Chapter 23 Natural Disasters 11



Cai Sheng was busy moving, Su Han watched silently, and by the way, he slapped a big mosquito to death with lightning speed.

Seeing this scene, Cai Sheng suddenly felt what it meant to feel safe! He couldn't help but speed up the moving process.

Zhong Rui walked out of the room and asked, "Do you have hemp rope? Other ropes will also work."

Cai Sheng was stunned and replied subconsciously, "In the kitchen."

Zhong Rui was not polite at all and ordered, "Bring it here."

So Cai Sheng stopped moving his things and ran to the kitchen to find a hemp rope.

"Planning to build a boat?" Su Han asked.

Zhong Rui was slightly startled, then he sighed with emotion, "Sure enough, I can't hide it from you."

Su Han murmured in a low voice, "All the shops outside are closed, and I can't buy rubber boats. I have also thought about making a handmade boat myself. But... don't you think it's too early to make a boat now?"

What if the finished product is stolen?

"This is my first time, so I plan to make a few more so I can choose from them later." Zhong Rui felt helpless. "On the other hand, I'm also worried that the system will act rogue and flood the Jinshan Mountain overnight, flooding the door to the room."

Su Han was silent for a moment, and felt that her friend's worries were not unreasonable. So she took the initiative to say, "Then I'll come over to help. What materials do you plan to use to make the boat?"

"After walking around, I found some nice bamboo in the nearby park. I plan to cut it down and make a bamboo raft." Zhong Rui already had an idea in his mind.

Su Han pointed to the dark sky outside and the heavy rain, and said speechlessly, "Are you sure it's safe to go out and cut bamboo now?"

"It's better to suffer a little now than to flounder in the water later." Zhong Rui didn't care much. "The most important thing is that bamboo is currently the most suitable material for making boats."

"Then go ahead, I'll think of other ways." Su Han refused to go out in the rain.

Zhong Rui had to go alone.

Cai Sheng came back holding the hemp rope, but he couldn't see Zhong Rui. He couldn't help wondering, "Where is he?"

Su Han replied casually, "I went out for something urgent, just give me the things."

Cai Sheng honestly handed over the hemp rope and continued to move his belongings diligently.

Su Han threw the rope into room 502 and then wandered around the inn.

Since Cai Sheng said that rent had to be paid in kind, the number of customers in the inn has obviously decreased. Afterwards, a tornado and hailstorms occurred, and some people could not survive and turned into white light. Some people ran out of the inn to find other ways to make a living, and finally disappeared.

Now, except for a tenant on the second floor who is moving his luggage to the fourth floor, everyone else stays indoors and stays in their rooms.

Su Han was puzzled. "If he wanted to move, why didn't he just move to the fifth floor?"

Cai Sheng smiled flatteringly, "The fifth floor is occupied by the two of you, it's a VIP room. For safety reasons, I won't let other tenants move in. The first floor of the fifth floor will be occupied by the three of us!"

Su Han realized that the owner of the house also lived on the fifth floor, and of course he didn't want strangers to approach and threaten his life. She couldn't help but feel funny in her heart, but she replied lightly, "Yeah, it's good."

Su Han took some time to walk around the unoccupied rooms and had a rough idea in his mind. While he was thinking about the detailed plan, Zhong Rui walked in, soaking wet.

"Is it going smoothly to cut the bamboo?" Su Han raised his eyebrows with a smile on his lips.

Zhong Rui patted the rain off his shoulders and said unhappily, "I'm not that stupid. I really plan to do it alone. The original plan was to hire others to cut bamboo in exchange for food."

"But after walking around, I couldn't see anyone. Even when I knocked on every door, no one answered."

"It was broad daylight, but the sky was as dark as night. Plus, it was raining so hard that my vision was obstructed. There was water all over my feet, almost up to my knees, making it very inconvenient to move. So I came back first."

"The situation is very bad." Su Han muttered softly, "But that's right, it's already the late stage of the game."

"What do you think?" Zhong Rui asked his friend.

Su Han pointed to an empty room and said nonchalantly, "Some rooms have soft beds, and some rooms have wooden beds. Take down the wooden boards and make a boat."

Zhong Rui was silent for a moment, then said, "I know that wooden boards can be used to make boats, but the material is not very good. Once a wooden boat enters the water, it will easily sink to the bottom. If it is made into a bamboo raft, it can last longer."

Su Han shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "Since there is no other choice, we can only go ahead with it." After all, it's a boat.

"That's right." Zhong Rui gave up struggling. He called Cai Sheng to explain the seriousness of the matter.

Without waiting for him to finish, Cai Sheng generously said that he could do whatever he wanted with the wooden bed, as long as he could take him on the boat when it was ready.

Zhong Rui agreed, and the three of them got busy.

According to the plan, the wooden bed was to be dismantled and then reassembled. But soon, the work ran into trouble.

Su Han held his chin up and said, "We need a hammer and screws."

