Chapter 1: The Great Flood

Chapter 1: The Great Flood

"BOOM!"

A flash of lightning suddenly tore through the pitch-black sky.

The pale electric light, like a sharp sword, instantly pierced the dark curtain, illuminating the entire earth.

Under the brief illumination, all that could be seen was an endless water surface, with scattered buildings protruding above the water.

Like isolated islands in the water, occasionally huge shadows appeared and vanished in an instant.

After the lightning, the sky pouring with torrential rain immediately returned to darkness.

This was the High-Tech Zone of Linjiang City.

The downpour had continued for half a year without stopping! The entire Linjiang City had been completely submerged.

With the rising sea level, the low buildings of Linjiang City were completely submerged.

Buildings below ten floors had basically sunk to the bottom.

Now only floors above ten stories were still struggling to stay above the water.

At the window of the top floor of Building 66 in Meidu Garden, after the thunder and lightning, a figure stood there gazing outside.

"It's been half a year."

Liang Yuan frowned, but was also grateful that he had originally bought this thirty-two-story penthouse unit.

Although when he bought it, he encountered many problems such as roof leaks and poor insulation.

At that time, he really went everywhere looking for property management and developers to request a change of apartment.

But no one cared about him.

At that time, he was truly desperate.

He had spent half a lifetime of savings on this house.

Not only that, but he had also taken out a loan of nearly one million yuan, becoming a mortgage slave.

He thought this would allow him to marry his girlfriend.

But unexpectedly, his girlfriend moved in for only three days before they argued more than a dozen times.

The apparent reason was that his girlfriend was dissatisfied with the apartment.

But the deeper reason was naturally that she didn't want to share the burden of the million-yuan mortgage with him.

The last straw for Liang Yuan was when his girlfriend's mother demanded a bride price of 300,000 yuan.

Liang Yuan was anxious at the time. Linjiang City was a southern city where a bride price of 100,000 was already considerable. When his girlfriend's mother asked for 300,000, he couldn't help but have a big argument with his girlfriend.

Later he found out that his girlfriend also had a younger brother who had just graduated and was also in a relationship.

However, his girlfriend's brother's partner was from Akalin Province, where everyone knew the bride price customs.

But Liang Yuan hadn't expected that the bride price for her brother's marriage would be calculated into his account.

There was nothing more to say, Liang Yuan promptly broke up.

Such a family, such a woman, whoever wanted her could have her.

300,000 yuan, even just sitting in a bank would generate nearly 10,000 yuan in interest annually.

Unexpectedly, they broke up in May, and in June, Linjiang City entered the rainy season.

Then the sky went crazy, and this heavy rain continued non-stop for a full half year! During the first month, people didn't pay much attention.

They just felt that this year's rainy season had an excessive amount of rainfall.

However, soon the news reported major floods in various places, with many people drowning.

Linjiang City hadn't experienced any dangerous situations at that time, so people just watched it as news and continued to go to work as usual.

Until the second month, when the torrential rain still didn't stop and continued to fall.

Linjiang City also experienced severe flooding, with seawater backflow from Linjiang.

Suddenly the entire Linjiang City panicked and immediately organized disaster relief.

In Meidu Garden, the residential community where Liang Yuan lived, all first-floor underground garages were submerged.

Residents who had bought first-floor apartments were terrified and moved to stay with neighbors on upper floors.

At first, it was manageable, but after a week of continuous downpour, when the second floor also flooded, everyone completely panicked.

People without a place to stand continuously ran to higher floors.

Not having purchased supplies for over a month also made everyone anxious.

Until a news report stated that marine creatures had appeared in the flood waters.

And they were mutated creatures never seen before!

This news shocked the world!

The era of the Great Flood had officially arrived.

Half a year later, all floors below the tenth floor of Meidu Garden were completely submerged. Stairwells and corridors were filled with tents.

And in each home above the tenth floor, doors were tightly shut, with no one daring to open them to take in outsiders.

Liang Yuan was the same, because two months ago, a household on the ninth floor had taken in a group of people.

The next day, the bodies of the original owners were found floating on the water surface, caught by clotheslines on the balcony, swollen and rotting. The news had spread throughout the property management group, so no one dared to take in outsiders anymore.

