Chapter 60

"Damn! They don't want to open the door because they think we want to steal the room, do they?"

Some people looked very unhappy. After all, if they ran to save someone but were treated as a bad guy, everyone would be a little unhappy.

The rest of the people were more or less unhappy, and some even planned to ignore it: "Let's go up first, and wait until the water floods his bed, and then we can run out by ourselves."

There is nothing wrong with saying this. As long as the people inside feel the accumulated water or see the water flowing into the room through the gap in the window, they can naturally get out.

But if there is an accident, such as the door lock of the room fails, it will be their fault to trap people inside and drown them. Even if this person gets out successfully, with this kind of temper, he will vent his anger on others.

The flood caused by the heavy rain has already put everyone under great pressure, so try to add as few unstable factors as possible.

"I'll go find a spare room card." The front desk lady said and went to look for it.

"No need to look for it."

When Wen Zheng said this, many people misunderstood that Wen Zheng was not going to call for help. When their impression of him changed, they saw Wen Zheng take a few steps back, run in a group, and kick the door.

The door of the room was not damaged too much, but the door lock lost its effect and was kicked open directly.

The man in the room must have woken up when he heard them knocking on the door, and he really misunderstood people and shouted directly to the outside of the door: "I know you have bad intentions and want to steal the room, right? I tell you, I will complain to you when it gets light."

"Complain?"

The people outside were almost laughed out of anger. The tallest man squeezed into the door and lifted the fat man from the bed to the window so that he could see the current water level clearly.

"If the water can recede, you can complain as much as you want. Even if you drown in the future, no one will save you."

"I haven't woken up yet, I must not have woken up yet."

After the power outage last night and the quarrel with the hotel staff, the fat man didn't care much about the situation outside. He fell asleep all night. No matter how loud the rain was after passing through the soundproof windows, it couldn't wake him up.

He didn't expect that the water accumulation outside had become so serious.

The second floor, along with the useful materials transported from the first floor the day before, were all packed up and moved to the third floor again.

When everything was moved to the second floor, it was almost six o'clock in the morning. There was already a lot of water on the second floor. They simply moved the packed things up two floors.

While they were busy, the people on the third and fourth floors who heard the noise woke up, and the scene became more and more chaotic.

Those whose mobile phones still had residual power hurriedly called their families, and those who were connected immediately asked people to hide in high places. Those who couldn't contact their relatives cried on the spot while holding their phones.

Some people called all official contact methods in the hope of getting rescue, but all the lines were busy, and they became more and more anxious.

The Internet was full of photos of disasters in various places, all of which were floods.

In just one day yesterday, at least the coastal areas of their country did not withstand the attack of the tsunami and completely lost contact.

There are also many places with dams and low-lying areas that have been hit by floods, and many small villages do not even exist in this world.

The only better situation is the plateau area.

The government did not talk about such a large-scale rainstorm, and they knew much more about the situation than ordinary people.

Even though they knew that this was an unpredictable disaster on a global scale, they did not give up rescuing ordinary people.

In terms of sea, land and air, the land in the flooded areas was almost submerged by water, and heavy rain could not be rescued from the air. The only feasible way was by water.

So all the available ships were put into rescue, but there were too many areas in trouble, and they did not have enough power to rescue, so they went to the most urgent areas first.

"Our hotel has 26 floors at the highest. If the water rises, we will move up. There are also some food reserves in the hotel. Everyone should save some food. Sooner or later, we will wait for the government to rescue us."

The hotel manager raised his voice and patiently comforted them. It would have been better if he hadn't said anything. As soon as he spoke, everyone's stomachs started to growl.

Many people turned their attention to the instant noodles rescued from the hotel room, and some of them were interested in the supplies transported from the supermarket next door.

The supermarket connected to Yuehua Hotel is not particularly large, but the food and drinking water in it are enough for so many people, so everyone is not in a hurry.

"It is better to keep the food with a long shelf life first. Manager, there should be food in the hotel that cannot be stored for a long time or is easily damp. I will buy some. Do you still accept cash now? Or I will record my ID card and everyone will keep the account first."

When they can still contact the outside world and the government is still trying to find a solution, everyone still abides by social order.

After someone took the initiative to offer to buy, the others were embarrassed to ask for free, especially when this person was Wen Zheng. After yesterday's rescue and Wen Zheng's heroic act of kicking the door open, he has established a lot of prestige.

