End of the World Cycle

The entire auto repair center is five stories high. When Xie Qin arrived, only about two meters of the fifth floor was not flooded. He went to where there were people. The closer he got, the thick smell of blood wafted in.

After parking the boat, he went through the window in a diving suit. Xie Qin was too short, and the water had already reached his chest. He walked a little further inside and saw the two living people in the room at the corner.

Both of them were tied up tightly, hanging from a hook on the ceiling. One man and one woman, the man could still open his eyes, skinny as a skeleton, while the woman's legs were chopped off, and her thighs were tied tightly with two pieces of clothing. The blood on one leg had dried, and the other was still dripping blood. Although she was still breathing, she was probably dead.

"Help~Help..." The man murmured, and Xie Qin probably guessed what was going on. Although Xie Qin had never seen it, she had heard that when there was no food, those crazy people would eat children first, then women, and then men. If for no other reason, they just thought that children and women looked tastier. Men who could be controlled could also serve as the final labor force.

Xie Qin raised his hand and cut the man's rope with a knife. With a splash, the man fell into the water, then struggled to stand firm and went to look for the woman.

After shaking his hands for a while without untying the knot, Xie Qin handed the knife to the man.

"Thank you."

The woman was put down and held in the man's arms. She died in just two minutes. The man burst into tears instantly. Xie Qin pouted and scratched his ears, waiting patiently for a while. After a few minutes, the man's voice gradually became quieter, and Xie Qin interrupted.

"If you don't leave now, you'll be drowned."

The man then turned around and looked at Xie Qin.

"Thank you."

"Don't thank me verbally, and don't be sad yet. Let me ask you a few questions."

The man nodded with red eyes.

"who are you?"

"I'm the mechanic here, and this is my wife, who's the receptionist here."

"Mechanic. Can you fix a flooded car?"

"meeting."

"That's fine. Do you want to live?"

"Of course! I want to go home, my daughter and father are at home."

"Where is your home?"

"Jintang District, Rose Garden, 23rd floor. None of our family evacuated."

"Then why are you trapped here?"

"Before evacuating, my boss called me and asked me to ask two people to go back to the store and cover the engines in the warehouse with waterproof membranes before the water rose. I asked two employees who lived on the upper floors and did not evacuate to come. My wife came with me. The four of us had just arrived here, and within ten minutes, the waves hit us and instantly flooded the second floor. We were trapped. We were trapped for fifteen days. We had no food to begin with, and we couldn't get out due to the heavy rain and floods outside. You saw the result. My wife is gone..."

The man's voice was very faint, but one could tell he was extremely sad. However, he still forced himself to explain it clearly to Xie Qin.

"Do you want me to take you away?" Xie Qin said as he took out a bag of bread and a bottle of milk from his backpack and handed them to the man.

The man was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes with some difficulty to look at the girl in front of him. It was unbelievable. How could this child travel alone in a flooded city and say she could save him?

"You? Are you alone? Where are your parents? Isn't it dangerous out there?"

Xie Qin smiled, did not answer his question, and continued.

"Take it and eat it. If you don't want to leave, I'll go home." As she said that, she placed the bread and milk directly on a plastic board floating next to the man.

"Let's go! I'm leaving. Little sister, can you let me take my wife with me?" The man was a little embarrassed, but he still said it. He couldn't bear to leave his wife here like this. Xie Qin glanced at the half-dead female corpse in the man's arms and nodded.

"Okay, you guys go together, but will you repay me?"

"Of course! I will definitely repay you for saving my life."

"That's good. My family also runs a car repair shop. Can you come and repair my car in the future?"

"Huh? Good, good."

"Then you will be my employee from now on. Let's go."

The man put all the bread and milk in his bag. Although he was very weak, he was able to walk with his wife in his arms because the water was high and buoyant. But when he reached the window, he didn't dare to climb out.

"I... I can't swim." The man hugged his wife's hand tightly and said in a low voice. This was also the reason why they were unable to leave here after the flood. None of the four could swim, not to mention that the flood was full of undercurrents.

"Wait for me here." Xie Qin swam out, and soon the yacht came over. The ladder was thrown down, and Xie Qin on the deck stretched out his hand like a man.

"Give me your wife first."