Moreover, no one could afford to take anyone in, as their own reserve supplies were running out.

Liang Yuan was grateful countless times that during the first month, seeing the bad situation, he had rushed to purchase large amounts of food, allowing him to hold out until now.

Standing by the window, he picked up the last wooden board and nailed the window shut to prevent anyone from climbing down from the floors above.

Then he raised his hand to look at his watch, which showed the current time as 9:18 AM.

At this time, it should have been bright daylight, yet outside it was pitch black, with no trace of light to be seen.

"Sigh, how much longer will this rain continue?"

Liang Yuan couldn't help but sigh, somewhat worried that if it continued like this, eventually even his thirty-two-story penthouse would be submerged.

"Knock, knock, knock, "

Suddenly, a series of violent impacts came from outside the door.

Liang Yuan's expression immediately changed, and he quickly grabbed the nail gun from the table and rushed to the security door.

Through the peephole, he saw three middle-aged men outside, ramming his security door.

He recognized these three men; they were residents from the ninth floor. They used to run into each other in the community and occasionally nodded in greeting.

These people seemed to be part of a running group in the community, regularly exercising with good physical condition.

During the half year of the Great Flood, some former neighbors had become demons wearing human skin.

These three men were undoubtedly such people.

Now the leading middle-aged man, holding a fire axe, cursed, "Open the door, open the door for me!"

Bang, bang, bang! The axe struck the security door, making a thunderous noise.

Without a word, Liang Yuan aimed the nail gun through the peephole! Bang! The nail gun instantly fired, shooting out an iron nail.

"Ah, "

A scream came from outside.

"Old Wu!"

"Ouch, Boss Wu, Boss Wu!"

"Quick, let's go, this household has weapons!"

Then came the sound of scrambling and tumbling.

Liang Yuan stood behind the door, listening for a while, still not at ease. He took the mirror from the cabinet in the entryway.

Through the peephole, using the mirror's reflection, he observed the situation at the door.

Looking at it, he immediately saw another middle-aged man holding a thin iron skewer, placing it at the peephole!

Liang Yuan was instantly shocked, thinking to himself, that was close! If he had leaned in to observe directly with his eye, he might have had his head pierced by the iron skewer! Thinking of this, a surge of anger rose in his heart.

He grabbed the nail gun and fired directly at the peephole! Bang! "Ah, "

Another scream came from outside. The man's hand holding the iron skewer was hit by the nail, immediately bleeding profusely.

Liang Yuan, from behind the door, cursed, "Fuck your mother, still trying to ambush me? Come on, try hanging around my door again, and I'll turn you into a hornet's nest with this box of nails!"

"Damn you, you little bastard, just you wait, I don't believe you'll never come out!"

The people outside cursed back without backing down.

Another man, enduring the pain, also cursed, "Kid, if you have the guts, don't come out. Let's see how long your food lasts!"

"Fuck your mother, if you have the guts, die in there. If you come out, see if I don't flay you alive!" Another person cursed loudly, obviously having lost his composure.

Liang Yuan sneered, "Idiots, my nails have all been specially soaked in the toilet, and they're all rusty. You're all waiting to die."

Upon hearing this, the three men immediately panicked, cursing Liang Yuan one after another, but not daring to approach his door.

One of them said, "Old Wu, let's go back first, go back and bandage it. I remember there's a first aid kit with iodine on the twelfth floor."

"Yes, yes, let's clean the wound first. Damn it, this kid is stubborn. Let's have Brother Er Long deal with him later."

Then came the sound of footsteps going downstairs.

Liang Yuan listened for a while longer, his heart slightly relieved.

This was already the fourth time this week that someone had tried to break in.

If he hadn't bought a lot of renovation tools when decorating his apartment, he really wouldn't have been able to defend against these people from outside.

Putting down the nail gun, he went to the bedroom and looked at the many empty boxes piled in the room, his heart growing anxious again.

"Not many supplies left."

His eyes revealed worry.

"Ding, you have killed a mutated sardine, gained 1 point, system starting up..."

Suddenly, a strange message rushed into Liang Yuan's mind, making him start with surprise.

"What is this?"