Chapter 146 The Last Piece of Land
Half an hour later, all the friends who were originally staying in the hotel checked out one by one.
Some of them had just woken up and didn't know what had happened, but they soon understood after Shu Fu's simple explanation. This was a big deal, and those soldiers had to go to Zhashui County to rescue the other people who were still trapped there!
Moreover, time was tight and they had to race against time, so basically no one packed their things, but just took their belongings and quickly vacated all the rooms. During the time when Shu Fu returned to Zhashui County again, they would temporarily stay at the temporary command center.
After all, they are no longer guests of the hotel and are no longer protected by the protective shield, let alone entering Yao Ruoyun's cabin. The same goes for Longsheng and Xu Jiechu who had stayed at Yao Ruoyun's place before.
Although Chen Fa and her friends also had a raft and could release it to rest on the water, since almost everyone had a raft, it would attract too much attention if they really released it, so they finally decided to keep a low profile.
The temporary command center has been equipped with lightning protection devices, so the safety factor is still good.
There are two newly added triple rooms, one on the first floor, at the end of the corridor where rooms 104 and 103 are located. There is an extra door where the wall originally was. Inside is a room of about 40 square meters, a horizontal rectangular structure. The infrastructure is similar, except that there are three 1.2-meter beds inside.
The other one is located in the same direction on the second floor.
The number of points for a triple raft is between 20 and 40, but now they are all uniformly set by Lu Zheng to 20 points per room.
The public boys' restroom is on the first floor, next to the stairs. The girls' restroom is on the second floor, also next to the stairs. Although they are not big, they are small and exquisite, and all supplies are available.
Probably because the hotel restroom is a free facility, there is no charge to unlock the restroom after adding two triple rooms.
Cheng Yu has already selected 22 people including the three of them. Awen and Wenrou and other old acquaintances are all there, while Qi Kai stays behind to guard the place. After all, there are still many team members here, and two cars will be left as backup.
Lu Zheng and Lu Ce started to get busy. Yao Ruoyun and his family of three also entered the hotel and helped the team members scan their personal information and obtain wristbands.
As for the supplies for exchanging raft points, they were all provided by Shu Fu.
The main thing is that all the exchanged materials will be put into her space. These team members are going to go in for an assault, so she naturally cannot let them bear the cost of the materials themselves.
She was also very rough. She grabbed a handful of gold rings, gold necklaces and other small pieces of gold, stood between the two machines, and as soon as the metal door opened, she threw the gold inside.
The team members who were checking in were very surprised and a little panicked when they saw this, mainly because it all happened too fast. Although they had come across Liu Shuang and Han Lan's raft before, they had never seen anything like this!
However, they all knew about the "Holy Mini Raft" on the Northland Plateau, and had a good impression of the owner of the raft before today. Everyone agreed that it was very rare for at least one person with special abilities to help some people without any profit-making purpose under such a natural disaster.
Because of this, although most of them met Shu Fu for the first time today, they had a natural liking for her. In addition, the label of "Star Candy Girl" has created a filter for Shu Fu in their hearts.
So no matter how panicked they were, they still trusted her very much.
Cheng Yu looked at the dark brown wristband on his wrist and reminded the other teammates: "The room is just a tool for identification. Their personal belongings are still in it, so on the way there, everyone should stay in the public area."
"clear!"
All twenty-two people checked in quickly. Shu Fu opened the protective shield to check it out. After making sure there was no problem, she removed the protective shield and asked Cheng Yu to take her to the cars and tell her which cars to bring in.
Afterwards, all the team members that day - including Shu Fu's own friends - witnessed this incredible spatial ability.
Jeeps, armored vehicles, tanks... disappeared one after another, and finally, only two pitiful vehicles were left on the high ground.
Among the two vehicles, the weapons and equipment in one were also emptied.
"Wow..." Yao Ruoyun, who insisted on going ashore to watch the fun in her raincoat, couldn't help but clap her hands, "My senior is so cool!"
Lu Ce, who was standing beside him holding Lan Lan, also nodded: "I feel he will be even more handsome in the future!"
"Okay, let's go now!" Shu Fu turned around and hugged Chen Fa and Zheng Feifei who were standing on the edge of the awning when passing by the temporary command center: "Sorry, I have to go on this trip. If everything goes well, I will be back in about twelve hours. Wait for me!" After all, they had just escaped from danger in the middle of the night last night, and now they had to leave their safe home again.
