Chapter 44: Being rusted through in minutes
Time has quietly reached zero o'clock on the eighth day of the end of the world! As the countdown cleared, a new system prompt sounded in Wang Qiang's mind.
Ding~!
[Apocalyptic disaster: The rain of ashes has arrived! 】
"Ashes rain?" After hearing the system prompt, Wang Qiang frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.
His original plan was that if this new apocalyptic natural disaster was not a natural disaster like the poisonous sun that made people unable to go out, then he would take two little maids to see if anyone was in the villas in other villa areas.
If there is no one, he can just move in and enjoy a more spacious and comfortable living environment. If anyone?
Then drive them away, or simply kill them. In short, if Wang Qiang likes this villa, it belongs to him!
After waiting, they can drive to the city to see the real situation outside, and buy some available supplies for zero yuan.
But now, looking at this newly refreshed natural disaster, Wang Qiang's plan was completely ruined!
Rain of ashes? Do you think it’s just a little bit of ashes floating in the sky?
That would be a big mistake! If that's the case, why is it considered an apocalyptic disaster?
Just because it blocks sunlight? Causing global temperatures to plummet?
If that was all it was, then things would be simple.
In fact, this wave of refreshing ashes is far more than that!
Getting up from the bed, Wang Qiang slowly walked to the window and gently opened the curtains that had been closed for seven days and nights.
At this time, the temperature across Blue Star was dropping rapidly. The previous poisonous sun caused global daytime temperatures to reach 50 degrees!
It’s 45 degrees at night! This is still the air temperature outside.
In a closed indoor environment, this temperature will be higher!
Fortunately, there were no large-scale water and power outages in Xuan Kingdom. Coupled with the widespread popularity of air conditioners, too many people were not heated to death! But some foreign countries are not so lucky.
The penetration rate of air conditioning in some countries is very low! Even in some developed countries, many people do not have air conditioning in their homes.
It’s not that they can’t afford air conditioning. One is the difference in concept.
Another is that labor costs are too expensive! The more developed a country is, the more expensive labor costs are!
In contrast, in some poor countries, labor costs are the cheapest. As long as you pay a little money, there are many people willing to do it.
Because of this, the poisonous sun disaster in the previous week caused the most deaths in countries with low air-conditioning penetration rates. Many of them did not die from being infected by the poisonous sun.
But he was heated to death! It's simply not too miserable.
However, those who have survived until now are considered blessed this time. Because the global temperature is dropping at this time.
First, the poisonous sun natural disaster has disappeared. Secondly, the natural disaster of ash rain came, so that the sun's illumination on the Blue Star became far less than it used to be.
To put it simply, the sunlight is blocked and only a small part of it reaches the ground, so the temperature naturally decreases.
Of course, this process will be extremely slow. It's not just a matter of how many degrees the temperature will drop in a few days.
In fact, in just seven days, the temperature drops so much that the human body can hardly feel it.
Therefore, the real reason for the sudden drop in temperature in the short term is that the disappearance of the poisonous sun disaster has caused global temperatures to quickly return to the original normal range.
At this time, Wang Qiang, who was standing at the window, had already seen the ashes falling all over the window.
Seen in the dark, they look like snow flakes, flying one after another, casting a mysterious and dangerous veil on the world.
But if you look carefully, these falling on the window are not white snowflakes at all, but gray-black ashes!
"With so much ashes, even if it has no other effect, you still have to wear a gas mask when going out." Wang Qiang thought to himself. At this time, he suddenly noticed some ashes falling on the anti-theft guardrail outside the window. After they stuck to it, the originally silver stainless steel around it showed signs of rust!
"Sure enough!" Wang Qiang also had an "I knew it" expression on his face when he saw this scene.
This rain of ashes cannot be as simple as just ashes falling from the sky. Even stainless steel can show signs of rust within a short time of contact. If it were iron, it would be rusted through in minutes?
What's even worse is that the window frames in almost every house are made of metal. These metal window frames will also be rusted by them after coming into contact with these ash.
When the rust reaches a certain level, the entire window frame will fall off the original window, and then the ashes will float directly into the room!
Wang Qiang still doesn't know what kind of damage these ashes will cause to the human body. But he didn't want to try it himself!
After all, in this apocalyptic world, any risk may have fatal consequences.
So after seeing this situation, he immediately turned around and woke up Xia Xinyue who had just fallen asleep for a while.
"Master, I can't do it anymore, please let me go!" Xia Xinyue, who was shaken awake, still looked dazed and muttered in a low voice.
"Stop talking nonsense, something serious has happened, we need to get out of here quickly." Wang Qiang picked up the clothes on the ground and threw them to her, asking her to put them on quickly.
"Something big happened?!" Xia Xinyue's eyes widened in an instant, and she looked quite sober.
"Hurry up!" Wang Qiang urged.
Hearing this, Xia Xinyue also realized that something serious had happened, so she quickly got up and started to put on clothes and socks.
Her heart was also full of tension and uneasiness, not knowing what was going on.
On the other side, as the rain of ash continued to fall from the sky, terrible changes occurred all over the world!
As the ash rain fell on some high-voltage power towers, the towers began to be corroded by the ash, and as time passed, these signs of rust continued to intensify rapidly.
It seems that time is speeding up at this moment, ruthlessly eroding the cornerstone of human civilization.
In addition, anything that is metal will be rusted within a short period of time after being contaminated with these ashes. Regardless of whether it is iron, aluminum alloy or stainless steel, they are all treated equally.
The only difference is probably the speed of corrosion.
Among them, iron corrodes the fastest! Like a prey targeted by a demon, it quickly lost its original solidity and luster.
Xuan Kingdom capital time, 0:15.
It has been 15 minutes since the rain of ash fell. At this time, the exposed metal objects had already shown extensive signs of obvious rust.
Those cars that had been parked on the road before the apocalypse now looked as if they had been parked there for more than ten years. The paint on the cars was peeling off in large swaths, and the steel structures inside were covered with rust.
If someone wipes it with their hands, they will find that almost a few millimeters of the surface of this steel structure have been corroded away!
in the living room.
Liu Ruyan was woken up not long after she fell asleep.
"What are you doing~!" Liu Ruyan, who was woken up, looked unhappy, frowning slightly, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Stop sleeping, something happened!" Xia Xinyue, who was responsible for waking up Liu Ruyan, looked at her seriously and said.
(End of chapter)