Chapter 52 No Lou Yuncheng
At that time, she compared the water map and the electronic map, and made a plan for going ashore. She had just finished washing up and was ready to go to bed. She climbed up to the upper bedroom, but before she lay down, a dazzling purple-blue lightning flashed from top to bottom outside the floor-to-ceiling window, cutting through the night sky.
A few seconds later, deafening thunder exploded. In this empty and quiet water, the sound of thunder was particularly shocking.
The rain came quickly, it was a torrential downpour without any transition. The entire surface of the water seemed to be boiling in an instant. The tranquility and peace in the evening was no longer there.
Shu Fu sighed, went downstairs, checked the function screen to confirm that the raft's protective cover had been turned on in automatic mode, and released the raft's mooring status. Then he returned to the upper floor, closed the curtains, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
She thought that with the raft's protective cover that would open automatically, she would be able to sleep through the night, but in fact she was awakened by the bumpy and spinning feeling not long after she slept.
She rolled out of bed, lay down in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and opened the curtains. Sure enough, the outside world had once again become a world of hurricanes and huge waves. As far as the eye could see, the night sky had disappeared, and the view in front of her was replaced by the rising waves. The water surface not far away had risen to a height like a hill, which was estimated to be more than a hundred meters.
The raft's protective cover had already been opened automatically, but even the protected drifting island house could not remain motionless under such huge waves.
Shu Fu lay there, feeling that the entire raft had turned into a roller coaster again, spinning and bumping... coming and going, an endless "roller coaster" - oh no, she was lying down now, it should be a "roller bed".
Shu Fu soon couldn't fall asleep because the state of the Drifting Island House made lying down make her feel nauseous.
The last time it was because I was facing a devastating tsunami hundreds of meters high head-on, the impact was too great and I was so nervous that I didn’t even bother to feel dizzy. This time, probably because I was too calm, the symptoms appeared.
She had to get up, go down to the small split level, and sit on the cushions by the floor-to-ceiling window below to relieve the discomfort caused by the rotation of the raft.
In fact, she was quite sleepy. After all, she had spent a whole afternoon on the small inflatable boat. She certainly couldn't completely relax outside the raft, but the space in the inflatable boat was small and it was not convenient for big activities. So even if she sat there and did nothing for the whole afternoon, she felt a little tired.
She sat for a while and found that the dizziness did not improve, so she went to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked outside, intending to relieve the feeling by expanding her vision.
When you feel motion sickness, try to look far outside the car to relieve the dizziness.
But a raft is not a car after all, and in the current situation it has no fixed direction. She felt even more dizzy looking at the ups and downs of the waves. When she was about to look away, she suddenly saw a huge black shadow leap up from the surging waves not far away, and then fall down in an instant, disappearing into the waves without a trace.
Shu Fu was startled and immediately leaned over the glass to check again, but at this time there was only heavy rain and wind and waves outside. The huge shadow just now was conservatively estimated to be more than six meters tall.
What freshwater fish has such a long body?
Sturgeon? Catfish? Arapaima?
But apart from the sturgeon, the habitats of the other two fish are not in Huaguo. And thinking back to the black silhouette that jumped out of the water just now, it seems that none of them are similar.
Of course, it is also possible that due to several tsunami waves, aquatic creatures in the ocean finally entered inland waters.
Shu Fu thought again of the disaster that was going to happen that was recorded in his notebook: mutation of aquatic organisms.
She wrote the disaster outline, but she really didn't know anything about the details. If it weren't for the bracelet and the mission pushing and assisting her along the way, she would have died countless times.
Therefore, she really has no idea about the disaster of aquatic creature mutation, so much so that every time she sees any movement in the creatures in the water, she becomes suspicious.
But she couldn't be careless. If the aquatic organisms had really started to mutate, then it would be unsafe for her to spend four hours on the water using an inflatable boat. So she had to move forward with her plan to go ashore as soon as possible.
