Chapter 3 Suicheng
【3】Activate! Goldfinger
The rainstorm came suddenly. It was the time for students to get out of school or get off work and most residents did not have rain gear. When they got off the bus or walked out of the subway station, they were caught off guard by the heavy rain.
But this is the first rain after many days of high temperatures. It can be said that it is what everyone has been looking forward to with great difficulty. The heavy rain dispelled the heat and soothed everyone's anxiety.
Therefore, there were very few people complaining. Most people were happy. Some found a nearby restaurant to shelter from the rain and have dinner. Some people happened to have a convenience store nearby, so they went in to buy an umbrella and continued on their way home in the heavy rain.
Shu Fu closed the sliding window of the small balcony, looked at the high-rise buildings outside surrounded by heavy rain, and turned back to the living room.
She had only eaten one piece of bread since morning. Although she had bought a lot of vegetables in her bracelet, she didn't feel like cooking today. She wanted to order takeout, but it was dinner time and it was raining heavily, so Shu Fu looked at the delivery time and gave up.
Finally, she decided to cook instant noodles.
She went to the kitchen and washed a few leaves of lettuce, put them in when the instant noodles were almost cooked, then fried two poached eggs, sat down at the small dining table with the pot, turned on her tablet, and habitually began to check the platform's real-time hot searches.
She soon discovered that all the hot searches in the city today were about the same news.
The protagonist of the news is a young man who climbed onto the roof of a more than 20-story residential building in the city in the afternoon to do a live broadcast. He said that the world will soon usher in the end of the world, with heavy rains, floods and tsunamis... Eventually the sea level will submerge most of the land on the planet, and humans will lose their homes and become displaced, fighting to the death for land and fresh water.
He called on the country to act quickly and immediately relocate people from low-altitude areas. He also called on people to stock up on food, fresh water, basic medicines, and some water supplies. It is best to learn how to swim.
The live camera kept shaking, sometimes facing the ground below the tall building, sometimes facing the man's face. He had an anxious expression, and there was pity in his eyes as he looked at the camera, as if everyone else was drunk but he was sober. He repeated almost the same content like a madman.
But compared to the madman, the disaster he described was very organized, and he repeatedly stated that he was not trying to attract attention, he was just reborn, just this afternoon.
He came back from a future disaster world. It was because he saw the bleak and precarious future that he thought of broadcasting live to warn everyone and the country...
After the live broadcast incident attracted attention, someone quickly called the police. Some people analyzed and guessed based on the shaking footage in the video and found the man's location. Police cars, fire trucks, and ambulances were dispatched, as were reporters and ordinary people, who surrounded the residential building where the accident occurred.
However, the man seemed to have been prepared. He locked the door leading to the roof in some unknown way and also chose a building where it was impossible to climb up to the roof from the window on the bottom floor.
The police and firefighters could not find a breakthrough and could only ask their superiors for help. Finally, they dispatched helicopters and troops to launch an air raid, and only then did they successfully control the man who had been sitting on the edge of the building and broadcasting live.
It was almost evening at this time, and he was still broadcasting live when the army personnel twisted his arm in the darkening sky.
Then a rainstorm came and the live broadcast was interrupted by the troops. The man who had been under control suddenly struggled frantically and shouted at the people in other buildings and the reporters' cameras.
"Look! It's raining! I didn't lie to you, the end of the world has begun - it's too late to hesitate! Act quickly -" He was forcibly stopped by the troops who caught up with him.
The man was taken away by helicopter, and the entire online platform exploded because of this incident.
The live broadcast initially attracted attention because everyone thought he was going to broadcast his suicide, so many people recorded the screen while watching. After the incident escalated, more and more people paid attention to it. Even if the official intervened, it was too late to withdraw the live video.
In other buildings near the residential building, hundreds of cameras were focused on the man, and his final terrified expression and hoarse screams were preserved.
The reason why everyone was going crazy was naturally not because they believed the apocalyptic news that the man was broadcasting live, but because they did not expect that there would be people who would be crazy enough to take the plot in the novel as true story and bring it into reality.
