Above the vast ocean, the scorching sun hung high.
A kayak drifted on the sea, carrying a man and a woman.
The man was tied to the kayak, his body covered in countless cuts, letting his blood drip onto the boat.
The woman, holding a worn wooden bowl, continuously poured seawater over him.
The salt gradually seeped into his body, causing him excruciating pain.
"Wanqiu... Wanqiu! Please let me go, please!"
Hu You continuously wailed.
The one called Wanqiu was his girlfriend.
No, to be precise, she was the girlfriend he had fawned over for a long time; she only reluctantly agreed to be with Hu You after the apocalypse arrived.
That day, torrential rain swept across the globe.
Everyone at the time thought it was just a simple rain.
But three days passed, and the rain showed no sign of stopping; all drainage systems worldwide were paralyzed.
Five days passed, and 10% of the world's land was submerged!
People began to panic, descending into widespread riots.
Looting, slaughter, fleeing for their lives... everyone scrambled to survive.
Fifteen days passed, and 30% of the world's land was submerged!
Social order completely collapsed.
Humanity regressed to a primitive society; whoever had the biggest fist held the power!
The price of a bottle of fresh water was speculated to be more expensive than its weight in gold!
Thirty days passed, and 60% of the world's land was submerged.
Humans had fallen into despair; fewer than 10% of the global population remained alive.
Faith, at this moment, became the only source of strength for everyone.
Forty-nine days passed.
All land on Earth was completely submerged!
The torrential rain finally ceased.
And Hu You and the woman had survived from the very first rain until now... but they had nothing left except this kayak, a wooden bowl, and a dagger.
"Darling."
Ye Wanqiu poured another bowl of seawater over Hu You, leaned down, and caressed his face with her hand.
"Do you know why I chose you and not the other simps?"
Hu You seemed to realize something, his eyes widening as he looked at her.
Emergency food!
"It seems you've guessed it."
Ye Wanqiu's fingers gently traced his chest, the chill from her fingertips bringing a different kind of stimulation: "You are the heaviest and healthiest among everyone, and still a virgin."
"If I turn you into cured meat, I can at least live for another ten days! As for the others... I'm afraid their kidneys aren't even as big as a chick's, so there's no point in keeping them."
"Don't worry, I'll place your heart in the closest position to mine then!"
Ye Wanqiu said, touching her lower abdomen: "Right here, do you see? Everything will be as you wish; we will be together forever!"
"You will completely possess me, and I will completely possess you!"
"Madwoman! You're a madwoman!"
Hu You roared, his pale, cracked lips trembling uncontrollably!
Fifty days had passed, and everyone's lives had undergone drastic changes.
Who wouldn't go mad!
"Darling, how can you scold me? Isn't this your deepest desire? Forever..."
Ye Wanqiu said, then pulled out a dagger and plunged it directly into Hu You's heart!
She pressed her face against Hu You's, giving him one last kiss.
"Be with me!"
"Pfft!"
Hu You spat out a mouthful of blood.
He felt his vision go black; pain, sight, and smell slowly faded, and finally, hearing... he vaguely heard gnawing sounds coming from beside him.
The next moment... [Wumeng Mountain connects to mountains beyond mountains, moonlight sprinkles down on Xiangshuitan!]
Hu You subconsciously opened his eyes and immediately touched his chest!
The stab wound was gone!
His heart was still there!
Wait! Where is this... He opened his eyes, surveying his surroundings, and found that he was in his own bedroom!
I've been reborn?
Hu You immediately picked up his phone, turned off the alarm, and looked at the time on the screen.
July 6, 2024, Saturday, 7:00 AM.
He had an appointment to see a movie with Ye Wanqiu, planning to get up early to tidy up and take a shower.
It was only seven days away.
On July 13, at 7 PM, the first torrential rain would fall.
All told, there were still 180 hours until the apocalypse.
Of course, provided that everything he had experienced earlier was real and not just a dream!
Ding!
A crisp sound rang out.
A dialogue box popped up in front of Hu You.
[System activated successfully!]
[Host: Hu You.]
[System Level: 1]
[System Function: Spatial Backpack]
[Distance to next upgrade: 0 / 1]
[Note 1: The Host will gain 1 experience point for every day survived. More functions will be unlocked after the system upgrades.]
[Note 2: The Spatial Backpack has infinite size. Any non-biological item can be stored in the Spatial Backpack. All items will be stored in isolation and will not undergo qualitative change due to any factors.]
[Note 3: All items within a one-meter radius of oneself can be directly placed into the Spatial Backpack.]
This is... a system?
Hu You's mind stirred, and he tentatively tried to place the television hanging in front of him into the Spatial Backpack.
In an instant, the TV vanished from sight; in another instant, it reappeared.
He looked at the prompt box in front of him and confirmed one thing.
What he had just experienced was not a dream!
The apocalypse was really coming!
Ye Wanqiu's figure involuntarily appeared in Hu You's mind.
The two of them lived in the same building; he lived on the twenty-fourth floor, and Ye Wanqiu lived on the third floor.
In his previous life, after the torrential rain fell, he kindly took in Ye Wanqiu, and they became a couple.
Many things happened during that time; he originally thought they would support each other and continue on, but who knew... after the last bit of food was eaten, he, too, became food!
From the very beginning, it was a scam!
With the system in this life, he had to do something!
Ye Wanqiu, I will make you experience a hundred times more pain than I did!
Hu You immediately got up, and after a simple wash, the first thing he did was... order takeout!
After rebirth, the physical hunger did not appear, but his psychological appetite reached its peak!
He looked at the hamburgers, fried chicken, cola, and milk tea in front of him and immediately started devouring them!
After finishing, he let out a satisfied burp.
First, buy some things online!
It was already noon.
Hu You made a plan and directly ordered the necessary items online: instant noodles, self-heating rice, self-heating hot pot, and even ten cases of various beverages!
Especially mineral water.
One hundred barrels of 5L water!
As for payment methods... he pretty much maxed out all the online loans he could get from Huabei, Baitiao, and Meituan.
An hour later.
He successfully accumulated 500,000 in debt, and the items he bought were enough to open a large supermarket.
But even so, it was still not enough!
If it was just for him, it would be enough for him to comfortably get through the entire rainy season.
But what about after the rainy season?
No one knew what would happen after the world became oceanic; just in case, he still needed to prepare more!
It would be best to prepare enough for a lifetime!
Besides food, there was also medical supplies, weapons, entertainment, and people!
If he lived alone, even with cats and dogs for company, he would be very lonely in his old age.
Of course, choosing people also required them to be very reliable!
Otherwise, another Ye Wanqiu would be disastrous!
If only he had a boat!
Just on the twentieth day of the rainy season, he had personally seen a rich man sailing a luxury yacht out to sea.
There were even tickets circulating.
The prices were divided into two types: one was twenty times one's body weight in food, and the other was... oneself.
The latter could only be paid for by top-tier goddesses with excellent figures and beautiful appearances.
Once on board, she would be his private property, her life and death arranged by him. At that time, Ye Wanqiuhad also wanted to go.
Unfortunately, she wasn't qualified enough.
However, Hu You was just a university graduate of two years; besides the house left by his parents, he only had a little over 20,000 in savings.
Buying a small speedboat would be enough, but a yachtwas completely out of the question!
As for stealing... the Spatial Backpack could hold it, but he was afraid he wouldn't be able to escape after taking it!
There are still seven days!
He could only try the methods in the criminal code.