The huge waves from the hurricane lasted until dawn, but in the hours before dawn, the waves were much smaller, and she finally felt less dizzy. She climbed back into bed at around three in the morning and successfully fell asleep this time.
The next day, it rained heavily.
Shu Fu adjusted the drifting speed and brought the raft back to the place where she had seen the broken wall of the underwater dam before. However, due to the bad weather, the waters became turbid again. This time, no matter how she adjusted the direction of the flashlight and telescope, she could not see the broken tiles and ruins of the dam from the water.
Of course, it is also possible that after last night's extreme weather, the water level rose again, and the broken wall of the dam was sunk under deeper waters, so she could not see it.
At present, of the dark green icons she listed as possible places to go ashore, two are to the south of Louyuncheng waters, and the other two are to the north of the front end of the Louyuncheng to Suicheng waterway, about 400 kilometers away from her location.
That was the place she passed by when she came from Suicheng a few months ago. The waterway was winding and curved. According to the electronic map, that location was at the northernmost end of her range.
The electronic map shows that there are many hills with higher altitudes nearby, and the water map also has many obvious dark green dot and block icons in that direction.
But in these two directions, the former belongs to a small land with a higher altitude, connected to the mountainous area in the southwest, where there may be buildings. If you go ashore there, the possibility of finding a place to live is relatively high.
The latter should be a hilly scenic area that has been isolated from the world for a long time. After the tsunami, it is very unlikely that there are any intact buildings on it.
However, she did not completely pin her hopes on the building. She compared various maps yesterday and made a good discovery. She needed to go there in person to verify it to see if it would work.
The plan was ready, and Shu Fu did not hesitate any longer. After getting up, she set the first destination first, and then adjusted the raft's speed to the highest 60 kilometers per hour. On the map panel, black navigation and speed information soon appeared: [61/00:59:57].
The distance is 61 kilometers and it takes one hour.
Afterwards, she checked the storage time of the raft protective cover. After it was automatically turned on and consumed yesterday, there were still more than 30 hours left. This was mainly because she was able to save 4 hours every day in the past few days, which gave her more time for use now.
She manually opened the protective shield directly. There might be survivors in the place she was going to, so the protective shield could not be saved.
The raft sailed on the undulating water. Shu Fu turned on the variety show on her tablet and went to the bathroom, starting another leisurely day.
**
More than an hour later, the raft anchored in the water not far from the land.
Shu Fu stood under the eaves, looking through a high-power telescope at the situation on the land ahead. This was directly south of Louyun City, the limit of what she could reach on the Louyun City waters map. If she went any further, an invisible barrier would block the raft.
This small piece of land appears as a block on the water map and is connected to another dark green block icon to the west by a linear icon.
However, if she compared the electronic map, she would know that the reason why they appeared small and narrow on the water map was because this was the end of the map. Going west or south from here, even if there was land, the water map would not show it, because that was the limit of what she could reach on land.
This is the southern suburb of Louyun City, and it is also an extension of a hillside vein in the southwestern mountainous area. During the previous extreme mission, one of the three locations, the Sun Garden, was also nearby.
The temperature is lowest near the water and rises higher towards the southwest. There are indeed some intact buildings on high ground that were not affected by the tsunami, but there seem to be people in the buildings.
It had been more than a week since the giant tsunami struck, and she had thought that since this place was so close to the water, even if there were survivors, they would have been relocated with the assistance of the rescue team. But she hadn't expected that there were not only people in the building, but also quite a few people.
She adjusted the power of the telescope and looked in several other directions. Finally, she determined that the people taking refuge here were ordinary people and there were no rescue team members.
She guessed that the affected area caused by this super tsunami was too large and the disaster was too severe, so rescue operations could not reach every place in time. Of course, it was also possible that there was no signal nearby and the rescue phone could not be dialed, so the survivors stayed where they were for the time being.
