Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

An Suxin hammered the glass door a few times and concluded, "If nothing unexpected happens, this glass door should be bulletproof."

Behind the door is a spacious and luxurious hall. The gradually brightening morning light shines into the room from the portholes on both sides, making the whole space gradually brighter. This should be the main salon area on the ship, with all kinds of furniture, even a small stage, and a piano next to the stage.

From the tragic scene in the hall, the two could probably tell that the passengers were partying in the hall when the disaster broke out. The expensive carpet on the floor was covered with large patches of black blood, and countless bottles of famous wine were shattered on the floor, along with a valuable vase that looked like an antique.

An Suxin walked slowly to the piano and gently pressed the black and white keys, producing a clear sound.

"Can you play the piano?" Chu Yan asked casually.

"I studied it for several years before my family went bankrupt," An Suxin shook her head and closed the lid. "I haven't touched it for many years, and now I have forgotten everything."

Chu Yan also found the switch on the wall at this time. As expected, the lights in the main salon area were not on. "I hope there is nothing wrong with this yacht, otherwise we will be in big trouble."

"In theory, this kind of high-end private yacht shouldn't be scrapped so easily. After confirming that there are no zombies or anything like that, we have to go to the cockpit first to take a look."

At this moment, Chu Yan suddenly asked a question: "Do you think there are still living people on this ship?"

It seemed like a casual question, but she asked it at this moment, when it was just the two of them, seemingly deliberately avoiding the rest of the group.

An Suxin's expression did not change at all. The ship had been drifting on the sea for two months, and it was filled with zombies. The probability of someone surviving was extremely low, but nothing was absolute, and maybe someone could really survive until now.

"If there really is such a lucky person, is it lucky or unfortunate to meet us..." An Suxin shrugged, smiled slightly, and did not answer directly.

"That's not the expression of a righteous and kind heroine." Chu Yan's smile was very similar to An Suxin's.

"What a shame, I've never been that kind of person."

Whether it is Chu Yan or An Suxin, they are far from being "good people", but they are not bloodthirsty people. If there really is such an unlucky survivor, then how to treat this person depends on what kind of value this person can provide and whether he or she is a threat to their team. If there is no threat, then the final outcome of this person is probably to be temporarily imprisoned and then sent back to the shore to fend for himself.

After clarifying this "plan for dealing with unexpected situations", An Suxin couldn't help but shook her head in self-mockery. If it were her old self, she might not have chosen such a "merciful" plan. It can only be said that in the process of getting along with that man, she was still slightly influenced by him after all.

Fortunately, the girls did not have to worry about this troublesome problem. After they searched the entire ship, they did not find any remaining zombies, let alone any unlucky survivors.

They did find a food storage room and a huge freezer in the cabin, but due to the long-term power outage, the freezer was no longer working, and the fresh meat stored in it had completely rotted, emitting an unbearable stench.

After confirming that there were no zombies or survivors on the ship, Chu Yan and An Suxin returned to the upper deck, walked through the indoor bar and entertainment room, and came to the captain's room at the bow, which was also the ship's cockpit.

There was a highly decomposed human body in the captain's chair in the cockpit.

This man should be the captain of this ship. He died of suicide by blowing his own head off with a pistol.

Compared with the simple cockpit on the ferry, this cockpit is much more advanced, with several display screens arranged on the console, and there are many buttons on the console whose functions are incomprehensible. An Suxin could barely drive the ferry under Gu Ke's training, but now she has to learn how to drive this yacht.

The power outage on the ship was not due to a malfunction, but because the captain shut down the entire ship's system before he died. After a while of groping, An Suxin finally succeeded in restarting the luxury yacht.

I saw the screens in the entire cockpit light up one after another, and then the lights spread out. The yacht, which had drifted on the sea for two months, seemed to come alive again.

"The fuel is still sufficient, and the system...at least it seems to be functioning normally. Let Gu Ke take a look at it later. Maybe she can understand it."

An Suxin sat in the captain's seat and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The drifting crisis was finally resolved.

"Then the next thing to do is to transfer our supplies to this ship, and then do a thorough cleaning."

(ps: When I looked up the relevant information about those luxury private yachts, I can only say that poverty limits my imagination...)

Chapter 41 Morning

Chu Xiao opened his eyes in the morning light, with the girl's faint body fragrance lingering between his nostrils.

Ruan Mengmeng was sleeping next to him, very close. Her sleeping posture was as bad as ever, she was lying on the bed, with the back of her head resting on Chu Xiao's stomach, and crystal saliva oozing from the corners of her mouth, soaking Chu Xiao's pajamas. Under her loose nightgown, a pair of long legs were spread wide apart, with well-proportioned lines and amazing length.

