Shocked, I'm the Favorites in the Survival Game - chapter 19

She had stocked up on two packs of toilet paper, but this roll… really wasn’t much use.

After using the Create from Nothing skill twice, Chu Yian realized that she couldn’t always get practical and powerful treasures every time.

She set the toilet paper aside, opened the inner security door, and peered outside through the peephole.

The door across the hall was tightly shut; she had no idea if Lu Qingyuan was home or not.

Sigh.

Better not to worry about it.

She withdrew her gaze and began to think seriously.

After all, he was just an NPC in the game. He didn’t even recognize her anymore, so there was no point in making things awkward for herself. She might as well stay home and wait until twenty days later to go look for the special medicine.

Suddenly, she remembered she still had a drone.

She took it out and fiddled with it according to the manual. The drone took off smoothly and flew out the window.

Coincidentally, someone had fainted downstairs in the building.

A crowd had gathered to watch, while the person who fainted was tightly held by a family member. The patient was still coughing nonstop, yellow mucus coming from their mouth.

Soon, an ambulance arrived.

A group of people in protective suits got out of the ambulance, startling the onlookers.

They unceremoniously dispersed the crowd, took the unconscious person onto the ambulance, and began disinfecting the area where he had lain.

“What the heck, this is scary.”

The onlookers became uneasy and started complaining, “What’s going on? Whose kid is that?”

“He’s a resident of our community. He was about to go to work today, but fainted as soon as he got downstairs.”

“Didn’t the news mention an infectious disease yesterday?”

“Could he have caught that thing?”

“No idea. It’s best for everyone to buy some supplies and keep them at home, and avoid going out or to crowded places.”

…

Chu Yian watched through the drone as the person was taken away by ambulance, her brows furrowing slightly.

There was already an infected person in her residential complex.

Taking advantage of the first test flight, she checked out the situation around the complex. Cars still came and went on the streets outside, and many people walked along the sidewalks with family and friends, chatting and laughing. However, more people were shopping outside the complex, the supermarket was packed, and many were carrying large bags of goods home.

The drone made a full circle outside before returning, but Chu Yian didn’t dare let it fly directly into the house.

She took out a spray bottle filled with alcohol and sprayed the drone thoroughly before bringing it back inside.

Come to think of it, she had prepared so many things, yet forgot to get disinfectant. She only had two bottles of disinfecting alcohol, each 150ml-probably not enough.

Chu Yian frowned slightly.

Maybe she should go out and buy more disinfectant and alcohol while the infectious disease wasn’t too serious yet? If more people got infected, medicine would surely become very precious later.

With that thought, she decided to take the risk and go out again.

Since there was already an infected person in the complex, she bundled herself up tightly before heading out: mask, long sleeves and pants, glasses, medical gloves. She had considered wearing a protective suit, but it would draw too much attention, so she settled for this outfit.

After making sure no skin was exposed, she prepared to leave.

But as soon as she opened the door, she came face to face with the person across the hall. Lu Qingyuan was about to go out too, but he seemed unaware of the situation outside and wasn’t wearing any protection.

Chu Yian hesitated for a moment, then took a mask out of her backpack.

“Put this on.”

Lu Qingyuan gave her a strange look.
“Did you hear about the recent outbreak of infectious disease? There was a case downstairs, just taken away. Wear a mask and take precautions against infection. Also, you’d better stock up on food, water, masks, and medicine, in case there’s a large-scale outbreak later.”

Although he no longer recognized her, Chu Yian still enthusiastically told him a lot.

“Make sure to stock up on masks, medical protective suits, and disinfectant. I couldn’t get any, so I came down specifically to look.”

Lu Qingyuan didn’t say a word the entire time; it was just Chu Yian talking on and on by herself.

The elevator had already reached the first floor.

Chu Yian stepped out, but Lu Qingyuan didn’t; he went straight to the basement level, where the underground parking lot was.

So cold and indifferent.

Hmm… Forget it, just think of it as doing a good deed.

Chu Yian brushed off this little episode; her main reason for coming down was to buy disinfectant. Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but quicken her pace, hoping the pharmacy near the community still had some left.

However, they didn’t manage to get out.

The community was locked down, with a large crowd of people and cars blocking the entrance.

“Why won’t you let us out? I have to go to work-are you going to pay for my lost wages?”

A middle-aged man in a suit got out of his car and started cursing at the property management and neighborhood committee staff blocking the gate.

“There’s been an infectious disease case in our community. We’re now a high-risk area, and everyone has to be quarantined. Just two or three days, it’ll be fine in two or three days.”

The security guard at the gate shouted through a loudspeaker.

Unfortunately, the residents weren’t buying it, and neither side seemed willing to back down anytime soon.

There were too many people around, and Chu Yian even heard someone coughing.

Although she had taken many precautions, seeing all this made her retreat and return to her apartment.

Disinfect, sterilize.

Don’t bring any sources of infection from outside into the home.

The community gate was right across from her building; standing by the window, Chu Yian could see everything. More and more people gathered at the entrance, and the arguing grew louder. Then the police arrived, and after about an hour, the crowd finally dispersed.

Immediately after, staff from the neighborhood committee started shouting through a loudspeaker downstairs, announcing the community would be locked down for two days and asking everyone to cooperate.

Now that she couldn’t go out, Chu Yian simply sat down on the sofa and turned on the TV. The news was also reporting on the infectious disease, mentioning that besides their community, three other communities, a vegetable market, and an airport were also under lockdown.

The doorbell rang.

Chu Yian looked through the peephole and saw three people outside, all wearing masks and red armbands.

“Hello, we’re from the neighborhood committee.”

A middle-aged woman spoke to Chu Yian, “We’re in the infectious disease prevention phase now, and we need to register the residents of each building. Please fill out this form.”

The form was for recording basic tenant information and contact details.

After Chu Yian filled it out and handed it back, the woman produced a WeChat QR code. “It’s a special time, so everyone in the community needs to join this group.”

Chu Yian glanced at it, then took out her phone and scanned to join.

“By the way, Auntie, I wanted to ask-is the infectious disease really serious?”

“It’s very serious, otherwise why would we be quarantined?”

The woman nodded, “Young lady, don’t run around these days. If you have a cough or fever, be sure to report it in the group. I heard several communities have new cases. Luckily my child went to work early this morning, otherwise he’d have to be quarantined with us.

It’s really scary.”