Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 161 Transformation
The rain had indeed lessened, but it was still falling and the water level showed no sign of receding.

Ou Yang opened the sunroof and placed two fluorescent sticks on the roof to guide Lao Mi who was still on the steel frame.

They were not related to him, and he didn't want to take any risks on the steel frame again, so this was all he could do.

Whether they can crawl over depends entirely on their own will to survive.

After closing the sunroof, Ou Yang rummaged through the car's drawers, looking for something useful. He turned the RV upside down. In addition to food, he also found a laptop, a water-soaked mobile phone, two knives, and several wrist life rings.

There was also an unlocked safe in the bedroom, which contained a pistol, some 12mm bullets and -gauge shotgun shells. It must have been locked when someone was in a hurry to get the gun.

In addition, there were tens of thousands of dollars in cash, four one-ounce gold bars, and some checks and securities, all of which were soaked by water.

Ou Yang took the cash and gold bars for himself without hesitation, and put the pistol on his waist after checking the chamber and safety.

Gold is valuable in troubled times, antiques are valuable in prosperous times. The more chaotic the situation, the more valuable gold is.

It’s definitely not useful now, but what about in the future?
As for bills and stuff, whoever wants them can have them.

Ou Yang calmly returned to the restaurant and handed Jiang Yuwei a life ring: "Put it on!"

Jiang Yuwei took it, smiled and tied it around her wrist.

Ou Yang handed another one to Lao Mi.

Lao Mi pointed at himself in surprise and said, "For me?"

Ou Yang didn't say anything, but just handed it up again.

Only then did Lao Mi happily take it and thanked him repeatedly with joy.

Ou Yang also tied one for himself and Zhu Yiming: "With such a big water, it makes no difference whether there is this thing or not."

"Then you still use it?"

"Just for psychological comfort!" Ou Yang shook his arm, feeling that it was a bit inconvenient to have an extra thing on his wrist.

Lao Mi suddenly said, "My name is Baker, what's yours?"

Jiang Yuwei was about to speak, but Ou Yang interrupted her: "She is Jiang, and I am Clark."

"Whoa, Superman?"

"Same name." Ou Yang sighed, "I wish I were Superman."

"Haha!" Baker extended his right hand. "Even though the environment isn't great, I still want to say, it's nice to meet you."

The two sides shook hands, and this marked their formal acquaintance.

"Can I ask what your plans are?" Baker asked, trying to find a conversation. "Honestly, I've played a lot of escape games. I'm here because the first rule of survival is not to just sit there and wait for death. But I've never encountered a situation like today in a game before."

"Oh, what have you played?" Ou Yang asked.

"A lot." Baker's eyes lit up. "Fallout, Resident Evil, The Last of Us. I think the experience I gained from those games was very useful, so I'm better at dealing with plagues and the infected than anyone else!"

Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei exchanged glances, and one seemed to be saying: Is this kid mentally ill?
The other one seemed to be answering: It’s a demonic disease, this problem needs money to be cured!
Baker continued to talk endlessly, repeatedly emphasizing what he was best at, as if asking him to come and praise him.

Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei didn't have to interrupt at all, which felt quite magical.

Tom——

There was a muffled sound coming from the roof of the car, not like two feet landing on the ground, but more like a whole person falling down.

Baker looked up and finally stopped talking.

"Go up and take a look!" Ou Yang called out to Baker, opened the sunroof and climbed onto the roof. After a while, he helped down a middle-aged man who was completely exhausted.

女性

Jiang Yuwei immediately gave her a cup of hot milk. The woman took it in her hand and took a sip, and a warm current rushed into her stomach.

"How's it going, ma'am?" Baker asked.

"Much better, thank you," said the woman.

"Would you like something to eat?" Baker asked again.

The woman thanked him again: "Anything is fine."

Baker immediately took action and made a simple meal for the woman. His attitude was extremely enthusiastic, completely different from his talkative appearance just now.

Ou Yang watched coldly: "This kid has a dog face."

Jiang Yuwei tilted her head and looked at him curiously: "What do you mean?"

"Don't you think he's too enthusiastic?" Ou Yang said, "Just now there were three of us, and we were in one group. Now there are four of us, so isn't that splitting into two groups?"

Jiang Yuwei suddenly realized: "What if there are a few more..."

"It doesn't matter. When the water recedes, who will know who?"

Jiang Yuwei was right. After a while, several more people came down from the steel frame, two of them were black and three were white.

Baker was very enthusiastic when facing white people, but his attitude towards black people was much worse. It was just that he disguised himself well and you couldn't tell unless you looked closely.

