After hesitating for a moment, Chen Yun decided to choose the [Basic Constant Temperature Cold-Proof Clothing].
With this cold-proof clothing, you will be safe when going out after the end of the world.
According to my memories before my rebirth, at least before I died in my previous life, the temperature was probably no lower than minus 80 degrees Celsius.
Chen Yun couldn't be sure whether the temperature dropped again after his death in his previous life, but at least this cold-proof clothing was enough for him to use in the early stage of the apocalypse.
Moreover, even if the temperature continues to drop below minus 80 degrees Celsius after the end of the world, he still has a system that can strengthen his cold-proof clothing.
As for the other three items,
[Space Expansion Coupon] can expand the system space by 200 cubic meters, and the current 1,000 cubic meters of space is enough for the time being.
Although the medicines in the [Basic First Aid Medical Kit] are precious, they can be replaced with medicines you have stored yourself.
[Portable Water Purifier] I also have multiple sets of water purification equipment and a large number of filter cartridges that can be replaced.
Although these three items are also very important, they are either not used temporarily or there are alternative items. Their priority is obviously not as high as winter clothes.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Yun clicked on the option of [Basic Constant Temperature Cold-Proof Clothing].
Are you sure you want to choose "Basic Constant Temperature Cold Protection Clothing"?
"yes."
[The mission has been settled.]
[The reward has been issued, please check it carefully. ]
As the mechanical sound of the system fell, the line of small words representing the balance of points in the corner of the light curtain also jumped rapidly.
Points Balance: 1630
A neatly folded piece of clothing suddenly appeared in the system space. Chen Yun thought about it, and the clothes appeared in his hands the next moment.
"This is the system's primary constant temperature cold-proof clothing." Chen Yun looked at the clothes in his hand.
The winter suit in his hand is a silver-gray tight-fitting jumpsuit. It feels cool to the touch, has a flexible texture, and is extremely light and thin, only about two millimeters thick. When he weighs it, it feels like it weighs only about one kilogram.
There is a smooth silver metal disc with a diameter of about five centimeters on the chest of the clothes. This is the energy core, which can consume points to recharge.
Chen Yun took off all his clothes and put on winter clothes.
The winter suit fit him perfectly but was not tight, and his joints moved very freely.
The clothes felt cold to the touch, but soon, a warm current surged from the core of the chest, quickly spreading along the inside of the clothes, and in an instant it flowed through the entire clothes.
The warm warmth from the winter clothes enveloped his whole body, and Chen Yun felt warm all over.
Chen Yun subconsciously put his hand on his winter clothes, but it still felt cold.
The heat surging from the core of the chest only flowed to the side of the clothes that was close to the body, and the internal heat did not escape to the outside at all!
This garment not only provides heat, but also prevents the heat from escaping from the inside!
This means that in extremely cold environments or at night, you will not radiate too much heat, and the chance of being discovered by equipment such as thermal imaging will be greatly reduced.
"This is really black technology. It turns out that the products produced by this system are of high quality." Chen Yun stroked the winter clothes on his body and praised in a low voice.
After changing back into his own clothes, Chen Yun put the winter clothes back into the space.
After driving out of the warehouse and returning to his residence, Chen Yun simply washed up and called out the system panel again.
The points balance in the corner of the light curtain is as high as 1,630 points!
"Finally, I'm a little richer." Chen Yun felt happy.
Open the system space, and all kinds of supplies are quietly suspended inside.
Chen Yun planned to take inventory of the existing supplies to check for any gaps and fill any gaps.
Taking out paper and pen, Chen Yun probed his mind into the space and counted the supplies in the space batch by batch.
Rice, flour, cement, fuel...
"Huh?" Chen Yun was slightly stunned. "What's going on?"
In the space, two huge oil tanks were arranged in a straight line: [One by One]
Chen Yun moved the oil tanks with his mind, and the positions of the two oil tanks changed according to Chen Yun's thoughts.
"Each of the two oil tanks is eight meters long. If they are arranged in a row, they will be sixteen meters long." Chen Yun thought to himself.
Just now, I tried to arrange two oil tanks in a line in different directions. Each direction can accommodate a line of oil tanks that are 16 meters long, and the volume of the system space is 1,000 cubic meters!
"It seems the system space isn't 10x10x10 as I imagined. Instead, it calculates the actual volume occupied by each object individually. The total volume of the objects is capped at 1,000 cubic meters."
After thinking for a long time, Chen Yun came to this conclusion.
"If my guess is correct, this 1,000 cubic meter space can hold a lot more supplies than I imagined."
This conclusion made Chen Yun feel happy. It was an unexpected surprise.
With a long sigh, Chen Yun continued to count the supplies.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, Chen Yun retracted the system screen and put down the pen in his hand.
"Finally, the inventory is complete." He picked up the paper on the table, which was covered with densely written words:
Food: 5 tons of bagged rice and flour, 300 boxes of compressed biscuits, 200 barrels of cooking oil...
Energy: approximately 30 cubic meters of gasoline and diesel, several tons of coal, solid alcohol...
Medical treatment: antibiotics, medical alcohol…
Weapons: Bow and Arrow...
Building materials:…
…
After carefully counting several times and confirming that there were no omissions, Chen Yun put down the list and leaned back on the sofa.
"Now that the supplies have been basically stockpiled, it's time to go back to the village and renovate the old house." Chen Yun muttered to himself.
