Around 11 p.m., a large number of refugees arrived at the Binhai Road Gymnasium.
Compared to the citizens who gradually arrived at the stadium in the afternoon, this group of people looked panicked. Some of them didn't even bring a bag and came soaking wet and in fear.
Because some of these people stayed in the single tents in the first row in front of Gou Fugui, Gou Fugui, whose hearing was enhanced, knew their identities and experiences.
This is a group of people from a wealthy neighborhood who thought their villas were very sturdy, only to have their homes blown over by the wind.
Listening to the young man in tent number 122 diagonally in front of him viciously cursing the villa builder, Gou Fugui couldn't help but laugh at first, then sighed inwardly. When disaster strikes, it doesn't care about your status or age; wherever it goes, the treatment it receives is as fair as time itself.
Then Gou Fugui fell asleep amidst the constant hushed conversations inside the stadium and the unmistakable roar of the torrential rain and howling wind outside. Compared to his hurried nap in the afternoon, he slept much better that night.
Even in my dreams, the backdrop is always the sea and the waves.
When he woke up the next day, the clock in front of the stadium gate showed six o'clock. But looking out through the glass doors of the entrance directly in front, the pitch-black sky made it hard to believe it was already morning.
The heavy rain continued all night.
Gou Fugui thought for a moment, then gently opened the tent door and walked to the glass doors of the stadium. Through the glass, he saw the steps and street in front of the stadium, and immediately frowned.
When he arrived at the stadium yesterday morning, the floodwaters on the street only reached his ankles. But now the entire street is completely submerged, and most of the green shrubs on both sides of the road are submerged.
The cars parked on the roadside are so small that only the top layer is visible, and even the larger SUVs are only half-visible through their windows.
Even the dozens of steps in front of the stadium were submerged, with three or four layers of them submerged. Looking down from here, it suddenly felt like a land of rivers and lakes.
Gou Fugui stood by the door for a long time until a voice rang in his ears: "The car can't be driven. The only way to get out is by boat."
Gou Fugui suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his right ear and scalp, unsure whether it was from the hot steam or from being frightened. He looked up and indeed saw Xie Tianlang's smug face, and curled his lip: "You'd need a boat for that."
Gou Fugui suddenly paused, thinking, "Maybe there really are boats here—the stadium in this seaside city should have single and multi-person kayaks, surfboards, and even rubber boats, right? I just don't know if there are any small sailboats."
Xie Tianlang had obviously thought of this as well, and a smile appeared on his lips: "We can always find it if we look around here."
Gou Fugui rolled his eyes and turned to leave, but Xie Tianlang stopped him.
His beautiful phoenix eyes instantly lifted, revealing a sharp look, but Xie Tianlang smiled gently. He even slightly bent over and tilted his head, appearing elegant and polite like a gentleman for a moment: "I am Xie Tianlang."
"The Xie in Pan An and Xie Yu, and the brightest star in the heavens, Sirius."
"I feel we're very compatible. Shall we get to know each other?"
Gou Fugui watched as the man opposite him slowly extended his palm and turned it in front of him. His eyebrows gradually rose, and finally he chuckled, "There's no need to be so formal."
"To become rich and powerful."
Xie Tianlang: "...What?"
The wealthy and beautiful woman reached out and combed his loose hair, grinning as she said, "Gou means to live a long and happy life, and Gui means to fight for wealth and glory."
Then Gou Fugui reached out and patted Xie Tianlang's shoulder, whose expression was subtle, and said his last words: "Brother, Gou Fugui, I will never forget you."
In terms of names, mine is infinitely more auspicious than yours! *Sigh*
So Xie Tianlang stood by the door for a while before finally laughing out loud.
"A good name."
Both the person and the name are unforgettable at first sight, in every sense of the word.
Although Xie Tianlang and Gou Fugui had gotten to know each other properly, they didn't act together. To the beautiful and wealthy Gou Fugui, Xie Tianlang was just a stranger he had just met. Even if this werewolf and the sea otter Fugui had a somewhat strange relationship, what did that have to do with Gou Fugui?
Xie Tianlang and his group also had their own things to do.
Song Sanchuan is using his remaining basic efforts to collect all the information in the world, and is trying to crack some important websites and record the contact information of the upper echelons.
Clearly, having a technically skilled person is very useful for a savior who has just arrived in this world. While the world's consciousness-biased individuals can only struggle and speculate on their own, Song Sanchuan has already gathered a lot of information.
"Boss, this world is most likely facing the end of the ocean. Although there has been widespread rainfall globally for the past two months, the main issue is the rapid rise in global sea levels over these two months."
Song Sanchuan said with a serious expression: "I compared the real-time monitoring maps of the world's land and sea two months ago and two months later. The land in this world has been covered by seawater by 2% in the past two months."