Chu Xiao's inadvertent movement after waking up startled the girl who was still sleeping. Ruan Mengmeng, with hazy eyes, slowly propped herself up from Chu Xiao's body, smacked her mouth with traces of saliva, and said drowsily: "Good morning, Brother Xiao."

Of course... nothing happened last night. After all, there was a monitoring device in the bedroom, and before the monitoring device was removed, they really couldn't bring themselves to go any further. Although the mood and environment last night were already very good, they could only endure it in the end.

Chu Xiao said good morning to the girl beside him, and with great willpower, he moved his gaze away from the girl's long legs. He stepped on the blanket in the bedroom and slowly walked to the bedroom window. He looked at the endless sea outside the room. The sea was calm, and the storm from the second half of last night was gone.

"If this weren't the case, it would be a rare experience to treat it as a rare vacation." The man muttered softly and moved his injured arm slightly.

With his strong self-healing ability, after a night of healing, this injury basically has no effect on his movements. But Chu Xiao did not intend to remove the bandage. He did not want to expose his strong self-healing ability to the people on the ship for the time being.

After washing up in the bathroom, the man walked into the living room with his upper body naked.

"Good morning, my master." Etta had already been standing in front of the bedroom with a respectful look on his face.

Chu Xiao glanced at the beautiful maid. After spending time with her yesterday, he had basically gotten used to Etta's presence.

"Good morning, Etta."

Aita was still wearing the same black and white maid outfit, which was conservative and dignified. She had a delicate face, not expressionless, but her expression was like a good-looking mask. I don't know if it was because of the "artificial human" relationship, Aita's face was more like an oriental, with beautiful long flaxen hair and rare amber eyes.

However, although those eyes were beautiful, they seemed to lack a sense of "aliveness".

Chu Xiao was extremely wary of this maid, and he suspected that she was a spy sent to monitor him and Ruan Mengmeng. However, it was hard for Chu Xiao to reject Etta's existence from the bottom of his heart. After all, most men in the world should have fantasized about having a beautiful maid who would obey their every word.

The man secretly mocked himself in his heart that he was indeed a "lookist". Then he sat on the sofa in the living room. He could see the sea view as long as he raised his head slightly - but the sea view is something that is easy to get tired of after seeing it too much. It is far less pleasing to the eye than the beautiful girl next to him.

Etta brought a pure silver plate and placed an exquisite and sumptuous breakfast in front of Chu Xiao, and placed one dish after another of hot food in front of Chu Xiao.

There is an independent kitchen in the suite, because not all VIPs are used to the high-end meals prepared on the ship. According to Chu Xiao's observations last night, some high-ranking passengers on the ship even brought a professional team of chefs with them.

At this time, Ruan Mengmeng also walked out of the bedroom yawning. The girl was dressed casually and her hair looked a little messy.

"Wow, it smells so good... Etta, good morning." The girl greeted the maid, then jumped onto the sofa like a lazy cat and nestled next to Chu Xiao.

Aita respectfully returned the greeting to Ruan Mengmeng.

"Aita, sit down and eat with us." Chu Xiao said to Aita. He was not used to the feeling of being watched while eating. Besides, at least in name, Aita was already one of them.

"Master, I..." Etta was about to refuse as soon as she opened her mouth, but Ruan Mengmeng took action when Chu Xiao opened his mouth. She did not give Etta a chance to refuse. She directly came up and pulled Etta to the dining table and pressed the maid onto the chair.

"Okay, be good and listen to me. You prepared so much, and Brother Xiao and I can't finish it all." Ruan Mengmeng said.

Aita showed a trace of confusion on her face, and Chu Xiao felt that this confusion did not seem to be a mask she wore. He suddenly remembered that at the banquet last night, Aita followed him all the way and did not eat any food. Later, after returning to the room, she did not eat anything either.

"Aita, just in case, I'd better ask you first. As an artificial human, you should be able to eat these foods, right?" After all, artificial humans are too "sci-fi", and maybe Aita has no need for them at all.

Aita sat at the dining table, her posture elegant and upright. "My body structure is no different from that of an ordinary person. Theoretically, I can consume these foods. However, I have never tried them, so I don't know how I should react."

Ruan Mengmeng was surprised and asked, "Never tried it? Then what did you eat before? Don't tell me that an android can live without food or drink. You are an android, not a robot."

It has been just over a year since Aita was created. In the early days of her birth, she basically stayed in the incubator, immersed in various solutions. After leaving the incubator, in order to ensure the stability of her body, the "food" she took in was specially made "nutritional preparations". Now that she has been put into actual use, it means that her body has stabilized and no longer strictly follows the energy intake rules, but the mass-produced "nutritional preparations" are still Aita's main source of energy.