Memories of his previous life's death flashed before his eyes: the excruciating pain of broken limbs, the coldness and despair of lying in the snow waiting to die, the humiliation of having his face stepped on, scenes and feelings clearly emerged from the depths of Chen Yun's soul.
Chen Yun clenched his fists, his nails dug deep into his palms, and a streak of bright red blood flowed down.
"It's almost time. Enjoy your life now. Soon, I will take your lives with my own hands."
After a long moment, Chen Yun suppressed the hatred in his heart and raised his palm, which had been scratched by his nails when he clenched his fist. He wiped away the blood and found that the shallow wound had already closed.
"Has it healed yet?" Chen Yun muttered to himself as he looked at his intact palm. "It seems that the body's recovery ability after being strengthened by the potion is far superior to that of an ordinary person."
With this strong body, his revenge will become much easier.
"It's time to prepare a revenge plan. We can't let them die too easily..."
After calming down, Chen Yun looked at the clock hanging on the wall. The clock hands had pointed to 12 o'clock, and the settlement was about to begin.
[bite--!]
A mechanical synthesized sound rang in Chen Yun's mind.
[Daily points settlement starts.]
[Settlement in progress…]
[Today's basic points: 24 points.]
[Today's Survival Assessment: Stockpiling Supplies (Survival Preparation): 80 points.]
[Obtain key survival equipment: 40 points]
[Settlement completed, current survival points balance: 1750 points.]
"1750 points." Chen Yun looked at the remaining points and nodded slightly. "Key survival equipment, probably referring to winter clothing, is also included in the points calculation."
He retracted his mind from the pale blue light curtain in front of him.
Chen Yun stood up and looked around. This narrow apartment had housed his life of slavery for three years.
"It's time to leave tomorrow."
He quickly packed up his belongings in the room and threw them into the space.
"Let's go to sleep first..."
Chen Yun walked into the bedroom and lay down on the bed.
A dreamless night.
As soon as the sky was getting light, Chen Yun opened his eyes.
Chen Yun got out of bed and washed up briefly.
The apartment had been cleaned up last night and seemed a lot more spacious.
Chen Yun closed the apartment's water and gas valves one by one, and finally pulled the main switch to the electrical distribution box. With a soft click, the room fell silent.
He walked to the center of the living room and looked around.
The tiny cracks on the yellowed wall are clearly visible, and the scattered spider webs in the corners are clearly visible.
The powerful eyesight enhanced by the medicine allowed Chen Yun to clearly imprint every corner of this small house in his mind.
This place carries Chen Yun's three years of life as a slave, the exhaustion of working overtime until late at night, the frustration of being scolded by his superiors, the joy of receiving his salary... Scenes flashed through his mind quickly.
A faint sense of melancholy appeared in Chen Yun's heart.
"Compared to the precarious end of the world, this kind of life as a beast of burden feels pretty good." Chen Yun shook his head in self-mockery.
"It's time to move on. I still want revenge and to survive in this apocalypse."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Yun suppressed his emotions.
"Leave."
Without further hesitation, Chen Yun grabbed his coat and put it on, opened the door, and took one last look at the small apartment.
"Bang!"
After closing and locking the door and placing the key on the door frame as usual, Chen Yun left without looking back.
…
The city has not yet fully awakened in the early morning, and there are few cars on the road, with only the rustling sound of cleaners' brooms and sporadic vehicles passing by to catch the early shift.
Chen Yun drove his car and merged into the sparse traffic flow.
As for the truck he rented, he had stored it in the system space at the warehouse last night.
The car window was ajar, and a slightly cool morning breeze blew in, brushing against his face. Chen Yun turned his head and watched the scene passing quickly outside the car window.
The glass walls of high-rise buildings reflected the faint light of the morning sun, and steam billowed from the steamers of a newly opened roadside breakfast shop. A few sleepy-looking office workers stood at the bus stop, and a huge billboard flashed a dazzling neon light.
Prosperous, full of vitality, and full of the flavor of life.
Chen Yun looked at the bustling scene of the metropolis and sighed inwardly. In ten days or so, all this life and fireworks would be swallowed up by the extreme cold. By then, how many people would be able to survive?
Chen Yun had thought about announcing the impending end of the world to the general public, but after thinking about it carefully, the risk was too great.
Being treated as a psychopath is a small matter, but if you are arrested for spreading rumors, that would be the real problem.
Or you may be targeted by someone with ulterior motives, and even your life may be threatened.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Yun chose to keep himself out of trouble.
"I hope the authorities can rescue more people." Chen Yun sighed slightly.
The car drove out of the city and onto the national highway. Chen Yun took out his phone and clicked on the navigation. In the destination field, he entered the familiar address - Pingle Village.
Chen Yun's hometown, Pingle Village, is located in a remote mountain village in a remote township in a remote county of a remote city. It takes more than ten hours to drive from Luoyue City where he is now.
Chen Yun originally planned to put the car into the space and go there by plane or high-speed rail.
But my hometown has no airport and no high-speed rail, and the air and high-speed rail tickets to nearby cities for today and tomorrow are sold out.
There was no choice but to drive all the way home.
"Oh." Chen Yun sighed, listened to the navigation broadcast, and drove forward.
…
At ten o'clock in the evening, the navigation prompt sounded:
"Go straight ahead for 1.5 kilometers and you will reach Pingle Village."
Chen Yun's spirits suddenly lifted. He looked up and saw the faint outline of the village in the dark night sky and the twinkling lights in the distance.
Pingle Village, here we are!
"I'm back..." Chen Yun touched the key in his pocket, and the cold key touched his palm.
