Chapter 85 Boundary Line
It was still raining heavily outside, and Shu Fu had no choice but to put on a warm sweater and long cardigan, put on plastic slippers, hold an umbrella, and move the meeting place to Chen Fa's raft. She also put away her own raft, just in time to kill the four hours that she couldn't use the raft today.
As soon as she entered Chen Fa's cabin, she felt something different. In just one day, the place had already been decorated.
The interior of the cabin is rectangular, wide on the left and right and slightly narrow at the front and back. The house of more than ten square meters is divided into left and right sides. One side is covered with a moisture-proof mat and a camping air mattress, and there are two of them, which should be the beds for Chen Fa and Chen Yuezhen.
Next to the bed were two low, brightly colored tables, on which were placed some daily necessities and camping tools. The tables could be used to place things and also served as partitions, separating the other side.
On the other side were the camping table and chairs that Shu Fu had left behind. There were also two low cabinets against the wall, which contained some camping pots and pans.
Some of these things were in their luggage bags, and some were taken from the pizza shop where they had rested before. Chen Fa moved very quickly, and she had no idea when she had collected these things.
It was a family restaurant, and the tables and cabinets were obviously the size for children, so she could put them into her backpack without any problems.
The three of them sat down at the camping table, and Shu Fu began to put things on the table: two cups of hot latte, two cups of hot milk tea, a box of lychees, two servings of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, a box of fried chicken wings...
Because there was so much food in the space and the camping table was too small, she emptied the table in just a few minutes.
"We've already had breakfast, don't take it." Lu Zheng stopped her.
"That's fine too. Let's save some space for the barbecue at noon!"
"I want to eat barbecue, but not today." Chen Fa shook his head regretfully. "Today is the trading day of the shelter. Others are waiting for us to go back and trade together in the gymnasium. We came here now just to see you. If you plan to stay here, we can come back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"Well, I'll stay here temporarily. How's the situation at school?"
Chen Fa and Lu Zheng came today not only to confirm her situation, but also to tell her about their situation. It was indeed a shelter with quite a few people. The situation was similar to what they had guessed. It was indeed that small group of troops who led the people to evacuate.
The reason for their evacuation was just as they had expected. The number of patients with gray scab increased, and the medical team was helpless. In addition, the water level in the river was also rising, and there were changing forces on the other side who were eyeing them covetously. In addition, there were not many healthy people left in the south of the city, so they evacuated to the military academy together.
When they first evacuated, their number exceeded 20,000. Later, some of them fell ill, and others organized their own teams to continue evacuating southward to Xiangzhou Province. Now there are about 5,000 people left there, including the remaining 200 or so people in the army.
Because there were few people left, many dormitories in the school were vacant, and they were all arranged to stay there.
When they arrived at the school yesterday at noon, the patrolling troops were surprised to see them, because they were the first group of people to appear in the southern suburbs of Youcheng recently. The other party initially thought they were from the organization in the north of the city.
Later, we discovered that there were old and young, cats, and wounded people in the team, and we didn't find any hot weapons on them, so we believed that they were fleeing.
"But they were surprised that we were able to make it across the river alive. Although they didn't know the specific situation in the north of the city, they knew the situation in the river. The water level there has risen and the river has expanded. The current is faster than before. It is difficult for ordinary boats to cross the river. No one has come to the north of the city for a long time...
They would organize teams to return to the city regularly, one reason being to search for supplies, such as vehicles, various daily necessities, and fuel, and another reason was to leave some food for the scab patients who were left behind in the city. Although they were sick, unconscious, and aggressive at night, they were still human beings. When they were hungry, they would find something to eat by themselves, and they would eat anything edible, whether it was cooked or raw...
As for water, the school has a batch of emergency supplies, plus what is already in the south of the city, it can still cope. About a month ago, they contacted the large army in Xiangzhou Province. Although there are no people there to be dispatched, they will regularly airdrop supplies here...
This is also the reason why they had to withdraw from the city and come to the southern suburbs to build a shelter, because this place is far away from the north of the city, and because of the terrain, the supplies dropped here will not be discovered by the people in the north of the city..."
Lu Zheng spoke in great detail. In addition to the information given to them by the troops, they also gave the troops some information.
For example: a patient with gray scab; another example: a strange fish.
The troops also learned about the news of the strange fish not long ago, and it was indeed the survivors of Lucheng who spread the news of the strange fish. The situation there was not very good, and the strange fish frequently landed regularly. Some people died, some evacuated to other places, but there were still some people who were still holding on.
They were arranged to stay in the dormitory, and after a short rest, everyone held a meeting together. Since everyone had experienced the strange fish and suffered from it, they finally decided unanimously that two people would each hand in a bottle of red liquid to let the other party study it on their own. Of course, the other party could also wait for the next drone to come and have the drone take the liquid back to the large force in Xiangzhou Province for research.
