Long-Legged Goddess, Xu Wanting

Because Shancheng University was established a long time ago, the dormitory buildings were quite old, which meant the distance between the dorms was very close.

Even with the thick Black Fog obscuring the view, Shen Yi could vaguely see the girls' dormitory across the way.

He just couldn't see exactly what was happening...

He didn't know why there were screams from the girls.

Could it be that, like the boy downstairs, they had encountered something mutated?

Shen Yi shut the window tight and immediately opened the group chat to look for relevant news.

After scrolling through several groups, he found the content.

Wang Yuan from Foreign Languages Department Class 201: "Holy shit! Zhang Yifeng was eaten by the damn cactus he was raising!!!"

Chen Xiaoxiao from Literature Department Class 203: "Ah? What are you saying? Such niche phrasing, I can't even understand it for a moment!"

Zhao Tianlin from Sports Department Class 101: "What's going on? Can you elaborate?"

Wang Yuan from Foreign Languages Department Class 201: "Monster! That cactus is simply a monster! It's even scarier than the monsters in movies! Someone come and save me!!"

[Wang Yuan from Foreign Languages Department Class 201 shared a video in the group]

Shen Yi clicked on the video to watch it immediately.

The video was very shaky and blurry, but the content was still clear enough to see.

In the frame.

Vines covered in eerie spheres were spreading out from a potted plant, almost filling the entire dormitory. In the center of those vines, a motionless corpse was being dragged into a gaping, split-open mouth.

He could vaguely tell it was a cactus, but he didn't know why it had grown so large, and its appearance had changed drastically—it had actually grown something like a mouth and was feeding!

Bloody, cruel, terrifying!

Zhao Tianlin from Sports Department Class 101: "Holy shit! What the hell kind of monster is this! Are they filming a movie!?"

The students in the group were full of question marks, unable to believe it.

Some people kept tagging Wang Yuan.

But Wang Yuan didn't speak again...

Shen Yi's heart sank.

Having not spoken for so long, he had likely met with misfortune as well.

The Mutant Cactus he had seen earlier was around the third or fourth floor, quite a distance from him. He was safe for the moment, but he had to prepare in advance—either relocate or find a weapon for self-defense.

Just as Shen Yi was about to exit the group chat, he suddenly saw a video.

In the video, a tall boy had blue lightning flickering in his hands. With a forceful flick, the lightning shot out like a bullet, directly piercing through a soda can!

Zhao Tao from Sports Department Class 205: "Brothers, sisters, anyone needing shelter, come find me! I'll carry the whole school! Mere mutated plants are nothing to worry about!"

Zhao Tianlin from Sports Department Class 101: "Holy shit! What is this? Special effects? Or a superpower?? Are you sure this isn't a movie!?"

Zhao Tao from Sports Department Class 205: "Not special effects."

While replying to the message, Zhao Tao posted another video, with lightning surging in his palm, proving that his superpower was real and not a special effect.

Zhao Tianlin from Sports Department Class 101: "Damn! That's awesome, Brother Tao! You actually have a superpower! Could Brother Tao be the legendary child of destiny, the protagonist of a novel!? Please carry me!!"

Chen Xiaoxiao from Literature Department Class 203: "Wow! Brother Tao is so amazing! Please add me as a friend!"

Wang Yu from Foreign Languages Department Class 301, who calls himself the campus heartthrob: "Please carry me +1"

"..."

"Is this... a superpower?" After watching the video, Shen Yi was surprised, but also filled with envy.

What he lacked right now was the power to protect himself. With the system, he didn't have to worry about food or drink, but without sufficient force, hoarding all the supplies in the world would be useless.

If others hoard guns and I hoard food, wouldn't I just become someone else's pantry?

Shen Yi pondered how superpowers were obtained.

Could it be that they awakened after the apocalypse, just like his system? Was his own superpower the system?

Or were there other ways to obtain superpowers...

He carefully read the chat history to see if he could find any relevant information.

Just like that.

Another day passed.

Official rescue still hadn't arrived.