10:20 pm.
The winding mountain road finally came to an end. Chen Yun drove the car and stopped in front of the rusty iron gate of his old house.
The dim car lights illuminate the mottled courtyard wall and the rusty door panel.
Chen Yun found a piece of barely flat ground next to the courtyard wall and parked the car.
Picking up the slightly rusty key, Chen Yun took a deep breath and walked towards the closed gate.
The moonlight was cool and silvery, and you could see the overgrown path under your feet clearly without any lights.
Insert the key into the lock and turn it.
"Click."
The door opened.
The heavy door hinges made a harsh creaking sound that echoed far away in the quiet mountain village at midnight.
Chen Yun stepped into the yard.
In the moonlight, the weeds were almost higher than my calves.
Chen Yunshen walked across the yard with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and came to the door of the familiar house in front of him.
In the previous life, the village bullies led by the village chief's son smashed this door and broke into his home.
Insert the key, turn it, and open the door.
The same "crunch" sound.
A stale air mixed with the smell of dust hit me in the face.
"Ahem..." Chen Yun frowned and waved his hand, then stepped into the house in the moonlight.
The space of more than 100 square meters is empty and cold.
The furniture was blurred and covered with thick dust, and the floor creaked slightly when stepped on.
Chen Yun took out his cell phone and turned on the flashlight. The light pierced through the darkness and swept across the dusty power supply box.
He fumbled to open the lid of the box and pushed the main switch up with force.
Then, Chen Yun pressed the switch on the wall.
Click.
Soft, warm light filled the living room, illuminating the empty room.
I cleaned the bedroom briefly and managed to make a place to lie down.
"From now on, this will be my survival base in the apocalypse." Chen Yun lay on the clean bed, thinking about the renovation plan of the old house.
[bite--!]
A mechanical voice suddenly sounded in my mind:
[The host has been detected to have found a suitable living base.]
[System task released.]
[Mission Name: Cornerstone of Survival]
[Mission Content: Transform, strengthen, and improve the survival base as much as possible so that it can provide a stable and safe shelter in the apocalypse.]
[Task duration: long term.]
[Mission Note: This is a long-term mission. The host's survival base will be evaluated in stages. Rewards will be issued based on the evaluation level. The higher the level, the richer the reward.]
[Task rewards: points, survival items.]
Chen Yun was stunned. He had just completed the first task yesterday, and now a new task has come. Are the tasks of this system so frequent?
Just as Chen Yun was carefully studying the new task.
[bite--!]
The electronic sound rang in my mind again.
[Daily points settlement starts.]
[Settlement in progress…]
[Today's basic points: 24 points.]
[Today's Survival Assessment: Long-Distance Driving (Survival Exploration): 10 points.]
[Found and preliminarily confirmed the survival base (survival preparation): 40 points.]
[Settlement completed, current survival points: 1824 points.]
"…"
"I have so many points all of a sudden, I don't know how to spend them." Chen Yun looked at the nearly 2,000 points remaining, and the corners of his mouth kept rising.
"I'll think carefully about how to spend the money tomorrow. Let's go to bed now." After a whole day of running around, Chen Yun felt a little tired.
Close your eyes and fall into a deep sleep.
The nightmare, with its biting cold and suffocating fear, swallowed him up.
The nightmare swallowed Chen Yun.
Dark, cold, suffocating, and deadly silent.
Chen Yun felt like he was lying naked on the polar ice field.
The biting cold penetrated into the skin and flesh, deep into the bone marrow, freezing the blood and soul.
Chen Yun tried to move his body, and a piercing pain came from his limbs.
"Such a familiar feeling. Could it be that I have returned to the time before my death in my previous life?"
Enduring the severe pain, Chen Yun forced himself to sit up and looked around. As far as the eye could see, there was an overwhelming gray and white.
Grayish-white snowflakes the size of goose feathers were falling from the sky.
In the distance, the ruins of an unknown huge building complex were almost completely buried by thick gray-white ice and snow.
Crack…Crack…
A faint sound, like the sound of porcelain breaking, was heard not far behind Chen Yun.
Chen Yun turned his head stiffly and looked towards the source of the sound.
The sound came from a small snow pile.
Suddenly, a purple hand covered with white frost suddenly stretched out from under the snow!
Purple-blue hands kept digging through the snow and crawling out. Soon, an equally blue-black head emerged. The head had empty eye sockets, dry and black lips, and pale muscle tissue was exposed under the cracked skin.
In a few breaths, a complete human body crawled out.
It crawled towards Chen Yun in a twisted posture, making a teeth-grinding crunching sound.
Crack…Crack…
The sound of breaking came from all directions.
Chen Yun looked around and saw piles of snow rising up, and then humanoid monsters crawled out, their empty eye sockets staring at him.
Creaking, monsters rushed towards Chen Yun from all directions!
Farther away, the wind and snow were howling, and countless gray-white snowflakes twisted and condensed in the strong wind, gradually forming a vague and hideous outline, sweeping towards Chen Yun!
"Fuck!" Chen Yun wanted to run, but the severe pain in his limbs made him unable to move.
A cold, stiff hand reached out from beside Chen Yun and suddenly grabbed his ankle.
The next moment, gray-white ice crystals spread from Chen Yun's ankles to his entire body.
"Damn it, it was sent again." Chen Yun's eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.
…
Chen Yun suddenly sat up from the bed!
"I... am not dead."
What he saw before him was no longer the icy purgatory, but the dim bedroom of his old house.