——Everyone should understand that with such great pressure in life, some people will go crazy every day...
——If the next rain is the beginning of the end of the world, this world would have experienced the end of the world countless times!
——That’s right. During the rainy season in August, there were heavy rains and floods in many places across the planet. According to his logic, that was the end of the world, right?
——But what he said was quite logical. The average altitude of the European continent is 300 meters, so it will disappear first. After that, it will be the Ocean Continent and the Antarctic Continent. The average altitude of the Ocean Continent is 400 meters. If all the ice on the Antarctic Continent melts, the average altitude of the remaining land will also be about 400 meters. The two lands in the north and south of the Western Continent are basically only the mountainous areas on the west side, and the rest of the land will be flooded. On the Eastern Continent, our country will become the largest country in terms of area - no, by then, our country will become the country with the largest land area in the world, but with so much land being flooded, most cities will be destroyed, countless people will lose their homes, and the remaining land will not be able to support so many people. That will really be the end of the world...
——The person above, I know you are well-educated, but don’t you lack basic common sense? Although the planet is warming and the polar glaciers are melting, even if all the glaciers on the planet melt, the sea level will only rise by about 60 to 70 meters, which is already the limit data. In this case, it will indeed cause a disaster for the entire planet, but obviously there will be a lot of land left. In other words, this is just a disaster, not the end of the world. What's more, that extreme situation is unlikely to happen!
——What are you arguing about? It's the end of the world. How can you only count the glaciers and fresh water on the planet? Couldn't it be that the flood was caused by alien cosmic matter?
——Hahahaha, the Great Flood? Are you telling the story of Noah's Ark? Green River Literature City welcomes you!
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**
While all kinds of discussions were going on online, Shu Fu was searching the internet for follow-up news about that man. Since an outsider like her had appeared in this world, it was not surprising that there were also reborn people.
In fact, when she woke up in the morning, the thought of warning the world flashed through her mind for a moment, so when her colleague called and asked her why she was not at work, she paused for a moment and wanted to mention the heavy rain.
But just as she was about to speak, her head began to hurt severely. She barely ended the call and fainted.
She fainted for about five minutes. When she woke up again, she found that the disaster part in the setting outline of this world seemed to be a little fuzzy in her memory. This situation scared her. She quickly found a notebook and a pen and scribbled down a few key points.
——Continuous heavy rains, floods and tsunamis, typhoons, thunderstorms and hail, abnormal changes in aquatic organisms, and rising sea levels.
The disasters that will occur in the future include but are not limited to these, and the order is not completely accurate. She was afraid that there would be another emergency, so she recorded the key points for the time being.
But fortunately, throughout the whole day, she did not faint again and had no blurred memory of the setting outline. Even when she was stuck in various situations in the suburban area, her mind was still clear.
This means that the situation only happens when she wants to warn the world, but why can that man do it when she can't?
Also, the man warned of various things about the end of the world, but did not mention the inability to leave Suicheng, which means that he was not trapped in Suicheng.
Both she and he are outliers in this world, what is the difference?
Could it be because - he was originally from this world, and she was from another world?
Shu Fu was eating noodles and typing on her tablet, all kinds of thoughts running through her mind. Finally, she took out her notebook and wrote down a few key points that had come to her mind without any results.
1. According to her memory, this world is slightly different from her native world. The land area only accounts for 20% of the entire planet, which is 10% less than her native world. But even so, it would take more than a few heavy rains or melting glaciers to flood most of the remaining 20% of land.
The 60 to 70-meter rise in water level would at most flood some low-altitude coastal areas, so could it really be alien cosmic matter that caused the planet-wide flood? The main thing is that the outline she wrote before was really the roughest one. She hadn't even started writing the detailed outline and the episode outline, and she hadn't even listed the order of the disasters, let alone the causes of the disasters...
2. She needs to make a more detailed survival plan, try to recall all the details of the outline, record the disasters, and list the response measures.
Even if you have to live in seclusion, you have to live comfortably. At least you have the golden finger of wristband backpack space, which cannot be wasted. If you can't live in seclusion, choose a comfortable way to die. Death is not scary, what is scary is to live a life worse than death.
