SRTT Chapter 4.1

The reason why she needed to buy iodine tablets and radiation protection suits was because a large-scale nuclear war would break out in the later stages of this world.

Ruan Ning actually didn’t understand why there was still a war under such circumstances. Anyway, that was what the author of the book wrote.

But if she thought about it carefully, there was a lack of resources and the people were struggling for a mouthful of water and a mouthful of food every day. Wasn’t it the same between countries?

But what they were robbing was marine resources.

After the natural disaster, a flood almost wiped out the food and made the living environment on land difficult. At this time, all countries turned their attention to the ocean, especially the freshwater resources stored in the polar regions.

In extremely hot weather, freshwater resources were worth millions.

It was also the grave of the gold diggers.

Everyone wanted to fight for a way out, and the conflict couldn’t be mediated.

Today your fleet killed my fleet, and tomorrow I will blow up your port. Then, it would simply turn into a large-scale melee.

Countries with residual government organizations were okay, but there were also some terrorist organizations and warlord states…

No one knew who threw it first. Anyway, if a few dirty bombs were dropped, the chain of revenge would be full immediately.

The Blue Star was ushering in a nuclear winter.

However, these were relatively far away for Ruan Ning now. Her first goal was to stock up on goods.

Stock up, stock up…

After getting up early in the morning, Ruan Ning first cleaned up the existing supplies.

All the items purchased online were sent to the warehouse, and they had not started to arrive yet.

What she had now was the products from the refrigerator. A total of 78 bottles of mineral water in three days, three chicken hot pots stewed by herself, three duck hot pots, three pounds of cherries, three boxes of chocolates, various vegetables and fruits, some seasonings, and even more exaggerated bacon, which had been piled up into a small mountain.

There were also the five catties of pork that she bought for fear of having no meat to eat, which became 15 catties now.

15 catties of meat was really a big lump!

Even if a family of three could eat one catty of meat a day, the daily refreshment of pork was five times the amount of food, not to mention that she also had stewed beef, spicy crab, dry pot sausage, squid, razor clams, and so on.

All these materials had been refreshed three times.

Yesterday it was fine, as long as the things that didn’t need to be refrigerated and frozen were taken out and piled in the room, but today the refrigerator in her rental house couldn’t fit at all.

It was full of meat and vegetables.

Only now did Ruan Ning realize how terrifying the refresh function was.

Ruan Ning had no choice but to use the 130 cubic meters to sort out the vegetables, fruits, and various cooked foods, and temporarily store them in cardboard boxes.

Time was stagnant in space, so food would not go bad or smell.

After sorting out the supplies on hand, Ruan Ning rummaged around on her mobile phone, finally freeing up 520,000 yuan.

Adding the remaining funds from yesterday, the existing funds were about 610,000 yuan.

According to the plan, Ruan Ning went out and came to a car rental company.

The owner of this car dealership was a little chubby and looked to be in his forties, which was exactly the age of having elderly parents and young children.

Probably due to the pressure of survival, he was very enthusiastic about his work and asked Ruan Ning enthusiastically what car she wanted to rent.

Ruan Ning replied: “I want one with a big fuel tank.”

This was the first time that the car dealer owner had heard this kind of request. A big fuel tank basically meant high fuel consumption.

If people drove a long distance, they would still run out of fuel. Therefore, the size of the fuel tank generally did not mean anything. Anyway, people could fill it up on the road.

“Are there any other requirements?” The boss asked, “Such as the age of the car, power, brand, etc.”

Ruan Ning said: “It only needs to be easy to drive and have a large fuel tank, but the fuel tank must be large.”

The boss took out a self-made picture book and said, “How about this Lexus? The fuel tank is 138L, which is almost three times that of an ordinary family car, and the age of the car is only a little over five years.”

“There is also this Mercedes-Benz. In addition to the advantage of a large fuel tank, the interior is also very luxurious, the driving comfort is extremely high, and it is full of power. The twin turbos increase the speed in 6 seconds, but the price is a bit expensive.”

Ruan Ning was curious: “How much is it?”

Boss: “1,865 yuan a day, with a deposit of 100,000 yuan.”

Ruan Ning pointed directly to the Lexus in the picture book: “How about this car?”

Boss: “This one is 570 yuan a day, and the deposit is 7,000 yuan.”

 

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Translator’s Little Encyclopedia

Carrington Event

The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally and caused sparking and even fires[citation needed] in telegraph stations. The geomagnetic storm was most likely the result of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun colliding with Earth’s magnetosphere.

The geomagnetic storm was associated with a very bright solar flare on 1 September 1859. It was observed and recorded independently by British astronomers Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson—the first records of a solar flare. A geomagnetic storm of this magnitude occurring today has the potential to cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage due to extended cuts of the electrical power grid.

 

Impact

Aurora

Auroras were seen around the world in the northern and southern hemispheres. The aurora borealis over the Rocky Mountains in the United States was so bright that the glow woke gold miners, who were reported to have begun to prepare breakfast because they thought it was morning.

It was also reported that people in the north-eastern United States could read a newspaper by the aurora’s light. The aurora was also visible from the poles to low latitude areas such as south-central Mexico, Cuba, Hawaii, Queensland, southern Japan and China, and even at lower latitudes very close to the equator, such as in Colombia.

Telegraphs

Because of the geomagnetically induced current from the electromagnetic field, telegraph systems all over Europe and North America failed, in some cases giving their operators electric shocks. Telegraph pylons threw sparks. Some operators were able to continue to send and receive messages despite having disconnected their power supplies.

 

 

 

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