Her current location is very close to the land over there. She tried it with her mobile phone when she just arrived. If there was a signal there, she should also be in the signal area, but her mobile phone still has no network.
However, the land where these people were located, whether heading west or southwest, was rising in altitude. The farther inland they went, the farther from the water, and the safer they were. She didn't quite understand why they didn't leave on their own to seek refuge, but instead stayed where they were near the water.
Are you waiting for your missing family members with the last glimmer of hope? Hoping for a miracle?
Or is it simply because home is here, and you can't accept that everything you have accumulated in your life has sunk to the bottom of the water, so you don't want to leave?
Shu Fu sighed. If there were still people here, she would not be able to go ashore, because she only needed to leave the raft for 4 hours a day, which meant she would appear and disappear every day. Moreover, her safety could not be guaranteed in a place where there were only survivors and no rescue organization. It might be more dangerous than floating on the water.
Shu Fu did not hesitate and continued to head west for another kilometer or two. After confirming that there were people in other buildings, he reset the destination of the raft.
The next destination is the northernmost part of the front end of the waterway from Louyuncheng to Suicheng.
The raft automatically turned around and moved quickly towards the northeast direction where she came from.
The map panel shows the distance: [479/7:58:54].
Because we have to go back, it will take 8 hours even at the current speed of 60 km/h.
She checked the time. It was past eleven in the morning. It would be dark when she arrived at her destination. But it was okay. The extended time card could last for many days. She could not log in tonight. Shu Fu soon realized that today would be another day of lying down.
She stood under the eaves and looked at the vast waters and the dark clouds and heavy rain outside, then returned to the wooden house, lay down on the large and soft sofa with a cushion in her arms, and began to catch up on her sleep.
Shu Fu woke up at one in the afternoon. She was awakened by hunger. She didn't get enough sleep in the morning and her appetite was average. She only ate a piece of toast with pork floss. Now she had enough sleep and could clearly feel her empty stomach rumbling.
Shu Fu stretched out on the sofa, first turned on the Bluetooth speaker on the bookshelf with the remote control, then connected the Bluetooth with her mobile phone, and continued to select a playlist of pure music.
Afterwards, she activated the bracelet, took out the map panel, and checked the current location of the raft. In two hours, the raft had left the Louyun City water map and re-entered the Lousui waterway, heading east. The altitude nearby was low and the terrain was flat, and the waterway ahead was a large area of light green.
She put away the map panel, slowly got up to the sound of music, poured herself a glass of water, went to the kitchen to get a pack of coriander spicy beef instant noodles, took out the gas stove from the cabinet below, and started to cook noodles for herself.
This coriander instant noodles is a new flavor she bought in Lou Yuncheng. She has never eaten it before. For some reason, she suddenly wanted to eat instant noodles today.
The gas stove was on fire and the purified water in the small pot with a long handle soon boiled. She took out the washed vegetables from the space and put them in, then put in the dough, beat in two eggs, and finally added all the seasoning packets. When the eggs were cooked, she put in the chopped luncheon meat, making a full layer.
Because there were a lot of side dishes, she put a lot of purified water in the pot. She was afraid that the taste of the instant noodles would be diluted, so she added a little salt, and finally sprinkled on chopped green onions and black pepper, and then tasted the soup.
It’s fragrant, spicy and fresh, and super delicious!
She carried the pot of super deluxe supreme instant noodles out the front door, put it on the camping table, and sat under the eaves of the front door where the view was better to eat.
Afterwards, she took out a cup of brown sugar pearl milk from her space, and finally opened her tablet to continue playing the previous variety show.
Although the weather outside today is not as clear and pleasant as yesterday evening, the heavy rain and vast waters are also another kind of natural scenery.
Shu Fu had overestimated her appetite. After adding many side dishes, the amount of instant noodles was too much. She could not finish more than half of it. She did not hesitate and put it directly into the space to avoid waiting any longer and causing the noodle soup to dry up and become unpalatable.
