Chapter 299: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 300: Apocalyptic Natural Disaster Cannon Fodder (8)

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao looked around everywhere, finally fixing her gaze on the person at the very front.

It was Wei Mingyu, dressed in a white protective suit, with only his cold eyes visible.

She walked over and greeted him, with no time for pleasantries between the two.

Too busy—Wei Mingyu's profession destined him to never be idle.

"Line up, line up properly, don't crowd!" the manager shouted everywhere with a speaker, making the originally noisy crowd even more chaotic.

After no one else appeared, the manager didn't care whether the line was sorted and stepped forward first, drawing complaints from everyone.

Under Wei Mingyu's reminder, Shen Yao hurried to catch up; although the loose protective suit could block the scorching sunlight pouring straight down from the sky, the thick, sturdy material made wearing it far from easy.

Especially since they each carried their own packages; by the time they reached the road outside the residential area, many were panting with arms propped up.

Naturally there were no cars—in other words, they had to walk there.

"It's so hot, when will we ever get there?"

Someone in the line was dissatisfied, shouting and complaining, and even threw themselves on the ground, refusing to walk.

The manager didn't answer; the man standing with Wei Mingyu spoke up, "The road has been melted by the sun, and vehicle tires are no longer fit for the road."

"Speed up, it's only an hour—don't delay our journey."

As soon as the words landed, it provoked everyone even further—what do you mean "only an hour"? Walking under the sun is already miserable enough, and now they have to carry luggage and walk an hour to reach their destination; it's as if they don't want them to live.

"No way, no car, I'm not going. At worst I won't go; staying home isn't impossible."

"Right, there's everything at home. I heard the shelter is crude; better not to go."

"……"

Once one spoke up, more and more people in the line began saying they wouldn't go.

Shen Yao was naturally not among them; she still agreed with going to the shelter. The outdoor temperature kept rising, and although it might not be dry by the end of the month, the temperature had changed frequently these past few days, and it would surely rebound temporarily.

Staying outdoors was gambling with one's life; Shen Yao didn't want to put herself in danger.

"Those who want to stay can stay, but the official won't organize manpower for evacuation anymore."

Regarding these troublemakers, the man who stepped forward to speak did not compromise.

He simply produced a printed liability waiver for them to sign, and emphasized again that this was a society ruled by law, and all unlawful behavior would be arrested.

So don't harbor any illusions about breaking into others' homes; once discovered, all will be locked up.

"Tch, who are you scaring?" No one was around anyway—wasn't it just do whatever they wanted?

The unwilling ones muttered there, but the liability waiver still made those with weak resolve give up quarreling and silently follow the line.

Talk is cheap; once it came to this, many would lose their nerve.

Shen Yao snorted, silently adjusting the weight of the backpack in her hand, keeping a relatively normal pace behind the advancing line.

One hour, fast or slow, they finally saw the shelter located underground.

The entrance was a large supermarket's parking lot, reinforced and renovated on that basis.

Of course there were other shelters around, but shelters were divided by district; theirs counted as upper-middle treatment, backed by a supermarket with food and drink assured.

"Register first, receive your Identity Watch, then go to your respective districts to rest."

Wei Mingyu and the others didn't just see them off in one wave; they had other missions.

The two nodded, Shen Yao standing at the back of the long line waiting to enter the shelter, while Wei Mingyu turned around and went out with his colleagues to carry out missions.

After waiting about half an hour, Shen Yao received her own Identity Watch, entered the relevant information, and received her rations—two palm-sized loaves of bread and a bottle of water—then turned toward her living district.

Divided from A to F, no exceptions; everyone was treated equally.

Because Shen Yao was a girl and came alone, the staff assigned her to C District, where most were girls and the environment was comparatively cleaner.

"Don't just stand there; a few tents don't have enough people—go pick one," people were divided within tents, and the fewer the people, the higher the price.

Shen Yao directly chose a four-person tent and paid in cash.

The responsible staff member hurriedly drew a circle and entered the information into her phone.

Instantly, Shen Yao's watch received a message—the exact location of the tent she was to stay in.

"Go on; if you have matters, find me. Meals are distributed every morning from eight to ten."

The staff member was busy; after saying a couple of sentences to Shen Yao, she ran off to greet others.

Seeing this, Shen Yao grabbed her backpack and hurriedly wound through the various obstacles twisting and turning before her eyes, finally finding her own tent.

