The next day, Tang Li was woken by a knock on her door.
However, she didn't rush to open it.
Ruffling her messy hair, Tang Li first collected the ice that had completely melted into water and the dead mobile power bank in her bedroom back into her space.
Only then did she unhurriedly open her bedroom door.
Facing the door, she feigned dissatisfaction and shouted, "Who is it? Knocking on someone's door so early in the morning, can't a person sleep?"
A sharp, female voice came from outside the door, saying, "Sleep, sleep! All you do is sleep!"
"Someone on the lower floors has already drowned, and you still have the mood to sleep?"
"If you lived below the sixth floor, you would have been the first one to drown last night!"
Tang Li recognized the voice as the aunt who had criticized her for dressing provocatively last night.
"What's it to you? Get lost!"
Knowing it was her, Tang Li was even less polite and immediately cursed impatiently.
People like her only relied on the fact that social order hadn't completely collapsed yet.
If it were Tang Li's disposition from her previous life in the apocalypse, she would have already killed her with a single stab.
The aunt was also angered by Tang Li's words and immediately cursed back:
"You little brat, how dare you speak to me like that? Auntie is just concerned about you, how can you be so ungrateful? Do you speak to your mother like that too?"
"Even if your parents are dead and no one is there to discipline you, you shouldn't be so impolite! You're truly a disgrace to your deceased parents!" Quanshu.com
Hearing her incessant nagging, which also included her parents, a glint of killing intent flashed in Tang Li's eyes.
She also found it strange that in her previous life, after the flood receded, she hadn't seen this aunt when she returned.
How did she not drown in last night's flood?
Did something else happen here that she didn't know about, which led to her death?
Just as Tang Li was about to go out and teach her a lesson, another voice sounded from outside.
"Li Guilan, I asked you to come out to borrow blankets and food, why are you arguing with someone again?"
It was a rough male voice, speaking rather impolitely.
This voice, Tang Li remembered, belonged to Zhang Yan.
In her previous life, it was this Zhang Yan who returned her family's valuables, including the jade pendant that activated her space.
Upon hearing Zhang Yan's words, Aunt Li Guilan said with great grievance, "No, Old Zhang, it's this brat who cursed me first."
Zhang Yan retorted unceremoniously, "Alright, we've been neighbors for so many years, I know your character well."
"There's an unoccupied apartment on the 17th floor. Everyone has already broken the lock, and it has everything needed, like blankets and food. You should go up there quickly."
Hearing this, Li Guilan lost interest in continuing to curse Tang Li and quickly went upstairs to grab things.
Only then did Zhang Yan walk to Tang Li's door and say, "Little girl, I apologize for the disturbance."
"It's fine, just don't let her bother me next time."
Tang Li wasn't one to press her advantage unreasonably.
Currently, her combat strength was not yet strong enough, so there was no need to make an enemy of these people.
Then, Zhang Yan informed Tang Li about the situation outside.
As Tang Li had predicted, the floodwaters had risen from the 3rd floor to the 6th floor overnight.
Fortunately, many people were prepared this time, staying alert while sleeping and rushing upwards with their belongings as soon as the floodwaters rose.
Only an elderly couple living on the 5th floor, whether due to mobility issues or not hearing the shouts of others, did not flee upwards.
However, those who had been living on the 4th floor in the elevator lobby had their blankets and pillows, recently received from the rescue team, soaked by the sudden surge of floodwaters because they had been sleeping on the floor.
This time, when they tried to borrow from others again, it wasn't as smooth as before.
One reason was the behavior of Li Guilan in the corridor last night, and the other was that many people who hadn't had a chance to return the borrowed blankets had discarded them in the floodwaters.
Consequently, no one was willing to lend out their own blankets.
The residents on the lower floors, unable to borrow blankets, ultimately decided to find an unoccupied apartment on a higher floor, break into it, and move in.
In her previous life, they had chosen Tang Li's home.
In this life, because Tang Li was home, they chose a resident on the 17th floor.
After Zhang Yan left, Tang Li began her apocalypse life.
Her apocalypse life was very simple: staying at home, exercising in the morning, practicing combat skills in the afternoon, and then showering and sleeping at night.
It was monotonous, yet fulfilling.