Outside the window, the sky was bright, and the sunlight shone through the dusty glass, casting blurry spots of light on the floor.
"It was a dream." Chen Yun let out a long sigh.
Chen Yun picked up his phone and checked the time. It was already past ten o'clock.
I got dressed and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Chen Yun sat on the sofa, carefully recalling the nightmare he had just had.
"That dream was too real!" Chen Yun frowned.
"Those humanoid monsters look like frozen humans. But what is that giant shadow formed by the wind and snow at the end?"
"Is this really just a dream?" Chen Yun rubbed his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.
Some people say that dreams are the opposite of reality, some say that dreams are things that happen in another parallel world, and some say that dreams are omens of the future.
I am a person who seldom dreams, but I suddenly had such a real dream. I am afraid this dream is not simple.
"Whether it's true or not, we have to make some plans and deployments against those monsters to be prepared for any eventuality." After thinking for a moment, Chen Yun made a decision.
Suppressing the lingering fear brought by the nightmare, Chen Yun stood up and said, "Let's start renovating this old house first."
Chen Yun looked around and finally his eyes fell on the entrance door.
Walking to the door, Chen Yun reached out and gently stroked the door in front of him.
The door panel of this entrance door is very thin, barely an inch thick. It has a wooden core inside and a thin layer of iron sheet nailed on the outside. The iron sheet is bumpy and covered with rust and scratches.
In his previous life, Chen Yun didn't even have time to react before this thin entrance door was smashed to pieces in just a few hits.
"Let's start with you."
Chen Yun pressed his right hand tightly against the door panel, summoned the system light curtain, and selected [Strengthen] with his mind.
[Do you want to strengthen the target item - ordinary wooden door? ]
[Consumption points: 40 points.]
"yes."
[Confirmed. Consumed points: 40.]
[Strengthening…]
A progress bar pops up on the light curtain.
Chen Yun stared at the door panel closely, and his palm seemed to be able to feel the slight vibration coming from the door panel.
The progress bar fills up quickly.
Buzz——!
Suddenly, Chen Yun's vision blurred for a moment.
When my vision became clear again, the door panel in front of me had completely changed.
[Strengthening successful.]
Chen Yun withdrew his hand and looked carefully at the door in front of him.
The original thin, old, rusty and broken door has disappeared, replaced by a thick iron-gray metal door panel, which exudes a sense of integrated, heavy and solid texture.
Chen Yun held the door handle, opened the door, and closed the door.
"Click."
A low and steady closing sound was heard, crisp and clear, without the previous "creaking" sound.
Boom boom boom.
Chen Yun bent his knuckles and knocked hard on the reinforced door. The sound was dull and thick, as if he were knocking on a thick steel plate.
"Now, this door shouldn't be smashed again." Chen Yun murmured in a low voice.
Turning his head to look inside, the floor and furniture were covered in dust. Last night, Chen Yun had only briefly cleaned the bedroom and hadn't cleaned other places.
"Let's clean up the old house today."
Just do it.
Chen Yun took out the broom, mop, rag and other cleaning tools he had bought when he stockpiled supplies from the space, and started cleaning up.
In one morning, Chen Yun cleaned every corner of the old house. The floor and furniture that were originally covered with dust were now spotless.
Chen Yun stood in the middle of the living room, looked around, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Next is the yard." Without any intention of taking a break, Chen Yun turned and walked towards the door.
Opening the reinforced, sturdy and heavy entrance door, Chen Yun stepped out of the room and came to the yard.
The yard was overgrown with weeds, and several small saplings more than one meter tall were growing wildly. There were even many weeds spreading in the cracks between the blue bricks.
Chen Yun took a long breath, took out a sickle from the space, pulled up the half-man-high weeds beside him with one hand, and with the other hand, he raised the sickle and cut down a handful of weeds.
After clearing the weeds in the yard with a sickle, Chen Yun took out a hatchet and cut down all the small trees. Then he used a shovel and hoe to dig up the remaining roots of the weeds and saplings.
By the time Chen Yun had thoroughly cleaned the yard, it was already afternoon.
"Finally, the work is done, and the results are pretty good." Looking at the clean and tidy yard, Chen Yun breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Yun put the tools into the space and turned back into the house.
Chen Yun took out a bowl of self-heating rice and a can of Coke from the system space and took a quick sip.
After dinner, Chen Yun sat on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest. The super recovery ability brought by the gene enhancement drug allowed him to restore his physical strength to its peak in just over ten minutes.
Opening his eyes, Chen Yun looked at the time. It was three o'clock in the afternoon.
"This afternoon's mission is to go around and explore the surroundings."
Having not been back for a few years, Chen Yun needed to understand the current situation of the village and the changes in the surrounding environment, and by the way, he also needed to go and check out the areas near the homes of his enemies.
Chen Yun took a deep breath, stood up and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
He walked across the yard along the blue brick path that had just been cleared, pushed open the old gate, and stepped out of the yard.
Turning around and locking the door, Chen Yun was about to leave.
At this moment,
The door of the neighbor's house not far away, which was also quite old, creaked open.
The gate of the neighbor's house not far away opened with a creak.
A girl about eighteen or nineteen years old, with fair skin and a pretty face came out.
The girl wore a simple white shirt and a black long skirt, revealing the youthfulness unique to her age.
The girl also saw Chen Yun who had just left the house.
The two looked at each other.
The girl was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up with surprise and uncertainty:
"Xiao...Brother Xiaoyun? Is that you?"