There were only eight people, but they were vaguely divided into three groups.

Old black, old white, Oriental.

Baker's attitude towards Ou Yang and others became even colder, but he had a very pleasant conversation with Lao Hei. Although he didn't say it explicitly, there was a hint of anger in his words.

There was nothing unusual at first, but when these old Americans caught their breath, the atmosphere gradually changed.

An old black man was the first to speak up: "Hey, Orientals, I think you should give up the table!"

Other Lao Mi echoed: "That's right, that's right."

"Get out!"

The RV was big enough, but there was only so much space above water, and everyone was unhappy about three Orientals occupying the dining table.

Moreover, everyone was soaked by the heavy rain, except for the Orientals who were wearing dry clothes.

Let me ask you, how can Lao Mi feel balanced?

Coupled with Ou Yang's history of ignoring everyone's cries for help, all these factors combined to ignite the anger of all the old Mis.

Ou Yang's eyebrows jumped. His true colors were revealed so soon?
"Hey, listen to me, everyone!" Baker stepped forward to smooth things over. "This luxury RV doesn't belong to any of us, but we have to live here to survive. So, I believe that everything here is public property. Who agrees, and who disagrees?"

Several Americans immediately voted.

Baker added, "To be fair, you don't have to give up the entire table, but you can only occupy a small part of it, and the rest should be given to others!"

Seeing his serious expression, Ou Yang couldn't help but laugh: "Are you guys okay? The water outside hasn't even receded yet, and you're already fighting among yourselves?"

"This is not an internal conflict, but a reasonable request," Baker said.

Ou Yang was in no mood to waste time talking to them. He slammed his gun on the table and said, "Stop talking nonsense! If you keep on nagging me, get out of here!"

The car suddenly became quiet, and all five Lao Mi stared at the gun.

Jiang Yuwei quietly grasped the revolver under her armpit, and her fingertips opened the strap, making a light snap. As if the starting gun had been fired, Baker and an old black man attacked together, grabbing the pistol on the table.

But Ouyang was faster. He grabbed Baker's hand like lightning, twisted his wrist in the opposite direction and kicked him hard.

There was a loud splash, and the splashing water blocked everyone's sight. Then there was a muffled groan, and the old black man who grabbed the gun fell into the water with a splash.

Everyone was silent, except for Baker, who was captured by Ouyang, who screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

The water was not deep, and Lao Hei stood up after flapping his wings a few times. There was a hint of fear in his eyes when he looked at Ou Yang, and he dared not get closer again.

"What does it mean to be in the same boat? Do you understand? What does first come, first served mean? Do you understand?" Ou Yang's sharp gaze swept over, and no one dared to look him in the eye. "Be the fucking honest one. Don't force me to kill anyone. Understand?"

Whether they were reluctant or not, all the old Mis nodded in unison, even Baker was no exception.

Ou Yang raised his foot and kicked Baker over: "Get away from me!"

Baker, who choked on the water, struggled to his feet and left the restaurant in shame with the other old men.

Ou Yang exhaled the foul air in his chest and turned around. Jiang Yuwei raised two thumbs up and gave him a big smile: "You are so domineering!"

"Stop it." Ou Yang smiled bitterly and put the gun on the table.

"No." Jiang Yuwei said seriously, "Why didn't I realize before that you have such a fierce side?"

"Are they fierce?" Ou Yang stroked his stubbled chin. "No, right? They're just too ungrateful."

Jiang Yuwei glanced towards the living room and said, "If you ask me, you're still too soft-hearted. You should kick them out..."

Zhu Yiming suddenly let out a low groan. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ou Yang and Jiang Yuwei chatting and laughing together. His still-still-clear mind froze for a moment. "Did I miss something?"

Ou Yang smiled and said, "Nothing much. How are you feeling? Do you have a headache? Do you feel nauseous?"

Zhu Yiming reached out to touch the back of his head. The moment his fingers touched it, he immediately cried out in pain. He rubbed it gently, grinning and saying, "Am I having a blackout?"

His memory was still stuck on the moment of falling, and after that, he felt a headache and chaos.

Ou Yang helped Zhu Yiming up: "Hey, you are really lucky."

He climbed up and down several times and almost fell into the water several times. But this kid got here after just one sleep.

Zhu Yiming looked around: "Is this... a luxury RV?"

"Correct!" Ou Yang roughly explained the situation, and Zhu Yiming finally understood what had happened.