The man raised his eyes and saw the beautiful girl's slender white fingers were particularly clear in the rain. A child of this age should be afraid, but from the first moment he saw her, the child was very indifferent, and the hand he stretched out now was as if he was holding a not a corpse.

"Hurry up." Xie Qin urged. The man pushed his wife up while still in a daze. Xie Qin grabbed the woman's collar directly. The man felt his arms empty in an instant. When he looked up again, his wife was already on the deck. He couldn't help but think that the girl was really strong. She looked weak, but she lifted up 70 or 80 kilograms with one hand.

When the man climbed up, Xie Qin was already in the cockpit. He took a look at the clean deck, carefully hugged his wife, took off his clothes and wiped the dirty deck mixed with rain water at his wife's legs.

It was definitely too embarrassing to go in, so he just shook out his clothes and covered his wife's head, and held her in his arms. Xie Qin looked at the man outside, who was only wearing a T-shirt, holding his wife and sitting on the deck, fearing that his wife would stick to the deck and get dirty. He nodded in his heart, he was a sensible man.

In her previous life, she was betrayed and bound because she trusted her own people too much. In this life, she doesn't want to have so many people of her own, but he needs labor. People who have their own sense and whom she doesn't dislike are most suitable to be used as cattle and horses.

Xie Qin walked out from the deck with a raincoat and two black waterproof sheets in his hands.

"Thank you, what's your name, boss?"

"Xie Qin. I'll take you home first. I'll come find you when my store opens."

"Okay, thank you. Thank you. My name is Xu Kai. I have been a mechanic for fourteen years. I have repaired all kinds of cars. I will definitely work hard for the boss."

The man took Xie Qin's things and carefully wrapped his wife in a waterproof cloth. He put on a raincoat and still held her. Xie Qin could see that he was a little weak, but he didn't try to persuade him. He just went back to the boat and took out a steaming lunch box from the space.

"Put it down and eat something. Don't you still have to meet your father and daughter?"

"Thank you...thank you." Xu Kai put his wife down and took the meal with his hands still shaking. Xie Qin stood beside Xu Kai holding an umbrella, looking around aimlessly.

He hadn't had a hot meal for half a month. At first, he relied on peas, candies and biscuits found in the store's warehouse to pass the time for customers to wait for the bus. Later, he got sick from taking a bath and fell ill. Everything changed when he fell down.

Later, he relied on the two men who killed his wife to occasionally feed him some water and food to survive. He also knew that the two men did not let him die just to eat his wife first. It was too painful, he dared not recall it again, his wife's helpless and painful wailing was still vivid in his mind, he had to stay alive, only by staying alive could he take revenge, he still had a daughter, and his wife's parents, he was the only one left.

Xu Kai ate very quickly, a full box of food, he didn't even look carefully at what was in it, he ate it all in a few minutes. Then he had a stomachache, but he was too hungry to vomit, he endured the discomfort and didn't make a sound. Xie Qin left the parachute to Xu Kai and went into the cockpit.

"Take a rest. I'll take you back."

An hour later, the yacht stopped at a residential area in Jintan District. There are six buildings in the community, all of which are 27 stories high. The water has now reached the tenth floor. According to the country's calculations, this place will be flooded to the nineteenth floor. Basically, all the buildings below the 20th floor have been evacuated. So there are still many people in this community. A rough calculation shows that there are four households per elevator, so there should be about households.

Jintan District is quite large, but there are not many high-rise buildings like this one, so basically everyone has left. It is much quieter here than in the city center, so the sound of the yacht attracted the attention of almost all the survivors.

Xie Qin did not get off the boat. Xu Kai asked Xie Qin through the glass if she wanted to go up and sit for a while, but Xie Qin refused.

"Unit 23, 3-. Also, this is my phone number. When your store opens, I will definitely go to work for you."

"it is good."

After seeing Xu Kai off, Xie Qin left without even looking back. The heavy rain continued, and when they were almost at the building, they found a deserted place and replaced the yacht with a raft. They slowly drove back to the building.

As soon as he entered the building's field of vision, someone noticed Xie Qin. Sure enough, when Xie Qin approached, there were already several people waiting there.

"Little sister? Where's your yacht?"

"It's broken." Xie Qin jumped into the house, took off the hood of her raincoat, and looked at the people who asked her questions with tearful eyes.