Put it away in time, and when you take it out at night it will still be in its original state and can be used for dinner, so there is no waste at all.
She replaced the camping chair with a single lazy sofa and continued to lie down while drinking milk tea and watching variety shows.
Two hours later, the shadows of hills gradually appeared in the distance on both sides of the water.
She took out the map panel and found that the surrounding waterways were still large areas of light green, with no dark green markings. It seemed that the hills were all outside the waterways. The water level was rising now. Although she had walked this waterway before, she could clearly feel that the terrain on both sides was different from when she came here.
For example, in the past, when she encountered a waterway, it would meander through the middle of a valley-like structure. Now, those valleys had disappeared. She knew that this was because the low hills that formed the valleys had been submerged by the waves and disappeared, so the entire Lousui waterway looked even emptier than before.
The hill she was planning to go to was also limited in height, and even if she could really reach the shore there, she didn't know how long she could stay there. After all, the water level was rising all the time, and sometimes the speed could be very fast.
I don’t know how long she will have to play alone this time before the new waterway and level 4 progress bar mission will appear.
Although lying flat is comfortable, Shu Fu doesn't want to lie too flat. Feeling lazy enough, he goes into the cabin and starts sweating on the manual rowing machine.
She has now moved this manual rowing machine to her underwater bedroom, where there is less furniture and she can exercise more freely.
She was probably the first person in history to exercise on a manual rowing machine in a pure glass underwater room. Although the light was not good today, as the raft drifted forward, she could occasionally see some fish passing by outside the glass wall.
But these are all very common freshwater fish, carp, crucian carp and perch, just like those harvested by automatic water fishing rods.
She hasn't used the automatic water fishing rod since the super tsunami.
It’s not that I forgot, it’s that I don’t want to think about it.
The reason why she didn't want to use it was the same as the reason why she didn't want to sleep in this underwater bedroom for the time being. Perhaps when she was farther away from Lou Yuncheng, or when more time had passed, she would start using it again.
But, not now.
After all, the current situation in Louyun City is completely different from that in Suicheng at that time, and the space is now full of everything, so there is no need to worry about supplies for a long time.
After exercising for more than half an hour, Shu Fu equipped himself with an electric card and took a hot shower. Anyway, he didn't have to leave the "raft" and now he didn't have to take a shower at night.
When she came out of the shower and was blow-drying her hair, she heard various notification sounds from her cell phone that had been left outside. After realizing what the notification sounds were, Shu Fu turned off the hair dryer and rushed out of the bathroom.
Sure enough, she didn't hear it wrong, the cell phone has signal!
She looked out the window and found that there were indeed hills and land nearby, but the raft could not pass through as it was blocked by an invisible barrier. The hills looked quite large and there might be an undamaged signal base station on them.
Shu Fu immediately stopped the drifting of the raft and let it anchor nearby so that the mobile phone could continue to receive the signal.
This phone is not the one she uses to keep in touch with her friends. She hasn't even logged into WeChat. Most of the notifications she receives now are from disasters before the Internet outage, and the rest are push messages from some platforms.
Last time, she still had the courage to check out her friends’ WeChat messages, but this time, she felt a little hesitant to do so.
How do you explain this time?
Before the Internet was disconnected, everyone knew that she was in Louyun City, and Louyun City was hit by a tsunami of devastating magnitude. If she had moved before the tsunami, then where was her destination, and where is she now?
If she was still in Louyun City when the tsunami hit, there would be no way to explain it.
Although she guessed that the tasks on the Level 4 progress bar would still be related to her friends, she would have to think of a reason to explain it one day, but at least not now.
She first checked the delayed disaster notifications and indeed saw the news of the super tsunami. It turned out that the highest height of the tsunami in Louyun City that day was higher than she expected, reaching 375 meters. At the same time, the same super tsunami occurred in the water areas of countries all over the planet.
