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Chapter 40 “The living room and kitchen are flooded, but we’re okay.” “Help me find a two-bedroom apartment, money’s not an issue—preferably above the fifth floor.” ... 2 p.m., Longjing Bay Community, Changping City. Gao Shengliang wearily hung up the phone. “What did Lao Zhang say?” Xu Xiucai asked from the side. “Not many listings available. Might take a day or two.” Gao Shengliang, 47, was a beverage sales manager in Wang’an District. Ever since Longxia issued the acid rain…- 318.3 K • Completed
- Chapter 36 "On March 27th, rainfall in Longnan and the Yun and Yu regions reached 552mm. This round of rainfall is expected to continue until the night of the 31st..." Over the next two days, the Yun and Yu provinces of Longxia were completely transformed into flood disaster zones. "This is terrifying..." While the nation watched the unfolding disaster, in an apartment building in Xin Xin Homeland, Jinghe, Song Xiaoxin nervously followed the Yunyu news reports. Song Xiaoxin, 27 years old, worked at an…
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- Chapter 37 At 9 a.m. on the morning of April 2nd, Song Zixin stepped down from a large red truck. Besides herself, eight other young men and women wearing vests got off with her. “This is Xiaojiakou?” “Not what I imagined at all…” They stood at a crossroads. A gas station was nearby, and all around were trees toppled and leaning. Song Zixin looked around. On March 30th, she had signed up in a group chat. After filling out forms, answering questions about her availability, and going through a…
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- Chapter 38 Song Zixin stared at the headline for a moment, then clicked in. On screen: atop a muddy slope left by receding floodwaters, a seventy-year-old farmer clutched a donkey tightly. The donkey was draped with a brown blanket. Around them stood an orange inflatable raft and three flood rescue soldiers. Song Zixin opened the comments section. “Wuwuwu! This is such a wonderful surprise!” “I heard they found it fifty li away on a hillside. The donkey has a birthmark on its ear! It’s the same…
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- Chapter 34 Qin Yun opened . : Fully automated grain storage facility with a maximum capacity of 500 million tons. The was a reward for reaching 1000W Starlight Points. Ever since Longfeng 001 was issued, the farm had begun cultivating wheat strains. Now that the farm had expanded to 20,000 mu, every time the wheat ripened, selected strains would be sent to Su, Zhe, and An provinces. The remaining wheat was processed into flour and transported to the granary in Gan Province. As a result, even though the…
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- Chapter 35 "At 5 p.m. on March 25, Longxia's Yun and Yu regions were hit by extremely heavy rainfall. The rain was caused by a leading cold air mass from the direction of Harma. The pH value of the rainwater is 4.7… The rainfall is expected to last for five days. Residents of Yun and Yu should take precautions against acid rain." At 7 p.m., Zheng Yunjie turned on Longxia Broadcast. Every news channel was reporting on the rainfall in Longnan. As he watched, his phone rang. Old Zhou: "Is it really acid…
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- Chapter 32 “We leased the land from the government—200 yuan per mu per year, and the state subsidizes 50%…” Early the next morning, Wang Xuecai brought Wang Mengying to the contracted farmland. Changlong County is located in the southeastern part of Su Province. With coordination between the county and township governments, 100,000 mu of land had already been transferred. A month earlier, Wang Xuecai had gone to the Changlong Agricultural Bureau intending to inquire about welfare subsidies. But…
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- Chapter 33 At 9 p.m. on February 19, Zheng Yunjie opened a news video on his tablet. It had been an hour since the Longxia News Broadcast aired. After it ended, Longxia News continued with a live segment on the rainfall in Mali. Now the entire internet was talking about the disaster. Zheng Yunjie watched for a bit and opened the neighborhood owners’ group chat. “This news is getting ridiculous.” “Mali’s separated from us by the Aral Mountains. There’s no way we’ll get heavy rain.” The…
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