Chapter 231 Extreme Weather
When Chen Yang approached the light source, he suddenly realized that it was the light scattered when the fire burned.
The five people sitting next to the fire were not the adults Chen Yang imagined, but the five little girls who were under ten years old and left.
This result made Chen Yang feel a little disappointed. He slowly let go of his hand holding the dagger, inserted it back into his leg, stood quietly, and looked at the group of little girls from about ten meters away. He hesitated for a while and did not get close.
These little girls are very alert. Walking over rashly will only cause their fear. Chen Yang has not forgotten this. The reason why the five little girls moved there was probably because of him.
The blizzard came too suddenly, and the temperature dropped from more than ten degrees above zero and within a few hours. According to this trend, I am afraid that it is not the final bottom of the temperature.
Affected by this, five little girls surrounded the fire, leaning against each other against the corner of the wall, wearing clothes that were taken out of some dead man's house. They were colorful and tattered and covered them.
Even so, the five little girls kept trembling, and their bodies were covered with loopholes. It was hard to imagine how much cold-proof they would be.
The fire that emits light and heat is probably the only source of heat that can bring them warmth so that it will not be unable to support it.
"Yayayaya..."
The blond little girl's face was covered with dust, and she could not hide the flushing color on her face at this moment. She reluctantly shouted, stretched out her little hand to take out half of her chocolate from her arms, and shook it in front of her sisters.
It seemed that because of the low temperature, the other four little girls were dizzy and their movements were half-lagged. After a while, they realized. After rubbing their eyes, everyone licked the chocolate with their pink tongue.
This time, my sister was kind-hearted and did not just let the sisters lick it, but each of the four licked it three times. When it was her turn, the little blonde girl hesitated for a moment. Looking at the chocolate that was half smaller, she did not stick out her tongue, but rolled the chocolate and put it in her pocket in her arms to keep it.
Chen Yang, who was more than ten meters away, had such a strong eyes. From the moment the little girl took out the chocolate, she recognized that it was the chocolate he gave.
OK, then the question comes again...
Obviously, when he gave it to the girl, these little girls were afraid to hide and didn't even look at it. Why did he pick it up after he left?
Besides, is chocolate that delicious?
Chen Yang took out a piece of chocolate and took a bite. He chewed it in his mouth for a moment, but he didn't notice anything different from before.
Unexpectedly, he received the hostile gazes of the little girls again. Chen Yang thought for a while and continued to walk up the stairs until the top of the nine-story building.
The decaying roof door opened as soon as it was pushed open. The howling cold wind outside the door was accompanied by large scattered snowflakes. It was like countless knives cutting on the face. Even Chen Yang squinted his eyes slightly and blocked the snowflakes in front of his eyes with one hand.
"It's a little bit bad..."
Holding the thermometer, Chen Yang tested the temperature outside and found that the temperature had dropped to minus 17 degrees Celsius.
"Do I have to spend the winter here in advance?"
When Chen Yang was studying, he used to visit a tourist town in the northernmost part of the northeast. The lowest temperature in winter could reach more than minus 30 degrees Celsius. It can be said that the dripping water turned into ice. The hot water poured out burst out white air in the air, and it instantly turned into ice powder when it fell on the ground.
Everyone must seal themselves tightly like buns, so that they can save the heat and not lose too much.
Such a low-temperature environment is really a serious challenge to human survival. Even locals who have lived in the local area for a long time dare not be too careless.
"It's so cold and sleeping so comfortably!"
Lifting up his right arm, Chen Yang sighed, and then he looked a little novel.
Although he said cold, physical experience is actually the most important thing. The temperature of minus 17 degrees Celsius is still blew at a cold wind of six or seven levels in the sky. If an ordinary person could not stand wearing a down jacket, and even if he had thin clothes like Chen Yang, he would be froze immediately. It would not be a strange thing to freeze to death after a long time.
However, at this moment, Chen Yang was standing in the cold wind. Except for the obstruction of Fengxue's vision, unable to see the distance and the direction, his chest was like a burning flame, spreading up and down his limbs, allowing the wind and snow to blow on him, and he felt a cool and refreshing feeling.
Compared with his travels to Northeast China, this experience is completely a feeling of two different heavens.
At that time, he wore five clothes and a coat on his face. He felt so cold that he kept stomping his feet. Now he didn't feel like he couldn't stand it at all. Why can't he be quite novel?
Of course, it was not just about experiencing the novel feeling when I came to the top of the building. Chen Yang took out his mobile phone, clicked on the compass app to determine the position below, then stretched out his hand to feel the rapidly blowing cold wind, muttering to himself: "Is the northwest wind..."