Chen Yun was also stunned, looking carefully at the girl in front of him. The little girl in his memory who always liked to follow him and call him "Brother Xiaoyun" gradually overlapped with the image of the graceful girl in front of him.
"Lin Wanwan...Xiao Wan?"
Lin Wanwan was my neighbor. When Chen Yun's parents were still alive, the two families had a good relationship.
"It's really you, Brother Xiaoyun!" Lin Wanwan smiled brightly after confirming.
"Brother Xiaoyun, did you just get back? It's been three or four years since we last saw each other. I heard you've been working out of town."
"Yeah... I just got back last night." Chen Yun nodded. Looking at the graceful girl in front of him, he felt as if he were in another world. "Are Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin okay?"
"They're fine!" Lin Wanwan pouted, her tone a little coquettish. "They're so cool! They're traveling around China!"
Chen Yun raised his eyebrows: "Then your uncle and aunt didn't take you with them?"
"Speaking of this makes me angry. They went on a trip without even telling me." Lin Wanwan said helplessly.
"This semester, the exams were scheduled early, so the holiday started early. I thought I'd sneak back and give them a surprise. But... luckily I had my keys with me, otherwise I'd have nowhere to stay!"
Lin Wanwan continued to mutter, her eyes curiously scanning Chen Yun and the locked door of Chen Yun's house, and asked:
"Brother Xiaoyun, are you going out?"
"Well, let's go check out the fields." Chen Yun said vaguely, "Xiao Wan, what about you?"
"Go to the village committee office to get a stamp." Lin Wanwan raised the file bag in her hand and said with a smile.
Chen Yun nodded. "Then go quickly. Don't waste time."
"Yeah." Lin Wanwan nodded, and suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, Brother Xiaoyun, you just came back, so you must not have joined our village's WeChat group yet, right? All the news notifications and the like are posted in the group, which is quite convenient. I'll add you in!"
Chen Yun wanted to refuse, but when he thought about the early days of the apocalypse, when the Internet had not yet been paralyzed, this group would allow him to understand the village's dynamics and news from the outside world to a certain extent.
So Chen Yun nodded:
"Okay, thank you for your help." He took out his mobile phone and called up his WeChat QR code.
Lin Wanwan moved quickly, scanning the QR code to add a friend, and then quickly operated her phone to pull Chen Yun into the group.
"Alright! Brother Xiaoyun, when you have time, remember to check the group announcements. If you have anything, just message me or come to my house! I'm leaving now, we'll chat later!"
She waved her hand and ran briskly towards the east end of the village.
Chen Yun withdrew his gaze and looked at the cartoon bear avatar on the WeChat interface of his mobile phone, falling into deep thought.
"In my previous life, from the time I returned to the village until I died at the end of the world, there was no one at Lin Wanwan's house."
"Why is Lin Wanwan in the village now?"
"Is it because of the butterfly effect brought about by my rebirth? Or did Lin Wanwan leave in my previous life before I came back?"
Chen Yun stood there, lost in thought. He pondered for a long time but could not come up with any reasonable explanation.
With a light sigh, Chen Yun shook his head, temporarily suppressing the doubts in his heart, "Forget it, let's get down to business first."
Taking a step forward, Chen Yun walked towards the main road of the village.
Pingle Village is located on a hill, and the terrain is relatively high, making it a proper mountain village. The old house of Chen Yun's family is located on a higher part of the village.
The village is not big, with only about a hundred households and less than five hundred people.
Chen Yun remembered that there were quite a lot of people in the village when he was a child, but later on, there were fewer and fewer people. Many families moved to the town or county one after another, and the houses in the village became empty.
There were originally five or six families living near Chen Yun's house, but now only Lin Wanwan's family is still living there. Most of the other old houses have become deserted and overgrown with weeds, just like Chen Yun's house.
In recent years, more and more young people in the village have gone out to work. Now most of the people in the village are middle-aged and elderly, and the village has become even more desolate.
Chen Yun walked along the main road from the end of the village to the beginning, and then returned to the end of the village along the crisscrossing alleys.
After a round, Chen Yun had a general understanding of the current environment of the village.
The architectural layout of the village has basically not changed, and it still looks familiar in my memory, except that some houses are no longer inhabited. The small store in the center of the village is now closed down, and the old well at the entrance of the village has long dried up.
The environment of the village had been explored, and Chen Yun turned and left the main road, stepping onto the small path next to it that was covered with weeds.
The steep and rugged path led to the top of the hill where the village was located. Chen Yun followed the path up the hill. The hillside was sparsely forested, mostly with low trees and shrubs.
About twenty minutes later, Chen Yun reached the top of the mountain and his view suddenly opened up.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, you can see most of Pingle Village.
The cool mountain breeze blew across Chen Yun's face. He looked carefully, engraving the entire village's architectural layout, roads and alleys, and surrounding terrain into his mind.
After confirming the overall layout, Chen Yun turned and went down the mountain and began to walk around the outskirts of the village.
After circling around several times, which took quite a while, Chen Yun verified and supplemented the macro impressions he had recorded on the top of the mountain with the details on the ground.
An accurate and three-dimensional 3D map was constructed in his mind, and he had a clear understanding of the environment around and inside the village.
After completing the environmental investigation, Chen Yun returned to the village.
Chen Yun walked along the path towards the village chief's house. He carefully circled around the village chief's house several times, memorizing the location of every house nearby.
