Chapter 112: Fire in February
February is the coldest time of the year. People in the era of collapse only have the impression of February, the cold weather, the frost and snow, and the bitter winter wind blows on their faces. They will immediately burst out when standing outside for a few minutes. In this terrible cold, even factories under the rule of totalitarianism in the northern border will stop work in a humanized manner, and workers will be given a New Year fee, so they can return to their homes with heating to avoid the cold for the New Year.
However, two months after the Western Expedition, February 29 of the collapse of the 29th year was given to the northern border, not to... give all mankind a "winter" that is beyond common sense and even more terrifying.
No one knows why the snow-capped mountains on the roof of the world melted. Some forces once sent teams to enter the roof of the world, but they were all blocked by an irresistible force, unable to enter by any means, and no detection equipment or even spiritual energy could penetrate it. It was like an eternal isolation space.
In February, the snow-capped mountains on the roof of the world, which had been frozen for thousands of years, were burned through the wantonly spreading flames. The peaks that pierced the sky turned into lava, and were burned down more than a hundred meters. The dust and smoke burning with Mars spread out from the roof of the world, fell on the Cross Church, in the Red Blood Empire, on the other side of the sea, and even on the extreme north at the end of the sky.
Fire is the only impression of February winter. The burning dust scatters day and night like rain of fire. The air is always filled with the smell of gunpowder and sulfur. The high-temperature gas defeated the cold current in a short time. After all the ice and snow melted, the temperatures around the world rose sharply. Taking Chang'an, located in the Western Regions as an example, the average temperature rose to 58 degrees, and the maximum temperature on the surface exceeded 75 degrees. People could not move, horses could not walk, and fire incidents triggered, and hundreds of people died of heat stroke due to heat.
In the dark and sunless fire rain, some people are hot to death, some are choked to death due to long-term inhalation of high-temperature gas, and some are thirsty due to high-temperature evaporation of water sources. The frost cold that once avoided became the thing they need to pray for the most at this time.
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A month later, in early March, the central army gathered here, 270 miles away from Chang'an. Their military uniforms were wet with sweat and quickly evaporated in high temperatures. There was an irregular airflow on everyone's head due to water vapor. If they were not all evolvers with high physical fitness, wearing such thick military uniforms would probably not take long to get heatstroke.
The commander stood on the armored vehicle, and the crowds of civilians gathered in front of them. They were all so unconscious that they were all held pots and pans in their hands, and begging one after another.
"Master Bing, give me some water!"
"Mr. Bing, our well has been short of water for a month, the stream has dried up, and the river has dried up. We really have no place to find water."
"Wuwuwu, my son didn't drink a sip of water from yesterday. Today, he couldn't even open his eyes while lying down, and he murmured to drink water."
"Please, if you don't help us, you will have no life!"
The commander looked back at the cube with fear and said anxiously: "My fellow villagers, I understand you, but it is really dangerous here. The cube's outbreak cycle has become unstable in recent years, and ferocious beasts may appear at any time! Can you go home and wait patiently? Let's exchange the water and send it to you from house to house as soon as possible!"
"No! If we go back, we will never know the year of the monkey and horses until we drink water!"
"We're waiting here!"
"Yes! Just wait here! I'll die of thirst when I go back. The worst thing is that the beast will die here!"
Seeing that the civilians surrounded the place and refused to leave, the commander was helpless. The staff officer came over at this time and lowered his voice: "If you can't persuade me, just seize the time and quickly change the water and take everyone back, so as to save you from having too many dreams."
"That's all." The commander turned around, looked at the cube towering into the sky, and shouted: "Soldiers obey the order! Enter the resource redemption option, choose the water purification, everyone fills your space bag, and the redemption begins!"
"Boom!" As soon as the commander finished speaking, a loud noise suddenly came from the sky like thunder, as if something huge was broken. A strange pressure trembled everyone's heartstrings, and some civilians with unstable will even fainted. If it weren't for the help of the person next to him, the temperature that fell to the ground would have turned into roasted human flesh.
"Fuck! What's going on?!" The commander slapped himself twice, sobering himself up.
The staff officer frowned and lifted his clothes, exposing his bronzed skin to the air, his eyes wafting: "Do you feel... it seems to be cool?"
The commander frowned and looked at the Mars falling in the air. I wondered if it was an illusion, but it seemed to be a little smaller. He turned on the communicator and said in a deep voice: "This is Zhu Feng, the commander of the 6th Regiment of the 7th Division of the Central Guard Army, and requested to connect to the meteorological center."
After the docking request was passed, Zhu Feng asked: "Have the temperature dropped by the meteorological center detected?"
The communicator responded: "Yes, Captain Zhu Feng, 5 minutes ago, detected the temperature on the roof of the world that began to drop sharply. Now the average temperature in various parts of the Western Regions has dropped by 0.7 degrees Celsius and is still falling rapidly."
"Fuck!" The commander let out a breath, clenched his fists and said excitedly, "It seems that this ghost day is finally over!"
The staff officer also smiled. Although his skin was hot when exposed to the high temperature, he could already feel a ray of coolness brought by the temperature difference. However, the coolness had not lasted for long, without any warning, and he noticed a detail.
Most soldiers were fighting men, with strong male hormones and a lot of hair, and the staff officer was no exception. There were a lot of hairs on his arms. These hairs suddenly began to twist in the air, as if they were roasted by fire, followed by a strange heat flow.
"Suddenly it's so hot! What's going on?!"
"Ah!! I'm going to breathe!!"
"Help! Help! I'm almost burned to death! Save me!"
After the initial cooling, the deadly heat current swept over Zhu Feng's army and the civilians ahead. He was immediately anxious and commanded his comrades to exchange a large amount of clean water, but they could not take care of it and sprinkle it directly on the civilians. However, this could not solve the urgent problem, because the temperature continued to rise, and the more water spilled out, the thicker the water vapor, which made people breathless.
Zhu Feng rushed to the communicator anxiously and shouted: "Meteorological Center! What's going on?! Didn't it mean that the temperature began to drop?!"
"Captain Zhu Feng, the temperature is indeed dropping in various places...but..."
“But what?!”
Chapter completed!