I am in the last days, I can connect to reality

Thinking of this, Qin Zhong began to retreat using his hands and feet. When he returned to the ventilation duct, he hung down with his feet and touched the food box. Just as he was about to go down, he suddenly stopped and listened.

It turned out that just now, Qin Zhong suddenly heard a knocking sound coming from the ventilation duct.

The sound seemed chaotic at first, but Qin Zhong was in danger now, and he instinctively paid extra attention to any unusual movements. Therefore, he stopped and listened carefully.

Soon, Qin Zhong had an idea. It was indeed the sound of knocking, two short and one long, then one short, one long and one short. After listening to it several times, it was always the same rhythm, very rhythmic.

Qin Zhong listened carefully, wondering what it was. After a moment, he suddenly realized what was going on and blurted out, "Ah! This is Morse code!"

Chi Xinru, who was standing below, saw Qin Zhong standing at the vent and suddenly stopped moving. She felt extremely anxious, not knowing what had happened. Suddenly, she heard Qin Zhong shouting something and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What did you say?"

Qin Zhong looked down at Chi Xinru: "Morse code!"

"Morse code?" Chi Xinru's mind was full of questions, and she didn't know why Qin Zhong mentioned this.

"Correct!"

Qin Zhong knew that Chi Xinru was downstairs and probably didn't hear the noise in the ventilation duct, so he explained, "I just heard someone in the ventilation duct sending a message using Morse code."

"Morse code is a signal code that is intermittent and uses different arrangements of letters, numbers and punctuation marks to represent different letters."

Chi Xinru listened to Qin Zhong's explanation and raised her head. "Morse code? I've heard about it on TV. You said someone was using Morse code to send messages? Is someone still alive? What message is he sending?"

Qin Zhong smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm not a genius. I've only heard of Morse code, but I haven't studied it. I'm not sure what it means, but it must have been sent by a living person, so they probably need help."

Chi Xinru said anxiously: "What should we do? We don't understand!"

Qin Zhong frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Wait!"

Chi Xinru: "Waiting for what?"

"Wait for the thunderstorm!"

"???"

After hearing Qin Zhong's reply, Chi Xinru was a little confused. Why did they have to wait for a thunderstorm? Could it be that once a thunderstorm came, she would be able to understand Morse code?

Qin Zhong did not explain much. The reason was very simple. Although he did not understand Morse code and could not learn it on the spot, as long as a thunderstorm came, he could contact Sun Xiaoyan and ask her to help him find a copy of the Morse code.

I believe that in the real world, it would be much easier to create a Morse code!

But this matter definitely cannot be explained to Chi Xinru, because the explanation involves too many issues and will also expose one's own cards.

Although Chi Xinru and I have lived and died together, there are some things that I cannot tell her casually.

After all, you can only know a person’s face but not his heart, so you still need to be on guard when you need to!

Thinking of this, Qin Zhong stood in the ventilation duct and shouted loudly: "There are people here, but we can't understand your Morse code. If you can hear it, change the rhythm!"

"..."

After shouting three times in a row, Qin Zhong knocked on the ventilation duct with his Tang sword again, then listened carefully.

Sure enough, the other party must have heard Qin Zhong's call, and the rhythm of the Morse code also changed. After Qin Zhong heard it, although he didn't know what was being tapped, he still shouted loudly: "Please wait patiently, I'll contact you later!"

After saying this, Qin Zhong didn't care whether this person could hear him or not. He stepped on the food box and went down. He smiled and said to Chi Xinru, "This place has become the safest shelter now. Let's stay here for a few days and wait for me to contact that person!"

Chi Xinru naturally had no other objections. The two of them cleaned up the food here and found that this place was indeed a food warehouse. The food stored here was enough for two people to eat for more than a year.

Chi Xinru laughed and said, "That Liu Hua originally wanted to kill us, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for us!"

"Yes!"

Qin Zhong also smiled and said, "We are safe here now. If we want to leave, we can go to any part of the cruise ship through the ventilation duct. Liu Hua might come back in a few days. After all, there are so many supplies here, he won't give up easily!"

"In his opinion, we can only hold out in there for two days at most before suffocating to death from lack of oxygen. So, when the time comes, we can give him a big surprise!"

Chi Xinru also said bitterly, "This man is so despicable. We didn't even think of killing him, but he treated us like this. Does this world lack even basic trust?"

Qin Zhong is now inside the cabin. There are no portholes in the food warehouse, so he doesn't know the weather outside. He can only take out his phone and call several times every once in a while to try to contact Sun Xiaoyan.

Hearing Chi Xinru's words, Qin Zhong sighed and said, "Actually, you can't say he's wrong. This world is no longer the world before the apocalypse. Supplies are limited to begin with. Sharing with one more person means he'll have to live a little less. At this time... the evil in human nature becomes particularly apparent!"

Chi Xinru sat on a food box, her chin resting on her hands, a look of confusion in her eyes as she muttered to herself, "In a world like this, is it still possible for us to survive?"

Qin Zhong also leaned against a chair made of several food boxes, casually dialing the phone. He looked at Chi Xinru and saw her depressed expression. He comforted her, "Life must go on. Since God has allowed us to live, perhaps there is a deep meaning!"

At this point, Qin Zhong pondered for a moment, then continued, "I once read a book with a sentence that I really liked: 'Life can find its own path to flourish.' I think the same will be true for the future development of mankind!"

Qin Zhong's words cheered Chi Xinru up. She nodded, feeling that what he said made a lot of sense. Chi Xinru cheered up again and looked at the number Qin Zhong was dialing. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Can your phone contact other people?"

"hehe!"

Qin Zhong smiled and said, "Yes, this phone of mine is quite special. It can connect me to a special person. She has helped me a lot. I want to find the Morse code through her so that I can learn it."

Chi Xinru stood up and sat next to Qin Zhong, her face slightly red. She said, "Well, can you let me use it? I want to contact my father. After that day, I was able to contact my father by phone for a few days. I only knew that he was still alive. Later, the phone signal was cut off, and I couldn't contact my father. I wonder how he is doing?"

"Ok!"

Qin Zhong hesitated for a moment and handed the phone over. He had actually always wanted to give it a try. After he was able to contact Sun Xiaoyan in the real world through the phone, he also tried to contact his parents by phone, but it did not work out.

He kept wondering, if someone else used his phone, would they be able to contact them?

Perhaps, other people can also use this phone to contact other people in the real world. If so, will there be other unexpected surprises?