Chang Jianyi placed the cardboard in the corner of the room, forming a cardboard bed. Shen Feng lay beside her, while she curled up nearby, her heart filled with panic. She was particularly worried about the situation outside and even more so about the fate of her family. However, speaking of fate, her own situation was not much better. She was trapped with a junior schoolmate who had a high fever and was unconscious. She didn't know how long their water and food would last.
Chang Jianyi also hoped for rescue, but she knew that with the zombie outbreak happening globally, rescuers might not prioritize her.
Suddenly, Chang Jianyi thought about the water supply and immediately took action. With the internet and electricity down, if the water also ran out, they would truly be in a desperate situation. Fortunately, there were two tin buckets in the utility room that could be used to store water. She dared not drink the rainwater outside, as it likely contained many viruses. Fortunately, Chang Jianyi reacted in time. After filling one and a half buckets of tap water, the water supply was cut off! Not a single drop of water flowed from the faucet anymore.
"Has the doomsday truly descended?" Chang Jianyi thought pessimistically.
Before, when Chang Jianyi heard legends of the end of the world, she thought it was nonsense. With such advanced technology, how could the end of the world happen? She thought such a scenario would only occur if many countries launched nuclear missiles.
At this moment, Chang Jianyi could only observe the outside through the window. The rain had stopped, but the zombies had not decreased. In the distance, she could vaguely see specks of light, perhaps from flashlights or candles. In any case, the scene of bright lights was gone. Since the beginning of the electrical age, Luzhou had always been brightly lit, but now the city had fallen into darkness after a long time.
"Senior, I want water," Shen Feng woke up again, but he was still weak, his eyes only able to open a slit. By the faint light from outside, he could see that his usually confident senior sister's face was filled with sorrow. However, he couldn't look for too long. After drinking some water, he fell unconscious again.
Shen Feng felt like his head was about to explode. His whole body was burning hot, accompanied by severe pain. He felt like he was dying, but for some reason, he didn't want to admit defeat, didn't want to die so obscurely. So, he struggled through the pain. His body was completely weak, and he felt intense pain from time to time. He didn't know how much longer he could hold on or how long this state would last.
Shen Feng felt as if he had fallen into boundless darkness. This feeling was truly terrible. He couldn't see light, couldn't hear sounds, and his whole body ached. Sometimes, he felt as if ants were biting him, making him extremely uncomfortable.
Although it was summer, Chang Jianyi was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt. It had just rained outside, so she felt cold. Chang Jianyi couldn't sleep, partly due to the cold and partly due to worry about her situation. So, she could only curl up in the corner, appearing exceptionally helpless.
The cold kept creeping in, and Chang Jianyi gradually couldn't bear it. In the end, Chang Jianyi saw Shen Feng lying beside her. She had no choice but to hug her feverish junior schoolmate for warmth, hoping the long night would pass quickly. "If only I had asked for some clothes, but now I can't even get out!" Chang Jianyi thought to herself.
Chang Jianyi reached out and touched Shen Feng's forehead, feeling a bit surprised. She thought, "This is clearly over forty degrees Celsius, isn't it? Can he still hold on? Normal people can't withstand such a high temperature. However, perhaps the virus will be killed?"
Holding her junior schoolmate, Chang Jianyi could feel his heavy breathing, indicating he was in great pain. But in the current situation, what else could she do? She could only wait for rescue!
Shen Feng's fever persisted, but Chang Jianyi finally had someone to keep her warm. Although hugging her junior schoolmate was not elegant, for the sake of warmth and survival, she couldn't care about such things now. After all, no one else could see what was happening inside the room.
The two spent the night embracing each other. Chang Jianyi could at least rely on her feverish junior schoolmate for warmth. But for Shen Feng, it was different. He was still in a state of confusion, his brain like mush, unable to remember anything. The only thing he could recall was that there seemed to be a senior sister beside him, and he should call her if he wanted water or food.
So, early in the morning, Chang Jianyi was woken up by her junior schoolmate in her arms. He weakly said, "I want water, I want food, senior sister, save me..."
Water was easy to handle, but Shen Feng had no strength to chew. Even when beef jerky from the bag was placed in his mouth, he couldn't chew and swallow it. Chang Jianyi was very anxious and quickly looked for other food, only to find that the softest food was shaqima. Without chewing, her junior schoolmate definitely wouldn't be able to swallow this. However, if he couldn't replenish his energy, how could he hold on? After all, a fever also required energy.
Chang Jianyi thought to herself, "If only you were a fat otaku, with so much fat, you could definitely hold on. But you don't have much fat on you!"
