Chapter 1: Downpour and Death
“You’re way too bad at this, aren’t you?”
“Forget about having no output in team fights, you even missed your skills, what use are you?”
Xiao Mumu looked at his teammates' accusations on the computer, smiled faintly, then got up, closed the game, ignored his teammates' curses, and turned towards the kitchen.
“Isn’t it just that I’m a bit bad at the game? Is it necessary to talk to me like this?” he muttered softly, and after arriving in the kitchen, he casually opened the refrigerator, wanting to find something to eat from inside, but there was nothing at all.
Xiao Mumu sighed, returned to his room, sat in front of the computer, he glanced out the window, the sky was covered with dark clouds, oppressively black, and the heavy rain was still pouring down continuously.
He opened his phone and checked his wallet balance.
“250 yuan, I’ll have to go to the supermarket to stock up again, the weather these past few days is really strange, this heavy rain has been falling for three days, and there’s no sign of a power outage at all, am I going to spend this rare long holiday at home?”
Saying this, Xiao Mumu picked up an umbrella and left home, left the old residential complex, and walked towards the largest supermarket nearby; there were hardly any pedestrians along the way.
A gust of wind blew, Xiao Mumu didn’t hold his umbrella steady, it shifted to one side, which caused his clothes to get a bit wet.
“Damn it, what kind of blasted weather is this!”
The fierce wind was still blowing constantly, but fortunately, Xiao Mumu had already arrived at the supermarket; he shook off the water from his umbrella, put it away properly, and walked into the supermarket.
As soon as he entered the supermarket, Xiao Mumu was stunned by the scene inside; it was full of people, one could say it was extremely crowded.
“So everyone ran over here.” Xiao Mumu gritted his teeth, grabbed a basket, and squeezed into the crowd.
He planned to go to the vegetable and egg section to take a look, but as soon as he arrived, he found that the entire section was empty, let alone leftovers, there wasn’t even a single rotten vegetable leaf, everything had been snapped up.
Xiao Mumu’s face twitched, and he walked towards the cooked food section; when he got there, there was still nothing.
He didn’t give up, seafood, frozen food, meat...... there was nothing left, he ran towards the drinks and snacks section, and finally managed to buy some food.
“Two bottles of mineral water, one pack of instant noodles, three bags of bread, tsk, what’s wrong with everyone, why has everyone started panic buying supplies......” saying this, Xiao Mumu walked towards the long queue at the checkout counter.
Just then, a fierce shouting match erupted at the front of the queue.
“You fucking put that bread down for me!” a man covered in firm muscles roared at a short, fat man behind him.
That man was still holding a pack of whole wheat bread; he had originally thought this man would be scared upon seeing the burly man, but he wasn’t, instead, he said to the muscular man with an arrogant face: “I took this bread from the shelf, not from your basket, what evidence do you have to prove you took it? Your name isn’t written on it.”
“Besides, isn’t it just a loaf of bread? Don’t waste everyone’s time here, hurry up and pay.” the short, fat man said softly with a smirk.
The muscular man was also at a loss, after all, it was definitely unrealistic to check the surveillance for a loaf of bread, and it wasn’t easy to beat this person up in the supermarket right now, moreover, there were so many people queuing behind.
The muscular man snorted coldly, placed the basket in his hand on the checkout counter, and after settling the bill and paying, he carried his bag and left the supermarket, before leaving, he looked back fiercely at the short, fat man, as if memorizing his appearance.
Xiao Mumu stood at the end of the line and witnessed all this, couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled: “What on earth is going on? Is it because of this heavy rain? That’s not right, it’s not like there haven’t been floods before, but none were like this, with people frantically hoarding supplies.”
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and he quickly took out his phone from his clothes pocket and started searching for information related to this heavy rain.
He looked at the pieces of information on his phone one by one and found that this heavy rain was not only falling in this place, but also in other provinces and even other countries.
“A global torrential downpour??” Xiao Mumu looked at the information on his phone, his brow furrowed.
Global torrential downpours had also occurred several times in history, and each time it was a tragic blow to humanity, could it be that this time……
Thinking of this, Xiao Mumu’s heart also began to grow tense; if this heavy rain continued for a week, or even two weeks, this food would simply not be enough to eat.
After paying the bill, Xiao Mumu walked out of the supermarket, glanced at the heavy rain in front of him, it seemed to be raining even harder, he couldn’t care so much, and quickly opened his umbrella and ran into the rain.
Now he had to go to other supermarkets, convenience stores, and even small canteens to see if there was any food left.
Time passed bit by bit, a soaked Xiao Mumu returned home, in his hands, apart from the food he had bought earlier, there was only a large bag of instant noodles bought from a small canteen.
This large bag of instant noodles was originally going to be bought by someone, but Xiao Mumu paid a high price to buy it from that person’s hands.
Now Xiao Mumu’s wallet balance was no longer more than three digits, it would be a lie to say his heart didn’t ache, but glancing at the rain outside, which was even more violent than before he left, he felt a little better.
Xiao Mumu no longer thought about those things, he now only felt a bone-chilling cold all over his body as if he had entered an ice cellar, he quickly grabbed his thick pajamas and walked towards the bathroom.
After a short while, Xiao Mumu, his face a little unnaturally flushed, slowly walked out of the steamy bathroom, he now felt dizzy, his body somewhat weak.
“Have I caught a cold? I remember there are still some cold granules at home……” thinking this, he walked towards the kitchen with somewhat unsteady steps.
Soon, he found a green box of 666 Cold Granules from the innermost part of the drawer, he took out a sachet of cold granules from the box, tore it open, poured the granules into a cup, added hot water, and stirred it.
He blew on it by his mouth for a good while, then drank it all in one gulp.
After a cup of warm cold medicine settled in his stomach, Xiao Mumu didn’t feel any better, but rather worse, the cup before his eyes appeared doubled, his whole body was dizzy, as if he was about to faint the next second.
“It’s getting dizzier, my eyelids are so heavy……”
Xiao Mumu murmured in a low voice, walked towards the bedroom, pushed open the bedroom door, glanced at the time displayed on his phone, then closed his eyes and fell headfirst onto the bed.
At night, Xiao Mumu lay on the bed without opening his eyes, his body was becoming weaker and weaker, accompanied by a violent cough, as if he was about to cough up his entire lungs.
“Strange, don’t I just have a cold? Why does it feel like I’m about to die… No, I need to call an ambulance…” Xiao Mumu thought in his heart, struggling to open his eyes, reaching out to grope for the phone beside the bed.
Fingerprint unlock, open phone, dial emergency number.
Xiao Mumu placed the phone to his ear, quietly waiting for the call to connect, but not long after dialing, the busy tone came from the other side.
He didn’t give up, and tried dialing several more times, but it was always busy.
“What on earth is going on? Is everyone sick?” Xiao Mumu felt a sudden doubt in his heart, but soon, the scorching heat coming from his body forced him to stop thinking.
“What’s happening? My body is so hot!” Instantly, many beads of sweat appeared on Xiao Mumu’s body, and his body was also constantly convulsing.
He opened his mouth wide wanting to breathe, but his throat felt as if it was blocked by some foreign object, and not a bit of oxygen could get in.
Gradually, Xiao Mumu’s entire face turned purple from suffocation, his consciousness constantly blurring.
“Am I going to die? No…… Guh……”
Xiao Mumu’s head tilted to one side, the phone in his hand slipped and fell to the floor, making a clanging sound, the time displayed on the screen was 2025-5-3.
Lying on the bed, Xiao Mumu was completely still.