[Martial Arts] Infinite Chamber Game

Regarding the dispute over the villa, the old method of drawing lots was finally used, but Chu Liuxiang added one more rule - the weather was indeed too cold, and villas with fireplaces could not prevent people who wanted to keep warm from entering. Anyone who brought bedding and slept on the floor near the fireplace could not be driven out, no matter what conflicts they had before, and those who refused to accept could go to the basement.

Of course no one disagrees.

After a month of recuperation, Chu Liuxiang's injuries had almost healed, and he gradually began to demonstrate martial arts himself. Everyone knew that he was powerful, but it was not clear how powerful he was. So a few days ago during training, a few young people wanted to test the limits of his ability as an instructor, and they pulled more than 70 people forward, and Chu Liuxiang knocked them down one by one in less than ten minutes.

He only used one hand, without blushing or panting, and was calm and relaxed throughout the whole process.

Based on this situation, although Chu Liuxiang did not care about the matter, no one dared to oppose what he said, at least no one dared to oppose it openly.

Although the dispute has been resolved, the heating problem still exists objectively.

There was smoke in the third brother's villa. The bed boards and wardrobes moved from the unused room were burning in the fireplace. Black smoke was rising through the pipes, ashes were puffing out, and the smell was particularly strong.

Lin Shiyin rocked the baby gently in her arms and sang a lullaby softly. Shen Bijun counted the supplies from the roster. Guan Minghui helped with the calculator. All the men and women sat around the stove. It was a little choking, but it was better than being cold.

Bai Xiaobai had caught a cold from the cold, and his voice was a little nasal. He sniffed and said, "I calculated the area. It would take at least a hundred tons of coal to heat the area for a whole winter, and this is a conservative estimate."

The question now is, where can they get the coal? Even if they get the coal back, the boiler room in the community is complicated, with both high-temperature and low-temperature water, and no one knows how to operate the gas pipelines, not to mention the repair and maintenance of dozens of pipelines. Don't let them get killed by the zombies instead of being bitten to death by the pipeline explosion, that would be really frustrating.

"I've been walking around various communities with my team these past two days. When the zombies broke out, it was not yet time to buy coal. There was no stock anywhere. I think we have to take the risk and look for it in distant places." The third brother rubbed his hands and coughed from the ash. "I remember when I was a kid in the countryside, every household started buying coal in the middle of summer. How come the city can't catch up with the countryside?"

"If you ask me, let's just stop wasting time and drive to the south to spend the winter." Someone suggested: "Let's find an island to stay. It's safe and warm, and there's plenty of water."

"Islands are great, islands are great!" Someone immediately echoed, "We can eat seafood every day. Today we can eat lobsters, tomorrow we can eat crabs, crab roe noodles, cheese baked lobsters, and change the food every day!"

"Stop talking, I'm drooling! When I went shopping last month, I saw a huge king crab rotting in the tank. I wanted to fucking keep it company."

"I also want to go to the south. There are many fruit trees in the south. The trees on the roadside are full of mangoes, jackfruits, lychees and longans!"

"I heard from my childhood friend that even in the countryside in Guangzhou, every household has a big villa. The shortest one has three floors. There are no bungalows. It's not cold at all in the winter."

Everyone chatted with each other for a long time in the flying ashes. Although fantasy is beautiful, it will eventually return to reality.

"Alright, alright, stop imagining. We don't know what's going on outside. Besides, we have to get through this year, right? We can't just leave now! Besides, we don't have enough gas."

"Let's get off topic, let's get to the coal thing. Coal! Where can I get it?"

"If you ask me, we should go to the outskirts of the city, that's the road to Longjia Airport. If we can't get coal, we can just go down the highway. Who doesn't have a pile of firewood in the countryside?" The third brother's eyes moved around and fell on Chu Liuxiang, his expression a little ambiguous.

Chu Liuxiang naturally understood what he was up to. Without waiting for his third brother to speak, he said directly, "I'll go find him. I'm enough on my own."

