Chapter 9 Suicheng

Shu Fu paused, pulled her sleeves down toward her elbows again, and showed them her wrists: "I think I look good without anything on."

"You're so vain, but the point is, you're wasteful." Wu Shaoshan touched her wrist, and her fingertips clearly brushed across her bracelet, but her expression didn't change, as if she didn't notice anything wrong.

Shu Fu thought for a moment, then turned around and opened her big bag. Using the bag's cover, she released the palm-sized message in a bottle, and instantly took out a bracelet from her bracelet space. She then held both items in her palm, stretched her hand out of the bag, and showed them her palm: "I brought the bracelet, but I forgot to wear it because I put it in my bag."

The result was the same as before. Both of them could see and touch the ordinary bracelet, but they could not see or touch the message in a bottle that emerged from the bracelet.

Shu Fu was sure that they really couldn't see the bracelets or anything related to them.

Not only that, even if they touched it, they couldn't feel the existence of the bracelet and bracelet-related props.

Wait a minute, this feeling - a strange sense of familiarity suddenly flashed through her mind. This invisible and intangible situation, wasn't it the state she was in before the Awakening Day?

Before, she always thought that she awakened first and then got this bracelet.

But is it possible... that it's the other way around?

The bracelet has actually always been on her wrist, but because she has not awakened and thinks she is an indigenous person, she cannot see or touch the bracelet.

This sudden thought made her back tingle a little. It was as if a butterfly suddenly glimpsed Zhuang Zhou's dream, and she had a strange feeling of briefly peeking at the truth of the world.

It seemed that some more essential truth was about to emerge, but she was just a "butterfly" now, and even if she had a glimpse of Zhuang Zhou's dreams, she could not understand those dreams.

She didn't understand why she suddenly had this feeling. Wasn't this world her script world?

How could there be a truth that she couldn't understand?

…

The messy thoughts and doubts were temporarily interrupted by Zhang Tian's appearance.

Soon after, Zhang Tian finally arrived. Although it was raining outside, she was still dressed exquisitely and beautifully in a short skirt and long boots. As soon as she appeared, she smiled apologetically and said that she was late. She must compensate them with this meal so that they would relax a little.

"What important news do you have that you have to tell me in person?" Chen Fa pinched the other person's face while placing his order.

Zhang Tian announced with a smile: "I'm getting married next month."

Shu Fu: ...?

With just one sentence, he instantly defeated the other three girls at the table.

After lunch, they met Zhang Tian’s marriage partner in a shop where they were having afternoon tea. It was said that their meeting was straight out of a novel. He fell in love with her at first sight and did a lot of stupid things for her.

In short, although they have only known each other for a month, they are deeply in love. She will go back to his hometown with him to meet his parents next week. She will marry him and become a fairy-tale happy bride in the golden autumn.

"The temperature has dropped rapidly recently. It will probably be winter next month." Wu Shaoshan spoke suddenly.

"Puff——" Chen Fa sprayed a mouthful of tea.

Although Wu Shaoshan is usually quiet, she is the type who is amazing when she speaks. She is a logical thinker and has loved writing novels since college. She is now an editor at a cultural company.

Zhang Tian was already used to her behavior. She leaned against the young, handsome boy beside her, smiled and retorted a few words without any hesitation.

Of all the people, only Shu Fu hadn't spoken a word since Zhang Tian's boyfriend showed up.

She always wore a mask when she was stockpiling supplies, and she would change her coat in the car. At that time, the other person's attention was all on her female companion, so she thought that the other person should not have recognized her.

She thought about it, and without patience, she said directly: "I'm going to the bathroom, Chen Fa, you accompany me."

Chen Fa: ...

After Chen Fa, she sent a message to Wu Shaoshan. The three girls gathered in the bathroom. Chen Fa and Wu Shaoshan were shocked after hearing what Shu Fu said.

