Chapter 120: Humanity
The new dungeon was delivered, and the first thing Youxi noticed was the 500 star coins behind the second mission!
"What's going on? This mission actually gives 500 star coins!"
[The number of star coins obtained is determined by the difficulty of the mission. 】
"Building a shelter for humans, and this is a mid-level mission world, so this storm must be more than just a storm."
To achieve a doomsday-level storm, you may have to face typhoons and thunderstorms in the early stages. In the middle stages, depending on the geographical location, there will be floods, tsunamis, water tornadoes, and large-scale power outages and water shortages...
In the later stages, the problem of water and power outages will continue, and various supplies will be in short supply. If social order collapses and floods are not treated in time, it may also cause an epidemic...
If she is the only one who has to spend six months, it will be enough to stockpile some supplies, but if you want to build a shelter, water and supplies are also a big problem.
Youxi felt that it was not easy to earn these 500 star coins. When she was thinking about what to do if she couldn't complete the mission, she noticed the following content, "Choose to do the mission? What does that mean? Can I not do this mission?"
[Yes, World Mission 2 is not a must-do mission. If you complete it, you will get star coins. If you don't complete it, you won't get star coins. ]
Youxi felt a little relieved: "It depends on the situation. If you can do it, you must do it." After all, this is a big mission of 500 star coins. However, if she really wants to build a shelter, she can't do it alone. In this process, she will definitely need help.
Finally, Youxi noticed the word "fragments". Having experienced the mission of "fusion" before, she certainly understands what "fragments" are.
"Is this a fragmented world?"
[Yes. 】
The fragment world was formed when the original apocalyptic world was destroyed and split. She had experienced two apocalypses that merged with the fragment world, but she had never been to a separate fragment world, and she didn't know how it would be different from a normal apocalyptic world.
"What is the difference between a fragment world and a normal apocalyptic world?"
【This requires the host to explore it by himself. 】
"..." You Xi then changed the question: "This storm apocalypse is rated as an intermediate difficulty. Is it related to the fact that this world is a fragment world?"
【Yes. 】
You Xi was still waiting for the system to continue, but after waiting for a long time, she found that the system had already answered.
The concise words made her miss the previous mechanical tone that answered questions in a stereotyped but extremely detailed manner.
She thought of another thing: "Since this is such a strange world, will you still help me this time?"
[……]
She also guessed that the system would not respond to this question, so she continued: "I forgot to thank you last time. Regardless of whether Lin Wu's appearance was part of your plan, if it weren't for his help in the last few dozen hours, I probably wouldn't have been able to complete the mission."
[…………]
You Xi always felt that there was a little more emotion in the system's silence this time: "Is it my illusion? Why do I feel like you seem a little... unhappy?"
[The world mission has been delivered. Please be prepared, host, and carry out the shuttle mission on time at 0:00 tomorrow. 】
"Okay..." But in fact, there was only 24 hours to prepare, and now the native world has become the end of the world. She was in this suburban forest, and there was really nothing to prepare except looking up relevant information on the Internet.
In the end, Youxi spent two hours looking up information while drafting a simple plan to build a shelter. Then she set an alarm and went to bed.
**
The meeting the next day was held in the public entertainment room on the first floor of another small building, diagonally opposite the small building where Youxi lived.
She asked her parents to stay in the star house, and she simply ate some homemade smoked chicken sandwiches, changed into long-sleeved sportswear, put on a mask and a hat, and stepped out of the star house.
She has already taken four [Strong Anti-Sugar Pills]. With her current physical condition, the painful and itchy hairs of "Spike Grass", the sharp mouthparts of mosquitoes, and the venom released by millipedes are all ineffective against her.
Long sleeves and masks are only to make herself less conspicuous in the eyes of outsiders.
The suite in the B&B was a little stuffy. She checked the window slits and corners around, and after confirming that there was no problem, she took out a large bottle of insecticide and sprayed the entire suite.
Although they lived in the star house, they still had to check and clean up the outside from time to time, otherwise they might come out of the star house and dive into a pile of insects.
Living with her in this small building are Chen Tong and his wife, the Gou family of four, Zheng Feng and his parents, and Lu Bin and his parents. This small building has two floors in total, with four suites on the second floor, a restaurant and an entertainment room on the first floor, and two other suites.
Zheng Feng's father has difficulty walking, so the family of three lives on the first floor, and Chen Tong and his wife live next door.
The Gou family, Lu Bin's family, and You Xi all live on the second floor.
The suite on the second floor that is now empty was originally occupied by Huang Jingji, Wang Meng, and Wang Yin, but they only stayed for one night and said they wanted to change rooms and move to another small building.
That small building is bigger, with both suites and single rooms. Xu Yan, Xiao Zhang, Ma Tiantian, and Xia Xuan all live there.
The person who first said that they wanted to move was Wang Meng. The reason was that all the young people were there, and the B&B was quite big. Since there was a place, they could live a little bit more and not be crowded together.
