Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 10 Cold and Hot

Yao Wei's tone was gloomy and she became more and more emotional.

They both got into the car, and Lu Xian said, "Let's go back and fill the water quickly, otherwise the faucet will freeze and no water will flow."

Yao Wei nodded, started the car, and went up the path they came from. When she reached the road, she headed straight for the villa at No. 272 ​​Jiangyu Road.

The cold wind rustled the leaves, and the whole world suddenly lost its vitality.

But this is just the beginning.

Lu Xian, who had experienced this kind of weather change countless times, knew that if it lasted any longer, many leaves on the trees would be frozen into pieces and fall apart.

At that time, the world seemed to have lost all its vitality. Looking around, there was no living creature.

Under such extreme circumstances, one's willpower becomes extremely depressed, and one can't help but wonder what the point of living in such an environment is. Enduring torture day after day, one might as well die.

That's why Lu Xian always reminds himself to stay cheerful. As long as he's alive, hope will always come.

Think about it, there is half a piece of wild boar meat in the trunk of the car. There is no need to worry about it going bad when the weather gets cold, and it will be a delicious meal at mealtime. Isn’t that great?

Comforting himself in this way, he turned around and glanced at Yao Wei.

The car had no air conditioning, the steering wheel was too cold, and the engine heater was ineffective because the weather was too cold. The woman kept switching her fingers to control the car, unable to keep all ten fingers in control.

She was as aloof as ever, a look that suited the weather perfectly. I wondered how she managed to control her emotions.

The car windows began to fog up, obscuring her vision. Yao Wei had to use a rag to wipe the glass repeatedly, wiping away the white mist and regaining her view of the road ahead.

"Let me do it."

Lu Xian took the rag from Yao Wei and helped her wipe the front window so that she could concentrate on driving.

In this way, the two of them cooperated with each other and headed towards Jiang Yu Road.

The rag in Lu Xian's hand quickly became wet and cold, but he could only endure the cold and work hard.

Finally, the car arrived outside No. 272 ​​Jiangyu Road and Yao Wei stepped on the brakes.

Lu Xian let Gou Zi get out of the car first, went in to take a look around, and after confirming that there was no problem, he and Yao Wei got out of the car with the bottle.

Several hyena carcasses were missing from the villa, and the remaining ones were just white bones, frozen solid.

He guessed that this must be the hyena returning.

Those scavengers will also gnaw on the corpses of their own kind when they are hungry.

If the speculation is correct, then there is no need to worry if they come back now.

The hyenas had eaten their fill and had taken the rest of the carcass away. They certainly wouldn't be back any time soon.

The two walked to the swimming pool in the yard. Fortunately, the water in the pool had melted.

Lu Xian asked Gou Zi to check the water and found that there was nothing wrong with it and it was drinkable for them.

Yao Wei quickly filled the bottle with water. Lu Xian suddenly remembered something, came out of the bathroom, and glanced at the wall.

On the wall was a black-rimmed switch that controlled the various lights in the house. Next to the switch was a white control panel, which, like the switch, was already covered in dust.

But Lu Xian could still see clearly that there were two rows of buttons on the control screen, such as switches, modes, plus and minus, etc.

Lu Xian had confirmed when he came here before that this was the controller for the central air conditioning in the villa.

Unfortunately, when he tried, the air conditioner was broken.

But this is not what is important now, and this is not what he is thinking about.

He hurried upstairs and into the bedroom on the second floor. Sure enough, he saw something wrapped in cloth in the corner of the ceiling. It was not big, but slender and curved.

A tube as thick as a baby's fist poked out of the cloth bag and drilled out of the wall through an opening.

Lu Xian moved the bedside table over, stepped on it, grabbed the edge of the cloth bag, and pulled it down.

For a moment, dust was flying and filled the air.

Lu Xian quickly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, closed his eyes, opened them again, and saw the true appearance of the thing wrapped in the cloth.

A white semi-cylinder with a slightly opened cover, revealing the tip of the iceberg of the air outlet below - what else could it be if not the indoor unit of an air conditioner?
really……

But I never expected that this villa equipped with central air conditioning actually has another small independent air conditioner in the bedroom.

The temperature was just right before, so he didn't need the air conditioner. He didn't spend much time looking at the bedroom, but even though he didn't look at it much, it still left an impression, which is why he only remembered it now.

However, it’s so cold, I wonder if the air conditioner can work...

Lu Xian exhaled lightly, lowered his head and said, "Dog, go connect the power."

The mechanical dog had followed Lu Xian upstairs before. When it heard Lu Xian's command, it immediately turned around, staggered out of the bedroom, and went downstairs.

Lu Xian went to turn on the bedroom light switch. He listened to the "click" sound gradually getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared, and then in a moment, the light came on.

Lu Xian had found two remote controls before, in the bedside table drawer. At that time, he thought they were TV remote controls and didn't bother with them.

Now that I think about it, one of those two must have been the air conditioner remote control.

But it was no use; the batteries in the remote were dead. He had tried that before.

Fortunately, this air conditioner has physical buttons, with the switch, wind speed, wind direction, mode, and timer buttons arranged in a row.

If it were in his previous life, he would definitely think this was an unnecessary design.

What button does it take to hang up? The remote control is enough. But now, he only feels that the designers of this world once had foresight.

The air conditioner was always plugged into the wall socket.

After Lu Xian confirmed it, he reached out to press the power button, and tried pressing it long and short, two or three times in a row, but it was completely useless.

I don’t know if there is something wrong with this circuit or the air conditioner is broken?

Lu Xian didn't give up. He jumped off the bedside table and ran out of the bedroom. He grabbed the railing upstairs and shouted, "Dog, come up."

But unexpectedly, the first person to come up was Yao Wei.

The woman had finished filling the water and had taken both her and Lu Xian's bottles. Now let's see what Lu Xian was doing.

The mechanical dog came in after Yao Wei. Lu Xian picked it up, stepped on the bedside table, and asked, "Can this air conditioner plug be connected?"

A hole immediately opened up on the dog's back, revealing a socket.

Lu Xian thought that this dog was really just a power bank, just like Yao Wei's device, and then he plugged the air conditioner into the dog's back.

"drop--"

He heard a sound from the air conditioner and his eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly pressed the button again, switched to heating mode and set the wind speed to the maximum.

"Buzz buzz-"

The old machine that had been idle for who knows how many years started to run again. First a cool breeze was released, and then the cool breeze turned warm, dispelling the cold.

Lu Xian suddenly felt warm and comfortable. Although his nose was filled with the musty smell of the old air conditioner, it could not block the enjoyment signal given by his skin.

It actually works!

Lu Xian was a little surprised.

He was just trying it out. You know, in such a cold day, the air conditioner in his previous life would be absolutely useless.

The air conditioners in this world seem to be much more powerful than those in the previous life.

Good thing!
"How about it?"

He turned around and asked Yao Wei with a smile.

Yao Wei stared blankly at the air conditioner and did not respond for a moment.

She also felt the warmth.

"How about we take this air conditioner off and install it in your car?"

Lu Xian suddenly had a crazy idea and asked another question.

The weather was too cold, and the engine heater in the car was not effective. Even if it was, Yao Wei was reluctant to keep the car warm and waste gasoline during breaks.

Yao Wei thought about it seriously for a while, shook her head, and said, "The car can't be started."

Of course, the voltage in the car cannot power the indoor air conditioner.

Lu Xian smiled slightly and patted the mechanical dog's head: "Isn't there a dog here?"

(End of this chapter)