Next, she gave a detailed account of the situation on the government's side.

After the disaster, when officials went missing, some people living nearby spontaneously organized themselves to see what was going on inside and why they had been abandoned.

When they arrived, they found the place deserted, with only a dozen or so unsuspecting security guards trapped inside.

In their struggle for survival, a dozen security guards banded together for warmth, but ended up in a physical altercation with the group of residents who had come to their aid.

Both sides had their wins and losses, but the supplies in this building were something everyone coveted.

The residents couldn't fight back, so they called in reinforcements. In the end, they overpowered the security guards with their numbers and made this place their base.

They threw the security guard's body into the water, and at first, they were living quite comfortably there.

However, there are many residents but only so many supplies, which is simply not enough to support such a large population.

A week later, the residents began fighting amongst themselves, and the survivors emerged victorious.

But soon, the victor fell ill.

At first, I just felt weak all over, like I had a cold and fever.

Afterwards, blisters started appearing on the body, like water blisters, red and itchy. People who couldn't stand it scratched the wounds open, resulting in direct infection.

They had food, but no medicine, so they could only isolate the sick people separately.

This disease is contagious; even without contact with others, you can develop the same symptoms.

The remaining people became desperate and decided to kill the remaining people and throw them into the water.

Even the patients didn't want to die so easily, so internal strife broke out again.

The patient is completely indifferent now; they're going to die sooner or later anyway, so taking one person with them is a bonus. But the healthy people don't think that way; they want to live a few more days.

In the end, Brother Huai escaped with his men, taking nothing but supplies.

The women were with them too.

"We traveled to several places before finally arriving here. Brother Huai used force to subdue the people in the building next door and plundered the surrounding food, which is how we survived until now." The woman said, a look of lingering fear on her face.

"Were those people still alive when you left?" Shi Jinwei asked.

The woman nodded, and continued, "A few days ago?"

"Five days," she said.

Although only 18 days have passed since the torrential rains began, for those who are still alive, it feels like an eternity.

Hearing her words, both of them felt heavy-hearted.

According to the woman, those viruses might be able to spread through the air.

If they get infected, they won't survive long even if they get to a safe house.

However, Shi Jinwei thought differently from Cheng Rui. She didn't need to live too long; she just needed to hold on for another 12 days.

Seeing that they didn't speak, the woman quickly pleaded, "Look, I've already told you, please let me go, please let me go."

Cheng Rui looked at Shi Jinwei, who lowered her eyes.

"We're all players, please don't kill me, please," she pleaded again.

But the words that followed were automatically muted in Cheng Rui's ears. He asked Shi Jinwei blankly, "What did she say? I don't understand."

Shi Jinwei shook her head: "It's nothing, this person can't be kept around."

They are both players, but the feud between them has already begun. Leaving this as a potential problem could cause trouble if they encounter each other again in future games.

Before Cheng Rui could even make a move, she took care of the person herself.

The woman's eyes were wide open, dead, but they felt no psychological burden whatsoever.

"Sister Shi, if what she said is true, then it will be very dangerous for us to go there."

Cheng Rui threw all the bodies into the water and then returned to Shi Jinwei.

Although there was no one inside to facilitate their movement, they still threw the sick corpses into the water.

Even if they have diving equipment, there is no guarantee of their safety.

Moreover, this disease is likely an epidemic that broke out after a major disaster, and it must be highly contagious.

Shi Jinwei thought for a moment and then asked another question: "Are there any supplies in the safe house?"

Cheng Rui was taken aback: "Yes, it has everything. My brother said that the food inside could feed five people for three months without any problem, so the two of us should be able to last for four or five months."

Hearing him say that, Shi Jinwei felt relieved and comforted him instead: "Since there are supplies, there must be no shortage of medicine. We will disinfect ourselves and take precautions as soon as we go in, and there should be no problem."

Cheng Rui didn't think that far ahead as she did, and thinking about it, it was indeed true.

Since he was going to die anyway, he might as well take a gamble, so he stopped saying anything discouraging and followed Shi Jinwei onto the kayak.

Knowing there were no survivors inside, they had no more scruples and broke in through the window as soon as they arrived.

Just as the woman had said, the place was filled with corpses, each in a different way, and the rotting bodies emitted a stench that made it a scene of hell on earth.

Before coming in, Shi Jinwei took out four masks and put two on her face.

Even so, the smell seeped through their masks like a persistent ailment, almost making them vomit.

At this point, they dared not delay any longer and ran straight to the stairwell.

The third floor was already flooded, so they found the stairwell to the fourth floor. Below was murky sewage. They changed into their diving suits, exchanged a glance, and walked into the water.

The distance from the fourth floor to the basement level is approximately 15 meters.

Neither of them had received professional training and planned to gradually delve deeper into the subject.

The stairwell leading from the fourth floor to the third floor was open, and they passed through it without difficulty. However, they struggled a bit with the stairwell from the third floor to the second floor.

Because the security door there was locked, they eventually had to smash the glass in the door to squeeze through.

But that's not all. There was a large cabinet blocking the safety door leading from the second floor to the first floor.

If it were on the ground, the two people could simply move it away.

But now that they were in the water, they tried their best, but the cabinet didn't budge an inch.

Staying there would only accelerate oxygen depletion, so the two had no choice but to go back upstairs to make further plans.

After emerging from the water, Shi Jinwei didn't rush to change her clothes. Instead, she took out disinfectant and sprayed it all over the two of them before signaling Cheng Rui to change.

I don't know if it will be useful, but it's better than nothing.

Once they got back to the fourth floor, they found a room without any bodies to use as a temporary resting place, and finally began to figure out how to move the cabinets from the water.

"Is this the only stairwell?" This was the first question that came to Shi Jinwei's mind.

In her mind, such office buildings should have at least two or three stairwells.

Cheng Rui replied, "There's naturally more than one staircase, but this is the only one leading to the basement."

So if they want to go down, they have to move the cabinet.

Shi Jinwei thought about the things in her space and suddenly remembered that there seemed to be outdoor roller sets in her four first aid kits.

They quickly found it: "Can we use pulleys?"

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