Wang Meng and Wang Yin were the young girls who had previously exchanged a few words with You Xi in the supermarket. They were cousins who participated in a program together. They were positioned as idol singers. The program had a lot of attention and traffic, and they were both popular contestants. They had just debuted and were at the peak of their popularity, but the world suddenly changed. No matter
how popular an artist is, they cannot compare to life and death.
When the public cannot even control their own survival, who will care about what new dance an artist has learned today, what new song he has sung, and what photos he has shown on the Internet?
Neither of them has any family. They signed with their current company several years ago. Huang Hui has been taking care of them. In her heart, she takes care of them as sisters. In
recent years, the two have only studied and trained in the company. They have never worked part-time or stepped into society. They lack experience and their lives are not down to earth.
After the end of the world, they were forced to withdraw from their familiar lives. Huang Hui felt sorry for their years of hard work that turned into bubbles when they woke up from their dreams. She has always taken good care of them. Even if the two of them get into trouble from time to time because of their personality problems, she always works hard to help them clean up.
Huang Hui knows the real reason why Wang Meng wants to move to another small building is not because of Youxi, but because of Xu Yan.
Before Youxi went downstairs, she heard the quarrel between Chen Tong and her husband Zou Yan in the suite on the first floor. It seemed that Chen Tong wanted her husband to attend the meeting, but Zou Yan was unwilling to leave the small building.
He said that he had accompanied her here, and now he just wanted to lie down, play games or watch dramas, but he didn't want to attend any meetings.
The two quarreled and someone broke something. There was a crackling sound inside. When Youxi came to the first floor, she just saw Chen Tong's back as she lowered her head and left the suite.
Zheng Feng, who was in another suite nearby, also came out. He originally greeted Chen Tong with a smile, but when he saw Chen Tong's expression, he understood, patted her on the back, and comforted her a few words.
Since coming to the B&B, the three members of the You family have been the least active members of the entire team because the Star House is too comfortable. Now, they are not as familiar with each other as the others.
However, You Xi didn't care about these things. She didn't go forward to disturb them. She followed Chen Tong and Zheng Feng from a distance and went to the small building opposite.
The courtyards of the small buildings here are not big and look similar. There are pavilions and stone benches on both sides. In the past, in the cool weather season, travelers who came to the B&B would set up a barbecue outside, or get together to play various board games, or they could open the recliners at night to drink some wine, look at the moon and chat, and enjoy the tranquility and beauty away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
But now, basically no one will stay outdoors. Sometimes, because they have to go to the vegetable planting area and breeding area to buy food, they also wrap themselves tightly and go and come back quickly.
Ma Tiantian and Xia Xuan were both at Xu Yan's side. Wang Meng and Wang Yin also followed Huang Hui downstairs, but the atmosphere indoors was a little strange. Wang Meng looked angry. Wang Yin was whispering to comfort Wang Meng. Huang Hui stood at Xia Xuan and spoke to her apologetically.
Not long after You Xi stood still, the Gou Yaoyang brothers, Lu Bin and Xiao Zhang also came in. They were holding a few cabbages in their hands. It seemed that they had gotten up early and went to the planting area of the homestay.
Gou Mingfeng looked out as soon as he entered the door, and then went straight to the direction of Wang Meng and Wang Yin. He said a few words to Wang Yin and gave her a bag of cabbages in his hand.
Wang Yin took it and thanked him a few words, and Gou Mingfeng smiled like a flower.
Gou Yaoyang glanced at his silly brother and shook his head helplessly.
In a small room, there are all kinds of human emotions.
With Youxi's current five senses, even with his eyes closed, he can know everything happening around him. Sure enough, as long as people are in a relatively relaxed environment, they are prone to various ties.
Especially between young men and women, plus the current situation, they have formed a team all the way from S City to here, and more or less emotions will always arise. This kind of emotion, there is friendship, and there is also goodwill between men and women. This is human nature and it is not something that can be controlled by oneself.
If she didn't have the Star House, didn't travel through the apocalypse time and time again, and didn't grow up in different worlds, she would inevitably develop feelings for someone, admire someone, and become dependent on someone after going through life and death with several outstanding opposite sexes in a team.
But now, taking into account the psychological age of several worlds, she is already over 30 years old. She cooperated with the troops in the zombie world, went deep into the ruins time and time again, and devoted herself to the troops in the meteorite world to carry out various rescue missions.
Now, it is difficult for her to develop dependence on anyone or good feelings between men and women because of several times of working together. Even Lin Wu, who has been through life and death with her several times, every time she thinks of him, she only has the friendship of a companion.
She can turn her back to him and face the enemy with him, but she will not blush or have her heart beat fast for him, let alone admire him.
Now feeling the undercurrents between the men and women in this room, she suddenly found that the few short romances before and after graduation from college seemed like something that happened in her previous life.
