Chapter 34 Zhou Zheng! Inquiry and Inspection
Chapter 34 Zhou Zheng! Inquiry and Inspection
The next morning, Su Jinjin woke up from her sleep and vaguely noticed that the room was unusually dark.
The sound of rain could be heard outside.
She suddenly threw off the covers and rushed to the window. The sky was dark and gloomy, and fine rain had already wet the windowpane. The road below was glistening with water.
"Is it really raining?"
Su Jinjin instantly woke up, all sleepiness gone. She had just received a notification of rain yesterday, and it rained right on time today.
Su Jinjin really didn't expect that the weather forecast had never been so accurate.
My phone suddenly vibrated, and a message from Lu Wei popped up on the screen:
[Su Jinjin, the disaster game circulating online is real! A friend of mine became a player, and he says our world is changing, so you absolutely must stockpile supplies!]
Su Jinjin stared at the message, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper.
Lu Wei used to be completely indifferent to online rumors, but now...
"This guy... could he have become a player himself? He even told me about a friend who gave him such an old-fashioned method."
Thinking about all this, Su Jinjin suddenly realized something: "If Lu Wei is selected when the second natural disaster game begins, it means the number of players is continuously increasing..."
The rain outside the window was gradually intensifying, and the sound of raindrops hitting the windowpane was getting louder and louder.
Su Jinjin turned on the TV, and all the channels were broadcasting emergency weather warnings:
Breaking News! Continuous Heavy Rainfall Expected Globally...
Meteorological experts say this unusual rainfall may be related to global climate change...
"Residents are advised to avoid going out as much as possible, and residents in low-lying areas should prepare to evacuate..."
But Su Jinjin knew that this was definitely not an ordinary weather anomaly.
She quickly sent Lu Wei a vague message:
Thanks for the reminder, please take care of yourself too.
Without revealing that she was a player, Su Jinjin also did not expose Lu Wei's disguise, leaving herself enough room to maneuver.
Turning to the storage room, Su Jinjin began to recount the supplies.
If the torrential rain is indeed the first natural disaster to arrive during the apocalypse of Earth, then it will likely trigger floods, power outages, and even...
"Knock knock knock!"
The sudden knocking interrupted Su Jinjin's thoughts.
She instinctively condensed the silver needles instantly.
"Hello, this is the census!" a male voice called from outside the door. "Please cooperate with the inspection!"
Su Jinjin checked her phone and realized it was already past nine o'clock. The population census that the property management had mentioned yesterday had begun.
Su Jinjin looked through the peephole and saw two uniformed staff members standing outside the door, with work badges hanging on their chests.
But what alerted her was that one of them was holding a strange device.
When Su Jinjin looked out through the peephole, she suddenly noticed a familiar face among the two census takers.
Isn't that Zhou Zheng, the son of Aunt Wang who lives next door?
Although the other person may not know me, I am very familiar with Aunt Wang.
Therefore, I also learned a lot about Zhou Zheng from Aunt Wang.
"Wait a minute! I'm changing!" she called out deliberately, while quickly glancing around the room to make sure no suspicious items were exposed.
The two people outside the door who heard the response visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
The younger team member wiped the sweat from his brow and whispered to Zhou Zheng, "Team Leader Zhou, I remember you live on this floor, right?"
Zhou Zheng stood ramrod straight, his uniform impeccably worn, with even the top button of his collar fastened, exuding an aura of righteousness.
He nodded slightly: "It is indeed next door, but work is more important now. Don't think about anything else."
Young team member Lin Yuanrong nodded knowingly, but her gaze was unconsciously drawn to the security door of Su Jinjin's house.
This door is noticeably thicker than those of the other residents, and metal protective strips have been added around the door frame.
It was clearly not an ordinary door.
"This door... its defense level is a bit high?" Lin Yuanrong touched the reinforcement device on the door with a puzzled look.
Zhou Zheng recalled his mother's usual nagging.
"This apartment is occupied by a girl who lives alone. My mom mentioned her to me before; I think her surname is Su... My mom said she's usually quite quiet. Obviously, if someone wants to live safely, installing a door like this is just right."
He glanced at the testing device in his hand. "But in these times, it's normal to be cautious."
Inside the house, Su Jinjin pressed herself against the door, hearing the entire conversation between the two.
She secretly rejoiced that she had insisted on replacing the security door during the renovation; now it seemed like a very wise decision.
"Coming, coming!" She deliberately messed up her hair and opened the door as if she had just woken up. "Sorry, I stayed up late last night... I just woke up not long ago."
Zhou Zheng showed his identification: "Hello, this is a routine population census. May I see your ID card?"
Su Jinjin cooperated by showing her identification.
After Zhou Zheng received Su Jinjin's identification, he began scanning it into the device he was holding.
Su Jinjin didn't know what it was for, but it looked very high-tech.
Meanwhile, Lin Yuanrong also began his routine questioning.
"Miss Su lives alone?" Lin Yuanrong asked while registering, but her gaze swept over her tidy entryway. Everything that could be seen from the doorway was what Su Jinjin had shown them.
Have you noticed anything unusual recently?
"Just me." Su Jinjin rubbed her eyes, feigning sleepiness. "Abnormal? Are the things circulating online recently considered abnormal? And do you know something by registering these things?"
Su Jinjin pretended to be curious.
However, neither of them answered Su Jinjin's question.
Su Jinjin: What a boring man!
Zhou Zheng: "Ms. Su, registration is complete. Please be careful recently and stock up on daily necessities."
Su Jinjin did not expect Zhou Zheng to say that.
The registration process ended quickly, without Su Jinjin having to use special equipment to test whether she was a player, as she had imagined.
Su Jinjin closed the door, leaned against it, and let out a long sigh.
She had expected some high-tech equipment to detect the players' identities, but it turned out to be just ordinary questioning and visual observation.
"It seems the official methods for detecting players are still quite limited..." She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, tiptoed back to the window, and watched Zhou Zheng and the other person leave the community.
On the other side, Zhou Zheng and Lin Yuanrong walked in the downpour under umbrellas.
"Captain Zhou, that Su Jinjin looks like an ordinary person, not a player," Lin Yuanrong said, shaking the water droplets off his umbrella.
Zhou Zheng frowned: "Who can say for sure about this? We don't have the ability to detect whether ordinary people are players."
He glanced back at the apartment building where Su Jinjin lived, "But her security door is definitely suspicious..."
Lin Yuanrong suddenly lowered her voice, her tone tinged with envy: "I really envy Xiao Zheng, he's so lucky to have become a player! I heard he can now unleash ice with his bare hands..."
"Luck?" Zhou Zheng didn't think it was luck at all. Rain dripped down the brim of his hat. "You only see the benefits that the ability brings, but you didn't see how he looked when he came back from the dungeon, did you?"