Of course, on second thought, if he were a fat otaku, Chang Jianyi wouldn't have invited him out. After all, walking side-by-side on the street, most people would say, "Flowers adorning cow dung, a wild boar has gobbled up a prize cabbage." Although Shen Feng was a bit of an otaku, as long as he didn't speak, he was a handsome young man on the street that everyone adored, and no one would say anything absurd.
"Senior sister, save me..." Shen Feng continued to mumble. At this point, he had lost consciousness and was only calling for help based on his subconscious.
Chang Jianyi suddenly thought of a solution. The situation was urgent, so she had to do this. She put the shaqima into her mouth, chewed it, and then fed it to Shen Feng. This time, Shen Feng swallowed it successfully, as it had become liquid. However, Shen Feng was still very hungry. Seeing that it was effective, Chang Jianyi could only continue feeding her junior schoolmate. In any case, they had come this far, and she couldn't just watch him fail to resist the virus due to lack of energy.
If he failed to resist the virus, and his body temperature couldn't kill the virus, Shen Feng might turn into a zombie.
"You scoundrel, making me do such a shameful thing. When you wake up, I'll make you compensate me doubly!" Chang Jianyi thought to herself.
Chang Jianyi had never had a boyfriend herself, so she had never even kissed anyone. Now, to protect Shen Feng, she had to sacrifice her innocence. In any case, for now, the priority was to save Shen Feng.
When she had nothing to do in the room, Chang Jianyi always liked to look outside, watching how people avoided zombies. She occasionally checked her phone, hoping to receive news of national rescue or a way to solve the zombie problem.
Unfortunately, the network was also down, making it clearly difficult to get the latest news online!
Three days passed unconsciously. On the fourth day, Shen Feng still had a high fever. However, when Chang Jianyi carefully felt the temperature on his forehead, she could keenly detect that Shen Feng's fever had subsided considerably. The temperature on his forehead was decreasing, indicating that Shen Feng was about to recover. During this period, Shen Feng's survival was entirely due to Chang Jianyi's thoughtful care. Every bit of food he consumed was "second-hand." Otherwise, Shen Feng would probably have starved to death.
During these days, national rescue still hadn't arrived. The people in the city had started self-rescue. Many families drove out with food and clothes. However, only one-fifth of these people managed to leave the city safely. Chang Jianyi watched clearly from the second floor. The road conditions were not good. Some drivers had turned into zombies and couldn't drive at all, so their cars were stuck on the road. Even worse, some caused car accidents, leaving scattered vehicles all over the road. It was highly likely that any attempt to leave the city would be blocked by these obstacles, and one also had to consider the possibility of being surrounded by zombies.
Zombies wouldn't avoid vehicles; they had no consciousness. When faced with oncoming vehicles, they would pounce. The final result was that zombies were hit and sent flying by the cars, and the cars' speed would also be reduced. The dark blood of the zombies would obstruct their vision, so many people were intercepted after their speed was reduced.
Fortunately, zombies couldn't open car doors and could only gnaw on the cars from the outside. But how could animal mouths bite through steel? So, they could only surround the cars and remain still. At this point, these people could be declared dead, because if they opened their car doors, it would be a sure death. However, if they didn't open the car doors, their food and water would eventually run out.
After much thought, staying at home seemed to be the safest option. But without rescue, it would only be a slow death. Chang Jianyi considered how to leave Luzhou after her junior schoolmate recovered. Perhaps they could take a boat downstream after leaving the city. The provincial capital should be the first recipient of aid. As long as they reached Yuzhou, it would be equivalent to being rescued. But her younger brother was still in the city; she couldn't abandon him.
"Why not take my junior schoolmate to the school to find my brother, and then leave? But that would be too dangerous, wouldn't it?" Chang Jianyi thought to herself.
On the night of the fourth day of the zombie outbreak, Chang Jianyi, as usual, hugged her junior schoolmate to sleep. Suddenly, she heard faint sounds. Listening carefully, the source of the sound was the utility room door. Someone was opening the door under the cover of night!
In the past few days, Chang Jianyi and Shen Feng had stayed in the room and hadn't gone out. Of course, the room door was actually locked, making it impossible to get out from inside! Yet, at this moment, someone was quietly opening the door under the dark and windy night!
Chang Jianyi dared not imagine who was outside. Because no matter who was opening the door, it represented danger. She immediately rushed to lock the door from the inside and brace it, shouting, "Who's outside?"
Chang Jianyi had thought that she and her junior schoolmate were the targets of caution for the people outside, so she hadn't locked the room door. Who would have thought that at this moment, someone would want to sneak in? What did they want to do by coming in? Did they want to kill them to eliminate future trouble?
A low voice came from outside: "Little sister, don't be so loud. I'm your team leader, Zhou Changkun. You haven't slept well for days, you must be very cold, right? I've come to bring you clothes. These are all branded clothes. You'll look great in them. Hurry and open the door!"
