Chapter 65 Chapter 65 (Update) Natural climate sometimes...
The storm arrived as expected.
Watching the storm line approaching, the people in the market had already made full preparations after being reminded by Lu Baian and others.
Those who had no rain gear picked up any available items to cover their heads, fearing that they would be swept away by the wind and waves in the storm. Lu Baian and his friends consulted all those who were willing to stay together and narrowed the scope of the protection circle as much as possible.
They prepared guy ropes early to tie everyone together tightly, and then used the collected bamboo poles and wooden boards to maintain the distance between them to prevent any accidental swallowing during the storm.
Those who have reached four times the area have their own floating objects in hand and choose to face it together with their trusted companions. At this moment, they put aside all thoughts and the only word in their hearts is "survival".
In this confrontation between nature and humans, try your best to survive.
Fortunately, the storm did not seem to be as severe as they had imagined.
Chang Ruijia sat upright on her float, watching the storm line on the horizon approach them, then turn at a strange angle to the nearby area, leaving them with only a little wind and rain at the corners of the storm line. She didn't know whether to be relieved or regretful.
"Successful? We succeeded!"
The people who had been prepared to face the violent storm looked up tremblingly, but saw the dark rain line that had temporarily disappeared, and suddenly burst into tears of joy.
"Woo woo woo woo, I just lived another fucking day!"
"God damn it, if you have the guts, just kill us. Hahahahaha, you have the will but not the guts, why are you running away..."
"Mom, Buddha, Hallelujah, Oh my dear God, thank you for sparing my life..."
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Across the sea, there were sounds of joy and cheers. Being able to continue living on this sea, what was there not to be happy about?
"Fortunately, the storm turned away at the last minute, otherwise I really don't know what we would encounter." Lu Baian rubbed his hands on Chang Ruijia's bed, looking at the sea not far from them and said with some relief.
"Yes, it's so good to be alive." Chang Ruijia nodded.
Even though they were far enough away and not caught up in the terrifying inky black cloud, they could still clearly see what was happening on the sea in the distance.
A violent and raging wind!
Suddenly, a wave as high as several stories rose up!
The waves kept crashing against each other, and the huge roar was enough to make those watching from afar feel their hearts beating fast and their bodies covered with goose bumps.
The faint screams of terror silenced the market dwellers who had been holding out for a bit of luck.
Almost!
They were the ones who were almost swept into the waves.
Even if they made sufficient preparations, they still felt powerless when facing this natural disaster.
They still understand a little bit of the feeling of the rabbit's death and the fox's grief. In this kind of disaster, there is never a real winner.
Chang Ruijia let out a deep breath. Faced with such an unknown future, she still had to find ways to improve her strength in order to survive better.
Although we were not caught in such a terrible storm, the sea surface is not like the ground, where we can be completely unaffected as long as we are at a certain distance.
The aftermath of the storm line was still very light, just a moderate rain with some wind and waves. What really made people uncomfortable was the aftermath of wind and waves spreading from the storm's hardest-hit areas.
If Lu Baian and the others had not persuaded everyone to tie the wind rope, all the floating objects would have been scattered when the first wave of wind and waves came. How could there be any collective support then?
Chang Ruijia had originally not planned to join in. She was obviously more familiar with the possible dangers in the storm than the risks of being involved with everyone.
However, when she finally saw Lu Baian and the others moving among the crowd with wind ropes, wooden boards, and bamboo poles, encouraging each other's morale with one sentence after another, Chang Ruijia suddenly remembered something and turned around to find them and asked for a piece of wind rope and bamboo pole.
It's just that she chose to join relatively late, and the position she was finally assigned to was at the outermost edge of the entire established protection circle, which made Chang Ruijia breathe a sigh of relief.
It just so happened that in the aftermath of this wave of wind and waves, her connection with the entire collective had never been broken. She was like a small tail, always floating on the sea with the ups and downs of the market.
This was a tough time for Lu Baian who ran to sit on her bed. Chang Ruijia had experience facing the storm last time, and she treated the aftermath of such minor events as a roller coaster ride, but it was Lu Baian's first time experiencing it. In addition, the tail of the entire group was flying relatively freely, so he almost vomited his gallbladder while clinging to the bed.