Apart from the village chief's house, Chen Yun was not sure where the other people lived. However, after the end of the world and the paralysis of communication, they were still able to contact each other and work together to kill and rob. It seems that they should live not far from each other.
But it doesn't matter even if I guessed wrong. When the end of the world comes, I will find them one by one and make them pay for their crimes with blood!
The information was enough. As the sun set and dusk fell, Chen Yun breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards his old house.
When I was still a few dozen meters away from my home, I heard a noise coming from the corner ahead.
Chen Yun frowned slightly and continued walking forward.
Turning the corner in front of him, Chen Yun saw the scene clearly.
About ten meters ahead, several spirited young men with dyed yellow hair and wearing fancy tights were sitting astride several colorful ghost fires.
Several motorcycles were parked in a circle in the middle of the road, and surrounded in the middle was a girl in a white shirt.
It's Lin Wanwan!
The person surrounded by the energetic young men was Lin Wanwan, whom Chen Yun had met not long ago!
The girl tried to squeeze out from the gap between the motorcycles, but was stopped by a yellow-haired young man sitting on one of the motorcycles with a playful smile on his face.
"Sister Wanwan, don't go. It's rare for us to see each other, let's catch up."
Chen Yun turned his gaze to the yellow-haired young man who stretched out his hand to stop the man.
The next moment,
Chen Yun was suddenly stunned. He seemed to feel a dull pain in his limbs, and a murderous intent rushed into his mind uncontrollably.
Wang Erhu!
The village chief's second son! In his previous life, it was this man and his eldest brother Wang Dahu who, along with a few thugs, smashed his door, broke his limbs, stole his food, and left him to die in the snow!
Chen Yun clenched his fists suddenly and took two steps forward almost instinctively.
Those energetic young men didn't notice Chen Yun walking towards them, and were still surrounding Lin Wanwan with laughter.
"Little sister, Brother Tiger really likes you, so just agree to be his girlfriend."
"That's right, let Brother Tiger take you to town on his motorcycle every day to show off your skills. How cool!"
Lin Wanwan said nothing, but just lowered her head and tried to squeeze out of the encirclement.
"You little bitch, don't be shameless. It's your blessing that my brother Hu likes you." A yellow-haired man with pockmarks on his face cursed loudly.
"Sister Wanwan, you know my dad is the village chief and my family is not short of money. Wouldn't it be nice for you to follow me and live a good life?" Wang Erhu waved his hand.
"You don't want to do it now because you don't know me. I'll take you for a ride first. You'll definitely fall in love with this feeling."
As he spoke, Wang Erhu reached out to pull Lin Wanwan's arm.
"Get out of here!" Lin Wanwan suddenly opened the hand that Wang Erhu extended to her.
"How dare you hit my Brother Tiger?" A yellow-haired man with buck teeth suddenly jumped down from the ghost fire and raised his hand to hit Lin Wanwan in the face.
Just when the bucktoothed, yellow-haired man's hand was about to touch the girl, a bony hand grabbed the bucktoothed, yellow-haired man's wrist.
"Who!?" Bucktooth turned around in shock and anger.
Chen Yun stood beside him, but did not look at Bucktooth. Instead, he stared at Wang Erhu next to him with an expressionless face.
"Brother Xiaoyun!" Lin Wanwan's eyes showed surprise.
"So it's that little bastard from Old Chen's family. He wants to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, right?" Wang Erhu narrowed his eyes as he looked at Chen Yun who suddenly appeared.
"Do you believe that I'll let you go down to accompany your parents who died early?"
Chen Yun suddenly exerted force on the hand that was holding the bucktoothed, yellow-haired boy.
"Ah——!" The bucktoothed yellow-haired man let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered, and the expression on his face instantly twisted.
"Your mother..." The yellow-haired man with a pockmarked face jumped off the motorcycle and rushed over, stretching out his hands to push Chen Yun.
Just as the pockmarked man's hand was about to touch his shoulder, Chen Yun swung the hand holding the bucktoothed man's wrist to the side and back! Bucktooth's entire body was like a torn sack being thrown out, screaming and crashing into another motorcycle nearby, and both the man and the motorcycle fell to the ground with a "clang".
He grabbed Ma Lian's arm again, turned around and threw him over his shoulder, throwing him to the ground.
"Fuck you..." Seeing his two younger brothers being knocked down, Wang Erhu jumped off the motorcycle and punched Chen Yun in the face.
Chen Yun slightly turned his head to avoid Wang Erhu's fist, grabbed his wrist with his backhand and twisted it downward, then bent his right knee and pushed it upward!
Wang Erhu only felt a huge force coming from his wrist, and his body staggered forward involuntarily, and then he was hit by a heavy knee in the lower abdomen!
"Uh..." Wang Erhu's eyes bulged out, and the word "Ma" that he couldn't utter out loud was stuck in his throat. He collapsed to the ground, holding his stomach.
The remaining two energetic young men saw their boss being beaten, and one of them hurriedly started the motorcycle and stepped on the accelerator, and fled out of the village without looking back.
The other yellow-haired man with a black eye tattoo on his forehead roared, waving his fist and rushed towards Chen Yun, then was kicked away.
In just a few tens of seconds, all the arrogant and domineering young men, except the one who ran away, were now lying on the ground groaning in pain.
Lin Wanwan, who was standing aside, stared at Chen Yun blankly, muttering: "Brother Xiaoyun... is so amazing..."
Ignoring the stunned Lin Wanwan, Chen Yun stood in front of Wang Erhu, who was curled up with his hands covering his stomach.
