48: Chapter 48 Gradual Evacuation

Ye Qingqing's body was stiff as she stayed in Huo Sixian's embrace. She stammered, wanting to say something, but she didn't know how to break the silence.

Realizing his behavior had crossed a line, Huo Sixian quickly let go of Ye Qingqing.

"Sorry..."

After letting go, Huo Sixian felt as if he had done something incredibly serious. His toes curled against the floor, and for a moment, he didn't know where to put his hands.

After a long while, he finally stammered out, "I... I was just a little worried about you..."

To ease the awkwardness, Ye Qingqing suddenly let out a chuckle. "Hahaha, it's fine, I understand, I understand."

"I... I'm fine now too. I just fell asleep. I'll be heading back first."

After leaving those words, Ye Qingqing wanted to slip away as if escaping, but to her surprise, Huo Sixian stuffed a bag into her hands.

"Ta... Take this..."

The tips of Huo Sixian's ears were bright red. After tossing her the bag, he kindly closed the door for her.

Once the door was closed, Ye Qingqing suddenly felt her face burning, and her chest began to heave violently.

Her mind was filled with the scene of Huo Sixian pulling her into his arms just now.

The more she thought about it, the more she wondered how things had turned out this way.

She had clearly just gone into her space to dig some soil; how did it turn into this...

Ye Qingqing wasn't a fool, and as someone who had lived a previous life, how could she not know what Huo Sixian was thinking?

But currently, Ye Qingqing couldn't give Huo Sixian the answer he wanted. Too many variables had appeared in this life, and she didn't even know if she could survive.

Much less worry about matters of the heart.

However, when Ye Qingqing saw the contents of the bag Huo Sixian had handed her, her heart couldn't help but tremble.

Because inside that bag was food.

Two dishes and a soup—there was even meat.

Ye Qingqing pursed her lips slightly. They had clearly agreed that she would cook for 3201, but now she hadn't cooked a single meal, yet she had eaten several meals from 3201 instead.

For some reason, Ye Qingqing felt that her long-dormant heart was once again stirring with ripples.

"Woof." Ah Huang approached Ye Qingqing. Seeing her staring blankly at the bag in her hand, he was momentarily curious about what had happened that he didn't know about.

Seeing this, Ye Qingqing put the bag of food into her space. She... couldn't eat it, and wouldn't eat it.

For the next few days, Ye Qingqing and Huo Sixian acted as if nothing had happened.

They trained every day. In the mornings, Ye Qingqing would run on her own to build her stamina, and in the afternoons, she would go to 3202 to wait for Huo Sixian.

In the blink of an eye, nearly half a month passed. During this time, not only did the floodwaters fail to recede, but heavy rainstorms began to fall.

News from The Authorities was also intermittent.

There were rescue efforts, but before the people from The Authorities could get very far, they were either battered into the floodwaters by the rain or killed by zombies.

Ye Qingqing suddenly felt that a large part of the reason she was able to survive in her previous life was because there had been no flood.

If a flood had struck at the very beginning of her previous life, Ye Qingqing truly couldn't guarantee she would have survived the initial stages.

"The water level is getting higher and higher. It's possible that in a few days, even the 32nd floor won't be spared," Huo Sixian said, frowning as he looked at the flood outside the window.

The water level had already risen to the 27th floor, and the apartments on the lower floors had been completely submerged.

The Authorities had mobilized and rescued a group of people, but even more had simply been swallowed by the flood.

"Do you guys have any ideas?" Huo Sixian asked the group in a heavy voice.

"Move," Ye Qingqing said, her tone tinged with gravity.

"This rain shows no sign of stopping. Moreover, have you noticed that the rain has been getting heavier these past few days, and the water level is rising much faster?"

Actually, everyone knew what Ye Qingqing was saying, but for a moment, they couldn't accept it.

The outside was a vast ocean. If they left the 32nd floor, where could they go next?

Just then, sounds began to drift out of the radio again.

Everyone present immediately fell silent, listening intently to the voice coming from the radio.

"To all survivors... hello... our city... is about to break out..."

...

The radio cut off halfway, making the hot-tempered Kong Ziyi explode instantly.

With hands on his hips, he pointed at the radio and began to curse, "Break out into what?! Finish your sentence!"

But there was no response from the other end of the radio.

After a long while, the radio finally transmitted a very glitchy voice again.

"All survivors... please... evacuate... successively..."

The group didn't hear the middle part, but they heard the last sentence very clearly.

They were just talking about whether to move, and now The Authorities were directly telling people to evacuate.

Shortly after the news on the radio was broadcasted,

Cheers erupted outside the building.

Ye Qingqing looked out the window and saw several soldiers in camouflage uniforms driving inflatable boats inside.

The people inside the building originally thought these soldiers were there to rescue them.

But to their surprise, after dropping off some inflatable boats on the floors that weren't submerged, those few soldiers left.

"Save us!"

"What is the meaning of this!"

Huo Sixian and Ye Qingqing exchanged a look.

"Go out and take a look?"

No one in the room objected, and they all followed as they headed downstairs.

Currently, except for the 32nd floor, everyone else in the entire building was crowded together.

As soon as they stepped out of the 32nd-floor hallway, they could smell an odor.

Ye Qingqing instinctively frowned, but she could endure it. After all, there would be even stronger smells than this later on.

Besides, she had lived in such environments in her previous life.

Now that she had been reborn, she actually felt a bit of disdain, and Ye Qingqing felt a bit of self-contempt in her heart.

When the people downstairs saw Huo Sixian and the others coming down, it was as if they had found their pillar of support.

They automatically made way for Huo Sixian's group.

At this moment, Zhao Lichu was standing in front of a pile of Kayaks, still not understanding what the situation was.

After all, none of the people here had a radio. Even if they did, no one would think to bring it along when moving because of the flood.

Zhao Lichu began to rummage through the pile of rubber boats.

Suddenly, she found a small, tightly wrapped package.

Without stopping, Zhao Lichu opened the package and found a map inside, as well as a compass.

The rest were individual first-aid kits.

"What do The Authorities mean by this..." Zhao Lichu's mind was also blank when she saw these things, unsure of what The Authorities were doing now.

Kong Ziyi was one step ahead and spoke directly, "Isn't it clear? They distributed rubber boats; it's for people to evacuate."