Chapter 105 Wei County

[Complete the task of punching in at the new service desk of Weixian Rescue Station within two hours, and get a 20% progress bar for level 5 of the raft; get an additional 15% progress bar bonus; and get a lucky draw on the wheel: 2 times. (Current progress of level 5 of the raft: 60%)]

In fact, Shu Fu had a premonition when he saw the snow outside and the ongoing blizzard.

The mission was completed. This time, both the basic progress bar and the additional progress bar had very high values, directly pushing the progress of the level 5 raft to more than half. The mission seemed to be telling her in this way how important this simple encounter was, and that it involved more than one person.

Shu Fu understood with a little thought. The freezing rain trapped the bus and people in Wei County. Even if she didn't come, Cheng Yu and his men would not just ignore the survivors if they met them. They would definitely change route to send people back to Wei County, and they would definitely go to the mountain road again to rescue another group of people.

Going back and forth like this would inevitably slow down their journey, and perhaps they would not be able to reach the next rescue station, the county town, which they could have reached before dark.

They were driving a six-wheeled light transport armored vehicle that could travel through mountains and rivers. Its main function was to carry people and goods, and it was not a tracked vehicle with a front shovel. When the apocalyptic blizzard came that night, if they were trapped in the wild, they might be trapped by the several-meter-high snow, or they might encounter other disasters caused by the blizzard on the mountain road.

By then, it will be hard to say whether they can survive or how many can survive.

The unexpected encounter kept Liu Shuangcheng and his group. No matter how bad the current conditions in Wei County are, there is an essential difference between being trapped in the wild and hiding inside a building.

There are not many draws, only two. Now is not a good time, so she still accumulated the draws.

The blizzard lasted for four whole days. When the temperature was lowest at night, the temperature near the windowsill was measured at minus 40 degrees Celsius. The snow layer outside was more than three meters thick, completely submerging the first floor. Looking out from the second floor, it looked like the first floor.

This amount of snow has already exceeded the red warning signal for blizzards. If there is still network at this time, a series of red warning icons will appear on everyone’s mobile phone.

Unfortunately, the network has been disconnected for a long time.

The walkie-talkies on both Shu Fu and Cheng Yu's sides were unusable for a while due to the low temperature, and then the batteries had problems. Not long after she replaced the batteries, the walkie-talkie turned off by itself.

Even the satellite signal was affected by the weather and became worse. It took Shu Fu half a day to get a reply from Chen Fa. The situation in Chamu County was the same as that in Wei County. No, it should be said that the situation was even worse.

There was first heavy rain there, then seamless freezing rain and ice pellets, and finally seamless torrential snow again. Thousands of miles were frozen overnight, and all the low buildings in the county were buried. Many weak roofs were collapsed, and traffic in and out was completely blocked.

Fortunately, the house they settled in this time was relatively large and remote, and there was a warehouse for storing hay next to the house. The warehouse was large and sturdy, so they could release the raft directly indoors and test the cold-proof function of the cabin in extremely low temperatures.

The test results showed that the temperature in the warehouse was minus 40 degrees Celsius and in the cabin was minus 20 degrees Celsius, which is equivalent to the difference between a large refrigerator and a small refrigerator.

However, if the kerosene stove was lit in the cabin, the temperature could be raised by another ten or twenty degrees, so it was not difficult for Chen Fa and the other four. What was difficult was that Xu Ting had sealed them off and they could not enter the cabin, so they could only hide indoors, wrapped up like bears, and gathered around the fireplace to keep the fire burning, not daring to leave for a moment.

I don’t know if it was stimulated by this extreme cold blizzard, but on the morning of the third day of the blizzard, the progress bar above Yao Ruoyun’s head suddenly filled up and the value that appeared was: 90.

**

This value is not as high as Chen Fa and Lu Zheng, but Shu Fu can feel that this should also be a very high threshold.

Yao Ruoyun is not like Lu Zheng, because the memories of the other world are related to Shu Fu, who was by his side when he awakened, so his suddenly collapsed worldview had someone to support him and he was able to get back into the state quickly.

She is also not like Chen Fa, who has become extremely determined because of all the adventures he has experienced, including being attacked by swarms of strange fish and walking through a city full of ichthyosis patients at night. He has been on the brink of life and death all the way.

She was like an ignorant child who accidentally broke into the adult world and was instantly frightened by things beyond common sense.

When she woke up, Shu Fu was still asleep. The two of them had taken turns keeping watch the night before, Shu Fu in the first half and Yao Ruoyun in the second half. She went to bed late so she slept a little longer.

