Apocalyptic Flood: Sexy Beauty Neighbor's Midnight Plea for Food

Chapter 1120: Chapter 465: Zhao Huiyao’s Cell Phone

"When the great flood first started, we didn’t pay attention."

"Everyone just thought it was nothing more than an ordinary torrential rain."

Zhao Huiyao spoke, a hint of reminiscence on her face.

Everyone present also showed a hint of reflection.

Indeed, when it initially started raining, no one thought that what seemed like a normal heavy rain could last until now.

Zhao Huiyao’s voice pulled everyone back to the summer a year ago.

"Although we lived in the villa district, we were among the first to be affected when the great flood came."

"In less than a week, our villa was submerged, and many homeowners, being forced by the situation, started fleeing one after another."

"Some swam towards the community, others found ways to go to their other residences."

"Those living in Xinghai are all wealthy, with more than one home in the city center."

"At that time, I wasn’t cautious enough and didn’t leave immediately; instead, I moved to the top floor of our house."

"Then I endured for another two weeks as the floodwaters continued to rise, and people outside went crazy, starting to loot supplies everywhere, smashing and raiding supermarkets."

"I was so scared then, because of work, I had always been single and alone."

"When danger came, I had no one to accompany me."

Liang Yuan frowned, drinking and said: "Get to the point!"

Zhao Huiyao’s heart trembled immediately, and her eyes reddened; she only wanted to share the pain she had been through during these days.

Seeing Liang Yuan’s impatience, she dared not speak any irrelevant things anymore.

"From the third floor at home, I witnessed three large-scale escape events."

"These three groups headed towards the New District, High-speed Rail New City, and Industrial Park respectively."

"I eventually had no choice but joined a few brothers in heading towards the Park."

"Why did you come to the Park?" Liang Yuan asked.

"I have relatives here; I thought we could look out for each other if I came here." Zhao Huiyao said in a low voice.

Liang Yuan nodded and asked: "Did you find your relatives?"

Zhao Huiyao shook her head: "Not yet."

Bai Zhirui couldn’t help but ask: "Can’t find them?"

"They won’t let me go." Zhao Huiyao whispered, crying.

Bai Zhirui immediately frowned, looking disgustedly at the group of people kneeling on the ground.

Clearly, this group of people kept Zhao Huiyao captive because she was attractive, making her their unwilling possession.

Liang Yuan was not new to such things. He thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "Do you have a cellphone?"

"Huh?"

Zhao Huiyao was taken aback; she had a cellphone, but it had long run out of battery.

"Do you have one?"

"Yes, I always carry it with me, just no battery. I thought once the flood receded, I could contact my family..."

"Let me take a look."

Zhao Huiyao said: "It’s in my room."

"Tu Long, go with her and get it."

"Alright."

Tu Long immediately took Zhao Huiyao to her room to retrieve the cellphone.

Bai Zhirui curiously asked: "Mr. Liang, what do you want with her cell phone?"

"If she is indeed an owner at Xinghai Garden, she must be in the owner’s group, and Dr. Jiang is also an owner, maybe in the same group."

"Xinghai Garden was flooded early, back then the internet, water, and electricity hadn’t been completely disrupted yet. Maybe we can find some trace of Dr. Jiang in her phone."

Bai Zhirui’s eyes instantly lit up, saying: "Mr. Liang, you’re so smart, how come I didn’t think of that?"

Liang Yuan smiled, saying nothing.

Not long after, Tu Long came back with Zhao Huiyao.

Zhao Huiyao took out her cellphone, nervously saying: "It’s out of battery."

Liang Yuan acknowledged, taking over the cellphone and finding it was the latest model of a fruit phone.

He fetched a power bank and charging cable from the item bar, connected them to start the phone.

Witnessing this scene, everyone instantly widened their eyes.

Those survivors kneeling also seemed inexplicably excited.

"He has a power bank!"

"His power bank still has power!"

"Wonder if we can make a rescue call now."

"Sir, can you try making a rescue call?"

...

Liang Yuan paid no attention to those people, because when the phone booted, the signal at the top left corner was empty.

With the great flood till now, the world has drastically changed; the sky covered by dark clouds, how could there still be any signal transmission?

He quickly rummaged through the woman’s WeChat, swiftly searching through it.

Soon, he found several group chats.

’Xinghai Garden Owners Main Group’, ’Xinghai Garden Phase I’, ’Xinghai Garden Phase II’.

Liang Yuan checked them one by one; each group’s last message date showed July 3rd last year.

Liang Yuan recalled, June was when the torrential rain arrived.

Which means that within around a month, the network was already completely cut off.

Liang Yuan opened the owners’ main group, quickly searching the group chat records for the words Jiang Ziyin.

However, he didn’t find it; obviously, Jiang Ziyin’s WeChat name couldn’t be her real name.

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan tried searching for ’Dr. Jiang’, ’Jiang’ and similar keywords.

Yet still found no relevant information about Jiang Ziyin.

Group chats mentioning Jiang were mostly about the dam breach at Linjiang and the flood spreading.

Bai Zhirui couldn’t help but remind: "Mr. Liang, try searching ’Affiliated Second Hospital’, or directly search for ’hospital’, ’doctor’ and other keywords."

Liang Yuan nodded immediately: "Okay."

He quickly searched, and some information popped up in the chat group.

Liang Yuan quickly noticed a message.

