mynovelweb Chapter 5 Rainwater Pollution: The Prostitute's Fee is a Spatial Ring
Chapter 5 Rainwater Pollution: The Prostitute's Fee is a Spatial Ring
DAY3
The little bit of food in the dormitory wasn't even enough for three grown men to eat for a day, but they managed to eat it for three days straight, with water being their main source of sustenance each day.
"This unknown pathogen has broken out almost simultaneously worldwide and is highly aggressive towards AI robots, making them unable to carry out rescue work. Our municipal government has mobilized all stationed troops in the city to conduct rescue operations. All citizens are requested to strictly adhere to the silence order and await government and military assistance." Food was even scarcer today, so Lu Yuan drank a lot of water and kept fighting with Pei Sihao for the toilet.
Today's news finally stopped focusing on the number of robot rescue teams the government had dispatched. The robot rescue teams sent out two days ago struggled to deliver supplies, mostly being torn apart by zombies en route. Actually, judging from the drone footage, there weren't many zombies in G City; people were obediently hiding in the quarantine zone. Today, the government joined forces with the military. Although the virus has broken out globally, Lu Yuan, watching the news, still had plenty of confidence in the government, feeling the crisis would be resolved by tomorrow.
The three people in the dormitory and their machine were all full of confidence as they waited for government rescue. The news also broadcasted the rescue team's rescue situation in real time. Early in the morning, the military and government personnel went to kindergartens, primary and secondary schools throughout the city in groups, giving priority to ensuring the children's food and supplies, and then went to major nursing homes and hospitals in batches.
However, just as the military supply trucks were reloaded and were preparing to head to the university town and various residential areas, a sudden downpour disrupted the entire schedule. It wasn't that the soldiers couldn't brave the rain, but rather that, in the live broadcast, a dozen or so soldiers who were loading supplies onto the trucks in the rain were infected with the virus without any contact and turned into zombies within a minute, starting to attack the work robots next to them.
Because of their military background, they were even more violent and faster than the other zombies, destroying all the robots on site in the blink of an eye and starting to attack their nearby comrades, making the scene instantly bloody. The government quickly suspended the rescue operation, deciding to wait for the torrential rain to stop before making further arrangements.
The three people who watched the entire live stream glanced at their water glasses and unanimously decided to fill them with more water to store, since they had no food left.
"It just rained like that, is this water still drinkable?" Lu Yuan had just turned on the tap when he heard Pei Sihao's soul-searching question.
“I think it’s no longer safe to drink.” PC004261 sighed.
"When I read post-apocalyptic novels, I fantasized about being reborn to stock up on supplies in advance, and then punishing those bad guys who steal other people's supplies in the apocalypse." Lu Yuan put down his water glass, stared at the ceiling, and complained to God why He didn't give him a chance to be reborn and stock up on supplies.
"You're quite the chuunibyou, huh?" Pei Sihao ruffled Lu Yuan's hair. He'd been wanting to do this for the past few days. Lu Yuan's hair was a bit light, turning a brownish color in the sunlight. His hair was soft and fluffy, and it must feel really nice to ruffle. Sure enough, he guessed right.
“I also want an infinite space…” Lu Yuan froze when he said the word “space”.
Pei Sihao found his stunned expression amusing and adjusted his glasses, which had slipped slightly as he tried to suppress his laughter, saying, "Wanting to have space is even more childish."
Pei Sihao's teasing didn't get a response from Lu Yuan, which made Gu Nanfeng, who had already walked back to the living room, turn around to look. But Lu Yuan just stood there motionless, though it was clear that his thin lips were slowly opening, and opening wider and wider until they could fit an egg in them.
A floating, semi-transparent interface appeared in front of Lu Yuan, somewhat resembling the inventory interface that holographic game streamers opened when he was bored.
There are about a hundred small squares on the interface, and there are page number labels in the lower left corner, but they are displayed as 1/..., so it is not clear how many pages there are.
Lu Yuan carefully examined the hundred small squares. He could recognize some of the thumbnails at a glance, while others were beyond his comprehension. Several squares in the third row featured Lu Yuan's favorite Blue Label soda. He took a closer look and noticed that the bottom left corner of each icon also displayed the number 9999.
In that instant, a 300ml bottle of soda suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yuan and began to fall freely. Lu Yuan reached out, but missed, and the soda hit the ground with a "thud." The three people and the machine in the room were completely dumbfounded.
"Xiao Yuan! How can you face your father? You're hoarding supplies at a time like this!" Pei Sihao picked up the Coke from the ground first, looking at Lu Yuan, who was still acting foolishly, with a face full of disappointment.
From Gu Nanfeng's angle, he could clearly see that the Coke bottle had appeared out of thin air; it wasn't something Lu Yuan had hidden in his clothes and dropped out. Just as he was about to speak, PC004261 was already projecting the footage he had just recorded onto the dormitory TV.
Lu Yuan looked at everyone, then pointed to the floating interface in front of him. No matter how he turned his face, the interface remained as stable as a mountain. "Can't you see it?"
"What should we see? Seeing the soda spill out, isn't that enough to prove you're hoarding it?" Pei Sihao's attention was focused on the bottle of cola and Lu Yuan's hoarding, and he didn't even look at the projection on the TV, so he didn't know that this was a bottle of "alien water"!
Lu Yuan knew that Gu Nanfeng and the police officer saw the cola fall out of thin air. He then pointed to the floating interface in front of them and saw them shake their heads in unison. He knew that only he could see this interface.
Looking at the interface before him, Lu Yuan guessed that he had probably hit the jackpot and triggered a system in this apocalypse! So, while mentally calling out to the system, he shouted in a childish, chuunibyou-like manner, "Prepare to accept this incredible wealth, Lu Xiaoyuan!"
Then, the backpack interface in front of him disappeared.
"Hmm?" Lu Yuan blinked, but the interface still didn't appear. He kept calling out to the system in his mind, but to no avail.
"Xiao Yuan, what's wrong?" Gu Nanfeng watched as Lu Yuan's expression changed from ecstatic to utterly dejected. Recalling what Lu Yuan had secretly taken out to sell a few days ago, he had some guesses in his mind, but he also felt that his thoughts were ridiculous.
"Senior Brother Gu, I think I triggered a system, but I can't get out of it now." Lu Yuan pointed at Kele, who was being held tightly by Pei Sihao, and looked at Gu Nanfeng with a bitter face, after all, the other party usually seemed very reliable.