Chapter 123 The Last Five Percent

The survivors who can survive on the northern shore of the Beidi Plateau today are far more daring and shrewd than the survivors in the northwestern plateau of Xiangzhou Province.

Some people were not afraid of the raft owner's mischief, so they boarded the raft to take a look. They found that there were actually chairs and plastic bottles of purified water on the second-floor balcony. Out of curiosity, they picked them up to check and even tried to take a sip.

After that, he shouted to the captain on the shore, "It's really clean water." The man was ready to take all the clean water and get on the raft. However, Shu Fu had already installed a camera in the corner of the balcony because he could not check the situation in the glass balcony. Seeing that the man was reaching out to take the other water bottles, he directly opened the protective shield.

On the shore, the raft disappeared and the man fell into the water. After he came to his senses, he immediately dived back into the water to look for it, but in the end, he found nothing and swam back to the shore cursing.

In the Beidi Plateau, the survivors have a clearer understanding of people with special abilities than in Xiangzhou Province, Southwest Plateau and Xizhou Province.

Because people with special abilities are more popular here, and the absence of an official order also means freedom of order, some people with special abilities will deliberately display their abilities to join a certain team, and their rafts will become the team's fixed vessels, allowing them to enjoy extremely high treatment in the team.

There are also some people with special abilities who prefer to be alone and do similar things as Shu Fu, specializing in ferrying people. But even if these people dare not show up for fear of the outside teams, they will generally negotiate the ferry price with others after they get on the raft. They will first throw medicines, supplies or even gold into the special iron box placed by the psychic on the raft, and then throw in the other half of the supply cost after they arrive.

Although the overall number of psychics is small, the survivors here all know that if the raft is collected on the water, it means that the psychics have diving equipment or have strong diving abilities, and can successfully escape underwater after the raft is removed.

Therefore, if a team's supplies are really targeted by the psychics in the house while they are returning from a transaction, they will use this method to get rid of the people on the raft.

Because after the raft is folded, the supplies on the raft will be taken away by the psychic along with the raft, but people will fall into the water.

At this time, as long as this psychic has strong diving skills and can escape from underwater before others can react, he can take away a large amount of supplies alive without showing up.

However, this situation rarely happens. After all, it has been raining for so long, and all the survivors here can swim. Especially those who can perform the task of escorting supplies in the team are swimming experts. In addition, there are amphibious man-eating jumping fish in the water, so people with special abilities rarely take such risks.

After all, if someone dares to swallow up the supplies of an entire team, once caught, he will be worse off dead than alive. The survivors of the Northern Plateau have no bottom line. In order to retrieve their supplies, they have a hundred ways to make this superpower person want to live but not die.

Especially in the shallow water area near the shore, even if the psychic folded up the raft and went into the water and wanted to dive to escape, he couldn't dive deep enough!

So, when this person returned to the shore with nothing, he was immediately mocked by the rest of the team. He actually failed to catch the superpower person on the shore, and he actually missed such a good opportunity to get a superpower person!

Shu Fu didn't care. She had made some preparations before coming to the Northland Plateau. Neither the protective shield nor the drifting island house on her raft could be broken by the technology of this planet.

As long as she herself does not show up, she can make the raft switch between appearing and disappearing indefinitely.

So, about ten minutes later, other people on the shore discovered that the raft that had just disappeared was slowly floating back, and they didn't even notice when the owner of the raft returned to the raft cabin.

And some sharp-eyed people noticed that there was another line above the lines of large and small fonts on the balcony of the raft: Each person will receive a bottle of free purified water, which can be taken away when you arrive at your destination!

Later that day, the survivor who was thrown into the water by her came again after hearing the news. He didn't believe it, so this time he brought two people onto the raft. He also went directly to the second floor and deliberately reached out to take the water bottle on the balcony, pretending to put it in his arms.

The next second, the three of them fell into the water and became soaked.

They found that the raft had disappeared again, and immediately began to dive underwater to search for it amid the laughter of others on the shore.