Wen Zheng not only took out cash, but also took out his ID card and asked someone to record it. Next was Zhang Yuanying, who was rescued by Wen Zheng. He had no cash, but his phone still had power, so he directly transferred a large sum of money, left his ID card, and bought a lot of food for his family.

This part of food that is not convenient to store is the food prepared by the hotel cafeteria yesterday before the power outage.

Yuehua Hotel provides breakfast and dinner for some residents. Most of the food is too cold to eat, but the well-preserved steamed buns and flower rolls can fill the stomach.

It's just cold and a little hard to swallow.

Not everyone is willing to eat cold steamed buns, but Wen Zheng paid online, and the rest of the people would at least leave their ID and IOU even if they wanted some biscuits, bread, instant noodles, etc.

Wen Zheng stood by the window while eating. At this time, the rain had flooded half of the second floor. Looking outside, all the buildings stood in the water, still being beaten by wind and rain.

Several shops on the first floor nearby all closed their doors, but the lowest around was five or six floors high, and the people on the ground floor were probably evacuated to the upper floors.

The manager and other staff began to work hard to maintain order and communicated with the staff on the upper floors through the intercom. At this time, the lower floors and the upper floors were not treated the same.

Wen Zheng finished his meal casually, and watched everyone fill their stomachs while asking the manager to arrange new rooms for them. Many people hoped to be on the sixth floor or above.

The rapidly increasing water was too disturbing.

As the water rose, the number of people who needed to be accommodated was increasing, and the manager was busy and overwhelmed. Wen Zheng found the people he had a good relationship with after meeting that night and told them that he was going upstairs to accompany his son.

"Brother Wen, is your son here too?"

"So you have booked a room upstairs. It's hard for you to be busy downstairs all night. Go back and rest quickly."

"Your child is only twelve years old, so you left him upstairs for so long. Aren't you afraid that he will be scared? Go up and take a look."

"Okay, I'll come down and take a look every day in the future. You all have to pay attention to safety. I'm leaving first."

After talking to these new friends with good character, Wen Zheng quietly left the crowd and climbed directly to the 26th floor along the stairs while the chaos was going on.

Even if his physical fitness improved, the floor was still a bit too high, and Wen Zheng took two breaks in the middle.

Even if he only walked in the stairwell, Wen Zheng could still hear the noises coming from the corridors on different floors.

It was time for normal people to get up. Even if he slept too soundly last night and didn't pay attention, he would have realized it when he saw the scene outside this morning.

Therefore, most of the voices in the corridor were about asking the staff about the situation.

Going up a few floors, when you reach the area from the 20th to the 26th floor, things become different. These floors are all business rooms, and the 23rd floor is also an activity floor. According to the hotel's introduction, there are restaurants, cafes, and gyms on this floor.

When Wen Zheng passed by here, he could hear a lot of people talking inside, but he didn't plan to go in and participate.

He already had a rough plan for what to do next. During this period, he would try to save as many people as possible.

Knocked on the door, and Tuan Tuan inside immediately opened the door. When he saw Wen Zheng, he complained: "Dad, you are finally back."

Wen Zheng smiled and walked in, threw his coat on the ground, and washed it very economically with the cold water stored in the room with the faint light of the flashlight.

After he came in, Tuantuan said a word when he entered the door, and the rest of the time he took the toolbox he bought to select tools, and was busy in the room with a pile of wooden boards.

Wen Zheng came out after cleaning and saw the things placed beside the bed. These were originally tables, stools and other things placed in the room, but they were all turned into piles of wooden boards.

And now these wooden boards have been put together by Tuantuan's skillful hands, and their general shape has changed.

Pointed at both ends and wide in the middle, it looks like a boat.

"Good progress." Wen Zheng couldn't help but praise him, seeing that Tuantuan had been busy with this thing from yesterday to now.

"That's right, don't you see who I am." Tuantuan received the praise and immediately raised his head with an unstoppable smile on his face.

"But the body used in the mission world is not as good as your own. Even with a flashlight, the room is still a little too dark. If you don't pay attention to rest when I'm not here, be careful not to damage your eyes."

First praise and then criticize, Tuan Tuan was about to express his displeasure when Wen Zheng sat next to Tuan Tuan and picked up the tools: "I'll do it for a while, you go to rest."

"Dad, it should be you who rests. I can tell from your appearance that you've been busy for a long time." Tuan Tuan pulled Wen Zheng to the bedside and whispered, "And what if you make the boat ugly?"

"Hey, you dare to dislike me." Wen Zheng knocked Tuan Tuan on the forehead directly.

"I'm talking about a fact that is likely to happen, so don't get involved in the matter of making a boat."