This was not a disaster for just a few of them. They did not have the ability to research and analyze the composition of the red liquid, but there must be someone in the official department who could. After all, if a completely inhuman Tang Ping could figure it out, there was no reason why the official research team could not do it.
At first, the troops didn't believe it. After all, they had never seen the strange fish with their own eyes, nor had they seen the power of this liquid.
As a result, Chen Fa turned on her mobile phone and played a short video of using red liquid to repel and deal with the strange fish. The video was shot in Lucheng. No one knew how she managed to find time to shoot while dealing with the strange fish.
The video did not capture the user's face, but it clearly recorded the effect of the liquid in repelling the strange fish.
It was because of this video and the bottle of red liquid that they received preferential treatment from the army and not only received this old jeep and fuel, but also some shelter points.
The points can be exchanged for what they need on today's trading day, so it's like giving them some shopping cards in disguise.
After Chen Fa finished speaking, he took out an old satellite phone from his backpack and asked Shu Fu to put it away. He said that in addition to the jeep, the army also rewarded them with two satellite phones, which was just enough for her to take one each. No matter where they were in the future, as long as the satellite in the sky was still running, they would not be disconnected.
When Shu Fu saw the satellite phone in Chen Fa's hand, she suddenly remembered that she had also bought two satellite phones, both of which were already activated, but she had never used them because she forgot...
Chen Fa looked at the brand new satellite phone that Shu Fu had taken out and had never used before: ...
What should you do if you suddenly feel like hitting someone?
After both sides deposited the numbers, Shu Fu's cheek was still pinched by Chen Fa. Shu Fu slapped Chen Fa's claws away, turned around and saw Lu Zhengzheng looking at her face on the other side, and quickly covered both sides of her cheeks: "You don't want to pinch it too, do you?"
Lu Zheng: ...
Chen Fa glanced at Lu Zheng's eyelashes, which were drooping and flickering due to embarrassment, and thought of the time when the two sides had to separate in the north of Youcheng in order to find the missing Yue Dong and Xu Tingfeng, and how he hugged Shu Fu tightly before leaving.
She originally thought that they knew each other before and there was something going on between them, but now he was so embarrassed because of Shu Fu's casual words, obviously there was no feeling yet.
Chen Fa understood, it turned out to be a single arrow...
Today's trading hours at the military academy shelter start at noon. They still have to go back and prepare, and they have to leave at about 11:30, so they can still stay here for an hour.
Shu Fu's originally planned barbecue lunch was ruined, and no one could enter the drifting island house. The only thing left to do was to drink some coffee and then wander around their two rafts to see if there was anything in the other cabin that she needed and had that she could take out.
The upper limit of the objects that can be stored in the backpack slots of both of them is one cubic meter, so due to this size limitation, the car and some large furniture cannot be stored directly, unless the raft is released on the spot and moved into the cabin manually.
But their raft is so big that it cannot be placed in an ordinary room, so it is quite troublesome to get some large furniture in.
It just so happened that Shufu Space had collected some desks, various chairs, and sofas, all of which were collected from an uninhabited office building in Suicheng. Some of the desks and sofas in the offices were very new, and they were indeed beautiful and practical. Plus, there was space at the time, so I couldn't help but stuff them into the space when I saw them.
But in fact, some of the tables, chairs and sofas... she had never used them before, and she probably wouldn't use them in the future, so she quickly took out a few pieces of furniture and let them choose for themselves. After they made their choice, she put them away, and then walked to the place where they needed to be placed in the cabin, took them out and placed them all in one go.
Chen Fa first took out two quilts of suitable thickness and placed them on their bunks. At the other end of the two bunks, he placed a double sofa, an office wooden coffee table, and a small upright cabinet with a water dispenser. There was also 19L of purified water collected from the same place, which was installed just right for convenient drinking.
However, purified water also has a shelf life, so you can only place one bucket in the cabin, and the rest should be put in the backpack compartment.
Shu Fu planned to take out ten buckets of purified water of the same specifications and put them in her backpack, but Chen Fa said that he had to go to the market today, so the backpack would be empty for the time being. Moreover, they had a water purifier, so they didn't have to worry about the water problem. When the water in the bucket was finished, they could refill it.
So in the end, she stuffed some instant noodles, vermicelli, self-heating rice, and snail noodles into the cupboard.
"You gave me a lot of food last time. What would you eat if you gave it all to me?" Chen Fa stopped her in time. "Besides, it's you who can't go to Xiangzhou Province now, not us! You should keep all the food for yourself. The whole Lankou Province is in a mess, and you may not be able to find food in the future."
"I have enough to eat, so I won't accept these. You can talk about the rest after you go to the trading market. This is a shelter after all. If the food you get in exchange is not enough, tell me." After that, she went to Lu Zheng and took a look.
