75 Doomsday Diary 5
You are fake
The knock on the door came suddenly, almost as soon as they finished reading the diary. The voice outside the door was still a familiar voice of their companion. They subconsciously opened the door without having time to think.
Yan Lan felt a little strange at first, but now that she had calmed down, she understood the reason.
Because Ji Zhou said a few hours ago that he would go to a farther place to look for radio accessories, and it would take at least ten hours for him to come back.
The radio station accessories are an important clue for them to pass the level. How could Ji Zhou return early just for a little food?
So the person outside the door is fake!
Shi Yuanyuan quickly realized this, and he looked at his hand hovering above the doorknob in astonishment, cold sweat quietly seeping out. Fortunately, Yan Lan stopped him in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Luo Wen immediately opened the system panel and displayed her chat messages to everyone. "I just contacted Ji Zhou in the group, and he clearly replied that he was still collecting supplies and didn't mention returning at all."
This evidence undoubtedly further confirmed Yan Lan's guess. The three of them exchanged knowing looks with each other. Needless to say, they all tacitly determined that the person outside the door must be an imposter.
"Shi Yuanyuan, open the door quickly! We've lived together for so long, and you can't even recognize my voice!"
The person outside the door could not only imitate Ji Zhou's voice, but even his tone perfectly.
However, Yan Lan and the others had already found the key evidence, and were not at all disturbed by his rebuttal.
Yan Lan curled her lips into a cold smile, and her voice was clearly heard through the crack in the door: "Don't waste your energy. We all know you are fake."
Luo Wen raised his voice when he heard this: "Yeah, let's go."
The people outside the door obviously did not expect them to be so determined, and they fell silent for a moment.
Then, an unusually unpleasant and hoarse voice rang out: "I'm warning you, open the door quickly! Otherwise, when I get in, you'll be in trouble!"
He completely dropped his disguise and began to threaten and intimidate.
However, no matter what he said, Yan Lan and the others remained unmoved and remained calm and composed.
As time passed, the person outside the door seemed to realize that his intimidation did not work. He gradually lost his patience and finally left in disappointment.
However, this is not the end.
In the following time, the door kept knocking, each time with a different trick. After the first attempt failed, the second, the third...
At first, Yan Lan and the others would try to argue, but later they simply returned to the bed in the capsule, closed their eyes and rested, acting like a motionless salted fish. After all, talking also consumes health points.
As night fell, because of hunger, the day seemed to be stretched infinitely, and they were counting down almost every second.
Before going to bed, the three people who stayed behind took a look at their health points. Even though they had not moved all day, their health points had quietly dropped to only 10 points.
Yan Lan got a sign-in system as soon as she entered the game. She had never experienced the feeling of being hungry before, but now her lips were pale and her heart was beating fast.
In order to prevent themselves from dying unexpectedly in their sleep, the three of them tacitly divided the last small piece of bread into three portions, chewing each bite with great care.
Afterwards, they each picked up a large bottle of water and gulped it down greedily. Even so, it only barely alleviated the excruciating hunger.
Candles were extremely precious in this environment of material scarcity. They only dared to light them for a moment, letting the faint light illuminate the small space, and then quickly extinguished them to avoid waste.
In the darkness, the small bed, which was only one meter and two meters wide, miraculously accommodated the bodies of three adults. They lay sideways with half of their legs hanging from the edge of the bed, drooping limply in the air.
Shi Yuanyuan touched his still rumbling stomach and asked in a weak voice, "How much water is left in the capsule tank?"
Yan Lan closed her eyes, her voice as thin as a thread, as if she would fall asleep at any moment: "Not much left, not enough for a bath, but it's still fine for drinking."
Luo Wen lay on Yan Lan's other side, tossing and turning with hunger, unable to fall asleep. She had been listening carefully to their conversation, secretly thankful that at least they had water to drink.
The three of them wandered in this small space, half asleep and half awake, their consciousness like duckweed on the sea, sometimes sinking and sometimes floating.
Suddenly, Yan Lan's tightly closed eyelids trembled slightly.
She whispered softly and asked her teammates who had their eyes closed, "Did you hear...any noise?"
Although Shi Yuanyuan had his eyes closed, he wasn't asleep at all. Hearing this, his ears perked up, but after a few seconds he just shook his head: "No, are you hallucinating because of hunger?"
Luo Wen also echoed, his voice full of concern: "Yes, Yan Lan, you may really be too hungry. Otherwise, why don't you drink some water first? At least it will make your stomach feel better."
Drinking water can indeed temporarily increase the feeling of fullness, but it is followed by even more intense hunger. Drinking too much water will make you more likely to go to the toilet, and getting up to go to the toilet requires exercise, which also consumes health points.
Thinking of her low health points, Yan Lan shook her head slightly, and thought that she might have fainted from hunger and heard something wrong, so she adjusted her breathing and gently folded her hands on her abdomen, trying to give herself some comfort in this posture.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
“Bang, bang, bang!”