Tuan Tuan was righteous, but Wen Zheng felt that the child was getting harder and harder to manage as he grew up.

Although he didn't understand, he had a good aesthetic and good hands-on ability, but when the two were combined, there would be a disastrous result.

In the past, I carved a wooden bird or a snowman for Tuantuan. He didn’t think it was pretty, but Tuantuan was always very happy every time he received it.

But now he despises it.

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Alas, the old father was a little hurt.

Wen Zheng fell asleep while being hurt. After waking up, he did not go downstairs, but sat next to Tuan Tuan to help.

Although the result of doing it yourself is not satisfactory, at least you can help with a little hand.

From the morning to lunch, I took out the heated hot pot I bought from the supermarket and put the snacks I bought casually in it. I had a good meal, which was much more comfortable than being downstairs.

At noon, the sun tried hard to let the sun penetrate the dark clouds, and the sky outside was much brighter. The rain still did not stop, and there was any trend of getting smaller.

Wen Zheng went down again in the afternoon.

Before he went out, he heard someone talking outside and stopped.

"Did the person you contacted really say that?"

"Why would you lie to me? This rainstorm is not just in our country, it's global. There is no sign of stopping the rain yet, and my uncle is already making preparations."

"Did your uncle say how to get a boat ticket?"

"It's not clear yet, at least we have to leave here first. We don't know when the rescue will come. It's pitch black everywhere. We shouldn't have come here if we had known."

"At least there is food and drink, and it can be delivered to the door. It's much better than the group of people on the floor."

The voices of several people disappeared inside the door as the room door closed.

Wen Zheng thought that there was nothing important in these people's words. This disaster world is facing a flood, which can be directly associated with Noah's Ark in myths and legends.

If all the land is submerged by water in the future, except for a few high enough grounds, humans can only live on boats.

Hearing the word boat ticket, Wen Zheng was not surprised.

However, like these people, if you want to get a boat ticket, you must first get out of the current predicament.

Standing on the 26th floor, it is a little difficult to see the situation below, but when you go down to about ten floors, you can see that the accumulated water has reached the third floor.

The situation below is still in chaos until now. All the people below and including the sixth floor have moved to the sixth floor.

This time is not as anxious as the night before. The number of people from the first to the sixth floor has increased, and the floors from the seventh to the nineteenth floor have been mixed in. Some people took the opportunity to live in a better living room.

The manager who can work in this hotel has quite rich experience, but this kind of difficult situation still makes him anxious.

Wen Zheng watched for a while. The people who are still arguing with the manager now are just because they are not satisfied with the treatment of the room they are assigned, so they want to take the opportunity to fight for it.

However, the people who felt good during the two days of getting along were not among them. It is estimated that they have already found a room to live in.

Just when Wen Zheng was about to find a waiter to ask, Zhang Yuanying, who happened to come out, saw Wen Zheng and shouted immediately.

"Brother Wen, come down to see us. We are all living in adjacent rooms, all over here."

Zhang Yuanying and his family live on the seventh floor. His family lives in one room, and the rest of the people live in another room.

The curtains were all opened. Although they could see the frightening rising water, at least they could use a little light from outside.

Wen Zheng took something out of his pocket and handed it to them. Everyone took a closer look and was quite surprised.

"Hand-cranked flashlight? Brother Wen, where did you get it for us to use? What will you do?"

"Before the rainstorm, my son wanted to go camping in the mountains, and dragged me to buy a lot of things. I bought two of this thing, and who knew it would be used."

"Thank you, Brother Wen."

Hearing that Wen Zheng still had some, several people were a little hesitant, but they still took it from Wen Zheng, but they were more grateful to Wen Zheng in their hearts.

"What are your plans for the next few days?"

Wen Zheng asked them about today's situation, which was about the allocation of rooms. After a general understanding, he changed the topic.

"Plans? Now we can only stay in the room, what plans can we have? There is nothing we can do except wait for rescue."

Someone said a few words and then fell into grief. He came out to eat with friends and was trapped in the hotel, but his parents were at home and he didn't know what was going on.

I couldn't get through before my phone ran out of battery.

The rest of the people were affected by the mood. Zhang Yuanying was in a good mood because his family was around, but he couldn't show this when others were sad.

He thought seriously about what Wen Zheng said, and suddenly realized that something was wrong: "Brother Wen, from what you said, do you have other plans?"

The others temporarily got out of their thoughts.

"Yes." Wen Zheng nodded simply, "You can't leave your safety completely to others."