Cai Sheng scratched his head and said, "But there is no hammer and screws...what should I do?" The island is now like a dead island and he doesn't know where to find them.

Zhong Rui said in a heavy tone, "If all else fails, we can only sit on the wooden board and wait for it to float to wherever it takes us."

"Isn't that inappropriate?" Su Han questioned, "If the center of gravity is not stable, it will fall over immediately."

Zhong Rui asked, "Or do you have a better idea?" Insufficient materials, no tools, making a boat out of wood is the best solution under the current circumstances. In fact, the door can also be dismantled to make a boat, but the effect is similar.

Su Han suddenly fell silent.

Cai Sheng laughed dryly and tried to ease the atmosphere. "We don't have to take the boat. Who knows, the rainstorm might stop tomorrow? We are on the fifth floor, so it is quite safe."

Zhong Rui was silent. It was unreliable to pin his hopes on the system to be merciful and lower the difficulty. But at this point, he had no other choice.

"There's no point in worrying now. Let's see what happens next." After saying that, Su Han turned around and went back to his room.

There was no air circulation in the room, so it was extremely stuffy and hot, making it hard to breathe.

Su Han took several deep breaths, but found that she could not calm down. Instead, she became more and more irritated in the hot and humid environment. She could not help but open the window, hoping that some cool wind would blow in.

However, as the wind blew in, uninvited guests also broke in.

"Buzz buzz buzz--" Several mosquitoes were circling and flying in the room, making so much noise that it gave people a headache.

Su Han had a blank expression on his face. He picked up a book as a weapon and slapped the two mosquitoes to death quickly and accurately.

I don’t know if it was stimulated, but the other mosquitoes flew faster, and one even ran to my ear.

Su Han quickly passed the book over her ears to drive away the mosquitoes. At the same time, she thought, "Without air conditioning, electric fans, mosquito coils, and mosquito nets, life is unbearable."

What was even more miserable was that it was dark outside because of the heavy rain. Because of the power outage, the light in the house was not very good. In the dim environment, it was difficult for her to see where the mosquitoes were. Occasionally, lightning flashed, and the house would be slightly brighter.

Su Han wanted to light a candle, but considering that insects tend to be attracted to light, she didn't dare to take the risk. In the darkness, there was only one room with a light on and the windows wide open, which would attract mosquitoes from all over the island to come and gather together.

"I have to make a decision." Su Han muttered to himself.

Opening the windows will make the indoor temperature much better, but mosquitoes will come in.

When you close the windows, the room will be very stuffy, but after you swat all the mosquitoes to death, the world will be peaceful.

Which way to die should she choose? After struggling for a while, Su Han came up with an idea. She opened the window for an hour to make sure the temperature in the room was comfortable, and then closed it tightly. Then she lit a candle in the middle of the room and started to kill insects.

It has to be said that mosquitoes are very annoying creatures. They are small, fly fast, and like to hide in corners. It is not easy to find them, let alone to eradicate them.

Su Han would stand on a chair and attack the mosquitoes on the ceiling; then she would quietly walk to the corner, approach silently, and kill them. When the buzzing sound finally stopped in the room, she was so tired that she almost fell down.

"What a troublesome copy." Su Han fell asleep with dissatisfaction.

The next morning, she woke up and felt an inexplicable itch on her arm, so she couldn't help scratching it. When she opened her eyes, she suddenly woke up - there were four big bites on her arm, as well as a pool of blood and the dead mosquito. It was obvious that she noticed the mosquito in the act, so she twisted it to death to get revenge.

"Mosquitoes hide in the corners and can't be killed at all." Su Han was very depressed. But then she thought, killing one is one, and it is better to have only one mosquito in the room coveting her than a group of mosquitoes staring at her.

"Huh?" Su Han glanced at the status bar and found something wrong.

Satiety: 70%, Cleanliness: 85%, Stamina: 90%. Status: Good, suffering from mosquito bites.

"Will I get a negative status if I get bit by a mosquito?" Su Han muttered to himself, and sighed from the bottom of his heart, "If I don't stock up on some cooling oil (which can remove the 'mosquito bite' status), how can I survive the later stages of the dungeon?"

As she spoke, she used the cooling oil. As soon as she finished using the medicine, her physical strength increased by 20, and the "insect bite" status disappeared.

Suddenly, Su Han remembered something, "If I remember correctly, when the game just started, Zhong Rui and I emptied the pharmacy?"

Su Han, "..."

In other words, if you don't replenish supplies in the system mall, or fail to get the cooling oil in the novice copy, other players in the same copy can only tragically endure the "mosquito bites" state.

While lighting candles for her companions in the same copy, she couldn't help but feel fortunate - fortunately she acted quickly and didn't have to become one of the miserable crowd.

At this moment, the system's mechanical voice interrupted her thoughts, "On the 17th day, the weather was abnormal, and the temperature continued to rise, reaching a maximum of 35 degrees."

