Dinner took place in an extremely eerie yet cozy atmosphere.

The crystal chandelier cast a warm yellow glow, making the restaurant look like a Michelin-starred private room before the apocalypse.

On the table sat a whole roasted lamb leg, still sizzling with oil.

This is a Grade B semi-finished ingredient that Qin Yu just opened from the supply box. It only needs to be heated slightly and sprinkled with cumin and chili powder. Its domineering aroma can steal your soul.

In addition, there was a steaming pot of mushroom and fish soup, made with a mutated grouper that was caught that day. The soup was milky white and so flavorful that you would want to swallow your tongue.

"Sizzle."

Qin Yu took a silver knife, cut off a piece of crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside mutton, and put it in his mouth.

The oil bursts in your mouth.

Satisfy.

Eat more.

Qin Yu pointed to the plate of mutton, looking at the two women in front of him who were still somewhat unsettled.

"This high-calorie food can help you stay warm."

"Although there is a temperature control system in the room, the extreme cold three days from now is no joke, so you have to be physically fit."

Yao Qian was holding a lamb chop, but she was eating it absentmindedly.

She secretly lifted her eyelids and glanced at her sister sitting opposite her.

Yao Xue had already changed her clothes.

It was a loose-fitting white knitted sweater with a slightly large neckline, revealing a large expanse of fair skin.

The most critical thing is...

Yao Qian noticed with her sharp eyes that there was a dark red mark on her sister's collarbone that had not yet faded.

That is……

Yao Qian's face flushed red instantly. She quickly lowered her head and took a big bite of the lamb chop in her hand.

It was as if the lamb chops belonged to someone else.

"What's wrong? Why is your face so red?"

Yao Xue served Qin Yu a bowl of soup, then turned to look at her sister's face, which resembled a monkey's bottom, and felt a little strange.

"Is it too hot inside?"

No! No!

Yao Qian almost choked on the mutton, so she quickly picked up the iced cola next to her and took a big gulp.

"It's just... these chilies are way too spicy!"

She dared not look into her sister's eyes.

The once aloof and arrogant head of surgery, seemingly detached from worldly affairs, now exudes a spring-like warmth in her eyes and a captivating charm in every gesture.

This contrast made Yao Qian feel like she was being scratched by a cat.

It's sour.

It's also astringent.

I'm also a little... curious.

"Alright, stop pretending."

Qin Yu put down his knife and fork and wiped his mouth with a tissue.

He found it amusing to see Yao Qian looking so restless.

"Go play your game after you've eaten."

"That machine is available 24/7, with tens of thousands of games on it, enough to keep you playing for your next life."

Upon hearing the word "game".

Yao Qian's eyes finally lit up, and the embarrassment and shyness were instantly forgotten.

"Really? Then I'm fine staying up all night?"

"Whatever."

Qin Yu leaned back in his chair, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it.

"As long as you can get up and get to work tomorrow morning."

"Yay! Long live Brother Qin Yu!"

Yao Qian cheered, threw down the remaining lamb bone in her hand, and rushed towards the e-sports room that was flashing RGB lights without even wiping her mouth clean.

"This girl..."

Yao Xue looked at her younger sister's startled back and shook her head helplessly.

"You're such a grown-up, yet you still act like a child."

Qin Yu exhaled a smoke ring, and his eyes were somewhat profound amidst the swirling smoke.

"It's good to be like a child."

"In this cannibalistic world, being able to maintain this innocence is a luxury."

It is also a privilege that can only be enjoyed under the protection of the strong.

Yao Xue was stunned for a moment.

She looked at the man in front of her who was several years younger than her.

At this moment.

He sat there like a majestic mountain, blocking out all the wind, frost, rain, and snow.

"Qin Yu..."

Yao Xue's voice softened.

She stood up, walked behind Qin Yu, and gently massaged his temples with her slender fingers.

"You must be tired after a long day too."

"Would you like to... take a shower?"

Qin Yu grabbed her wrist with his other hand.

My palms are burning hot.

"bath?"

A mischievous smile curled at the corner of his lips as he turned to look at the pretty face so close to his.

"It's no fun washing up by yourself."

Yao Xue's cheeks instantly flushed red, the blush spreading all the way to her ears.

She bit her lip, her eyes sparkling.

"That……?"

The sound was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

But in this quiet restaurant, it could be heard clearly.

Qin Yu swept this once unapproachable, icy beauty up in his arms.

"OK."

"By the way, let's do some post-meal exercise."

"ah……"

Yao Xue gasped in surprise, instinctively wrapping her arms around his neck and burying her face in his chest.

……

the other side.

Inside the holographic e-sports room.

The space was filled with cool-toned blue light, and the air was permeated with the faint smell of electronic devices.

Yao Qian sat cross-legged on that huge leather gaming chair.

She wore a pair of pure white stockings, her toes unconsciously curling up on the thick carpet.

on the screen.

It features various stunning visuals from Cyberpunk 2088.

A huge holographic projection enveloped her, as if she were in a neon-lit futuristic city.

"Da da da da!"

