Chapter 16 Drying Rice

Ouyang Yi saw this.

He quickly stepped forward and said, "Lord Alliance Leader, do you think this is not grand enough? It's alright, to celebrate your ascension to the throne, we have also registered a special account for you on a certain platform."

"Leader of the Ning Alliance".

Upon hearing this, Ji Zai's fingers trembled, and she immediately opened her account ID.

Sure enough, I saw that cringeworthy nickname.

She finally couldn't hold back and collapsed to the ground.

"No way... I don't want to become that chuunibyou leader."

"It sounds like someone's not mentally sound."

However, her objections were ineffective.

Liang Qiyue suppressed a laugh, "Oh no! The Alliance Leader has fainted! Someone come quick! The Alliance Leader couldn't bear the day of his coronation and died vomiting blood."

Upon hearing this, Ji Zai pointed at Liang Qiyue, so angry that he didn't even realize what was happening.

She didn't understand, "Aren't we the Tanking Alliance? Why are we suddenly called the Ning Alliance?"

Ouyang Yi said in a serious tone, "Because the word 'slacker' sounds too awful, we gave it a grander name: Ning Da Ning!"

"You're the school bully at Ningda University, so it's normal for you to be so arrogant with this title."

Before Ji Zai could object, he cried out, "No! What do you see in me? I'll change!"

She doesn't want to be the leader of the alliance.

That's so childish.

What's the difference between this and the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King?

However, she is more socially savvy.

If her friends knew about this mess, they'd laugh themselves to death.

The thought of this made Ji Zai feel suffocated.

She cried out, "I've sweated and bled for you, you can't repay kindness with such enmity..."

Ouyang Yi ignored it directly, "Opposition is invalid. Remove the leader from the ranks. Only the school bully can keep up with such a childish title. This is the price she pays for becoming the school bully."

Give up, sister.

It's because you're so famous.

Who told you to blow up the lab?

Who told you to burn the principal's wig?

All of this is the price you pay for doing whatever you want.

May the company die forever, carrying this cringeworthy label.

Ouyang Yi revealed a sinister smile.

She would never admit that she was the one who suggested the society's death.

Ji Zai was dragged away, and he was filled with despair.

She stared blankly at the rooftop.

He was like a desperate puppet.

Don't be fooled by her; she's just a puppet leader, a mascot forced into power.

Yet she was forced to endure this adolescent angst that didn't belong to her.

Disaster.

It's too difficult.

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After discussing the matter, the group began making dried rice.

This thing is neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy.

Ouyang Yi took out plastic wrap and covered the rooftop floor very clean.

Ji Zai listlessly broke up his rice, spread it out on plastic wrap, and placed it in a dry and sunny place to dry.

Everyone is responsible for their own.

Continue until the rice is completely dry and dehydrated, and it becomes crisp and hard when squeezed.

Then pack the dried rice into a sealed bag or container, remove the air, and seal it.

But where can you find such a sealed container?

Just when everyone was wondering.

Ji Zai thought for a moment, "Remember the bags we used to pack clothes? The kind that are airtight and compressed directly, that's all we can do now."

The others suddenly realized.

"I have one of these air-absorbing devices in my dorm room, I'll bring it up in a bit."

The others readily agreed.

In return, he was given a small portion of rice.

Thank goodness for the summer sun, it's so hot!

The rice was dried very quickly.

Soon, the bag and the suction device were brought up.

Ji Zai broke up the rice on top, while Liang Qiyue was in charge of cooking the rice in the dormitory.

Looking at this thriving scene.

Ji Zai paused for a moment, then suddenly spoke up, "Everyone, while there's still some electricity, hurry up and cook more rice. If nothing unexpected happens, the power will be cut off in the next few days."

Upon hearing this, everyone was momentarily stunned.

Nan Yao looked over and asked, "What do you mean, a power outage?"

"Yes, when I was scrolling through my phone last night, I saw an IP address from Ning City. It was from employees of the power plant. They said they were about to give up."

"So I think the power outages will start in the next few days."

After the power goes out, the water supply will also be cut off.

It's only the sixth day of the apocalypse.

The disaster struck as expected.

Everyone was stunned into silence by the news.

Ji Zai looked at the situation and remained silent for a while. "So I think, while we still have electricity, let's cook all the stored rice, cook it into dry rice, and put it away like this."

"This kind of dried rice can be stored for three to six months."

Everyone was so frightened by the news that they dared not speak.

They were still stunned when they heard Ji Zai speak again.

"But right now... we obviously don't have that much energy."

Ouyang Yi looked at everyone and said, "We don't even have time to cook our own rice, so where would we get the energy to cook the remaining ten thousand jin of rice?"

Ji Zai said, "So let's finish cooking ours first, then we'll cook the rice we've stored. Everyone must hurry up."

"It will be in the next few days."

Ji Zai's words undoubtedly struck a chord with everyone.

It makes them unconsciously feel a sense of urgency.

How could they forget?

It's the end of the world now.

Just a day earlier, they had even contemplated suicide because they had no food.

Why did they lower their guard as soon as there was food?

This is absolutely unacceptable.

The summer sun is scorching hot every day.

However, their pots were too small, so they could only cook the rice in portions, taking from morning till night to finish cooking it.

Even the small pots in the other empty dorm rooms were requisitioned.

The dormitory auntie's room had even more of these small pots; they were all requisitioned.

They hurriedly cooked the rice.

Soon, the dormitory with more small pots was the first to finish cooking.

Then they started cooking the rice they had stored.

The records state that their dormitory only had two small pots.

It's very slow.

Since they had plenty of food reserves, they cooked until 3 a.m.

After finishing cooking, Ji Zai felt dizzy and lightheaded. "Finally done. Now I can go cook the rice I've been storing."

"And please bring out our plastic wrap as well."

"Contribute a few resealable bags for storing clothes."

She felt dizzy and lightheaded as soon as she stood up.

Before she could recover, a figure bumped into her from the side, landing on top of her. She lost her balance and fell down with him.

"Oh My God..."

Ji Zai felt dizzy and lightheaded. She glanced at the person who had bumped into her and asked, "Nan Yao?"

She got up and shook Nan Yao, but he didn't wake up.

I touched her head and found it was burning hot; not just her head, her whole body was burning hot. "Oh no, she's having heatstroke!"

"July, lend a hand! Help her down."

Ouyang Yi walked over and looked at the scene. "Sixth floor, the student on the sixth floor is studying medicine. Take her to see her quickly."

"Su Dan from 601, go find her quickly."

Ouyang Yi is very smart.

In just a few days, she memorized the names of everyone in the entire dormitory.

Ji Zai nodded and quickly carried the person away.

When they carried the food to room 601, they found the people inside were cooking.

"Su Dan, who is Su Dan? Someone here is not feeling well."

Upon hearing this, the girl, who was extremely sleepy but was forcing herself to stay awake, looked up and saw Ji Zai and Liang Qiyue being carried in.

What happened?

She rushed over, glanced at the unconscious Nan Yao, frowned, took another look, and said with certainty, "Heatstroke, she has moderate heatstroke. Huoxiang Zhengqi oral liquid can save her."

"I have some here."

Su Dan hurriedly went to get it, then applied it and gave it to Nan Yao to take.

Soon, Nan Yao woke up.

Nan Yao, still half-asleep, mumbled, "My food..."