"What are you saying sorry for? We are all Chinese. If you have the ability, of course you should do your best!" Chen Fa patted her shoulder.
Zheng Feifei also nodded: "Whether in public or private, I hope that group of people get what they deserve!"
Five minutes later, the shield was opened again, and Shu Fu and others were standing in the public leisure area on the second floor of the hotel building. She stood in front of the front window and clicked on the map panel in her hand to confirm.
The next second, the team members in the small building suddenly felt the raft moving at high speed.
There is no so-called starting time for the Drifting Island House, because she directly pushed the speed to the fastest 100, so the moment she pressed the confirm button, the raft rushed out rapidly.
At the same time, the people who remained on land immediately discovered that the other raft that had been left on the shore was missing again.
**
In the past, when Liu Shuang and Han Lan were not yet psychics, they had ridden on Shu Fu's villa raft with admiration. They had also wondered why Shu Fu's raft was so special. They privately speculated that perhaps some psychics were special, but there were relatively few of them and they had never seen them before.
But later, as more and more people with special abilities were found by the authorities or voluntarily surrendered to the authorities, they realized that Shu Fu was the only special one.
Later, they themselves became psychics - a special kind at that, with props and backpack space that other ordinary psychics didn't have. But compared to Shu Fu's, their raft didn't seem like a product of the same era.
But now, they feel that their description is still too conservative.
Compared with Shu Fu's raft, their raft was a complete defective product.
In the small building of the hotel, even Cheng Yu, Liu Shuang and Han Lan were standing at the window looking outside in shock, not to mention the other team members.
The raft was clearly moving quickly on the lake, but they did not feel any side effects of the high-speed movement in the small building, nor did they feel the bumpy feeling that other boats experienced when moving quickly.
They were like they were on land, extremely stable whether sitting or standing. The technology in this world simply could not achieve this level.
However, when they were shocked enough, something even more shocking happened.
When the raft reached a certain point on the lake, it suddenly began to sink with the small building - no, it was not sinking, it was diving!
Although the soldiers participated in this operation, they actually did not know how the other side would transport people and weapons and equipment to the vicinity of the sand city in such a short time - until this moment, the raft dived, sank into the water, and headed towards a hole in the underwater rock wall ahead.
"Is this - a secret river in the cave? So, we are going under the mountain now?" Han Lan couldn't help but take a deep breath. Even though he was now a superpower and possessed abilities beyond his previous normal cognition, he still felt a little panicked when he found that the raft he was on was heading towards the dark underwater cave at such a fast speed.
"Yes, this is the fastest route, and it's also the only route the raft can take." Shu Fu had already put away the map panel and placed various foods and drinks on the table in the rest area. "It will take about 5 to 6 hours to get there. Let's eat something first and replenish our energy."
The team members were actually reluctant to see everything they saw outside the window, even though they had just experienced a naval battle and got off those huge ships that could withstand natural disasters. But this was still a completely different feeling. No matter how big those ships were, no matter how complete the supporting facilities and materials were, everything was still within their understanding, but what they were experiencing now was beyond their understanding.
This feeling is like watching a holographic science fiction movie, with vision, touch, body sensation, hearing... all-round real feeling, which is extremely shocking.
All these feelings and shocks vanished into nothingness when they turned around and glanced at the food on the table.
There were dozens of take-out boxes of different stir-fried dishes, neatly stacked boxes of white rice, a large pot of fragrant yam and pork bone soup, a dozen boxes of beef burgers, and two large boxes of pizza.
Shu Fu was actually very restrained. She didn't bring any seafood sashimi, barbecue hot pot, or food like fried chicken or cola. She didn't even bring any drinks. She just took out a water dispenser and many disposable cups so that everyone could pour themselves some water when they were thirsty, and they could also fill up their water bottles.
After all, they would be going on a mission soon, so they shouldn't eat greasy or raw food. She didn't take any drinks either, as water would be better.
The stir-fried dishes were also selected from the Sichuan cuisine gift pack. There were no overly greasy dishes like maoxuewang, but rather homely stir-fried dishes: shredded potatoes with green peppers, twice-cooked pork, scrambled eggs with leeks, mushu pork, home-cooked tofu, and mashed water spinach with garlic…
These dishes were quick and easy to eat and went well with rice. Although she knew that they were such a large team that they would not be short of food, she was very familiar with the standard rations for people on the march. Apart from the ration bags, they only had dehydrated vegetables, or compressed biscuits and energy bars.
It is impossible to eat dishes and staple foods with such rich flavors.
