Chapter 92: Global Nuclear Explosion 4
A roll of toilet paper.
Note: To be retrieved after this round of the game ends.
Good Item’s Thoughts: Do you dare to disdain a roll of brand new, clean toilet paper now?
I wouldn’t dare!
Absolutely not!
When she was hoarding supplies, she almost forgot about toilet paper, didn’t she? “Thank you, Grandpa Treasure Box!”
Chu Yian didn’t care if Grandpa Treasure Box understood or not; she just spoke in a smooth, ingratiating tone.
It was the first day of the game, 11 PM.
After finishing everything, Yian spent her first night of the game in the Subway Tunnel.
Game Day 2, 8 AM.
There was no sunlight in the tunnel, and it was dark all around.
She relied on her phone to check the time, and tried the radio again, but it was still just static. And in the Subway Tunnel, besides her, the only living person, there were a few surviving, not-so-pleasant small animals.
Game Day 3, 6 PM.
It had been about 32 hours since the nuclear explosion.
Logically speaking, she should stay for about another day, but more and more new small animals were appearing.
Rats.
And a group of rats without food.
Although Chu Yian could put food in her treasure box and only take it out when she needed to eat, these rats, having no food, would set their sights on her.
As the number of rats grew, she could no longer drive away these animal kingdom ruffians.
Even though she was wearing long sleeves and pants, she was still bitten.
Plague, rabies, and various infectious diseases… these potential dangers forced her to leave immediately and find a better place to stay.
She started walking forward along the tunnel.
Dozens of meters into the tunnel, she was blocked.
A cave-in directly blocked Chu Yian’s path forward. She turned and looked back. The hundred-meter stretch in front and behind her was both blocked by cave-ins, forming an enclosed space.
No wonder she had stayed in this section of the Subway Tunnel for a day and no one had come; there was a reason for everything.
But what to do now?
Both ends of the tunnel were blocked; where could she get out?
Chu Yian turned on her light, but the faint glow couldn’t illuminate the entire enclosed section. The tunnel was extremely quiet, with only the soft squeaking of rats.
Empty, quiet, and terrifying!
Chu Yian suddenly felt like she might have a tiny bit of claustrophobia.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…”
Rats were squeaking at her feet, even biting her shoes.
That’s right, why were there rats here? At the time of the nuclear explosion, there wasn’t a single rat around. In just a day and a half, the number of rats had increased from zero to dozens.
Unless they were originally from this place, the only explanation was that these rats had run in from other places.
This section of the road might not be completely blocked; there might still be gaps!
Thinking this, Chu Yian quickly shone her flashlight on the rats, looking at them one by one. Finally, following the direction of the rats’ movement, she found a small hole. A scrawny rat drill into the hole and instantly disappeared.
That’s it!
Chu Yian put on her gloves and began to dig away the nearby dirt and rocks.
The heavy dirt and cement blocks were gradually removed by her, and the tiger’s mouth area of her gloves was worn out. After three whole hours, she finally dug a hole in the blocked section. The opening was very small, just enough for her to crawl through.
Leaving this rat-infested, enclosed section, the first thing she did was disinfect.
Her ankle had been bitten by a rat.
She had prepared a first-aid kit, but it was buried in the rubble, and no medicine was salvaged. Now, she could only rinse the wound with plain water, hoping she wouldn’t get infected.
She dragged her painful wound and walked for a long time.
Suddenly, she heard people talking and sobbing ahead.
“Does anyone have water? Can anyone sell some water?”
“When will the Government and military rescue arrive?”
“Who can tell me what happened? Is this World War X?”
Chu Yian followed the sound and saw a faint light in the distance. It was a flashlight hanging on the platform, and there were green emergency exit signs around the platform.
She wasn’t the only survivor of the nuclear blast.
Humans are social animals. Upon seeing so many people, Chu Yian was happy for a second, and then she was cursed at.
“Get out, this is my spot!”
“Are you f***ing blind? You’re blocking me!”
“Get lost!”
Where there are many people, there are conflicts, especially at times like this.
The spots near the subway platform were already occupied. As for the more distant spots, a large amount of trash had been dumped there. If she couldn’t get a good spot, she would have to live among the trash. In the current situation, it didn’t seem better than her living alone with rats.
But this was only temporary.
After 72 hours, she would go up.
Staying underground indefinitely was not an option; finding a survival base was the key to ending the game.
She glanced at the person who had driven her away and silently found a spot in a corner. Clearing out the nearby trash, it made for a resting area. She had been harassed by rats all night yesterday and hadn’t really rested until now.
Where there were many people, there were fewer rats.
Chu Yian leaned against the wall, fully clothed, and closed her eyes to rest, not disturbed by the soft crying and talking around her, unable to fall asleep.
Then… she got a fever.
To be precise, the area where her ankle was bitten by the rat became infected, causing a fever. When Chu Yian woke up, she felt herself sweating all over, yet also extremely cold, with a headache and cough, feeling extremely unwell.
“Cough! Cough, cough, cough!”
A violent fit of coughing drew the attention of others towards Chu Yian.
“Is she sick?”
“Could it be radiation sickness?”
“People who are sick shouldn’t sleep near us. What if it’s contagious, and we don’t have any medicine now?”
If one person said it, the rest would think it. In the face of disaster, people are afraid of death. The looks cast around instantly became complicated. Chu Yian, seeing their expressions, had no choice but to cover her mouth, stand up, and leave.
Because she knew that if she didn’t leave, these people would ‘help’ her leave.
She left the crowd and walked towards the lighted area ahead. That place was already full of people, and when they saw Chu Yian stumbling over, almost everyone lowered their heads, and no one paid her any attention.
“Does anyone have fever reducers and antibiotics?”
No one answered.
Of course, no one would answer; they were all refugees, with almost nothing left.
Many people had saved their lives, but without water or food, they had been hungry for a whole day.
Seeing this, Chu Yian had no choice but to raise her voice and ask again, “Does anyone have antibiotics and fever reducers? I’ll trade mineral water and potassium iodide tablets!”
Water!
Hearing that word, many people looked up…