The third brother was waiting for this sentence, and took off the car key hanging around his neck. "Do you know the way? Just drive along the avenue and follow the signs on the side of the road to the direction of the highway. You drive my big truck, which is full of gas. Uh..." He smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's best to look for chickens, ducks, geese, etc. If you see any, bring them back if you can. We've been eating canned food for two months and we've almost forgotten what meat tastes like."

"Okay." Chu Liuxiang flipped the key, stood up and was about to leave, but was stopped by Shen Bijun: "Can you drive? I'll go with you." After her body gradually recovered, she began to learn to drive. At first, some people complained about this, saying that she was wasting gasoline. Until later, after seeing Shen Bijun easily do more than fifty push-ups with one hand in the basement, no one dared to say anything to her anymore.

Chu Liuxiang was about to refuse, but Shen Bijun's next sentence made him unable to say anything to refuse.

"The game just prompted me that my points are enough to draw skills."

After staying there for more than a month, Chu Liuxiang almost forgot about the existence of skills. He was the first person to use skills, but he hadn't triggered them for a long time.

When the truck drove out of the community, the game prompt sound came out.

"Infinite Chamber Game Announcement: Congratulations to player Shen Bijun for obtaining the skill [Traffic Accident Simulator]

Skill Description: This skill is an active skill. When the player releases the skill, the road where the player is walking will randomly simulate a large-scale traffic accident and randomly implicate two or more innocent bystanders.

Shen Bijun, who was driving, started shaking when she heard the announcement. She felt that the skill she had drawn was very unlucky.

Chu Liuxiang didn't think there was anything unlucky about it, and he even smiled: "This skill is quite interesting."

Shen Bijun asked: "Interesting?"

Chu Liuxiang winked at her: "Not only is it interesting, but it's also very useful."

"I don't know."

"Simulating a large-scale sudden traffic accident... does that mean that a lot of cars will suddenly appear?"

Shen Bijun thought: "Probably."

"Does the car need oil to be driven?"

"of course."

Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "Then once you activate your skill and simulate the accident, won't we have endless oil?"

"That seems to be the truth." Shen Bijun also smiled, but her smile suddenly froze: "But accidents can also implicate others."

"It will only implicate the onlookers." Chu Liuxiang said: "Now the streets are full of zombies, where will the onlookers come from?"

Don't tell me, don't tell me! Maybe this is a magical skill!
Just now, everyone gathered together and said they wanted to go to the south, didn't they? What is the biggest obstacle? Supplies can be brought with you, and you can also replenish them along the way. If zombies come around, you can just hit them. At worst, you have been training for so long, and you are not afraid of zombies in groups of three or five. Isn't the biggest obstacle that the car needs fuel? Once the fuel is exhausted and cannot be replenished, the car will break down on the road, which is a disaster.

With this major traffic accident, isn't it equivalent to having a gas station anytime and anywhere? When the time comes, she will find a secluded place with no one to use her skills, and then use the pipe to pump gasoline from car to car. Hey! Shen Bijun and Chu Liuxiang were very excited.

This excitement continued until we reached the highway section, where the buildings gradually became fewer and fewer, replaced by endless roads and wastelands on both sides of the road.

From a distance, you can see people living among the wild smoke and dry grass.

Such a low house and a flimsy iron door probably can't protect against zombies, right?

There was a factory on the side of the road, which looked very dilapidated. The green iron door with peeling paint was wide open. The yard was empty and there were large patches of dried blood on the concrete floor.

"Go down and have a look."

Chu Liuxiang walked in front and Shen Bijun walked behind, with a handful of needles in her hands, ready to go.

This is a glove processing factory. The room is pitch black and the assembly line has long been stopped. Hundreds of pairs of woolen gloves are scattered everywhere, and the operating tables are knocked all over the place. It seems that this place was not spared when the zombies broke out, but as time went on, the zombies slowly wandered away to other places.

There is a canteen and a staff dormitory in the factory, but they are not big. Chu Liuxiang took a quick look and shook his head: "It seems that there is no such thing here..."

