Chapter 145 The Last Piece of Land
Six o'clock in the morning.
Even without turning on the alarm, Shu Fu woke up very early the next day.
Probably because Chen Fa and Zheng Feifei had all checked into the hotel behind, she was worried about them and felt that there were still many things waiting for her to do, so she woke up after only sleeping for more than six hours.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, a muffled thunder rolled across the sky above the lake, illuminating a corner of the dark blue sky, and a new round of heavy rain began.
The raft has returned to the lake area and is now drifting near the mountain wall.
It was still early and visibility was too low. She couldn't see where Yao Ruoyun's raft was floating, so she got up and washed up, planning to take advantage of the fact that the heavy rain had not turned into a rainstorm and thunderstorm and that everyone else was still asleep to turn off the protective cover and store some water for the hotel behind.
After the protective cover was turned off, the Drifting Island House was immediately surrounded by the sound of crackling rain, and the entire lake surface looked like a thick fog, full of surging water vapor. She opened the front door, put on slippers barefoot, stood under the eaves, looked at the heavy rain and the lake in the early morning, and stretched her arms and legs.
She quickly placed a bowl of steaming wontons and a portion of fresh meat soup dumplings on the camping table, sat down in a comfortable position, and started eating breakfast.
Yao Ruoyun called at this time. When she heard Shu Fu's cheerful voice, she knew that she had woken up.
"Senior, are you back?" Her voice sounded a little depressed. I wonder if she was not happy because she couldn't go to Zhashui County with her.
"Come back, where's your raft?"
"On the northeast shore, in the direction of the provincial road..." She said this with some hesitation, as if she had something else to say but didn't know how to start.
"What's wrong?" Shu Fu asked, and moved quickly. He took out the map panel, adjusted the direction of the raft, and quickly headed towards the northeast shore of the lake.
The lake was very large, and the mountain wall and northeastern shore where the raft had been drifting were just at the two ends of the lake. No wonder Yao Ruoyun didn't notice that she had returned. Shu Fu pushed the raft to its fastest speed, and the Drifting Island House and the hotel raft behind it quickly passed over the lake in the pouring rain, and soon crossed the lake.
When Yao Ruoyun was about to confess with guilt that she had accidentally been exposed last night, Shu Fu's raft had already broken through the rain and was approaching.
Shu Fu, who was drinking soup with her head down and squinting her eyes in pleasure because of the delicious bone broth, subconsciously felt that something was wrong. She slowly raised her eyes and looked towards the lakeshore in front of her.
Yao Ruoyun's raft was not the only one on the lakeside in the heavy rain. The land on this side of the lake was slightly higher, and there were a number of military off-road vehicles and armored vehicles parked on it. There was a row of cars behind them, and even the shadow of a tank could be seen.
A dozen or twenty military vehicles formed an encirclement, and a large awning was artificially pulled out. The awning was dark green and made of thick material. The edges and corners were firmly tightened with ropes and fixed to the vehicles to form a "wall".
There is a long camping table and chairs under the awning, which looks like a temporary command center.
Many fully armed soldiers who were standing by the long table to hold a meeting and check the topographic map turned their heads when they heard the sound of the waves. There were several familiar faces among them. They saw two rafts, one large and one small, with beautiful log buildings on the rafts. Under the eaves at the front, there was a young girl eating breakfast.
The girl was very pretty. She was wearing a long home T-shirt and hot pants. She was barefoot, with her legs crossed and flip-flops hanging on her toes.
Her hair was a little disheveled, and her exposed arms and legs were slender and white. Her whole person exuded a sense of ease and leisure before the end of the world, which shocked them so much that they didn't know what expression to show for a moment.
Ahem, should I continue watching, or should I continue watching?
The girl seemed to have just noticed them, and a look of surprise flashed across her face, but she quickly calmed down.
The soldiers were immediately excited. They stayed here not only because of the road problem, but also because they knew that their commander was waiting for someone.
"Is she the one you are waiting for?"
"The Star Candy girl in our commander's rumors?"
"Is it her? Is it?"
