Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

This diary was found in the last unlocked villa, and it was carefully hidden under the bed. However, the diary was all in English. Although Chu Xiao had good English grades when he was in school, he had basically forgotten what he learned since he graduated.

Although it was not so difficult to understand, looking at the densely packed English letters was really overwhelming. Ruan Mengmeng's level was not much different. Although her family had once aspired to train the girl to be an elegant and decent lady, it was obvious that Miss Ruan did not grow up according to her family's expectations.

Fortunately, many of the people who stayed on the ship were real academic masters.

The owner of the diary is a girl named "Anna" with the last name "Lobelin". Her handwriting is beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

"On X day of X month of X year... my father took me aboard the Nibelungen, a very beautiful and imposing ship, which was incomparable to any cruise ship I had ever boarded. It was anchored on the sea like a steel giant. I don't even know when my father built this ship. I know he has been busy with some 'great' undertaking recently, but he has never talked to me about it..."

After dinner on the boat, Su Muhe flipped through the girl's diary, speaking softly and fluently in English. The girl's voice was very pleasant, soft and crisp like a pool of warm water, and when she was interpreting, she subconsciously brought a little bit of translation accent, so Chu Xiao felt like he was listening to an English story similar to the Titanic.

And the girl Anna who wrote the diary, judging from the words between the lines, should be considered a rebellious aristocratic girl. It is indeed easy to associate her with the heroine in the movie.

"...There were a lot of people boarding the ship. I estimate that there should be thousands of people, or even more, because it is said that this is only the first batch. I met many familiar people, but there were more unfamiliar faces. My father took me to board the ship through the special channel. All the staff were extremely respectful when they saw us. This respect made me feel very uncomfortable, but my father enjoyed this situation very much - he has always been like this, likes to regard himself as a noble, and pursues those ancient and outdated traditions. Humph, how hypocritical, flaunting "noble traditions" while enjoying the convenience of technology..."

"...This ship is probably the most advanced ship I have ever seen. Although many parts of it are outdated like the French court of the 18th century, many parts use technologies that I have only seen in science fiction stories. But I was not happy because I didn't want to board the ship. I had planned to go to the Alps during this vacation. I asked him why he was in such a hurry to capture me and why I had to stay on this Nibelungen, but he never gave a direct answer... His expression made me very uneasy..."

"I bought this diary in a store on the shore before I boarded the ship. I left my previous diary at home because I left in a hurry. Although I don't know what my father is thinking, I think he will stay at sea for a while, so I just opened a new diary to record life at sea."

The beginning of this diary seems to record a rich young girl boarding an advanced ship belonging to her family. The words do not show how excited the girl is, but rather reveal a hint of dissatisfaction with her old-fashioned father. For the people in the dilapidated ferry, the text records in the diary seem a bit distant, and do not answer what happened on the island.

However, no one urged Su Muhe. The group gathered in the spacious cabin, with bright lights above their heads and a clean blanket on the floor - this was also the harvest on the island today. Chu Xiao sat cross-legged on the blanket, Yun Duoer's small body nestled in Chu Xiao's arms, staring at Su Muhe who was "telling stories" with big eyes, Chu Yan leaned on Chu Xiao's side, with her head on her brother's shoulder. An Suxin sat on the other side of Chu Xiao, occupying his other arm. Gu Ke lay on Chu Xiao's back, put his head on Chu Xiao's head, and played with Chu Xiao's hair, quite contented. The remaining Ruan Mengmeng sat next to Chu Yan, with a very casual posture. The girl had no objection to not occupying a favorable position at this time - after all, during the day, she was basically alone with Chu Xiao.

They had plenty of time, and in the current lack of entertainment, listening to the story of a strange girl amid the gentle rise and fall of the tide was a good pastime.

On the first day on board the ship, the girl named Anna wrote a lot about things on the ship. Although her writing was fragmentary and casual, the outline of this ultra-luxury giant oil tanker was outlined in front of Chu Xiao and others through words alone.