"Hmph... You, you're so strong." Lu Baian looked at Chang Ruijia, who was completely fine and even had nothing to do but make tea on the bed, and said with difficulty, "Such a big ups and downs, and you don't even have any reaction?"
"What kind of reaction do you want?" Chang Ruijia glanced at him calmly, "Haven't you ever ridden a roller coaster before? Can't you handle this little bit of wind and waves now?"
"Nonsense! Hiccup, how could I not bear it! Hiccup..." Lu Baian supported his body, lying on the edge of the bed, trying to hold it still while retorting.
Ha! Chang Ruijia couldn't bear to see someone's forced reaction. Seeing that he didn't even have the strength to hold an umbrella, she rummaged through the storage box beside her and threw a raincoat on him.
"This rain is quite heavy. If you catch a cold, where on the sea can you find medicine?"
"Thank you very much." Lu Baian turned over on the bed, struggling to put the raincoat on himself, and said with a somewhat hopeless look in his eyes.
Chang Ruijia was in no mood to care about Lu Baian's condition. Looking at the wind and waves that seemed to last for who knows how long, she fixed herself on the bed and began to enjoy the swaying feeling more and more.
Not to mention it, if you ignore the chirping sounds around you, you really feel like you are back to nature, lying in the cradle of your childhood.
This rain has been brewing for a long time and has lasted for a long time.
Regardless of day or night, the entire market was floating on the sea for the next few days, and everyone who was caught in the rain felt like they were getting moldy.
But compared to the aftermath of the storm when the center of the storm was very close on the first day, the sea surface is now much calmer. Even Lu Baian, who vomited all the time on the first day, has gradually adapted to this kind of life.
But before the storm completely passed, no one dared to easily untie the wind ropes that bound everyone. Who knew if the last shiver of the storm would make all their efforts in vain?
However, most people in the market yearn for such a day where they can keep a sufficient distance from each other and still ensure safety, so it doesn't matter even if the wind rope is not untied for a short period of time.
The only one who was not used to it was Chang Ruijia.
At that time, she had not thought that things would develop to this extent. Lu Baian's short stay on her bed was indeed a bit beyond her expectations. Fortunately, Lu Baian was still relatively sensible. Although he was left on Chang Ruijia's floating object, he did not move around and just stayed in the small area of the bed to maintain his life.
"Here, your meal for today." Chang Ruijia came out of the tent, looked at Lu Baian who was almost camped at the end of the bed, and threw him a steamed bun.
"Thank you for taking care of my meals." Lu Baian took the steamed bun without any hesitation.
His floating objects had been collected at the time, and there was no way to release them to get food. If Chang Ruijia had not been kind enough to help him, he would have died of starvation if not died in the storm.
"Don't forget there are conditions." Chang Ruijia's things were not so easy to take. She glanced at Lu Baian lightly. Recently, because there was an extra person on the bed, she couldn't even get the hot food from the mall. She could only make do with the cold steamed buns left in the warehouse. "I will take away everything I need when the storm is over. Otherwise, you know the result."
"I know, I know!" Lu Baian waved his hand and didn't take Chang Ruijia's threat seriously at all.
If the distinction was as clear as she said, she would not have agreed to let Lu Baian stay in bed temporarily during the storm, and she would not have forgotten to give him normal fruits every day to supplement vitamins and trace elements when everyone was just making do these days.
"What are your plans after the storm is over?" Looking at the rain that was getting smaller and smaller, Chang Ruijia seemed to have seen the sky clearing up in the distance, and couldn't help but sit on the edge of the bed and look at Lu Baian.
"Hmm," Lu Baian suddenly didn't know what to say to Chang Ruijia's topic, but thinking of what he had experienced during the storm, he said, "Let's get some sun first to get rid of the moldy smell on my body."
Seeing that Chang Ruijia had no reaction at all, Lu Baian curled his lips and finally got to the serious matter she asked.
