Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The weather became even hotter in the following days.

Temperatures rose rapidly to over 45 degrees Celsius, with daytime surface temperatures even approaching 50 degrees Celsius.

Shen Zechuan and his group could only go out to find supplies at night and search in the nearby neighborhoods.

With the weather getting hotter and hotter, and estimating that the extreme heat was about to begin, the power outages were likely to start in the next few days. So Zhou Yang decided to stay home all the time.

During the day, I cook and grow vegetables at home, and in the evening, I exercise in my online space, practicing knife skills and shooting.

In his spare time, he also does some handicrafts. His house now has quite a few foldable and portable tables, stools, and simple lamps that he made himself.

In addition, he also made several boxes of jelly-like flammable balls by mixing cotton wool with Vaseline. He learned how to make them from online videos; just one small ball can be used as a kindling, and it ignites easily, making it very convenient when you need to start a fire while out and about.

Five more days passed.

At one o'clock in the morning, Zhou Yang, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up by the heat.

I was covered in sweat, even my silk pajamas were soaked.

The air conditioner in the room had stopped working sometime ago, and the room temperature was now at least 38 degrees Celsius.

Pea, who had been enjoying the air conditioning in the room, had also woken up from the heat. She was now looking at Zhou Yang with concern, her eyes faintly glowing in the darkness. Fortunately, after the mutation, Pea's heat tolerance had increased, so although she felt very hot, she could still endure it. At this moment, she was just lying quietly on the ground, sticking out her tongue.

Zhou Yang wiped the sweat from his face and then pressed the switch for the bedside lamp, but the light did not turn on.

Is the power outage starting?

Thinking of this possibility, Zhou Yang got up from the bed, reached for the binoculars on the bedside table, and walked to the window to look outside.

It was pitch black all around.

Normally, even late at night, there are still many lights on in many places, but now, apart from the two rows of solar streetlights on the distant highway, everything else is dark.

Sixteen days into the apocalypse, the power finally went out. Based on past experience, it was probably because the power plant's lines were overheating. If it continued to get any hotter, the cell towers would likely be affected within a few days, and the network would be paralyzed.

With a sigh, he groped his way back to the bedside in the dark, took a flashlight from the cabinet, and then went to the balcony to connect the solar generator to the house's wiring.

In this sweltering heat, it's unbearable without electricity to turn on the air conditioning. Although he can bring Pea into the space, staying there all the time isn't a good idea.

As soon as it was connected, the air conditioner in the living room beeped and the indicator light came on.

Instead of rushing back to sleep, Zhou Yang used binoculars to observe Shen Zechuan's villa. It was still dark and quiet there, probably because he was still busy figuring out how to connect the generator to the wiring.

After putting down the binoculars, Zhou Yang turned around and went back to the living room, planning to have some ice cream with Wandou to cool off before taking a shower and going to bed.

What Zhou Yang didn't know was that Shen Zechuan and the others weren't actually at home at that moment, but were several kilometers away—looking for insecticide.

Because of the high floor and the fact that pests were taken into account during the renovation, Zhou Yang's home has not been bothered by any mosquitoes or other insects during this period.

But Shen Zechuan's villa wasn't so lucky. It was originally very down-to-earth, and no one thought about having to protect against mosquitoes when it was being renovated. Now, he's having a hard time.

The weather has been too hot these past few days. Apart from some food that was put in the freezer and refrigerator, as well as food that was dry and durable or vacuum-packed, most of the food in the villa has spoiled.

Since yesterday, it has attracted a lot of snakes, insects, and rodents, which can bite people. Since there are no insecticides or mosquito coils, we can only use torches to drive them away, making the villa smell of smoke.

So after dinner today, as soon as the sun went down, the group rushed out to find insecticide to disinfect the entire villa.

After searching through several supermarkets, I finally managed to get enough insecticides and mothballs, as well as some sealing strips and tape.

They were busy until after 2 a.m. before driving back to the villa.

When I got home, I was planning to turn on the air conditioner and cook a late-night snack. But when I got home, I couldn't even turn on a light, let alone the air conditioner.

At first, I thought the power had tripped in the villa, but after checking, I found that it wasn't broken.

Looking around, they saw only darkness and realized that there must be a power outage.

Originally, when Shen Zechuan and the others went to find the generator, it was just as Zhou Yang suggested, just in case. Little did they expect that Zhou Yang's words would come true.

power cut.

"Yan Fei and I will go connect the generator to the villa's electrical circuit. Chai Jin, you go get a barrel of diesel. Xingye, you and Zhiyi go unload the things inside the house."

Shen Zechuan didn't dwell on it and directly assigned tasks, and everyone got busy.

It took almost half an hour for the villa to finally have power back on. However, the diesel generator was quite noisy, making it particularly conspicuous in the dark and quiet night, attracting the attention of the few other residents nearby.

However, the people who live here are mostly rich and powerful, and they are all somewhat cultured. Moreover, since it is only the beginning of the apocalypse and humanity still exists, no one has come up to cause trouble.

It was already past 3 a.m., and if they lingered any longer, it would be dawn soon. The group didn't bother with any late-night snacks and grabbed the insecticide to start exterminating all kinds of insects throughout the house. Then they used sealing strips and tape to seal all the gaps in the windows that were letting in air, and even sealed the drains with fine wire mesh.

By the time everyone finished, it was already getting light.

Before the temperature rose too much, I quickly took a shower and then cooked a pot of mixed rice.

Then the group discussed redistributing the rooms, changing from one person per room to two people per room and three people per room. In the end, it was decided that Shen Zechuan and Xu Zhiyi would share a room in the secondary bedroom, while the remaining three would share a room in the master bedroom.

After all, with each person in a room and the air conditioning on, they couldn't afford to run the generator even if they had one. Although they got two large barrels of diesel at the beginning and then brought back several more barrels, running the generator was too fuel-intensive, so they had to use it sparingly.

If the master bedroom hadn't been designed to be too small, Shen Zechuan would have even planned for everyone to sleep on the floor in one room.

"Yan Fei, call your uncle and ask them where they are. The weather has become even more abnormal since the apocalypse. We don't know if there will be a widespread power outage. It would be better to reunite as soon as possible."

When Shen Zechuan was packing his things to go to the second bedroom, he ran into Yan Fei, who was also moving things, and casually said something to him.

Yan Fei nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll make a call later."

A short while later, Yan Fei came over and said to Shen Zechuan, "We've made contact. They've just arrived in Anhui Province. But they're with quite a few survivors, so they're moving slowly. They'll also have to go around the city and take a long detour, so it'll probably take another 3 days or so."

"By the way, my uncle also mentioned that the power outages have been occurring in the places they've passed through for the past few days. It's all because the power stations burned down due to the heat. I guess it's similar here."

"Hmm. It seems that most places are without power. We can only wait for your uncle and the others to arrive before we can repair the power station. There's no way we can do it with just a few people."

After packing their things and moving into their rooms, the group quickly went to sleep, as they were exhausted and sleepy after a busy night.