"What does that nutritional preparation look like?" Ruan Mengmeng expressed her curiosity.

Etta returned to her room and took out a silver-gray vacuum packaging bag. It had no patterns or decorations at all and was full of the simplicity of mass-produced products from an industrial assembly line.

Ruan Mengmeng tore open the packaging bag and found a lump like plaster inside.

"Is this thing really edible?" Ruan Mengmeng weighed the "nutritional preparation" in her hand for a few times, "It feels like a brick."

The girl put the "brick" under her nose and smelled it, feeling that it had no smell, then she opened her mouth and took a bite. Her speed was so fast that Chu Xiao didn't have time to stop her - who would have thought that this girl would just bite it!

"Is this something you can just eat casually?" Chu Xiao shouted anxiously, "Spit it out quickly!"

"Puh, puh, puh!" Ruan Mengmeng stuck out her tongue, revealing an expression as if she had eaten something disgusting. "It's a pity that you can eat something like this. It has no taste at all. I even feel like I'm chewing plastic foam. Even boiled water tastes better than this!"

(ps: I will spend some time to perfect the character image of maid Etta)

Chapter 42: Dress Up

Regardless of the effect of the "nutritional preparation" that Aita brought out, the taste alone was really hard to describe. However, if this thing was really harmless to ordinary people as Aita said, it would be a good choice as an emergency reserve food. However, Chu Xiao felt that as long as there were other options, he really didn't want to eat this kind of thing.

The maid was eventually pressed to the dining table by the two men, and obediently accompanied them to eat breakfast. Chu Xiao had seen similar plots in many works before, such as the girl who was used as a tool was treated gently by the Asaxi male protagonist for the first time, and then awakened to humanity at that moment, but in fact, when Etta really ate a normal meal for the first time, there was no change on her delicate face, even though her dining movements were so elegant that they were pleasing to the eye, but it gave Chu Xiao the feeling that she was just completing another order he gave.

Chu Xiao couldn't help but shook his head. Sure enough, it couldn't be as smooth as in the story. However, he didn't do this for any purpose. He just did it for the sake of convenience.

However, Ruan Mengmeng didn't seem to give up. She stared at Aita's face curiously and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Etta put down the cutlery gracefully and said softly, "I'm sorry, I can't give you an evaluation. I don't have a sense of taste."

"Why is this happening?"

The maid's answer seemed quite matter-of-fact: "Because it is not a necessary function."

Chu Xiao realized at this time that Etta, as a seventh-generation artificial human, was not without flaws. It was just that they were not sure whether these flaws were intentional by her creators or inevitable technical flaws.

Regardless of the reason, at least Etta's answer successfully made this originally delicious breakfast tasteless. Chu Xiao just felt very unhappy.

This situation continued until the visitor arrived.

Chu Xiao was not surprised by Anna's early visit. This little girl had a high status on the ship, but also because of her status and personality, she actually lacked friends of the same age on the ship. After receiving Ruan Mengmeng's promise of "friends" at the banquet last night, the joy she showed could not be faked.

...Perhaps, in the eyes of Sir Lobelin, only a "legendary" daughter like Ruan Mengmeng is barely qualified to be his daughter's friend.

Along with Anna, of course, there was the mixed-race beauty Shikoti. The female bodyguard had no expression on her face, as if the stunning scene at the banquet last night was just a one-night dream. Chu Xiao couldn't help but doubt whether the agreement he reached with her last night really existed.

"Mengmeng!" When Anna visited, Ruan Mengmeng was still wearing a nightgown, which was quite revealing and casual. For a beautiful girl like her with natural beauty, this casual dress did not hinder her charm at all. Instead, it made her exude a lazy charm.

When she saw Ruan Mengmeng, Anna's pretty face couldn't help but blush, and she couldn't help but glance at Chu Xiao's face, obviously thinking of a lot of scenes that were not suitable for children. This young lady was very innocent in this regard, and her defense could basically be regarded as a negative value.

Anna naturally knew that there were listening devices installed in the room, so she knew what not to say. However, Chu Xiao felt that this girl probably didn't have the heart to think about those depressing topics.

The little girl came to invite Ruan Mengmeng to take a stroll on the boat with her, and as for Chu Xiao, he was probably just there by the way.

Although Eta led them to have a quick tour of the ship yesterday, the Nibelungen was so huge that such a short time was not enough for Chu Xiao and his team to remember the whole picture of the ship. Chu Xiao was naturally eager to accept Anna's invitation. Even if it was for the purpose of preparing for the escape plan in the future, he needed to understand the general structure of the ship as much as possible. If Anna was with them, she should be able to provide a lot of convenience with her status as a "princess".