"Let's re-plan the market. This storm has made me realize that we, who thought we could resist the forces of nature, are actually completely powerless."
"Also, the things we originally planned with Big Brother Yu Jianyi need to be brought to the surface as soon as possible. Then, as long as our strength allows, we will be able to..."
"Wait a minute, what plan?" Chang Ruijia frowned and looked at Lu Baian who seemed to be looking forward to something, and asked in confusion.
"I never told you?" Looking at Chang Ruijia's puzzled expression, Lu Baian realized that he had never mentioned this matter to her before. "Um, sorry, I was busy looking for materials and opportunities, so I probably forgot to introduce it to you."
Faced with Chang Ruijia's rolling eyes, Lu Baian pondered for a moment and began to talk in detail about what he and Yu Jianyi had been planning.
A plan to connect all floating objects to create a new artificial continent.
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During that conversation, Chang Ruijia did not raise any objections to Lu Baian's plan. She just smiled as she watched him trying to describe the progress and current achievements.
Although she had no intention of being a savior, she would not easily discourage other people's ideas. Moreover, according to Lu Baian's idea, such a plan seemed to be able to be successfully realized one day.
However, when Lu Baian finished his story with a dry mouth, Chang Ruijia thought for a moment, "After the storm passes, you will continue to go out and explore and look for materials, right?"
Seeing Lu Baian nodded affirmatively, Chang Ruijia suddenly reminded him, "For the time being, you should avoid going to the sea."
"What's wrong?" Lu Baian looked at Chang Ruijia's serious expression in confusion. "Do you have any ideas? What other problems may arise?"
Chang Ruijia shook her head. "It's just a feeling that something is about to appear."
Lu Baian was still willing to believe Chang Ruijia's premonition. After all, before the storm came, she was the only one who took the lead in suggesting the possibility of a natural disaster.
But what exactly is going to appear?
Chang Ruijia didn't know what this feeling of uneasiness mixed with a hint of excitement in her heart meant, but she knew that something was definitely about to happen, which might bring unpredictable disasters to the human world that had finally survived.
After the sun reappeared in the horizon, the market, which had been displaced by the wind and waves and was blown to an unknown place, finally stabilized and returned to normal life.
The other people who had been coming in and out and dispersing to devour and upgrade also began to slowly get back on track, and more and more people in the market were able to temporarily escape from the floating life.
Sometimes when Chang Ruijia woke up in the settlement area, she could even see that there were only a few floating objects left in the trading area. Needless to say, most people had packed up their floating objects and gone to the sea.
Looking at the "declining population", it makes people feel that this market is about to fail.
However, apart from the daily madness of the old members and new members in the market, Chang Ruijia suddenly discovered that the common managers such as Lu Baian would gather together from time to time as if they had done something bad.
"What are you doing?" Chang Ruijia just walked to the outskirts of the trading area, and saw several people huddled together on Zhong Yuan's floating object, whispering and discussing something, and occasionally letting out some sinister laughter.
"Little Sister Chang?" Zhong Yuan happened to look up and saw Chang Ruijia, and the smile on her face instantly deepened. "We know something very satisfying. Little Sister Chang, are you interested in learning more about it?"
"?" Chang Ruijia just showed some curiosity when she saw several people tacitly abandon Zhong Yuan's floating object and swim towards her bed together.
Seeing that these people didn't treat her as an outsider at all, Chang Ruijia couldn't help but tense up again and again due to the conditioned reflex she had developed during this period. After she finally tried hard to relax, she saw these people sharing some big secret with her as if they knew it.
"Sister Chang, do you still remember the group of people who came to our market to cause trouble before the storm?"
Chang Ruijia nodded as a matter of course. It had only been a few days, and her memory was not so bad that she could not remember such a thing.
"This morning, Shifang went out exploring with the guy who joined us as a sentry. Unexpectedly, we ran into that little gang called Kuanglang!"
Zhang Rui looked around mysteriously. "Guess what happened? Evil deeds have their consequences. The storm that day headed straight for them, and they were completely drenched by the wind, waves, and heavy rain."
"It was still rough, but now it seems that there are only no waves left."
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