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Li Mu smiled and said, "It's so hot, no need to bother, I've already stockpiled a batch of supplies."

Sun Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Sir, you were already prepared."

Li Mu nodded: "The weather these past few months has been too abnormal. It's already late autumn, and winter is just around the corner. The temperature has actually exceeded forty degrees Celsius, which is hotter than summer. It's too abnormal, and we can't afford not to make preparations!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the villa that was being renovated and said, "It's not just supplies. See that villa over there? It's being renovated for insulation. If the extreme weather continues after the project is finished, we'll move into that villa."

Sun Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Sir, you are truly farsighted."

Li Mu smiled and said, "It's not so much about foresight, but rather having money and free time, so that while others are busy working, you have the leisure to think about other things."

"Actually, it's not just me. Many wealthy people are sensitive to this, and many are also doing insulation upgrades on their houses, storing supplies, and installing photovoltaic solar panels."

Sun Yuan sighed, "I hope this extreme weather won't continue and things will return to normal soon."

Li Mu remained silent. This was just the beginning; things were about to get even worse.

……

Sure enough, over the next few days, the temperature rose steadily, reaching 42 degrees, 43 degrees... and the highest temperature once reached 45 degrees. The whole earth was scorched, like a furnace.

The internet is in chaos, with all sorts of rumors circulating, including countless apocalyptic speculations... Such unusually high temperatures have even prompted experts, who are known for their tendency to spread nonsense, to start making all sorts of guesses.

The government has issued a series of high-temperature warnings and taken various measures, including banning all outdoor work and opening up public places such as libraries and stadiums to provide cooling-off areas for people without air conditioning or other cooling measures.

Even some air-raid shelters were temporarily opened, allowing people to go inside to escape the heat.

Just as everyone was looking at the scorching sun and the rolling heat waves outside the window, feeling worried.

After two months, it finally rained.

It was still raining heavily, and the rain continued all night. When Li Mujing woke up in the morning, she felt a chill that she hadn't felt in a long time.

I took out the temperature gun and went outside to test it; it was only in the teens. I checked the weather forecast, and today's high temperature is only in the twenties.

So, the prolonged heatwave was brought down by a heavy rain.

On the way to exercise in the early morning, there were more people, all with smiles on their faces, marveling at the refreshing weather and relieved that the heatwave was finally coming to an end.

After finishing his morning exercise, Li Mu returned home and ate breakfast while scrolling through his phone.

The internet was filled with jubilation, with major media outlets vying to report on the heavy rain. The scorching weather was finally over, and the unusually extreme weather was slowly returning to normal.

Even netizens are in a good mood. The panic buying of the past few days has stopped, and those who were hoarding supplies have stopped doing so.

After scrolling for a while, Li Mu saw some other news in some corners. Due to the heavy rain at night, many places were flooded, and some low-lying areas were even directly submerged because drainage was not timely.

These news items, compared to the good news of the temperature drop, obviously didn't attract much attention from netizens, who were all immersed in the celebratory atmosphere of the temperature drop.

Li Mu was in a good mood, even though he knew the future would be a high-temperature apocalypse and the situation would be brutal, and the current cooling was only temporary. However, the fact that the temperature didn't rise all at once, giving everyone some breathing room, was a good thing.

However, when Li Mu saw the news about these floods, he was stunned for a long time and suddenly realized another problem that he had overlooked, a very important problem.

A global apocalypse due to extreme heat means that the Earth's temperature will rise across all aspects in the future. Therefore, the issues that need to be considered are not just those of a single city or country.

The significant rise in global temperatures signifies something we all understand.

This means that as polar ice caps melt and sea levels rise, some coastal cities and islands will be submerged and sunk to the bottom of the sea…

In recent years, global warming has been a hot topic worldwide. One of the most significant harms of global warming is the rising sea levels caused by melting glaciers.

The issue of global warming has generated countless controversies and disputes on Earth.

This is just the problem of global warming. What if it's an apocalyptic world with temperatures that's even more severe than global warming?

In the foreseeable future, as temperatures rise and global temperatures increase significantly, polar ice caps will gradually melt, sea levels will rise, seawater will flood inland, and a large portion of coastal cities and islands will be submerged.

The Xia Kingdom's economy is inherently export-oriented, heavily reliant on overseas trade. The four provinces with the largest domestic economic output are all coastal provinces.

Most of the country's economically strong cities and industrially strong cities are located in coastal areas.

If sea levels rise and seawater floods in, coastal cities will be submerged, causing incalculable losses to the country.

Even if they relocate, the costs and losses will be enormous.

This is still at the national level; when we narrow it down to the cloud city level or to the individual level, it is still a remarkable event.

Yunshi is located inland. Even if the polar ice caps melt and sea levels rise, coastal areas may be flooded, but seawater should not be able to flood Yunshi.

Being unafraid of seawater intrusion does not mean being unafraid of floods.

In the future, once a high-temperature apocalypse occurs, such high temperatures will greatly increase the rate of water evaporation, causing a large amount of moisture to accumulate in the air and fall as rain in the morning and evening.

