The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 21 Living a Peaceful Life

Six people plus a shut-down robot, a bunch of water and several large bags of food—even with the spacious interior of the G-Wagon, they were still incredibly cramped. Lu Yuan suddenly felt as if he were on a crowded subway, and the zombie outbreak was just a bizarre dream.

Gu Nanfeng drove his G-Wagon, used his phone to open the partition between the underground parking lot of the villa area and the commercial area, quickly rushed over and closed it again. Although he was quick, a few zombies still followed. Yang Xiao got a little excited and wanted to get out of the car and smash their heads, but fortunately Lu Yuan stopped him.

Gu Nanfeng's villa was located in the villa area closest to the scenic spot. It took five or six minutes to circle around the parking lot to reach the entrance of the villa's garage. In doing so, he managed to lose the zombies that had followed him, which could be considered as resolving the zombie crisis.

The car was parked in the garage, and all six people landed safely. Wei Guo was also happy to have his moment of truth.

After the group entered the villa's basement from the garage, Gu Nanfeng had Pei Sihao take Yang Xiao and the other two upstairs with their backpacks while they checked the doors and windows. Lu Yuan, Wei Guo, and Gu Nanfeng stayed behind to carry the remaining supplies upstairs.

Actually, this house was originally reserved for him, so the security is quite good. He usually checks whether the doors and windows are closed when he leaves. However, this arrangement was made to get them out of the way.

After Lu Yuan saw them leave, he took out a generator, fuel, and an old-fashioned radio from his spatial storage. These two items were necessary at the moment, or they could be explained as things that were already in the villa, so Gu Nanfeng suggested taking them out first. He also took enough food and drinks from the supermarket warehouse, which were not needed for the time being. If they really got hungry later, Wei Guo could keep watch while the three of them secretly hid and improved their meals.

Gu Nanfeng's villa has three floors. After Pei Sihao and Yang Xiao checked all the doors and windows on the three floors, Lu Yuan and Wei Guo had already moved the last two bottles of water to the living room, and Gu Nanfeng had also installed the generator in the basement.

They placed the old-fashioned radio on the coffee table in the living room and tried to tune it. The sound crackled and popped, and after trying for a long time, there was no response. However, Yang Xiao couldn't resist and quickly found several frequencies.

Lu Yuan discovered that this radio could receive not only local broadcasts but also broadcasts from Beijing. One of the channels seemed to be nationally unified, and there were also many international channels. This was truly an essential gadget for the apocalypse.

"Your family's old antique is really something. This thing was quite expensive back then," Yang Xiao said softly, touching the radio a few more times.

Everyone was excited about the old-fashioned radio's capabilities and didn't notice what Yang Xiao was muttering to himself. After thinking for a moment, they decided to keep the radio on the local broadcast channel. They mainly needed to stay informed about the disaster situation in their city, and would switch to other channels to hear about other areas in case of emergencies.

DAY15

They spent a peaceful day in the villa. Apart from still not being able to take a shower and the food being rather mediocre, it was the most comfortable day they had since the outbreak of the virus.

This villa is in a very remote location, surrounded by residential greenery. It's clearly the kind of place built for a real estate developer to live in, with an excellent environment and location.

So the six people currently living there, unless someone specifically mentions it, don't seem to be living in a zombie apocalypse.

"It would be even better if we could solve the water problem." Ever since Zhong Qiang wiped himself down with a wet wipe that day, he hasn't wiped himself down again. He's the kind of person who can't sit still. While others are lying or sitting quietly, he has to wander around up and down the stairs, making him feel uncomfortable all over now.

“Speaking of the water problem, it hasn’t rained for 15 days.” Lu Yuan happened to be sitting in the courtyard and looked up to see the bright sun in the sky.

In the past few days, the city's radio broadcasts have only been reporting on the situation at the shelters and the construction of safe bases. The good news is that no safe bases have fallen yet, but the bad news is that not a single broadcast has mentioned that the water problem has not been resolved.

This is indeed a big problem. Food and daily necessities are relatively easy to deal with, but if the water problem is not resolved, the next crisis will come soon. In such sweltering heat, with power shortages and no air conditioning to cool down, how many days can people go without drinking water?

DAY30

The villa's water supply problem was unsolvable, but fortunately they had enough drinking water. When they were bored, the six of them would play cards and mahjong on one machine. These things were actually secretly taken out of Lu Yuan's space, but they all lied and said they found them in the basement.

Another ten days or so passed in a daze. One of the remaining four shelters in G City fell into enemy hands. Fortunately, the safe base at the city's central hospital was basically completed. In the past few days, the survivors from the remaining three shelters were transferred in a unified manner and all arrived at the safe base relatively smoothly.

"Go to the safe base sooner so you can enjoy the benefits sooner. Why don't you understand?" Every time Zhong Qiang heard such a broadcast, he tried to persuade the others to move to the shelter. Although they had no shortage of food and drink, he really didn't want to eat bread or compressed biscuits anymore. He felt like he was losing his sense of taste.

"That's what you read in novels. In our situation, it's better to just lie low." Pei Sihao joked as he played his cards. He and Lu Yuan had actually secretly had a few private meals together, and Gu Nanfeng had participated a few times as well. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to stand eating only bread or compressed biscuits every day.

“But isn’t Senior Brother Pei from the medical school? The safety base must be short of doctors right now, wouldn’t it be better to go there and help?” This was the first time Ruan Wen had followed Zhong Qiang’s lead and discussed the issue of whether or not to go to the safety base with them. He then turned to look at Lu Yuan, “Lu Yuan, aren’t you also going to the Central Hospital to find your father?”

Ruan Wen didn't know that Lu Yuan's father had been cryogenically frozen. She only thought he was hospitalized at the Central Hospital. In fact, when Lu Yuan learned that the safe base was built at the Central Hospital, he wasn't too worried about his father. After all, the hospital's cryogenic storage was underground in the base. Unless the base was destroyed, his father should be fine.

“That’s right. Xiao Yuan’s dad is in the hospital, so he’s safe right now. It wouldn’t be appropriate for Xiao Yuan to risk going there. It’s better for him to stay here.” Pei Sihao successfully played his cards and happily grabbed a small handful of potato chips that Yang Xiao had secretly taken and swallowed them in one bite, which made Yang Xiao furious. “As for me, all the students in the medical school know that I, Pei Sihao, am just here to get a diploma. If I go to the hospital to help, wouldn’t that be more of a hindrance than a help?”

In fact, Gu Nanfeng had learned a little about Ruan Wen from the professor before. Ruan Wen came from a poor family and had finally managed to get into G University. He was also appreciated by the professor and exceptionally became the only undergraduate in their research group. He was usually very obedient and cooperated diligently with all tasks. He might have some minor ulterior motives, but they were all harmless.

But after spending more than ten days together, Lu Yuan sensed a slight change in him. It seemed that he didn't want to stay in the villa for refuge, but wanted to go to the safe base. Zhong Qiang's eagerness to go to the safe base was also due to Ruan Wen's intentional or unintentional hints.

Clearly, the discussion ended again with Pei Sihao's ramblings, and Lu Yuan could sense Ruan Wen's dissatisfaction with the result from his subtle expressions.