The three of them decided that they couldn't tolerate a scumbag like him, especially one who cheated on her in the face. Although Shu Fu didn't take photos to leave evidence because she didn't know him, they felt that they had to at least tell Zhang Tian the truth.

Finally, Zhang Tian was also called into the bathroom.

**

Zhang Tian looked cute and spoke softly and sweetly, but that was just the way she wanted to appear. After all, she was not a little girl who was in love for the first time, and she had known Shu Fu and the others for so long that there was no need for them to lie to her.

Zhang Tian rushed to the table, picked up the milk tea on the table and splashed it on his face: "Tell me, what's so special about the new karaoke room upstairs!"

"..." The other party's expression was very interesting for a moment, he was shocked, angry and confused, and then he reacted, "Tiantian, listen to my explanation... You must have misunderstood!"

Zhang Tian's questioning was too sudden, and the other party's expression had already revealed the truth when she was caught off guard. She was not stupid, and even if she had been holding on to a last glimmer of fantasy about their past, she now fully understood it.

"Asshole!" With the rumbling thunder and sudden heavy rain outside the window, Zhang Tian reached for another cup of coffee.

The few customers in the store were all stunned and immediately took out their mobile phones to start taking pictures. Such a wonderful scene should not be missed!

An hour passed before the whole thing was over. The scumbag finally couldn't bear it any longer and fought back, but it was four against one, especially with Chen Fa, who had practiced women's self-defense techniques. The scumbag didn't get any advantage at all and finally fled in anger.

After Shu Fu finished dealing with the matters in the store, she came out and found Chen Fa and Wu Shaoshan who were accompanying Zhang Tian near the elevator entrance.

Zhang Tian was leaning on the railing, crying loudly towards the glass wall.

She cried loudly, but the sound of rain and thunder outside was even louder, completely drowning out her voice. She howled several times, but found that she couldn't outshine the noise outside, so she started to curse in anger.

Chen Fa tried to comfort her at first, but later she got tired of her noise and took out her cell phone to take a picture of her to show her what she looked like now.

Wu Shaoshan covered her ears with one hand and handed Zhang Tian a tissue with the other hand, asking her to wipe off her smudged mascara. At the same time, she calmly advised her to change the brand of mascara next time, as this one was not waterproof...

Shu Fu: ...

Excellent, talented.

With all this commotion, it was naturally impossible to continue with afternoon tea. In addition, the sky outside was getting dark and it was raining heavily, so everyone decided to go home first.

It was raining so hard and Zhang Tian was in such a state, so Shu Fu suggested that they should not take the subway back alone and she would take them back.

"Send?" Chen Fa was puzzled.

"I rented a car to get around."

Chen Fa: "...you really are stupid at work."

In Chen Fa's opinion, renting a car is even less cost-effective than renting a house. If you buy a cheaper car, the monthly payment and monthly rent are actually similar.

Regardless, the four girls still took the elevator down to the basement level.

The second basement floor is the lowest floor of the entire shopping center. Both the second basement floor and the first basement floor are parking lots, but the parking lot on the first basement floor occupies less space, so more space is given to the supermarket and food shopping area on the first basement floor.

In order to reduce visibility, she parked her car in a more secluded corner far away from the elevator entrance.

This shopping mall is not big, and the garage is not that big either. It has been open for a while, and the novelty has worn off, so there aren’t many people here on weekends.

Plus the weather has been bad recently, so even though today is Sunday, there aren't many cars in the parking lot.

There were not many supplies in the car. Even the portable oil barrel had been stored in Shu Fu's bracelet space. She asked the other three to wait on the side, then opened the car door and restored the back seat to its original state so that they could sit down.

Just as Shu Fu started to pull up the seat, he heard a strange sound.

She turned around and saw that Chen Fa and the others had stopped talking and were listening with their heads tilted.

"What's that sound? It's so strange..."

It was indeed strange, rumbling and somewhat dull, but mixed with the sound of something breaking, as if something had collapsed, and also - the sound of a crashing impact...

This is——the sound of water crashing! ?