Half asleep and half awake, she could only hear someone mumbling to himself on the mattress next to her, and in the end he even started crying. When she opened her eyes and woke up, she saw Yao Ruoyun squatting there, with a can disappearing and appearing in front of her...appearing and disappearing.

Shu Fu: ...

However, there was no joy on Yao Ruoyun's face. Instead, there was helplessness, uneasiness and fear, and this fear was still increasing little by little: "Am I not dreaming? Then I am crazy? Impossible, I still know who I am, would a madman know? Then I am dead, froze to death last night? Is this the world after death? How can the world after death be the same as the world before death, and I can still feel cold... So have I traveled through time? Reborn? Entered the other world, controlled by aliens? Caught in the game? Infinite flow!?..."

Shu Fu: ...

She looked above Yao Ruoyun's head. The white light bar there had become completely stable, full and had numbers appearing on it.

Shu Fu sighed. No wonder. It turned out that she had awakened.

However, I have to say that her last series of speculations, which she and Chen Fa and Lu Zheng had analyzed before, were almost the same as the possible situations that might happen to them...

She originally wanted to give Yao Ruoyun some space to let her adjust to her current situation, but seeing that she was talking in a trance and seemed about to go crazy, she had to interrupt her actions of repeatedly putting the cans in and taking them out of the backpack.

"You're not crazy, you're just awakened." Shu Fu spoke, finally interrupting her movements and mumbling.

Yao Ruoyun approached her cautiously and said, "Senior, were you also captured by aliens?"

"..." Shu Fu held her forehead with her hand. It was so early in the morning, and the two of them were making a fuss as if they were crazy. She sighed and decided to join them if she couldn't beat them. She stretched out her hands, holding a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge in one hand and a cup of hot milk tea in the other. "Which one do you want for breakfast?"

Yao Ruoyun looked at the food and drinks that appeared out of thin air in her hands, and her whole body and pupils trembled: "Senior, Senior... So you are the alien!"

Shu Fu: ...

Half an hour later, the two of them sat cross-legged on a mattress covered with a thick velvet heating blanket in the glass balcony, surrounded by two high-efficiency heaters. They took off their thick coats and huddled on a low wooden table placed in the middle of the mattresses, drinking hot century egg and lean meat porridge and eating fragrant fried dough sticks and leek and egg dumplings.

The raft was currently being placed in the half space that had been cleared in the teahouse hall. Yao Ruoyun had just awakened and was curious about her own raft, but her raft was too big, and when she took it out, the words "not enough space to place it" appeared. So now, they could only stay together on Shu Fu's raft terrace.

After the glass balcony appeared on the raft terrace, the height increased a lot. Fortunately, the architectural style here is more like that of Xizhou Province, and the single floors are higher, so it is just the right height at this moment.

Yao Ruoyun's golden finger is exactly the same as Chen Fa and Lu Zheng's. It has 20 time-stopping backpack slots, which contain four starting supplies: a raft, a water purifier, a fishing rod and a shovel.

She was the same, unable to enter Shu Fu's drifting island house, but fortunately there was a glass balcony on the island house that other people could enter.

The glass balcony does not have the effects of constant temperature, disaster resistance and xenophobia, but it is still much more reliable than most buildings. When the glass doors on both sides are closed, it blocks out part of the low temperature from the outside. Coupled with the effects of the heating blanket and heater, the temperature inside rises quickly, estimated to be thirteen or fourteen degrees above zero.

At this temperature, they not only feel comfortable, but can also eat hot food in peace without worrying about the food in their hands getting cold and freezing halfway through the meal.

Perhaps because of the temperature rising and the warm food in her stomach, Yao Ruoyun finally regained her sanity. She listened carefully to Shu Fu's detailed explanation, and then began to study her own items carefully.

She said that the shovel was called a treasure-hunting shovel and could only be used once a day. Yao Ruoyun became curious and prepared to try it out directly. The two of them wrapped their clothes tightly and went down to the balcony. Then Shu Fu saw her digging out an unopened box of instant noodles from under the tiles in the corner of the wall on the other side of the hall of the small teahouse.

Shu Fu: ...

Yao Ruoyun said that she chose the right place to dig based on her intuition, and she herself did not expect to actually dig something out. And when she was digging, the edges and corners of the tiles became loose after a few tries, and she just pried them open with a shovel along the gap.