Shu Fu is in her underwater bedroom. There is an office desk and chair with a laptop computer near the glass wall. The laptop is of little use. It can only be used to play single-player games, watch downloaded TV series, and check the camera on the balcony 24 hours a day.

Shu Fu stood up from her office chair, holding a coffee cup, and walked barefoot across the soft blanket on the glass floor to the side where the three people fell into the water. She drank her coffee leisurely while watching them struggling in the water.

Compared to the mermaid shows I’ve seen in aquariums before, the diving postures of these people are not aesthetically pleasing at all.

It is undeniable that their swimming and diving skills are better than hers, but their brains are really not very good. They did something that gained nothing once and yet they wanted to do it a second time. Isn't this simply crazy?

Twenty minutes later, the three men once again dragged their wet and miserable bodies to the shore amid the ridicule of the crowd. This time, before they had gone far, the small raft appeared lightly from the nearby waters again, as if it was deliberately mocking them like the others.

The next day, after having a peaceful night's sleep in the nearby deep water area, Shu Fu returned to the same shore and waited. She was not afraid of being targeted. She had to let the people here know as soon as possible that her raft was a genuine free ferry!

**

At noon the next day, several people who fell into the water the day before came again. This time there were more of them, and in the middle was a tall and thin young man.

Shu Fu looked at the other person through the French window. He had a good-looking face with delicate features, but his expression was a little gloomy. It seemed that he should be the leader or one of the leaders of this team. It seemed that the raft had gathered enough attention, and the other party came to test the waters.

As expected, this time, before the other party boarded the raft, someone in the team had already gone into the water. They were all wearing diving suits and snorkeling masks, and they were all good divers. After those people were in place in the water, the thin young man in the group boarded the raft himself.

Shu Fu took the tablet beside her and checked the surveillance footage. The man seemed to have noticed the camera in the corner of the balcony. He stared at the camera and reached out to the water bottle, but Shu Fu did not move.

The other person opened the bottle and drank water, but she didn't move until he made a move to put the bottle in his arms, and the next second he fell into the water.

In the next half hour, Shu Fu went to the underwater bedroom and sat cross-legged in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass, watching variety shows while enjoying an underwater show.

So many diving experts, including the boss, went in and out, up and down in the cold water, doing this and that, but in the end it was all in vain.

When they left, the number of people watching on land was several times more than usual. The entire team went into the water, but found nothing. In the end, everyone in the team left with a grim and ugly look on their faces, dragging their wet bodies.

Later that day, the rumor spread that the person with special abilities in the mini raft cabin was a diving expert.

In the next few days, no one tried to get on the raft to try their luck, but no one believed that the raft would really carry people for free.

Shu Fu lay there for a few more days, but still no "customers". One evening, when she was planning to move to another city and start over, a family of three hurriedly ran onto her raft and asked loudly if it was really free.

Shu Fu naturally would not answer them. After all, the ferry instructions had already been posted on the balcony.

The family of three had actually heard about this strange raft a long time ago, but like everyone else, they didn't believe there was a free lunch in this world. But today was a special case, they had offended someone in a certain team for their daughter, and they wanted to leave as soon as possible before the other party reacted.

Each city in the Northern Plateau has its own rules. They cannot survive here, but as long as they move to another place, they can start over.

However, they didn't have any supplies with them, only some gold that had been hidden for a long time. But those were the basis for them to move to another place and start over. However, the cost of renting a boat to go to other cities was too expensive. After paying the boat fare, they were left penniless and could only try to get on the raft.

Seeing no one responding, the parents turned around anxiously. However, the girl they were protecting turned her eyes around and whispered to the back door of the hut, "Hello, we want to go to Zhe County, it's a bit far, can you take us there for free?"

After about a few seconds, the raft suddenly moved and slowly moved away from the shore towards Zhe County.

In the house on the drifting island, Shu Fu set the course and put away the map panel. She had not been idle during the days since she came to the Northland Plateau, and had been studying and comparing the maps of the cities that had not been flooded yet.