He suppressed the murderous intent in his heart. It was not the right time yet. The end of the world had not yet come. Killing Wang Erhu now would bring him a lot of trouble.
Chen Yun raised his right foot and stepped hard on Wang Erhu's head.
"Wang Erhu, I give you two choices." Chen Yun looked down at Wang Erhu who was struggling at his feet.
"Either, kowtow to me ten times. Or, I'll break your arms and legs."
Wang Erhu did not move, but stared at Chen Yun with resentful eyes.
Chen Yun took a deep breath, moved his foot away from Wang Erhu's head, and instead stepped on his right forearm, applying a little force.
Wang Erhu felt a sharp pain, and the resentment in his eyes was replaced by fear. "Brother Chen, I was wrong. I didn't know she was your girlfriend. Let me go, let me go, I was wrong..."
Wang Erhu kept begging for mercy. Chen Yun looked at him coldly and increased the strength of his right foot.
A slight creaking sound came from Wang Erhu's right arm.
"Ah——!" Wang Erhu screamed, "I knock, I knock."
Chen Yun moved his feet away.
Wang Erhu struggled to get up, endured the pain in his abdomen, and slammed his forehead heavily on the ground in the direction of Chen Yun.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The muffled sounds were particularly clear on the quiet village road.
After kowtowed nine times, Wang Erhu's forehead was covered in blood.
Bang!
When he finished the tenth kowtow and was about to raise his head, a foot stepped hard on the back of his head again.
Chen Yun leaned over, leaned close to Wang Erhu's ear, and whispered:
"Remember to enjoy your life during this time. I will come to see you in a few days."
After saying that, Chen Yun raised his foot and said coldly, "Get lost."
Wang Erhu felt as if he had been pardoned. He struggled to stand up and crawled onto his motorcycle.
The other energetic young men lying on the ground stopped pretending to be dead and quickly got up and climbed onto the motorcycle.
Wang Erhu started the motorcycle and turned to look at Chen Yun with a look of resentment, "Just wait!"
Chen Yun pretended to take a step forward, and Wang Erhu's body trembled. He suddenly stepped on the accelerator and fled towards the east end of the village. The other yellow-haired men also hurriedly chased after him.
Chen Yun's eyes were cold as he watched the few people disappear at the end of the road.
"Brother Xiaoyun..." Lin Wanwan's voice sounded behind him, "Thank you."
Chen Yun turned and looked at Lin Wanwan. The girl's eyes were bright and the hem of her black dress swayed gently in the breeze.
"It's just a small favor." Chen Yun nodded and responded softly.
"Brother Xiaoyun, you must not have eaten yet." Lin Wanwan took a few steps closer and said in a clear voice, "Come to my house for dinner tonight."
Chen Yun shook his head and was about to refuse.
"Come on, come on. Let me show you my cooking skills. My cooking is delicious!" Lin Wanwan said earnestly, "Just consider it as a thank you for saving the damsel in distress!"
Chen Yun hesitated for a moment, looked at Lin Wanwan's expectant eyes, and nodded.
Seeing Chen Yun nod, Lin Wanwan smiled.
The two walked side by side towards Lin Wanwan's house.
After walking about fifty meters and turning the corner, you will arrive at the gate of Lin Wanwan's house.
Lin Wanwan took out the key and inserted it into the door lock. With the creaking sound of the door hinge turning, the old door opened.
Step into the courtyard.
What came into view was a courtyard slightly smaller than Chen Yun's house.
The yard was immaculate, the blue brick floor swept spotlessly. The vegetable patches lining the brick path were filled with vibrant green fruits and vegetables. A few washed clothes hung on a clothesline, swaying gently in the breeze. In the corner, under the eaves, neatly stacked firewood lay, and a broom and shovel were neatly placed against the wall.
Unlike the desolate old house of Chen Yun's family, the yard of Lin Wanwan's family exudes the homely atmosphere and warmth of a hardworking family.
"Come in quickly, Brother Xiaoyun!" Lin Wanwan pushed open the door to the main room and greeted him warmly.
The light inside the house was dimmer than in the yard, but it was just as clean and tidy.
"Brother Xiaoyun, please sit down for a while and drink some water. I'll go change my clothes." Lin Wanwan casually threw the file bag in her hand on the coffee table, poured a glass of water for Chen Yun, and then ran into the inner room with light steps.
After a while, Lin Wanwan, who had changed into home clothes, came out from the inner room.
She wore a light blue sleeveless floral jacket and loose knee-length shorts, revealing her slender, fair arms and legs. Her hair was casually tied back with a rubber band, revealing her smooth neck.
"I'll go cook." Lin Wanwan took the apron hanging on the wall, put it on, and quickly walked into the kitchen.
Soon, the sound of pots and pans clattering could be heard in the kitchen.
Chen Yun sat on the sofa, watching the girl busy in the kitchen, and fell into deep thought.
The one-sided crushing victory just now gave Chen Yun a preliminary understanding of his current strength.
"I'm a powerless office worker, but now I can easily knock down four or five young men. The physical improvement brought by the gene-enhancing drug is truly terrifying.
"Those thugs' attacks looked like those of elderly people in their seventies or eighties to me. They could dodge and counterattack without any skills at all.
"If I can learn a fighting technique, my combat power will be greatly enhanced again."
Chen Yun was thinking secretly when a "sizzling" sound came from the direction of the kitchen, followed by a rich aroma.
Chen Yun turned his head and saw Lin Wanwan pouring the washed vegetables into the wok and stir-frying them with quick and decisive movements.
