Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

Looking at the simple and old ferry, Chu Xiao felt a little melancholy, because if he wanted to live on this ship, he had to prepare a lot of things.

Maybe they will move to another place in the future, but at least for now, this ship will be a temporary residence for their group of people.

As a former public facility, the ship has enough space, but if you want to live happily and comfortably, it may have to undergo some simple renovations.

"Ah, it would be great if I could find sleeping bags, some tableware and daily necessities, as well as some fresh water and fuel. Since we're on a boat, should we find some fishing rods and nets..." Chu Xiao stood at the bow, looking at the island port that was getting closer and closer, counting on his fingers as he considered the supplies he would need. The more he thought about it, the more his head began to turn. He really began to feel how ill-considered he was to have decided to escape to the sea on a whim.

The girls behind him were chatting and laughing as they packed up the various sundries on the ferry. Chu Xiao couldn't help but mutter in his heart: We must change to a better boat.

"Okay, ahem," Gu Ke's pretentious voice came over the ship's radio, "We are about to reach our destination. Passengers who are getting off the ship, please get ready and don't forget the luggage you should bring."

Chu Xiao smiled, closed his eyes slightly and pretended to breathe. When he opened his eyes again, he had adjusted his state again.

"Brother Xiao, this is for you." Su Muhe obediently handed Chu Xiao the two tools he used most often, a shotgun and a fire axe.

"My Su Su is the most caring." Chu Xiao rubbed Su Muhe's head, took the weapon from Su Muhe's hand, put the loaded shotgun behind his back, and held the fire axe in one hand.

"When we get to the island later, Brother Xiao must be careful." Su Muhe bit her lip, her face full of worry - she had experienced this kind of thing many times before, but she felt that she would probably never get used to watching important people get into danger.

The girl secretly glanced in the direction of the others, and after making sure no one noticed, she grabbed Chu Xiao's empty hand, pressed it gently against her chest, then stood on tiptoes and pecked him quickly on the lips. The softness of his palm and lips made Chu Xiao's heart flutter.

Unfortunately, this moment of softness did not last long.

Su Su whispered, "This is the blessing of the goddess of luck."

It was just a simple action, but it made Chu Xiao's heart flutter. Chu Xiao thought, this girl must have been a vixen or a succubus in her previous life, she was just too good.

The main vanguards of disembarking this time were still Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng. Gu Ke stayed on the boat to deal with any emergencies. After Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng found out the situation, the others considered whether to disembark.

The resort island is not very large. From Chu Xiao and his friends' perspective, the entire island seems silent. The scenery on the golden beach is extremely beautiful, but there is not a single person on it.

"Something's wrong..." Gu Ke stopped the ferry and looked at the golden beach on the island from afar. The whole island seemed dead silent. Even if he looked carefully with a telescope, he couldn't see any moving things, whether they were living people or dead bodies. In the field of view of the telescope, the waves hit the golden beach, and several parasols were inserted crookedly on the beach. There were rows of empty lounge chairs under the parasols. A little further away were rows of holiday cottages and a small shopping mall. The sign of the shopping mall looked very dim.

Logically speaking, there should have been quite a few tourists on the island when the disaster broke out. Regardless of whether there were survivors or not, the island should not have looked so lifeless.

In the cab, everyone's expression gradually became serious. To survive in this terrible world, any abnormal point must be taken seriously. No one knows whether an incomprehensible monster like the "Blood Rat Queen" will appear. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the survivors on the island successfully defeated the zombies and turned the entire island into a safe paradise.

However, for Chu Xiao and his team, the latter situation is not a good thing. A strange team that is isolated from the world and whose strength is unknown is definitely no less dangerous than zombie monsters. Moreover, if it is really the latter situation, then the difficulty of collecting supplies on the island will also increase greatly. Because monsters do not need supplies, but living people do.

"Yun girl, what do you think?" Chu Xiao couldn't make any sense of it even with the telescope, so he could only hope for the metaphysical ability of his own little radar.

The island seemed to be normal, but in fact, at this time, the absence of abnormality was the biggest abnormality.

Yun Duoer stared at the small island not far away, her brows tightly furrowed, and she looked as if she was about to open her mouth and eat this seemingly ordinary island.

After a long while, Yun Duo'er lowered her shoulders, looking somewhat puzzled: "I don't feel any danger... It's just an ordinary island..."

Chu Xiao and the other girls looked at each other. They all knew that Yun Duo'er's metaphysical ability was really useful. In previous experiences, Yun Duo'er had actually proved how useful her "little radar" was. However, even with Yun Duo'er's "detection", Chu Xiao still didn't dare to completely let down his guard.