"Hey! Come on, you took us with you to find gasoline, and you wouldn't abandon the boat!" Those people looked regretful, as if the boat belonged to them. Then they set their sights on the raft in the rain.

Seeing the water accumulating inside, he seemed to have given up the idea of ​​going out and turned back upstairs. Xie Qin couldn't help but sneer. It's not like this raft can't be driven. With a little effort to drain the water and get a little wet, they can get to where they want to go. But these people just don't like it. It seems that their desire to see their relatives is not very strong.

As soon as he got home and opened the door, the aroma of food wafted in. Xie Ran skillfully controlled his stand and walked quickly towards Xie Qin.

"elder sister!"

Xie Qin held his brother's shoulders and took out the Rubik's Cube, puzzles, and a bunch of Lego that he had collected when he passed by the supermarket. Xie Ran liked these the most, if for no other reason than that they were easy to kill time.

"Hurry up! It's time to eat. Are you tired? Mommy has charged the battery. Go take a rest in the massage chair. And you have your period the day after tomorrow, so don't go out. Just stay at home."

"Okay." Xie Qin has fire-related abilities, so he doesn't feel the cold very much. However, after such a long period of heavy rain, the air feels wet. But as soon as he returns home, he feels that this feeling is gone.

When Xie Qin saw the mold in the corner, he knew it was his own psychological effect. He took out a few dehumidifiers he found in the supermarket, soaked them in water and made them wet, and then he took apart the boards and hung them on the balcony to dry.

The table was already filled with food: winter melon and pork ribs soup, stir-fried pork, stir-fried water spinach, and blanched lettuce. The portions of the four dishes were not too big, just enough for three people.

Ever since I told Zhang Mingfang that this apocalypse would not pass, I could clearly feel that Zhang Mingfang cooked very carefully, never wasting food while ensuring nutrition.

After dinner, the brother and sister couldn't help laughing as they looked at the calcium tablets and vitamins stuffed into their hands.

"Eat quickly. You are still young and have a chance to grow taller." Zhang Mingfang also smiled and pinched the two children's faces.

"Oh right! I almost forgot to bring something for mom."

"what is this?"

"Skin care products. I went to the wrong place when I passed by the mall and ended up in the beauty warehouse on the first floor. I saw these were well sealed, so I brought them all back and gave them to you."

Zhang Mingfang looked at these things. Although she had never used them, she had seen them all. Before the rainstorm, these things were several thousand yuan a set. She touched her face and felt it was a bit rough. Women always love beauty. She happily took the things to the balcony to unpack them.

"I don't know how to use these... I think they should be applied on the face, right?" Zhang Mingfang muttered as she unpacked the package. Only then did Xie Qin remember what she had forgotten in her life.

In my previous life, I knew to save more tutorials and materials, but I haven’t done anything in this life.

[Xiaobao, are there any tutorial materials or something like that in the system? ]

[Yes~ What does the master want? The little castle is your encyclopedia~ There is nothing that the little castle doesn't know~]

[Do you have a physical copy? This way it’s more convenient to hold. ]

[Of course there are ~ but physical books are not free ~ you can search for the books you need in the mall directly ~ and paper books can be recycled ~ not expensive ~]

After listening to this, Xie Qin sat on a stool and chose books for her mother. Upon flipping through them, they were indeed very cheap, 7 points for one book, and the recycling price was points, which meant only three points for one book.

The variety is quite complete, including skin whitening and rejuvenation, anti-oxidation and anti-aging, skin repair, and everything else.

"Mom, what kind of beauty book do you want? Whitening, anti-aging, repair, etc."

“Is there any comprehensive one?”

"I'll look for it."

After searching for a while, Xie Qin finally found a book called "The Secret of Skin". It was the thickest one, with more than 700 pages. It started with a very detailed introduction to the structure of the skin, and then there were all kinds of beauty methods. It was very suitable.

When the book was changed and handed to Zhang Mingfang, Zhang Mingfang was shocked.

"It's so thick? How long will it take to finish it? No, what I have the most now is time. I have to study this book carefully. Qinqin, you should put these cosmetics away first. I will study and see what suits me. I will use them after I learn them. Otherwise, such expensive things will be wasted."

"it is good."