Chu Xiao couldn't help but sigh, this is not a ship at all, it is clearly a city on the sea built by rich people.

Su Muhe has a talent for storytelling. The girl cleared her throat and turned to the next page of her diary. Then her expression suddenly became a little complicated.

Unlike the long and fluent text on the first day of boarding, this page has a lot of random lines and traces of corrections after the date, showing that the girl is in a very confused and restless mood. After a lot of meaningless lines, she finally wrote a line of words in a messy and sloppy handwriting - "Judgement Day".

Chu Xiao, who had watched the Terminator series of movies, naturally understood what this phrase meant.

——The Day of Judgment.

The end of the world.

Su Muhe quickly turned the page, and a large amount of text appeared again.

……

"X year X month X day, this is the seventh day at sea, I began to miss my hometown on the shore. Even though people around me are talking about it, and I have seen some videos and messages on my phone, I still can't believe that the end of the world has come. However, until today, although my phone can still connect to the Internet, except for some rare distress messages, there is nothing new to see. Even the Internet seems to have become deserted in an instant, which makes me have to believe whether the end of the world is really coming..."

"...The information I can find online says that people around me suddenly turned into man-eating zombies on a large scale without any warning. It's so scary. I can't imagine what would happen if I were in that situation. I would definitely not survive for more than five minutes. But, it's strange that no one on this ship has mutated..."

"...My father told me that everyone on the ship...was chosen."

This content changed everyone's eyes. They looked at each other and saw the solemnity in each other's eyes. Chu Xiao realized that what was recorded in this diary might not only be what happened on the island, but also involve a deeper truth...

"On X-month-X-year, the tenth day at sea, my father finally finished his various tasks, although I didn't know what he was busy with... There was a party on the ship, and I didn't want to go, but I was still dressed up as a gorgeous doll and stood in the center of the party. It felt terrible..."

"On X-month-X-year, on the fifteenth day of arriving at sea, my father ordered the execution of a waiter who had made a minor mistake and threw him into the sea. His appearance frightened me. Who did he think he was? The king? Why didn't anyone stop him?"

"On X-month-X-year, on the seventeenth day of arriving at sea, I had a big quarrel with my father. I have had enough of this damn ship! If he has the guts, he can kill me!"

"X year X month X day, this is my twentieth day at sea, a helicopter came to the ship, my father seemed to have known that someone would come, it should be related to the organization that my father has been supporting. The helicopter brought a very beautiful woman. Although I don't want to admit it, I swear she is more beautiful than any star I have ever seen. I soon found out her name, Shikoti. Haha, the same name as the goddess of fate who controls the 'future'..."

Chapter 8 Princess

Su Muhe took a sip of water and took a short rest, while Chu Xiao began to digest the information he had just obtained from the diary. He thought that the diary would record what happened on the island, but the information revealed in it far exceeded his expectations before it even mentioned what happened on the island.

An ultra-luxury cruise ship carrying a large number of upper-class people suddenly set sail the day before the doomsday catastrophe. And on the day of the disaster, not even a single mutated person appeared. It is unlikely that there is no inside story in this situation.

Moreover, the diary also mentioned that Anna's father, the "Lord Lobelin", had been funding a certain organization. Chu Xiao couldn't help but wonder if that mysterious organization was a behemoth like the "Umbrella Corporation" in the game? Could Zheng Wei and Sun Baishi, whom they had met before, also be related to this mysterious organization?

Faintly, they seemed to be coming into contact with a terrifying shadow that was large enough to cover the world.

"... a super luxurious cruise ship?" Gu Ke whispered, gritting her teeth, her voice filled with undisguised disgust, "Humph, people all over the world are struggling desperately in nightmares, and if they are not careful, they may become a moving corpse. They have to fight to the death with others or sell their bodies for a little food. As a result, there are actually a group of people who leisurely hide in the sea in advance and continue to live a luxurious life of drunkenness and dreams."

