NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 2: Multi-faceted Space
She wasn't a internet novice. As someone who frequently dealt with the internet, she was no stranger to web novels. The term "apocalypse" had long been associated with "space," so after some experimentation, she discovered that this Rubik's cube was indeed a storage space! This realization filled her with both joy and sorrow.
She was happy to have gained an enormous storage space, but sad that the world had truly become abnormal.
After she regained her composure, the cube stopped spinning, as if the initial rotation had been merely a startup ritual.
Now the cube space stood quietly in her consciousness.
Xu Duoduo finally came to her senses.
The dizziness subsided.
She got up and went to the window, watching people strolling below. Everyone was still unaware of what the future held, so they all behaved as usual.
Some were rushing home from work, while others were out for a family walk after dinner.
Delivery riders zipped back and forth occasionally.
The streetlights bathed everything in a glow, making it all seem extremely happy. This was an ordinary evening that used to be commonplace, but who knew if they would ever see such a scene again.
Xu Duoduo's nerves remained taut. She then closed the curtains and stored all the supplies from the doorway into her space, finding that she could indeed access them at will.
She turned and opened the room to the right of the entrance door. This was a storage room with three large shelving units and a big freezer.
Thanks to the previous epidemic, when the community was locked down and supplies were scarce, Xu Duoduo, being a survival enthusiast, had stocked up on food. After the epidemic ended, her desire to hoard things grew even stronger.
That's why she had this reassuring food warehouse. Inside were canned goods with a shelf life of up to ten years, a full twenty boxes of various types of canned food.
Both meat and vegetarian options.
As well as ten boxes of compressed biscuits in various flavors, ten boxes of high-calorie energy bars, plus five bags of fifty-kilogram rice, along with various instant noodles, powders, self-heating meals, and even ten boxes of mineral water in reserve.
As for milk and vegetables with shorter shelf lives, she replenished those occasionally.
The large refrigerator in the kitchen still had plenty.
The storage room also had some seasonings, including three boxes of salt in reserve, and a few of each other type, such as light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and aged vinegar.
Then there were survival supplies: a complete survival kit backpack with many handy small tools and food for one person.
Outside the backpack were an electric saw, a battle axe, and a knife.
There were three cans of gasoline.
Mainly for power generation, in case of a power outage, she also had a home generator.
Of course, there were also several large boxes of medical supplies, including items for stopping bleeding, anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers, bandages, both internal and external medicines, including vitamins.
These were all things Xu Duoduo had prepared for fun, but now looking at this storage room, she couldn't help but feel conflicted. She never thought they would actually come in handy.
She quickly stored all these items in the cube space, feeling the connection between this space and herself. The reason Xu Duoduo felt comfortable putting her entire belongings into the space was because of this feeling.
There was a sense of blood connection. At least while she was alive, everything would be there, and only she could take things out or put them in.
It gave her a strong sense of security.
After emptying the entire storage room, Xu Duoduo went to the bathroom. There was a large barrel in the bathroom that always stored water. After some experimentation, she found that she could store the water in one of the cube's faces without needing a container. So she turned on the faucet, planning to empty the barrel into the space at regular intervals.
She decided to use one of the faces to store water. She could sense that each face of the space was about 200 cubic meters, and this Rubik's cube-like space had countless faces.
She couldn't even count them all!
Xu Duoduo suddenly felt much more at ease. After that, she chose not to go downstairs to replenish supplies, as nights were always more dangerous than days.
She decided to wait and see what would happen.
So she prepared to have dinner, turning to go to the kitchen. Although she worked at an internet company, they fortunately had big and small weekends off, so on weekends, she would prepare some pre-made meals for herself and put them in the freezer. Now, when she wanted to eat, she just needed to microwave them for three minutes.
Soon, a steaming bowl of eggplant and shredded pork over rice appeared. Xu Duoduo also washed a small bowl of fruit, large blueberries that were good for the eyes.
Finally, she carried everything to the coffee table in the living room to enjoy, while turning on the TV. Although many young people now use projectors, she still preferred TV, as it always reminded her of watching TV with her grandparents in the past, making her feel secure.
She turned on the local news channel that she used to watch with her grandparents.
[Welcome to Daily Hot News, this is reporter Xiao Wei reporting for you.]
[According to citizen reports, a rabies outbreak occurred on the third floor of Building B, Phase II of the Software Park, at Flying Fast Internet Company. The victim was a young lady, bitten by her colleague Liu. This person had just received a rabies vaccine last night, but unfortunately, the onset was faster.]
Xu Duoduo had just lowered her head to take a bite of food when she heard this and froze, suddenly looking up. In the video, the female reporter announced this news with a regretful expression, then brought up the issue of leashing dogs when walking them.
Daily Hot News was the last highlight of this news program, covering the latest news events in the city each day.
Therefore, events that occurred just after 6 p.m. could immediately make the news.
As the reporter explained, a video clip of what happened in the office was shown in the upper left corner. From the perspective of the person filming, when Sister Liu first went berserk and bit colleague A, the filming colleague B was still joking: "Haha, it's over, Sister Liu's rabies has flared up because of overtime!"
However, when colleague A screamed out, and Sister Liu bit her until she bled and then viciously tore off a chunk of flesh, the filming colleague B was also scared into screaming. After that, the video became a shaky escape footage, all blurry, with the surrounding people's attitudes changing from curiosity to panic.
[Many netizens are saying this is a zombie bite, but that's just a rumor. It's just that this Liu person's teeth were a bit sharper, which is why she bit through to the flesh.]
[To avoid causing panic among citizens, please don't believe rumors carelessly.]
After the reporter finished with these final words, the host took over with a smile and began to say the closing lines.
Xu Duoduo couldn't even eat anymore. She directly used her phone to cast to the TV, trying to open Weibo's hot search. Sure enough, the incident at her company today was trending.
#K City Zombies
#End of the World
She connected to her home network, trying to refresh several times before the signal improved.
At the same time, it seemed as if messages had been delayed, and she suddenly received many notifications.
There was one from colleague C.
- Holy crap, Xiao Xu, what kind of lucky koi spirit possessed you? Sister Liu went crazy right after you left!
- Oh, no, it was her rabies flaring up.
- Good thing you left quickly!
This colleague C had joined the company around the same time as her, just one day apart.
They had a decent relationship.
Xu Duoduo wasn't in the mood to reply. She couldn't eat anymore and was breaking out in a cold sweat. It was so close, just a little bit more, if she hadn't left, the person bitten would have been her, because she was closest to Sister Liu.