Moreover, with extreme weather and unpredictable temperature changes, typhoons are likely to be larger, more frequent, and more unpredictable.

A large portion of the water vapor in the air turns into rain and falls into the sea, while some also reaches the land.

Given the Earth's temperature and the rate of water evaporation under extreme high temperatures in a post-apocalyptic world, the amount of precipitation on land in the future will increase dramatically.

Unlike coastal areas, inland regions cannot effectively drain heavy rains into the sea and prevent flooding. Instead, inland areas typically drain water into rivers, which have limited flow, especially in areas that are far from the sea.

If rainwater cannot be drained in time, it will overflow into rivers and reservoirs, have nowhere to go, and flood everywhere, submerging farmland, villages and cities, causing large-scale floods and waterlogging disasters.

Just like Zhengzhou in real life, so many places were flooded and so much damage was caused by just one night of rain.

This is only one area experiencing rainfall; the rainwater can be quickly discharged to other areas through river channels.

If, then, widespread rainfall begins across the entire country.

In coastal areas, it can be directly discharged into the sea.

What about inland areas? With so many places experiencing rain at the same time, those limited river channels simply aren't enough; where will the water go?

Some cities located at high altitudes, or those built on mountains, like Chongqing, are in a better situation.

Those low-lying areas directly became flood discharge zones for other places.

Even though the area where Yunshi is located is mostly plains with similar elevations, once widespread rainfall begins across the country, the water will not be able to drain away, and both rural and urban areas will likely be flooded.

In higher areas, the flooding is less severe, but in lower areas, it's not uncommon for several stories to be submerged.

Moreover, this is not a one-off deal; it will likely become the norm in the future.

Even before the water from the previous heavy rains had completely drained, another heavy rain arrived due to the high temperatures causing the water to evaporate too quickly and accumulating too much moisture in the air.

In some low-lying areas, rainwater may never drain completely, forming lakes or even swamps.

This is beyond human control to change.

Just like this heavy rain last night, if it weren't for the nationwide high temperatures and drought for so many days, the water levels of rivers and lakes would have dropped significantly, and there would have been a general water shortage, giving the rainwater a place to go, and perhaps even more places would have been flooded.

Thinking of this, Li Mu also thought of the two villas he had bought. If things really came to this point in the future, and Yun City was flooded, the villas would probably be affected as well, it would just be a matter of how deep the flooding would be.

So, even in the optimistic scenario where only the first floor of the villa is flooded, the second and third floors are spared.

However, those two basement levels were basically rendered useless, inevitably suffering from flooding.

Because of the secluded and secure nature of basements, Li Mu planned to store most of the supplies he purchased there.

If things really get to that point, with most supplies submerged... it will be even more difficult to survive for three years in a high-temperature post-apocalyptic world.

Once you know something, you should plan ahead.

Thinking of this, and looking at the villas in front of him, Li Mu sighed slightly. He had originally planned to use these two villas as his base of operations. It seemed he would need to choose a more suitable place.

However, the mission needs to be completed in Yun City, which is built on a large plain with little difference in altitude and no mountains. If a flood were to occur, there would be nowhere to hide.

……

After much deliberation, Li Mu crossed out the villa option, and buildings at low altitudes were no longer under consideration. Buying a residential building, or a high-rise, and living on a high floor would be ideal. It would provide storage for supplies and protection from flooding.

Thinking of this, I immediately became interested.

Contact relevant agencies and ask them to help you find suitable targets.

In this economic downturn, real estate companies and other businesses are struggling to survive, and selling off fixed assets has become the norm.

Led by the real estate agent, Li Mu visited several buildings over a few days, including residential buildings and office buildings.

However, none of them were satisfactory.

First, there were residential buildings, which was Li Mu's first choice. Residential buildings are more livable than office buildings, which is a generally accepted fact.

However, at this point, one of the advantages of residential buildings has now become a magnified disadvantage.

Nothing more than talking about the balcony!

Under normal circumstances, having a balcony would be ideal. But after buying the building, Li Mu clearly intends to undertake large-scale renovations to prevent heatstroke, provide insulation, and protect against the sun.

In this respect, office buildings are much more convenient than residential buildings. So many balconies pose a huge challenge for renovation projects.

This not only greatly increases the difficulty of construction and affects construction efficiency, but also affects the insulation effect after modification.

This alone made me lose interest in buying an apartment building.

However, he also visited several office buildings in the past two days and was equally dissatisfied. These buildings will likely be flooded frequently in the future, which places higher demands on the quality of the buildings.

What if an ordinary office building collapses after being submerged in water for a year or two?

I told the agent about my new requirements, and two days later, the agent called me excitedly.

“Mr. Li, we’ve found another target. I guarantee you’ll be satisfied with this building.”

Li Mu laughed and said, "Oh! Is that so?"

The agent said, "It's true, Mr. Li. This building is only three or four kilometers away from your villa. You may have seen it before; it's the headquarters of a large corporation."

"Now, with the economic situation not good, the headquarters has just been built and has not yet been decorated when the company is in crisis and has to sell the entire building."