It's not surprising that Gu Ke would have such a reaction. If sense of justice could really be quantified, Gu Ke would undoubtedly be the one with the highest justice value among their group. Moreover, unlike Chu Xiao and the others, Gu Ke had witnessed in the shelter from the very beginning how those ordinary people struggled to survive the disaster of the doomsday.

"...Go on, Susu," Chu Xiao reached out and held Gu Ke's hand, gently comforting her, "We have to at least figure out what happened."

"Yes." Su Su agreed obediently and continued to translate the girl's diary which contained a lot of information.

In the diary, the so-called "nobles" on the ship lived an extremely extravagant life. Banquets were held on the ship almost every day, as if they had fallen into a wild and licentious dream. The young girl Anna could no longer tolerate this environment, even though her status on the ship was as noble as that of a princess in a kingdom. In her eyes, those well-dressed gentlemen and ladies were uglier than beasts.

She had been arguing with her father and was unwilling to continue attending the first-class banquet. Instead, she preferred to go into the lower cabin and interact with the ordinary working staff on the Nibelungen. According to Anna's father, "Sir Lobelin", he contemptuously called that group of staff "lowly servants."

"Humph, is this an antique that has traveled through time from the medieval palace?" Upon hearing this, Chu Xiao sneered and complained, "Does this uncle really think of himself as a king?"

However, this was no joke. Chu Xiao had seen similar situations before. The large shelter run by Sun Baishi had already had a similar prototype, but Boss Sun only wanted to prolong life and his goal was to become the "ultimate life" that surpassed humans. He had no interest in ruling.

Through the contents of the diary, Chu Xiao gradually developed a liking for the girl named "Anna". There may be some beautification of the girl here, but at least from the literal meaning, she is not as arrogant and cold as her father.

"This is really a pretty standard 'princess' image," An Suxin stretched gracefully beside Chu Xiao, "Innocent and kind, full of rebellious spirit, and sympathetic to the weak, completely different from her cruel father, the king."

She smiled with a hint of irony: "I can find many templates for this image from a lot of movies."

The secretary didn't say anything more, but from her attitude it could be seen that she probably didn't like this "Princess Anna".

In the diary, a name appeared frequently: "Shikoti". Anna described this woman with the same name as the goddess of fate in her diary as having an amazing beauty like Helen of ancient Greece. However, compared with her beauty, Shikoti's skills seemed to be extraordinary.

"On X/X/X, the thirty-eighth day after boarding the ship, my father and I temporarily reconciled, and he lifted my house arrest order. As a condition, Shikoti became my bodyguard and attendant. I know that she is also responsible for watching over me for my father. I tried to get rid of Shikoti today, but I failed. That woman is very strong in combat. I saw her easily knock down two strong men. She is worthy of being a former agent... But I will not give up!"

"On X/X/X, on the fortieth day after boarding the ship, my attempt to sneak into the lower cabin failed. I was brought to my father by Shikoti and severely reprimanded. There seemed to be something extremely important in the lower cabin, but my father would not tell me what it was, and I had no authority to enter there. However, Shikoti actually had authority. Who was she? I could see that my father did not like her and was a little wary of her. Was it because Shikoti was from that mysterious organization?"

"X year X month X day, the forty-second day after boarding the ship... I overheard a word today, 'cult'... Is this a religious organization from somewhere? Or is it the organization that father cooperates with? They seem to be looking for someone, but they didn't find him, otherwise father wouldn't be so angry. I just found out today that my father even ordered the captain to change the course in order to find that person. Stranger far away on land, no matter who you are, I sincerely hope that you will not be found by my crazy father. I wish you good luck."

"The cult...looking for someone..." Chu Xiao silently muttered the newly acquired information in his heart, and subconsciously looked at his beloved sister who was leaning on him. He remembered that when he had a decisive battle with Sun Baishi, Sun Baishi mentioned that a certain organization was looking for his sister.