Shu Fu's eyes suddenly widened. Oh no!

"Get in the car!" Shu Fu shouted at the three girls.

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud bang, accompanied by a huge sound of breaking and collapsing. A wall at the right end of the parking lot was collapsed by the surging water. The water rushed out like a flood that broke through the dam, and immediately surged towards the parking lot.

"Get in the car!" Shu Fu had already sat in the driver's seat. With the cover of the car body, she instantly took out four manually inflatable life-saving belts from the bracelet space and put one on her waist first.

Outside, Wu Shaoshan was the first to react. She grabbed Zhang Tian and Chen Fa, pushed them and herself into the back seat, and then slammed the car door.

The car windows were not open, and the car started moving rapidly almost the moment the door was closed.

"Instead of taking a detour when leaving the parking lot, why not drive directly to the elevator entrance?" Wu Shaoshan suggested directly.

"I want to, too!" Shu Fu gripped the steering wheel tightly and quickly glanced out of the corner of her eye. The elevator entrance was too close to the breached wall, and the rushing water would be there in no time.

Wu Shaoshan also quickly noticed this situation and immediately stopped talking so as not to disturb Shu Fu.

Shu Fu threw three belts to the back row: "Buckle one around your waist, each of you. This is a manually inflatable life belt! If you fall into the water, pull the rope on the right side hard!"

"Ah?" Zhang Tian was confused, "But we are in the car."

Chen Fadao: "I can swim!"

"It's useless to be able to swim if the water can break down the wall!" Wu Shaoshan was the first to buckle herself up and said to the other two, "Hurry up! Don't be stunned! This is the second underground floor. If there is a problem somewhere around, the water will flood here first!"

As she spoke, the water rushed over. Shu Fu did not slow down when turning. The tires rolled over the water quickly, creating splashes of water more than two meters high. The water splashed on the car window glass, scaring the three people in the back seat.

Chen Fa and Zhang Tian quickly fastened their life belts.

"Remember! Pull them after they fall into the water, otherwise you will be stuck in the car!" This is the reason why Shu Fu did not directly give them automatic life-saving belts. In case water enters the car, the belt will expand in three seconds when it comes into contact with water, and the three of them will most likely be stuck in the back seat together.

"Don't be distracted, just drive carefully!" Chen Fa held onto the back of the car in front of him, his heart beating rapidly.

Shu Fu did not stop moving, his eyes fixed on the sign, and quickly found the entrance to the basement floor.

Zhang Tian, ​​who was checking the situation outside, suddenly exclaimed: "There is so much water! Water is coming down! The basement floor is also flooded!"

"Not yet!" Shu Fu looked at the depth of the water, accelerated again, ran through the water that was half a tire deep, and drove up to the passage on the underground floor.

The up and down passages of the underground parking lot were spiral. When she rushed to the basement level, she couldn't see the situation on the upper level clearly and almost collided with another car that rushed out from the side.

There are more cars on this floor than below, and the ground is covered with water. It seems that a large part of the wall on the same side has collapsed, and a torrent of water rushed in instantly. The people who happened to be in the parking lot couldn't figure out the situation, and they got into their cars in panic, started the cars, and wanted to leave immediately.

In the panic, it was impossible for the cars to line up in an orderly manner as usual and leave one by one along the correct channel.

Everyone wanted to leave as quickly as possible. Some people cut in line, some crashed into traffic jams, both sides screamed and cursed, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

"Don't turn left, the traffic is blocked there. Drive forward and go around through the passage in front!" Wu Shaoshan leaned on the car window, her voice was nervous, but with a hint of calmness.

"Okay." Shu Fu stepped on the accelerator and went around the left side of the traffic jam. Because the blocked passage was narrow, the car body scraped against the front of the two cars parked on the right, making a teeth-grinding squeak, which made the three people in the back row tremble with fear.

The water flow submerged the entire tire and water began to enter the car, and the car finally rushed into the rotating lane.