Now, she is completely calm in the face of these instinctive and normal love affairs.
She doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
**
The meeting that day did not go smoothly. Only one of the problems that were originally listed was solved.
When discussing the second problem, there was a disagreement. After that, Wang Yin said, "This homestay is opened by my sister Huang's friend. If it weren't for us, do you think you can live in it at the current price?" The meeting entered a white-hot state.
You Xi was afraid of trouble and was worried about entering the mission world at midnight. Seeing that everyone started to argue about trivial things, she stood up, said hello to Xu Yan and left.
"Wait--" Xu Yan called her, stood up and went to the cabinet beside, took out a bag from it and handed it to her. There were two bags of coffee beans in it, which were his personal collection. He took them with him out of habit when he fled before, thinking that the B&B would have a machine to grind coffee beans.
As a result, after arriving here, he found that the style of the B&B was a little different from what he imagined. The coffee beans were useless. He remembered that You Xi seemed to have bought a lot of coffee beans in the supermarket before, and she should have a grinder.
"Do you want me to grind it for you? Sure, come and get it tomorrow afternoon."
"..." Xu Yan was a little speechless, "It's for you, keep it and drink it. This is red label, a friend of mine gave it to me before."
Red label? Youxi was a little surprised. Coffee beans of this quality were hard to buy even before the end of the world.
She took the bag and immediately felt Wang Meng's gaze. She didn't want to get involved in a strange relationship, so she frowned and said, "No merit, no reward. If you need my help in the future, just ask."
Xu Yan smiled, and when he spoke again, he was a little embarrassed: "I do have something I want you to help with. Do you have time this afternoon? I want you to go down the mountain with me."
Youxi understood now that he wanted her to be a bodyguard.
"I have something to do today. Is tomorrow afternoon okay?" After midnight tonight, she will have another month of vacation and can go anywhere.
"Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow."
The two groups of people's discussions had not yet come to a conclusion until You Xi left that day.
She returned to the Star House and took the time to count the inventory of the Star House warehouse. She sorted out the food and supplies needed for a person to survive for more than half a year and put them in a corner of the Star House warehouse.
The rest were arranged and stacked in order according to their importance. These were what she was going to take out before the shuttle and leave in the Star House to use the time difference.
Metal ice does not take up space. She plans to bring eight and a half boxes into the mission world, and the remaining forty boxes are going to stay in the Star House.
Two-thirds of the food is convenience food, one-third is semi-finished products that can be eaten with a little processing, plus a small amount of takeout. Lingling prepared two large boxes of drinks and various de-stressing snacks. She
brought all the weapons and gold diamond boxes into the apocalypse, as well as a box of sorted medicines, a fully functional escape backpack and protective gear that she had stockpiled in the acid rain world.
In short, the supplies she brought into the apocalypse this time were mainly weapons, medicines and protective gear, because she had three days in advance this time, so food was easy to buy, but weapons, medicines and gear were not easy to get.
In addition, she noticed that the identities of the worlds were not announced in advance, so she was not sure what the world characters were like. Gold, jade, and diamonds did not take up space, so she took them all with her in case of emergency.
Two minutes before midnight, Youxi stood in the living room on the first floor and instantly moved the materials that were to be left behind out of the Star House warehouse, which instantly filled the entire first floor.
One minute before midnight, she came to the black door on the second floor of the simulated apartment under the gaze of Fan Qi and You Feng.
"Be careful." Fan Qi touched her precious daughter's face.
**
The sun was blazing.
When Youxi regained consciousness, she unconsciously raised her hand to block the scorching sun from the sky.
The sun was too bright and the weather was hot and humid. You Xi calmed down and found that she was standing on the edge of a running track. It was very noisy around her. Someone was shouting "Come on!" and it seemed that some kind of competition was going on.
After a moment, she found that this seemed to be a school playground, and young boys and girls were running a relay race. Have
I become a high school student again?
You Xi looked down at herself and saw the off-white suit on her body, a pair of slender legs under the knee-length skirt, and high heels on her feet. She
didn't look like a student. Could she be a teacher this time?
The voices of the students around her were too noisy, and she couldn't concentrate on receiving information from the world. She looked around, found the passage to leave the playground, and walked towards the building.
This is a large campus with many buildings around. She walked into the nearest building. Because the students were having a sports meeting on the playground, she was going to find an empty classroom to sit down and receive the message.
As soon as she stepped onto the corridor on the first floor, she saw a man and a woman standing near the back door of the classroom, or rather, a man and a woman hugging each other tightly. They were wearing school uniforms and were kissing...
You Xi: ...
It was too late for her to leave. The boy had already seen her. He hurriedly let go of the girl in his arms and called her: "You... Teacher You!"
It turned out to be the teacher.
You Xi frowned and was about to say a few perfunctory words and leave, but the girl in the boy's arms turned around and looked at her with a slightly strange expression, and said softly: "Mom."
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