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003 Not what I thought

"There is a power outage?"

Chen Xu was a little surprised. He remembered that he had moved here for two years and had not had the power outage.

It seems that the year when environmental protection was checked, many factories with high pollution and energy consumption were closed. Since then, there has never been any electricity limit again.

While thinking about it, he went downstairs and prepared to go to the cake shop where he often went to the street corner to buy some bread and milk to deal with it.

If he had a choice, he prefers to eat some hot breakfast. Unfortunately, a bun shop on the street moved out a few months ago because the rent of the shop increased too heavily.

As soon as he walked onto the street, something was wrong.

Where is the person?

There was not a single person on the entire street.

It is now the peak work season. There are more than a dozen buildings on this street, and there are not a thousand or hundreds of people living there. Usually, there are many people rushing to work at this time.

wrong!

Chen Xu's head exploded and he thought of a possibility.

This is not just a dream.

Thinking of this, the briefcase in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

He looked at the empty street in front of him and was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

After a while, he murmured, "I should have thought of it long ago."

It is indeed 100% virtual reality.

There was no gorgeous light and shadow effect, no shocking scenes. But everything was no different from reality. After he woke up, he was completely unaware that he was already in the dream.

He gently pinched the back of his hand and clearly felt the slight pain.

"Even the pain is completely simulated. Is this really in a dream?"

His heart was a little shaken.

He was in a state of confusion, and grabbed the briefcase on the ground and ran forward.

On the empty street, you could see your cell phone, wallet and keys from time to time on the ground. He ignored it and ran to the end of the street and turned over. It was the main road.

He stopped, stood at the intersection of the street, and looked at the road ahead.

The road was full of various vehicles. Most of the shops on both sides of the road had doors open, and everything seemed to be no different from usual.

The only difference is that there is no one, no one.

He walked step by step to the bus stop. At this time on weekdays, it was already crowded with people who wanted to take the bus. Now, there were only a bunch of mobile phones, wallets, keys and various bags on the ground.

"The people disappeared, but the things remained?"

When he saw something on the ground, his scalp was a little tightened, and he guessed the setting of the dream. At a certain moment, perhaps 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 the person.

wrong.

He looked at the vehicles parked there on the road, which should be said to be a static button.

Otherwise, these vehicles that were originally moving would have long since the driver disappeared, under the influence of inertia.

"No matter what, go to the company first."

He stood there and looked for a while, and felt more at ease when he arrived at the company.

But, how to go?

He looked at the bus parked more than ten meters away and felt a little difficult. Could it be that he had to walk over with his legs? It was impossible to walk over a seven or eight stops in an hour.

Suddenly, his heart moved. If the things remained in place after the person disappeared, then the car key should still be there.

He walked to the nearest car and looked in through the window. Sure enough, the key was still stuck there.

……………………

Chen Xu drove a black Volkswagen slowly towards the company.

There are too many vehicles on the road, especially in front of traffic lights, where a bunch of cars often block the road completely. In this case, he can only drive to the sidewalk.

He got a driver's license in his senior year and rarely drove, and his driving skills were very unfamiliar. When he drove to the sidewalk, the body of the car scratched several times and the rear door was deformed.

However, at this time, he could no longer care about this, and all his attention was observing the situation around him.

When the car stopped in front of the company building, he was sure that this was indeed in the dream.

Although it is not a CBD, there are several office buildings nearby, and there is a commercial street next door and several large shopping malls. There are huge people/traffic every day, especially during the morning rush hour.

Now, the whole road is quiet, with no one, and there is no sound other than the sound of the engine of the car he drives.

The silence made him feel panicked.

Chen Xu let go of the steering wheel, rubbed his face hard, and sighed, "This is different from what I thought."

When entering a dream, at least there must be a ritual process.

At least, I have to give him a psychological preparation.

Unexpectedly, this system did not follow the routine at all. As soon as I opened my eyes, I directly entered the dream.

This is too real, so real that he can't tell whether it is a dream or reality.

To be honest, he drove all the way and saw a car parked on the road, an empty road, and a shop on both sides. He felt a lot of hair. This was completely different from what he imagined.

"Forget it, I've come here, think about how to spend these 180 days." Chen Xu patted his face, put aside these messy thoughts. He opened his briefcase, took out his paper and pen, lay on the steering wheel, and started writing.

At this time, if he doesn't find something to do, he will be unable to withstand it.

He focused his energy and organized his thoughts.

First of all, it is water and food. The most important thing is the issue of eating and drinking water.

He wrote these two words on the first line.

Don’t worry about water. Every supermarket has a lot of bottled mineral water. He will never use it in his life just the water in this city.

Moreover, the bottled mineral water generally lasts for one year, so there is no need to worry about deterioration.

The trouble is food. It’s okay to say that rice and noodles have been stored for a long time. Meat and vegetables can’t be stored for long, especially meat. In this weather, it will rot in one or two days.

"Yes, you have to collect enough meat first to save it, otherwise you can only eat canned food every day in the future."

As a carnivore, Chen Xu could not tolerate the days when he had no meat to eat, so he wrote the words meat and vegetables on the second line and started to act.

If you want to find a lot of fresh meat, you usually think of meat and vegetable markets and supermarkets. Chen Xu went to the best restaurant near the company.

In his opinion, if you want to find a base camp, the best place is neither a luxury villa nor a supermarket or a restaurant. It is best to be a higher-end restaurant, with ready-made ingredients and a complete range of food, so you don’t have to bother to collect it at the market.

More importantly, larger restaurants have frozen warehouses, which are most suitable for preserving meat.

Another point is that the surrounding facilities are complete, and several large supermarkets can be found in all daily necessities.
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