"It's raining again." Listening to the sound of raindrops, Yun Cangshu suddenly had a bad feeling. "After the first rain, the zombies evolved, and plants and animals began to mutate in large numbers. Now it's raining again."

An ominous premonition prompted Yun Cangshu to use his supernatural ability to foresee the future. Everyone watched as Yun Cangshu's face grew increasingly grim, and as time passed, his complexion grew paler and paler.

Just as she was about to stop him from using his powers, she saw him stagger and about to fall to the ground. Bai Zhi reacted quickly and caught Yun Cangshu, who was about to fall: "What's wrong?"

His tone revealed an undisguised concern.

"I saw that the rain would get heavier and heavier, and the downpour would last for nearly seven days. The floodwaters caused widespread damage, and most of the city of Dijin Port, where we are located, was directly submerged by the flood."

Seeing that Yun Cangshu was somewhat exhausted, Fu Muyu said, "Your superpower is a bit overdrawn. For the next period of time, please do not use your superpower."

"I know." Yun Cangshu knew he had been a bit too arrogant this time. The apocalypse was so dangerous that being unable to move was extremely risky; one wrong move and he could lose his life.

After all, in some situations, even if trusted teammates are right beside you, unexpected accidents can still happen.

"Luckily, the hotel we chose is high enough. Let's go to the top floor. Soon the city will be flooded below the sixth floor."

Long Yangyang knew that after the apocalypse spoke, the second torrential rain would cause widespread flooding and further destroy human civilization, but she did not expect it to happen so quickly.

That's true; not every disaster in the novel is marked with its date.

To avoid any accidents, everyone unanimously decided to stay in the presidential suite on the top floor. Fortunately, the presidential suite had three rooms, and they could fit in twos per room.

In order to take care of Yun Cangshu, Bai Zhi offered to share a room with him. Shi Qing wisely chose to share a room with Qiu Ling, while Fu Muyu and Long Yangyang naturally chose to stay in the master bedroom.

After dinner, Long Yangyang looked at the torrential rain that showed no signs of letting up, her eyes filled with an unprecedented heaviness.

The second major rainstorm after the start of the apocalypse will last for nearly seven days, and most coastal cities will be submerged, adding an even more tragic dimension to the already brutal end times.

The outbreak of the apocalypse already turned nearly half of the population into zombies, and the relentless flood further reduced the number of survivors to less than one-fifth.

Human survival will be even more difficult after the heavy rain, because zombies will not die when they are submerged in floodwaters. Instead, they will spread the zombie virus into the water, causing water pollution.

The freshwater resources on the surface will no longer be suitable for drinking, and humans will have to rely on water-based ability users for drinking water in the future.

It wasn't until the fifth year of the apocalypse that humans invented a freshwater purifier.

"It's been three days, and the rain still hasn't stopped." Qiu Ling leaned against the window, boredly watching the torrential rain outside. He was too young to understand the suffering that continuous heavy rain would bring to humanity.

"It's much cooler after the rain, but I wonder if the temperature will go back to 50 or 60 degrees Celsius after the rain stops. What do you think, Cangshu?" Bai Zhi asked Yun Cangshu, who was sitting next to her, while enjoying the rare cool weather.

After three days of rest, Yun Cangshu has fully recovered and is playing cards with Bai Zhi and Shi Qing. It is Shi Qing's first time playing this kind of human game, and she is very addicted to it.

The arrival of the downpour halted the group's journey to the Qingdu base, and they decided to stay at the hotel and wait for the rain to stop before setting off again.

"The hotel's floors below the third floor are already flooded by the heavy rain," Long Yangyang said. The rain will last for another four days, and if it continues at this rate, the buildings below the sixth floor will likely be submerged soon.

"With such heavy rain, will the Qingdu base be alright?" Bai Zhi was a little worried. She didn't know if this heavy rain was global. If it was, and the base was located in a low-lying area, it might be flooded.

“No, the Qingdu base is a large base centered around Xiyue Villa. The southern part of Qingdu is a hilly area with high terrain. The Xiyue Villa area is a hillside villa area. When it was invested and planned, special attention was paid to drainage. As long as we pay attention to preventing landslides, there shouldn’t be any major problems,” Fu Muyu explained.

Long Yangyang nodded. The area around Xiyue Villa was originally planned as an affluent area, so even the apartments that Long Yangyang sold nearby were priced at least ten million.

Not only was the drainage system designed by foreign experts, but the earthquake resistance was also as high as level 10. Based on this, it was later reinforced by earth-type and metal-type ability users, making Qingdu Base one of the safest foundations after the apocalypse.

"Wow, Sister Yangyang, I saw zombies swimming in the water! Look!"

Upon hearing Qiu Ling's words, the others curiously ran to the window and saw many zombies being swept away by the rain and falling into the floodwaters.

However, the zombies were unconscious. After being swept into the water, they remained motionless, like floating corpses, letting the current carry them along.

"Will this water still be drinkable?" Bai Zhi asked with a worried look in her eyes. Zombies contain zombie viruses, and if this water flows into the groundwater, will it pollute the water source?

“Then let’s not use tap water anymore,” Long Yangyang reminded. “Anyway, we have stored a lot of mineral water, and we also have Shi Qing, a level six water-type ability user, so we don’t lack water.”

"First there was the power outage due to magnetic field disorder, and now even the water source may be polluted. If this continues, won't even the land be polluted?" Perhaps because of his precognitive abilities, Yun Cangshu unconsciously considered issues more deeply.

High temperatures causing food spoilage already make life difficult enough; further pollution of water sources and land...

“Aren’t there earth-type ability users? Perhaps they can change the composition of the soil? Besides, isn’t hydroponics technology quite mature now?” Long Yangyang replied.

According to the book's setting, Xia Kingdom, as a major agricultural country, has highly developed agricultural technology and is one of the countries with the most mature soilless cultivation technology in the world.

Eighty percent of the fruits and vegetables on the human diet have been grown hydroponically in the Xia Kingdom.

The reason why Qingdu Base was able to become the largest survival base for mankind in the late post-apocalyptic period was because of the maturity of Xia Kingdom's hydroponic cultivation technology.

Even in extremely hot and cold environments, they can grow food without relying on wood-type ability users.

"Cangshu, you're overthinking it. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. These aren't things we need to worry about," Baizhi comforted Yun Cangshu, holding his hand. "By the way, Yangyang, your space is so big, can't you plant anything?"

"My space is large, but it's not like the portable space in novels. I can't plant anything, and there's no spiritual spring."

Long Yangyang sighed helplessly. Really, even the female lead doesn't have such space. Where can she, a cannon fodder character who appears for less than thirty chapters, find such a place?

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