After all, the current situation is really unexpected, and it is so calm that it feels a little weird.

"Although Yun girl has said so, the plan remains unchanged. Mengmeng and I will go down first, and you stay on the boat and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time." Chu Xiao made the decision. Yun Duoer's metaphysical perception finally gave Chu Xiao some confidence.

After the plan was agreed upon, Gu Ke drove the ferry closer to the pier. There were several small boats docked at the pier, including a motorboat. Chu Xiao thought that if there was any emergency, it would be a good choice to take Ruan Mengmeng and ride the motorboat away - it would be a good habit to always prepare a retreat for yourself.

When Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng left the ferry and stepped onto the wooden planks of the dock, Gu Ke immediately drove the boat away from the shore as planned, keeping a certain distance from the shore, dropping anchor and temporarily mooring - this was to prevent anything unexpected from sneaking onto the boat while the ferry was anchored.

Chu Xiao stepped on the beach. No matter what he would face later, at least at this moment he had a sense of solidity.

"Brother Xiao," Ruan Mengmeng looked around vigilantly, "It's so quiet here."

The entire island seemed to be filled with only the sound of waves crashing against the shore. If it weren't for the various resort facilities on the shore, Chu Xiao would even have suspected that they had come to an uninhabited island.

"It's better to be careful. No one knows what the situation is here. Even with Yun girl's divination, we can't be completely relieved." Chu Xiao advised.

He remembered the seaside park near Yuntai Sea that he had passed by on the sea not long after he went out to sea. Just as they had expected, the beach was full of staggering zombies, and the entire golden beach was almost dyed black by dried blood. As a resort, the number of tourists on this resort island at the moment of the disaster was definitely not small... So, the question now is, where did all those tourists go, whether dead or alive?

"We want to start our exploration from the seaside of the pier," Chu Xiao said to the girl, "regardless of what happens here for now, let's find something we can use first."

Chapter 5 Exploration

The terminal was much cleaner than Chu Xiao and the others had imagined. The waiting room was not very big and was next to the passenger center. The two walked into the waiting room carefully and saw only a row of seats in the empty hall and a small shop near the entrance.

There was no bloodstains as imagined, nor were there any horrible broken limbs or rotting corpses. It felt as if this place had been in normal use not long ago.

Chu Xiao remained alert and came to the small shop, where he found that all kinds of goods and souvenirs were still neatly arranged on the shelves. Except that there was no one in front of the cash register, everything seemed like the scene before the doomsday disaster.

"It shouldn't be like this," Chu Xiao whispered to himself, "If there really are survivors on this island, the food here should have been emptied out... Why is there no trace at all?"

He did see food such as instant rice on the shelves. Regardless of whether he could find other supplies later, at least he could fulfill his promise to the girls to have hot rice tonight.

He ran his fingers across the cash register table, raised his hand to look at the marks on his hand, and frowned. There were traces of dust on his hand, but compared to the long time since the disaster, although there was some dust on the cash register, the degree of dust accumulation was seriously inconsistent with two months.

——It's as if someone had just wiped it clean not long ago.

Chu Xiao was confused by his own thoughts. The traces of the convenience store in front of him did not look like any survivors had been there, but it did not look like no one had been there either. If he had to explain it, it was as if a group of "tourists" had wandered around the island, and the time was not long ago.

This conjecture scared Chu Xiao himself, and a terrible idea gradually emerged in his mind: Could it be that there is still a group of people in this world who have not been affected by the doomsday disaster?

No, Chu Xiao immediately remembered that such a person might indeed exist, and they might have already met him.

Whether it was the woman named "Zheng Wei" that I met in the hospital, or Sun Baishi who conducted experiments on living people in the large shelter, they were definitely closely related to the inside story of this disaster. Could it be that group of people again? Or was it some other group?

Chu Xiao's mind suddenly became very confused, but he couldn't make a reasonable clue. He forced himself to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and decided to ignore other things for the time being. He accepted the food in this small shop.

"Let's go, Mengmeng, let's go check out other places first." Chu Xiao took his daughter out of the store and continued to explore other places. "No matter what the situation is, we have gained something now."

"Brother Xiao, it seems that we are lucky this time." Ruan Mengmeng didn't think much about it. The things in the entire small convenience store in front of her were already a considerable gain.

However, Chu Xiao, who had been unlucky for a long time, underestimated their luck this time. After leaving the waiting room, he found the fuel he needed not far from the dock without much effort.