"No wonder the Commander always likes to hold that glass candy jar and look at it when he's alone. I understand now..."
"That's right. This girl is so pretty. Who wouldn't miss her if they didn't see her for a long time..."
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"Senior, it's my fault. I was exposed. Although we don't live on land now, it's okay. But I know you had your own plan. That - eh? Have you come here?" Along with Yao Ruoyun's surprised voice, Shu Fu saw a man in field uniform walking out from behind the row of soldiers.
The other person was tall and had long legs. He was holding a small metal cup in his hand. Like the other soldiers beside him, he looked at her in shock.
"Okay, no need to say more, I've seen it." Not only did he see it, he also exchanged glances with the other party.
"Oh~ Then I'll quit." Yao Ruoyun hung up the phone quickly.
On the other side of the long table, Han Lan, who was confused, squeezed through the wall of teammates and walked to the front: "What's going on? Suddenly, everyone is stopping doing their work and standing here as punishment - Oh my god! When did this person appear? There was no trace of him just now!" Han Lan's voice became three times louder when he saw the person under the eaves of the raft, and immediately attracted Liu Shuang, the only one who was studying the topographic map seriously at the moment.
"What the hell are you yelling about? If you don't want to attend the meeting here, go to Awen and help him repair his car! What are you yelling about?" The last two words were obviously due to the sudden change in tone because she saw Shu Fu, but soon, she looked puzzled again, "This raft - doesn't seem to be the one from that night..." And strangely, it actually looked a little familiar.
Han Lan beside him suddenly clapped his hands, "A while ago, that thing on the Northern Plateau - what was it called a mini raft? Oh, right, the sacred mini raft! The news disappeared very quickly after it appeared. I was still wondering which superpower it was. She actually used this method to win over the hearts of the people in the North. It was quite clever... After all this fuss, it was her..."
Shu Fu: ...
From a distance, Han Lan spoke these last words in a low voice.
Logically speaking, she definitely couldn't hear him, but she could guess what he was saying from his expression, movements and even lip shape.
Her mood was actually not as calm as she looked. She was of course very happy to see them again here, and very happy to see Cheng Yu alive and well with all his hands and feet intact, but the timing of this reunion was really unfortunate.
Ever since she knew that Liu Shuang and Han Lan had awakened, she had already thought about what she wanted to say the next time they met. Although the other party already knew about these things, they had concealed them before, so there was still a chance for them to confess.
This confession had nothing to do with whether Liu Shuang and Han Lan were willing to be towed by her raft, but as friends who had experienced life and death together, she felt that she needed to give an explanation to each other.
Now, she hasn't said anything yet. She's been exposed so thoroughly, it seems like there's no need to say anything anymore...
Shu Fu put down the phone and stood up, symbolically straightening her clothes, and waved and smiled at Liu Shuang, Han Lan and several other familiar faces among the soldiers: "We are really destined to meet each other. Every time we lose contact, we always meet like this!"
As she spoke, she turned her gaze to Cheng Yu: "Good morning - Cheng Yu!"
It was really early, not even half past six. She had never thought that so many people would appear in this barren plateau...
Cheng Yu moved quickly. He handed the cup in his hand to the person next to him, spread his long legs, pursed his lips and strode towards her raft.
Just like the last time it snowed in Wei County, it was raining so heavily but he didn't have time to wear rain gear. The distance from the high ground by the lake to the raft was only thirty or forty meters, and he arrived there in a few breaths.
He stepped onto her raft and stopped outside the eaves where she stood. The heavy rain fell on him, completely soaking his hair and cheeks.
"Why are you always like this?" Shu Fu took the umbrella from under the eaves, stepped forward, opened it for him and herself to block the rain, and looked up at him with a smile: "Have you finished eating the candy? Did you finish it a long time ago? Don't blame me this time. I contacted you, and I contacted you many times. It was you who lost contact."
"There is one last one." He lowered his head and looked at her steadily. He wanted to save that for the day he met her.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty."
Shu Fu looked at the other person's deep and focused gaze on her face: "Are you injured this time?"