...Could it be that Sun Baishi is a member of this so-called "cult", and the "cult" is the mysterious organization that is looking for his sister?

Su Su continued to flip through the diary, and the content was gradually coming to an end.

"X year X month X day, today is the fiftieth day since I left the land. My father said that I can go to a small island to rest and relax tomorrow. However, due to the temporary change of course, this island is not in the plan, so we need to send someone to 'clean' it first. Shikoti told me that they are going to clean up the zombies..."

"...My father actually agreed to let me go with him, but I had to stay on the boat. I guess his purpose was to make me give up and experience how dangerous it was on the shore...I wrote this before I left, because I didn't know when I would be back, so I will write about my specific experience after I get back."

After this paragraph of text, there was a blank space, and then the words that appeared became very messy, which seemed to confirm how confused and... angry the person involved was...

"They actually killed even the survivors! Damn it! Those people are not zombies! They are living people! They are our kind!"

Chapter 9 The Truth

In order to prevent unexpected strong winds and waves at sea, the ferry was not anchored far from the island. At the same time, considering that there might be something unknown on the island, they took advantage of the night to sneak onto the ship. They did not drive the ship to the dock on the shore of the island, but dropped the anchor not far from the shore. Chu Xiao stood at the bow, looking at the dark ocean, and laughed at his own naivety.

Far away from the land and the monsters and zombies on the shore, he thought he would feel safe. But in fact, when he was floating on the dark ocean in a lonely boat, the primitive and powerless fear seemed to sweep over him from all directions. Whether it was in the deep water or in the endless darkness, it seemed that something terrible would pop up at any time.

The light in the cabin seemed very dim in the face of this huge darkness, like a faint firefly, as if it would be swallowed up by the terrible darkness at any time.

An Suxin walked out of the cabin. Since the temperature on the sea was not high at night, she put on a coat.

The secretary didn't say anything. She walked straight to Chu Xiao's side, leaned her head on the man's shoulder, and asked softly, "What are you thinking about now?"

"I suddenly know too many things, and my mind is a little confused now..." Chu Xiao smiled bitterly. He wanted to find a cigarette to smoke. In fact, it was not difficult to find a pack of cigarettes when collecting supplies on the island. However, considering that the girls on the boat were against him smoking, he resisted the urge to take a few packs. "Take everyone to hide in the sea, is this really the right option?"

"We all agreed to hide in the sea from land. You don't need to feel any pressure about this choice." An Suxin comforted her, "From what is recorded in the diary, there shouldn't be any ghosts in the sea."

After all, those dignitaries related to the cult who obviously knew some inside information in advance chose to hide on the sea in advance.

An Suxin walked into Chu Xiao's arms. The man put his arms around the secretary's slender waist, leaned his chin on her shoulder, rubbed her smooth cheek affectionately, and enjoyed a moment of relaxation.

He looked towards the island not far away. Under the night sky, the island turned into a dark silhouette with the starry sky as its background.

Through the diary left by the girl Anna, Chu Xiao finally knew what happened on the island.

The "nobles" on the Nibelungen needed a place to stay. No matter how much they enjoyed on the ship, they would get bored after a while. On the normal route, the owner of the Nibelungen had prepared several private islands for them to stay, but for some reason, they suddenly changed the route, so they had to temporarily clear an island for the nobles to "rest".

They chose this holiday island and sent armed personnel to conduct a comprehensive "clean-up" of the island. Just as An Suxin had judged at the beginning, flesh and blood bodies could not resist modern weapons, and bullets could easily tear the bodies of zombies apart. This was the origin of the bullet holes that Chu Xiao found on the buildings on the island.

However, those people not only cleaned up the zombies, but also the few survivors on the island who had finally survived the catastrophe. Those poor survivors thought they had finally seen hope, but they did not expect that these armed men in black would also point their guns at them.

The entire island was bathed in the blood of zombies and living people, but this alone was not considered "cleaning". After clearing out all the zombies, Sir Lobelin ordered people to completely restore the island from top to bottom to its pre-disaster appearance. Even the supplies on the island were airlifted in by his order, specifically for "decorating the stage".

