"I've been thinking about what happened last night. It's so strange. We were guarding the door the whole time, so how did they manage to escape right under our noses and take everything from the house in such a short time? I keep wondering how they did it."

Lu Ling had been thinking about this for a long time.

He was certain there were people inside, and the windows were blocked. How could the people inside just vanish into thin air, along with all the supplies in the house?

They had hoped to hold out for a while longer with what they had in the house, but when they discovered that even the bulletproof glass had suddenly disappeared, they went back inside and found that, good heavens, there wasn't a single plank of wood to burn, let alone any supplies!

He waited all night, but got nothing in return! And everyone else suffered hunger and cold for nothing.

Thinking of this, Lu Ling couldn't help but frown, and his mood became irritable.

“You said there were supplies in that building, so we risked our lives to go in. I don’t mean to blame you, but sometimes I really feel that you know a lot of things that we don’t.”

Fang Yingqiu wanted to deny it, but Lu Ling didn't give her the chance.

"It seems you knew in advance that this air-raid shelter had already been occupied by someone else."

"How could I possibly know?"

"You know a lot more than that. Didn't you remind me to prepare things to keep warm and cool before?"

However, some things you can say if you want to, and others you can leave unsaid if you don't.

Fang Yingqiu looked at him, hesitant to speak.

Lu Ling is a very good person. He has always been silently protecting her. No matter how dangerous the situation, he always stands in front of his teammates. No matter how much supplies he finds, he distributes them equally to everyone.

Looking at myself, I have enough food in my space to feed several generations, but I've always been timid and afraid to show it to others.

The more Lu Ling acted this way, the more guilty Fang Yingqiu felt.

"I'll tell you once we've settled down."

Lu Ling didn't press further, but looked at her with a gentle yet helpless expression.

"I hope that one day you can truly consider me your partner."

Fang Yingqiu then jumped down.

"Let me go with you. I've learned some lock-picking skills before, maybe we can use them."

She had a high-temperature spray gun in her space, but she didn't have a chance to take it out for the time being. So after tinkering with it for a while, she pretended to set up a tent with the others, and then quietly left alone. When she came back, she had an old, discarded package in her hand.

She composed herself and walked excitedly and pleasantly to her teammates.

"Look! I just found a supply package in the bushes. It looks like someone hid it there and didn't have time to take it!"

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly opened the package and peered inside.

"Wow! Look! Is that a high-temperature spray gun?! It even comes with its own fuel! Lu Ling! Here's a high-temperature spray gun, try it and see if you can melt the lock cylinder!"

When Lu Ling took the spray gun, he gave Fang Yingqiu a meaningful look.

"Did you pick this up?"

Fang Yingqiu nodded firmly, after all, she had used this trick many times before.

Fortunately, Lu Ling didn't say much, and took it and started burning it in the gap at the entrance.

After burning for a long time, the door panels were glowing red, but the door remained completely unmoved.

"The people inside must have installed a door jamming device, so even if the lock is burned out, the door can't be opened."

Upon hearing this, the teammates, who were already struggling to breathe from the heat after setting up their tents, couldn't help but complain.

"What do we do now? We're at our wits' end. We lost our boat last night, and we barely made it here by paddling on planks. Now it's not going to be that easy to go back."

Besides, the cities are all submerged, and there's nowhere to go in the mountains, so where else can we go?

"What should we do? Am I really going to be buried here forever?"

"The apocalypse will not end. The first people to die may be the luckiest ones. I feel like I really can't hold on any longer."

An aura of death enveloped the group. Fang Yingqiu sighed and offered words of comfort.

"It's okay. As long as you persevere, you will definitely see hope. You are among the most outstanding people in this world. Even if it's just for the future of the world, you must strive to live on."

After saying that, Fang Yingqiu went to the entrance again, took out a megaphone, and shouted down.

"The people below, I don't know who you are, but I hope you know who we are."

We have five top students from Huaguo University of Science and Technology here. If there is anyone in this world who can end all of this, it is these geniuses who have mastered cutting-edge technology!

We are now without water and food, and we can't survive another day. As a human survivor, can you really just stand by and watch all our future hopes die here?

I know you're down there! I know you can hear me. You need to think this through. Without them, do you really want to spend your whole life in a dark, sunless air-raid shelter and die alone in loneliness?

We mean no harm; we simply want to preserve the last spark of humanity's future! Open the door, and we can work together to rebuild our home!

Honestly, it would be a waste for a saleswoman with such eloquence.

Jin Shu was indeed listening downstairs, sitting on the sofa cracking sunflower seeds and enjoying the breeze from the electric fan, listening to the female lead's speech with a blank expression.

Honestly, if Jin Shu hadn't known that this female protagonist, who kept talking about "the future of humanity," had secretly hoarded tens of tons of food and refused to share it with the geniuses she was talking about, she would have almost been moved.

Saving the world and achieving lasting fame should be left to the male and female leads. Why is she, a cannon fodder who was forced to sacrifice herself after appearing for less than three chapters, getting involved?

So what if the outside world becomes extinct?

What does it have to do with her, a mere cannon fodder?

Jin Shu smiled, took a bite of a chilled cherry, squinted her eyes, and shouted something outside.

"Well said! Well then, since you're so eager to preserve the last spark of humanity, I can reluctantly take in those five geniuses you mentioned, but not you."

Upon hearing this voice, Fang Yingqiu's eyes widened.

How could she not recognize that familiar voice!

"Jin Shu?! It's you!!"

How did she find this place? And how did she manage to seal the entrance before them?!

Lu Ling never expected that a woman he barely recognized could repeatedly seize the initiative and monopolize resources!

"Jin Shu, if you're still holding a grudge because of what happened before, as the team leader, I can apologize to you."

"No need for apologies. She's right. I can take in the human sparks, but only four people can come in. As for who comes in, you can decide."