【5】

This is a very young boy, from L Island, no more than 18 or 9 years old. He is wearing the uniform of the guest room staff of Ruonaya Hotel, a white shirt and a black vest, but now his clothes are messy and there are bloodstains everywhere.

You Xi glanced at the name tag on his chest, where his name was written in International Language: Ximan.

She took him a few steps towards the other side of the corridor. The doors of the rooms here were closed, and the smell of blood was not that strong: "Siman, I want to know the current situation. Your people have been to our place just now.

But the rescue was not made very clear. Has the hotel not received a response from the rescue yet?"

Seaman did not have a high degree of education and had to be introduced to work in this five-star hotel. However, he was smart, nimble and hard-working, and could speak international language, so he was quickly promoted from porter to room service.

The guest standing in front of him looked much calmer than the others, had a polite attitude, and spoke fluent local, giving him a natural sense of intimacy.

He looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Yes, rescue has been sent out after the first wave of tsunami came, but there has been no reply. Our island is not big, the police force and rescue resources are limited, and now the sea water

Before retreating, the situation in other parts of the island is worse than ours. So in this case, rescue

It shouldn't be able to reach us so quickly. Now we are most worried about the seriously injured people just now, and we have to send them to the hospital as soon as possible. The building over the hospital is also very high, and it is further away from the sea, so the situation should be okay. But

The water hasn't receded yet. If there hadn't been a surgeon among the guests, we really don't know what we would have done..."

"Is it the one inside just now?"

"Yes, his name is Lin, and he is from Beijing just like you. Fortunately, he had a fever before, so he didn't go to sea today. Fortunately, he didn't leave the hotel, otherwise..."

Seeing her frowning, Ximan comforted her: "But you don't have to worry too much, you are not injured, and our hotel currently has adequate reserves in all aspects. Even if there is no rescue, as long as the sea water recedes in a few hours, everyone will be safe."

However, You Xi couldn't rest assured. Not receiving a rescue reply was completely different from receiving a reply saying that people in more critical situations would be rescued first.

In addition, even if the sea water recedes, the only airport leaving Island L may not be usable in the short term. Water transportation is inconvenient and air transportation is not possible. Island L is effectively isolated from the world.

Unless there are external rescuers, according to the trend of this tsunami, I am afraid that the surrounding large islands and land near the sea will be affected. In a major disaster, the principle of proximity will be followed. I don’t know how long it will take until external rescue comes here.

What's more, will the seawater really recede within a few hours? The tsunami has passed, but the water level still remains at about the fourth floor, which is a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.

"Let's do this. If you get a rescue response here, whether you come immediately or have to postpone it, once there is a response, please let me know. My surname is You. You know which room I live in."

"Okay, Miss You, no problem."

"Thanks."

"You are welcome."

After You Xi left the sixth floor, he continued down to the fifth floor. There were very few people here, the entire corridor was wet, some people's doors were closed, and some people were discussing whether to move upstairs.

Less than half of the fourth floor was flooded. You Xi did not go down any further. Looking down from the window of the stairwell on the fifth floor, there were several rubber boats tied to the outer wall of the fourth floor. There were still people organizing rescue operations, which could be seen not far away.

I saw many locals rowing boats to fish for usable supplies floating in the water.

When You Xi returned to the seventh floor, there were fewer people than before. She registered her room card number and passport name, received a dinner, and returned to the thirteenth floor.

The staff had already left, and most of the originally open rooms on this floor were closed. When she passed by the next room, the door suddenly opened, and the woman she saw in the afternoon greeted her politely.

"Hello, thank you for reminding me this afternoon. I didn't go downstairs immediately, otherwise..." She shivered involuntarily when she thought of the horrific scene when the tsunami hit.

"You're welcome, I just mentioned it casually."

"But you indirectly saved my life and that of my son. My surname is Yuan, and my name is Yuan Qi. I am from H City."

"My name is You Xi, from S City."

"Sorry, I don't speak international English very well. I wanted to ask you how things are going down there?"

