readytorunbook Chapter 81 Temperature Fluctuations
Chapter 81 Temperature Fluctuations
DAY96
The eight people slept in the RV for one night. The heavy snow finally stopped. What was even more unexpected was that around 8 a.m., the sun was shining brightly again, just like the day before. By 8:30 a.m., the outdoor temperature had soared to 27 or 28 degrees Celsius.
Under normal circumstances, the snow was half a meter deep last night, and this morning is the snow melting period. They shouldn't be in a hurry to leave. In mountainous provinces like G province, it's easy to encounter danger on the road.
But the weather is incredibly abnormal right now. Yesterday it was at least minus ten degrees Celsius, but today it has returned to thirty or forty degrees Celsius. They can't predict what will happen in the next few days. Now that they can leave, they can't stay here any longer. They need to find a normal place to stay.
Du Wenqing was a very experienced veteran. He did not recommend that they continue to drive this huge RV. The RV could be used again if they could find a place to rest. He now knew that the off-road vehicles they had borrowed before were all taken from Lu Yuan's space. Although he now knew what else Lu Yuan had in his space, he could still take out three vehicles, which would be enough.
Following Du Wenqing's instructions, Lu Yuan put the RV back into his space and replaced it with three modified G-Class vehicles. He also put some water and food in each vehicle to ensure that even if they were separated by accident, they would still have food and water even without Lu Yuan's vehicle.
In the current situation, four people in the team have superpowers, but Lu Yuan is identified as having spatial superpowers, which is equivalent to not having any. After discussing it, Du Wenqing and Qin Yuan insisted that one of the three of them must be in each vehicle. In other words, the rare five-person team is finally going to be split up.
Before setting off, the eight people were finally divided into three groups under the arrangement of the old team leader, Du Wenqing: Lin Yun, Pei Sihao, and Gu Nanfeng in one car; Qin Yuan and Zhong Qiang in another; and Du Wenqing, Lu Yuan, and Yang Xiao in yet another. Originally, it should have been Qin Yuan and Gu Nanfeng in one car, but Qin Yuan talked too much, which Pei Sihao found a bit annoying. Coincidentally, Zhong Qiang got along particularly well with Qin Yuan, so everyone was happy.
But no one could have imagined that the eight people who got on the bus so happily would actually have an accident on the way.
Because the snow didn't start melting until after 8 a.m., the eight of them stayed at the gas station a little longer. After making new departure arrangements, they ate brunch in the open space next to the gas station. Since the RV was folded up, they simply moved a table used by the staff to eat at the convenience store, and Lu Yuan took ready-made food directly from his spatial storage.
"When did you install this space?" Du Wenqing looked at Lu Yuan incredulously as he took out the steaming dishes. "They're still warm."
Lu Yuan didn't know how to explain, so Yang Xiao, the master of lies, finally spoke up, "After we left the school dormitory, we went to move some vegetables from Pei Ge's supermarket. Back then, the supermarket had all kinds of vegetables. We moved some that Pei Ge's family had made themselves, so of course they were hot!"
After finishing his meal, Gu Nanfeng uploaded the route map he had drawn to the car's system and shared it with the other seven people for backup. Fortunately, modern electronic devices have proximity transfer capabilities; otherwise, without internet access, it would be quite useless.
It was nearly noon when they were about to set off, and the temperature had climbed to around 40 degrees Celsius, similar to the previous few days. The group was already drenched in sweat after standing in the sun for only a short while, so the eight of them quickly got into the car and drove away from the gas station.
Du Wenqing, Lu Yuan, Yang Xiao, and their car was the last one, following the two cars in front of them on the highway in the mountains. Normally, heavy rain or a drop in temperature can easily cause disasters like landslides and mudslides in G Province. Now, with the extreme temperature fluctuations within two days, it goes without saying that the situation is even more serious.
As evening approached, Lin Yun noticed that the water level on the ground was rising. He used his walkie-talkie to notify the two cars behind him. After discussing it, the three cars exited the highway. At this point, they had reached the border of G Province, a small county town. Previously, because there was a famous flower field in G Province in this direction, it attracted many tourists in the spring. So, although this small county town was small, it was quite developed.
The area was developing well, so naturally there were many people. Before Lin Yun and his group even entered the county town, they saw zombies wandering aimlessly on the road.
However, the zombies saw their car but didn't rush to destroy it. Lu Yuan remembered that after the first viral rain, they saw students driving away from the school in their dormitories. Back then, as soon as the cars drove out of the underground parking lot, they were attacked and bitten by zombies. Even slightly weaker cars were torn to pieces. But now, the zombies in this small county town were ignoring their car.
"That's strange, why aren't they attacking us?" Yang Xiao also found it unbelievable, but seeing the debris of some vehicles and various robots on the roadside, he could guess that the zombies here used to destroy cars and robots.
"I wonder how Wei Guo is doing now." Seeing the robot fragments by the roadside, Lu Yuan thought of Wei Guo. Since entering the G City base, Wei Guo had been recalled by the police department, and they had never seen the robot again.
"Sigh, who knows?" Yang Xiao also thought of Wei Guo, who, despite his extremely high combat strength, was unable to harm zombies due to system settings.
As they were chatting, Gu Nanfeng's voice came through the walkie-talkie. After entering the town, their three cars split into three groups to look for suitable buildings to rest in. It seemed that Gu Nanfeng and his group had found one.
Du Wenqing quickly drove to the place Gu Nanfeng had mentioned. It was a popular homestay located directly opposite the sea of flowers. The trendy little buildings were stacked one or two stories high, and each room had a small courtyard in front of it. Staying in such a courtyard when the wildflowers were in full bloom, and looking out at the flower field across the way, was truly breathtaking.
This popular guesthouse has certainly invested heavily, with a two-way road built along the entire route, indicating it must be a top choice for many tourists during the flower season. Even before the virus outbreak, many tourists likely stayed here, though it wasn't flower season then; staying in such a place would still be a delightful experience.
There were vehicle debris along the way, indicating that there should be zombies nearby. However, after Lin Yun and his group arrived, they did not see as many zombies wandering the roads as they did in the town center.
They chose a two-story detached house on the mountaintop, which seemed to be a large suite specially prepared by the guesthouse. There were two rooms on each floor, which was quite convenient for the eight of them. Moreover, there was another entrance to the guesthouse on the mountaintop. According to Gu Nanfeng's map, it wouldn't be far to enter X Province from there.
The snow from last night had all melted by this time. If Lu Yuan hadn't seen it with his own eyes yesterday, he wouldn't have believed that it snowed so heavily yesterday, and that they even built a snowman and had a snowball fight.
Although it was almost 7 p.m., it was still very hot. Just to be on the safe side, Lu Yuan put away the three cars. The group went into the villa, Lin Yun and Gu Nanfeng went to the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Du Wenqing and Qin Yuan led the others to check the villa from top to bottom.
Because it's a villa with a view, the two bedrooms facing the flower field have large balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows designed by the guesthouse owner. Since there are zombies in the town, Du Wenqing considered it for a moment and then directed the group to push several large wardrobes over to block the floor-to-ceiling windows. The original plan for everyone to rest in their rooms that night was changed to everyone resting together in the living room on the first floor.
After dinner, Du Wenqing, Lin Yun, and Qin Yuan, who had been driving all day, lay down on the sofa to rest. Lu Yuan and the other four had experience with defense duty, so they huddled on the other side of the living room and quietly assigned their duty shifts.