At this time, no one cares about the forward or reverse lane, they just rush upwards as long as there is space.

The fence at the entrance of the passage had long been broken by the car in front. Shu Fu's car passed by a car that had stalled due to climbing the hill. The car should be a manual transmission, and the person inside was yelling, but the more he yelled at the driver, the more difficult it was to start the car smoothly.

Shu Fu's car overtook the other car in an instant, drove out of the underground parking lot, and rushed to the side of the road in one breath. He stopped only after making sure that he was not blocking the lane.

She wanted to let go of the steering wheel, but found that her fingers were frozen and she couldn't let go.

The rain outside was pouring down heavily, as if the sky was leaking. The sky was as dark as ink. It was only three or four o'clock in the afternoon, but it felt like night had already fallen.

The four people in the car were still in shock. Before they could say anything, a huge thunder suddenly struck down with a loud bang like an explosion. The people in the car only felt that their eyes suddenly became bright and dark, and there was a crackling sound on the side of the hood of the car.

The girl in the car screamed, and there was a sound of something breaking on the roadside outside the car. Amid Zhang Tian's screams, Shu Fu released the brake, shifted the gear, and stepped on the reverse. The moment the car backed up, a tall tree on the side of the road fell towards the road, almost hitting the front of the car.

"Thunderstorm? Mom... Oh my god! Don't move, don't use your phone, and don't open the car doors or windows!" Chen Fa grabbed Zhang Tian beside him, "You really know how to pick a day for a party!"

Wu Shaoshan's voice came faintly: "...Xiao Fu, you said before, where do you plan to move to and settle down?"

Zhang Tian: "It's all that bastard's fault! I want to break up with you! I want to break up with you even if I have to die!"

"..." Shu Fu didn't say anything. After Zhang Tian finished speaking, she felt the bracelet on her left wrist vibrate.

The mission is over.

**

In the evening, when Chen Fa called, Shu Fu had just finished taking a shower and was experimenting with the bracelet using her mobile phone.

When she used her mobile phone to take pictures or record the wrist with the bracelet, the bracelet in the glove state, the drift bottle, the black mini notebook, and the raft, she could clearly see the existence of the bracelet, gloves, drift bottle, black notebook and raft from the mobile phone camera.

But when she finished filming and opened the photos or videos on her mobile phone again, there was no bracelet, gloves, drifting bottle, or notebook in the picture. The only thing recorded by the camera was the raft.

Does this mean that filming and recording is equivalent to other people's eyes, so bracelets, gloves, drifting bottles and notebooks cannot be captured?

But the raft is an exception. Conversely, other people's eyes can also see the existence of the raft?

But she is not able to verify this speculation yet.

Chen Fa's voice on the phone was trembling, and he sounded even more nervous and frightened than before in the car: "Have you seen the news?"

"News?" Shu Fu turned on the TV while holding her phone and tuned to the city's news channel.

The news was reporting on a flood in the shopping mall's underground garage.

After a moment, Shu Fu spoke up: "I see, the entire underground garage is flooded. It seems to be a problem with the retaining wall. It seems that there was an oversight in the initial construction of the building. The specific situation has not yet been finalized. Fortunately, there are no casualties. Rescue work is still underway--"

"No!" Chen Fa interrupted her, "It's not news about the shopping mall, it's news about the subway. A subway train near the shopping mall was stuck in the gate, and the accumulated water rushed into the carriage. Several people died..."

She paused before continuing, "Xiao Fu, that subway is Line 14, which is the line Shao Shan and I were originally going to take to go home!"

The author has something to say:

This is a brand new attempt. In addition to my favorite daily stockpiling in the end times, it also incorporates some other elements~

The inspiration for writing this article comes from several plots in the novel "Star House": the closed-loop area of ​​the fragmented water world, the theory of cause and effect in the world of seven hells, and some logical settings in the endless train.

Small plots require more ideas and designs, and are difficult to write. For my current health, writing is a heavy burden. I will try my best to spend more time and work hard to write it well~