She controlled her character, wielding a smart submachine gun, and fired wildly at the enemies in front of her.

but.

Her mind wasn't on the game at all.

One minute ago.

She clearly heard the sound of chairs being moved coming from the living room.

And then there was my sister's short, startled cry.

then.

It was the sound of that heavy master bedroom door locking.

"Click".

This soft sound was amplified infinitely in Yao Qian's mind.

She took off her expensive noise-canceling headphones and tossed them casually onto the table.

The game is paused.

The room was eerily quiet.

There was only a slight humming sound from the host computer.

Yao Qian bit her finger, her eyes fixed on the tightly closed door.

Although this is a newly added, separate room.

Although the walls were made with top-quality soundproofing materials.

But I don't know if it's just psychological.

She felt that there was a faint, almost imperceptible sound coming from the floor.

It was a low moan, suppressed to the extreme, yet unable to escape.

"what……"

Yao Qian suddenly covered her ears.

My face felt like it was burning up.

"I won't listen! This is just nonsense!"

"Yao Qian, you need to be more ambitious! You have games to play! You have an S-class computer! Why are you thinking about all that nonsense!"

She forced herself to put her headphones back on.

Turn the volume up to the maximum.

He tried to use the intense sounds of gunfire to cover up the lingering images in his mind.

but.

Useless.

Even if there are explosions right next to your ears.

The sounds she heard last night while pressing her ear against the crack in the door were still playing in her mind.

My sister's pleading voice was choked with tears.

Qin Yu's heavy breathing.

There was also the creaking sound of the mattress under its own weight.

"So annoying!!"

Yao Qian pushed the keyboard away.

He slumped in the chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

That feeling.

It feels like a hundred ants are crawling inside my heart.

itch.

I don't know where it itches.

She looked down at her long legs clad in white stockings.

Although not as voluptuous and mature as her older sister.

But it is still considered straight, slender, and well-proportioned.

"Could it be...?"

"Am I really just a little sister?"

Yao Qian muttered to herself.

It was by some strange twist of fate.

She stood up and tiptoed to the door.

The ear was pressed against the door panel.

Hold your breath.

It felt like I was doing something wrong.

This time.

Even if there are two doors in between, even if there is a living room in between.

She seemed to... actually hear a little bit of a sound.

That was my sister's voice.

It doesn't feel like pain.

It's more like floating in the clouds.

Yao Qian's body stiffened suddenly, then she leaned limply against the door frame.

Tears slowly welled up in her eyes.

It is both shameful and disgraceful.

There was also an indescribable...longing.

tonight.

It's destined to be another night where I won't be able to play games properly.

……

Two hours later.

Inside the master bedroom.

The air was filled with the rich scent of photinia flowers, the lingering aroma of a hormonal surge.

On the messy bed.

Yao Xue was like a cat whose strength had been drained, curled up in the quilt, not wanting to move even a finger.

Her hair was damp with sweat and clung to her flushed cheeks.

His eyes were unfocused.

"I can't take it anymore..."

"It really can't go on..."

Qin Yu leaned against the headboard, feeling refreshed.

With systematically enhanced physical fitness, one becomes practically a tireless perpetual motion machine.

But he knew that too much of a good thing could be bad.

I have important business to attend to tomorrow.

"Go to sleep."

Qin Yu kissed her smooth forehead and tucked her in.

"I'll go check on the harvest."

Yao Xue responded groggily, turned over, and a few seconds later began to breathe evenly.

She was truly exhausted.

Qin Yu got dressed and walked out of the bedroom.

As he passed the e-sports room, he glanced at the tightly closed door.

A playful smile curled at the corner of his lips.

There was no movement inside.

I guess that girl is struggling with her inner demons.

Qin Yu didn't disturb her and went straight to the second-floor terrace.

The sea breeze was still damp, but slightly cooler than during the day.

This is the calm before the storm.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

One side of the terrace.

The S-class fully automatic fishing net is working tirelessly.

To Qin Yu, the sound of that mechanical operation was simply the most beautiful music in the world.

This fishing net doesn't need anyone to manage it.

Fully intelligent capture.

Nothing can escape its mesh, not even a fly.

Qin Yu walked up to the huge storage tank.

It had already piled up into a small mountain inside.

It has all sorts of random things.

The sea fish were still thrashing about, but most of them had already been crushed to death.

Besides.

The most common items are various floating building materials.

Wooden boards, plastic, and metal fragments.

of course.

The most conspicuous things were the few boxes mixed in with the garbage.

One is blue.

Three white ones.

There's another one... which actually has a faint purple glow!

"Purple?"

Qin Yu's eyes narrowed, and he quickly walked over.

This is a Grade A supply crate!

I never expected that a fully automatic fishing net could actually catch such a good thing.

The odds of that happening are even lower than winning the lottery.

"It seems that the announcement about 'doubled resource refresh rate' was true."

Qin Yu didn't rush to open the box.

Now is not the time to open blind boxes.

He took the purple box out and threw it into his system inventory.

Then walk to the console.

There was a huge display screen there, connected to the ship's monitoring system and radar.

Qin Yu installed the all-terrain tactical satellite terminal (Sky Eye) system he had drawn here.

