PFC Chapter 9: Surviving in the Dormitory (2)
Chapter 9: Surviving in the Dormitory (2)
DAY4
When Lu Yuan woke up, he found himself lying on his bed in his room. He guessed they had seen him asleep on the sofa and helped him in. He reached for his phone on the pillow; it was already 8:30. He remembered the arrangements from last night: Pei Sihao and PC004261 were on night duty, and he would be on duty during the day while Pei Sihao slept to charge the robot. Gu Nanfeng and the robot police would take turns at night, allowing the night watchmen to get more rest.
Lu Yuan originally wanted to keep watch, but they said that the rescue might arrive in the next day or two, and he had to cooperate with their schedule to provide food that was of good quality, in sufficient quantity, and kept warm at all times, so they didn't let him keep watch.
Lu Yuan retorted that the water, electricity, and gas were still running, and the food could just be heated up. They were all boys, so why couldn't he keep watch? But Gu Nanfeng thought that heating up the food Lu Yuan had taken out of his space in the dormitory might attract the attention of the neighboring dormitories. If rescue came quickly, it would be fine, but if rescue didn't come, the smell of heated food would linger in their dormitory, potentially exposing Lu Yuan's space.
Pei Sihao echoed, saying that this was only a temporary arrangement. If rescue didn't arrive within a week, they would have to consider other options. Whether they could stay in the dormitory indefinitely was still unknown, since the dormitory's doors and windows were ordinary and their ability to withstand zombies was still quite limited.
Lu Yuan rubbed his head, sorting out the thoughts he hadn't been able to sort out yesterday. He vaguely remembered recalling the night he met that person before going to sleep. Now he wasn't sure if the tattoo on his left hand was a transformation of that ring, nor was he sure if that ring was the spatial vessel he now possessed. But he did experience all the incredible things that followed after meeting that person. But who was that person?
"Xiao Yuan, are you awake?" The door to the room was pushed open a crack, and Pei Sihao was leaning against the crack, looking hungry.
"I'm here, Senior Brother Pei. Sorry, I had to stay in bed a bit late due to special circumstances." Lu Yuan said as he got dressed and walked out. As he passed the coffee table in the living room, he placed three servings of soy milk and fried dough sticks on it. They were hot, but they didn't look like the kind sold near the school. These looked delicious. Maybe they were put into his space a long time ago. They had the taste of those years.
"No." Pei Sihao yawned while showing off his breakfast, while Lu Yuan went to the bathroom to wash up. Gu Nanfeng peeked through the curtains at the balcony window, then listened intently at the door. Seeing that nothing seemed to be happening outside, he returned to the living room and ate his breakfast in peace.
After washing up, Lu Yuan also sat down to eat breakfast.
Pei Sihao, seeing that everyone was present, yawned as he finished the last bite of his breakfast and said, "The government's live broadcast of the rescue operation was not turned on last night, probably because they are still thinking of countermeasures."
Then he projected a simple distribution map of the dormitories that he had observed last night onto the TV screen, and continued, "After observing with this machine all night, we can see that in the girls' dormitory area, there are only about thirty fully closed balcony windows. The other two hundred dormitories we can see are completely destroyed. The boys' dormitories are a bit better, about half and half. Currently, the university town dormitory area has a conservative estimate of over a thousand zombies and two to three thousand humans."
Gu Nanfeng nodded after listening, "Yesterday's rainwater had a higher infection rate. I estimate that the government has more than just those few soldiers in the live broadcast who have been infected. The situation may be worse than we thought."
PC004261 is currently charging via a power source. He hasn't been out lately, and the curtains can't be opened, so he can't rely on solar power and has to charge every few days. He doesn't even dare to imagine how high Lu Yuan's dorm's electricity bill will be next month. Therefore, to conserve electricity, he's been using power-saving mode. Until yesterday, while on night watch, Pei Sihao was busy using binoculars to check the dormitory buildings. He was drawing a distribution map based on Pei Sihao's description while observing the situation below the dormitory buildings.
“Last night, people came out of our building and buildings D and G over there. They used drones to fly low and attract zombies, and they almost picked up all the things that people bought yesterday. Later, some people probably tried to use the same method to go to the convenience store, but fewer zombies fell for it, and there are a few that are always wandering around in front of the convenience store.”
“They might be intelligent.” After listening to PC004261’s observations, Lu Yuan immediately made a judgment. He was somewhat surprised that he had spoken up so proactively. As an I person, he always kept his thoughts to himself and waited silently for others to make arrangements, even if he had them. But just now, as soon as this thought came to mind, he said it out loud.
The other two in the dormitory were also surprised. Although they didn't usually talk much with Lu Yuan, they knew his personality in general. Under normal circumstances, Lu Yuan was the one who silently obeyed.
This startled Pei Sihao awake. He looked at Lu Yuan with a serious expression. "Xiao Yuan, if you've been reborn, don't be afraid we'll think you're crazy! Seriously, this is an extremely urgent situation. We'll believe whatever you say. Just tell me how many days I survived in my past life!"
Although Pei Sihao's thought process was quite peculiar, even Gu Nanfeng was starting to have some doubts at this moment.
"If you had asked me during those four days of amnesia, you might have gotten the answer." Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly, pointing to himself. "But now, I'm 4% certain that I'm the original, I wasn't reborn!"