"This is truly the blessing of the 'Goddess of Luck'..." Chu Xiao even felt that it was unreal because the luck of this expedition was so smooth. "After I go back, I must thank Su Su..."

After exploring the facilities at the dock, Chu Xiao and his companions did not return to the ship immediately, but continued to move towards the island. Both of them carried weapons, and their current skills far exceeded those of ordinary people. Even if they really encountered any unexpected situations, they would not be unable to deal with them.

The joy of harvest made the two of them relax a lot. Although Chu Xiao still had doubts about the situation on the island, at least it was going smoothly so far... so smoothly that Chu Xiao was a little uncomfortable...

"Mengmeng, have you been to this island before?" Chu Xiao asked Ruan Mengmeng while keeping an eye on the surroundings as he walked on the soft beach. This island is not far from Yuntai City, and it is crowded every summer.

Chu Xiao had planned to bring his sister here to play many times, but due to his busy work, he had never been able to do so.

"I came here when I was a kid, but I haven't been here since I was a little older," the girl answered without thinking, "My family is busy, and I have a wild personality, so I haven't been here since."

Ruan Mengmeng raised her foot on the beach and kicked a shell far away. She seemed to be in a good mood. The sea breeze was very comfortable at this time. The sound of the waves and the wind made the island seem very quiet. She seemed to have a sense of being isolated from the world. At this moment, she even felt as if she and Xiao Ge were the only two people left in the world.

The girl glanced at the young man beside her and smiled unconsciously. The girl, who had never been in love before, couldn't explain what she felt. She was just happy to be with him. Although she was still on an important mission to explore the "unknown island", the girl couldn't help but want to get closer to the young man beside her.

Chu Xiao, who felt that there was nothing worth exploring on the beach, was about to walk around the holiday villa area a little further away, but suddenly felt a hot little hand reaching into his palm.

Chu Xiao was slightly startled, and subconsciously clenched the small hand in his palm, tightly interlocking the slender fingers. He turned back to look at Ruan Mengmeng, but saw the girl staring at him straight, without any shyness or hesitation.

"Ahem," Chu Xiao, who was about to suggest heading to the next area, immediately changed his words, "Mengmeng, I think there might be something to discover on the beach. Let's walk along the beach a little further."

……

"I knew that Mengmeng would definitely take action!" On the ferry, Gu Ke held up a telescope and stared at the two people on the beach. His expression was as if he was watching a youth campus drama. "She looks so young and immature. Is she really the eldest daughter of the Ruan family? The daughter of Ruan Zhaolong?"

"What did they do? I want to see! I want to see!" Yun Duoer was jumping around beside Gu Ke, trying to snatch the telescope, but was easily dodged by Gu Ke.

"Children are not allowed to watch this. You can watch it when you grow up." Gu Ke waved her hands. "Of course, there's nothing to see. It's just holding hands... Hey, hey, they stopped and hugged each other! They nibbled each other! Finally!"

"Ahhh, Auntie Se, I want to see it! Show it to me now!" Yun Duo'er, whose curiosity was aroused by Gu Ke's description, finally threatened, "If you don't show it to me, I will tell you everything you did with big brother in the car!"

"Ah! How can you be so vicious at such a young age!"

"Humph! Anyway, I want to see it!"

Su Muhe watched the farce in front of her, feeling amused and at the same time somewhat thankful that Chu Yan was not in the cab, otherwise she would have been furious again...

(ps: This chapter is not well written, if you have any comments, please let me know, I will revise it in time)

Chapter 6 Traces

A long trail of footprints was dragged on the beach, and then was covered by the sea water, leaving no trace after it receded.

The momentary tenderness did not make the two forget the important matter at hand. When their lips parted, Chu Xiao pinched Ruan Mengmeng's cheek very gently, while the girl looked at Chu Xiao's face with a straightforward and frank smile.

A little further away from the beach, there is a row of neatly arranged holiday villas, which are luxurious in shape, have independent yards, and even have swimming pools. These villas are for wealthy tourists who come to the island to live and enjoy, which is the so-called "villa hotel". Such luxury is naturally expensive.

With Chu Xiao's previous income, he could only dream of staying in a luxury hotel with a private swimming pool. The price of one night here would probably be enough to eat up most of his monthly salary.

Not far from the villa area is a small but exquisite shopping mall, which is probably designed to facilitate shopping for the residents. Due to the lack of power supply, the shopping mall's sensor door cannot open automatically.

Chu Xiao was not polite. He picked up the fire axe and smashed the glass door directly.