"Enable full-domain scan".

Qin Yu tapped his fingers a few times on the virtual keyboard.

**[Sky Eye System has been activated]**

**[Scanning the sea area within a ten-nautical-mile radius...]**

on the screen.

The green radar waves spread out in concentric circles.

On the previously empty radar image, in addition to the dense dots representing schools of fish, a different signal suddenly appeared.

It's not the kind of red that represents monsters.

Instead, it was a yellow dot of light.

**[WARNING: Man-made object detected!]**

**[Distance: 4.5 nautical miles]**

**[Location: Southeast]**

"Is anyone there?"

Qin Yu's pupils contracted slightly.

This was the first time he had encountered a living person in all the days he had been at sea.

Except for those two sisters.

"enlarge."

Qin Yu gave the order.

The image on the screen zoomed in rapidly.

Although it was late at night, the lighting was extremely poor.

However, the S-class Sky Eye comes with night vision and thermal imaging capabilities.

The image instantly became clear.

That was a... if it could still be called a "ship".

It's probably only about 20 square meters.

It was made by forcibly piecing together several dilapidated wooden rafts, and you could even see the swaying ropes at the joints.

There were no decent defensive measures around the hull.

It only had a few sharpened pieces of wood stuck in it, making it look extremely shabby.

And on that rickety deck.

Two or three figures stood there indistinctly.

Thermal imaging showed that their body temperatures were generally low.

That was caused by long-term malnutrition combined with cold weather.

"That is..."

Qin Yu squinted, looking at the magnified details on the screen.

Those people were carrying simple stone axes and wooden spears.

They were frantically scooping things out of the sea with makeshift fishing nets.

Their movements were hasty and rude.

The two even got into a physical fight over a passing water bottle.

Those were starving stray dogs.

"Is this the reality for ordinary people?"

Qin Yu watched this scene without any emotional fluctuation.

There was no sympathy.

There was no pity either.

This is the most realistic depiction of the end times.

To survive, one can even abandon dignity.

"Boss! There seems to be light over there!"

Sudden.

On the screen, on the raft, a man as thin as a monkey pointed in Qin Yu's direction and shouted excitedly.

Although I can't hear any sound.

But Qin Yu understood his meaning through lip reading and gestures.

Qin Yu's Presidential Ship is equipped with the [Artificial Sun - Lamp of Eternal Day (Energy-Free Version)].

On this vast, dark sea.

It's like a lighthouse.

It's more like... a huge piece of fat.

The man referred to as "the boss" turned around.

He was a bald man with a face full of scars, a hideous scar on his left eye, and he was carrying a rusty fire axe.

He looked in the direction the monkey was pointing.

First stunned.

immediately.

A chillingly greedy light burst forth from those murky eyes.

It's like a traveler dying of thirst in the desert suddenly spotting an oasis.

He opened his mouth wide, revealing a mouthful of large, yellow teeth.

He brandished the axe in his hand and shouted something at the people around him.

Those men were also like they'd been injected with adrenaline, their eyes gleaming as they stared intently in Qin Yu's direction.

Some people even started using makeshift wooden oars to paddle desperately.

It wanted to come closer.

"Oh."

Qin Yu looked at the scene on the screen and couldn't help but chuckle.

That laughter was full of disdain.

It's like a giant dragon watching a few ants with toothpicks trying to slay it.

"Didn't you spot the muzzle of my cannon?"

Or perhaps...

"Has hunger robbed you of your most basic reason?"

That wrecked raft is still four nautical miles away.

At their snail's pace, it would take them at least two hours to row over.

and.

They had no idea.

What they saw as a "fat piece of meat" was actually a fully armed steel fortress.

"Since you all want to die."

Qin Yu's finger gently rested on the red button on the control panel.

That's the fire control switch for the Deep Sea Guardian.

Just press it.

A single plasma beam could wipe that broken raft, along with all the trash on it, from the world in 0.1 seconds.

Not even ashes will be left.

But just as Qin Yu was about to press the button...

His movements stopped.

"etc."

His gaze fell on something in the bald man's hand.

I didn't notice it just now.

Now, upon closer inspection...

The bald man had a dark, grimy thing pinned to his waist.

That's not a stone.

It's not wood either.

That shape...

It looks familiar.

Qin Yu zoomed in on the image again.

This time.

See clearly.

It turned out to be a black metal cylinder with several wires attached to its end.

Although it is somewhat damaged.

But Qin Yu recognized him at a glance.

That is……

Debris parts of a small marine propulsion unit!

Although it was just wreckage.

But it also means that these people, or places they have been to, have something related to the power system!

Qin Yu's eyes lit up instantly.

What was originally a simple killing intent instantly transformed into the sharp glint of a hunter seeing its prey.

"So it wasn't a suicide mission after all."

"I'm here to deliver a package."

Qin Yu released his finger from the fire control button.

He picked up a glass of red wine next to him and swirled it gently.

A cruel smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"In that case..."

"Then I'll let you live a little longer."

"Get closer."

"Closer."

"Welcome to..."

"hell."

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