The Black Fog downstairs was becoming increasingly dense, and it seemed to be slowly rising. Although it was rising very, very slowly, it was visible to the naked eye.

"At this rate, I'm afraid the Black Fog will reach my floor in ten days at most." Shen Yi ate his self-heating hot pot, took a sip of mineral water, and looked downstairs with a slightly heavy expression.

After lurking in the chat all day, he hadn't obtained any news regarding superpowers.

In all the groups, Zhao Tao was the only one showing off a superpower.

It seemed he was the only one who had obtained one.

There were a few girls who had already sent friend requests to Shen Yi, and he didn't turn anyone away, accepting them all before asking them to send a photo first.

Unfortunately, not a single one met the system's standards.

There was nothing to be done about that, so Shen Yi had no choice but to delete them.

He then continued to use his alt account to post advertisements in various group chats...

This time, no one kicked Shen Yi out.

As time passed and rescue remained delayed, the survivors, who still had some supplies left, began to act with caution.

Keeping Shen Yi around might prove useful later on.

Time passed, and two more days went by.

It was the fifth day since the Black Fog descended.

Even with Shen Yi being relatively frugal, the snacks and emergency rations in his dorm were almost gone.

It went without saying that the others were in an even worse state.

Water resources were especially scarce; someone in the group chat was already offering three thousand yuan for a bottle of water, and even at that price, no one was selling!

Many students began to harbor strange thoughts, and their original moral values were rapidly collapsing...

In the face of disaster and starvation, morality was worth nothing.

For instance, many girls had started adding Shen Yi as a friend, including quite a few who had previously called him a "creep."

"Hey, the male student over there, can you hear me!"

Suddenly, Shen Yi, who was busy replying to a message from a girl who had just added him, heard shouting from outside the window.

The soundproofing of the dormitory building was, needless to say, practically non-existent.

Shen Yi walked to the balcony, first confirming that the cacti downstairs hadn't spread upward, before opening the window to look at the girl shouting from the next building.

She was a tall, beautiful girl wearing denim shorts that revealed a pair of smooth, long legs.

Shen Yi recognized her; her name was Xu Wanting. She was also in the Foreign Languages department and was known as the department beauty.

Xu Wanting's father was a diplomat. Her family was wealthy with a significant background, and combined with her beauty, she was usually very arrogant and never looked at the boys in her class, Shen Yi included.

[Ding!]

[Goddess meeting system standards detected. Commencing detailed scan.]

[Name: Xu Wanting]

[Age: 20]

[Appearance: 89 points]

[Figure: 95 points]

[Inner Quality: 100 points (a blank slate)]

[Total Score: 95 points]

[Evaluation: Taking her in will unlock a random supply item.]

95 points?

Shen Yi was pleasantly surprised; he could finally unlock new supplies!

Over the past few days, more than fifty girls had added him, but not a single one had met the system's standards!

When Xu Wanting saw Shen Yi, she recognized him too and continued shouting, "Hey, Shen Yi, do you have any water over there?"

The two were in the same class, though they rarely interacted; after all, one was a pampered princess surrounded by admirers, while the other was an unremarkable loser.

Of course, even though they didn't interact much, they still knew each other.

"I do, I have bottled water." Shen Yi took a bottle of water from behind him and gave it a shake.

"Shen Yi, I haven't had a drink in hours. Can you throw that bottle of water over for me to have some? I'll give you money, how about one thousand yuan?"

Xu Wanting licked her slightly dry lips, her eyes gleaming.

She had seen the message Shen Yi posted in the group chat about taking in girls earlier. She had originally despised his behavior, thinking he was just trying to trick girls into sleeping with him.

But she hadn't expected Shen Yi to actually have water.

Furthermore, it was unopened, and at a glance, it hadn't been contaminated by the Black Fog.

Although her own dorm had a thermos and a few drinks, she didn't know if the seals were poor, but the water in the thermos had already turned slightly black—it was clearly contaminated by the Black Fog and undrinkable.

The few drinks she had were also finished over the last few days.

She still had plenty of snacks, and since they were vacuum-sealed, they hadn't rotted. But without water, eating dry snacks only made her thirstier and would actually accelerate dehydration.

