Chapter 223: City-wide power outage
The lobby on the first floor of the hotel has been filled with players who cannot book a room.
At this time, the hotel owner had hurriedly closed the hotel door and locked it from the inside.
The glass door cannot block the view, and the people crowded in the hall can still see the situation outside.
I saw black clouds rolling in the sky, and the strong wind howled and slapped on the door, almost breaking the poor folding glass door.
It was pitch dark outside, and even the street lights were no longer illuminated. The crowds in the lobby could only look out through the faint light emitted by the hotel's electric lights.
I don’t know whose quilt was hanging on the balcony before I could put it away. It was flying on the street and finally gave a tree next to it a hard blow.
The trees beside the green belt were also tilted by the strong wind, as if they would be broken at any time; loess from nowhere was also flying in the air, blocking people's sight like fog.
The lock on the door is not very tight. From time to time, a hole will be blown open by the strong wind. From this neither wide nor narrow hole, the wind will blow in, and the people in the hall will be shivering from the cold. .
The cold winter has clearly passed, but the current temperature has suddenly become colder than the coldest period of winter. Many people who were not wearing thick clothes were shivering and looked at the flying weather outside with horror. of loess and dark sky.
There were panicked voices in the crowd: "Is this a sandstorm? Or a typhoon?"
Another voice replied: "The devil knows what's going on. How can there be such a strong wind in February?" ...Speaking of which, does this look like the end of the world to you?”
“Stop talking nonsense!”
There was no other way, so the boss had to open the security door outside. After coming down, the hall became slightly warmer.
The people who were trembling slightly breathed a sigh of relief.
The strong wind was still beating hard against the security door, and from the inside it sounded like some monster was beating on the security door.
Sounds very scary.
But the situation now is much better than before. At least we won’t see the terrifying scene outside.
“This damn weather…” The boss groped for his frozen hands from holding the door open while looking at the hall full of players, all of whom came in without paying.
Although these people don’t live in rooms, why do they still need trading point protection fees for occupying his hall?
He opened his mouth while thinking about it, but after seeing the haggard and worried looks on other people's faces, the slightly opened mouth closed again.
Forget it, they are just staying here for one night anyway, and they can’t suffer much loss.
The boss was thinking as he sat back behind the counter, listening uneasily to the wind outside the window. The wind had been blowing for several hours, but it showed no sign of stopping.
There will be strong winds and heavy rain tonight.
The boss was still thinking, when a woman holding a child suddenly came over, as if she had a request.
He became alert, this was not a shelter, and he was not a hypocritical philanthropist.
Seeing the woman getting closer and closer, the boss spoke to her first: "If you want something, I don't have it here."
The woman's face looked a little embarrassed, but she was still in a hurry Explanation: "No... I just want to ask you if you can turn off the lights tonight. We are a little scared..."
While she was still talking, a strong gust of wind hit the security door outside. , which scared the players in the hall to tremble.
The child in the woman's arms also buried his head, seeming very scared.
The boss looked at the child in her arms. The child was about four or five years old and was a little girl.
He paused for a few seconds and then said: "Okay, there are so many of you here, it's not safe to turn off the lights, just leave them on."
The woman quickly thanked her. , and then returned to the crowd with his children.
At this time, Gu Mian and others were lying next to the window looking at the sky outside. Xiao Hong, who was originally stuck in the middle of the living room, had been violently installed on the sofa. This way, they would not get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night. It was an embarrassing situation to find a female ghost in the living room.
The fat man "Doctor" looked very uneasy: "Shall we sleep with the lights on tonight?"
"Whatever." Gu Mian said that she didn't care: "Anyway, I can fall asleep with or without turning on the light."
Chu Changge didn't have any objections: "As long as you are happy."
From time to time, there was the sound of something hitting the ground outside the window. The visibility on the street was already very low, but the people by the window could still see something flying in the sky from time to time.
The sound of footsteps can be heard from time to time in Corridor Mountain.
The rooms on this floor are already occupied. Perhaps because the first floor was too crowded, someone came to the corridor on the upper floor.
The fat man looked out through the peephole and saw several people building bunks outside.
He didn't pay much attention to the few people laying pavements outside, but prayed that this weird weather would pass quickly.
They still have to choose a sunny day to set off. In fact, even if they stay here, there won't be any financial pressure. Gu Mian got a thousand game coins in the last dungeon, and got another thousand as compensation. What they got recently is enough for them to stay for twenty days.
But staying here is never a long-term solution.
The fat man fell asleep uneasily while praying.
But he didn't sleep for long - he felt that he didn't sleep for long.
The sound of something breaking resounded throughout the house.
The fat man, who had been sleeping restlessly, was immediately woken up. He jumped up from the bed suddenly: "What's going on? Something hit!"
But no one responded to him.
And immediately, Fatty discovered something was wrong.
He specifically begged Gu Mianwanshang to sleep with the light on, but at this time, the room was completely dark, so dark that he could not see his fingers. Not only the room, but also the direction of the living room was also dark; look. Nothing is seen, nothing is heard...
No! There is sound!
The fat man twisted his head in the darkness and turned his head in the direction of the sound.
It was the sound of "rustling" rain. The rain sounded very intense and crackled on the window. The rain that had been planned for a day finally fell in the middle of the night. The force was so strong that the fat man suspected that it was hail outside. .
Fortunately, the light switch in the hotel was very user-friendly and was coated with luminous powder. The fat man groped in the dark and walked to the light.
He didn't think it was Gu Mian or Chu Changge who had nothing to do in the middle of the night and thoughtfully helped him turn off the lights, and it was even less likely for the female ghost sitting on the sofa.
But it doesn’t matter who turned it off right now, let’s turn on the light first...
The fat man thought about it and clicked the light switch.
But the expected light did not come, and the heavy rain outside was still pattering on the ground and windows.
The fat man pressed it several times again without giving up, but it still didn't work.
At the same time, he suddenly heard a loud shout from the corridor, followed by other people's conversations.
“The power is out in our house!”
“So are we.”
“The power is out in the hall!”
Hearing this, the fat man was stunned: "There's a power outage? Is it because of this damn weather?"
At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of something being broken open, followed by a dazzling white light. It filled his sight.
The fat man covered his eyes for a while to adjust. After a few seconds, he dared to squint and look at the light source.
It was Chu Changge. He was holding a flashlight. The light came from the flashlight. He seemed to have just woken up.
At this time, Fatty saw Gu Mian standing by the window.
I saw Gu Mian wearing a white coat, standing by the window looking outside.
After a few seconds, he turned around with a strange expression on his face: "There's a power outage."
The fat man nodded: "Doctor, you don't need to tell me, I saw it too. It's screaming outside now."
"No" Gu Mian shook his head with a strange expression: "I'm talking about a city-wide power outage."
A city-wide power outage?
The fat man's scalp exploded: "Doctor, please don't scare me."
While blowing his hair, he threw himself next to the window. Sure enough... On weekdays, there are several families with lights on even late at night, but now it's dark outside. A piece of nothing.
There seems to be a flicker of light in the distance.
The fat man stretched his neck and looked towards the light, and found that it was the supermarket set up by the game.
As expected... there was a power outage in the whole city...
No, is it a city-wide blackout... or a global blackout?
Thanks to the book friends of Rabbit No. 3, Tianyi Hall, and tail number 6648 for the rewardφ(゜▽゜*)
(End of chapter)