Zhou Shuwan smiled and said, “Grandma Pang, you can use it extravagantly before, you don’t have to be so frugal.”

Grandma Pang sighed, "Alas, although I don't know much about what's going on outside, from listening to your daily discussions, I know that water use will be a big problem in the future. No one knows how long natural disasters will last, so naturally, we should save as much as possible."

Qi Mingyu supported Grandma Pang's shoulders and helped her sit down, then said, "Grandma, don't worry about this. Wanwan and I have discussed it and we will look for a place in the next few days. It would be great if we could dig another pond."

Upon hearing this, Grandma Pang, Zhou Jianghai and Zhong Tiyun all agreed.

"Yes, prepare for a rainy day. No matter how much water and food you stock up, it's never too much." Zhou Jianghai nodded repeatedly.

Although he had been busy for more than ten days, he had been living in the basement for the past few months and could only do simple exercises and nothing else. Zhou Jianghai thought it was a good opportunity to stretch his muscles.

Zhong Tiyun also nodded and said, "That's right, water is more important than food. The food stored in our two families is enough to last for a long time, but water can only be used sparingly if it is scarce, and used generously if it is abundant."

"Yes." Grandma Pang was also very supportive, but a little worried: "We live in the city, unlike other people in the village who can dig a big pond in the yard. We are lucky to be able to use this underground safe house to dig a pond. Where can we find such a place?"

"Grandma, you don't have to worry." Qi Mingyu smiled and said, "Wanwan and I will go look for them."

"Then I'll go too." Zhou Jianghai looked at the young couple and said, "When it comes to familiarity, you two, who both went out to study and enlisted early, definitely can't compare to me."

"That's right, fine. That's settled."

It is not difficult to dig a pool, but the difficult part is where to dig another one without being discovered.

Except for the green areas, the rest of the ground in the community is paved with cement and asphalt, which is not suitable for digging.

Zhou Shuwan suddenly thought of the frame building. It was an abandoned building and was left there by the construction team before it was completed. Behind the frame building, between several connected high-rise buildings, a large part of the road was dirt road.

Qi Mingyu thought for a moment and said, "That place is also possible, but we must find the same depth as the underground safe house so that the stored water will not evaporate due to the high temperature."

"Yes, this is the most important point." Zhou Shuwan thought thoughtfully: "It would be great if our community had an underground parking lot. We could dig a pool below the depth of the parking lot to protect it from the high temperatures."

But in fact, almost all underground parking lots have been converted into underground bases, and there are no empty parking lots available.

Zhou Shuwan's eyes suddenly lit up: "We are really blind to the truth. The abandoned community of the frame building has an underground parking lot, and it has both the first and second basement floors."

Qi Mingyu was stunned.

Zhou Shuwan laughed and said, "You forgot, we went there when we hid the cans underwater."

They pulled the canned pork they found in the food processing plant into the frame building and temporarily stored it. They were worried that it would be discovered if left on the surface, so they specially put on diving suits and carried it underwater.

Then we found that there was indeed a very deep area, with a whirlpool formed underwater. It was pitch black and bottomless, and it looked very scary.

At that time, Qi Mingyu told Zhou Shuwan that there should be no completed parking lot there. It might have been built halfway and then abandoned there. The terrain was too deep, and the underground manhole cover was opened, which might have caused the vortex.

At that time, they both reminded others to be careful and try to avoid the vortex.

Unexpectedly, when they needed it, both of them completely forgot about it.

Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu smiled at each other. It seemed that no matter how far it seemed, they had to go to the frame building in person to check it out.

The community is not far from the frame building, but if you don’t have a car and only rely on your feet, it will take more than 20 minutes to half an hour to walk there.

The temperature outside has been stuck at 76 degrees for a long time now.

"Then let's go on a tricycle. I'll take you." Qi Mingyu said, "It'll save us some energy."

"Row."

Although the small tricycle may also have a flat tire, the riding speed is slow, and the friction with the ground is very small. Moreover, her space has a lot of second-hand bicycles and tricycles, and there are many wheels that can be replaced.

Zhou Shuwan took Qi Mingyu to Building 5, where they released a pedal tricycle on the first floor of the apartment building.

She rarely behaved like this in front of Qi Mingyu, who looked at her in amazement and then looked around at Zhou Shuwan.

Zhou Shuwan was puzzled by his gaze: "What's wrong?"

Qi Mingyu said, "I'm wondering if this space is all around you, but we can't see it because of the dimension. There must be a real place like this, one that only you can see and touch."

Zhou Shuwan shook his head. "I don't understand what's going on. Maybe it's a gift from God. I can use it to protect my family. I feel very lucky."

Qi Mingyu said seriously, "We'll protect you together! You won't have to be alone anymore!"

Both of them were wearing air-conditioned clothes, but Zhou Shuwan still reached out and held the other person's hand.

They rode a tricycle to the frame building, and all the way there was no one around.

All the trees and grass died, animals disappeared, and humans went into hiding.

In this huge world, it seems like there are only the two of them.

Looking at this desolate and silent doomsday scene, Qi Mingyu whispered, "Wanwan, have you noticed? Ever since the hot weather started, there haven't been any mosquitoes!"

Zhou Shuwan shook her head. "Before... before, we really hadn't seen any. Not only mosquitoes, but also various animals, cats and dogs, birds. We could still see them during the flood season, but after the hot weather started, they disappeared."

Qi Mingyu said, "Actually, it's easy to understand why cats and dogs disappear. When humans are constantly hungry, they don't care about whether they have pets or not..."

Zhou Shuwan thought of the bloody scenes he had witnessed in his previous life, and nodded. "Yes, there are many people who eat dogs and cats. Some people even gather together to lure cats and dogs with bait so that they can catch them and eat them."

Qi Mingyu didn't say anything else.

When the temperature is still below 60, mosquitoes are very powerful and very poisonous.

After sucking a mouthful of blood, the wounded part of a human will become red and swollen, just like being stung by a wasp.

The only good thing is that the trees are all dead, there are no plants, and there's no stagnant water, so there aren't many mosquitoes. Just be more careful at home.

You don't have to worry about it when you put up a mosquito net at night.

However, when the temperature gradually rose to a terrifying level, the mosquitoes disappeared without a trace.

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