Not long after, Lin Wanwan came out of the kitchen with steaming hot food and placed it on the dining table.
"Dinner is ready!" Lin Wanwan greeted Chen Yun.
Two people, four courses.
A large plate of fluffy, garlic-smothered cucumbers. A dish of glossy, fragrant, and fatty fried bacon. A plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes in a rich red and yellow broth. A dish of brightly colored shredded pork with fish-flavored sauce.
And a few big, white, soft and hot steamed buns.
Lin Wanwan's cooking skills are indeed quite good. Just looking at these dishes, they are absolutely delicious and fragrant.
"Try it! I just picked this cucumber this morning. It's so fresh!"
Lin Wanwan enthusiastically picked up a piece of cucumber for Chen Yun with her chopsticks, and then she picked up a steamed bun, broke it open, stuffed a piece of bacon and a large piece of egg into it, and took a big bite with satisfaction.
Chen Yun picked up the cucumber and took a bite.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Lin Wanwan looked at Chen Yun with bright eyes.
"Yeah, it's delicious." Chen Yun nodded and gave a positive review.
"Hehe." Lin Wanwan smiled even more after receiving Chen Yun's affirmative answer.
"By the way, Brother Xiaoyun, what have you been doing these years? I haven't seen you for three or four years, and I feel like you've changed a lot." Lin Wanwan couldn't help but ask curiously while eating the steamed bun in her hand.
"And..." She swallowed the bun in her mouth, her tone full of amazement.
"Brother Xiaoyun, when did you learn Kung Fu? You were so good at fighting just now. You knocked those thugs down in just a few moves."
"I just...work at the factory." Chen Yun replied vaguely, then changed the subject. "By the way, Xiao Wan, how did Wang Erhu and the others come to stop you?"
"Speaking of this makes me angry!" Lin Wanwan gritted her teeth and said angrily,
"I ran into them a few days ago when I returned to the village after my holiday. I was walking down the street with my suitcase and they whistled at me and circled around me on their motorcycles.
"When I got home and saw my parents were not there, I felt like the sky had fallen. I thought at that time that if those hooligans came to bother me again, I would just go find my parents and stay away from them.
"I didn't expect to run into him again on the way back from getting the stamp at the village committee today. This time he was even worse! Fortunately, Brother Xiaoyun saved me." Lin Wanwan curled her lips, feeling a little scared.
After hearing Lin Wanwan say that if she was harassed again, she would go find her traveling parents, Chen Yun paused and asked, "So, are you planning to go find your uncle and aunt and travel with them?"
"That was my original plan, but it's no longer necessary now!" Lin Wanwan shook her head.
"Now that the thugs have been beaten away by you, Brother Xiaoyun, there's no need for me to leave. Besides, my parents are in Heilongjiang Province right now. It would be a waste of money and effort to go look for them."
Listening to Lin Wanwan's words, Chen Yun thought:
It seems that the reason why I didn't see Lin Wanwan in the previous life was probably because Lin Wanwan went to live with her parents after being harassed twice by Wang Erhu and others, rather than the butterfly effect of rebirth.
In this life, when he saw his enemy Wang Erhu, he couldn't help but beat him up and saved Lin Wanwan. That's why Lin Wanwan didn't go looking for her parents.
"Alas." Chen Yun sighed softly, "When will uncle and aunt come back?"
"It's still early." Lin Wanwan sighed.
"I estimate it will take another month. They are currently staying with relatives in Heilongjiang Province. They are so happy that they don't even remember me, the daughter they gave them for topping up their phone credit."
"Is that so?" Chen Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Then remember to be careful when you go out. If you encounter any danger, you can contact me."
"I know!" Lin Wanwan nodded vigorously, and then chattered about the changes in the village in recent years: whose son was admitted to university, who built a new house, the forest on the back mountain was flattened, how much money the village chief's family had embezzled in recent years...
Chen Yun listened silently, occasionally responding.
The bright and lively girl in front of him diluted some of the heavy haze of the impending end of the world in Chen Yun's heart.
The food was delicious, and Lin Wanwan's cooking skills were really top-notch. The two of them ate and chatted, and the meal lasted nearly an hour.
"Are you full?" Lin Wanwan looked at the half-empty plates on the table and touched her stomach with satisfaction.
Chen Yun nodded, stood up and prepared to clear the dishes.
"Oh, no, no!" Lin Wanwan quickly snatched the bowl and chopsticks from his hands, "Brother Xiaoyun, you're a guest, and you're my savior. There's no reason for me to let you do this!"
Lin Wanwan walked into the kitchen carrying the dishes and chopsticks, and soon the sound of running water was heard.
Not long after, Lin Wanwan came out of the kitchen wiping her hands.
"Then I'll go back first." Chen Yun said.
"Ah? You're leaving now? Why don't you sit for a while longer?" Lin Wanwan looked at Chen Yun.
"No." Chen Yun said calmly, "There are still some things."
"Okay then! Thank you so much today, Brother Xiaoyun. Come and play with me when you are free!" Lin Wanwan was a little disappointed, but soon laughed again.
"Yeah." Chen Yun nodded, said nothing more, turned around, pushed the door and left.
The end is approaching, and there is not much time left for Chen Yun.
After returning to his house, Chen Yun walked straight to the old desk in the house and sat down, taking out paper and pen from the system space.
The pen tip scratched on the paper, and a line of words appeared on the paper:
[Renovation and construction plan of old house survival base].