"They are all minor injuries."
"Are you not happy to see me? Why do you look like that?" She said, reaching out to touch the scar at the corner of his eye and said softly, "You seem to have lost weight..."
His long eyelashes trembled slightly, and the next second he reached out and grasped her fingertips, holding her hand tightly in his palm: "...I'm very happy." As he said this, he leaned forward, as if he really wanted to hug her, but he was worried about something and didn't hug her directly.
Shu Fu could see his restraint. He was always like this in front of her, cautious, as if he was afraid of hurting her. She sighed and handed the umbrella in her other hand to him: "Take it."
Cheng Yu took it, and before he could say anything, she took another step forward and hugged him. It was not the kind of hug where friends pat each other on the back after a long separation, but the kind of hug where she stood on tiptoe, hooked her arms around his neck, and pressed her cheek against his ear.
"I'm glad to see you here, too." She pressed herself towards him. If she turned her head at this moment, she would see his ears turning red quickly.
"Your clothes will get wet." He said.
"It's okay, I'll change into something later. Hugging you is more important."
Hearing this, he still couldn't control himself. He held the umbrella in one hand to block the rain for her, and opened his other arm to tightly embrace the person in his arms. She was dressed too thinly, a thin T-shirt and hot pants. The soft cotton fabric was warm to the touch, clean and soft, and it felt like her waist.
On Yao Ruoyun's raft nearby, the door of the two-story building had been opened long ago. Yao Ruoyun leaned against the door, and the initial uneasiness on her face had now turned into an auntie's smile.
For some reason, every time she saw the two of them together, a lot of inexplicable and exciting images would flash through her mind, especially that night near Dari County, after Shu Fu took the initiative to hug Cheng Yu.
No! She had to control herself and never let her senior know what was going on in her mind...
Behind Yao Ruoyun, Long Sheng and Xu Jiechu were standing on the left and right, also eating melons.
Xu Jiechu's voice was clearly filled with displeasure: "Who is that... why did he hug me... oh, he hugged me so tightly, I can tell at a glance that he is not a good person..."
Yao Ruoyun glanced at him speechlessly and was too lazy to speak.
She turned her head and saw another raft behind Shu Fu's raft. Because the front end of Shu Fu's raft was facing the river bank and her raft was just on the side, from her angle, she could just see Lu Zheng's raft behind her.
Lu Zheng's raft was located to the right rear of Shu Fu's raft, and usually people on the raft could only see Shu Fu's rear deck. But at this moment, Lu Zheng was standing on the edge of the terrace with an umbrella, from where he could see the front deck over the cabin of the raft in front.
He went up to transfer the filtered water from the foldable bucket into the water tank, but he ended up seeing the situation on the shore, the person who was striding towards the raft, and the person who later walked out of the roof with an umbrella and took the initiative to hug each other.
Yao Ruoyun looked at Lu Zheng standing quietly with an umbrella, and sighed maturely in her heart. As expected, some are happy while others are sad...
**
Shu Fu felt too hot and didn't want to wear long sleeves and long pants when getting off the raft. However, it was not only a rainy summer, but also an insect-filled summer. Leaving the owner's area of the drifting island house, the outside world was wet, hot, and sticky. The muddy water on the ground was full of reptiles, and the overgrown woods on the shore were also full of flying insects.
She originally wanted to activate the portable protective shield directly, since she had too much accumulated time to use up.
But in the end, Liu Shuang still reminded me to put on a raincoat and rain boots.
Liu Shuang and the others had already learned from Yao Ruoyun last night that Shu Fu would come back to meet her later. They were actually very happy, especially Cheng Yu. Even though he didn't say much, Liu Shuang and Han Lan could sense his joy from his expression.
As for her, ever since she discovered that she had become a person with special powers, she slowly realized that some of the vague dream-like images that occasionally flashed through her mind in the past were actually things she had experienced.
She had indeed seen Shu Fu in another world - or rather, she had seen Shu Fu of another age.
Most things are blurry, the images are fragmentary, so the information that can be extracted is also fragmentary.