"Wait, is that a heater?" Shen Bijun pointed to the rows of iron pipes that ran through the dormitory. "I've seen the boiler room in the community, and there are a lot of pipes like this. I was just thinking that since this place provides accommodation, it must have heating in the winter, and heating always requires burning coal."

"That's right! But where is the coal stored?" Chu Liuxiang clapped his hands heavily: "Find the boiler room!"

They were extremely lucky.

The closer to the countryside, the earlier the coal is stockpiled. That’s what my third brother said, and even he couldn’t explain why.

Whatever the reason, it is true that there are hundreds of bags of coal stacked in the boiler room.

Both Chu Liuxiang and Shen Bijun came from wealthy families. In winter, they did not use coal for heating, but rather the finest silver charcoal. They were unfamiliar with coal, but they were familiar with the word "coal".

The word "coal" was written on the bags piled up against the wall.

"We can't move all of this stuff at once. Let's take a few bags back first and ask people to come back and move them slowly." Chu Liuxiang smiled, "I'm afraid these aren't enough. Let's look for more."

Unfortunately, this is only my luck this time.

Shen Bijun and Chu Liuxiang took turns driving and searched the area for dozens of miles, but they found nothing new until night. Instead, they encountered a group of zombies. It was pitch dark and both of them were almost bitten. They hid back in the car but were still frightened.

The car lights shone on the dark road, casting a golden light on the ground. The tiny dust had nowhere to hide under the light. The moon was covered by clouds and the sky was a little overcast.

The car was very quiet, so quiet that only the breathing of the two people could be heard.

"Go a little further and you'll reach the countryside." Shen Bijun said, "Where shall we stay tonight?"

"Of course in the car." Chu Liuxiang smiled: "Although sleeping in the car is uncomfortable, it is warmer and safer than outside."

The car is air-conditioned, but the warm air always makes people feel stuffy.

Chu Liuxiang took off his coat and covered Shen Bijun directly: "You go and sleep in the back, I will keep watch at night."

"Well... okay..." Shen Bijun's hands were covered under her coat. She rubbed them secretly, her eyes drooping, as if she wanted to say something else, but what could she say?

She shouldn't have said anything, and she shouldn't have followed Chu Liuxiang out, it wasn't her duty. But just when Chu Liuxiang stood up and was about to leave, she somehow stood up and grabbed him.

She wanted to be with him.

With him... Of course Shen Bijun has a husband. Her husband's name is Lian Chengbi, a nobleman from a martial arts family, the owner of Wuque Villa, and one of the people with the highest martial arts skills in the world. When the two of them stand together, anyone who sees them will say that they are a perfect match made in heaven.

Before entering the game, it was the day when she and her husband returned home. However, on the way back, Lian Chengbi was determined to find the whereabouts of the great thief Xiao Shiyilang and did not go with her.

It was difficult for Shen Bijun to say whether she loved Lian Chengbi or not, but she at least understood that when Lian Chengbi said he was going to do something, she had never thought of going with him. Even if she wanted to, Lian Chengbi would never agree.

So she always waited at home.

This time, she actually took the initiative to ask to "go together".

She raised her head and looked at Chu Liuxiang, her face gradually turning pale.

"What's wrong? You don't look well?" Chu Liuxiang looked concerned. In such a quiet night, his eyes seemed to reflect the light of the bright moon.

He naturally held her hand and said, "Your hands are very cold. Don't be sick. This seat seems to be able to be lowered a little. You can lie down for a while. If you can't bear it anymore, we will go back first."

As he spoke, he leaned over to adjust the seat on the other side. He did not touch Shen Bijun, but his breath was overwhelming and pressed down on her, making Shen Bijun tremble in her heart.

She suddenly pushed Chu Liuxiang away, and under his somewhat surprised gaze, she swiftly opened the car door and jumped out, running towards the fields without looking back.

Of course Chu Liuxiang went after him immediately, and of course he caught up with him.

"I'm just a little hot, so I came out to get some fresh air." Shen Bijun was a little flustered: "Hurry up and get back to the car. You're not even wearing a coat, and it's so cold outside!"

"It doesn't matter if the weather is cold, my heart is cold too, what can I do?"①
(End of this chapter)