Chapter 258 Shocking
Meeting his gaze, Xiao Jin pursed her lips and said, “It’s getting colder outside, and the shelter has a power outage. It should be the generator.
Take some time off. If you have any questions, call me and I'll go down and take a look."
Jian Yiqiu also knew that now was not the time to talk, as he didn't know what was going on outside.
He nodded immediately and said softly, "I can do it myself!"
Xiao Jin glanced at him and didn't get anxious. Instead, he took out a charcoal basin from the space with a few pieces of lit charcoal in it.
This was the fire she had left on purpose for the purpose of keeping warm.
Then, Xiao Jin placed another bag of charcoal on the ground and left.
Jian Yiqiu looked at her receding back, a smile flashing across his eyes.
After a while, his face turned solemn, he turned his head to look at the French window blocked by frost, and sighed deeply...
When Xiao Jin went downstairs, she realized that the situation downstairs was far more chaotic than she had imagined.
The corridor was full of people running, some of them were holding quilts, and some were carrying kettles.
Miserable screams and cries echoed throughout the building.
Obviously, this sudden drop in temperature took the lives of many people, with the elderly and children in the shelters being the hardest hit.
Their relatives and friends threw themselves on their beds, screaming heart-wrenchingly, perhaps crying over the death of their loved ones, or perhaps panicking about their own uncertain future.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Jin lowered his eyes silently.
All this was already destined. After all, Jian Yiqiu, a strong adult, almost didn't survive, let alone the elderly who were already in poor health.
Society always eliminates those who cannot adapt to it first!
Xiao Jin's guess was correct. It was indeed the patrolling guards who first discovered the temperature abnormality.
After the alarm was sounded, the first group to wake up were basically all players. After noticing the temperature drop, they quickly woke up the people sleeping around them.
But it's still a little late, some people have fallen into eternal sleep quietly.
After taking a few steps, Xiao Jin ran into Cheng Ce who was in a panic.
"Mr. Xiao!" Cheng Ce was delighted when he saw Xiao Jin from behind.
"I didn't see you and thought something happened, so I was just about to go upstairs to find you. By the way, where is Brother Jian?" He looked back.
Xiao Jin: "He was frozen for a while, but he's still recovering."
Cheng Ce's face changed drastically: "What? Is it serious?"
"Fortunately, the person is awake. I immediately performed first aid measures and he should be fine soon."
Seeing Cheng Ce exploded, Xiao Jin quickly added.
Cheng Ce breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good." He still believed what Xiao Jin said. She said Brother Jian was fine, so he must be fine!
But here, Xiao Jin noticed that an acquaintance was missing. She looked around and asked, "Didn't Shao Jing come down with you?"
When the rooms were distributed before, Shao Jing and Cheng Ce were assigned together. There was no reason why Shao Jing, the butler, would not show up at this time.
Unexpectedly, when Cheng Ce heard Xiao Jin's question, his face darkened.
“His health is not as good as mine and Brother Jian’s. Although it’s not serious, the situation is not good.
I just took him to the medical room before I came down here."
Xiao Jin frowned slightly: "Don't panic, how is the medical team doing?"
“One-third of the people were unable to get out of bed in a short period of time, and the rest had already started treating people in the shelter.
but……"
Speaking of the latter, Cheng Ce gritted his teeth and said: "Professor Tao is old, I'm afraid he won't make it..."
Xiao Jin sighed softly: "Take good care of him!"
After the two finished talking, they continued to work on the affairs inside the shelter.
The warehouse needs to be opened, so we need to find more quilts, down jackets and gloves. The warmer the better.
Although everyone has killed a lot of snow beasts in the past few days, the coats that dropped cannot be distributed to everyone in the shelter. Basically, those who have them are the team members who went out to collect supplies before.
It doesn’t matter that much now. We just take what we have and distribute it as quickly as possible.
This is not enough. We also need to send someone to the motor department to check out the cause of the power outage and repair it as soon as possible.
At the same time, the fire in the kitchen had to be started.
The kitchen appliances are usually powered by either electricity or natural gas, but the natural gas had been shut off a day earlier, so electricity was used.
However, Jian Yiqiu and the others had discussed the power outage situation before, so they took corresponding measures.
When Xiao Jin went to collect supplies, he went specifically to the factory that produced gas cylinders and brought back a lot of gas cylinders.
It just comes in handy now.
Not only a gas tank, Jian Yiqiu also had people build two earthen stoves on the open space outside the kitchen, which could be used by burning firewood.
Now, everyone in the kitchen was busy, some were boiling water, some were making ginger soup.
The medical team also provided a lot of medicines to drive away colds and prevent influenza, which were diluted with hot water and distributed to all the survivors.
Whether you are sick or not, just give it to me to drink!
As for those who are unconscious due to high fever and those who are almost frozen to death, the medical room definitely cannot accommodate them.
Cheng Ce and others simply cleared out a floor to house these people to avoid infection. Hearing that Xiao Jin had left a charcoal basin for Jian Yiqiu, they also tried to get some out.
But there are relatively few charcoal basins, so they can only be used by people who are sick.
Finally, there are those who have died.
After discussing with the family members, they planned to park the body in an open space outside first, and then discuss whether to bury or incinerate it after things here were dealt with.
At this temperature, the corpse will definitely not rot outside. After all, living people are the most important!
Although sad, most of the family members agreed with Cheng Ce's suggestion.
Only a very small number of people, who seemed to have been hit too hard, were unwilling to let the corpse leave their sight.
Some of these people were persuaded by their relatives and friends, while others were forced to do so by Cheng Ce. After all, other people didn't want to stay in the same room with a corpse!
There were some frictions, but at least the situation in the shelter was eventually stabilized.
By dawn, all the people who needed to be resettled had been resettled.
In the open space in front of the prison building, rows of covered bodies were lying neatly, which was a shocking sight.
Jian Yiqiu stood at the door of the first floor, looking at the person on the ground in silence.
"Cough cough cough~"
After a while, he suddenly bent down and covered his mouth. His pale face showed a hint of blood due to violent coughing.
Cheng Ce behind him patted his back worriedly: "Brother Jian, you are still sick, why don't you rest in the house, I can take care of it here."
Xiao Jin leaned against the wall and frowned as he looked at Jian Yiqiu's tired face.
This guy came down half an hour after I left, and has been busy until now despite looking sick!