[Is there a doctor in the group? Help! My dad suddenly fell unconscious, there’s a massive flood outside, we can’t get out. I beg if there’s any doctor neighbor to help us.]

Underneath this message, a reply drew Liang Yuan’s attention.

[How old is your father, does he have any medical history?]

[No, my father has always been healthy. Are you a doctor? Please save my father.]

[I am. Message me privately. I also can’t get out, the flood has already risen to the second floor of my home.]

The conversation ended here.

Liang Yuan quickly clicked on the avatar of the person claiming to be a doctor.

It’s an avatar of a female cartoon character, with a distinctive Western style, golden hair.

It has a similar effect to a one-click comic-avatar generator.

And this person’s WeChat nickname isn’t Jiang Ziyin, but "Jinx."

Liang Yuan quickly switched back to the search box to directly search for Jinx’s related chats.

However, Jinx’s chat content is scarce, with messages only sent at the end of June.

Liang Yuan checked the messages one by one, mostly seeking help or supplies.

He clicked into Jinx’s avatar, only seeing the WeChat ID and video account, but the content inside wouldn’t open due to no internet.

Moreover, Zhao Huiyao and Jinx weren’t friends, so no information could be obtained.

This made Liang Yuan furrow his brows.

At this moment, Bai Zhirui reminded again: "Check the other owner groups?"

Liang Yuan nodded and searched through the owner groups of Phase One and Phase Two.

This time, there was finally a significant discovery.

"Is she a Phase One resident? At the end of June last year, she called for others to self-rescue in the group and asked if anyone wanted to go to the Industrial Park."

Bai Zhirui immediately analyzed: "That means she probably went to the Park later?"

Liang Yuan immediately looked at Zhao Huiyao, asking: "You came towards the Park with others, do you remember a woman named Jiang Ziyin among you?"

Zhao Huiyao shook her head: "I don’t know. There were many people escaping together at that time, and we scattered after leaving the community."

"Some went to seize supplies, others sought tall buildings nearby."

"It was chaotic then, I didn’t dare run off on my own, so I followed the largest group, paddling with planks up the overpass towards the Park side."

Liang Yuan understood. Heavy rain had just begun at the time, roads must have been flooded, but the overpasses weren’t submerged.

Many left the community and could escape the low areas through the overpass, seeking help further away.

Liang Yuan asked: "Was there anyone with a foreign appearance among your group?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Huiyao froze for a moment, then exclaimed: "Yes, there was a woman around thirty, a mixed-race, with distinct Caucasian features, but speaking Chinese."

Liang Yuan’s eyes lit up at once, he asked eagerly: "What’s her name?"

"I don’t know."

"Then how do you remember so clearly?" Liang Yuan frowned.

Zhao Huiyao hurriedly said: "Because an incident happened at the time, the woman’s mixed-race look and beauty attracted some residents in the fleeing group who wanted to make advances on her."

"But unexpectedly she had a small knife hidden on her, and she wounded those men who tried to make a move on her, causing a lot of bleeding."

"At that time people weren’t as frantic as now, there was some sense of law—the situation shocked us back then."

"What happened later? What about that woman?" Liang Yuan asked immediately.

"Before reaching the Park, everyone got scattered."

"That woman and another group chose to stop at a mall midway."

"Which mall?"

Liang Yuan asked eagerly.

"Ring City World Trade."

Liang Yuan quickly pulled out a map, checking it once.

Bai Zhirui pointed a finger, saying: "Here, I’ve been to Ring City World Trade."

Liang Yuan looked over quickly, finding the Ring City World Trade located on the north side of Central Circle, not in the city center.

No high buildings are in the city center.

While Ring City World Trade’s height exceeds eighteen floors, serving as a large CBD center combining shopping, cinema, retail, entertainment, residence, and business.

From this perspective, Ring City World Trade is indeed very suitable for initial flood residency.

Liang Yuan roughly calculated the distance from his location to this place.

Less than fifty kilometers.

"Looks like I need to check over there, not sure if the woman is still there."

He pocketed the phone, telling Zhao Huiyao: "I’ll take the phone. To thank you, I’ll agree to one request of yours."

Upon hearing that, Zhao Huiyao got excited, quickly facing Liang Yuan, saying: "Can I leave here with you?"

Liang Yuan wasn’t surprised. This woman had been imprisoned as a plaything by the deceased middle-aged man.

Naturally, she wanted to escape at the chance.

Liang Yuan asked: "Are you a Superpower User?"

"I... I’m not, but I can do laundry and cooking, I can work."

Afraid Liang Yuan would consider her a burden, Zhao Huiyao hastily highlighted her advantages.

Liang Yuan thought for a moment, saying: "I can take you, but I can’t guarantee your safety. Think it over before deciding."

Zhao Huiyao replied without hesitation: "No problem, as long as I can leave here, I’m willing to do anything."

Liang Yuan glanced at her, realizing she probably lived poorly here.

He nodded, saying: "Alright, you come with us."

Tu Long asked at this moment: "Mr. Liang, what should we do with these people?"

Liang Yuan shot a glance at the group, slightly shaking his head: "Don’t bother with them. The rain hasn’t stopped, the floodwaters haven’t risen, staying here will trap them eventually."

Tu Long nodded, grabbing Zhao Huiyao from the ground. Liang Yuan then picked up Bai Zhirui—it was four of them jumping straight into the rain curtain, disappearing into the sky.