3. It is known that there are time travelers and reborn people in this world. Under the calm appearance, are there more time travelers and reborn people hidden? Why does this happen? Does this world really exist? Is it the world in her script?
Or was this all just a dream, and the real her was still lying on the bed in her loft apartment? But if it was a dream, how could it be so real?
During these four years, she truly studied and lived here, and all her memories were very vivid. On the contrary, the memories of her native world were always bumpy when she recalled them because they happened so long ago.
But some physical skills, such as the familiarity with renting and decorating a simple house, decent driving skills, average cooking skills and proficiency in shopping in a supermarket, are not what a girl who has lived on campus for four years should have.
"Zhuang Zhou dreams of being a butterfly, or the butterfly dreams of being Zhuang Zhou..." Shu Fu tapped the notebook with the tip of her pen. The remaining half of the instant noodles in the small pot were no longer hot, and they had swelled up from being soaked in the soup for too long. According to her usual habit, she would pour out the remaining noodles.
But now, thinking about the preciousness of food in the future, she put down her pen and quickly ate all the remaining instant noodles in a few bites.
After dinner, the city’s news station reported the live broadcast events of the afternoon, but the whole incident was led in a completely different direction.
The reporter said that according to the investigation, the man who was broadcasting live originally suffered from mental illness, and this time he suffered a series of real blows such as breakup, unemployment and debt, which led to his extreme behavior. At present, the man has been admitted to the Sixth People's Hospital for treatment. The doctor called on modern people to seek help from a psychologist because of the excessive pressure in life.
Summary: He is a psychopath. Don’t believe in rumors or spread them!
"The Sixth People's Hospital..." Shu Fu shook her head. The Sixth Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in the suburbs. With that person's condition, he probably won't be able to get out once he goes in. Even if he's not sick, he'll get sick.
Judging from this situation, even if there are more reborn people in this world, they probably won't come forward again. And after these two things, she is even less likely to cause trouble for herself.
She turned down the volume of the TV news and sat down at the desk next to the sliding door to the small balcony in the living room. While listening to the sound of rain outside, she opened a web page to search for keywords.
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Suicheng started to experience autumn in September, but the weather was still hot, ranging from 35 to 40 degrees Celsius on a daily basis, and even at night it was over 30 degrees Celsius. Not only was it hot, but the air was also stuffy, even worse than the dog days of summer, and it was almost melting people with the heat.
Huaguo has a vast territory, and this unseasonal high temperature has affected a wide area. However, the heat is not so obvious in some places due to geographical conditions and other reasons.
However, since last week, weather forecasts have been reporting that the unseasonal high temperatures will soon end, and some other parts of the country have also begun to rain and cool down. Some areas have experienced a temperature slide, dropping from 35 degrees to below 20 degrees in just three or two days.
But this kind of climate change has now become the norm in Huaguo and other countries. Apart from sighing a few times and putting on more clothes in time, people do not associate it with the end of the world.
In her outline, the opening scene is already a period of disaster with floods. After all, the main plot is the infrastructure upgrade of the raft, and the raft is also a protagonist.
But it did not describe the detailed situation of the entire world. She still remembered the original sentence: "This is a dark era. The once prosperous cities are sleeping under the water. Land resources are decreasing day by day. The planet has become a huge ocean. When XXX woke up, he found himself lying on a small raft, drifting with the waves..."
The XXX part refers to the protagonist who has not yet been given a name.
It was known that this world would become a water world, but she had no idea how much time it would take from now until that stage.
The notebook was turned to a new page, and Shu Fu began to make a survival plan.
Future survival methods: Stock up on basic supplies, short-term safe housing, and medium-term safe housing.
The short-term safe residence is the house she rents now, and the medium-term safe residence is to choose one of the several high-rise buildings in the commercial center that she can enter and find a space on a higher floor where she can live alone.
She did not insist on the 66th floor of the tallest building because it was too conspicuous and her fighting power was not enough. The middle way was safer.
