Days passed, and the torrential rain had flooded about a third of the first floor, reaching about thigh-high. These days, the number of people knocking and banging on the door has only increased.
806 pretends to be deaf and dumb, but fights back when things get really bad. Overall, he's doing pretty well.
Without internet and electricity, people don't stay up late except on their own night watch days. They go to bed early and get up early, grow vegetables and raise chickens. If it weren't for the category 10 typhoon outside, it could be described as a beautiful pastoral life.
Huang Yiyi sat in the chair, drinking QQ Star while painting Chen Siyu's nails. The nail polish was a whole box they had obtained from raiding the courier station, with all sorts of colors.
On the other side, Zheng Wan squatted in front of the kimchi jar, carefully picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. In an instant, the sweet and spicy sauce burst on her tongue, and the cabbage was also very crisp.
Zheng Wan was overjoyed that her first attempt at making kimchi was so successful, and immediately announced that she would be making Korean bibimbap for dinner.
Cheng Zhi was playing with two chicks. The two eggs the mother hen had laid earlier had hatched successfully yesterday. But since the mother hen hadn't incubated them herself, she completely ignored the two chicks and even tried to peck at them.
Now the heavy responsibility of raising the chicks fell on Cheng Zhi's shoulders. Cheng Zhi was absolutely enamored with the fluffy, golden chicks.
Huang Yiyi watched Cheng Zhi stroke the chicks again and again, and gently reminded her, "The child is still young. If you keep stroking them day and night, be careful you don't rub their hairline bald. How will they ever be able to live in the chicken coop again? They'll never be able to hold their heads up high again!"
"..." Cheng Zhi was speechless. "6, chickens can't hold their heads up when their hairline recedes, yours has receded, so why are you still so happy every day?"
The words "receding hairline" deeply stung Huang Yiyi, who clutched her forehead in pain, exclaiming, "That's like killing someone's spirit!"
Cheng Zhi laughed twice, glanced at the time when it was time to feed the chicks, and then carried the two chicks into the space.
Xiao Feiran, on the other hand, was like a carpenter, sawing wood, sanding, and so on. She was trying to make a crossbow and had been working on it for three days in a row. With limited information and materials, she could only figure it out slowly on her own and didn't know when she would succeed.
Everything was calm until suddenly the entire dormitory building began to tremble slightly. Before anyone could react, screams and cries of agony rose from below.
Amidst the chaotic sounds, 806 heard someone shout the word "flood".
Everyone stopped what they were doing and ran to the glass door. They saw that the water, which had only reached their thighs, had suddenly risen and flooded the second floor.
Huang Yiyi and Zheng Wan's faces betrayed no emotion. It could be said that in their past lives, they both died in floods; one was swept away and drowned, while the other died from an infection sustained in the flood. This flood came suddenly, and neither of them understood why until their deaths.
Chen Siyu, standing to the side, looked at the two of them, hesitant to speak. After a moment of hesitation, she finally spoke up, "Do you want to know the cause of this flood? If you want to hear it, I'll tell you. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll shut up."
Huang Yiyi and Zheng Wan both wanted to listen, especially Huang Yiyi, who wished she could take out a notebook to take notes.
“Actually, this flood wasn’t entirely unexpected. It’s been raining for so many days, the reservoir was full, and the staff didn’t have time to adjust it, so it just burst, which is why the water level rose so much all at once.” Chen Siyu recalled her past life and took the two of them’s hands. “This time, we’re absolutely not going out. You two will definitely be safe and sound.”
Zheng Wan placed her other hand on Chen Siyu's hand, about to get a little sentimental. Huang Yiyi pulled her hand away and confidently tossed her hair, "Of course, I've been practicing swimming before bed these past few days, and my swimming skills are now superb."
"..."
That one sentence literally burned out the CPUs of the other three people.
Xiao Feiran looked utterly confused. "Before bed? Swimming practice? And for several days straight?"
"Am I blind? Our dorm doesn't seem to have a swimming pool, does it?" Zheng Wan was also very confused.
"You guys just don't understand!" Huang Yiyi pointed to her upper bunk, which was only 1.2 meters high. "Practicing on the bed counts as practicing too!"
After hearing this, Chen Siyu's face was full of disdain. She shook her head helplessly, patted Huang Yiyi's shoulder, and said earnestly, "In the future, when you're out and about, never say that we're from the same dorm. Someone as talented and capable as you is not worthy of being your roommate."
When Cheng Zhi came out, the four of them had already returned to their seats.
Xiao Feiran briefly explained what had just happened. Cheng Zhi, who had just been all smiles, immediately changed her expression and frowned. "There will definitely be people vying for the dorm rooms today. We need to be careful."
Chen Siyu, who was sitting in her seat, turned around, leaned on the back of her chair, and asked, "This flood came so suddenly, there probably aren't many survivors on the first floor, right?"
Cheng Zhi shook her head, walked to the dormitory door, and plugged in the two new latches that Xiao Feiran had added.
"Leaving aside the people on the first floor, in a sense, the second floor is now the first floor. If the flood comes again, the second floor will suffer. If you were on the second floor, wouldn't you be worried? Wouldn't you want to go upstairs?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Siyu suddenly understood. When a flood comes, people on lower floors will panic. In addition, the second floor is the one that sees the suddenness and ferocity of the flood the most directly, so their fear is the greatest. Therefore, they are very likely to go upstairs in advance to avoid danger.
Suddenly, everyone's worries increased again. Xiao Feiran took out the daggers he had bought earlier from his spatial storage and distributed them to everyone. His eyes were very cold. "From now on, if anyone dares to lay a hand on us, we will kill them. We must not be soft-hearted."
In the apocalypse, it's a world where the strong prey on the weak. Whether it's to plunder others or to protect oneself, one can only fight like a wild beast. Cheng Zhi and Chen Siyu certainly understand this principle. Having endured 10 months of hardship in their previous lives, it's impossible for them not to have killed anyone.
However, Huang Yiyi and Zheng Wan died at the beginning of the apocalypse in their previous lives. They had never killed anyone, and they were afraid that if they were too soft-hearted, they would be killed by the other party.
Standing opposite them, Cheng Zhi noticed their unease. She went over and took their daggers, replacing them with stun guns. "I know you're not over your mental hurdle yet. Letting you handle the knives might get you accidentally injured, so use these for now. Just make sure the other person can't move. I'll take care of the rest."
Chen Siyu quickly stabbed the air several times with the dagger, muttering, "Stun, finisher, perfect combination."
Seeing Chen Siyu's stabbing attacks, which were so fast that only afterimages remained, Zheng Wan and Huang Yiyi both exclaimed "Wow!"
Chen Siyu turned her head to look at them, and said with a Nike-like smile, "Girls, you're totally smitten with me, aren't you?"
Zheng Wan: "..." Why is the child acting up in waves? Where did this girl's literature come from?
Cheng Zhi, always eager for drama, exclaimed, "We're doomed! The 'greasy' thing has spread from person to person! Wan, be careful, you might be next!"
"..." Huang Yiyi, the source of the greasiness, was unable to refute it for a moment.
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