After speaking, Wen Zheng took out another piece of paper and opened it. It was what Wen Zheng had taken time to draw today. It was about how to make a boat using the limited materials in the hotel.

As soon as the drawing was taken out, it was immediately watched by everyone.

However, they were not surprised, but suspicious.

"If this boat can really be made, it won't fall apart once it is put on the water, right?" The first fool questioned and was immediately bumped by the person next to him.

"Brother Wen, don't pay attention to his nonsense. We just don't know much about boats, so we are a little worried..."

"No need to say more." Wen Zheng smiled and said that he didn't take these words to heart. "I made the boat just in case. If I am really forced into a desperate situation, at least I can float in the water for a while. You decide whether to do it or not."

After speaking, Wen Zheng stopped talking about this matter and casually talked about some news he searched on the Internet from his mobile phone with insufficient battery.

Because of the continuous heavy rain, the rescue work was not going smoothly. Even though there is no statistics yet, it is conceivable that the number of deaths in this rainstorm and flood will be an extremely high number, and until now, the number is still rising sharply.

In the next few days, the rain still did not decrease, but the wind was reduced, but the speed of the water accumulation was a little slower than before.

Wen Zheng and Tuan Tuan made the boat very quickly. Now they can be said to have a small boat, but there are still many details to be dealt with.

In addition to Wen Zheng and Tuan Tuan, after Wen Zheng sent the drawings last time, Zhang Yuanying and the other four people discussed and decided to give it a try.

If the rainstorm in the sky stopped during this period, they might choose to give up. But before the rainstorm stopped, they heard what Wen Zheng said and planned to insure their safety.

Even if there is no rescue, at least they can rely on their own efforts to survive for a while.

Making a boat is not such an easy thing. Even with a very detailed drawing, various problems will arise during the production process.

Wen Zheng would occasionally come down to take a look, and would also switch with Tuantuan, staying in the room and letting Tuantuan go out to take a look. Even if it was still within the scope of the entire hotel, at least there was a little more space for activities.

In fact, this world has not been very suitable for Tuantuan so far. Birds that like to fly cannot always be kept in one place. Unfortunately, there is no way to regret it.

After Tuantuan went out, Wen Zheng guessed that he would walk around the entire hotel, and then go to Zhang Yuanying's room to teach them how to make a boat.

When Wen Zheng went out to see Zhang Yuanying and others the next day, he found that as long as he mentioned Tuantuan, they found that their expressions on their faces were extremely complicated, but the most important emotion was admiration, and there was also a little frustration from being hit.

Wen Zheng thought that Tuantuan would be in a much better mood after returning, and turned a blind eye to their special performance, and even planned to let Tuantuan come down a few more times.

The days living in the hotel were dull. Even if there were some minor frictions between some residents, they never involved Wen Zheng or people who had a good relationship with him.

So he usually watched when he had nothing to do, and the hotel manager took people to deal with it.

This time, Wen Zheng went down and heard the noisy sound from the ninth floor again. He didn't take it seriously at first and was about to continue, but what he heard stopped him.

"Manager, manager, do you have any cold medicine? My wife has a fever, please take a look."

"Don't go over there, no one should get close to them. Is your wife really having a fever?"

"Look at how red her face is, manager, please find someone to see a doctor."

"Don't worry, who knows what caused her high fever? A few days ago, she secretly ran down to the sixth floor, and when she ran up, a gold bracelet fell from her arms. It was probably taken from a dead person."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

In the flood caused by heavy rain, it is inevitable that some people will lose their lives in this disaster, and even drift with the water without stopping.

I didn't encounter it in the first few days, but as the water accumulated, sometimes when I looked down from the window to observe the water level, I could always see something I didn't want to see.

The debris of various sundries is the most normal, and the corpses of animals and even humans are uncomfortable to see, and sometimes they even give people nightmares.

Most of these things will float along the water and then float away, but with the various sundries gathered in various corners outside the hotel, the corpses are directly stuck there.

After someone first saw it and shouted it out, few people looked in that direction. There was no way to deal with it, so they could only pretend it didn't exist.

"Don't let her out, what if it's an infectious disease. I said it because I was afraid that she had an infectious disease and had to lock her in the house, as well as the people who had contact with her in the past few days."

"Don't listen to her nonsense, my wife just caught a cold and had a fever. It must be because my wife quarreled with her a few days ago, so she made up this and deliberately framed us."

"Where did you get the bracelet from? Did you steal it from someone?"

"There is no bracelet at all!"