Several hours had passed, after spending the night in very cold weather, Rover finally opened his eyes and woke up feeling better than before. This was also his first sound sleep since the apocalypse happened.
"That being said, sleeping in a sitting position doesn't seem quite right for me," he said while trying to stretch his body, which was starting to feel stiff in some parts.
A cracking sound was heard from the stretch.
After a brief stretch, he tried to look up at the clock on the ceiling.
It was already showing 8:43, which meant he had been asleep for almost 9 hours.
At the same time, there was a knock at the entrance door of the library that made Rover unconsciously turn to look.
"Excuse me, sir, breakfast will be ready in 5 minutes. Please come to the cafeteria soon. Thank you."
Hearing a voice that seemed to belong to a man, he couldn't help but feel a bit strange about the treatment.
There was a reason he felt that way; even though he lived in his adoptive mother's house, which was quite wealthy, they always lived simply, so Rover had never felt like he was living the life of a young master who was always assisted by their staff.
After hearing and responding to the man's remark, Rover quickly got ready and went to the cafeteria.
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The cafeteria he visited was very large, even able to accommodate 300 people, although it would be crowded if everyone was there.
Besides that, when he looked around, the atmosphere in the room was not as gloomy as he had imagined.
In fact, it could be said to resemble the general atmosphere when they could attend school normally back then.
He could see some of them smiling and busy with their own conversations.
He could hear several students talking about something, while others were laughing, which made him even more confused.
'What is actually happening here?' As he pondered this, he suddenly heard a voice calling his name.
He quickly looked for the person calling him and saw Khyle and Ozig waving him over to their spot.
"Look, who has come this time. How are you, boss? Feeling better than yesterday?" Ozig asked, starting the conversation.
Rover only nodded in response to Ozig's question while sitting across from them.
"Mister Rover, have you thought about who will join your group?" Khyle said while continuing to eat the sandwich made by those tasked with preparing food for them.
Rover recalled Dai Yu's words at that time; he could choose a few people for his search mission and expedition.
To be honest, if asked to choose between going alone or in a group, he would prefer to go alone.
It's not that he didn't want to be with others, but he had a specific reason for that.
First, he couldn't guarantee the safety of his companions during this dangerous expedition. At the moment, he didn't know how many monsters and zombies were out there because he had been unconscious yesterday.
Furthermore, with the arrival of the snowstorm, the mission became even more perilous.
Imagine facing monsters and zombies with a weakened body due to extreme weather; it's certainly unlikely, right?
Therefore, he didn't want to undertake the mission with a group.
Another reason was that he wanted to minimize losses as much as possible.
Their current situation was not good, and if they did something that caused significant losses, it would certainly worsen the situation even more; Hence, it was better for him to go alone.
However, to realize this, it seemed a bit difficult.
While Rover was deep in thought, he suddenly heard the sound of heels approaching Roger's table in a hurry.
Rover instinctively turned around and looked at her with a confused expression.
'I have a bad feeling about this.'
Upon arriving, he could see a girl who looked to be around his age now standing in front of him.
"What's wrong, do you need something?" Rover asked the girl.
"Sorry to disturb your time, Mr. Rover." The girl apologized for her sudden arrival and quickly continued the conversation, "You are requested by Miss Dai Yu to come, Miss Dai Yu is already waiting outside the door."
Upon hearing the girl's words, Rover immediately nodded in acknowledgment of the information, "Alright, thank you for the information. I will go there."
After the girl left, Rover also bid farewell to the two of them and left the place.
In a dark and cold corridor, there was Dai Yu, who was watching the relentless snowstorm from the window.
It's unclear what she was thinking and seeing, but it seemed there was something complex on her mind.
While she was lost in thought, a voice sounded, making Dai Yu turn around to see Rover had arrived.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" she asked curiously.
However, instead of answering his question, Dai Yu turned away and immediately walked down to the lower floor.
Rover, confused and without any clues, could only follow her.
After a few moments of walking, they finally arrived at the basement, which was cluttered with cables from various directions, despite the spaciousness of the room.
"You know, our current condition is not good at all. There are many problems we have to face. But right now, there is one issue that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible."
"And that is electricity?" he guessed what would be discussed.
Dai Yu immediately stopped for a moment and turned to look at him.
"It seems you already understand this problem quite well," she said, turning back and continuing to walk.
Dai Yu continued, "Since that phenomenon occurred, it seems the electricity has experienced issues, making it unable to get power from the center. For the time being, we have to rely on this limited power supply. According to calculations, we only have two weeks before the electricity is completely cut off. So we need to find another alternative, which is to use thermoelectric and Peltier elements that use cold air as their source."
"I know the materials and tools needed to make it; you just need to find them and we can prevent this electrical problem," he said, handing over a piece of paper containing the necessary tools and materials.
Rover, who received it, tried to think of something with a complex expression.
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After that incident, 10 hours passed quickly. It was now 6 PM, indicating that night was approaching and the threat level would increase if one tried to go outside now.
In a corridor, a man appeared to be panicking while holding a piece of paper in his hand. He looked very anxious and was trying to get to the O.S.C.R., which was usually the place where the student council would hold meetings and also where Dai Yu often spent time.
Upon arriving, the man immediately slammed the door open, attracting the attention of those inside.
Dai Yu, who also noticed this, quickly became confused and called the man over while trying to calm him down.
After calming him down, she tried to find out what was happening.
"So, what's going on?" she said calmly, though it seemed to imply something more.
The man could only swallow hard and tried to speak.
"Earlier during dinner, I tried to call Mr. Rover, who was in the library. But after several calls, I tried to break in and found a piece of paper on the table," he said, handing the piece of paper to Dai Yu.
Dai Yu took it and tried to read it.
After a moment, Dai Yu could only suppress her frustration and turned to look at the window in front of her.
"That idiot, what was he thinking?"