm in this room, it's strange that there is no stove." A street ruffian with dyed yellow hair and a nose ring said to the short and fat man.

"I'll find out if I search later." Another dark and thin young man next to him said.

The Chen family inside lost the patience to continue talking nonsense with them. Yufeng pushed the restrained man violently towards the door, and the two men with guns were pushed down at the door.Chen Xi imitated the TV series and knocked the person on his hand unconscious.Stepping forward to assist Yufeng, Dad Chen and the others found a roll of tape to tie up the captured person.

After everyone is subdued and tied up, they are going to see the person who was stunned.It was found that the person was dead.Chen Xi had no professional training, so he imitated the TV series and ended up using too much force and the wrong position, directly killing people.

Those people trembled when they saw their companions being chopped to death with a single palm.Chen Xi was a little nauseated, after all, it was the first time to kill someone.He comforted himself that he would gradually get used to it after nothing happened, and those who want to hurt himself and his family in the last days should not be lenient.

"How to deal with these people?" Chen Rui looked worried as he looked at the gang of robbers who were trapped together.