When Zhu Yiming heard Jiang Yuwei shielding him from the rain, he immediately became excited: "Hey, young lady, you are so kind and generous. I have no way to repay you. I am willing to give you my body..."

"I'll give you a damn!" Jiang Yuwei kicked him.

Zhu Yiming laughed and pushed it away: "No, then no. Kicking someone is so uncivilized, especially an international student!"

"What's wrong with international students? Are they eating your rice?" Jiang Yuwei retorted fiercely.

"No, no, no, I was wrong. Isn't that enough that I was wrong?" Zhu Yiming quickly begged for mercy.

Ou Yang also joined in the fun: "Hey, what about me, what about me!"

Zhu Yiming blinked his eyes, then suddenly put on a serious expression. He bowed and said, "I cannot express my gratitude for your kindness. In my next life, I will bring you a piece of grass to tie your knot..."

"Go away, go away! If she pledges herself to me, I'll have to wait for the next life, right?"

The three of them were talking and laughing, as if they didn't care about their current situation at all.

In fact, it is just the opposite. They know very well that the danger has not passed, but after going through hardships, they are still here. No matter how they think about it, they feel that they have made a lot of money. Instead of frowning and crying, they might as well relax and cherish the present.

It is precisely because they have experienced the test of life and death together that their relationship can be taken to the next level. Even Jiang Yuwei, who usually doesn't talk much, has torn off her disguise and revealed some of her true nature.

In the living room separated by a wall, several old friends listened to the three people quarreling, and several pairs of eyes showed jealousy at the same time.

"Baker, it was all your good idea!" a voice accused.

This voice immediately triggered condemnation from others.

"Don't say that, my friend." Baker said calmly, "Although I caused a little trouble, he didn't kick us out, and he didn't want to kill anyone. This is very important, don't you think?"

Everyone stopped talking.

There were eight people in the car, and only the man and woman had guns, so it was necessary to test them.

restaurant.

The three of them argued for a while, and Jiang Yuwei suddenly looked out the car window: "The water seems to have receded a little!" She pointed at a height just below the window sill: "It was here just now, and it's only now!"

"Yes, go down a little!" Ou Yang also said.

"Oh my god, that's great!" Zhu Yiming was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth as he had a chance of survival.

"Don't be too happy too soon. A flood peak will last for at least a few hours. This is just the end of the story!" said Ou Yang.

After waiting for a while, the water level upstream gradually dropped below the car window, and the water depth in the car also dropped from mid-thigh to around the knees.

By daybreak, the heavy rain had turned into a drizzle.

The bridge deck was still flooded, but the water level was lower than the floor of the luxury bus.

Looking through the car window, Ou Yang, who had not slept all night, was shocked to see that the steel frame in the middle of the bridge was severely twisted, and even several steel beams were directly broken.

Zhu Yiming exclaimed in amazement: "Wow, is this a slap from Godzilla?"

"It must have been hit by something," said Ou Yang.

"What could have knocked a steel frame like this?"

Ou Yang carefully observed the twisted steel frame: "It should be a boat!"

He finally knew what happened last night.

Looking at the steel frame again, a whole night had passed, and there were still two Lao Mi lying on it, motionless, and no one knew whether they were alive or dead.

"It's time for dinner!" Jiang Yuwei fried eggs and ham, and put them in bread to make sandwiches. The three of them took a bite and quickly filled their stomachs.

After taking a few bites, a few old men from next door came out and peeked in, looking as if they wanted to say something but were too shy to do so.

Finally, the middle-aged woman stepped forward, clenching her hands nervously. “Can you give us something to eat?”

"Tsk, letting a woman take the lead, what a coward!" Zhu Yiming curled his lips in disdain.

Ou Yang opened the refrigerator and took out some bread and other things and threw them to the middle-aged woman.

He didn't want to pay any attention to these guys at all. He wanted to say that he would get it himself, but he swallowed the words back.
If this were said, it would be equivalent to saying that you can take whatever you want, and you can take as much as you want. Then Lao Mi would know that Ou Yang just wanted to draw a clear line and had no intention of controlling anyone, let alone controlling resources.

On the contrary, Ouyang has the final say on what to give and how much to give, and Lao Mi will feel that everything is under Ouyang's control and they can only obey.

Although Ouyang had no intention of oppressing anyone, the flood had not yet completely receded, and giving Lao Mi too much autonomy was not a good idea.

After dinner, Ou Yang searched the luxury bus again, but didn't find many useful things. However, he did find a cabinet full of red and white wine.

The trio had no interest in this thing, and in the end, all of it went to Lao Mi.

(End of this chapter)