Doomsday Traveler

Chapter 16 Safe

Lu Xian and Yao Wei both looked at the mechanical dog.

After spending the past few days together, Yao Wei has understood what the light in the two eyes of the mechanical dog means.

"Ta, ta."

The dog raised his left front leg and knocked the toy motorcycle wheel mounted on his leg against the floor tile. The sound was solid and muffled, not hollow.

But after walking together all the way, Lu Xian already had great confidence in Gou Zi's ability, so he squatted down and carefully examined the brick.

Yao Wei was also skeptical and squatted down with Lu Xian.

But after carefully examining it for a long time, touching and knocking on it, they found nothing unusual about the brick.

It is ordinary in itself and fits perfectly with the surrounding bricks. Even the beautiful grout applied in the past can be seen. How can it look like there is something hidden?

"gone."

Yao Wei gave up and stood up and said.

However, just as she stood up, she saw Lu Xian suddenly raise his submachine gun high and slam the butt of the gun against the floor tile.

"boom--"

The great force worked wonders, the bricks cracked and even small pieces flew out.

Lu Xian shook his head to avoid the broken pieces, then carefully lifted the cracked bricks to avoid cutting his hands.

Yao Wei looked down at Lu Xian's actions and her eyes widened for a moment.

Beneath the bricks lay a thick layer of ash, used for paving the floor tiles. But when the broken bricks were lifted, the caked ash was also turned up, revealing the metallic luster underneath.

There's actually something hidden underneath?!

She couldn't help but glance at the dog, then squatted down and worked with Lu Xian.

After clearing away the bricks and dirt, a metal surface appeared. On it was a slightly raised mechanical combination lock, protected by a cover.

This is a password cabinet embedded in the ground!
This password cabinet escaped the disaster because it was hidden underground.

But even if it wasn't embedded underground, it probably wouldn't be easily opened, right?
Lu Xian knocked on the metal and felt it was thick and solid. It was obviously made of extraordinary material and was very expensive. The things hidden in it were probably even more valuable.

It's time for the dog to show off again.

"Dog, come here."

Lu Xian lifted the protective cover on the combination lock and gave instructions to the mechanical dog.

This dog is so convenient. Last time at the Mozhou City Police Station, he was able to find the gun and bullets in the armory thanks to the dog.

Yao Wei glanced at the mechanical dog and made way for it.

The dog came over, stretched out its head, aimed its eyes at the combination lock, scanned it for a while, and then a light flashed in its eyes.

"Two, four, three, seven, zero, six, seven, one."

Lu Xian read the combination numbers from the flash in the mechanical dog's eyes, and then turned the combination lock in sequence.

"Click——"

The combination lock was opened easily.

Yao Wei pursed her lips and looked at the mechanical dog several more times.

But after Lu Xian opened the underground safe, she no longer cared about the dog and looked into the safe with Lu Xian.

Then we were disappointed together.

The safe was filled with nuggets of gold. In the past, these would have been the hardest currency, but now, they were completely useless.

Lu Xian took out a rectangular gold brick from it, weighed it in his hand, and sighed in his heart: How nice it would have been in my previous life, to have such a safe, I would have been really rich.

"What do you think of using these as hidden weapons to hit people?"

He said this to Yao Wei casually.

Nowadays, people are so strong that throwing gold bricks is easy. They are heavy and powerful, so maybe they are really useful.

Yao Wei didn't say anything and didn't comment on Lu Xian's idea. Lu Xian didn't give up yet, so he took out all the gold bars in the safe, took another look inside, and sure enough, he found something unexpected.

——There was another compartment on the side of the safe, which was previously hidden by the gold. Now that the gold bars were removed, it was revealed.

Lu Xian stretched out his hand and opened the interlayer panel, and a notebook with a black cover came out diagonally along the panel.

The notebook is bulging, and the sides are a little black and bent. It is probably because it has been turned over for many years and has been exposed to the humid air underground, gradually becoming like this.

Lu Xian and Yao Wei looked at each other, then took out the notebook.

When you open the cover, the first thing that comes into view is the personal signature page.

The owner of the notebook meticulously recorded his identity information on it.

The first line, the unit, is Fengcheng County Emergency Water Supply Management Bureau.

The second line is the position, which is emergency water supplier.

The third line of name was written in a relatively sloppy and flamboyant style. It must have been a specially designed signature. Lu Xian could barely make out the three words "Yao Tianlai".

"Same last name as you."

Lu Xian glanced at Yao Wei and said.

Yao Wei didn't respond.

Lu Xian flipped through the notebook briefly. It was a work notebook, and every page was filled with records of which household to deliver water to on a certain day of a certain month.

When I got to a certain page, a line of words suddenly appeared in the upper right corner: "Send it every day! People are freezing to death! How is Jiang Yu okay?!"
Lu Xian suddenly realized that this should be a notebook from the end of the world. At that time, there were still people delivering water door to door.

He didn't know what exactly happened during that period, but judging from the situation, severe cold did come to this world. The water supply pipes in Fengcheng County were frozen, but the water supply pipes in Jiangyu District were intact until now.

He flipped through the book again and saw that the account number in the book began to be crossed out, and after it was crossed out, it no longer appeared.

Then more and more names were crossed out, and more and more names began to repeat, until finally, there were a few tattered pages with scratches all over them, and the last few names were fragmented.

Lu Xian sighed and suddenly thought of when he had just traveled to this world.

The world is vast and empty, accompanied only by the biting cold wind. All that is left is the white snow and the gray sky.

Despair enveloped my heart, and I could only rage helplessly.

The person who recorded the work notes should have felt the same as me at that time, right?
Turning over the broken pages, the intact page contained a simple text of three or two lines:
I've taken a lot of gold from the bank, something I never thought much of before. But with the world as it is now, it's no big deal. I'll just consider it a bonus for my hard work.

We have to take refuge in the command post.

I only now realize that they had known the disaster was coming and had been preparing for it for years.

When I heard the propaganda before, I thought it was just an extreme cold period, and that all the preparations were made to survive the extreme cold period. However, I didn’t expect that they had also made preparations to deal with even greater disasters.

The closed project at the entrance of Tan Village a few years ago turned out to be a temporary command post.

The price increase of gasoline and diesel due to the change of gasoline and diesel standards was originally related to the current situation. It was necessary to add something to extend the shelf life of the oil.

We were all kept in the dark, damn it!
But fortunately, I was lucky and was able to go to the temporary command post.

There are a lot of supplies in the temporary command post, which should be enough to last until after the extreme cold.

The gold bricks will be stored here first. After the extreme cold is over, I will be considered a rich man.

You will definitely get through it.

……

Only then did Lu Xian realize that gasoline actually had a shelf life.

Looking back now, it's a good thing that people back then were prepared and changed gasoline standards to extend the shelf life. Otherwise, their cars wouldn't be usable now.

He noticed that there was more text at the end, so he turned to the next page and saw the following words written on the last page:
The road beneath the reservoir collapsed.

Come back and wait for death.

Why the hell did the command post only build a passage at the entrance of Tan Village?! This is crazy!
Those who shouldn't have taken the gold bricks will be punished...

(End of this chapter)