She did not write about long-term safe havens because eventually the entire world will be flooded, and only a few mountains and plateau areas on the entire planet will survive. However, this process will definitely be gradual, and during this process the people of this world will continue to migrate, and it is very likely that unique safe zones will be established, such as: giant ships or submarines.
Suicheng is not within the mountainous and plateau area, so she won't live to see that age and doesn't need to consider a long-term safe residence.
Key materials for the future: water, electricity, gas, survival tools, medicines, self-defense weapons, fresh food, prepared food...
Floods can cause power outages, water outages, and gas outages. Modern people cannot move without these three resources.
The problem of electricity is easy to solve. Just buy a gasoline generator for camping. This type of generator is light and portable, low noise and energy-saving. According to normal electricity consumption, a 3000-watt 220V generator is sufficient. This type of generator can generate 3 degrees of electricity per hour, and it can generate 36 degrees of electricity if it is turned on for 12 hours.
1 kWh of electricity can run an air conditioner for 1 hour, a laptop for 8 hours, a washing machine for 2.5 hours, a TV for 6 hours, an induction cooker for 0.5 hours, a refrigerator for 8 hours, and an ordinary light for 12 hours...
She uses it alone, so a generator of this capacity is more than enough.
The 3000-watt generator consumes about 1.12 liters of gasoline per hour. This world is different from her native world. There is no need to issue a special bill to buy gasoline. When driving to a gas station to refuel, you can bring a portable oil bucket to refuel. Even if a gas station is not suitable for refueling too much, she can just go to a few more gas stations.
In addition to portable oil barrels, she also needs to get a few large oil barrels. Large oil barrels have a capacity of 200L and save more space than individual portable oil barrels. Storing 4 to 5 barrels of gasoline can last for a long time.
If there is electricity, you can use an induction cooker to cook, but you also need to stock up on gas cylinders and consider special circumstances.
Accordingly, she needs to stock up on gas stoves, alcohol cans, solid alcohol and matching pots and pans, which can be purchased at a camping supplies store, and she plans to go there tomorrow.
The outline does not mention the temperature at the end of the world, but in a catastrophic end of the world, the climate will definitely be chaotic, and both high and low temperatures may occur.
There is no heating in Suicheng, and the inverter air conditioner cannot work normally when the temperature drops below minus 15 degrees Celsius. In addition to cold-proof clothing and electric heaters, you can prepare two more stoves for heating.
Compared to a wood-burning stove that requires preparing firewood and building a special chimney for ventilation, a kerosene stove is more convenient and safer for a clumsy person like her, and can be used in any room with normal air circulation.
There is a noble stove that is very popular in the Middle East. It is lightweight, durable, powerful, and weighs only 3.5 kilograms.
The fuel tank of this kerosene stove is about 4L. It can be used directly for 18 to 20 hours after being filled with special oil. The indoor temperature rises quickly. With the top cover on, you can also boil water and cook vegetables. It is especially convenient for hot pot. The special oil is not expensive, only 2 yuan per hour...
Shu Fu checked the information and wrote a plan. He also compared prices from three stores online and chose a store with a good price-performance ratio and bought two machines. He also bought 50 barrels of special oil from two different stores, totaling 1,000L. All of them were delivered to his door within 48 hours.
In the end times, supplies are scarce, and fresh food is definitely scarce. She really doesn't want to eat canned food. Forget about indoor planting with nutrient soil and hydroponic boxes. She is a clumsy person and most likely can't grow anything. Moreover, the space and time are still, and living things will probably die if they enter, making it inconvenient to move. It's more convenient for her to just stock up on vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, and eggs.
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Shu Fu was carefully making a production (stockpiling) and inventory (goods) plan, and found that the sound of rain outside had turned into a crackling sound, which sounded like a handful of pebbles hitting the glass.
She put down her pen, stood up, opened the sliding door and walked to the balcony, looking out through the balcony glass window. The lighted city had high visibility at night. Ice crystals had been mixed in with the rain in the night sky at some point. The ice crystals were not big, like tiny beads, and were hitting the window along with the dense rain.