Seeing that the team members had gathered around them, Shu Fu turned around and looked at Cheng Yu, Liu Shuang and the others, asking with her eyes whether it was okay to eat the food before the action.
"Eat, but don't eat too much. Take a rest after eating." With the commander's permission, everyone sat down to eat.
But before they started, they suddenly stood up again and said to Shu Fu in unison, "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Cheng Yu: ...
Shu Fu: ? ?
**
After the meal, while everyone was cleaning up, Shu Fu secretly took Liu Shuang and Han Lan to the rest area on the third floor. There were a few more sofas here than downstairs, making it more comfortable to sit on.
The other party's trip to Zhashui County is a one-way trip, which means that after she drops them off, they will not return on her raft. They will directly engage in this battle, and it is not clear when this battle will end.
It was a rare occasion, so she had to find an opportunity to communicate some things she had wanted to communicate with the other party before.
But what she didn't expect was that the other party actually had something he wanted to communicate with her.
However, Shu Fu, who spoke first, still shocked the two of them a little: "You have become superpowers now, and you should know that you are different from ordinary superpowers. You are the same as Lu Zheng, the operator of this hotel building. If you want, you can also make such changes to the raft. After the change, the raft will be absolutely safe as long as it is on the water. You and your family can live in it. So, after this matter is over, do you want to consider coming to the water and living with us?"
Liu Shuang and Han Lan looked at each other. In fact, until now, they had never told her that they had become superpowers. How did she know? And how did she know it so accurately?
"You can think of me as the manager of people with special powers. In fact, I haven't found the exact answer myself, but if you help me, I will be one step closer to the answer." Although she is not in a hurry for the hidden task, she will of course work hard if there is a chance.
"So..." Liu Shuang looked at her, "You also have memories of another world?"
Time was running out, so Shu Fu didn't beat around the bush. Neither did Liu Shuang and Han Lan. They went straight to the point and provided her with information from their memory fragments.
Han Lan's memory fragments were of little use, but Liu Shuang's difference made Shu Fu more clear that her timeline was different from that of other people from the same world.
"Aquatic Planet" - obviously it was the last disaster animation drama she took over in her memory. In Liu Shuang's memory, this animation had already been successfully launched online, and for some reason, it became an Internet sensation with its realistic animation effects and ups and downs of the story, and even promoted the production of the second part.
Shu Fu also wanted to know why. The production company was obviously just a small company. Where did they get the money to make such realistic animation effects?
Before the second part was produced, a terrible thing happened. The disaster in "Water Planet" appeared in reality. In other words, the real world was assimilated by the disaster animation, and the disaster in the animation "ran" out and came into reality.
What about them? Are these people who were forcibly pulled into the world of anime?
But the world of animated dramas is not only a two-dimensional world, but also a flat virtual world. If they really entered such a world, why do all the feelings now feel so real?
She had previously ruled out the possibility of artificial stream of consciousness travel by using Hua Qiong's memory fragments, that is, she ruled out the possibility that "they were all trapped in a huge virtual digital game world". After all, the virtual world does not require physical travel, but it can also create an extremely real physical sensation.
This also means that they are now in a completely real world, so they have such a real sense of physical presence, but it happens to overlap with the world of the animated series "Aqua Planet".
So the question is, is it possible for a flat, two-dimensional virtual world to become a real world?
The questions raised by Shu Fu were too difficult for Liu Shuang and Han Lan to answer, not to mention that their situations were the same as Chen Fa and Lu Zheng. The "original world" for Shu Fu was just "that world" for them. They only had fragments of memories of "that world" and didn't even remember whether they had relatives in "that world".
But they retain all the memories of this world, and to them, the world they live in now is more real.
But what Shu Fu proposed today, that they change their raft and live in the water, really made them excited, especially after they saw the incredible function of Shu Fu's raft.
If the modified raft can become a completely safe residence on the water, then moving is not impossible. Moreover, after the raft is changed, even if they leave the raft, it will not automatically retract into the backpack compartment, which means that their family can continue to live in this safe house when they are out on a mission.
"Don't be in a hurry. Take your time to think about it. The most urgent thing is to solve the problem in Sand City first." After the three people finished the conversation and went back to the second floor, Shu Fu did not see Cheng Yu in the rest area on the second floor.
Awen, who was standing by, obviously knew who she was looking for and pointed to the raft in front of her.
