Chapter 100: snowstorm

"Dididi...dididi..." The time-fixed cell phone rang on time, waking up Chen

Xin who was still sleeping.

reached out and grabbed the phone and glanced at the time on it. Chen Xin put

the phone back on the bedside table, and after yawning, he rubbed his face and

sat up from the bed.

picked up the clothes on the bedside, and just put a shirt on him, Chen Xin

suddenly felt a chill passing from the clothes to him.

Shivered by the chill, Chen Xin hurriedly retracted into the bed.

Wrapped in the quilt and warmed up the clothes with the remaining warmth in

the quilt, Chen Xin poked his head out of the quilt, thinking about what

happened today, it will become so cold.

Now is not before. If it suddenly became so cold in the morning before the

disaster, it is probably due to a cold current. It is not uncommon for the

temperature to drop more than ten degrees overnight in autumn and winter.

And the heat preservation effect of ordinary houses in the south is the same.

The outside temperature drops by more than ten degrees, and the house will

drop by at least three to five degrees or more when there is no heating. It is

normal to get cold in the morning.

But now is the end of the world, and Chen Xin lives in a shelter with good

warmth, so it shouldn’t be so cold.

Could it be a problem with the ventilation system to keep warm? Chen Xin

passed this thought in his mind, but quickly dispelled it.

Although it feels cold now, it’s just because he didn’t wear much clothes, and

he just got out of the warm bed and put on clothes with a relatively low

temperature. In fact, the temperature is not unacceptably cold. Degree, at

least there are still a few degrees.

If there is a problem with the warmth of the ventilation pipe, which causes

the external cold air to flow in directly, the temperature will be at least

below zero.

In that case, what Chen Xin felt was not cold but ice.

And he only covered a camel hair quilt last night. Although it keeps warm, it

hasn't reached the point where a quilt can withstand freezing temperatures.

Facing this strange situation, Chen Xin didn't think about it anymore, and

quickly put on the clothes next to him one by one, and crawled out of the bed.

After putting on the clothes, although the temperature before the clothes was

a bit low, Chen Xin felt that he was still sitting on hemp and cold, but he

was not too unbearable.

Especially after Chen Xin turned over the sweater and trousers that had been

in the closet and put it on, it didn't feel cold anymore.

Because of the shelter’s thermal insulation ability, even if the outside

temperature drops below zero, there are still more than ten degrees in the

shelter. As long as he wears a thicker coat and works at ordinary times, Chen

Xin does not feel cold.

But the sudden temperature drop today caught him by surprise.

If it were before the disaster, Chen Xin would have touched the phone to check

the weather forecast before he was out of bed, but now he can only look at the

thermometer hung on the wall in the living room after brushing his teeth and

washing his face.

"Seven degrees? The temperature dropped six degrees in one night, isn't it

that scary?" Chen Xin couldn't help feeling surprised when he watched the

temperature on the thermometer had fallen to single digits.

I’m in the refuge, not mentioning the surrounding reinforced concrete walls

and the insulation measures made inside. The ground temperature brought by the

two hundred meters high earth mountain above my head will not keep the

temperature of the refuge overnight. Drop so much!

Chen Xin was very surprised, he didn't even care about breakfast, so he left

the living room and went to the public space, planning to check the

ventilation system.

However, looking at the ventilation system that was still functioning well,

and the cool breeze blowing from the ventilation system, Chen Xin couldn't

help but touch his face. He already understood what was going on.

Chen Xin didn't think too much. This is not a problem with the ventilation

system, nor is there something wrong with the insulation of the shelter.

Unless he upgrades the ventilation system again or upgrades the shelter as a

whole, this problem will not be solved.

Back in the bedroom, I found a temperature measuring gun. After checking that

it was still usable, Chen Xinyou touched a large tool hammer from the

workbench. Then he came to the maintenance room and changed into protective

clothing. After putting on the protective mask, he took the flashlight and

climbed through the passage in the tunnel to the small bunker where the

communication antenna was placed.

As soon as he opened the door, a gust of cold wind came on the surface,

instantly causing a layer of ice to form on Chen Xin's protective mask.

Looking at the ice flower on the protective mask in front of him, Chen Xin

stretched out his hand and touched it. When he saw it couldn't be wiped off,

he didn't care about it. Anyway, it didn't affect his sight much.

Turning on the flashlight, Chen Xin scanned the inside of the small bunker. As

he expected, a layer of ice had formed near the vent, and the gap between the

small bunker and the outside world was even more covered. The thick layer of

ice almost smeared the entire gap.

walking to the edge of the gap with the hammer, Chen Xin raised his hand and

knocked it hard.

Fortunately, the ice layer is not very thick. Although it is strong, it can be

broken with a few taps.

As Chen Xin smashed the ice covering the gap, more cold wind was poured into

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Chen Xin raised the temperature measuring gun in his hand and pointed it

towards the gap in the small bunker that was pouring cold wind into it. The

temperature displayed was \-34°C.

"Isn't it? Didn't it still have minus 4 degrees yesterday? It dropped by 30

degrees in one night?" Chen Xin was a little bit incredulous. The cooling was

really horrible. Something similar to the moment when it entered the ice in

the "The Day After Day" movie. The horror of the times.

However, if the temperature is reduced by 30 degrees overnight, it is indeed

similar to the effect shown in "The Day After Tomorrow". After all, the ice

age will be 8-12 degrees lower than the normal temperature before the

disaster, and it is not as cold as it is now .

It's just that Chen Xin couldn't help but worry about another problem.

Before the disaster, the blue star’s climate was actually abnormal. At that

time, scientists said that because the environment was destroyed, and the

solar activity cycle entered a minimum period, the heat irradiated on the blue

star weakened and the blue star was about to enter. A little ice age.

It’s just that this has always been a statement. The Little Ice Age that

scientists wanted to talk about has never come, even though the time

scientists predicted is within thirty years.

But now that Blue Star is in this situation, it is very likely to directly

enter the ice age, or it is already an ice age.

If we enter the ice age, it is expected that the extreme cold and long nights

of a hundred years may take longer.

Human beings are creatures that need a warm environment to survive. Although

we have extended our activities to severely cold areas through construction,

clothing, heating, etc., this does not mean that humans can face low

temperatures of tens of degrees below zero. Long-term survival.

Even for polar scientific expeditions, it is difficult to spend a long time

outdoors, and most of the time I stay in scientific expedition stations.