Chapter 3 Countdown(1/2)
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L Island is very big, about the size of three or four S cities. There are mostly hotels with low floors along the coast. Even if there are high-rise buildings, they can easily be washed away by huge waves if they are too close to the sea.
The danger in the early stages of a tsunami was the fast-flowing floods with strong impact. She had to find a sturdy high-rise building, preferably a hotel with complete facilities.
You Xi frowned and opened the hotel reservation app, trying to find a hotel in the city center, but was unexpectedly pulled.
"Xixi, what are you doing? The boat is already waiting. Everyone has left, and we are the only ones left!"
The person who pulled her was Meng Lu, who in the memory set for her was a company colleague with whom she had a good relationship.
They booked today's snorkeling activities and other water sports yesterday. There is a large beautiful coral reef about 20 minutes away from the coral island, which is a holy land for snorkeling.
The group of them had just finished breakfast and were getting ready to set off.
It is definitely impossible for You Xi to go, but she wants to test a question: "Xiaolu, I can't go snorkeling today, ¥& is coming."
Meng Lu looked puzzled: "What's coming? Xixi, what did you say? Why can't we go snorkeling?"
The two words blocked are: tsunami.
You Xi tried to tell Xiaolu that the tsunami was coming by writing and typing, but failed.
[Hosts should not do fruitless things. If the host reminds people in the apocalyptic world in any way that the disaster is coming, they will be blocked by the world.]
You Xi laughed in his heart: I thought you couldn't speak in the apocalyptic world.
[The system will not appear unless necessary. Please focus on the current task.]
You Xi: Is the apocalyptic world the real world?
[Please host to focus on the current task.]
Unable to ask, You Xi could only give up.
But the test just now relieved her of some psychological pressure. If she could warn people in the apocalyptic world of disaster, would she say it or not?
Talking about it will definitely put her in some troubles, but she comes from a peaceful era, and her mentality will definitely not be able to change immediately. Being able to warn and not speak out will make her feel guilty to some extent.
Now that she's tried it, she's helpless and can focus on the task.
Afterwards, she told Xiaolu that she had to go back to Island L temporarily because of something, and asked her if she wanted to go back with her.
Xiaolu naturally refused. Everyone had been looking forward to today's event for a long time. You Xi had no reasonable reason and the other party was certainly not willing to give up today's schedule for her.
"Xixi, are you really in trouble, or are you minding Zichen's affairs? I explained to you last night that I really don't like him and have always regarded him as a friend. I didn't expect that he would confess to me..."
Following Xiaolu's words, some scenes unfolded in front of her like movie scenes.
In the background of the world, Zichen is her senior brother from the same university, and she has always had a crush on her. In order to get closer to Zichen, she entered his company and worked for two years. Xiaolu is her company colleague, she is lively and generous, and after joining the company
He often asks her to have lunch together and has a good relationship with her, which is how he learned that she likes Zichen.
She likes Zichen, but because of her shy personality, she has never confessed her love. After learning about it, Xiaolu frequently joined their gatherings to check on her and help her create some opportunities. Of course, such a three-person date makes
Xiaolu and Zichen quickly became familiar with each other.
The three of them are friends on the surface, but last night on this romantic island, Zichen confessed his love to Xiaolu, and she happened to see this scene...
The person in front of me continued: "I've explained it to you, why are you still like this? Yes, I didn't reject Zichen directly yesterday, but I was confused by him and didn't know how to refuse..."
"Xiao Lu, I'm not talking to you about what happened last night." You Xi is 26 years old. In college, she was "loved and taken care of" by a female classmate who had a different personality from Xiao Lu. Now she is very good at distinguishing between tea and lotus.
Already.
In the picture, Xiaolu said she was helping her check and create opportunities, but in fact, relying on her status as a friend, she used words and actions to tease Fang Zichen countless times.
She prides herself on her generous character, and does not distinguish between men and women with Fang Zichen. Sometimes when she is happy, she will hold his arm and pretend to hit him, deliberately mess up his hair, and sit next to him and put her arm around his shoulder to watch the same video.
Drink from the glass he drank from... blah blah blah.
Therefore, even though Xiaolu looked far inferior to her in the scene You Xi saw, Fang Zichen still fell in love with Xiaolu in the end. Last night, he finally couldn't help but end the friendship and confess to Xiaolu. Xiaolu's first thought at the time
The sentence is: I always thought that you and You Xi were two...
Fang Zichen, on the other hand, expressed with excitement and enthusiasm that he had always regarded You Xi as his sister and the person he liked was her, and then he kissed her domineeringly.
You Xi:……
She felt a little pain in her head. It was just a set identity, but it actually went into detail about the relationship between men and women, and she was given such a shy personality and such a bloody relationship. It was really too much.
"Xiaolu, I really have to go back to Island L now because I have something to do. I am asking you purely as a friend, do you want to go back with me?"
"Why do we have to go back to Island L? I'm really looking forward to today's sea activities! What's going on? If you have anything to say, tell us and we'll go find Zichen... Oh no, let's find other colleagues to see how to solve it."
"I don't feel well and want to go to the hospital."
Meng Lu was speechless for a moment: "...How could it be? But you look very good..."
The other party was unwilling, and You Xi couldn't explain it. She didn't say anything more, sent Meng Lu away, and hurried back to the beach cabin.
She found her passport from the safe, gave up a large box of luggage, and only took out a backpack. She stuffed some T-shirts, trousers and underwear into it, put on clothes and travel shoes that were convenient for movement, and took them away.
There were two bottles of water in the room, then I took my wallet and mobile phone and headed to the pier decisively.
The pier is very close. It takes ten minutes to take the hotel's ATV. There is a scheduled boat service between the coral island and the main island.