After determining the direction of the wind, Chen Yang retreated back to the gate, without disgusting the dust on the ground, sat on the ground, testing the temperature outside every ten minutes, and then recording it.
In an hour, six numbers were recorded, and the temperature continued to drop from minus 17 degrees Celsius. One hour later, it has reached minus 23 degrees Celsius.
When I was watching the news in the past, Chen Yang could not understand the significance of a sudden drop of 30 degrees in Gansu and Inner Mongolia and other places. Now he has realized the horror.
On the roof of the building outside the door, heavy snow was covered with 15 cm deep in just one hour. The strong light flashlight shone over, as if even the light column was swallowed up. It was only six or seven meters away and was completely submerged by the wind and snow.
It was only 5:30 in the afternoon. At this rate of temperature drop, it might be possible to reach temperatures of more than minus forty degrees below the night.
“This weather is a bit abnormal…”
After taking out the hot water from the insulating bottle and taking a sip, Chen Yang was a little confused. Logically speaking, even if the cold air in the Arctic vortex traveled south and caused extreme weather conditions, it was unlikely that the temperature would drop so much...
Looking back on the real world, extreme low temperatures can occasionally occur in North America. To reach such a temperature, it will take two or three days.
Anyway, humans have not yet truly explored the weather, so Chen Yang no longer continued to think about such a problem. Just as he was about to continue, his right hand suddenly woke up.
It suddenly stretched out, disappeared into the dark night blizzard, circled and returned: "How could there be such a strong airflow change?"
"Well, you ask me, I don't know."
Chen Yang sighed: "But tomorrow's exploration plan... may be delayed."
"And the trouble is... if the snowstorm continues tomorrow, we will not only not be able to explore as planned, but we may not be able to return to the subway station."
Looking at the blizzard outside, Chen Yang patted the backpack behind him, "The supply can only be supported for three days, so we can only stay here for three days."
"Host, this is your mistake."
"Yes, this is my mistake."
Chen Yang replied calmly that he did make a mistake. When he noticed the temperature was lower and the snowflakes were falling, he should return at full speed immediately, rather than holding on to the plan that it was okay.
Fortunately, neither of the two non-humans could be treated as ordinary people, and small mistakes would not cause them too much trouble. After Chen Yang finished explaining, his right hand simply returned to his original position and continued to sleep. He walked downstairs.
Back on the third floor, Chen Yang stood in the hole by the wall and looked inside, and found that the little blonde girl was adding firewood to the fire, making the small pot on the stone bricks burn red.
For them, this is probably a rich dinner. Some wild vegetables that even Chen Yang cannot recognize. Stir together and sprinkle some powdered salt? Sorry, if the browned powder is really salt.
Each little girl put a bowl of hodgepodge in this way and drank it. She finally calmed down a little while her trembling weak body. Her dirty little face showed a happy smile.
"Can you live until now after eating these things?"
Chen Yang frowned slightly, always feeling a little incredible. Human vitality is really so tenacious? In this abandoned city, where did five children under ten years old come from?
Where are their parents?
No, at least one adult should take care of it?
But from now on, it seems that these children really survived by themselves, so it is no wonder Chen Yang is confused.
Withdrew his gaze, Chen Yang sat down against the wall, untied his backpack, and took out supplies from it.
Lying against the wall, Chen Yang opened the insulation box, and a trace of hot air rushed towards the box, mixing the aroma of beef. This was a braised beef and rice, plus half a bucket of tomato and egg soup.
Of course, the insulation box is limited. Given this, I can only eat such a hot meal tonight, and Chen Yang can only eat dry food tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
When you go out to explore, it is naturally impossible to eat better than at home, and you can just fill your stomach. If you want to taste it, you can only say it is a careless one. Chen Yang took out his chopsticks and ate it bite by bit. At the same time, he took out his phone with his left hand, lit the screen, and browsed the city map.
Because of the blizzard, he almost lost his direction when he came over. At this time, he could only think carefully and compare with the map based on the impression in his mind to determine his position.
To be honest, fortunately, New York is an ancient city. The cities in the 1990s have not changed much from now on, and the map can still be applicable. If it were changed to China, and if it were a map from 2014 to compare the cities in 1992, Chen Yang could only stare at me and could not do anything about it.
"Well, it should be at this approximate location."
He drew a circle on the screen from the air, Chen Yang put down his chopsticks, and his eyes condensed on the screen.
"It seems that it is not far from the bridge." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!