"No, I don't want your money." Shen Yi shook his head slightly and tossed the bottled water onto the table behind him.

"Then what do you want? One thousand yuan is already quite a lot. Even if water is precious right now, you can't just be greedy! Otherwise, you won't earn a single cent! Think about it, one thousand yuan is enough for half a month of your part-time work, right?"

Xu Wanting was a bit angry, and a hint of disgust appeared in her eyes.

As expected, a pathetic loser!

If she weren't absolutely parched, she would never have offered a thousand yuan for a bottle of water.

Shen Yi was committing blatant extortion!

In the eyes of Xu Wanting, the government would surely organize a rescue mission, and she was already losing out by paying a thousand yuan for water, yet Shen Yi had the audacity to raise the price on the spot.

"Stop with the nonsense. If you want water, come to the male dormitory. As long as you come over, I'll give you water for free," Shen Yi said indifferently.

It was the apocalypse; what use was money anymore?

It was too stiff even to use as toilet paper.

"What!? You're dreaming! You think a bottle of water is enough to make this young lady offer herself to you!! What do you take me for!?"

Xu Wanting was instantly so angry her teeth ached.

How could she not understand what Shen Yi meant? For a girl to go to the male dormitory—there was no need to spell out what he wanted!

Did he think they were going to play Ludo?

"Heh, I'm not lying. As long as you come over, there's plenty of water."

As Shen Yi spoke, he pretended to bend down to retrieve water, but in reality, he pulled three more bottles of mineral water from his system space. After letting Xu Wanting see them, he unscrewed one and took a long, loud gulp.

Then, He poured the remaining half-bottle directly out of the window.

The water splashed down along the balcony...

Seeing this, Xu Wanting's eyes widened in shock.

"You! How can you waste water like that!"

"Even if you have tons of mineral water, you can't just waste it at a time like this!!"

"And you'd rather pour it out than give it to me!? Are you sick in the head!!!?"

Xu Wanting was truly infuriated.

She had been trying to stretch a single sip of water over two meals for the past two days, and yet Shen Yi had just dumped more than half a bottle!

Was he even a man? He had absolutely no manners!

"Remember, I'm in room 606. If you want water, come over yourself, otherwise forget it." Shen Yi couldn't be bothered to talk anymore and shut the window immediately.

Although he really wanted to unlock new supplies, he couldn't risk going to the female dormitory. Who knew if there were other monsters like the Mutant Cactus hiding in the Black Fog downstairs? He had heard plenty of screams over the past two days.

If he went downstairs and something happened to him, it wouldn't matter how many supplies he unlocked.

Therefore, having Xu Wanting come over was the safest option.

As for whether something might happen to Xu Wanting, Shen Yi couldn't care less!

She could either die of thirst or take a risk; taking a risk at least offered a glimmer of hope, otherwise, she could just wait to die of thirst.

"Bastard!!!" Xu Wanting stomped her feet in anger.

He really was an uncultured, pathetic loser!

If she weren't dying of thirst, she would never speak to a loser like him!

If not for this disaster, she wouldn't even have had any interaction with someone like Shen Yi!

Communicating with a guy from such a common background was a waste of time.

But unfortunately, the only person she could contact who had water was Shen Yi.

Most people in the dormitory were gone, and she couldn't find anyone else to help.

Xu Wanting had tried to contact her family, but both her father and mother were abroad, and for some reason, she couldn't get through to them at all.

Even the police line was busy.

Xu Wanting was truly at her wit's end, which was why she had shouted out loud when she saw a figure in the male dormitory opposite.

Who would have thought she'd run into such a bottom-tier man!

Just like that, while cursing Shen Yi, several more hours passed...

The sky began to darken.

Xu Wanting was incredibly thirsty; her mouth could barely produce any saliva. If she kept going like this, she would die of thirst long before any rescue arrived.

She looked toward the male dormitory building opposite.

Through the window, she could vaguely see Shen Yi drinking water.

As she watched, she couldn't help but swallow.

Only to realize she had no saliva left...

It was all that bastard's fault!!!