This is simply a great irony. For ordinary people, the extremely precious survival supplies are just "decorations" that can be thrown away after use for the people on the ship? The reason is that the nobles on the ship are soft-hearted and can't bear to see the miserable and pitiful scene, so they simply cleaned up all the dirty, disgusting, and lowly things and transformed the ruins in the disaster into a "normal appearance".

Anyway, for them, this is just a stage set up for a temporary vacation...

“It’s really… so frustrating… I know clearly that the origins of these materials are so disgusting, but I have to collect them as treasures… For everyone to survive…” Chu Xiao punched the railing heavily, “It’s so fucking frustrating!”

However, after cursing, Chu Xiao felt a heavy sense of powerlessness. What would it matter if he knew the truth here? What would it matter if he knew that there was a group of people who were still high and mighty and lived a life of luxury and extravagance after the apocalypse? This world had obviously been destroyed by a huge catastrophe, but some things had not changed.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we keep living, one day we will have the chance to drag those sinners sitting on the clouds into the quagmire." An Suxin comforted softly.

Although this sentence had no basis, it made Chu Xiao feel much better. He inexplicably thought of the last paragraph in the diary.

That was a message from the young girl Anna to the person who picked up her diary.

"I don't know when the next time someone will come to this island, nor do I know when these words will be seen by others. To those who are reading my diary, I don't know if what I am doing makes sense. I feel very painful. My conscience prevents me from enjoying this extravagant life as it should. I probably just hope someone can hear my voice. I can't find anyone on the ship to whom I can speak my heart. My father is most likely one of the promoters of the greatest disaster in human history and an accomplice in destroying the world. To those who have received this diary, please accept my insignificant apology, even though my apology may be meaningless."

"I can no longer stay on this ship with a clear conscience. I am planning to escape, more determined than ever before. I will return to land and witness with my own eyes what the world really looks like now, and witness my father's sins. Perhaps I will never be able to pay for this sin, but I would rather struggle in this real world like an ordinary person until I die. The person who got my diary, if one day in the future, neither you nor I die, perhaps we will meet one day."

"Anna Roy Lobelinliu."

Chu Xiao thought about the girl's message, so he asked his female companion, "Do you think Miss Anna can successfully leave the ship?"

"Maybe, who knows? Maybe it's just a momentary impulse. After seeing the reality, you will realize your naivety..."

"That's exactly what you would say. If it were me, I would only wish that kind-hearted girl a safe journey." Chu Xiao smiled, looked at the distant and dark sea, and said to the stranger who was nowhere to be found, "I hope that one day in the future, we can really meet alive."

Chapter 10: Warmth

The first night at sea passed safely amid the sound of the waves.

When Chu Xiao opened his eyes on the floor of the cabin, he felt the rise and fall of the waves, and then he found a long beautiful leg hanging casually on his waist. The owner of this leg was Ruan Mengmeng. The girl's sleeping posture seemed quite unrestrained. The hem of her pajamas had rolled up due to various sleeping positions throughout the night, revealing the girl's sexy vest line on her lower abdomen and her slender waist like a water snake.

The young man felt a little chest tightness, and when he looked down, he saw a pretty face. Chu Yan was lying on Chu Xiao's chest, with a sweet and delicate appearance. Her smooth cheeks looked like a ball of warm white jade in the faint morning light that penetrated the cabin. When he just woke up, he saw such a face that was like a work of art very close to him. It must be said that he felt happy.

Chu Xiao turned his head slightly and saw a pair of white, delicate and beautiful bare feet curled up beside his ears. It seemed that if he just opened his mouth a little, he could take those delicate and lovely agate toes into his mouth. These were Gu Ke's feet. She had somehow turned sideways on the floor, and only a corner of the thin blanket she brought from the villa hotel was left covering her.

