Chapter 225: Super Flood 11
Hearing Chu Yian’s words, the two men’s expressions gradually changed from fear to bashful coyness.
“This… this isn’t very good.”
“Actually, I’m still an innocent young man. If… if you want to do bad things, please be gentle.”
Chu Yian was bewildered by their coy behavior.
Lu Qingyuan’s veins bulged on his forehead. “Scram.”
When the two heard Lu Qingyuan’s dismissal, and then looked at the alluring little figure of the girl in the firelight, they were a little reluctant to scram.
Chu Yian was also surprised by Lu Qingyuan’s response. “When did Teacher Lu become so kind?” she wondered. “If they run back and bring accomplices to attack us again, what then?”
They definitely couldn’t let them go.
“Strip them naked and hang them up with ropes. Hang them near the window to serve as a warning to anyone who wants to mess with us.”
Li Si and the other man’s faces turned from rosy to ashen upon hearing this.
One moment, this person was a wanton, delicate maiden; the next, her heart was as ruthless as the King of Hell.
“Just hanging them is enough, why strip their clothes?”
Lu Qingyuan even felt it was a bit perverse.
“Of course, it’s for intimidation. Two men hanging and two naked men hanging—the latter is obviously more intimidating.”
Chu Yian said, looking at the extinguished piece of wood in her hand. “Then, use charcoal to write the character for ‘death’ on their bodies. The effect would be explosive.”
She thought what she said made perfect sense, but Lu Qingyuan didn’t adopt her suggestion!
He merely hung the two men upside down in the air, and casually made a simple alarm device near the window using tin cans.
Perhaps it was the deterrent effect of the two men hanging upside down, but no one else showed up for the rest of the night.
As soon as dawn broke, Chu Yian and Lu Qingyuan ate a simple meal of biscuits soaked in hot water, then boarded the rubber dinghy and resumed their journey.
Of course, before they left, they let down the two hanging men.
After being hung upside down for several hours, the two men had long lost all their strength. They rushed to the remaining bonfire as if granted a great pardon, warming themselves until Chu Yian and Lu Qingyuan’s rubber dinghy was completely out of sight. Only then did they angrily curse the departing duo.
“What kind of people are they? Perverts!”
“Having weapons and a yacht makes them so great? Does that mean they can trample on others’ dignity? It’s too much!”
“Bah, I curse them to capsize sooner or later…”
The two men’s voices echoed from the warehouse, but unfortunately, Chu Yian could no longer hear them. Otherwise, she would surely have returned to strip their clothes and hang them upside down again.
Day four of the game.
The rain grew heavier.
The water level rose again, already reaching the third floor.
Yesterday, two or three helicopters appeared in the city, hovering in the sky, dropping some supplies into the high-rises and the water. But apart from that, no further rescue was seen.
Today, more people ventured out in the rain to search for supplies.
Most of these people were confident in their swimming skills, stripped to the waist, diving into the water to salvage food. These were mostly family units, where those in the water retrieved food from below, and those in the building stored the items.
There were also people nearby holding large amounts of cash, or gold and jewelry, or even property deeds, to exchange for freshly salvaged food.
However, the current situation was that money had depreciated to a terrifying extent, making it very difficult to trade these valuables for anything.
Stealing and robbing.
Such incidents were becoming more and more common.
But this had nothing to do with Chu Yian, as they were floating on the water.
Yet, floating on the water was not much easier than being on land.
The wind was strong, rain drenched their hair, flowing down their faces and necks into their clothes. Their clothes, dry in the morning, were already damp by noon. Their hands were constantly paddling, and their lower bodies were numb from sitting.
And today, using the “Creation from Nothing” skill, Grandpa Treasure Box directly threw her a stack of useless banknotes.
Evening
They found an unfinished building.
The building was just a simple frame, with nothing inside but construction waste, yet people had already moved in. When their rubber dinghy approached the building and they saw four or five people scattered in small teams inside, they were somewhat surprised.
They hadn’t considered other places, but other residential buildings had even more survivors.
“Teacher Lu, should we go in?”
Chu Yian looked at him.
The temperature at night was lower than during the day, their clothes were soaked, and their physical strength was exhausted. Sleeping in the rubber dinghy was not a good option.
“Let’s go up, I’ll go first.”
Lu Qingyuan said, climbing through the window first.
Chu Yian handed him one end of the rubber dinghy’s rope from outside, then passed him the wet branches they had collected along the way from inside the boat. She took everything out of the rubber dinghy and began to deflate it.
Just as the two were busy, people inside the building started gathering towards them.
The young man’s gaze lingered on Chu Yian and Lu Qingyuan, then shifted to their deflated rubber dinghy placed at their feet. “A boat is a good thing. Where did you get it, brother?”
“Scram.”
Lu Qingyuan said coldly, and his words instantly changed the young man’s expression.
“You’re f***ing arrogant.”
The young man’s tone changed, and his companions behind him stood up. Five burly men surrounded the two of them, holding red fire axes.
Besides these young men, there were other people in the room.
Everyone was staring at the scene unfolding, but their eyes were indifferent, and no one spoke to stop it.
The young men sneered and directly swung their axes to attack.
Lu Qingyuan gave the man in the middle an over-the-shoulder throw, while Chu Yian kicked another man’s wrist, deflecting the axe he was swinging at Lu Qingyuan.
With a bang, a gunshot rang out. Lu Qingyuan had fired.
It wasn’t a warning shot; it directly pierced the waist of the leading young man.
All the young men stopped. The man on the ground was clutching his wound and howling in pain.
This shot immediately intimidated everyone.
Chu Yian seized the opportunity to confiscate the axes, then found a wind-sheltered spot by the window. From her chosen position, radiating three meters forward, she directly used the young man’s blood to draw a clear boundary line.
“From now on, everything within the red line is our territory. Anyone who forces their way in will do so at their own risk.”
No one dared to approach; everyone became obedient.
Even if someone looked at them, they didn’t dare to stare openly.
By this time, the weather had grown dim.
Chu Yian took out a flashlight, turned it on, and hung it on the wall. Then, using the light, she started a fire.
In a damp environment, starting a fire is a very troublesome task. Otherwise, this floor wouldn’t be pitch black at night, despite having so many survivors.
At such a time, the stack of unusable banknotes given by Grandpa Treasure Box became excellent kindling.
And Chu Yian had packed a bag of dry wood at their previous stop. These pieces of wood, placed on the small flame, quickly made the fire grow larger.
The surrounding gazes once again converged on them, filled with envy and longing—
In the current environment, even a single flame was extremely precious.