When you hear them say Zhe County, you can find it on the water map immediately and quickly set it as the destination.

Not long after the raft set off, the family of three was a little uncomfortable in the heavy rain, and finally they carefully went up to the second floor and entered the balcony. They all knew the rules of the raft, and now they were on the water, they dared not violate them. Each of them took a bottle of water, sat down, and tentatively drank the water. Seeing that everything was normal, they were slightly relieved.

Shu Fu saw the girl's appearance through the camera. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a pair of lively and beautiful eyes. However, her face seemed to be deliberately blackened, her hair was cut short, and her clothes were bulky and old, as if she was deliberately making herself look ugly.

Shu Fu didn't know why they left here for Zhe County. She couldn't go ashore and could only provide ferrying assistance for the time being. So she ignored the family of three sitting on the balcony and started preparing dinner for herself in the small kitchen.

The other party said that Zhe County was a bit far away, but that was based on the speed of other ships. Her raft would only take two hours to reach the destination at full speed. So, after dark that day, when Shu Fu finished dinner, dealt with the garbage, washed the dishes, and took a comfortable shower, she found that the raft was slowly approaching the shore.

The Northern Plateau was very friendly to her. There were no barriers here and she could travel freely throughout the territory.

The raft arrived at Zhe County smoothly. The family of three was confused and couldn't believe that they arrived so quickly. They each picked up a bottle of water they had drunk, stood up, wiped the chair they had sat on with their clothes, then walked out of the balcony carefully, closed the door with their backhands, and then got off the raft carefully step by step.

They didn't dare to go too fast, for fear that the owner of the raft would suddenly appear and ask them for a fee. They knew that they couldn't offend the psychic, and if the other party really wanted to charge them, they would have no choice but to pay. However, they didn't know if the little gold they had was enough to support the raft at such a fast speed.

However, until they landed and the raft left the shore and disappeared into the rainy night, no one jumped out and suddenly asked them for supplies.

What's written on this raft is actually true!

"You've met a good person!" The middle-aged woman hugged her daughter tightly, her voice choked with sobs.

"Finally everything's okay! It's good that everything's okay!" The man also hugged his wife and daughter tightly.

The girl looked at the water where the raft left and spoke softly again: "Thank you, little raft."

**

Since he had opened the shop in Zhangcheng, Shu Fu had no plans to move to another place for the time being, so after sending the family of three off, he returned by the original water route, preparing to go back to Zhangcheng.

As a result, halfway through the return journey, the weather suddenly changed, not only was there a storm, but also hail. Originally, after dark, the ships on the Northern Plateau would stop at the pier built on the shore to shelter from wind and rain.

But there are occasional exceptions, such as ships whose return is delayed for some reason.

Most of the time these ships are lucky and don't encounter drastic weather changes, but this ship today was obviously unlucky. They were a team from Zhangcheng, taking food to another city to exchange for medicines, but because of an accident during the exchange, they returned late.

As a result, the ship was unlucky enough to encounter heavy hail halfway through its journey.

The boat is not big, it is a small fishing boat. Fuel is expensive nowadays, so generally these fishing boats are equipped with sails so that they can travel with the wind and waves and save fuel.

Today's hail came suddenly, and each one was bigger than a fist. It directly broke the sail pole. The sail had no time to be retracted, and it tilted directly, hitting several people on the deck, and then capsized the entire ship.

When Shu Fu saw those people fall into the water, he immediately adjusted the direction of the raft to let it drift over. After throwing out the lifebuoy and returning to the house, he removed the protective cover of the raft.

The people who fell into the water were all good swimmers, but no matter how good they were, they could not withstand being hit and then falling into the water again. One person was hit on the head and passed out directly. He was put on a lifebuoy by others and dragged onto the raft.

After getting on the raft, these people were stunned at first, and then went up to the second-floor balcony as if they were familiar with the place. This provided them with shelter from the wind and rain, but they were not sure whether the glass on the balcony could withstand the hail.

