Chapter 24 Preparations Before Departure
Chapter 24 Preparations Before Departure
After Yang Xiao finished telling his dream, the three people in room 1203 stopped hiding their secrets. Lu Yuan quickly selected dishes from his spatial storage and set a table full of hot dishes on Gu Nanfeng's dining table.
Let alone the current zombie siege, even students like them couldn't afford it on ordinary days. Of course, Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao could barely afford it, but Lu Yuan's table of dishes seemed to contain some lost recipes, so that's another story.
"Is this all true?" Zhong Qiang had just recovered from Yang Xiao's "rebirth" storyline when he was faced with a huge meal and almost fainted.
"So this is your secret!" Yang Xiao remained calm. They were all contemporary college students; who hadn't learned a little about space from novels?
Having not had a hot meal for over a month, the group wasn't picky. They pulled out chairs, sat down, and started eating. Zhong Qiang, in particular, was a voracious eater, unable to stop.
Wei Guo, who didn't need to eat, sat to the side, helping to pour drinks and serve rice, and was also excited and happy along with the others.
During the meal, Lu Yuan ordered more dishes several times.
"Today, whether it's Yang Xiao's dream or Xiao Yuan's space, we must..." After everyone had finished eating, Gu Nanfeng spoke seriously.
Originally, Zhong Qiang, who was thought to be the most carefree, was the first to react from his fascination with the food and replied:
“We all have to keep this a secret! Don’t worry, I understand.” Zhong Qiang knew very well that of the five people, he was the one they were most worried about, but after what happened with Ruan Wen, and now that they had seen Lu Yuan’s space, he certainly knew what choice he should make.
Zhong Qiang's actions embarrassed the others. Wei Guo, on the other hand, was quite empathetic. Although they were both the ones who dragged the team down, their awareness was equally high.
Since an agreement was reached smoothly, Gu Nanfeng didn't say anything more.
After dinner, Lu Yuan found some drinking water in his spatial storage and filled the water tank in Gu Nanfeng's villa so that everyone could have a good shower before setting off.
Not to mention that he admired the person who gave him the space immensely, he even stockpiled a lot of drinking water in various containers, which was displayed as a bunch of 9999 on the space interface.
Lu Yuan soaked in the bathtub, fiddling with the spatial panel in front of him. To be honest, if Yang Xiao's dream hadn't been a premonition, he really wouldn't want to leave this place. With all the supplies available, who wouldn't want to be safe and sound on their own?
After enjoying a relaxing hot bath for the first time in over a month and changing into clean new clothes, Lu Yuan realized he had forgotten to get clean clothes for the others. So, with his still flushed face, he went around delivering clean clothes to each of them.
When Lu Yuan delivered the clothes to Zhong Qiang, Zhong Qiang was already naked and taking a bath. Lu Yuan thought that since they were both men, it wouldn't be a big deal if he just opened the bathroom door and put the clothes aside. Who knew that when Zhong Qiang saw Lu Yuan's flushed face peeking in, he screamed in fright, and the atmosphere became extremely awkward. Lu Yuan dropped the clothes and ran away.
After he finished his rounds and returned to the living room, Weiguo had already prepared three plans to get to the safe base, as Gu Nanfeng had instructed. At this moment, it leaned against the French windows, charging its battery while repeatedly checking the plans, afraid of missing any information or unforeseen events.
Weiguo rarely speaks, but Lu Yuan can still see its anxiety. Lu Yuan would never have believed that a robot could be anxious before, but now he can indeed see anxiety in Weiguo.
"Don't worry, it's only a thirty-minute drive from here to the safe base." Lu Yuan patted Wei Guo on the shoulder. "Don't worry!"
"Didn't your teacher teach you in elementary school that you shouldn't touch the robot while it's charging to avoid accidental electric shock?" Wei Guo slapped away Lu Yuan's hand that was on its shoulder.
Lu Yuan laughed awkwardly. He had intended to comfort Wei Guo, but instead, he ended up being lectured.
Not long after, Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao also finished showering and came downstairs. The three of them went to the underground parking garage. Gu Nanfeng had given his car to Ruan Wen before, and they would only be able to drive the car that Lu Yuan took out of his space tomorrow. In order to ensure that there would be no accidents on the road, he suggested that they take the car out today to familiarize themselves with its condition.
To their surprise, all 35 G-Class vehicles taken out of the space had been modified and reinforced.
Pei Sihao exclaimed as he jumped into the driver's seat, so excited that he couldn't wait to drive out and show off, even though the audience would most likely be zombies.
"The car is fine, full tank and all geared up!" Pei Sihao started the car and did a quick check. Then, sitting in the car, he put his hands together and looked up at the sky at a 145-degree angle, sincerely thanking the unknown big shot behind Xiao Yuan for allowing us to still have one, no, thirty-five such amazing modified cars in this apocalypse.
Lu Yuan was amused by Pei Sihao's actions. He followed Pei Sihao's example and looked up at the sky at a 40-degree angle, putting his hands together to thank the stranger with whom he had only a one-night stand. If it weren't for this spatial ring, he didn't know if he would have survived to this day. He would probably have become one of the first zombies while looking for a job.
After Yang Xiao and Zhong Qiang finished showering, they only saw Wei Guo charging and didn't see anyone else. However, they heard voices coming from the underground parking garage, so they wandered over there. As soon as they entered, they were shocked by the modified and reinforced car.
"Brother Yuan, what else do you know that we don't know about you!" Although it was a little awkward when he delivered the change of clothes earlier, it didn't stop Zhong Qiang from calling Lu Yuan "brother" now.
Lu Yuan smiled, thinking that there must still be some left. After all, no one present knew anything about his spatial ability.
After inspecting and showing off tomorrow's vehicle, Ji returned to the living room. By this time, Wei Guo had finished charging up and projected several route plans onto Gu Nanfeng's large rear projector screen, beginning to introduce the routes that could be taken tomorrow.
"The fastest way is definitely the highway, which usually takes only 28 minutes. But the broadcast mentioned that zombies have blocked several highways leading to district and county shelters, and the city's central hospital can't guarantee the roads will still be open." He then switched to the second option and continued...
"The South Ring Road takes about 45 minutes to reach the safe base. Not many people usually travel this route, so I think it's a good option. Finally, there's the city center. I don't know the situation in the occupied quarantine zone right now, but there are probably more zombies on the city streets."
"Then let's take this southern loop." The group quickly decided on the route. After all, everyone except Lu Yuan had driving experience, especially Yang Xiao, who was even more remarkable. He also had experience driving in the apocalypse, although he claimed it was experience from a dream. But he was so adept at killing zombies that no one doubted the other skills he had mastered in his dream.
Then the group took out their backpacks, just like when they were escaping from the dormitory. They packed some biscuits, bread, and water that they had gotten from Lu Yuan, and each of them also had a long-range walkie-talkie for convenience.
"Now that the route and food are ready, everyone should get some rest. We'll meet in the living room at nine tomorrow morning." Gu Nanfeng set a rather early meeting time; after all, the best time to depart should be noon. Amidst the puzzled looks from the group, he said calmly, "Before we set off, we need to go to the supermarket warehouse one more time."
Upon hearing this, the group immediately understood: they didn't intend to waste any resources.
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