His things here are even simpler, with only a camping moisture-proof mat, a few travel bags in the corner with seldom-used items in them, and a soft mat next to it, which looks like Lan Lan's nest.
As usual, she placed a double sofa against the wall, then took out a large desk and placed it in the middle of the cabin to serve as a partition.
This table has large drawers on both sides, which can hold a lot of things. The tabletop can be used for eating and placing items. Later, I got him a few chairs, but the styles were different. It looked particularly funny because it was put together.
Similarly, Shu Fu also placed a small upright cabinet with a water dispenser for him and put a bucket of purified water on it.
Chen Fa was a little speechless: "Why did you install two identical water dispenser cabinets?"
"..." Shu Fu looked at her, thinking that she still had four or five in her space, and there were different models. This thing was not big, and only took up a little space. They were all the kind of things you would find in a 5A-class office building, and they all looked brand new. She thought that when her standing water bar broke down, she would have to replace it, so it would be unreasonable not to take it with her...
As she was rummaging around, she thought of the magical item she had bought before, so she took out two folding bathtubs.
Both of these are new and have not been used. At that time, she bought a total of 4 70×100 size ones in Louyun City. After opening, they can store a lot of clean water. They can be placed in the compartment to accumulate and store the water filtered by their filters. It is very convenient for daily cleaning or boiling to drink.
"Thank you." Lu Zheng looked at her with a smile in his eyes.
Shu Fu suddenly remembered the night in Youcheng before: "By the way, you said you had something to tell me that day, what was it?"
Lu Zheng was suddenly called out, and was caught off guard. In fact, he said that day that he had a lot to say to her, but it was obvious that these words could not be said in this atmosphere. He smiled at her gently and said, "Let's do it another day. Next time we have a chance, sit down and talk slowly."
Shu Fu was stunned for a moment. She was actually dazzled by Lu Zheng's smile just now.
This glare did not mean that she suddenly had something in mind for Lu Zheng, but that it was the first time she saw him smile like this after knowing him for so long.
She inexplicably thought of her own work circle in the original world. There are actually not many artists who are born with a good-looking smile. When many artists first debuted, they often become the focus of negative searches because of their unsatisfactory smiles. They need to rely on post-production expression management to make the best-looking smile.
Lu Zheng originally had a delicate and handsome appearance, and he used to be quite good-looking when he smiled, but the angle of his lips when he smiled just now was slightly different, which actually gave her a feeling of the gentle breeze of blooming spring flowers.
He said before that he met her at a dinner party with the crew. Is he an artist in that world?
After Shu Fu finished the "house decoration game", the three returned to Chen Fa's place and continued chatting while drinking coffee. Chen Fa even asked her to put away the milk tea. It was coffee, milk tea, fruit, porridge, and fried chicken... They didn't have five mouths to eat at the same time.
"Didn't you say you wanted to drink hot milk tea when you were looking at the stars?" Shu Fu rested his chin on his hand and looked at her, "Isn't it good enough to satisfy you? If you don't want to drink it, just put it away and put it in the same food box. Drink it slowly!"
Chen Fa glanced at Lu Zheng and said, "I still have some. You can keep them. I think Lu Ce will like them too."
Shu Fu nodded, took out an empty cardboard box, and also provided some instant food and drinks for Lu Zheng. Because the box was not big, the things in it were definitely not as much as those given to Chen Fa, only half at most.
Even though they are companions, good sisters are different from male friends. Sisters should be pampered more, while boys can be more lenient.
Two boxes of fried chicken, several boxes of Sichuan dishes with both meat and vegetables and rice, a few hamburger sandwiches, a few frozen pizzas and dumplings, two bags of fruit candies, a bag of dehydrated vegetables, basic seasonings such as salt, sugar, oil, chicken essence, apples, pears, oranges and other fruits, some boxes of milk, coconut milk and carbonated drinks, a few cups of American coffee, a few bars of soap and paper towels.
Even though it was placed randomly, Lu Zheng was shocked: "You-the way you take things out... you really look like Doraemon."
Shu Fu: ...
After they finished their coffee and ate some fruit, they were ready to leave.
Chen Fa lamented that they came here mainly to deliver a satellite phone so that they could contact her in the future, but the phone was not delivered, but the two of them ate and took things instead.
Shu Fu held up an umbrella and stood in front of Chen Fa's raft. While releasing her own raft, she smiled at her and said, "You don't understand, I am trying to win people's hearts in advance. If I need your help in the future, you can't refuse me!"
Shu Fu's raft reappeared opposite Chen Fa's raft. She had operated it countless times. Even while chatting and laughing with them, she could place the raft exactly where she wanted it without any deviation.
Fala Chen pulled up the hood of her waterproof jacket and followed Shu Fu back onto her raft. Although her raft was small, compared to theirs, Shu Fu's raft was actually more exquisite. It had a terrace on the upper floor and floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides. The interior furnishings were also newer and more modern, and the inside looked much larger than its actual area.