"It sounds like 2% is a small percentage, right? But in reality, some coastal islands have been completely submerged. And just last night, the report from the country's weather monitoring agency that I connected with showed that, thanks to the 'Queen of Tsunamis,' the seawater coverage reached 3% overnight."
"At this rate, within three months at most, more than 90% of the world's land will be covered by seawater. Coastal plains, the Central Plains, and even plateaus with an altitude of less than 2,000 meters will be completely submerged by seawater."
"The land area of this world is almost the same as our world, and it also has the North and South Poles, but in the next three months, the glaciers at the North and South Poles are very likely to melt completely..."
By the end, Song Sanchuan's expression had gone blank.
"Boss, this really is the end of the world. But how can we save ourselves from this? It's impossible, isn't it?"
Even if human technology is advanced enough to dominate the world and overlook all living beings, it is still powerless and utterly insignificant in the face of earth-shattering changes.
Xie Tianlang reached out and slapped Song Sanchuan on the head. "Didn't Dad tell you how to save the world? Either eliminate the source of the disaster, or just hold on and survive to the end."
"We can't reach the source now, but if we can keep more people alive and find the core of the world, that should be enough."
"You should regularly post messages online, telling people who haven't been affected by the disaster to prepare more food, water, large tubs or bathtubs that can float on water, life jackets, and medicine. Just post them regardless of whether people believe them or not."
"Right now, the government hasn't announced the land submersion yet, probably to maintain stability, but internally they've definitely taken measures. At the very least, they're building large ships that can withstand the waves. Investigate where the last 'ark' might be located."
Listening to the sound of rain outside, Xie Tianlang said slowly, "If this place gets flooded, we'll find a way to board a big ship."
Song Sanchuan nodded repeatedly, noting it down, but finally muttered, "We can't possibly be smuggled out like the protagonist in 2012, can we?"
Xie Tianlang kicked him: "Smuggling my ass. This isn't some short-term, explosive disaster. Even if we can't get on the ship, we can still get on a lifeboat, right? As long as we don't drown, we'll survive!"
The current problem is finding the world's core.
But the disaster has only just begun, and the core of it is not so easy to discover.
Let's just play it safe for now.
Thinking of this, Xie Tianlang suddenly laughed again. He nodded under the bewildered gazes of Qin Feng and the other two: "Indeed, a life of compromise leads to longevity. 'Compromise' here means wealth and status."
"No...no forgetting each other?" Song Sanchuan replied stupidly.
Sirius, the brightest star, glanced at him and said, "You wish."
At this moment, the wealthy and beautiful woman that Xie Tianlang had thought of was still looking at the heavy rain outside the door.
It had been raining all day, and the second floor of the stadium was full.
With so many people crammed into one place, each radiating emotions of anxiety, anger, or sadness, the atmosphere in the entire stadium felt suffocating.
But this was only the second day of their refuge, with plenty of food.
Gou Fugui could hardly imagine what the stadium would become if it remained in this environment for the next six days or even longer.
Moreover, within a single day, the floodwaters had submerged the steps in front of the three-tiered gymnasium. At this rate, the gymnasium will be flooded sooner or later.
He needs to make some preparations.
Stockpile some food and water, and ideally, get a small boat.
Although transforming into a sea otter allows one to ignore marine disasters, there's still not much a sea otter can do.
This is where "Transformation Skill 2 - Bloodline Enhancement" comes in handy.
So at 5 p.m. the next day, Gou Fugui walked out of the stadium with his backpack on, under the watchful eye of the gatekeeper who thought he was crazy.
"Hey, you with the long hair! Are you sure you want to go out at this hour? The rain hasn't stopped and the water is really high. You might not be able to come back if things go wrong!"
Gou Fugui glanced back at the young man and smiled, "Thanks for your concern. But don't worry, I'm a great swimmer. I'll definitely be able to catch a few big crabs."
The doorman: "..."
Who the hell cares about you?! And just because you're a good swimmer doesn't mean you can catch crabs! Don't you know that most people who drown are good swimmers?!
The gatekeeper glared angrily at Gou Fugui's back, which looked remarkably like his dream girl, and his liver ached with rage.
But what angered and frustrated him even more was that the guy with the high ponytail returned two hours later unharmed—but that wasn't the point. The point was, he was carrying a huge, lively fish!
Gou Fugui, carrying a tuna, received a collective, shocked stare from the tent dwellers in the front row of the stadium.
What they didn't know was that Fugui, the humanoid sea otter who had successfully activated the "bloodline enhancement," had a dozen scallops and five large crabs hidden in the small space under his armpits, which no one else could see.
Of course, it's also in my backpack.
Author's Note:
Gou Fugui: Just live a simple life, and you'll have a long and prosperous future; take a chance and you'll achieve wealth and glory! Who says my father's name is bad?!
Xie Tianlang: ...This is the first time I've felt like I've lost in a name contest.
The humanoid sea otter Fugui: When it comes to playing in the water and catching fish, he can make you kneel down and call him dad.
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