They placed the unconscious man in the middle of the balcony. Someone took out a flashlight from his waterproof waist bag, turned it on the man and began to check his injuries. Another person took out gauze from his waterproof backpack and quickly treated his wounds.

Shu Fu saw the unconscious man's face clearly from the camera. What a coincidence, it turned out to be the leader of the previous team of idiots.

Ten minutes later, the good-looking young boss woke up. When he saw clearly the raft he was on, his expression suddenly became even more depressed.

The faces of the other people in the team were not very good either. They always thought that they were unlucky enough today. In order to exchange for this batch of medicine, they had to negotiate with people in various ways, agreed to two unequal treaties for the next exchange, delayed their return, encountered huge hail, and capsized into the water...

As a result, I am on this raft again!

Fortunately, the important medicines they purchased were all kept in their waterproof waist bags and backpacks, and were not lost when they fell into the water.

Throughout the journey back to Zhangcheng, the group of people on the balcony were always tense, alert and uneasy, fearing that they would be thrown into the water for no reason again by the owner of the raft.

Although they all know how to swim, asking them to swim dozens of kilometers back to Zhangcheng is simply a joke!

Inside the house on the drifting island, Shu Fu didn't keep paying attention to the situation on the balcony. Anyway, these people had been rescued even though they didn't want to be rescued, so she didn't care what they did with the bottled water on the balcony.

She curled up on the sofa, gnawing on spiced duck feet and watching variety shows, feeling comfortable and relaxed.

By the time we finished a box of duck feet, we were about to arrive in Zhangcheng.

The area of ​​water covered by the huge hail today is not very large. Although there is wind and rain in Zhangcheng, it is outside the range of the hail.

The raft docked at the familiar place, and the people on the raft stepped onto the land as quickly as possible.

Until everyone returned to the shore safely, the raft was still parked there quietly. On the second-floor balcony, the big words "Really Free" were like slaps in the face, hitting them hard and making them hurt.

So, what's written on this raft is true?

Looking back on their previous actions now, they seem so unnecessary and ridiculous.

Before the team left, the thin man with a wound on his forehead stepped onto the raft deck again and said slowly towards the back door: "Thank you for today. My name is Feng Lu, Feng for harvest and Lu for lawyer. I am the captain of the Zhangcheng Fire Dragon Team. Although our team is not the strongest team in Zhangcheng, our strength is not weak. You saved me and my brothers today, so I owe you a favor. If you need anything in the future, you can go directly to the Fire Dragon Team to find me."

The cabin was silent, no one answered, and no one made any requests.

He didn't know whether he was relieved or disappointed.

Feng Lu got off the raft again and left with his brothers.

Shu Fu didn't take this episode to heart, but apparently, from that day on, the members of the Fire Dragon Squad would take her raft whenever they wanted to go to other cities and counties on the other side of the water.

Although her raft was small, it had a second-floor balcony. The glass on the balcony was very strong, not only could it block wind and rain, but also huge hailstones. In catastrophic weather, it was far more reliable than a large ship.

After they boarded the raft once, they soon discovered that in addition to the rear deck, the front deck could also be used for people to board. Anyway, they could stay anywhere except the cabin.

Most importantly, this raft is really fast. It only takes half or even one-third of the time to travel the same waterway, regardless of the wind and waves. Moreover, it has never charged any fees, and free purified water is always provided!

Because of the frequent rides of the Fire Dragon Team, Shu Fu's raft quickly became famous in Zhangcheng, and more and more people came to ride on her raft.

She rushed between the different abandoned cities and county towns in the waters of the Northern Plateau almost every day. Sometimes she would send people there and take a few more with her on the return trip. More and more people were sharing the boat, and everyone would rather squeeze together on the small balcony of her raft than sit on other empty large boats.