Shu Fu was slightly startled. Although the distance between the two rafts was only 15 centimeters, and they could cross in one step, the rafts were now traveling at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour in the dark underground river. The other party did not have a portable protective shield like her, and could not pause the raft at any time. If she was not careful and stepped off the right path and fell directly, she would be trapped and killed in the underground river!
Shu Fu quickly turned around and went downstairs.
**
Because she had to enter a dark underground sewer, she left a light on in the house on the drifting island in front so that she could see the direction clearly if she wanted to go back halfway.
Therefore, when she stepped out of the inn door, she saw a tall figure standing on the back deck of the Drifting Island House.
Cheng Yu stood beside the stairs outside the eaves, leaning against the wooden handrail, looking at the door of the Drifting Island House, which was faintly shining with a warm yellow light. The light in the Drifting Island House was actually very bright, but it was blocked by the glass of the door, so it looked just a faint little ball.
The dim light cast half of his profile into shadow, and the dividing line between light and shadow made his clean-lined profile appear even more three-dimensional.
Shu Fu stopped and looked at him, somewhat puzzled as to why he was standing there alone. A moment later, she saw him take a step forward and stretch out his hand toward the eaves in front of the stairs, and then she suddenly remembered something.
That’s right!
Last fall, he had been on this raft in the waters of Xiangzhou Province. At that time, due to the warnings of Chen Fa and Lu Zheng, she decided to keep a low profile and never tell anyone that she was a person with superpowers.
But it happened that the raft saved people at that time, and among those people was Cheng Yu.
At that time, he was standing in the same place as he is now, staring at the back door for a long time. He even relied on his keen intuition to guess that there was not only someone in the house, but also someone looking outside through the one-way glass.
She was clearly only one door away from him at that time, but she calmly chose to turn a blind eye.
Even though he dived into the water again and again to search around, she always turned around and left...
Although everyone had ridden on a raft in the shape of a villa in the winter and had long since accepted her identity as a superpower, today was indeed the first time they had officially seen the drifting island house in its original state.
Cheng Yu obviously still remembered this raft. He stretched out his hand to confirm whether he would encounter the same air wall?
No wonder, his expression was a little different when he walked onto the raft today. I always felt that he was not particularly happy. Could he be angry?
And still sulking...
Shu Fu suddenly felt surprised. She thought he would never be angry with her!
She had wanted to go there, but now she suddenly didn't want to.
Although time had passed and everything had been exposed, for some reason, at this moment, she still felt a little strange, and the image of him diving into the water and searching around kept appearing in her mind.
I feel a little scared...
She turned around, slowed down her steps, tiptoed, and walked back into the hotel.
But what Shu Fu didn't know was that when she turned and walked towards the inn, Cheng Yu, who was on the raft in front of her, slowly turned back and saw her leaving.
**
Shu Fu returned to the second floor and quickly integrated into the other team members.
Ah Wen saw her coming back alone, and approached her in surprise: "Hey? Aren't you going to look for our boss?"
Shu Fu leaned against a corner of the sofa, hugged the cushion and closed her eyes to rest: "I feel like he needs some space to be alone..."
As he was speaking, Cheng Yu came up from the stairs.
Awen: ? ?
Later, during the underground river trip, she felt that time passed too slowly, because Cheng Yu was sitting diagonally opposite her. Every time she opened her eyes, she could see him. When she saw him, she would remember how she felt when she opened WeChat and saw that message after ignoring him.
——Is it you?
Well, yes, yes, it’s her.
There was clearly only a door between them, but he wouldn't open it. I clearly saw him searching in vain in the cold water again and again, but he just turned around and left.
He knew that he had been looking for her and stayed in that area of water to find her, but she just didn't show up!
Shu Fu was a little hesitant. If he really came over and asked if it was her, should she answer truthfully?
But Cheng Yu never came, so Shu Fu naturally wouldn't take the initiative to come to him.
Later, even Han Lan noticed it. He first asked Liu Shuang beside him if she felt that Cheng Yu seemed a little strange. Although he usually talked well, wasn't he a little too quiet today? Could it be that he knew about their secret conversation with Shu Fu and thought they were going to leave the team?
"He has long advised us not to run around outside all the time and to go back home more often to spend time with our families. Do you think he will be angry because we plan to leave the team?" Liu Shuang glanced at him. Although Cheng Yu was not included in the three-person meeting, they did not intend to hide it from him.
"Then what's wrong with him? There are only a few hours left. Doesn't he think about her every day? It's a rare opportunity to spend time with her at this time, so why is he just sitting there stupidly and not even going up to talk to her?"
