PSW - Chapter 92
Chapter 92
By the time Zheng Yi finally brought Yu Yinan back to shore, she was completely exhausted. She had tried to dry herself with her ability, but the evaporated seawater left a layer of salt and impurities on her skin, which felt even worse. In the end, Zheng Yi had to give her a simple rinse with a stream of water. "We'll use the shower room later."
"…Okay." Having recovered a little, Yu Yinan's spirits sank again. The mention of the shower room reminded her of the 10,888 points, which felt like a total rip-off no matter how she thought about it. Of course, now that Zheng Yi had bought it, not using it would be an even bigger waste.
"This shower room… can other people use it?" Thinking of this, Yu Yinan looked at Zheng Yi and asked curiously. Was it only for Zheng Yi and those she approved of, or could anyone use it?
"I've already given it to you, so it's up to you." Zheng Yi wasn't concerned about such things. Everything inside the shower room would reset to its initial state before the next person entered, and there was no issue of durability. This thing… would be more cost-effective if the shelter used it. "Let's just find a house to rest in."
It was already very late.
Yu Yinan agreed and followed Zheng Yi up the slope. Looking at Zheng Yi's back, she was reminded of the suffocating, deep kiss in the sea. But she quickly remembered that Zheng Yi had already taken too many Stamina Recovery Pills today and wondered if her head was hurting…
A water ability user. Other water ability users probably couldn't even imagine that someone in this world could master the water element to such a degree. Even if they knew the theory, they wouldn't have Zheng Yi's immense mental power.
Yu Yinan's thoughts soon turned to the other women. She wondered how they were doing and if they had settled down for the night. Could they… get a good night's sleep? The culprits in the village were all dead, and the women were completely free, but whether they could emerge from the shadows and survive in this apocalypse… that was something they had to rely on themselves for.
Just as she was thinking this, the flickering light of a candle approached from a distance. Zheng Yi stopped and looked over.
"Benefactor… Saint, we've cleaned up a house. You two can rest in the room on the second floor." It was one of the women they had rescued—the one who had been chained up. She sounded nervous as she spoke, and as if afraid Zheng Yi would find them distasteful, she explained, "We're all resting on the first floor, so we won't disturb you. It's just that the other houses are messy…"
They wanted to repay Zheng Yi and Yu Yinan in whatever small way they could… a tiny bit of help.
Zheng Yi looked at Yu Yinan.
"Should we? It's so late," Yu Yinan said softly. She could sense the woman's anxiety and anticipation. This fragile offer of goodwill and kindness… as long as it didn't cause any trouble, Yu Yinan was willing to accommodate and accept it.
"Okay, let's go then." Zheng Yi nodded and followed the woman.
These women… after she and Yu Yinan had left the courtyard, they had successively contributed a good number of Saint Points. It was just that Zheng Yi couldn't match the names to the specific individuals.
They walked into the house the women had cleaned. On the first floor, some of the furniture had been moved aside. A half-burned white candle sat in a bowl on a table, illuminating the room. Three makeshift beds were laid out in the living room. Seeing Zheng Yi and Yu Yinan enter, the women who had been sleeping scrambled to their feet.
"Shh." Zheng Yi made a gesture. "Go back to sleep. You don't need to come up."
There was a guest room on the first floor, but it only had one bed. They had given it to the woman with the severed tendons in her hands and feet, who had trouble moving, and the pregnant woman. The others, including the surviving children, were sleeping on makeshift beds on the floor, mostly set up inside the rooms.
Zheng Yi didn't disturb them or say anything more, heading straight upstairs with Yu Yinan. The second floor had two side bedrooms and a master bedroom. The stairs led up to a living room with a sofa, a coffee table, and a television. Opposite one of the side bedrooms was a rather large bathroom. The beds in all three rooms were wooden. Only the master bedroom had a wardrobe; the two side bedrooms seemed to have been largely unoccupied before the apocalypse, containing nothing but a bed and a mattress.
Zheng Yi moved all the miscellaneous furniture like the nightstand, bed, and wardrobe into the living room, then cleaned the master bedroom once more. With two capsules in her hand, one transformed into a double bed, while the other materialized against the master bedroom wall, creating a shower room complete with a bathtub, a sink, and a shower space. Inside the shower room was a set of shelves filled with all sorts of toiletries one might need, and on the towel rack next to the sink were towels and bath sheets of various sizes and colors.
"So this is… the 10,888 Saint Point shower room?" Yu Yinan stared at the space that had suddenly appeared. Although it was fully equipped with all sorts of items, it… wasn't made of solid gold.
"The time inside resets," Zheng Yi said. "After it's used, it will automatically return to its original state. You can think of it as an automatic refresh."
"I see." Yu Yinan nodded. "Well, then… do you want to try it first?" After all, Zheng Yi was the one who spent the Saint Points on it.
"You go first." Zheng Yi didn't really need to use it; her ability could clean her perfectly. She glanced at Yu Yinan, had Zero One fetch a set of clean clothes from the truck in her inventory, and handed them to her. "Go on."