They were working on the same project, which was a completely different field from her current career, and she could speak those professional terms fluently.
In several scenes, she was arguing with Shu Fu. They seemed unfamiliar with each other at the time, and there might be some misunderstandings. Whenever they communicated, they always disagreed and argued. People were coming and going around them, but they were all silent, as if they were afraid of being affected by their argument, and they didn't dare to come forward. There were also a lot of filming equipment nearby.
But there are also one or two pictures where they hug each other, and they seem to be holding wine glasses in their hands. The cups are intertwined, sparkling everywhere, and every face is full of energy. They should be celebrating the success of the cooperation project. They have become very good friends...
She seemed to invite Shu Fu to continue the next cooperation, but the other party told her that she might not be able to cooperate with her in the short term because she had to go back to produce the second season of "Water Planet"...
Somehow, in this memory fragment, a lot of information was blurry, and she couldn't even see Shu Fu's face clearly, but the four words "Water Planet" were clearly engraved in her mind.
In addition to these memories related to Shu Fu, there are also other memory fragments that belong only to her, all of which are fragments of life or work.
But there were one or two memory fragments in which it seemed that something very important had happened, which completely affected her work plan and mentality. She seemed to be trapped on a train for a day and a night, and later she learned that a large-scale landslide had occurred ahead due to heavy rain...
In addition, there are more and more news about various disasters in the news and on the Internet, which are several times more frequent and severe than the disasters that have occurred on this planet in previous years. What is even more terrifying is that the destructive disaster scenes captured many times in many places make her feel extremely familiar.
When these fragments of memory flashed through her mind, four words emerged very clearly in her mind at the same time - "Water Planet".
What is "Water Planet"? It was Shu Fu's famous work a few years ago. It was a phenomenal animation, which became popular all over the Internet with its dramatic disaster story and extremely realistic special effects...
That day, when Liu Shuang woke up from a dream and recalled the details of the dream, she suddenly felt a creepy sense of fear.
In that world, the disasters that occurred in "Water Planet" appeared one by one in reality, and the world she lives in now is more like a world based on "Water Planet", with all the previous disaster details magnified several times.
So, who is she and where is she?
…
Liu Shuang was eager to find Shu Fu and get answers to all his doubts.
But she was in the middle of a mission when her memories overlapped and flashed the most chaotically, and she had no way to contact Shu Fu. Fortunately, Han Lan also had superpowers and strange memory fragments at that time.
But in the memory fragments where he appeared, there was much less information than hers. It was said that he was either on vacation in a hotel, eating and drinking with others at a party, or sitting in a conference room giving orders to others...
However, Han Lan was not in a hurry. He said that there were so many people with special abilities working for the official nowadays, and it was definitely not just them two who had strange memory fragments. The official should have investigated and archived the information long ago.
It’s just that they were not psychics before, so they didn’t have access to information in this area. As long as they complete this mission and go back, they can request to retrieve and view the information as psychics, and they should be able to gather the answers they want from the massive amount of information.
However, this mission is not that simple.
**
This is a war of defense, concerning the last piece of land and their home country. Even their loved ones cannot contact them during this period. In today's harsh global environment, once certain situations break out, they cannot be resolved by a single fight or a single war.
Internal and external troubles, natural disasters and planned man-made disasters overlap, and the situation is extremely difficult.
However, both human resources and weapons resources are limited. Part of the combat power went to the northern plateau, part went to the Na'an County area, part remained in the waters, and part was scattered along the border line... The situation became stalemate and prolonged.
Fortunately, a breakthrough occurred more than half a month ago. Someone secretly put a batch of data on disaster climate and water areas on the Internet, and it was a website that only Chinese people could see.
After official research, they found the data to be true and immediately blocked the data. Finally, they re-planned based on detailed water data and lured the enemy into the Devil's Waters.
Afterwards, the war, which was originally in a stalemate, began to end little by little.
Like everyone else, Liu Shuang thought that after so much hard work, it would finally come to an end.
But when she returned to the country, she found that the crisis had already reached their doorstep. Her family and the families of her comrades were all involved.