"How come this guy's sleeping posture is as bad as Mengmeng's? He almost put his stinky feet on my face." Chu Xiao complained quietly. But in fact, Gu Ke's little feet certainly didn't have any odor at all. Even from such a close angle, there was no trace of dead skin on that white and delicate foot. The toenails were also smooth and translucent, with a pearl-like luster.

Gu Ke was sleeping soundly, with a sweet expression like a girl, after all, she was holding a large life-size pillow in her arms. Yun Duoer ran into Gu Ke's arms without knowing when, and was hugged tightly by the policewoman Gu. The little girl's head was almost buried in Gu Ke's chest, but judging from Yun Duoer's sleeping expression... it felt like she was having a very bad nightmare.

Without waking up his sister, Chu Xiao sat up from the floor with some difficulty, and saw the beautiful scene of "jade bodies lying across the cabin" in the cabin. However, there was not much fragrance or amorous smell, because the temperature on the sea was relatively low, so the girls basically changed into slightly thicker pajamas. In contrast, this scene brought Chu Xiao a full and relaxing sense of life.

"Good morning, Brother Xiao." Not far away, Su Muhe rubbed her eyes and climbed up from the bed sheets. Although her loose pajamas were much less revealing than previous styles, her majestic silhouette that made people unable to take their eyes off was still easily outlined under the pajamas.

The girl dazedly approached Chu Xiao and kissed him hard on the lips. As a result, Su Su woke up first while they were kissing. She immediately realized what she was doing instinctively, so she quickly separated from him, secretly glanced at Chu Yan who was still sleeping, and playfully stuck out her tongue.

"Good morning, my little goblin." Chu Xiao scratched Su Su's delicate nose, stretched lazily and stood up.

He looked around the cabin and could no longer tell how the floor beds were arranged last night. An Suxin was not in the cabin, and her floor bed was now neatly folded.

Since it was still early, Chu Xiao did not disturb the girls who were still sleeping. He said hello to Su Su quietly, changed his clothes, left the cabin, and walked up the stairs to the driver's cabin on the second floor of the ferry.

Sure enough, the secretary was alone in the cab.

"You slept well last night, didn't you?" An Suxin said to Chu Xiao with a smile, hugged Chu Xiao's neck and gave him a sweet good morning kiss.

Chu Xiao didn't tell his secretary that he didn't sleep well last night. He didn't know if it was because of seasickness or because the diary brought too many worries to him, so he was in a messy dream all night. He dreamed that countless rotten arms stretched out from the sea, a large ship full of dead souls raised huge waves, black sea water kept rising, trying to swallow him, and in the endless sky, it seemed that a huge blood-red eye was slowly opening.

It was because of these messy nightmares that he woke up so early today.

Chu Xiao hugged An Suxin's waist and sniffed the woman's alluring body fragrance. Then he noticed that there was an open notebook on the driver's seat. It was the one An Suxin had been using. The page of the notebook was filled with notes on how to drive a boat.

"Have you really figured out how to sail a boat?" Chu Xiao was a little surprised.

"It's always good to have more emergency measures," An Suxin sat on Chu Xiao's thighs, her arms around the man's neck. She was tall but light, with a pair of straight and slender legs curled and crossed on Chu Xiao's legs, her calves slightly raised, her movements elegant and sensational, "Anyway, I'm free during the night watch, so I might as well review what Gu Ke taught me."

"No wonder you were a top student before." Chu Xiao sighed. He flipped through a few pages at random and found that there were many plans and precautions for subsequent adventures written in the notebook.

Last night was the night watch for the girls in turns. Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng were responsible for the exploration work during the day, so they were not assigned to watch. The second half of last night was An Suxin's turn.

Through the transparent glass of the cab, the entire sea surface has gradually become brighter as the sun gradually rises. The vast sky is dyed with brilliance by a round of golden sunrise, and the boundless water surface is also coated with sparkling waves. The islands not far away have reappeared clear colors with the arrival of daylight.