Chapter 206 - 206 - The Reservoir

Yue dazedly glanced at the ceiling. An arm wrapped around him tightly and securely held him close. He peered at Fan Xui with a small smile.

During his past life, he always used to wonder why people had lovers during an apocalypse. Finding food was a hassle, even living was hard... but everyone.. everyone he met had a lover.

Male, female... they did not care. They just wanted someone with them.

He used to think it was because they felt lonely. But now he understood.

Lovemaking kept their mind busy and in a dazed state.

It had been a day since they had rushed into the room. They did not have dinner, lunch or breakfast.. all they ever did was 'that'.

He pinched Fan Xui's ears slightly. "You are a beast in bed. My back is sore and I don't think I can even walk on my own..."

Fan Xui mumbled in his sleep and nuzzled into his palm.

"But you're cute, I'll excuse that..."

He gently removed his hand off of him and sat up. a burning pain spread from his backside all over to the tip of his toes. "hiss...."

Taking a deep breath, he stood up and slowly walked over to the bathroom. His hair was a mess, and he was pretty sure there was cum in there.

Glancing at the mirror he silently gasped. His whole body was covered in red and blue spots. Even his backside was filled with hickies. He gingerly touched one of them. It was slightly sore and tingly.

"Fan Xui really did a number on me." he opened the door and glared at him. His lover was sleeping like a little baby with his mouth slightly opened. "You can't coax me with your handsome face, mister. What is this? are you trying to draw on my body with hickies? I can barely see my skin anywhere..."

Zou Yue swiftly threw on a shirt before he went to wash his hair.

He opened the tap as he untangled his hair with his finger. the tap let out a small hissing sound but nothing came out of it. "Water.. why is there no water..."

He tapped on it slightly. Still nothing…

"What's going on?" he came out tying up his hair.

G city base always had water. It was a new situation even to him.

"Oh, the taps went dry yesterday." A familiar voice said from somewhere in the room.

Startled, Yue glanced around. "Who is it?/"

There was a small knock on the walls. "It's Prisitsky,"

Yue moved close to the wooden wall with a small frown. "You can hear me?"

"Yeah, I can. You must know, Yue, this wall is just an 8 mm plywood. I can hear everything."

Yue's face went a flaming shade of red. "Did you... hear... everything?"

"yep, not a happy experience on my part." He said from the other side.

"Fuck...."

"yeah that you both did. Geez, for an entire day? Did you guys not rest at all?"

Yue was mortified by the reality. He should have known. This room was an extension of Prisitsky's lab that was modified into a wardroom. He completely forgot about it. "I'm sorry for the disturbance,'

"it's okay.... I got used to it. anyway, I was talking about water right. The supply has stopped. Your uncle and the other generals are having a talk as we speak," Prisitsky said from the other side.

Yue slightly sighed. "Thanks Prisitsky and sorry again," he hurriedly wore his pants. "Oh when Fan wakes up, can you let him know I'm going out?"

"Sure,"

Even so, Zou Yue left a small note by the bedside for his lover.

He gently kissed his forehead and left the room.

Having no water supply was a very very bad thing. Water contamination was okay because Qian or Prisitsky would have found a way to reverse its effects.

But what will they do when they have no water at all?

The settlement will fall into chaos.

'This has not happened before.... I have heard no one mentioning a water shortage. Is this a butterfly effect?'

His thoughts were fully filled with this thing as he ran to Hary's room. the room was empty.

"He must have gone to the meeting." He hurriedly ran to his uncle's room and waited out. he could hear subtle voices coming from inside. Yue curiously placed his head on the door and listened in their conversation.

"The reservoir... there must be a problem there. The main pipelines were all checked. There was no problem there. The plant near the reservoir must be the cause of this," one of the generals said.

"Are you sure it's not a blockage in our pipelines?" his uncle said.

"We sent out a probe into our pipeline. Everything is clean. The water supply from the reservoir must have stopped or there must be a problem at the dam. We need to get it checked wen. You said your son developed a way to purify water, right? but what can we do without a water supply?" 

"I'll have a team sent out."

"The plant is hydro-powered. There is no way it would have just stopped accidentally. We must also have a mechanic as well. If there are any problems they can repair it and come back," another person added. It sounded like Hary's voice.

"It's too risky. The repair might take a long time. You are asking our soldiers to camp out there with all those zombies and mutated animals..." his uncle said in a gruff tone

"It's the risk we must take Wen. And also I have been noticing some smoke in the city. There are more survivors out there. Would it be possible to send out a search and rescue team?"

"We are low on people right now. Ability users are not that powerful.. we should first concentrate on the reservoir issue,"

Yue's heart started to pound loudly. They were talking about the reservoir up the river. He had traveled past this rover once when he was traveling from h city to g. It runs between two major cities and most of the water is supplied from the reservoir uphill.

The plant is hydro-powered and fully machine-operated.

"What must have gone wrong? Was it the mutated fishes? There must be a reason the plant stopped sending in water...'

"Yue? What are you doing out here?" Tian silently appeared beside him.

Startled, Yue moved away from the door. "oh I came to meet uncle..they are in the middle of a meeting..."

Tian looked at him up and down with her eyes wide open. "Fan Xui, that bastard...come with me," she hurriedly pulled him away to the supply closet. "You have jizz in your hair." She squeezed out some rubbing alcohol on a rag and wiped at his hair roughly. "Thank god you didn't go in there. You look like shit. Did you at least towel yourself?"

"Sorry... I came in a hurry."

"I head they are sending out a team to repair the reservoir....."

"Yes they are going to send out a team to look into it." Tian paused, peering into his eyes with a small glare. "You can't go,"

"But I have to! You don't understand Tian, that river is super dangerous. I don't think people know about the things that live under those deep waters. If the team fails, we will not have water for a long time and.... people will start to riot,"

Tian just stood in front of him with a disappointed look. "You like going out there, don't you? Did you get addicted to violence?"

He refused to meet her eyes. Partially she was right. He did like going out there. Back then he was stuck inside the settlement for a long time. He just wanted to go out there and improve himself.

"Yue, look at me. It is very dangerous. The last time we escaped by a fucking chance! I can't let you go there."

Yue pouted, holding her hands. "Tian, this has to be done. It's not going to be that bad. It is just the start of the second wave. This will give us a chance to explore the plants and mutated animals out there. Some of them can really be of help to us."

"You almost died! No, you fucking died Yue! H-how... how do you expect me to send you out there again? I don't want to....see you in that state again....Yue... I won't let you go..." her hands started to shiver ever so slightly.

Zou Yue hugged her tightly. Her whole body was stiff and cold to touch. 'Fuck... I didn't realize.. I think Tian might be traumatized by my accident last time...'

"Tian, look at me. I'm alive. I won't die any time soon."

"Liar... you lie all the time..." she said in a weird time. Looking up, he found tears dripping down her cheeks. Yue was shell-shocked. 

"Yue... I won't allow you to go out there again...I won't…. I will go. I will sort it out..."

"Great, we both can go,"

"Yue..."

"Tian... I can't lose the chance to get stronger. Plus, I will take Trexa with me this time. She can heal my wounds instantly. It's not that risky... please..."

"Trexa has been asleep for a long time.. How can you take her…." Tian looked hesitantly at him. "Fine... fuck I won't fall for your cute begging anymore. This is the last time we are leaving. Got it?"

"Got it!"