The manufacturer printed on the box of instant noodles is from Xiangzhou Province. The production date is February of this year, and it has not expired yet. There are 48 packets in a box. It seems that the owner of this house hoarded it under the tiles during the chaotic period, and no one knows how it was left behind. Maybe he forgot to take it when he moved.

Yao Ruoyun gave all the instant noodles in the cart to Shu Fu as if she was presenting a treasure. She also said that she knew Shu Fu definitely didn't need them, but she must take this box of instant noodles because it was a token of her love.

Shu Fu had no choice but to accept it.

When Yao Ruoyun saw her putting the supplies away, she smiled happily, even happier than when she put the supplies into her backpack herself.

Although there are still many things that have not been clarified, Yao Ruoyun knows one thing clearly: she and her dearest senior are from the same group of people. At least they are not ordinary people who only hold others back and have no golden fingers.

In fact, in the past few months, she had occasionally stayed in places with internet access, and even after meeting Xun Huiming, he would tell her some news related to "superpowers" that he had seen on the Internet before.

Xun Huiming is a straight man. He doesn't believe it because he has never seen it with his own eyes. He tells Yao Ruoyun all this in order to give her more fun during the difficult and arduous transfer journey, just like telling some stories he heard from others.

Yao Ruoyun indeed listened to the news as a story, as if it was a plot imagined by humans who had struggled and wandered in various natural disasters for a year.

Even though it was just a story, she was very envious. Every time she heard it, she would think, if this was true, if there really was a raft hut that could be opened and closed freely and outsiders could not enter, she would definitely keep this secret tightly and not tell anyone. She would not use the raft to earn supplies. She just wanted her parents to have a home where they could rest in peace when they were tired.

So in the early morning, when she found herself being abnormal and when she realized some strange fragments of memory appeared in her mind, she would fall into a state of complete confusion, thinking that whatever she thought about during the day, she would dream about it at night.

She told Shu Fu that the memory fragments that flashed through her mind were all quite terrifying. It seemed that she was always in the classroom, in a very depressing learning environment, doing papers and exercises all the time, or taking exams all the time...

She had these memories for a while before, but she didn't care about them because she had only been in college for more than a year and she always thought they were memories from high school.

But looking back now, whether it is the classroom or the classmates around her, they are actually quite different from her three years of high school in this world.

"So, in that world, I'm a high school student? Do I have any family in that world? What's my name? Why can't I remember it at all?..."

Similarly, for the next two days, she, like Lu Zhengchenfa, fell into the confusion caused by the memory fragments. She called her parents, but she held back and did not tell them about it on the phone.

She knew very well that the other party would not believe her if she said this on the phone. They would only suspect that she was sick from the cold and was talking nonsense. She had to wait until the extreme weather was over, and then she would go to Zhicheng and meet them, so that they could see it for themselves.

**

In the next few days, Shu Fu spent most of his time with Yao Ruoyun on the glass balcony, which had electricity and heating. The two of them couldn't go out and had nothing to do, so they just leaned against each other and watched TV series on a small tablet.

When they watch horror movies, they hold cushions in front of their faces and close their eyes together when they see scary scenes.

Afterwards, in order to ease the mood, I started watching variety shows again, watching the artists working hard to do funny tasks in them. At the end, Yao Ruoyun ruined the atmosphere again and sighed that many of these variety shows and movies might be the artists' posthumous works...

In the event of a natural disaster, no matter whether you are an ordinary person or an artist, your body is equally fragile.

In addition to various ready-made hot dishes, they had a hot pot, spicy beef oil pot and mushroom pot cooked in a mandarin duck electric cooker. In fact, Yao Ruoyun didn't have a big appetite, but she was greedy. When she smelled the smell of the hot pot boiling, tears slid down her mouth.

In addition to hot pot, she also ate boiled fish with tofu, brown sugar bubble milk tea, fried chicken wings, egg-filled pancakes, braised pork rice and spicy skewers in the past two days.

Except for the pork tenderloin skewers, which were not available at Shu Fu's place, Shu Fu brought out all the other delicacies that she had cried about in Suicheng Library and let her try them.

"You actually remember everything..." Yao Ruoyun was so moved that she cried while eating. This time, tears really flowed from the corners of her eyes. The result of this incident was that Yao Ruoyun became even more attached to Shu Fu. She even followed her to the kitchen of the Drifting Island House to deal with garbage and wash pots.

Shu Fu was naturally not cold in the room, as the temperature was kept at 25 degrees. It was so hot that she took off all her clothes except her base layer as soon as she entered.