Is this - hail?
It's starting to hail so soon?
The bracelet on Shu Fu's left wrist vibrated slightly, and it felt like the vibration function of a mobile phone. She raised her hand and saw that the icon that should have been invisible was flashing. It was a "bottle" shaped icon.
She clicked directly on the "bottle" icon, but failed, probably because the bracelet had not been unlocked yet.
She followed the previous activation sequence, unlocked the bracelet by touching it with her finger for more than three seconds, waited until both icons lit up, and then clicked the "bottle" icon.
The familiar little drifting bottle appeared in her hand again, and the words on the glass bottle changed:
["Unsinkable Drifting Island House" has been activated, "Raft" level: Level 1
Size of drifting island house: 10 square meters;
Driving mode: drift;
Daily usage limit: 5 hours;
First activation placement method: Rotate the drift bottle cap]
Below this line of text is a percentage progress bar, with the following words: [Raft Level 2 Progress 0%]
Shu Fu's eyes suddenly lit up. This golden finger——actually activated! ?
And it looks like, just as set out in the outline, the raft will continue to be upgraded!
In the original game, upgrading the raft requires collecting materials such as wood, iron ore, vines, etc. As the level increases, the types of materials that need to be collected become more and more complex, and smelting is also required.
But in the animated series, she plans to remove this overly game-like setting and redesign a way to upgrade, but the outline is brief, she just imagined it and hasn't written it down yet.
So now, she doesn't know what she needs to collect and how to move the progress bar between 0% and 100%.
"Daily usage limit? What is this?" She didn't remember writing such a detailed setting. She looked at the size of the drifting island house again. It was 10 square meters, not even as big as her living room. She suddenly had an idea that maybe she could just take out the raft and have a look.
Shu Fu quickly closed all the blinds on the balcony, put away the coffee table in front of the sofa in the living room, then stood in a corner of the living room and turned the glass bottle cap facing the middle of the living room.
Nothing happened. The message in the bottle was still in her hand, and the small raft floating on the blue liquid still swayed gently as she lifted it up. There was an extra line of words on the bottle: The testing area is too small to be placed.
Shu Fu looked at the living room and thought that some space would be needed to place the raft. When she was about to put away all the other movable furniture in the living room, her cell phone rang.
The person who called was her colleague Zheng Feifei. Shu Fu had not yet completed her internship period in this company. The company was not big and the salary was average, but the office atmosphere was good and the relationships between colleagues were not that complicated.
Zheng Feifei joined the company a few months earlier than her and could be considered her senior. Since they were in the same group, they often had meals together and she was also the one she was most familiar with in the company.
She completely forgot about going to work today. It was Zheng Feifei who called her. After hearing her say that she was not feeling well and needed to go to the hospital, she agreed to ask for leave on her behalf.
Later, she had a headache and fainted because she wanted to talk about something related to the disaster. When she forced herself to hang up the phone, her voice became distorted. The other party did not suspect anything and called to express concern and ask about her health.
"...Then you should rest early. Sister Wu said that she will give you a leave application when you come back. Will you go back to the company tomorrow?"
Shu Fu had no plans to go back to work.
Are you kidding? Why are you still going to work when the world is almost over?
She still had a deposit from selling her house a few years ago, and she had always had good credit, so she could borrow 10,000 or 20,000 yuan from a few payments...
However, just as she was about to speak, the bracelet vibrated again, and this time, an icon flashed on it that she had never seen before. It was not the "raft" icon she had guessed before, but the image of a "book".
She quickly unlocked the bracelet and clicked on the "book" icon, and a palm-sized black mini notebook appeared in her hand.
She turned to the first page, and a line of words appeared on it at a speed visible to the naked eye:
[Tomorrow, if you clock in at the company on time, you will get a 5% progress bar for level 2 of the raft. (Current progress of level 2 of the raft: 0%)]
Shu Fu: ? ?
The author has something to say:
Did Shu Fu lie down comfortably today?
Shu Fu, a working dog who can't escape the fate of being a social animal even in the end of the world╮(╯▽╰)╭
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