You Xi briefly told what he saw.

"Thank you. In fact, my sister is coming to Island L with us this time. She is better at International Language, but she went out to sea today and left by boat in the morning. I don't know where she is now..."

Yuan Qi said so, but she knew in her heart that such a terrible tsunami would only bring disaster to her sister.

"Mom..." The little boy came out of the door and reached out to grab Yuan Qi's hand, "Yuan Yuan is hungry. When are we going to have dinner with my aunt?"

Yuan Qi felt sour, squatting down and hugging her son: "It's my mother's fault. I forgot the time to eat. Now I will take Yuanyuan downstairs to eat."

You Xi had no idea of ​​giving the meal he received to the other party. After all, the hotel still had plenty of supplies, so it wasn't to that point.

After Yuan Qi picked up her son, she hesitated and asked, "Well, if there is any notice from the hotel in the future, can you continue to help me translate? I'm sorry to bother you, but I don't understand the language..."

It was just a small thing, You Xi nodded and said it was no problem.

She returned to the room, and as soon as she closed the door and turned on the lights, the room suddenly became dark. A moment later, footsteps and panicked voices came from the corridor. In this case, the darkness would make people even more panicky.

Fortunately, about ten minutes later, the light in the room sounded again. This should be the hotel's backup power supply.

The backup power supply only provided lighting services, and the air conditioner and other electrical appliances were stopped. You Xi opened the glass sliding door of the terrace. The heavy rain and tsunami had washed away the dry heat in the air on the island, and it was not very hot.

She turned off all the big lights in the suite, leaving only a floor lamp in the living room, and prepared to have dinner. The disaster had just hit her in the afternoon, and she was not in the mood to cook by herself, so she found a Cantonese-style pork ribs, scallops, and mushroom porridge from the Star House Warehouse.

Come out with a box of barbecued pork.

These were the takeaways she ordered one after another in the past five days. They were all packed in take-out boxes. When they were taken out, the food was still warm, and it felt like it had just come out of the pot.

In this strange world, familiar food brings a familiar sense of security.

The Pork Ribs, Scallops and Mushroom Porridge warms the stomach and is salty and delicious. The rice grains are soft and glutinous, and the scallops are fragrant. The ribs are cooked until they are soft and tasty, and melt in your mouth.

The barbecued pork is sweet, salty and appetizing. Each slice is thin but fat. This fat is not only not greasy, but also extremely soft and juicy. It is delicious when paired with dipping sauce.

She ate everything in line with the principle of not wasting, put the empty box of tableware into a plastic bag, and threw it back to the Star House warehouse. After that, she took out a cup of honey grapefruit tea.

The grapefruit used in this store is red pomelo. The bright red pulp is suspended in refreshing honey water, with floating ice cubes. It is cool and refreshing when you take a bite.

Since she had already taken a shower at noon and she didn't feel hot, she didn't plan to take a shower again to waste the hotel's water.

She simply washed her hands and face, locked the sliding glass door on the terrace, locked the safety lock on the door to the room, entered the bedroom, closed the door, and took a chair and set it up behind the door.

You Xi opened all the curtains in the bedroom, opened the window a little, and lay down on the big bed with a little bit of swaying water reflected in the window.

In fact, she had been sleepy for a long time. After all, the time she entered the mission world yesterday was midnight, which was exactly the time to go to bed. Now she has stayed up for more than ten hours, which is equivalent to staying up all night. Not long after she touched the pillow,

He slowly fell asleep.

She woke up to a knock on the door. She took out her mobile phone from the Star House warehouse and looked at it. It was about five o'clock in the morning.

The cell phone showed that 40% of the battery was left. This was a cell phone in the mission world. She had her own cell phone on her body while traveling through the world, but she obviously did not follow this world.

You Xi silently remembered that when traveling through the world, only the things placed in the Star House warehouse can follow the other world.

She didn't think carefully before, so she didn't stock up on things like charging cables and power bank, but now she discovered that after using up the remaining 40% of the battery, her phone would be forced to shut down.