This is simply one problem after another!
It is one of the most populous urban areas in Xizhou Province. To deal with foreign enemies at sea, they can be bombed directly, but in the current situation, it is impossible to use weapons of that level.
The scattered combat forces began to move back, but the retreat was not smooth. The arrival of a large-scale extreme thunderstorm completely interrupted the air route, and on the ground, several key sections of the road experienced road collapse and landslides.
Judging from the location and impact range of these road sections, this is probably man-made.
The reason they came to this area was because they had to take a detour. They stayed on the high ground near the lake last night not just to wait for the meeting with Shu Fu, but because their car could not go forward any further. Several nearby land routes that could continue westward to Sand City were cut off.
All these situations, many of which involved the actions of the troops, Liu Shuang had no way to explain in detail, but in a few words, Shu Fu still figured out their current purpose. Of course, many of them were her guesses.
They were one of the reinforcements that retreated, and were going to relieve the siege of Sand City.
There must be more reinforcements retreating than just this wave. Some may have already arrived near the Sand City, but their number is estimated to be small. More importantly, those teams may not be well-equipped.
And now, those who are besieging the Sand City must have known that the outer combat forces will be withdrawn one by one, and they have already made various preparations. For example, starting this chaos before the natural disaster node of extreme thunderstorms; for example, creating large-scale accidents on various key roads to block land travel.
Now all communications from Shacheng have been cut off. People inside cannot get out, and people outside cannot get in. At the same time, because there are many controlled people in Shacheng and the county town, people outside have too many concerns and dare not force their way forward.
But now time is running out, and several teams on the front lines have already reported that they know the purpose of those people involved in this large-scale chaos. They are afraid that if it drags on for a few more days, more people in the surrounding counties and the urban area of Shacheng will be infected with this new ichthyosis.
By then, even if the peripheral equipment is found or the road is repaired and they reach Sand City, it will be too late.
As for Cheng Yu's current team, any discerning person can see that the hardware equipment is amazing, but unfortunately they were blocked at the outermost edge just after completing their mission and entering the country.
They had sent out a car last night to explore the route in another direction in the heavy rain and thunderstorm, but the results were not very good.
Shu Fu came here originally wanting to talk to Liu Shuang and Han Lan about the raft. This was a rare opportunity, and she felt that she had to at least let them know that now they had another choice besides living on land, and that it was a choice that they could bring their families with them.
But now, Liu Shuang and Han Lan’s families are trapped in Sand City, and the top priority is definitely to rescue them first.
This matter is no longer a simple mission or action, it concerns the fate of the last piece of land.
Once something happens in Sand City, even if the peripheral teams are still there, they will completely lose their backbone. The entire Xizhou Province is likely to be divided into different teams like the Beidi Plateau, and various cities and counties will also be split into different areas dominated by different teams.
During this whole process, it is very likely that more organizational forces will infiltrate, and chaos and fighting are inevitable.
When that time really comes, more people will die, and the last piece of land will completely fall apart.
Although Shu Fu was not clear about many details of the operation, she had understood the other party's current predicament.
She suddenly spoke up and asked, "If there is no way to break in quickly from the outside, can we break in from the inside?"
"What's the meaning?"
In an instant, Cheng Yu, Liu Shuang and Han Lan all turned their attention.
They were currently sitting on one side of the temporary command center, where a small single room was separated by a waterproof tent cloth. Inside was a folding metal table with some communication tools, satellite computers and maps on it.
Because the entire area was built temporarily, there was nothing important here, so Shu Fu was brought in directly.
Now Liu Shuang and Han Lan have also become psychics, and are more powerful than ordinary psychics. Their rafts, spaces, and props have provided great help to their teammates during naval battles. Everyone in the entire team has also adapted to psychics, so although they are curious about Shu Fu and the others, they do not regard them as rare as they did when the psychics first appeared.
Compared to her identity as a mutant, they were actually more curious about the relationship between her and the commander.
