You say the cataclysm only comes after you've cleared the entire dungeon?

The water tank in room 3703, located in the dining area, is starting to run low.

Pan Quan and Lou Qingjian sat on the living room sofa, their faces full of worry.

The house always has water and electricity, the refrigerator is always full, and we can eat hot meals three times a day as usual, living a normal life.

This is probably the first time they have had to confront the fact that "the end of the world has come."

Lou Fengyue entered the room carrying a backpack, kicked off her sneakers which were soaked and looked like sunken ships, and changed into comfortable slippers.

As I walked in, I saw the two elderly people sitting side by side on the sofa, sighing.

"What happened?" She took off her mask and threw it into the trash can.

"Yueyue," Pan Quan immediately stood up to greet her, pointing to the water tank, "The water tank is almost empty, it will probably only last for another two or three days. I don't dare to continue cooking the stored food now, for fear of running out of water and then not even having anything to wash with."

Lou Fengyue breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "I thought something was wrong. Don't worry, there's still a case of water left."

Hearing this, Pan Quan finally let out a long sigh and laughed.

"Then I'll continue cooking, cook a lot, and store it for you."

Lou Qingjian also got up and went into the kitchen to help.

As Lou Fengyue watched her parents happily busy themselves in the kitchen, the smile on her face gradually faded.

She walked to the windowsill, sat cross-legged, and looked out at the world that was both familiar and strange.

Although there is a ten-ton water storage tank in the space, given the household's water usage rate, it probably won't last more than twenty days.

Ice-type abilities can only control water, not create it.

To put it simply, it means that water molecules in the air condense into ice, and even if they melt into water, the virus will still be present.

We still need to find a water-type ability user as soon as possible to generate water.

I don't know if there are any in the neighborhood.

I wonder... what kind of superpower Luo Zeyan has.

Thinking of Luo Zeyan, Lou Fengyue couldn't help but sigh silently.

To be honest, she hadn't seen him for almost ten years.

I thought I would never have the chance to meet again in this lifetime, but I never expected to run into you in Linjiang City.

Even more unexpectedly, it happened after a natural disaster struck.

Lou Fengyue's thoughts were interrupted by the vibration of her phone.

She opened WeChat, stared at the little red dot for friend verification, and froze in place as if she had been encased in cement.

The friend request was written very straightforwardly, just like his online name—Qin Qian.

Lou Fengyue had expected Qin Qian to contact her, but she never imagined it would be through adding her on WeChat.

This means that the authorities have already found her personal information and obtained her phone number, and Qin Qian was sent by the authorities as their representative.

She stared at the little red dot for almost three minutes, then suddenly smiled.

Are all the officials from the I group?

The whole city is without power, so instead of coming to her directly, you send her a friend request. Aren't you afraid her phone will run out of battery and crash so she won't see it?

Or maybe... the authorities have even investigated her shopping records and know that she has generators and supplies.

This is a big problem.

After much deliberation, Lou Fengyue clicked "agree".

The other end seemed to have been waiting, and almost instantly, a notification popped up at the top of the screen saying "The other party is typing."

However, Qin Qian typed too slowly, and Lou Fengyue waited for more than a minute without receiving a message.

She didn't speak first, put down her phone, and went into the kitchen to wash the fruit.

I was so busy looking for supplies at noon that I missed lunch.

Lou Fengyue was really hungry, so she ate an apple and then gnawed on a vacuum-packed salt-baked chicken leg that she had just found at the convenience store.

I finally managed to suppress the groans coming from my stomach.

He wiped his mouth, picked up his phone, and saw that Qin Qian's message had already arrived.

The long passage, filled with dense text, made her eyes sore.

Qin Qian: {Comrade Loulan, hello. I'm contacting you on behalf of the Linjiang City Armed Forces Department. Regarding the "Lu Ban" you mentioned last time, Donghe City has located him, confirmed his identity and the blueprints, and sent him to the Central Committee.}

Qin Qian: {The central government learned the general situation of the "Natural Disaster Game" from him and issued documents instructing each province and city to establish safe zones to temporarily protect the survivors.}

Qin Qian: {You have a deeper understanding of "natural disasters," and the Armed Forces Department would like to ask you for help in selecting a site for the safe zone and providing guidance on its construction.}

After reading that string of sincere words, Lou Fengyue gave a cold laugh.

They've already found out her identity information, yet they're still referring to her as "Loulan."

These officials are still as adept at navigating social situations as ever.

She replied: {I don't understand these things. Just build wherever you think is safe.}

Lou Fengyue did want to occupy a house in the safe zone, but not in the safe zone designated by Linjiang City, but in the safe house built by Lu Ban.

Lu Ban's infrastructure system uses special blueprints and special materials, and the safe houses built will be very sturdy, and may even have water and electricity inside.

However, he was taken to the central government, where the first priority was to build safe houses, and then the provincial governments would take over.

Survivors in other smaller cities can only be temporarily placed in a safe location by local authorities until the provincial government's safe houses are built, at which point they will be relocated.

Linjiang City is not the provincial capital, so it doesn't rank highly.

The "safe zone" that Qin Qian mentioned was simply a place with fewer zombies, which was then enclosed with existing building materials and the zombies inside were cleared out.

The citizens were then moved in and temporarily resettled, while the armed forces sent people to suppress the surrounding area to prevent zombies from entering the safe zone.

Lou Fengyue didn't want to go to that kind of place.

There was no electricity or water, the crowds were dense, and supplies still had to be distributed by the authorities.

Where can compare to my cozy 180-square-meter apartment?

Qin Qian didn't send any more messages. As a soldier, he didn't know how to speak in official jargon. He was probably surrounded by people giving him pointers on how to phrase things.

[Random task now available]

The system panel popped up, and before it even explained what the task was, Lou Fengyue immediately started cursing.

"Damn system, if you dare make me cooperate with the official channels, I'll give myself a head electrotherapy treatment and burn your CPU out!"

【…】

[Random Mission: Clear the zombies from the residential buildings in Cuiping Community]

Lou Fengyue let out a breath, her tense nerves relaxing.

That's more or less.

Killing zombies is easy, just grab them and pinch them with your bare hands.

Pan Quan poked her head out of the kitchen, still holding a spatula. "Yueyue, who are you talking to?"

"I'm cursing the system, it's doing nothing right." Lou Fengyue put her phone in her pocket, got up and walked over.

Lou Qingjian came out of the kitchen, still holding a bok choy in his hand, and said with a smile, "It wasn't a person to begin with."

Lou Fengyue gave her father a thumbs up, "You're right. I had too high expectations of it, even expecting it to understand humans."

The two elders chuckled at her words.

Lou Fengyue went into her room to change her clothes, and then received Qin Qian's reply.

Qin Qian: {Understood, thank you for your guidance, Comrade Loulan.}

Lou Fengyue frowned, her mind filled with questions.

Guidance?

What did I instruct you on?