341, October 24th, 1:00 AM.
Tang Li was woken up by the alarm she had set herself.
Since the air conditioner was on, the indoor temperature was not cold.
Opening the weather forecast on her phone, she discovered that City A had just issued a red warning for a cold wave, with the lowest temperature tonight lowered to minus 25 degrees Celsius.
Tang Li put on her cotton-padded jacket and walked into the bedroom, clearly feeling the low external temperature.
Going out onto the balcony, she picked up the thermometer placed outside and saw it was already minus 10 degrees Celsius!
And the numbers were still dropping at a visible speed!
In just a few seconds, it dropped again to minus 9 degrees Celsius!
Tang Li quickly returned to the warm bedroom, turned up the air conditioner temperature a bit more, and set the electric blanket on the bed to the highest setting.
Then, she took out an electric oil heater from her space and turned it on at maximum power.
At the same time, she did not forget to use her phone to call Tang Guo.
But after several attempts, she couldn't get through.
Knowing that Tang Guo had a habit of muting her phone's ringtone, Tang Li started calling Tang Guo on WeChat.
This time, she finally got through.
"Li Li, what's up? Why are you calling me in the middle of the night?"
As soon as the call connected, Tang Guo's sleepy voice came from the phone.
Tang Li quickly said, "Guo Guo jie, the cold wave is here!"
"Quickly turn on everything in your house that can provide heat and cover yourself with all the quilts in your house!"
Hearing Tang Li say this, Tang Guo suddenly realized that her feet and legs were icy cold, and there was no warmth in her bed.
A shiver instantly made her much more alert.
Tang Li only heard Tang Guo on the other end of the phone responding repeatedly while shivering, making various noises, likely turning on the air conditioner and rummaging through her closet.
After a while, it finally quieted down.
Tang Guo's voice came from the phone again, "Okay, I've covered myself with all the quilts!"
Hearing Tang Guo say this, Tang Li finally felt relieved.
"What exactly happened? Why did it suddenly get so cold?" Tang Guo asked, confused.
Tang Li didn't answer, only saying, "Guo Guo jie, you'll understand if you check online."
Although the cold wave swept across the country, there were no power outages this time, and the network signals in various places were also functional, so one could understand the situation across the country from the internet.
Hearing Tang Li say this, Tang Guo also quickly checked online.
Only then did she discover that the cold wave had swept through the north from the northeast and northwest directions around 11 PM yesterday, and the temperature had directly dropped to minus 50 degrees Celsius!
After that, this fierce cold current quickly swept across the country.
In just two hours, it had already reached City A, located in the south!
Now, the temperature in City A was dropping drastically!
Tang Li knew that due to the sudden arrival of the cold wave, many people were caught unprepared, and some even fell into a daze from the cold while sleeping, dying that night.
That's why she felt uneasy and called Tang Guo.
Even though it was already midnight, the internet was bustling.
There were already many night owls who were not asleep at this hour, and with the stimulation of the cold wave, many people who were woken up by the cold in the middle of the night also lost their sleepiness.
The top trending topic at this moment was: Cold Wave Arrives!
The sudden cold wave had already caused heavy casualties in the north.
Especially in the former Yellow River flood zone.
Originally, the houses that could be lived in were washed away by the floods, and all supplies were swept away by the floods.
After a month, they had finally managed to build some habitable houses, and the authorities had allocated a batch of relief supplies from other places, which were just enough to maintain survival.
However, the makeshift shelters were leaky and did not provide any warmth.
As soon as the cold wave arrived, many people froze to death.
Local authorities quickly took out coal and other materials allocated from other places, igniting piles of fires at the resettlement sites to provide warmth for the people.
But even so, many people were shivering from the cold due to their thin clothing.
Tang Li knew that starting from tomorrow, the authorities in these Yellow River flood zones would organize large-scale migrations.
This was because the Yellow River flood zones had neither housing nor supplies.
To build structures sufficient for warmth, building materials needed to be transported from other places, and after construction, supplies for heating and warmth also needed to be transported from other places.
Building houses took time, and the country's transportation of supplies from other places to the Yellow River flood zones incurred significant costs on the road.
Therefore, instead of transporting these supplies to the Yellow River flood zones and building houses there, it was better to migrate the people from the Yellow River flood zones to places with supplies and housing.
This was also the beginning of the great migration of the apocalypse.
In the coming years, due to various natural disasters, large-scale migrations like this occurred in almost all parts of the country.
In her previous life, before the great tsunami arrived, Tang Li had also followed the main force in migrating to Jiang City under the organization of the City A authorities.
However, because the tsunami came too quickly, the main force collapsed on the road, and they scattered and fled.
Without paying attention to these matters online, Tang Li felt reassured after learning that Tang Guo was safe and went back to sleep.