Soldiers who were on the line between life and death every day had very few entertainment activities, so at this moment, their gossip hearts were burning. If they hadn't entered the compartment at this moment, Shu Fu would probably be surrounded by those people outside and looked at like a panda.
"That is...if someone could transport some of your team members and weapons and equipment to a county in the suburbs of Sand City in a very short time, would it be helpful to your operation?"
"Of course!" Han Lan was the first to stand up. "What do you mean? Do you want to transport it by air? But there have been thunderstorms these days, and it is impossible to find so many large transport planes at once." In extreme thunderstorm weather, air travel is much more dangerous than land travel.
"Xiao Fu, do you really have a solution?" Liu Shuang couldn't help but be anxious, after all, their families were all in Shacheng.
Cheng Yu looked at Shu Fu and answered her question: "If you have a way, it will be of great help to our actions." Under the current circumstances, the most troublesome problem is the lack of internal combat power. Because of a series of internal and external troubles in the early stage, there is unrest everywhere, and a large amount of combat power has to be dispersed and transferred.
In fact, there were several teams inside the Sand City, but because the chaos started from within, they were caught off guard and trapped. According to the news from the teams that had broken through to the surrounding areas, they should all still be alive and in a camp in the suburbs.
If we can rescue that group of players first, we can then start from the inside, catch the enemy off guard, and break out little by little.
Cheng Yu had said this, so Shu Fu didn't play tricks any more and said directly: "I have a way to send some people to Zhashui County near Shacheng in a very short time regardless of the weather conditions. At the same time, we can also transport armed vehicles to go together."
The three people looked at her in silence. They all knew now that there were differences among people with special abilities, but what Shu Fu said was still beyond their imagination.
"But the number of teammates I can send in is limited. As for the number of people..." She already had a rough plan in her mind, but currently she needed the help of another person.
So, a moment later, Lu Zheng also entered the compartment of the temporary command center.
"Captain Cheng!" He greeted the three people and turned to Shu Fu, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"Can the inn be upgraded now?"
"There's still a lot of income left." Lu Zheng said, then glanced at the others and guessed something, "Do you need to increase the number of guests?"
"Yes, I am sending a group of people to Zhashui County now. At the same time, all those who have checked in before have to evacuate temporarily. But now there are only 6 double rooms and 4 single rooms. In total, I can only take 16 people in. It's too few."
"If I just want to increase the number of guests, I can add more rooms. Currently, I can consume some raft points to add two triple rooms or three single rooms." This is also thanks to the first batch of vegetables finally harvested from Yao Ruoyun. He bought a part of them and met the conditions for unlocking the "vending machine", but at the same time also met the conditions for unlocking the "triple room".
Fortunately, he was slow and had not yet unlocked the "vending machine", otherwise he would not be able to add guest rooms now.
Although it consumes some raft points, adding guest rooms also has its benefits, whether adding three double rooms or two triple rooms, you can then link up the public restrooms.
Shu Fu calculated and it was obvious that adding a triple room would be more cost-effective. She didn't really want Cheng Yu and the others to stay there. She just needed them to be able to stay in the hotel and not be bounced out when the protective shield was opened.
"Okay, then we'll add two triple rooms. Also, we need to let the other friends check out first." She said, and then turned to Cheng Yu, "For 22 people, this is all we can take for now."
Although Liu Shuang and the others didn't fully understand, the result was more important to them now: "22 people are enough, but what about the car?"
As long as you have a car, you can make up for the shortcoming of having few people.
After all, the combat effectiveness of a team and a tank are completely at two different levels.
They were not greedy. Even if they only transported two tanks in, they would have a way to break through to the camp.
Shu Fu calculated the number of grids in her compressed display cabinet. Now that she had more space, the things in the display cabinet could be temporarily moved into the space, so that all 15 grids in the display cabinet could be vacated.
After that, there will definitely be space left, and she can cram in a few larger transport trucks that cannot fit into the display cabinets.
She had just looked around and found that there were about twenty military equipment vehicles. After making a rough estimate, she spoke again: "We should be able to bring them all in."
The three were extremely shocked when they heard this.
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