She was joking when she said that Shu Fu's raft was not fully functional. Although the rafts of both parties were similar, in terms of functionality, Shu Fu's was obviously more advanced.
After Chen Fa checked for a while, he turned his head to Shu Fu and said, "It suddenly occurred to me. Do you know a computer term? Backward compatibility."
Shu Fu nodded. This word now has many meanings, but it was indeed a computer term at first.
It means that in a computer, after a program is updated to a newer version, the documents or systems created with the old version of the program can still be operated or used normally.
Chen Fa pointed to her and Lu Zheng’s raft and said, “Our raft is like an old version of the document. Yours is a document created in an updated advanced version. So you can use our raft and enter our cabin smoothly, but we cannot use your raft or enter your cabin.”
As she spoke, she looked at Shu Fu again: "If I'm not mistaken, Shu Fu, there must be people like me and Lu Zheng in this world, and you can be compatible with everyone, that is, you can enter everyone's room, just like... a manager!"
**
The words that Chen Fa said before he left that day lingered in Shu Fu's mind for a long time.
If she is the manager of Chen Fa, Lu Zheng and other awakened people who are not yet known to her, then who is her manager in this world?
Chen Fa and Lu Zheng came again on the afternoon of the third day, this time to deliver tires to her.
The supplies in this trading market were richer than they had imagined, probably because there had been airdrops from troops in the south. Not only did they buy a lot of fast food and daily necessities they needed, they also found the same type of tires as the off-road vehicle in the trading market, two in total, which they bought all and asked Shu Fu to keep as spare tires.
In addition, they returned a marine outboard unit to her, saying that they had just received a new one and that they would naturally return one to her if they had enough.
In addition, she was given some fuel and engine oil.
Shu Fu wanted to say that she had a lot of it, but when she saw the expectant eyes of the two people when they gave her the gifts, she swallowed the words and showed a happy expression, saying that she really needed this gift, and then she directly asked them to stay for dinner.
Since Chen Yuezhen and Lu Ce are here too this time, it would be unreasonable if we don’t have a barbecue together!
The two said that the shelter had access control and they had to go back before dark.
"Then let's have afternoon tea." Shu Fu said, taking out a tiramisu, marble cheese, chocolate cheese, lemon milk cheese four-piece cake, as well as two cups of refreshing fresh fruit tea and three cups of milk tea.
Lu Ce suddenly couldn't walk: "Wow..."
"No wonder they told me you have a new name, Doraemon, when they came back that day." Chen Yuezhen looked at the desserts with some emotion, and asked Shu Fu to keep one piece for everyone to taste, and put the rest away so that they would not be wasted. The same goes for fruit tea and milk tea. Such a large cup is enough for two people to share.
"..." Shu Fu, who had originally wanted to take out some fruits and a full set of tea sets to make Kung Fu tea, silently put his hand down.
Afternoon tea time was quiet and pleasant. The five of them relaxed and ate a little while chatting. The tabby cat curled up in the corner of the hut and took a nap the whole time. At about four o'clock, the rain outside started to get heavier and the wind got stronger. The rain was blown by the wind and rushed towards the door in waves. Chen Fa had to get up and close the doors on both sides.
After the door was closed, the wind and rain were blocked outside, and it felt much better than before.
If it was an ordinary boat, being on the water in such strong winds and rains, the hull would have been tossing and rolling. But now they were staying in the cabin and it actually felt okay, just like staying in a car on the side of the road when it rained in the past.
They could feel how strong the storm was outside from the whistling wind and the sound of rain falling on the roof of the cabin, but the strong winds and rain did not have much impact on the interior of the cabin.
Soon, Shu Fu, Chen Fa, and Lu Zheng all realized that "closing the doors on both sides of the cabin seems to reduce some of the impact of the disaster weather on the interior."
"Well, I don't know if there is an upper limit to the extent of this reduction, and whether it will increase as the disaster escalates." What Lu Zheng meant was that if the current disaster value is 5, when the door was opened, they felt a disaster value of 3-4, and after the door was closed, they only felt a disaster value of less than 1.
That means the disaster value is reduced by 4, which is an overall reduction of 80%.
But if the disaster value increases to 10, will it be reduced by 4, or 80% of 10?
"It seems that we will have to wait until the next extreme weather situation occurs and we happen to be on the raft to know." Luce scooped the cake slowly with a small spoonful, while glancing at the only lattice window in the cabin.
The lattice window was not very big to begin with, and now it was blurred by the slanting rain.
I don't know if it was because of his bad luck or because they were unlucky, but the four of them wanted to wait for the rain to subside before leaving. However, they waited for an hour, and it was almost dark. Not only did the storm not subside, but there was also a crackling sound coming from the top of the raft cabin.
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