There were people in the tent, but the watch functions were interconnected; since she was assigned there, the people in the tent could all know.

So no one made things difficult; each occupied a corner clearly divided, especially since Shen Yao was the last to arrive, leaving only the bunk near the inside.

"Tidy up; there's a washroom on this floor—you can take a shower."

Showering cost money, but the fee wasn't high; all the residents were young women, and everyone wanted to be clean.

Shen Yao put down her luggage, nodded with an "en," and thanked her.

Taking advantage of the moment, the others in the tent were also secretly sizing up Shen Yao; all three were young, some even younger than Shen Yao.

Without removing her protective suit, Shen Yao took out her change of clothes and hurried to take a shower.

Huff

She finally came back to life; although her stomach was growling with hunger, fortunately her lodging was settled—next was just to endure, to endure until the drought ended.

"The drought ends with a rainstorm; after the rainstorm comes cooling and a cold wave. System, according to the difficulty of the natural disaster, after going around in circles, the casualties on the entire planet are heavy."

Not a moment's rest—natural disasters came one after another in quick succession.

"No way, the planet is saving itself and can barely take care of itself; who has the energy to care whether humans can survive?"

Anyway, the news the system received from the World Consciousness was not optimistic.

Person and System could only complain in their hearts; on the surface, they still wore a grim face.

Shen Yao returned to the tent, put away the protective suit in her hand, and saved it for use when they left later; it was not a disposable item, and it was said that if cherished, it could last a long time.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Lin, this is Li Na, and the one beside me is Wang Jin."

Zhou Lin was fair-skinned and clean, short in stature, but spoke very kindly.

Li Na in the distance looked arrogant, while Wang Jin seemed rather weak, saying nothing and only burying herself in her own work.

There was nothing to do at the Shelter; most people who came here just stayed to get by, and daily meals could be collected at the Hall, but it was only enough to keep from starving; if they wanted to eat well, they had to rely on themselves, whether by buying or making it themselves.

"Hello, I'm Shen Yao," there was no need to say anything else; they were strangers who met by chance, and living here was also fate.

"Sigh, when you came over, did you notice the situation outside? How serious is it?"

Shen Yao was the last to arrive; the other three had already been staying in the tent for several days.

Li Na quickly walked over, took Shen Yao's hand, and began gossiping about things outside.

There was one lamp hanging above the Shelter, turning on and off on schedule; they had stayed here so long they could no longer tell the time, and if it weren't for the many people to talk to often, staying alone would probably lead to depression.

Shen Yao casually shook off Li Na's hand, "Outside isn't that serious, there are still many people who haven't come," there were always oddballs at any time.

Having lived in peaceful times for too long, the proportion of people with abnormal minds was not small.

Li Na snorted, "I didn't want to come either; if it weren't truly unavoidable," speaking halfway she suddenly felt it was meaningless, and Li Na turned around and left listlessly.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao blinked and met Zhou Lin's embarrassed face.

"Don't mind her, she's just unhappy," Zhou Lin knew more, understood Li Na's prickliness, comforted Shen Yao with a few words, then left on the excuse of having business.

Shen Yao watched these two people; after they left, she shifted her gaze to Wang Jin.

Wang Jin was currently lying on the bed resting and hadn't noticed Shen Yao's small movements. But even if she noticed, she probably wouldn't be afraid; the surroundings were full of people, densely packed like a large vegetable market; even if they caused a small problem, it wouldn't have much impact.

Shen Yao continued organizing the luggage she brought, and by the way ate the bread given by the staff to fill her belly.

At eleven o'clock, the Shelter turned off the lights on time, and Shen Yao lay on the bed, tilted her head, and fell asleep.

When she opened her eyes again, it was the next morning; outside, the incandescent lights were on, and her watch showed it was already seven-thirty.

Food was distributed at eight o'clock; she couldn't miss it.

She hurriedly got up from bed, took her washing supplies, and ran to the nearby bathhouse to quickly tidy herself up; by the time Shen Yao queued to collect food, the line had already stretched out a long segment, with no end in sight.

Shen Yao queued silently; by the time she collected her food and returned, it was already nine o'clock.

She finished the bread with the distributed water, secretly ate a few pieces of meat pu from her space, then curled up on the bed browsing her phone and laptop.