“Sea levels continue to rise due to rising temperatures and melting glaciers.”

Su Han ran to the corridor and looked down. He found that after sleeping, the first floor had been completely flooded. It was only a matter of time before the second floor was flooded. If someone stood on the floor of the inn lobby at this time, they would be directly immersed in the water.

Cai Sheng looked at the accumulated water downstairs and said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, we moved to a new room." Otherwise, it is possible that he would have drowned in his sleep.

Su Han didn't reply. At this moment, her brows were furrowed, and she was very distressed - it was only the 17th day! How would she survive on the 20th day?

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate." Zhong Rui appeared beside Su Han at some point and whispered softly.

Su Han understood immediately. What he said was nothing more than saying that it was okay not to get the reward for clearing the level, it was better than losing the qualification to compete.

Pursing his lips, Su Han made up his mind and waved to his friend, "Come to my room."

Zhong Rui followed calmly.

Cai Sheng, "..."

I always feel like I heard something I shouldn't have heard.

Entering room 501, Zhong Rui stood aside calmly.

Su Han moved the tables and chairs away, then took out several quilts, as well as some plastic wrap and tape from his personal storage.

Zhong Rui realized something, "Are you planning to use these to make a boat?"

"Don't worry, we can do it." Su Han said casually, "I often watch survival shows. There is an episode about using limited materials to make a boat to cross the river."

"I walked around the inn. The bedding was taken from the empty room, and the plastic wrap and tape were taken from the kitchen. No one else knew."

"Come and give me a hand. It's too much work for me to handle alone."

Zhong Rui, "..."

He thought that if this guy didn't need help, he might not have called him. Thinking of this, his expression was a little subtle.

Su Han knew what Zhong Rui was thinking without even looking at him. She explained seriously, "I don't plan to tell anyone else about making the handmade boat. Only you and I know about it."

"If you bring an NPC with you, it will be inconvenient to take things from the portable warehouse."

"If we bring other players along, there will be more trouble. Besides, quantitative change leads to qualitative change. There will be too many people and the boat won't be able to accommodate them. If someone deliberately retaliates and destroys the boat, it will be troublesome."

"So, what is your final decision?" Zhong Rui further confirmed.

Su Han said solemnly, "The final decision is to make two quilt boats, one for the boat and one for backup. We will be the only two people on board because we can't trust anyone else."

"If you find the explanation satisfactory, can you come over and help build the boat? The system is more shameless than I thought, and the water level is rising very quickly."

No one else can be trusted, so he can be trusted a little? Zhong Rui was in a good mood, rolled up his sleeves and walked over, "How to do it? You tell me, I'll do it."

Su Han began to instruct, "First, fold the bedding neatly, then tie it up with tape and secure it. Then wrap it with many layers of plastic wrap to prevent water from entering. Then the boat is ready."

If you have the materials, it is not difficult to make a boat. But the problem is that it is inconvenient to do it alone.

For example, at this moment, Zhong Rui was holding the quilt, so Su Han could easily apply the tape. But if she was alone, applying the tape and turning the quilt at the same time would be a huge workload.

Similarly, Zhong Rui stood aside with the fixed bedding, and Su Han could work quickly with the plastic wrap. But if she was alone, it would take her three or four hours to finish.

If she asked other people for help, firstly, the news would easily leak out, and secondly... after she asked others for help, if someone later asked to take a boat ride, how could she refuse with a clear conscience?

Therefore, Su Han was actually very fortunate to be able to catch Zhong Rui to do hard labor.

With the joint efforts of the two, the quilt boat was quickly formed.

Su Han announced that they would take a short break and then do the second one.

Zhong Rui looked at the quilt boat carefully and thought that the finished product was actually quite presentable.

Suddenly, Su Han asked, "If there is no quilt boat, do you really plan to drift on the wooden board?"

In fact, she wanted to ask this question yesterday. In her opinion, Zhong Rui was a strong man who could clear the novice copy and should not just leave everything to fate.

Zhong Rui sighed lightly, "A good cook cannot cook without rice." Without the ingredients, there was nothing he could do.

Su Han didn't want to believe it.

The next second, Zhong Rui changed the subject, "But sitting on a wooden board and drifting does not mean waiting to die. There is always a way to make the situation better." Just like hiding in the mountains and forests in the novice copy does not mean seeking death.

"That makes sense." Su Han looked thoughtful.

After a short break, the two continued to work. When the plastic wrap ran out, they had just finished the second quilt boat. At this time, there was not much tape left.

"How about each person has a quilt boat and keep them separately?" Su Han suggested.

"Sure." Zhong Rui agreed readily and generously let his friend choose first.

Logically speaking, there are slight differences between the two boats. The more plastic wrap is rolled, the better the boat's waterproof performance is. But Su Han didn't care, he just picked one and stuffed it into his personal storage.

Zhong Rui accepted the other one indifferently.

The author has something to say: You can refer to Ji Hyo's quilt boat in RM (☆_☆)

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