Outside, because there was no glass balcony, even if people stood on the raft deck, they would still feel the room temperature of minus 20 degrees. But she would rather wrap herself in a coat and a scarf, hold a hot water bottle, and stand there shivering and chatting with Shu Fu.

During this time, she tried to reach under the eaves countless times, but each time she only touched a cold wall of air: "How can I get into your hut? If blood relatives can enter, then can the other half of the marriage relationship? How about I marry you, senior sister?"

Shu Fu: ...

However, they would not always hide in the warm balcony. After all, Yao Ruoyun now had space. Although the raft could not be taken out for the time being, her backpack compartments were still empty. This happened to be a residential building with abundant resources of daily necessities. The two of them started from the small teahouse where they were and collected supplies for Yao Ruoyun one by one.

The cups and tea sets in the cabinet outside, the kettle, pots, chopping boards in the kitchen, the rocking chair, dining table, and benches in the next room, the 70% new thermos, the clothes drying racks and hangers, the lightweight folding wardrobe, the unbroken lamps and extension cords, the large buckets and basins, the thick clothes, pants, and shoes that looked clean...

The two of them searched floor by floor. Except for drinking water, medicine and some light tools, most of the other things were there.

She put the large items that could fit into the backpack directly, and put the small items into the large cardboard box provided by Shu Fu. In addition, Shu Fu temporarily put away the larger items that could not fit into the backpack, and put them in the raft hut for her when she could take out the raft.

The two girls were wrapped up like bears, but they were hoarding things like two hamsters. They ran from one house to the next, enjoying it very much.

Of course, the daily opportunity to use the treasure shovel could not be missed. Once, he dug out a brand new down jacket and down pants from the bedside partition of a family. Another time, he dug out a whole box of salt within its expiration date from the kitchen of a family.

Every time, Shu Fu was stunned.

During these four days and four nights, the blizzard never stopped, and the entire Wei County fell into complete silence. The fear in Yao Ruoyun's heart was reduced to the lowest level because of the appearance of the golden finger and Shu Fu's company.

The only two things that are not very convenient are going to the toilet and personal hygiene.

Shu Fu could solve these problems by just going back to the house. It would just be a bit cold for a few seconds when going up and down the wooden stairs, so she just had to wrap herself in thick clothes and take a few steps.

But Yao Ruoyun had no choice. She had to go to the toilet in the bathroom of the teahouse. The last solution she thought of was to place a stainless steel bucket with an open flame or a burning honeycomb coal stove in the bathroom of the teahouse for a long time.

The fire can raise the temperature in the room. The closer the distance, the better the effect. The toilet seat is also covered with a thick cushion, so at least when you sit down, you don’t have to worry about your butt getting frozen when you stand up...

There was definitely no way she could take a shower, but there was plenty of hot water. She could do some simple cleaning on the glass balcony and change into clean underwear. For a girl, it was not easy to do this during a disaster.

What moved Yao Ruoyun the most was that Shu Fu could have gone back to the cabin to sleep at night, but she deliberately stayed on the glass balcony to accompany her.

In the long, cold and dark night, with someone by her side, she is no longer afraid no matter how heavy the snow or how strong the wind is outside.

**

On the morning of the fifth day, the snow finally stopped, but when the two men looked out through the cracks in the wood of the window, they still could not see any living creatures.

Especially since there was a large square right opposite the window, the view was so clear that there wasn’t even a trace of human activity on the thick layer of snow.

Because the snow has stopped temporarily, the sky, which had been gloomy, has become a little brighter, and everything outside is blindingly white. If you go out at this time, you have to wear ski goggles, otherwise your eyes will be blinded by the brightness.

"The others... aren't they all dead?" Yao Ruoyun asked hesitantly. Although she didn't like the way some of the survivors behaved, she still hoped that others could survive this unprecedented blizzard.

This is not about personal preference, but about common sense as human beings.

"No, there is water and electricity, as well as troops and rescue teams. They all have experience. As long as we hide in the buildings and keep warm, nothing should happen." Of course, this "no problem" is only for now. If there is no water, it's okay, we can survive by getting snow. If there is a power outage, unless there is a backup generator in the building, there will be no way to repair it in this weather.

After that, the blizzard and low temperature continued, and the snow layer several meters deep did not melt. The survivors continued to be trapped in the house. Once the people hiding in the building consumed all the food, the situation would be unpredictable.

But obviously, Shu Fu still underestimated the disaster response capabilities of some troops.

At noon, when Cheng Yu's voice came from the intercom, saying that he would come to them soon, Shu Fu was extremely surprised.