Although it invisibly robbed some business from other boats, the small raft never charged any fees and always provided free clean water. Therefore, later on, when the owners of other boats happened to have something to do and wanted to board the boat, they could not help but board this raft.

They soon discovered that, just as the advertisement on the balcony said: Just try it and you will know! Everyone who has ridden it says it is good! No deception!

Soon, the news that there was a person with special abilities in Zhangcheng spread throughout the nearby waters.

Shu Fu checked the cumulative progress bar every day, watching it slowly change from the decimal point to the number 1, then the number 2...

On the day when the cumulative progress bar reached "2.5%", she suddenly received a message from Lu Zheng. Attached to the message was a picture, which was a blurry photo of her raft with an advertising slogan. The content of the message was: This is a post I just saw on the Internet. The title of the post is: The sacred mini raft passed down by word of mouth by the survivors of the abandoned city on the Northern Plateau.

?

Obviously, the last "?" represents Lu Zheng's doubts at the moment, as if he was asking her: Is it you? Is it you? Is it really you? No way...

Shu Fu: ...

Holy fucking mini raft!

**

A month and a half later, when spring had completely passed, Shu Fu looked at the "4.9%" behind the cumulative progress bar and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the progress bar still has 0.1%, the cumulative number of people rescued and carried has reached "1497", so as long as she makes one more trip and there are more than three people on the raft, the last 5% of her task will be completed!

It has been almost four months since I received this task.

During these four months, her mood changed from slightly anxious to calm and then to leisurely. Gradually, she seemed to vaguely understand the reason why this task came about.

This was the longest task ever, and it wasn't something she could speed up just by being anxious.

First of all, the prerequisite for triggering the task is to rescue 30 people on board, which is like a level that tests human nature. If she has already separated herself from the crowd and become completely cold-hearted and indifferent because of this golden finger during the previous raft upgrade process, this task will not be triggered from the beginning.

There is a high chance that she will be stuck in the last 5% of the upgrade from level 4 to level 5.

She can survive of course, but it is obvious that she will never be able to access the functions that only appear on a level 5 raft.

The mission must go through a process, and in this process, her character and analytical thinking ability when encountering problems and difficulties will be tested, making her more familiar with the water map. Now she can basically get rid of the previous electronic map and can clearly identify the location represented by each dark green icon of different shapes only by relying on the water map on the map panel.

To put it bluntly, this task is very much like a multi-faceted year-end assessment.

If she successfully passes this test, a completely new and different world may be waiting for her.

During the three months on the Northern Plateau, she had carried refugees, businessmen, desperate people, and evildoers.

She was not aware of the group of people who first boarded the raft, but she felt that they all looked unfriendly and looked around after boarding the raft, which made her feel uncomfortable. Later, after she heard their conversation through the camera, she opened the protective shield without hesitation and threw the group of people into the water to fend for themselves.

It happened to be near a terrestrial wasteland, and there should be a lot of amphibious man-eating jumping fish in the surrounding waters.

Those who burn, kill and loot are not worthy of being part of her cumulative list, and are more suitable to be in the company of those strange fish.

Because of Lu Zheng's reminder, she knew that her raft was photographed and posted online, so she asked Lu Ce to ask Lan Lan to hack those photos. Lu Ce promised to check the Internet regularly afterwards, and if the photos appeared again, Lan Lan would delete them again. He only asked her not to really let Xu Jiechu, that guy, marry into her family.

Shu Fu: ...

What else can she say except yes?

At that time, she asked Lan Lan to delete the photos of the raft purely because the name others gave her raft was too ugly. But later she thought that this would actually reduce the exposure of her raft to a certain extent. After all, there is a difference between text description and directly posting photos.

Today is her last day in the Northland Plateau. Before removing the protective shield, Shu Fu went to the balcony and replaced the newly written advertisement inside.

"The last day of free ferry service! Thank you for your trust and support in the past three months! The lollipops in the box on the balcony are free for distribution, and each person is limited to one! Fellow countrymen in the northern plateau, we will meet again in the future!"