From doomsday survival to fast-forward daily life

On the fortieth day of the extreme cold, Tian Yu took inventory of the supplies. The food reserves were more than enough, but the gas stove had long been scrapped. She could only rely on charcoal fire to heat food and water every day. No matter how sparingly she used the remaining charcoal, it was only enough for two months.

Looking at the empty aluminum cans piled up in the room, Tian Yu remembered the alcohol she had purchased, and she decided to make a homemade island stove and alcohol cotton balls for heating.

Although the current temperature is extremely cold, it is far from reaching the standard for alcohol coagulation. She disassembled the large amount of cotton and masks she had purchased for bandaging, put them in a jar and soaked them in alcohol, then made a homemade enclosure and put a pot on it for heating.

Fortunately, I had stockpiled a lot of windproof lighters and matches, otherwise how to light a fire would have been a big problem.

The vaporization of high-concentration alcohol can cause an explosion, which makes Tian Yu operate very carefully. The alcohol cotton that is enough to burn for more than ten minutes at normal temperature will also burn for a shorter time under low temperature. Therefore, Tian Yu must race against time, and he also needs to screen what to heat.

Looking at the cans slowly melting on the stove, under such extreme conditions, the only threat of fire is probably alcohol, right?

She silently thought about the case of alcohol explosion, and an idea gradually took shape in her mind.

The fiftieth day of extreme cold.

Tian Yu was sitting by the charcoal brazier, recording the hypotheses he had come up with about the survival system over the past few days.

"Ding!"

Her thoughts were interrupted by a sound that she had become accustomed to more than a month ago but had never heard since the power outage.

Life had been so quiet these days that Tian Yu almost forgot what the sound was supposed to be. She was stunned for two seconds, almost thinking that she had heard it wrong.

Then she turned around and dug out her cell phone from among the layers of quilts. She had kept them in the quilts to prevent them from freezing due to the low temperature.

When she pressed the power button, she felt her hands trembling a little. She was afraid that she was hallucinating because she had been too lonely during this period of time.

“To all the people:

The country and the government have not given up on you! After this period of emergency repairs, communication signals in some parts of our country have been restored!

The snowfall stopped at 11pm yesterday evening. We will gradually carry out rescue work. If you receive this information through various channels, you can place colorful cloth strips on windows or visible areas.

The day is about to dawn, please don’t give up hope! 」

When Tian Yu read the message, she felt tears welling up in her eyes. During this period of survival, she felt that she was the only one left in the world, but unexpectedly, someone was working hard in a place she couldn't see.

The heavy snow that lasted for forty-three days stopped last night. Tian Yu turned on the surveillance camera, but it was still quiet. It seemed that although the snow had stopped, it had not started to melt.

She hadn't been out for a long time. Although the snow had stopped, she didn't know what the scene was like outside her house. However, the surveillance camera in the yard showed that although it was icy outside, the snow did not collapse the glass covering the ceiling of her house.

Tian Yu decided to wait and see. Although the signal had been restored, it was still intermittent and the Internet was unusable. She didn't know who to contact, and she didn't really need rescue, so she could only continue to live her own way.

The sixtieth day of extreme cold.

Tian Yu found that the signal was becoming more and more stable. Every day she would receive text messages from official channels, reporting the situation outside and the progress of disaster relief. However, Tian Yu never responded as instructed by the signal. She believed that the rescue force was always limited and she could still hold on for a while.

The text message on that day mentioned that survivors could reply according to keywords to confirm demographic information.

Tian Yu replied 110, indicating that the first number meant that no rescue was needed for the time being, the second number indicated the population size, and the third number indicated whether it was possible to go outside. The snow still covered the outdoor surveillance. Tian Yu chose 0, which meant no.

Since the snow has stopped and the mobile phone communication signal is becoming more stable, it is only a matter of time before the snow melts. Tian Yu waits patiently and continues to improve his plan.

Sixty-third day of extreme cold.

Tian Yu discovered that the surveillance camera on his outer wall could capture a black edge, and the snow was beginning to melt.

Sixty-fifth day of extreme cold.

Li Xin went out again, which made Tian Yu feel nervous.

This time he did not use stealth skills, but covered himself tightly and walked to the door of Tian Yu's old house.

His eyes, staring at the surveillance camera, looked extremely gloomy and revealed madness.

Although I couldn't see the other person's expression, I could tell from the curvature of his eyes that he was smiling at the surveillance camera.

Tian Yu felt that the other party's temperament had changed greatly from before the copy was opened. After more than two months of torture, his mentality might have been distorted, and the two corpses he dragged downstairs might have become his food.

Li Xin stood at the door of the old house for a moment, then turned around and went upstairs.

The rescue team had already started delivering supplies during this period, so he might have gone to the rooftop to get them.

As expected, when he went downstairs, there was a package with a pattern on it, and in his hand, he was dragging a bed sheet...

Even though he had material support, he still attacked people. Tian Yu felt that it was not just a matter of survival, but he had suffered a horrible psychological distortion.

Recalling the residents of this building, Tian Yu guessed that except for Li Xin, there were probably no living people left. Those who did not die of hunger and cold were most likely killed by him.

Li Xin passed by the fourth floor and took another deep look at the door of Tian Yu's house. This look made Tian Yu feel that he might do something crazy.

The seventieth day of extreme cold.

Most of the snow has melted, completely revealing the camera on the top of the wall. Tian Yu would pick some time every day to observe it. Because the weather caused her electronic devices to lose power very quickly, she could only limit the usage time to avoid using up all her power banks and not being able to receive messages.

That afternoon, Tian Yu discovered that the sky outside seemed to have changed. It was no longer dark, but had a hint of white.

This discovery made Tian Yu ecstatic.

The seventy-second day of extreme cold.

Tian Yu felt the change while she was sleeping. The temperature seemed to have become much warmer, forcing her to get up and remove the quilt.

It was this heat that made her realize that the heating in her home seemed to be working.

She reached out to touch the floor heating and confirmed that it seemed to be emitting some heat, but it did not seem to be able to sustain. The phone rang!

Seventy-fifth day of extreme cold.

The time for power restoration is getting longer and longer. Tian Yu also learned from text messages that the snow is melting faster and faster, which may bring new disasters, but also bring a lot of convenience to emergency repairs and rescue.

It was also on this day that the light in Tian Yu's room came on.

She looked at the surveillance camera outside the house. It was on this day that the world recovered from the polar night.

Its daybreak.