There is no signal on the island now and the phone calls cannot be made, but the mobile phone can illuminate and tell the time, which is still very useful.

She threw her phone back into the warehouse and while wondering if there was a power bank in the hotel, she got up and walked out of the bedroom to the door of the room.

The person who knocked on the door was Ximan. He was still wearing yesterday's clothes. His eyes looked a little red and his face looked sleepy, as if he hadn't slept all night.

"Miss You." The other party was quite excited, "I'm sorry to wake you up so early..."

Seaman brought good news. The hotel received a rescue reply not long ago. Although the capital island has not been contacted, the rescue team on the island will arrive in about two hours. The transfer direction is to the Wanghaishan area. Although there is

It is relatively close to the other coast, but due to the terrain, the impact of the disaster is relatively small.

In addition to a five-star hotel on Wanghai Mountain, there are also two three-star hotels, large and small hotels and B&Bs, which can accommodate many people.

Two hospitals slightly closer to Wanghaishan transferred some survivors, medical staff and medical equipment last night.

"So, the water has receded?" You Xi obviously asked the key question, and the face of the boy in front of him became serious.

"You haven't looked outside, right? The water hasn't receded." In fact, not only has the water not receded, it has risen several steps overnight.

Many of the staff in the hotel are from L Island. They were very worried about their families after yesterday's tsunami. However, on the one hand, it was difficult to leave because the sea water had not receded, and on the other hand, the hotel was under pressure from work, so everyone tolerated it for the time being.

But the sea water did not recede at night, and the employees who were worried about their families couldn't bear it. After private discussions, they rowed away several rubber boats from the hotel and took away some food and water supplies.

Nearly half of the employees in the hotel were gone. Due to the shortage of manpower and the dispersion of people, Seaman's workload suddenly increased. He only slept for two or three hours a night, and kept guarding the safety stairs on the fifth floor to pay attention to the water line.

Several guests on the fifth floor had already moved to the seventh and eighth floors. Because it was dark last night and many guests and survivors were very tired, most people did not notice the water level outside.

Hearing this, You Xi said wait a moment, then turned and walked toward the living room terrace. She opened the sliding door and looked down at the hotel. The genius was slightly bright, but it was enough to distinguish the situation below. The dark gray water surface was reflected in the hazy light.

The reflected ripples are still as high as yesterday.

The worst happened, the sea water really didn’t recede!

Seeing her frowning, Ximan said again: "But fortunately we have received a rescue response. Please come to the eighth floor to gather in two hours. We will arrange for everyone in the hotel to leave one by one."

He thought for a while and added one more sentence before leaving, "Ms. You, the current disaster is serious and rescue is not that sufficient. Evacuations may be carried out in batches. In half an hour we will start to notify guests. Injured women, children and the elderly are given priority.

, you remember to go downstairs as early as possible."

"Thank you." After seeing Ximan off, You Xi closed the door and started to wash up.

The hotel only provides water for half an hour at night and there is no water in the morning, but this does not affect her.

She found a washbasin among the daily necessities in the Star House warehouse, poured half of the hot water out, and then washed herself with the hotel's toothbrush and toothpaste. After cleaning herself, she took out a small wonton and a box of soup dumplings from the warehouse.

This small wonton restaurant is the famous bubble wonton. It has a bone soup base and small transparent skinned wontons floating side by side in the soup. They are sprinkled with golden egg skin and green chopped green onions. They smell fresh.

The taste is just appetizing.

The soup dumplings are also famous far and wide. They have thin skin and large fillings. The color of the soup is faintly visible through the extremely thin skin. Carefully pick one up with chopsticks and place it on a spoon. You can lightly bite the skin and the delicious soup will flow into your mouth.

There are not many soup dumplings in one portion, six of them, plus small wontons, can be eaten in one meal.

You Xi sat in front of the coffee table in the living room, eating breakfast while watching the sky gradually brighten. As more and more people woke up and discovered the water level downstairs, the voices in the corridor gradually became chaotic.
To be continued...