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The snow kept falling with no sign of stopping, and by noon the next day, the snow outside was already half a foot thick.
The temperature began to plummet. Usually, the lowest temperature in winter in southern Hunan was only minus 2 or 3 degrees, but now it is minus 5 degrees.
In the principal's office in the school's administrative office building, Yang Xiao, Xiao Zhe, Zhao Gang, Huang Wen, Xu Nanqiang, Fei Fei, Chen Fei, Dai Yun, Chen Lu, Long Yongjun, Ma Junhui and others gathered together.
The school's administrative office building and teaching building are the only buildings that have not been destroyed in the apocalypse, and all facilities here are well preserved.
If the time were to go back a few months, Yang Xiao would never have imagined that he, a newcomer who only entered Xiangnan University on the first day of freshman reporting, would one day sit in the principal's office and sit on the principal's large boss chair.
There is a pen holder on the desk, and there is a thermometer on the pen holder, which shows about minus 5 degrees.
Everyone put on winter clothes. Yang Xiao felt very warm wearing the dog fur coat that Huang Wen had sewn by herself.
"Winter came a little early this year, and I don't remember such low temperatures."
The one who spoke was Deng Xiao. She, Qin Yu, and Chen Fei were all locals, so they naturally knew the local climate well.
Qin Yu and Chen Fei also agreed.
Yang Xiao smiled and said:
"If my speculation about the cold winter is true, then it may not be the coldest now. The cold has just begun. Have any of you seen the American disaster movie "The Day After Tomorrow" in public?"
When Yang Xiao said this, Qin Yu, Huang Wen, Deng Xiao and others immediately said,
"I've seen it."
"The Day After Tomorrow is a disaster science fiction blockbuster. It tells the story of how environmental changes on the earth have led to an extreme cold wave and the entire earth has entered a freezing period."
Yang Xiao nodded,
"Perhaps, what we are about to experience is a catastrophic weather similar to that described in "The Day After Tomorrow", and more severe than it. We must be prepared for a protracted battle. The first step now is to let ourselves survive. Starting now, everyone Immediately move your living materials to the newly dug cave dwelling."
Xiao Zhe was stunned and said:
"Yang Xiao, it's snowing heavily outside."
"Perhaps you will look back in a few days and realize that today's weather couldn't be better. Now that I think about it, the three previous snows may have been a warning to us, telling us to quickly prepare for the winter."
Yang Xiao gave the order and everyone organized the relocation separately.
First comes the food, put potatoes and dried meat into the cave dwelling.
At least 100,000 kilograms of potatoes dug from dozens of acres of potato growing areas more than a month ago were piled in several rooms on the first floor of the administrative office building.
"There are so many potatoes that it is impossible to put them all into the cave. Let's take some of them first and come back when needed. The weather is cold now, and the earth is a natural refrigerator. Food is easy to preserve. Come on, everyone put the dried meat in first. "Inside the cave warehouse"
As the logistics director, Xu Nanqiang directed the people in the logistics team to move things.
There are many room partitions in the cave, and boys and girls are finally completely separated. Everyone takes their own luggage, quilts and clothes, finds their own place in the cave, and makes their own bed.
In order to save space, the beds are double-decker bunk beds, and they are connected to your bunk bed, so everyone can sleep together.
The lower bunk is more than one meter above the ground.
The firewood was piled into a mountain, right in front of the cave dwelling, ready for use at any time.
Xu Nanqiang arranged for people to light the fire dragon under the cave. More than an hour later, the temperature in the entire cave reached nearly 20 degrees. Compared with the minus 5 degrees outside, it made people feel as warm as spring.
Yang Xiao's thermometer has measured that even without lighting a ground fire, the temperature of the entire cave dwelling is around ten degrees. This temperature, even if it is a few degrees lower, can allow everyone to safely resist the severe cold outside.
More than a thousand people worked hard for about three days before they could all move into the cave dwellings.
"Ma Junhui, please stay. You designed and built this cave dwelling. You can still help me a lot in the future. It's so cold now. I guess there won't be a place for you when you return to Xia Nan University."
Yang Xiao sincerely tried to keep Ma Junhui, thinking that this man was a talent and he didn't care about raising another idle person.
Ma Junhui nodded and expressed his gratitude.
"Yang Xiao, thank you for taking me in."
"As I said, without your help, how could we design such a good cave dwelling? You are the hero, how can you let the hero suffer from the cold outside?"
Compared with the open-air tents of the past, cave dwellings are simply too comfortable. Even administrative office buildings cannot compare with cave dwellings now.
The snow outside has not stopped and has been falling. The snow on the ground of the playground has accumulated about half a meter, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. Most people are unwilling to leave the cave dwellings except to poop and urinate.
Fortunately, Ma Junhui designed two toilets right next to the cave dwellings, and they were dug into the mountain. Although they were not as comfortable as the cave dwellings where everyone lived, they were much better than the ice and snow outside.
Xiao Zhe and Zhao Gang have to arrange for everyone to clean up the snow within 20 meters in front of the cave door every day to prevent heavy snow from accumulating and blocking the cave.
Yang Xiao went to the gene store. There was no snowflakes within 30 meters of the gene store. Once inside, the temperature was the same as usual, not too cold.
Gu Bo saw Yang Xiao coming in and said with a smile:
"Yang Xiao, that's good. It's great to plan ahead!"
"Haha, this is all thanks to your reminder. Otherwise, we might have frozen to death in the snow now. By the way, I originally wanted to invite you to the cave to escape the cold. Now it seems that I was overly worried. You are so The Gene Store is like spring all year round, it’s like a resort.”
Gu Bo laughed and said,
"Come here often when you have time. My place won't be closed anyway."
"Well, old man, let me ask you a question. The snow outside has not stopped. How long will it continue to snow? Also, will our winter be very long?"
Gu Bo smiled mysteriously,
"You've already taken the lead, what else do you have to worry about?"
"Yes, but if the winter continues, won't our genetic evolution be temporarily delayed?"
"Don't worry about this. Can't we hunt when it snows?"
"Where are the mutated creatures on the mountain now? They have been hiding for a long time."
"Boy, don't be impatient. Just wait and see. The snow will eventually stop."
At Shanan University, everyone gathered in the teaching building next to the playground. In the first few days, everyone was still laughing and having fun. As the snow continued and the temperature became lower and lower, everyone began to feel depressed.
"The temperature is now minus ten degrees. When will this hellish weather stop?"
"It's so damn cold, I wake up from the cold even when I sleep at night."
"How many days can these firewood last? If we keep burning like this, it will be burned out in a month at most. If the snow doesn't stop by then, we will all freeze to death."
"Can our food last for a month? Now that the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, we can't hunt mutant creatures at all. This is a sign that we are going to starve to death."
Charlotte was in the office, feeling a little restless.
A fire pot was burning in the office, and the indoor temperature was relatively warm. Zhou Qiang and a dozen senior leaders gathered together to discuss ways to deal with the bad weather.
Zhou Qiang sighed,
"Is it true that as Yang Xiao of Shonan University predicted, the earth will enter an ice age and we will usher in a long cold winter?"