As soon as she got on the ATV, she reached into her backpack and pretended to take something. In fact, she took out the [Translator Chewing Gum] from the Star House warehouse. She only knew three-legged cat English, and she knew nothing about Haiguo.
[Translated Chewing Gum] It has a very ordinary mint flavor, and nothing happened after chewing it a few times.
She chewed a few more times, and then tried to speak to the ATV driver: "Excuse me, what is the fastest boat departure from Coral Island to L Island?"
The driver glanced at her in surprise, and then said: "The bus departs every hour, and the fastest one is at 9:30. We can just go there in time."
What the other person said was obviously the local dialect, but she could completely understand it. This feeling was amazing, just like when she spoke to the other person before, thinking it was Beijing dialect, but the sound came out as the local dialect.
This [Translation Chewing Gum] is very practical.
In the next few minutes, she asked the other party about the hotel on Island L. It should be farther away from the coast, at least more than six stories high, and the building should be of good quality...
The other party provided her with the names of several hotels, all of which were five-star.
One room is located halfway up the Wanghai Mountain on Island L. It is considered to have the highest terrain, but it is very far away. It is on the other side of the island, about ten kilometers away from the other coast. It takes more than two hours to drive from the dock where they arrived on the island.
The time to return to the main island from the coral island felt a bit dangerous.
The second hotel was newly built two years ago. It is the newest hotel on the island. The floors are of very high quality. However, it is only about one kilometer away from the coast in a straight line. It also feels a bit dangerous.
The third one is in the city center. It takes more than 20 minutes to drive from the pier without traffic jams. It has been built for more than ten years, but the main building has a unique shape. It is a triangle with a large area and a total of fifteen floors.
You Xi thanked the other party, arrived at the pier and bought a ticket. She quickly boarded the ship. She sat down by the window and then took out her mobile phone to search for information and photos of the third hotel.
The hotel is indeed as the driver said. The shape of the main building is a bit unique. It is a triangle with a large chassis base, and the pointed corner faces the sea. Such a building has a small stress-bearing area and is less likely to be collapsed by floods.
She did not book a hotel immediately, but walked out of the cabin, paid for some food sold on the ship, and then asked the waiter for information. The other party also mentioned several hotels based on his impression, including this triangular five-star hotel called "Ruonaya"
hotel.
You Xi did not hesitate anymore and immediately called to make a reservation. The earliest check-in time of the hotel is three o'clock in the afternoon and the check-out time is two o'clock in the afternoon. However, the time she arrived at the hotel was probably around twelve o'clock. If she had arrived in advance during these two hours,
There is also a day fee for check-in.
"It's okay, I need to check in early, please make a reservation for me."
"So what kind of room does the guest want to book? We have..."
Finally, You Xi booked a one-bedroom, one-living executive suite on the thirteenth floor. It was not that she needed a big room, but a high floor. From the twelfth floor upwards, there were more expensive suites of this type.
She had checked the cash in her wallet before, and after calculating local prices, she set aside money for air tickets and transportation, and booked a room for two days. She was mainly afraid that she would not be able to swipe credit cards after the tsunami, and that in this world, mobile phone payments were not allowed.
"Okay, guest, please arrive at the hotel before three o'clock in the afternoon. If you exceed the time limit, you will not be able to reserve a room for the guest."
During the next shipping time, she distractedly checked the local weather forecast.
There was no warning in the weather forecast, but the sky over the sea was still clear, without even a single dark cloud. The sun was shining brightly, and it didn't look like there was going to be a catastrophe at all.
In order to guarantee the time, You Xi asked the boatman to book a car for her before disembarking and pick her up at the dock. Although it was more expensive than taking a taxi herself, it was more convenient and faster.
The benefits of [Translation Chewing Gum] are fully demonstrated at this time. Chew it and travel around the world without language worries.
The pier arrived soon. She found the car waiting at the pier according to the license plate number. After confirming the fare, she turned on her mobile phone to navigate and monitored the driver's route along the way.
The development of Haiguo is backward and the public security is far inferior to that of Jingguo. She is now alone outside and needs to be vigilant at all times.
The car got more and more jammed as it went to the city center. Forty minutes later, the car successfully stopped outside the Ronaya Hotel. It was 12:20 noon, and there was still an hour and 40 minutes before the tsunami was coming.
You Xi was relieved. When she went to the front desk to pay the deposit, she found that there was a bank card in her wallet that could be used directly by this hotel. She did not need to pay cash for the room payment, which made her feel more at ease.
The executive suite is very large, covering more than 90 square meters inside and outside. The living room faces southeast, with floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors. Outside is a terrace enclosed by a black wrought iron fence.
Downstairs is the hotel's swimming pool and courtyard. The swimming pool is bustling with tourists at the moment, and the aroma of barbecue comes from the open-air bbq next to the courtyard.
You Xi looked around the room. The room was located in the middle of the left waist of the entire triangular building, facing the sea. She threw her backpack on the sofa, took the order book from the room, and called to order.
Before the disaster happened, she wanted to save some food and drink. Although she had already stocked up a lot of things in the Star House Warehouse, stocking up was an instinct for a stay-at-home girl with a strong sense of crisis.
She ordered more than ten kinds of local specialties, including grilled lamb chops, various seafood barbecues, several tropical fruits, specialty desserts and local fruit drinks and smoothies.
Afterwards, she took out a clean T-shirt, trousers and underwear from her backpack and went into the bathroom to wash her hair and take a shower.
The pure water she stocked in the Star House warehouse included a total of twenty-four barrels of 5l and a total of 128 bottles of 500ml. This water was enough to sustain her drinking water and occasional cooking water for a hundred days, but it was definitely
There is no way for her to have the luxury of taking a bath and washing her hair.
To be continued...