Chapter 47: Super Mold 11
The man’s loud commotion in the Residential Area attracted many onlookers. When Chu Yian opened her window, she saw many people standing at their windows across the way.
Finally, the man was taken away by the police and people from the psychiatric ward.
When Chu Yian went out to throw away the trash that afternoon, she still heard the elderly in the Residential Area talking about it. “That young man this afternoon, he lives upstairs from me. I heard he couldn’t buy food a few days ago, and the stress was too much, so he had a mental breakdown.”
“Is that so?”
Another woman in a floral shirt shook her head, “Such a good young man, why did he end up like this?”
What a pity.
“But honestly, the nonsense he was spouting today was quite terrifying. Something about the crops in the fields being ruined, the seeds too. Animals are about to starve to death, so what will people eat?”
The old woman in black remembered his words and couldn’t help but pat her chest, “Young people nowadays really love to talk nonsense. If that were true, wouldn’t the world be in chaos?”
Isn’t the world in chaos right now? Indeed, a small wave of people has already entered the survival zone ahead of time.
Chu Yian felt that the man wasn’t mentally ill; perhaps the danger of the super mold had truly reached this point. How much longer could peace be whitewashed? If this news were announced, what kind of extreme measures would people take?
“Ah, the Residential Area’s dumpster smells terrible.”
“What’s wrong with the property management? It’s already been two days since they’ve handled it!”
The rich ladies living in the upscale Residential Area couldn’t stand the smell. They threw away their trash in disgust while complaining about the property management’s inefficiency.
Chu Yian then noticed that there seemed to be no security guard in the guardhouse at the main entrance. People returning complained about spending more money only to buy fewer supplies than yesterday.
Meanwhile, traffic on the streets was sparse, and the roads were full of trash.
Cleaners, garbage trucks, buses, taxis—everything common in daily life had gradually disappeared.
Does this mean the Government can’t keep it a secret much longer?
Chu Yian silently speculated in her heart, threw away the trash, and quickly went upstairs.
She now had only one goal: quickly find the clue represented by the badge, and then rush to the survival zone as soon as possible!
She focused intently on the drawing, and she really did find something—the largest mountain-shaped pattern on the badge wasn’t a mountain, but a flower!
Chu Yian stumbled upon the image on her phone after repeatedly trying to decipher the drawing.
It was her first time seeing a green flower with an outline like a mountain. The flower looked a bit strange even in the picture; this variety doesn’t exist in the real world.
This flower is called Mianchun, and it is the city flower of M City.
Suddenly, the national map she bought became useful!
She found the location of M City on the map, in the upper left corner. That place wasn’t far from her current X City, but its area was enormous!
It was 10 times the size of X City; it was larger than an entire province.
Chu Yian was dumbfounded. Her original plan to go to M City and wander around hoping for luck fell through. With no other option, she could only continue to painstakingly analyze the pattern on the badge.
She was so focused that day that she didn’t notice the TV channel, which usually broadcast news, played a drama series all day long… Game Day Seven
Chu Yian woke up very early.
Today was her treasure box opening day, so she decided to draw the blind box first.
[An ergonomic gaming chair]
[Note: Will be reclaimed after the game ends]
[Good Item’s Voice: A not-so-ergonomic ergonomic chair. Sitting for long periods, you will still get scoliosis or a herniated disc.]
Uh… it was useless.
However, the first time she drew important money, and the second time the utility knife saved her life. Even though this time she drew something useless, Chu Yian didn’t despise it in the slightest.
One must be tolerant of the treasure box.
Of course, “If the almighty treasure box can let me draw a handgun with infinite bullets again, then it is my god!”
Only after being robbed does one truly understand the importance of a weapon.
If she had a gun, she could almost walk sideways through the city.
“No gun is fine too; a divine weapon like the Fangtian Halberd is also very cool.”
Only when truly in need does one realize how cool that Fangtian Halberd is. Chu Yian, feigning talking to herself, but with ulterior motives, spoke towards the treasure box.
The implication was clear.
After drawing the treasure, she got out of bed.
Chu Yian meticulously washed her hands, wishing she could sterilize them in 100-degree water. After doing all this, she opened the refrigerator to get the only rice and cook porridge.
She also had a plan for eating her stored items. First, she would finish the chicken and rabbit meat, rice, and mushrooms—these semi-finished products—from the refrigerator. Instant noodles, compressed biscuits, and chocolate, which require no processing and quickly provide energy and satiety, were strategic supplies that could be taken away at any time.
After breakfast, she exercised for nearly an hour.
Just as she sat down, preparing to continue her struggle with the badge, she suddenly heard a “Holy crap!” from the opposite building.
Immediately, more people started shouting in their homes… Chu Yian was just a tenant and couldn’t join the owners’ group here. Similarly, she didn’t know why these people around her were wailing like this. But she soon found out, because her phone received several push notifications—
[Global food depleted!! The world’s total existing food can’t sustain the world’s population for three days!!]
[Moorst Tower—Seed Vault, all seeds have been taken away!]
[Elegy, the Minister of Food of XX country committed suicide by gunshot.]
[Super mold reproduces too quickly, expected to occupy Blue Star in 1 year!]
[Ni X Island has announced that the entire country is now in a state of anarchy.]
…All at once, many related super virus messages came one after another. It was as if the skyscrapers built by human civilization collapsed in an instant.
Chu Yian read through each message. Although she was mentally prepared, she was still shocked. The power of nature was so immense; just a tiny mold was enough to take down all of humanity.
And at this moment, the public could no longer control their emotions. They rushed out of the Residential Area, running in the streets. Their goal was basically consistent—
Heading towards the City Government!
Many young people still thought this was a huge joke, or felt it was novel and didn’t realize the seriousness of the situation at all. They walked along with whistles and strange cries.
Chu Yian stood upstairs, watching as the crowd grew larger and larger, converging towards the City Government at the highest point. She knew that everyone going there had the same reason—
They still held illusions about the situation. They wanted the most official people to tell them that the push notifications on their phones were all fake news.
Some even checked their calendars to see if it was April Fools’ Day, wondering if someone would fool the entire city. However, when they truly arrived at the City Government building, everything would ultimately disappoint them.
The City Government hall doors were tightly shut.
Today was Friday, 10 AM, which should have been a workday. Yet, there was no one in the City Government building, and the crowd gathered there suddenly felt a little panicked.
Everyone at this point was shouting for the mayor to come out; they wanted an explanation.
“Didn’t you swear that food mold was caused by dampness?”
“Didn’t you say food would be delivered soon?”
“Come out!”
“Someone come out for us!”