The situation in the shopping mall was not much different from the convenience store in the waiting room. The shops in the entire shopping mall were neatly displayed with goods. As a shopping mall for tourists from luxury villa hotels, the shops here were basically big brands, such as nice clothes and shoes, or expensive watches and handbags, with all kinds of goods. The goods displayed on the shelves and counters were also labeled with price tags, and the numbers on them were so large that Chu Xiao was a little trembling.

As a survivor struggling to survive in the end times, such a shopping mall that allows them to take whatever they want is undoubtedly a huge treasure. However, the situation in front of Chu Xiao did not make him excited at all. Except for the door that he broke, there was no broken glass, no trace of blood, and even no trace of moving supplies.

After being on the island for so long, Chu Xiao has not encountered a zombie or seen a living person.

He had a vague feeling that he had walked into a movie set. Everything before his eyes was a nearly perfect set on the stage, with traces of deliberateness from beginning to end.

Chu Xiao picked up a five-digit carbon fishing rod from the counter and tried it out in his hands. Although he was not a professional angler, he could still tell the feel of a high-end fishing rod in his hands.

"If it's really used as a stage set... then the cost would be really huge..." Chu Xiao muttered to himself.

The young man held his sister's hand and walked in this clean and tidy shopping center, but he felt a little scared. He felt like an explorer who had strayed into a dragon's lair, dazzled by the gold and silver treasures, but always worried about the evil dragon hiding in the dark.

"Brother Xiao, can I take these things away?" Ruan Mengmeng's expression also became strange. "The appearance here makes me start to doubt whether the end of the world is really happening..."

"Take it away! Of course, take away everything that can be taken away!" Chu Xiao said fiercely, but he himself didn't know what he was fierce at.

Just as Yun Duoer felt, although this island was full of weirdness, at least so far, Chu Xiao and his friends had not encountered any danger. However, Chu Xiao still felt uneasy in his heart.

Maybe he had been unlucky for a long time, and he was completely unable to adapt to the sudden good fortune.

However, after another careful search, Chu Xiao and his team finally found some traces, enough to confirm that something must have happened on this island before.

On a wall of the shopping mall shaded by green plants, Chu Xiao noticed several small holes that looked like bullet holes.

"At least we can confirm that there might have been a gunfight in this damn place before..."

After leaving the shopping mall, Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng walked towards the villa area together.

If there really are people on the island, these rows of villas are very likely to be there. Unconsciously, Chu Xiao's purpose of landing on the island has changed from collecting supplies to finding people on the island, whether they are alive or dead!

Chu Xiao didn't rush into the villas to look for clues, but first explored the outside. Each villa seemed extremely quiet and lacked popularity. At least from the outside, there was basically no sign of anyone living there.

The gates of the villa were all locked, but a mere lock could not stop Chu Xiao. After basically understanding the situation, Chu Xiao picked up the fire axe and smashed open the gates one by one without hesitation.

Chu Xiao felt that if he were a survivor on this island, he would definitely use the luxurious villa here as his living place. The villa is also equipped with solar panels. Even now, the house still has electricity, and all electrical appliances can basically be used normally.

However, the villa was still empty, and the sheets were neatly arranged, as if the guests had just left. The hotel staff had already cleaned the villa thoroughly, and even drained the water in the swimming pool in preparation for the guests' next stay.

The villas were all the same, as if copied and pasted, and all were clean and tidy, lacking in popularity, which made people upset. Chu Xiao explored to this extent, and the sun was about to set. He was basically certain that there was really no one else on this damn island.

There are no living people, and no dead people.

However, just when Chu Xiao was almost numbly exploring the next villa, he unexpectedly discovered that the door lock of this villa was damaged.

"Brother Xiao, the lock of this door... was broken on purpose..." Ruan Mengmeng observed carefully, "After it was broken, it was deliberately disguised to look intact."

Chu Xiao suddenly perked up and immediately realized that this might be a hint left by the owner of this place before leaving.

……

Before the sun set, Chu Xiao brought Ruan Mengmeng back to the boat.

They brought back some supplies, including instant rice, hotel sheets and quilts, and some daily necessities. Although Chu Xiao had confirmed that there was indeed no one on the island, he had no intention of staying overnight on that strange island.

This was also the reason why he and Ruan Mengmeng hurried back to the boat before dark. God knows if any ghosts would pop up after dark. Even if Yun Duoer's perception said it was "safe", this uninhabited island really had the flavor of a "horror movie" everywhere.

Of course, in addition to those useful supplies, Chu Xiao also brought back something, which was now placed in front of the girls.

It was a diary with a pink cover.

(ps: If this follows the route of a supernatural novel, a bunch of messy things will appear on the island at night...)

Chapter 7 Diary