"There was a power outage?"
Chen Xu was a little surprised. From what he remembered, it had been two years since he moved here, and the electricity hadn't been cut off yet.
It seems that it started in the year when the environmental protection was checked, and many factories with high pollution and high energy consumption were shut down. Since then, there has been no electricity restriction.
While thinking about it, he went downstairs, planning to buy some bread and milk from the cake shop he often visited on the corner of the street.
Given the choice, he prefers something hot for breakfast. It's a pity that a bun shop on the street moved out a few months ago because the rent of the shop had risen too much.
As soon as he stepped onto the street, he felt something was wrong.
What about people
There was no one on the whole street.
Now is the rush hour for work. There are more than a dozen buildings on this street, and there are hundreds of people living there. Usually, at this time, there are many people rushing to work—
wrong!
Chen Xu's head exploded, thinking of a possibility.
It's not like a dream here.
Thinking of this, the briefcase in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.
He looked at the empty street in front of him and was too shocked to speak.
After a while, he murmured, "I should have thought of it earlier."
Sure enough, it is 100% virtual reality.
There are no brilliant light and shadow effects, and no shocking scenes. But everything was no different from reality. After he woke up, he didn't realize that he was already in a dream.
He pinched the back of his hand lightly, feeling the slight pain clearly.
"Even the pain is completely simulated. Is this really in a dream?"
His heart was a little shaken.
Confused, he grabbed the briefcase on the ground and ran forward.
On the empty streets, mobile phones, wallets and keys can be seen from time to time on the ground. He ignored it, and ran to the end of the street, turned around, and it was the main road.
He stopped and stood at the intersection, looking at the road ahead.
All kinds of vehicles are parked on the road. Most of the shops on both sides of the road are open, and everything seems to be no different from usual.
The only difference is that there is no one, no one.
He walked to the bus stop step by step. At this time on weekdays, the place was already full of people who wanted to take the bus. Now, only a pile of mobile phone wallet keys and various bags are left on the ground.
"People disappear, but things stay?"
When he saw something on the ground, his scalp became a little tense, and he guessed the setting of the dream. At a certain moment, maybe the moment he woke up, the people here disappeared at the same time, but the things on his body remained in place.
It's like pressing the pause button and then clearing people out.
wrong.
He looked at the vehicles parked there on the road, and it should be said that it was a stationary button.
Otherwise, these vehicles that were originally moving would have crashed into a ball under the action of inertia after the driver disappeared.
"Anyway, let's go to the company first."
He stood there watching for a while, and felt that it would be more at ease to rush to the company.
But how
He looked at the bus parked more than ten meters away, feeling a little embarrassed. Could it be that you have to walk on two legs? The journey of seven or eight stops would take an hour.
Suddenly, his heart moved, if the things remained in place after the person disappeared, then the car keys should still be there.
He walked to the nearest car and looked in through the window. Sure enough, the key was still inserted there.
... ... ...
Chen Xu drove a black Volkswagen slowly towards the company.
There are too many vehicles on the road, especially in front of the intersection of traffic lights, often a bunch of cars completely block the road. In this case, he can only drive on the sidewalk.
He got his driver's license in his senior year, and he seldom drives, and his driving skills are very unfamiliar. When he drove on the sidewalk, the body was scratched several times, and the rear door was scratched and deformed.
However, at this moment, he could no longer take care of this, and focused all his attention on observing the surrounding situation.
When the car stopped in front of the company building, he was sure that this place was indeed in the dream.
Although this is not a CD, there are several office buildings nearby, and there is a commercial street next door, with several large shopping malls, and there are huge crowds/traffic every day, especially during the morning rush hour.
Now, the whole road is silent, there is no one, and there is no sound except the engine of the car he is driving.
The silence made him panic.
Chen Xu let go of the steering wheel, rubbed his face vigorously, and sighed, "This is different from what I thought."
When entering the dreamland, at least there must be a ritual process.
At least, you have to give him a psychological preparation.
Who would have thought that this system did not follow the routine at all, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he entered the dreamland directly.
This is too real, so real that he can't tell whether this is a dream or reality.
To be honest, he drove all the way here and saw the empty cars parked on the road, the empty road, and the empty shops on both sides, and his heart was really hairy. This is completely different from what he imagined.
"Forget it, it's all here, think about how to spend these one hundred and eighty days." Chen Xu patted his face and put aside these messy thoughts. He opened his briefcase and took out a pen and paper. Lie on the steering wheel and start writing.
At this time, if he doesn't find something to do, he won't be able to stand it.
He concentrated and organized his thoughts.
First, water and food. The most important thing is to eat and drink water.
He wrote these two words on the first line.
There is no need to worry about the water problem. There are many bottled mineral water in every supermarket. He can't use up the water in this city alone in his lifetime.
Moreover, bottled mineral water generally has a shelf life of one year, so there is no need to worry about deterioration.
The trouble is the food, rice and noodles, which have a relatively long storage time, are okay. Meat and vegetables can't be kept for long, especially meat, in this kind of weather, it will go rancid in a day or two.
"Yes, you have to collect enough meat and store it first, otherwise you will have to eat canned food every day in the future."
As a carnivore, Chen Xu couldn't bear the days without meat, so he wrote the words "meat and vegetables" on the second line and started to take action.
When you want to find a lot of fresh meat, you usually think of meat markets and large supermarkets. What Chen Xu went to was the best restaurant near the company.
In his opinion, the best place to find a base camp is neither a luxury villa nor a big supermarket. but restaurants. It is best to go to a restaurant with a higher grade, where there are ready-made ingredients and a complete range, so you don't have to bother to go to the market to collect them.
More importantly, larger restaurants have freezers, which are most suitable for storing meat.
Another point is that the surrounding facilities are complete, there are several large supermarkets, and all daily necessities can be found.
Such a place as a base camp is simply perfect.