Ruan Mengmeng was pulled into the bedroom by the enthusiastic Anna. Miss Anna wanted to help Miss Ruan match beautiful clothes personally. Shi Koti was also pulled into the bedroom. Anna did not forget Shi Koti's "man-stealing declaration" last night, but she was worried about leaving her stunning female bodyguard alone with Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao smiled and took a sip of the hot coffee that Etta brought him.

"Etta," Chu Xiao looked at Etta in a black and white maid outfit, thinking of the "nutritional preparation" incident just now. He suddenly felt that this overly dignified and old-fashioned maid outfit was very eye-catching. "You should also change this outfit. You will go shopping with them later. There is no need to dress like this."

This was probably a sudden inspiration of Chu Xiao. At least changing into ordinary girl's clothes might make this doll-like maid look more like a human.

——No matter what her position is, at least she is nominally mine now. Besides... we had quite close contact when we first met.

Etta looked confused, just like when she was asked to have breakfast together.

She said, "Master, I have no other clothes."

Chu Xiao and Ruan Mengmeng's current clothes were all arranged by the head maid Sophia. There was a full wardrobe of clothes, and there was even a special cloakroom in the suite. However, these were treatments only enjoyed by "distinguished guests". When the maid, who was a "gift", was sent into this room, she was alone.

"I knew it would be like this." Chu Xiao drank the coffee in his hand and put the cup on the dining table. "The coffee is very good."

"Thank you for your comment...? Master?"

Chu Xiao had already stood up from the sofa, grabbed Eta's smooth and white little hand, and pulled the maid to the closed bedroom door.

A girl's laughter came from the bedroom. I knew it was Anna. Ruan Mengmeng's personality probably wouldn't interest her in pretty clothes, even though she had a body that would make models jealous. If Anna took out a bunch of gorgeous cold weapons, Miss Ruan's interest would probably be aroused.

Chu Xiao knocked on the door and shouted into the room: "Open the door, it's me."

There were thumping footsteps in the room, and then the door opened a crack, and Anna's little head popped out from behind it: "What are you doing?"

That delicate little face clearly showed displeasure at having its interest disturbed.

Chu Xiao didn't indulge her, he directly pulled the maid Etta over and pushed her to the door: "By the way, help this girl change into some nice clothes."

Anna looked Etta up and down. There were too many maids in their family, and she didn't have much impression of the maid sent to Chu Xiao. Even though they had spent a short time together last night, she didn't have much conversation with this doll-like maid.

However, Anna did not ask any more questions. After looking Etta up and down, she reached out and pulled Etta into the bedroom. Then she slammed the door shut, leaving only one sentence to Chu Xiao: "Don't peek!"

Chu Xiao waited in the living room for a long time before the bedroom door finally opened slowly. Anna looked excited, as if she had completed a masterpiece.

(ps: I accidentally wrote another chapter about the interaction with the maid lady... The attribute of the "three-no" maid is really irresistible...)

Extra 7: It turns out that we have already passed each other

This is a messy bedroom, with all kinds of clothes scattered all over the floor. The quilt on the bed has irregular protrusions, like a worm, wriggling from time to time under the quilt.

The phone on the bedside table suddenly rang. It was the alarm that had been set. A white arm stretched out from under the quilt, fumbling for a while before finding the phone and turning off the alarm. Then there was a movement under the quilt, and a head with messy hair slowly emerged from under the quilt.

Gu Ke sat up in bed in a duck-like posture, her eyes hazy, obviously still in a half-asleep state. It was already bright outside, and it was almost noon. If she had a choice, she really didn't want to get up now, after all, she received a call from the police in the middle of the night, and it would be dawn when she came back.

"…Why on earth should I set an alarm for myself?"

Her brain was still in a state of semi-strike, and for a moment she only knew that she seemed to have forgotten something. She climbed down from the bed lazily, smacking her lips and walked to the mirror in the corner of the bedroom.

If colleagues who are not familiar with her see her current appearance, they will probably be surprised to the point of dislocating their jaws. The high-end beauty who looks like a goddess on weekdays immediately degenerates into a state of disfigurement when she returns to her private space. The large-screen TV in the bedroom is still on, and the FPS game on the screen is still in a paused state. When she received the call last night, she was playing the game, and she had to adjust it to pause. She rushed out to work overtime, and originally planned to continue working hard when she came back, but she didn't expect that this overtime work would last all night. After returning, she was so tired that she didn't even have the pleasure of taking a shower, and went straight into the quilt to sleep.