Yu Yinan no longer refused, taking the change of clothes and walking into the shower room. As soon as the door closed, the small room became four pitch-black walls from the outside, making it impossible to see or even hear anything from within. But inside, facilities like incandescent lights, heat lamps, ventilation, and exhaust fans were all fully functional.
The privacy of this shower room was quite well-designed. If a host who bought this item was being pursued at night, they could take out the shower room, hide inside, and might actually manage to get away with it.
Zheng Yi stood at the bedroom window and gazed outside. The entire small fishing village was silent, quiet and peaceful.
There were still quite a few small fishing boats tied up at the shore. If these women decided to continue living here, it would be safe enough. They wouldn't lack salt or water, though it would be a bit of a hassle. As for food… they could go out to sea to fish, or they could continue to grow things. It might be a little troublesome if these crops became aggressive after mutating.
The various households in the village should still have a good amount of stored grain. At the very least, Zheng Yi had seen a small number of chickens and ducks being raised in the village. Although there weren't many, it was quite good to still have this poultry after a period of high temperatures. There was a certain irony in that… there were no older women in this village, yet poultry had survived.
Of all the fish and shrimp they had caught, Zheng Yi and Yu Yinan would at most have a taste; the rest would be left here. Just those few mutated fish would probably be enough to feed the women for a long time.
"I'm done, you can go." Yu Yinan emerged, feeling refreshed and carrying the scent of shower gel. Her hair was already dry thanks to her ability, so she hadn't used the towels much. This shower room… if you ignored the price, the experience was truly excellent.
[See, isn't it convenient?~] Zero One finally couldn't resist chiming in. [Tomorrow, Yu Yinan can let the other ladies use this. A simple hot shower in this apocalypse can be a form of purification and salvation.]
"Mm," Zheng Yi responded to Yu Yinan, then told Zero One to shut up before pulling the door open and stepping inside.
Warm water sprayed down evenly. Zheng Yi looked at the water and, with a thought, took control of the stream. She quickly canceled her ability. The water in the shower room was just ordinary purified water; the key feature must be the "time reset" after a person leaves.
For a rare moment, Zheng Yi didn't use her ability, instead letting the water drench her entire body like a normal person, using shampoo and shower gel amidst the billowing steam.
In the apocalypse, a shower like this could truly allow a person to relax.
After her shower, Zheng Yi changed into a new set of clothes and walked out of the shower room. The door closed behind her, and when she opened it again, everything inside had reset, looking as if it had never been used. She turned the shower room back into a pure white capsule and stored it away. Just as she reached the side of the bed, before she could even sit down, Yu Yinan's hand reached out to her.
"Can we sleep while holding each other?" Yu Yinan could feel the warmth radiating from Zheng Yi's body after her shower. Zheng Yi lay down beside her, rested her head on Yu Yinan's outstretched arm, and turned on her side to look at her.
'So clingy.'
[Isn't that nice? Host, with your personality, I find it hard to imagine Yu Yinan lying by your side like this if she had a different personality.] Zero One's tone was utterly sincere. In its view, if Yu Yinan weren't so crazy, so starved for love, or if she hadn't had such a terrible family and past… things wouldn't have developed this way.
Of course, even so, the fact that Zheng Yi could accept Yu Yinan, and even enter into a relationship with her… was something Zero One had never expected. It had thought that an existence like Zheng Yi would never care for anyone, let alone maintain any kind of relationship.
Zero One was lost in its reverie, but Zheng Yi clearly had no intention of responding or engaging with it. She simply draped an arm over Yu Yinan's waist, even leaning in to kiss her forehead and whisper, "Good night."
She looked every bit the perfect girlfriend.
"Good night," Yu Yinan responded softly. She raised a hand to touch Zheng Yi's cheek, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear before putting her own arm around Zheng Yi's waist, gently pulling her into an embrace.
The next morning, Zheng Yi woke up very early. She immediately brought out the shower room to brush her teeth and wash her face. By the time she came out, Yu Yinan had also gotten up and went in right after her to get ready.
Zheng Yi turned the shower room and the double bed back into capsules and put them in her personal space. Then, she and Yu Yinan went downstairs, walking past the still-sleeping women to leave the first floor. In the courtyard, they took out pots and pans and started a fire to cook.
The mutated sea fish was quite large, its scales hard and extremely sharp. But after descaling, gutting, removing the head, and deboning it, all that was left were large, thick fillets of meat. Zheng Yi gave them a simple rinse with a stream of water, and a high-pressure water blade swiftly sliced the flesh into uniformly sized pieces. Zheng Yi placed them in an iron basin and began adding seasonings for a simple marinade to remove the fishy smell.
Today's breakfast was mutated fish fillet congee.
While the congee was cooking, Zheng Yi spent a few Saint Points to buy two bags of ordinary plain steamed buns, with ten in each bag. She set up a steamer, placed all twenty buns inside one by one, and started steaming them.
Just as Zheng Yi was adding the entire large basin of marinated fish fillets to the pot, someone came rushing out. Seeing that they had nearly finished cooking, the woman's expression grew even more flustered. "You… we… is there anything we can do to help?" Behind her, all the other women followed one after another.
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