Unfortunately, the underground signal was too poor, and the network connection would drop from time to time; Shen Yao had no choice but to disconnect from the network and type, clearing her mind of random thoughts.

After a long time, Shen Yao staying at the Shelter was no longer very clear about the time.

Even with her phone, watch, and animals as references, it still made her feel dazed.

People in the tents around would cause some trouble every now and then, like fighting; Shen Yao had personally witnessed no fewer than two dozen such incidents.

Every time Shen Yao hid quickly, afraid these things would find her and affect her ability to continue staying at the Shelter to scrape by.

Occasionally in the evening, she could still receive news from the outside on her phone or watch; they were all notifications of temperatures off the charts—50℃ was no longer the limit, and some places had already reached 65℃; it was truly taking human lives.

Rimu City was relatively low in temperature, but the situation at the Shelter wasn't much better; every day they hid in a 30℃ steamer just to scrape by, and many people had developed depression.

Just when Shen Yao was starting to feel she couldn't hold on any longer, news came that the persistently high temperatures were starting to drop; this drought was going to end.

"This is the beginning; there are other natural disasters to come," Shen Yao held no hope; when she received the news, she was holding a philosophy book and studying it.

To be honest, in such an environment, if one couldn't find something to do, it was very easy for a person to suffer a mental breakdown.

Shen Yao couldn't bring herself to indulge, so she directly made herself busy.

Day after day, she did the endless work, controlling her brain so it had no chance to think this and that.

You have to know that among the three girls in her tent, two had quickly found boyfriends and moved away early; her roommates were constantly changing.

The remaining Wang Jin was truly a nonentity; even if bullied, she wouldn't speak up, so Shen Yao couldn't find a way to speak up even if she wanted to.

Sigh

These vexing days were finally coming to an end; truly something to celebrate.

When the outdoor temperature slowly dropped back to 40℃, the Wedding Guests staying at the Shelter began to evacuate in an orderly manner.

Because experts predicted that there would be rainstorms in the next few days.

"Rainstorm?"

Shen Yao was wearing a protective suit, and the backpack on her body had become much lighter.

Beside her was Wei Mingyu, who had lost a circle of weight; compared to Shen Yao, he was simply a pitiful creature.

"Rainstorm, it's said to be a once-in-a-century event, accompanied by hail."

Wei Mingyu carried the backpack for Shen Yao; he was on rare vacation this time.

Let Shen Yao, if convenient, ask people to install stronger glass as soon as possible, and also the sewer problem; once it rains, it will be too late to do these things.

Shen Yao thanked Wei Mingyu for his kindness; she had considered these problems long ago, and the few bags of cement at home were for sealing the sewers.

It was just unknown whether, if this rain was too heavy, they would have a relocation plan.

"Probably not; Rimu City is at a high altitude, and the city has reinforced the underground drainage system; if nothing unexpected happens, Rimu City won't be flooded; even if there are a few low-lying areas, no water will accumulate."

It was other cities, especially coastal cities, that had bigger trouble.

Wei Mingyu hesitated for a while and quietly told Shen Yao about migration matters. The Official planned to gradually relocate the population of coastal cities to various places inland.

Rimu City was one of them; a piece of land had already been designated for construction; some of the work they had been busy with before was part of these.

"Will there be many people?" Rimu City was a mountainous area with not many places to live; plus environmental differences, many people couldn't adapt.

"Not few, already have movement," the temperature drop is a good way to pass the time; while there's still time, bring in several more trips now, to save trouble later.

Previously, the Official had not made up their mind, but this drought completely sobered the Official; human strength is insignificant and weak before natural disasters.

"When there are more people, Official management will be stricter," they belong to the Rear Area; others struggle to survive, their goal being to come here to live anew.

Shen Yao has a cheat, taking a step ahead to reach a starting point the Wedding Guests cannot catch up to; as long as she doesn't court death and lives seriously from now on, she will live better than the vast majority of Ordinary People.

The two discussed migration issues all the way; when they arrived at the residential area at their Home's doorway, they were directly shocked by the chaos inside the residential area.

Despite having made preparations, seeing many homes with broken Glass and smashed Locks still filled people with indignation.

Some of the troublemakers had already died, some had been caught and taken inside, but this could not make the Victims happy.

Shen Yao pursed her lips, gazing at her own Window full of cracks, her brow tightly furrowed.