"I suppose you could ask him yourself?"
Han Lan: ...
Han Lan didn't dare to go to Cheng Yu to make trouble, so he squeezed next to Shu Fu and asked her.
Shu Fu was having a headache, so she replied to Han Lan with two words: "Secret", then she got up and went to find Lu Zheng and said a few words to him.
A moment later, the hotel operator broadcast a notice through the loudspeaker, saying that the raft would soon leave the underground river area and enter the river connected to Zhashui County. The raft would then speed up again, so the guests in the small building should be prepared for the raft to accelerate. Even if they could not find a place to do so, they were advised to hold on to the wall nearby to keep their bodies steady.
"Can the speed be increased further?" All the team members were very surprised when they heard this.
Now 100 km/h is already very fast for a water vehicle, so how about increasing the speed? Is it going to fly on the water?
Shu Fu returned to the drifting island house in front, and after the raft left the dark river waters, he used the acceleration card on the function screen.
She only has two acceleration cards. She used one of them for a total of 45 minutes yesterday, leaving 75 minutes left. The Broken River and the rivers flowing through Zhashui County are a total of more than 300 kilometers. She did not limit the usage time this time, and used the acceleration card for all 300 kilometers.
Zhashui County, which originally took three hours to reach, was reached in one hour.
When the raft approached its destination, the acceleration card was automatically paused, then began to slow down, and finally landed steadily on the river bank.
This was not the river bank that Chen Fa and his companions left last night. She found a new place, farther away from the residential area of Zhashui County, so that they could land without being noticed.
Shu Fu changed the house type to a villa because she needed a larger back deck. When she came out of the Drifting Island House again, others were queuing up to check out under the busyness of Lu Zheng and Lu Ce.
Room occupancy is based on 24 hours a day. If they do not check out, other friends will not be able to check in even if the raft returns to the lake.
Although the room was checked out, the dark brown wristband remained on their wrists. That was because what Shu Fu lost were small gold coins, so even after deducting the room fee, there were still a lot of raft points left.
"Welcome to our hotel again next time!" Lu Zheng followed Shu Fu's instructions and explained the function of the wristband to the other party one by one, "...Our hotel and the surrounding rafts are under construction. Please be sure to keep the wristband. The raft points inside will not expire. You can continue to spend in our hotel and the surrounding rafts next time."
After the team members figured it out, they were all very happy, not because they had extra points to spend, but because they could come here again next time. With the incredible speed and protection of this raft, it would be a mobile sea view hotel no matter where it floats!
"Do you understand? As long as we complete this operation and survive, I will bring you to this raft hotel again. At that time, we will not be here for the mission, but to truly become guests here. We can stay here for a week, floating and diving in the waters on the raft!" Liu Shuang had almost made up her mind. Even if she would stay in the team and go on missions with other team members, she could at least settle her family first.
There was no place on land that was truly safe, and after this incident, she only hoped that her raft could protect her family.
Han Lan immediately understood what Liu Shuang meant. He actually didn't care. If Liu Shuang decided to move his home to the water, then he could follow him. They could just be neighbors.
only--
He looked at Cheng Yu who was walking onto the rear deck of Shu Fu's raft. What should he do? He was not a superpower - at least not yet, and according to Shu Fu, even if he was a superpower, not every superpower's raft could be upgraded and taken to the water by her.
So, the chances are too small...
Shu Fu first placed their weapons and equipment on the rear deck, and then their military equipment vehicles: off-road vehicles, armored vehicles, tanks...
Every time a raft is released, the team member driving the car will go forward and start to inspect it. After the inspection, they will load a certain amount of weapons and equipment, then get in the car, drive off the raft, and wait on the shore.
Two soldiers sat in the vehicles with weapons and equipment, while the others had one person per vehicle.
Outside the raft, there was heavy rain and roaring thunder, which was completely different from the situation on the raft.
In such an environment, everyone's expression changed and they instantly returned to a state of alert. These people were all elites and were team leaders who led a group of people. They were selected this time because the number of people who could be transferred in was limited.
They all knew how important and difficult this mission was.
Even though they were looking forward to returning to the Raft Inn for their vacation, they all knew in their hearts that this wish was not 100% possible.
This is war. What awaits them ahead is gunfire and sea of blood. It is a cruel world where human life becomes extremely insignificant and life and death are no longer something they can control.
This was their first time as guests of the Raft Inn, but this time, it might also be their last.
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