On the 25th day after the disaster, the people trapped in the dormitory building were on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Many realized that the school would no longer care about them, and that rescue would not arrive. They had run out of ammunition and food, and had no hope of survival.
As a result, some people chose to commit suicide, jumping off buildings or hanging themselves... The dormitory building became increasingly quiet.
Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran had gone out once during that time, and the once clean, tidy, and cheerful corridor was now unrecognizable. Many corpses, both men and women, were scattered in the corridor, and bloodstains had splattered on the once spotless walls.
There were 36 dorm rooms on one floor, but now only nine of them are closed. The other dorm rooms are either empty or contain only corpses.
After walking around for a while, the atmosphere between the two of them was noticeably more tense.
Hearing that there were very few people left, Chen Siyu sighed, "Nine dorm rooms. We know that there are 5 people in our dorm and 4 people in room 835 across the hall. Even if the remaining seven dorm rooms are full, there will only be 42 people. This floor originally had about 200 people, and now there is only a quarter left. It's terrifying."
Zheng Wan finished cooking dinner, placed the last plate of vegetables on the table, and sat down.
"This typhoon has been raging for almost a month. There is no food, no rescue. Half of the people who died were from the typhoon, and the other half died from violent conflicts. There are also many people who committed suicide due to mental breakdown. If there are more than forty people left on the first floor, that would be considered a lot."
Seeing the current state of the dormitory building, even the usually optimistic Huang Yiyi became serious. "Zhizhi, we're not going to stay in the dormitory forever, are we? Wan and I died young in our past lives. Tell me what happened after that. We need to make plans in advance."
Cheng Zhi snapped her fingers. Huang Yiyi had hit the nail on the head. She and Xiao Feiran had been discussing their strategy on their way back. "Yes, let me briefly explain the situation to you two."
After the two of them died in their previous lives, the typhoon and torrential rain stopped after about a week, and the floodwaters receded. The three of them then planned to leave the school because their school was in the suburbs, and they wanted to go to the city, hoping that rescue operations might have already begun in the city.
After overcoming numerous difficulties to reach the city, they found it in ruins, with many people crying out for help. They randomly found a convenience store and, from the rotten contents, pulled out half a case of water and two packs of biscuits. That night, they hid in an abandoned residential building across from the convenience store.
That evening, the temperature suddenly soared. Their phones were already dead, and they didn't realize until the next morning, looking at the thermometer on the wall, that it had reached 45°C.
The temperature continued to climb, reaching a peak of 50°C. The thermometer couldn't register it, but Cheng Zhi and the others could feel the temperature still rising. More than a month passed like this, then the temperature plummeted again, followed by earthquakes, sandstorms…
Huang Yiyi and Zheng Wan felt a chill run down their spines. The three of them had actually endured this for 10 months. It was truly remarkable.
Chen Siyu ate her rice with tears in her eyes, "Really, I felt like I was going to die every day back then, I was so anxious and exhausted, sob sob sob..."
Huang Yiyi, unusually, didn't mock Chen Siyu for using the wrong idiom again. Instead, she used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat for her, saying that it was too difficult for her and that she should eat more to replenish her strength.
After Cheng Zhi finished explaining the basic situation, Xiao Feiran took over, "That's basically it. Zhi Zhi and I think it's better to go to the city center. You three should also think about it. Do you think it's better to stay where you are or go to the city center? Let's brainstorm."
"..."
The other four people were fine at first, but as soon as they heard the words "brainstorm," they immediately put on masks of pain.
Cheng Zhi blinked, looking at Xiao Feiran with great resentment, "'Brainstorming'—your one sentence dragged me straight back to the classroom. Do I have to go up and explain to each group later?"
Huang Yiyi pretended not to hear and boasted about her food to Chen Siyu, head to head. Zheng Wan, the most well-behaved girl in the dormitory, also put on a fake smile, "My rebellious streak is kicking in. I don't want to brainstorm, or I'll die."
Xiao Feiran: "..." It's her fault for not being careful with her words and forgetting that these college students are rebellious by nature.
So if she couldn't win, she joined in, saying, "I'm giving up. I'm not going to live either. We can keep each other company on the road to the underworld."
"I was wrong, I was wrong!"
"My computer should still have power, let's make a PowerPoint presentation! And an analysis report!"
After everyone quickly finished their meal, 806 unanimously decided to go to the city center. Although the city center was crowded and busy, it was still better than being in the middle of nowhere.
Five people sat around a mahjong table, each with a furrowed brow.
Cheng Zhi pointed to the cabinet opposite her. "This is a big problem. All our things are in here, but so far we only know that feeding it books can upgrade it. We know nothing else about it."
“The simplest, yet most difficult, method is to take it with us wherever we go.” Xiao Feiran placed his hand on the cabinet, clearly indicating that this was physically demanding work, and carrying a cabinet around in the apocalypse would certainly attract attention.
As if suddenly remembering something, Xiao Feiran turned around and said, "Friends, I have an idea. This kind of alternate dimension cannot be viewed from a scientific perspective. It only exists in novels. I have hundreds of novels of this type saved on my phone. Why don't the night watchman go and look for answers in the books tonight? Maybe there's a solution."
The group readily agreed. Since they weren't in a hurry to leave, and they could find a solution by reading a novel, that was perfect.
The cabinet issue was temporarily put aside, and Chen Siyu raised a new question: "In our past life, we walked to the city. It took us a whole day to walk 40 kilometers. We can't walk there again in this life, can we? If we have to carry the cabinet, we can't possibly walk anymore. The temperature will rise halfway there."
Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran echoed in agreement, saying that they had walked so many blisters in their past lives that they would never walk again in this life and had to drive there!
"Oh dear, Wan and I got our licenses, and there are so many cars on campus, yet you still chose to walk. You guys are something else." Huang Yiyi's words almost dragged the three of them into the conversation.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly. Cheng Zhi looked at Huang Yiyi speechlessly. Sometimes she really wanted to pry open Yiyi's head to see what was inside.
Zheng Wan couldn't bear to watch anymore. She poked Huang Yiyi, who was still passionately speaking, with her finger and said, "Yes, we got our marriage certificate, but there's also the possibility that we were already in another world back then, right?"
Huang Yiyi's brain was working frantically when suddenly she realized, "Right, right, we messed up back then, sorry!"
Chen Siyu flicked Huang Yiyi's forehead as she frantically apologized, "I think you did it on purpose. You'd be missing out if you didn't take the opportunity to yell at us a couple of times, right?"
Huang Yiyi apologized with her hands on her head, and even offered up her QQ Star, which finally calmed the resentment of the three.
The discussion continued, and the issue turned to cars. Although they had licenses and could drive, they were all students and didn't own cars at school.
Cheng Zhi looked at Xiao Feiran expectantly, "Master Xiao, it's time for you to show off your skills again, we don't have the car keys..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Feiran gave an "OK" sign and said confidently, "It's okay, I'll take care of it when the time comes."
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