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18: Power Outage! Another Beauty Arrived

“Shen Yi, ignore the messages in the class group chat; don’t respond to them, they’re all bastards trying to take advantage of you!”

Xu Wanting also saw the messages in the group chat.

She had no intention of letting Shen Yi risk himself to deliver water and food to anyone else.

It was so dangerous outside; if something happened to Shen Yi, what would she do?

Although Xu Wanting was basically thinking of herself, what she said was not wrong.

What a bunch of bastards!

“I obviously won’t give them food and water,” Shen Yi sneered.

When he used to be bullied by Jin Rui and a few other roommates, he had gone to the counselor for help, and the counselor had said that they were all classmates and shouldn’t fall out over such a small matter, even adding, “Why do your roommates bully only you and not anyone else?”

Such outrageous remarks were punchlines online, yet they truly existed in real life, and there were plenty of them.

Shen Yi had run into one himself.

Therefore he felt no affection whatsoever for this self-righteous counselor.

On the contrary, if he ever got the chance, he would make the counselor taste what it felt like to be singled out: “Why do I bully only you and not anyone else?”

At that thought, Shen Yi took several bottles of water and a roast chicken from System Space, laid other snacks on the desk, snapped a photo, and posted it in the group chat.

“Indeed, I’ve still got lots of water and food, but I’m just being a jerk and won’t give any to you; does that upset you?”

“@Shen Yi, are you f***ing sick? Quit showing off; just you wait!”

[Group member Jin Rui has been muted by an admin for 29 days 23 hours 59 minutes]

Counselor Wang Jiaxing: “Student Shen, don’t mind Jin Rui, I’ve muted him already. How about this: I’ll give you ¥1,000 if you bring that chicken and those bottles of water to us; I promise I will never deduct your credits again!”

Campus heart-throb Lin Yu: “Holy sh*t, there’s even steaming chicken… did it just come out of the pot? Shen Yi, Bro Shen, share some with me! I’ve always treated you like a big brother!”

Wang Lili: “Jin Rui is really awful! Classmate Shen Yi, don’t pay him any mind!”

Wang Lili: “Could I have a bite of that chicken? I can come over…”

Qin Haoran: “Shen Yi, I know you’re not like that troublemaker Jin Rui; help me now and when my dad arrives I’ll pay you back tenfold! My dad is a Director… I’m not lying!”

Xu Wanting: “Shut up, Shen Yi will never give you food!!”

Wang Lili: “Xu Wanting, what does this have to do with you? You’re the one who should shut up! Classmate Shen Yi would never be as selfish as you!”

Ma Hong: “Xu Wanting, being selfish makes your looks useless… without morals you’re doomed to die early.”

Qin Haoran: “Exactly!”

Xu Wanting was furious.

Seeing that Shen Yi did not object, she posted intimate photos of them in the group to prove how close they were.

How dare a bunch of outsiders curse her!

She couldn’t tolerate it!

Wang Lili: “??? Xu Wanting, you’re actually with Shen Yi??”

Ma Hong: “Uh, these photos… are you two dating?”

Sun Bowen: “Heh, can’t believe Shen Yi slept with the class beauty for a few bottles of water… what a bargain; she’s probably been worn out by now.”

Campus heart-throb Lin Yu: “@Sun Bowen, stop barking! Who my big bro is with is none of your business!”

Sun Bowen: “Stupid boot-licker!”

Campus heart-throb Lin Yu: “Damn! Don’t think I don’t know you’re with Jin Rui; you just want to disgust my Bro Shen for him. Who’s the real boot-licker? Looks to me like you’re Jin Rui’s lapdog!”

[Group member Sun Bowen has been muted by an admin for 29 days 23 hours 59 minutes]

Campus heart-throb Lin Yu: “@Shen Yi, Bro Shen, don’t take that idiot Sun Bowen seriously; if you ever run into trouble, I’ll be the first to help you!”

Campus heart-throb Lin Yu: “@Xu Wanting, sister-in-law, say a few words to Bro Shen and have him help us classmates.”

Qin Haoran: “+1, Bro Shen please take us in.”

Teacher Qi (Associate Teacher): “Student Shen, for the sake of your elderly teacher, please help me; I still have children to look after at home…”

Shen Yi ignored these fair-weather friends and quit the group outright.

Especially Qin Haoran and Lin Yu… those two idiots had taken the moral high ground in other groups earlier, yet now they wore a different face.

So shameless!

The time wasted on this trash would be better spent adding more friends; he might even unlock two more kinds of supplies.

However, judging from his classmates’ drastic change in attitude, the survivors were having a rough time.

For a sip of water and a bite of food they humbled themselves before him, nearly dropping to their knees.

Even the usually stern and taciturn Teacher Qi behaved that way.

It just proved that in the face of disaster everyone was equal.

In the blink of an eye.

More than 2 hours passed again.

During that time, Shen Yi added dozens of new contacts, yet they were mostly men using female accounts to fool him, and none met the System’s criteria.

The worst was a cross-dressing guy who even sent photos of himself in drag and said that if Shen Yi didn’t mind, he could bring his own lube…

Damn!

Shen Yi cursed “idiot” and blocked him on the spot.

The world was going downhill fast!

All kinds of freaks and monsters were crawling out of the woodwork!

There were even quite a few people openly or covertly probing for his address.

Shen Yi certainly wasn’t stupid; he didn’t chat with them at length and simply blacklisted and deleted them in one go!

“What a bunch of morons, what’s the point of prying words out of me? Just for a few bottles of water? If you have that much time, why not search a supermarket yourself?” Shen Yi cursed as he deleted another guy fishing for his address.

He simply couldn’t figure it out… did these people have no brains?

Even if they managed to get his address, what good would it do?

The time you spend coming to mess with me would be better spent going to a supermarket or convenience store; there must still be untainted drinks and snacks inside.

Yet these guys, for reasons unknown, insisted on getting his address.

It showed that by day 6 of the apocalypse people’s IQs had damn well plummeted!

“It’s been so long; why hasn’t your friend come yet?” Shen Yi looked at Xu Wanting and asked in confusion.

Even if she was in another campus district, she should have been able to walk over within an hour… could something have happened?

“I’ll call her and ask,” Xu Wanting said as she started dialing.

Shen Yi, meanwhile, continued to accept friend requests.

However, just as they were busy.

The lights that had been on suddenly went out with a pop.

The phone that had been charging also stopped charging.

A power outage?

Shen Yi and Xu Wanting exchanged a glance, both looking grim.

The power was out!

It meant that there would be no light at night from now on.

Even worse, once their phones ran out of battery, they would have no way to recharge them.

No, there were ways, but they were much more troublesome.

“Ding-ling-ling-ling!”

All of a sudden, a cell phone ringtone sounded outside the door.

It was coming from outside the door.

Xu Wanting glanced at her phone, looked at Shen Yi, and said, “It seems they’ve arrived.”

“Hang up first.”

Shen Yi walked to the dorm room door, quietly cracked it open, and peered outside.

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