Zhou Changkun was, of course, the team leader of this logistics center, and it was he who suggested locking up Chang Jianyi and Shen Feng.
"If you're bringing clothes, why not come during the day? Why are you here so late at night? What are your intentions?" Upon hearing that the person outside was the logistics company's team leader, Chang Jianyi's vigilance was piqued. It was this guy who had found a way to lock her and her junior schoolmate up, and now he was trying to play tricks. Did he really think she was naive?
"Little sister, don't be nervous. I brought you clothes during the day, but others would definitely disagree. They're all afraid of zombies. I'm a kind-hearted person and can't bear to see you suffer, so I'm quietly helping you. To be honest, I'm just here to deliver clothes!" Zhou Changkun said in a low voice.
He said it was simple, but in reality, once the door was opened, it wouldn't be simple. Chang Jianyi wasn't easily fooled and directly said, "Put the clothes down. I'll get them myself after you leave. Just leave them at the door. I won't let you in anyway."
Seeing that she couldn't be easily fooled, Zhou Changkun had to resort to his ultimate move. He directly said, "Little sister, don't blame me for being nosy, but your boyfriend probably won't survive without medicine. I found two bottles of fever-reducing medicine while unpacking express deliveries today. If you meet my conditions, these two bottles of medicine will be yours. Think about it carefully!"
Zhou Changkun had identified the girl's weakness: her boyfriend. Now that he had the medicine in his hand, wouldn't this girl be easily captured? This was wisdom. Force wouldn't work; he had to coax and deceive. Once they were in bed, he wouldn't care about anything else!
"What conditions?" Chang Jianyi thought of the medicine in his hand and asked, suppressing her disgust.
Zhou Changkun didn't hide anything and said, "You're young, and I won't make things difficult for you. Just do what you can do. If you're willing to spend the night with me, these two bottles of medicine will be yours. Don't worry, I'm a person of my word, I never go back on my promises, and I never lie!"
Chang Jianyi cursed, "You lecherous old goat, trying to trick me! Go to hell! I tell you, I'd rather die in here than take your medicine!"
Zhou Changkun sneered, "You slut, what are you pretending to be so pure for? I'm telling you, you'll eventually give in. Don't you have much water and food left inside? If you don't agree to my terms, I'll starve you to death in here!"
After saying this, Zhou Changkun walked away. Chang Jianyi slowly returned to the cardboard bed, her heart filled with despair. She hadn't expected that the danger not only came from the outside but also from within. Someone was eyeing her body. If she agreed, she would probably be taken to bed by the guy outside, and then her innocence would be completely gone!
Zhou Changkun walked to the stairs, where the man in the suit was already waiting. He asked, "How is it? Did it succeed?"
Hearing the man in the suit's question, Zhou Changkun replied irritably, "If it had succeeded, would I be back so soon? I would have been enjoying myself long ago. What was your idea? That little girl is determined not to comply."
The man in the suit had colluded with Zhou Changkun. The two of them were in cahoots, planning to make a name for themselves in this chaotic world. Therefore, they first set their sights on Chang Jianyi. Such a pure young girl, probably inexperienced, of course, they had to get their hands on such a tender woman. So, they started to use coercion and enticement, but they didn't expect Chang Jianyi to see through it and not fall for it.
The man in the suit said helplessly, "Then we can only wait until that little girl gets hungry. I don't believe she won't yield then."
"I think so too."
After speaking, the two of them chuckled, both believing they would succeed.
Zhou Changkun knew very well that the food he had people throw in earlier was not much, and with two people inside, they would likely run out of food in a few days.
Zhou Changkun remembered Chang Jianyi's figure: curvy, fair-skinned, and quite attractive. If he could get his hands on her, he would have no regrets even if he died. It was a pity that when he had spent money before, he could only meet women in their thirties or forties, who had no charm at all.
Meanwhile, Chang Jianyi hugged Shen Feng and said softly, "Junior schoolmate, what should I do?"
Chang Jianyi had refused the harassment just now, but the thought of the dangers she might face in the future made her feel dejected. She had previously thought about saving her brother and finding her parents. Now, it seemed she couldn't even protect herself, yet she was still worrying about others. She was indeed too naive.
In the darkness of the night, Chang Jianyi felt the wickedness of human hearts for the first time. The world was clearly not like this before. But with the zombie outbreak and the turmoil of the world, all sorts of people had appeared! Clearly, everyone was in the same boat, yet some people were specifically targeting her with malicious intent. Chang Jianyi became increasingly fearful. She was always worried that if someone broke in from the door, wouldn't she only be at the mercy of that greasy middle-aged man?