Chapter 128: Chapter 127: Apocalypse Life from Scratch (1)

#Apocalypse Restart#

The ruthless downpour had arrived as expected.

The relentless pelting of raindrops battered the windows, turning the whole world a different color in the latter part of the night with booming thunder that shook one’s ears.

Xiao’ai was frightened awake in the latter part of the night and burrowed into her arms.

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. It’s just the thunder god playing his drums, our Xiao’ai is not scared,” Su Shu hugged her tightly and soothed.

Outside the window, against the night sky, lightning struck repeatedly, its bright flashes inspiring fear.

Su Shu wrapped the two of them in a blanket, knowing in her heart that the storm was just beginning.

Soon, the city would be plunged into relentless emergency rescue and disaster recovery operations.

From today on, a stable life would cease to exist, the only option left was to endure, endure, and endure.

That night, the torrential rain and lightning damaged several high-voltage power lines and infrastructures, making many areas’ water and electricity supply urgently interrupt.

The next day, the rain hadn’t stopped, and on the wall-mounted TV, the local news anchor in City C reported with a grave expression.

“The city experienced a sudden torrential rain. By five o’clock this morning, many road facilities had been damaged. On the Qingyuan Expressway, multiple pile-up accidents have occurred. At the scene, the traffic police department is handling the emergency. We now go live to our reporter on the scene.”

The screen switched, and the mist seemed as if it could spray through the screen.

The field reporter, clad in a raincoat, held a microphone in one hand and braced an umbrella with the other, shaking from side to side in the fierce storm, struggling to report the latest news.

The heavy rain poured, and the fog was so dense that visibility was less than a meter.

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Su Shu watched the news and then gazed out the window into a vast white expanse.

This rainstorm would last at least three days and nights. Across City C from east to west, Linjiang, with its current fury, couldn’t withstand even a day and night of rain — the water levels rose overnight. Not only did department leaders at the city level rush to governmental meetings all night, but the central media also started reporting on this rare heavy rainfall in Province B, City C, from the following day.

Not long ago, the citizens of City C, who were still lamenting the earthquake disaster in neighboring Province E, suddenly faced their own difficulties.

On the TV, the scene switched from one frame to another, showing severely damaged infrastructure and fallen trees and houses, interspersed with the faces of panic-stricken people, each frame simultaneously familiar and alien to Su Shu.

The government advised the citizens to stay at home as much as possible during the following days. By the second day of the storm, military and police forces had already begun assisting residents near Linjiang to move to safer areas.

Experts predicted that prolonged rainstorm could easily trigger flash floods, especially with the rapid water level rise of Linjiang increasing the pressure on flood prevention. The slightest negligence could lead to extremely severe consequences.

In order to guarantee the safety of the people’s lives and property, the government urgently redeployed rescue forces to both banks of Linjiang.

Around Linjiang, there were dozens of new and old neighborhoods, involving tens of thousands of people. As this area lies below the rest of City C, it would certainly be the most dangerous spot once flash floods occurred, assaulted from both sides.

However, implementing a rescue and evacuation mission in such a severe storm was an extremely hazardous task.

Yet the government had no other option. If evacuation were not hastened, when the mountain torrents came rushing down and Linjiang surged backward, countless people on both banks would be immersed in grave dangers.

At that moment, military and police forces worked in conjunction, all armed units receiving orders to be ready to deploy; some moved into the banks of Linjiang, some maintained order in other areas, and some were responsible for establishing an emergency disaster relief system.