Among them, the highest peak of the tsunami reached 511 meters and appeared in the Eagle Country across the coast. Such a terrifying super tsunami has never occurred in the nearly two thousand years of history of this planet.
The last time such a catastrophic tsunami occurred was seventy years ago, when a volcanic eruption caused a tsunami that destroyed the entire country of Xiaogui. The peak of that tsunami was over one hundred meters, making it a horrific super tsunami unprecedented in history.
It is said that tens of thousands of people died that time and it took a long time to rebuild the city.
But it was only a disaster in one region.
This time, it is a global disaster. The specific cause of the tsunami has not yet been determined. Preliminary analysis shows that it should be related to a large earthquake in the water area. It is said that it also caused volcanic eruptions in other countries. With the superposition of various disasters, the number of people affected worldwide has reached astronomical figures.
The Internet is more chaotic than before. All kinds of news can be seen. It seems like the kind of self-proclaimed reborn prophets in the doomsday videos. In fact, there are also such people abroad, and some people have posted videos, but the content is different.
Someone showed off his safe room filled with canned supplies and water, saying that he had hidden in the mountains at a high enough altitude, but unfortunately, this person was found after the water level rose sharply, his supplies and safe house were taken away, and he was brutally killed.
Some people also regularly post warning prophecies online and publish a pilgrimage address on a steep mountaintop at a very high altitude. They also set up a pilgrimage website and posted all kinds of weird stuff. Those who can't go to the pilgrimage address can make a pilgrimage online, but joining the website to obtain the holy words requires a large amount of money...
All in all, there is more than one country on the planet where reborn people appear.
Before this world-destroying tsunami, these prophets, no matter how they existed, whether they were accused of fraud or were called brainless, were all sought after to some extent, mainly because their predictions were quite accurate.
Even if there are occasional errors, they are within the acceptable range.
But after this world-destroying tsunami, public opinion has completely changed, because no one had mentioned in their prophecies that there would be such a super disaster.
The same is true for Hua State.
Whether it was the westward migration group inspired by the apocalyptic video or the garrison group that believed the dam could protect them, they were all equally angry.
Everyone is condemning this video because it does not mention the tsunami disaster at all. The people were completely unprepared and faced the disaster head-on, resulting in countless casualties.
In Shu Fu's opinion, the people's behavior was purely to vent their emotions. If there hadn't been this doomsday video, there would have been more deaths. But this disaster was too terrible, and the frightened people needed an outlet to vent, and the suicide man in the doomsday video undoubtedly became this outlet.
Regardless of whether people had believed his words before or not, they were all cursing. On the surface, the westward migration faction and the garrison faction seemed to share the same hatred for a common enemy, but in fact, many westward migration faction members were mocking the garrison faction, saying that they still had time to talk big at this time. The authorities had already provided such favorable conditions for relocation, so who could they blame for not wanting to move?
Some of the garrison faction also cursed the westward migration faction, saying that they should not think that they were safe in a high-altitude city at the moment. Since a tsunami that was not mentioned in the apocalyptic video could occur, other unpredicted disasters would definitely continue to occur. Maybe they would be the next to die...
The Internet is in chaos, and at the same time there are more disaster posts, help posts and videos mixed in, making this world more and more in line with the word "end of the world".
Calm and rational people will not participate in verbal battles even when they are online. They need to focus all their energy on their own lives, extract information from all aspects, and make survival plans and migration routes.
Therefore, the Internet has almost become a paradise for emotionally agitated people, and it is no longer possible to ban it.
However, when everyone was angry and cursing, they did not expect that the protagonist of the video would actually appear. Not only did he appear, he also responded to the verbal abuse from people all over the country.
The response was still a video, but this time it was not a live broadcast. The video camera was shaking badly and the lighting was dim, and it could be seen that the shooting conditions were very bad.
What appeared in the camera was indeed the face of the suicidal man who was once regarded by many people as a lunatic, a reborn person, a prophet and a savior.
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