Chapter 23 Water and Power outages

Three days after the end of the day, the show officially began.

Jack knew what would happen on this day, so he didn't sleep all night and waited to see this great play.

What happened was actually very simple.

That's the electricity in the entire community, suddenly cut off!

And soon after, due to a chain reaction of power outages, the water company was unable to supply water normally.

There was a problem with the water supply system, and every household had stopped supplying water.

All of this was within Jack's expectations.

After all, at the beginning of the apocalypse, no one could predict how long this extremely cold disaster would last. The authorities were still making every effort to support and solve this snow disaster.

But it wasn't until the third day, when time passed by, that they realized that this was not a problem that manpower could solve.

Due to the freezing weather, major hydroelectric power plants had been shut down one after another, and thermal power plants were unable to continue generating electricity due to the inability of personnel to work.

After various cities across the country had exhausted their stored electricity, power outages were inevitable.

At this time, perhaps only a small number of nuclear power plants were still in operation.

But the generated electricity was naturally supplied entirely to official departments for use.

Water and power outages had plunged ordinary people's lives into darkness!

And Jack had already turned on two silent generators in advance, starting to generate electricity for room functions.

After finishing these tasks, Jack opened his phone and saw that many chat groups had messages of 99+.

"Do you have electricity at home. "

"We don't have electricity at home! And the tap water has also stopped, what's going on?"

"Our house also has no water or electricity! In such cold weather, the air conditioning is completely unusable and we can't use the heater. How are we going to live these days?"

"Why don't the authorities come out and take control at this time? Continuing like this may freeze people to death."

Jack silently shook his head.

At this point, the authorities had no time to take care of everyone.

To survive, one can only rely on oneself.

He also knew that the end of the world would only be considered a true arrival from today onwards.

After losing the electricity and food of modern society, humans would also fall into mass death.

Jack thought of these and glanced at his home with lingering fear.

When he saw his warm and spring like house, as safe as a copper hoop and iron bucket, and the endless supplies in the strange space, a sense of steadfast warmth surged in his heart.

The community owners were also full of nervous roast at this time.

If it weren't for advanced technology, the battery of mobile phones would no longer be shut down due to low temperatures, and they wouldn't even be able to use their phones.

But without electricity, the phone would eventually become a waste.

"When will this snow continue to fall? The air conditioning won't work anymore, and the room is already over minus 30 degrees Celsius."

"If we keep going like this, we'll really freeze to death!"

"The water has also stopped; can we have some snow water?"

"We don't have much food left at home, and we can't go to the supermarket due to heavy snowfall. But what should we do?"

Someone started to call Aunt Anne.

" Aunt Anne, didn't you say it was okay before?"

"Yeah, I just listened to your words and didn't go out to buy supplies. How can you solve it now?"

"When will the upper authorities come to rescue us? Please have a word!"

Facing the questioning from her neighbors, Aunt Anne 's heart was also filled with anxiety and panic.

At this moment, her inner fear was even greater than that of her neighbors.

The homeowners were not sure how to rescue them from above.

But Aunt Anne had already received some information in advance through the neighborhood committee.

"Nowadays, the world is experiencing blizzards, which are said to be a rare snow disaster in hundreds of thousands of years. Perhaps, we are facing another great extinction of life, which is the end of the world!"

"Although the authorities are doing their best to support it, our country's population of over one billion cannot afford it."

"Several key cities have already fallen. "

"If we want to live next, we can only rely on ourselves. We must stock up on more resources, especially food and heating energy."

"I have started going door-to-door asking for supplies, just in the name of the neighborhood committee."

"Isn't doing this harmful to others?"

"Harmful? If I don't do that, our family will freeze to death and starve to death for at most three days! I can't care about that anymore!"

"I don't know how many people will die from this snow disaster, so I can only take care of myself and my family first."

"Yes, while we still have some influence, hurry up and get more supplies. At this time, survival is the most crucial!"

Aunt Anne stared at the news in the neighborhood committee group, her whole body trembling violently.

Although the indoor temperature had reached over minus 30 degrees, a cold sweat still flowed from her forehead.

She lay in bed, covered in thick three layers of quilt, which made her almost gasp for breath, but she didn't dare to open it.

Because the room was now like an ice cellar.

At this moment, her grandson in bed asked, "Grandma, why is it so cold outside! When will Mom and Dad come back?" Aunt Anne looked at her grandson and her heart sank.

She just had a chat with her son and daughter-in-law today.

They were all working out of town and now trapped in rental housing, the situation was not much better than theirs.

"I must protect both of us, we must survive!"

Aunt Anne gritted her lips tightly, with a fierce expression flashing in her eyes.

"It's okay. Dad and Mom will be back in a while."

After comforting grandson for a while, Aunt Anne picked up her phone and began speaking in the homeowner group.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the disaster is only temporary. The weather outside is too cold, so it's not surprising that there are no water or power outages."

"Don't worry, there are already staff members working on the repair."

"The official has issued a notice that in such exceptional circumstances, our neighborhood committee will be responsible for the unified management of the community's owners."

"I hope everyone can cooperate with our work. If anyone doesn't cooperate, it will cause serious consequences. Afterwards, we will request the police to arrest and interrogate them!"

Aunt Anne 's words were extremely serious.

This statement had aroused strong dissatisfaction among the homeowners.

They also did not expect that at such times, the neighborhood committee not only did not provide an explanation for their inadequate work.

Instead, it was intimidating the homeowners.

However, there was also some fear in everyone's hearts, and no one dared to speak out against it.

Jack held his phone and looked at the news of Aunt Anne on it with ease.

He raised his eyebrows and let out a sneer.

He certainly knew that Aunt Anne was lying. In her previous life, she used this despicable way to cheat a lot of goods from others. But he also had no intention of exposing Aunt Anne 's trick.

Anyway, whether the other neighbors were alive or dead, what did it have to do with him?

Jack turned on the TV and continued playing his game.

No water, no power?

It's okay, his warehouse stores a massive amount of backup batteries, as well as generators, fuel, and solid alcohol. As for water, he hoarded 500 tons of tap water alone, not to mention tens of thousands of tons of mineral water and beverages in the warehouse. And when necessary, he can also fetch water by melting snow.

In short, whether it was freshwater or energy, he was not lacking at all.