"It's me, Yuan Zhou! And here's Snowball! Come open the door for us!"
In the darkness, the three of them opened their eyes almost at the same time. This time they all heard the sound clearly, in addition to Yuan Zhou's, there was also Snowball's crisp "chirp" sound.
Luo Wen quickly opened the system panel to confirm. The information flashing on the screen was like a ray of sunshine in winter, bringing them hope.
"It's Yuan Zhou! She really came back and said she brought food!" Luo Wen shouted excitedly, his voice full of joy and anticipation.
When Shi Yuanyuan heard the word "food", he seemed to be instantly injected with infinite energy. He jumped up from the bed and ran straight to the basement door without even having time to put on his shoes.
He responded loudly as he ran: "Coming! Coming!"
The eagerness and excitement were completely different from the hunger and fatigue that had appeared before.
Yan Lan also stood up quickly, a long-lost smile blooming on her face. Finally, she didn't have to go hungry anymore.
Finally, the door of the basement slowly opened, and the familiar figures of Yuan Zhou and Xueqiu came into view.
Yuan Zhou looked exhausted, with a bright red shopping bag, the kind used in supermarkets, hanging on his shoulder. The bag was bulging with all kinds of supplies.
As soon as Snowball saw the door open, he couldn't wait to take off Yuan Zhou's shoulder and head straight for Yan Lan.
Seeing this, Shi Yuanyuan hurried forward, took the shopping bag from Yuan Zhou with a smile on his face, and said enthusiastically, "Come in, come in. It's dewy outside, be careful not to catch a cold."
Yuan Zhou didn't refuse. After handing the shopping bag to Shi Yuanyuan, she strode into the capsule. Although her steps were tired, her eyes sparkled with the joy of returning home.
As soon as she entered the capsule, she sat down on the chair without any hesitation. She seemed to have lost all her strength in an instant, and her upper body involuntarily fell on the dining table. She was obviously exhausted after the long journey.
As soon as she entered the capsule, she plopped down on a chair, her entire upper body leaning on the dining table, obviously exhausted.
Yan Lan found a place to sit at the dining table, holding Snowball. Seeing Yuan Zhou's exhausted appearance, she did not disturb her rest. She just silently picked up an unopened bottle of water and gently placed it in front of her.
Shi Yuanyuan slowed down a step, carrying the shopping bag, and followed closely behind Yuan Zhou, with an excited smile on his face.
He placed the shopping bag steadily on the dining table and greeted everyone enthusiastically: "Come on, come on, open it and see what treasures Yuan Zhou brought us!"
As the shopping bags were opened, the items were revealed to everyone one by one.
Shi Yuanyuan took out the items one by one. After playing the survival game for so long, he had seen all kinds of good things, but now, even the most ordinary bottle of mineral water surprised them.
"Wow, look! There are actually two bottles of mineral water!" Shi Yuanyuan shouted excitedly, "This way each of us has a water bottle. That's great!"
Then, he took out a towel, a pack of sausages and an Oreo cookie, each of which attracted everyone's attention and admiration.
However, the most exciting thing was that Yuan Zhou actually found two antennas and a power supply! These were the key materials they urgently needed to build a radio station.
Yan Lan carefully checked the instructions. In addition to the existing materials, to build a radio station, she would also need an antenna, a signal transmitter, and a signal receiver.
There are 10 sausages in a bag. Yuan Zhou ate two on the way, so now there are only 8 left in the bag.
Yan Lan, Luo Wen and Shi Yuanyuan were already dizzy with hunger. When they saw the sausages, they eagerly picked up one each, tore open the packaging with their teeth, and devoured them impatiently.
Yuan Zhou lay hunched over the table the entire time. Although exhausted, her gaze remained tenderly fixed on her teammates. Seeing their satisfied expressions over the sausages, she felt an indescribable sense of pride. She had lived up to her teammates' expectations.
Ham sausage is made of starch and meat. Each one is as thick as two thumbs and is very filling. After eating just one, your health points will be restored to 50+.
It was now late at night, and the three girls squeezed onto the bed, while Shi Yuanyuan put a few chairs together and lay down on them.
Not to mention, now that I have food in my stomach, my sleep quality has improved a lot. The pain of tossing and turning due to hunger no longer exists.
In the darkness, after briefly exchanging their experiences of the past few days, they each fell asleep.
The next morning, the four teammates woke up one after another. Although the basement was dark, the air was filled with a breath of rebirth.
Luo Wen was the first to wake up and the first to get busy.
She built a makeshift fire in the corner of the basement with some scrap wood she'd found and began to boil water. She polished the slightly worn enamel cup on the fire until it gleamed. They hadn't had any new drinking water for the past few days; every drop was brought from the tap and boiled over the fire.
When she entered the capsule with a glass of water, Shi Yuanyuan came in with a diary and muttered loudly, "Look everyone, there's a new reminder in the diary!"
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