Chapter 23 - Water and Power Outage

 Three days after the doomsday came, the good show officially began.

 Zhang Yi knew what would happen on this day, so he stayed up all night waiting to see the good show.

 What happened was actually very simple.

 That is, the electricity of the entire Yuelu neighborhood was suddenly cut off!

 And soon after, due to the chain reaction of the power cut, the water company was unable to supply water normally.

 The water supply system also had problems, and the water was cut off in every household.

 All of this was expected by Zhang Yi.

 After all, at the beginning of the apocalypse, no one could have predicted how long this disaster of extremely low temperatures would last.

 Officials were still trying their best to hold on, trying to solve this snowstorm.

 But it wasn't until time passed day by day, on only the third day, that they realized that this was not a problem that could be solved by human power at all.

 It was freezing cold, the major hydroelectric plants were shutting down one after another, and the thermal power plants couldn't continue to generate electricity because their personnel couldn't work.

 By the time the cities across the country had exhausted their stored power, blackouts were inevitable.

 At this point, I'm afraid that only a small number of nuclear power plants are still maintaining operations.

 But naturally, all the electricity generated is supplied to the official sector for use.

 The water and power outages had plunged the lives of ordinary people into darkness!

 Zhang Yi opened his cell phone and already saw that the messages from several chat groups were 99+.

 "Do you have electricity at home?"

 "There's no electricity in our house! And the tap water has stopped, what's going on here?"

 "There's no water or electricity in our house too! It's so cold that the air conditioner doesn't work at all, and there's no way to use the heater. How can we live in this day!"

 "Why don't the officials come out and take care of it at this time! If this continues, I'm afraid it's going to freeze to death."

 Zhang Yi silently shook his head.

 At this time, the officials had no time to care about everyone.

 If they wanted to live, they could only rely on themselves.

 He also knew that the end of the world, from today onwards, would be considered to have come in the true sense of the word.

 And after losing the electricity and food of the modern society, the human race would also fall into mass death.

 As Zhang Yi thought of all this, he glanced at his home with a palpitating heart.

 When he saw his house that was as warm as spring and as safe as a copper hoop and iron barrel, and the supplies in the alien space that could not be seen at a glance, a solid warmth surged in his heart again.

 In the neighborhood owners' group, this time is also filled with nervous tirades.

 "How long is this snow going to fall, the air conditioner can't be used, the house is more than thirty degrees below zero."

 "If this continues, it's really going to freeze to death!"

 "The water has also stopped, is it hard to make us drink snow water?"

 "We don't have much to eat at home, and we can't go to the supermarket because of the snow. What can we do!"

 Some people started to Ait Lin Auntie.

 "Auntie Lin, didn't you say it was fine before?"

 "That's right, I just listened to you and didn't go out to buy supplies. How can we fix it now?"

 "When exactly will the top come over to save us, say something!"

 Big Aunt Lin's heart was in a state of anxiety and panic in the face of her neighbors' questioning.

 At this time, she was even more scared inside than her neighbors.

 The homeowners were not yet sure how the top was going to save them.

 But Auntie Lin had already gotten some news in advance through the neighborhood committee.

 "There's a blizzard going on all over the world right now, and it's said to be a snowstorm that comes once in hundreds of thousands of years. Possibly, we're ushering in another biological extinction, aka the end times!"

 "Although the officials are trying their best to support it, it's impossible for our country's population of more than a billion people to take care of it."

 "Several key cities in the country have already fallen!"

 "If we want to stay alive next, we can only rely on ourselves. Be sure to stock up on supplies, especially food and heating energy."

 "I've already started going door to door asking for supplies, just in the name of the neighborhood committee."

 "Isn't this ... harming people by doing this?"

 "Harming people? If I don't do that, our family will freeze and starve to death in three days at most! I can't care about that much anymore!"

 "I don't know how many people are going to die in this snowstorm, I can only take care of myself and my own family first."

 "Right, while we still have some influence, hurry up and get more supplies. At times like this, staying alive is the most crucial!"

 Big Mother Lin stared dead on at the message in the neighborhood committee's group, her body trembling violently.

 Although the indoor temperature had already come to more than thirty degrees below zero, her forehead was still dripping with cold sweat.

 She was lying on the bed, the quilt was covered with three thick layers, pressing her to the point where she was about to lose her breath, but she didn't dare to lift it either.

 Because the room was like an ice cellar at this time.

 At this time, her grandson Xiaohu under the quilt asked, "Grandma, why is it so cold outside! When will dad and mom come back?"

 Big Mother Lin looked at her little grandson and her heart sank.

 She had just talked to her son and daughter-in-law today.

 They were both working out of town and were now stuck inside a rented room in a situation not much better than theirs.

 "I have to protect both of us mother and son, we must survive!"

 Big Mother Lin bit her own lip as a fierce look flashed across her eyes.

 "Little Tiger, it's alright, in a while dad and mom will be back."

 After Big Mother Lin comforted Little Tiger, she picked up her cell phone and began to speak inside the owners' group.

 "Everyone, the disaster is only temporary. The weather outside is too cold, and it's not surprising that the water and electricity were cut off."

 "Don't worry, there are already crews working on repairs."

 "Officials have already issued a notice that at such an extraordinary time, it will be us, the neighborhood committee, who will unify the management of the neighborhood's owners."

 "I hope everyone will cooperate with us. If anyone fails to cooperate and causes serious consequences, we will ask the police to arrest and interrogate them afterward!"

 Big Aunt Lin's words were extremely heavy.

 These words caused strong dissatisfaction in the hearts of the owners.

 They also hadn't expected that at a time like this, the neighborhood committee had not only failed to explain about their poor work.

 Instead, it was intimidating the owners.

 However, there was some fear in everyone's heart, and no one dared to speak out against it.

 Zhang Yi held his cell phone and looked at Auntie Lin's message in his cell phone in a good manner.

 He raised his eyebrows and let out a snort.

 Of course, he knew that Aunt Lin was lying, and in his last life, she had used this despicable method to cheat away a lot of supplies from others.

 However, he had no intention of revealing Auntie Lin's trick.

 What did it matter to him whether the other neighbors were dead or alive anyway?

 Zhang Yi turned on the TV and continued to play his game.

 Water outage, power outage?

 No matter, he had a huge amount of spare batteries stored in his warehouse, as well as engines with fuel and solid alcohol.

 As for water, he had hoarded 500 tons of tap water alone, not to mention the tens of thousands of tons of mineral water and drinks in the warehouse.

 And if necessary, he could also get water by melting snow.

 In short, whether it was fresh water or energy, he was not lacking at all.