Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1220: Chapter 1219: No Time to Lose

The neighborhood environment is quite serene, the greenery is nice, there aren’t any conspicuous facilities, but it looks very comfortable.

Zhao Shuai brought Jiang Cheng to his place, ”Jiang, come on in, I knew you were coming, so I tidied up the room in advance,” Zhao Shuai boasted with a smirk, looking for praise, which made Jiang Cheng find it quite amusing.

Zhao Shuai’s place is a simple duplex residence, the decor is rather simple, but it’s not as messy as Jiang Cheng imagined, it actually looks quite tidy, ”Jiang, do you want to check out your room?” Zhao Shuai led Jiang Cheng upstairs, ”You’ll be right next to me, how about that?” Zhao Shuai enthusiastically led Jiang Cheng to a room upstairs, where Jiang Cheng saw a big bed, a computer, and other things, the decoration was simple and elegant, ”Hmm, I like it a lot.” Jiang Cheng was quite satisfied with the room.

Haha, I knew you’d like it, treat this place as your home from now on. Let’s go, I’ll show you my room,” Zhao Shuai said as he led Jiang Cheng to the next room.

As soon as they entered, Jiang Cheng saw a big bed and thought Zhao Shuai really likes big beds, quite knows how to enjoy life, Zhao Shuai’s room wasn’t anything special, he likes boxing, like some boys, there were a few sandbags in the room. Jiang Cheng walked over to look and saw they didn’t seem new, ”Didn’t expect you to like boxing.” Jiang Cheng laughed, ”Jiang, don’t tease me,” Zhao Shuai pouted, sitting on a small sofa on the side, ”I’ve loved boxing since I was a kid, but my dad insisted I study science and hoped I’d become a scientist, but turns out I don’t have the brains for it,” Zhao Shuai said, looking at the sandbags beside him, ”I just want to be a boxer, but I know I can’t fulfill that dream either.”

Jiang Cheng had never seen Zhao Shuai so despondent, ”You can’t be a scientist not because of your intelligence, but because you don’t want to be one. Everyone needs to do what they love to be motivated, right? Just do what you want to do.” Jiang Cheng sat beside Zhao Shuai and said to him.

Hey, no problem, Jiang, let’s go, tonight I’ll show you my cooking skills,” Zhao Shuai brushed off his previous dejection and winked at Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng found this side of Zhao Shuai quite overwhelming, he never expected Zhao Shuai’s cooking to be this good. After dinner, Zhao Shuai turned on the TV, which was really large and the screen was almost dizzying for Jiang Cheng.

But then Zhao Shuai realized the TV screen was black, ”Hey, what’s up with the TV?” Zhao Shuai was puzzled.

”Is there no signal?” Jiang Cheng asked, not paying much attention.

Zhao Shuai fiddled with the remote for a while, but the TV still wouldn’t work, restarting didn’t help either,

”Well, I guess the TV is broken,” Zhao Shuai said, a little regretfully, as he picked up his phone, and was surprised, ”Hey, Jiang, my phone won’t turn on either.”

Jiang Cheng immediately took out his phone and found it was like it was turned off, completely unresponsive.

”Could it be out of battery? What’s happening now?” Zhao Shuai was astonished, as he went to the bedroom to get an iPad, ”This is bad, Jiang, things aren’t right, none of the electronic devices are working,” Zhao Shuai said, looking at Jiang Cheng. ”I noticed too, don’t move, let me check.” Jiang Cheng was a bit panicked, it seemed like the last virus again. He took out his computer from the Jiezhi Bracelet and found it could be used, just like before, which meant the stuff he brought could work, but not what’s here. Jiang Cheng had never encountered such a situation before.

”Zhao Shuai, don’t panic. Do you know where your country’s Central Network Control Room is?”

”Central Network Control Room?” Zhao Shuai scratched his head in confusion, ”I don’t know, but my dad would definitely know.”

”Then let’s go find your dad right now, there’s no time to lose, let’s go.”

Jiang Cheng knew that electronics nationwide were probably down now, and the entire nation was plunging into a state without any communication networks.

”Let’s go quickly, I’ll take you there.”

Zhao Shuai took Jiang Cheng to the car, ”But at this moment, my dad seems to be in a meeting, and without a working phone we can’t contact him, so we’ll have to go find him directly,” Jiang Cheng said.

Walking down the street, Zhao Shuai and Jiang Cheng saw the electronic signs on shop fronts along the street, and mall advertisements were all dark. If not for the streetlights, they would really think there was a power outage.

Jiang Cheng was quite worried, it seemed his guess was correct, the entire communications network in the Imperial Capital was paralyzed. Now it was definitely trickier than the situation previously at the Imperial Capital Science Academy. Jiang Cheng looked at the dim night outside and felt the Imperial Capital was destined for an uneasy night.

Zhao Shuai took Jiang Cheng to the Imperial Conference Hall, Jiang Cheng looked at the building, a six-story one that was still lit up at this time, ”We probably can’t get in, we’ll have to wait outside since the security won’t let us enter,” Zhao Shuai said.

”I know, we’ll wait here.” Jiang Cheng said.

”Jiang, you don’t know, my mom passed away early, my dad’s busy, and he only spends a few days with me every year. Now that I’ve grown up, I can see him during some national events. When I was younger, I basically grew up alone, often waiting for my dad to come out from this conference hall. Sometimes I’d wait until I fell asleep, and the next day I’d wake up at home still alone. So I rarely saw my dad, I used to blame him a lot, but one day, I was waiting like usual and fell asleep, but then I suddenly woke up and saw it was my dad carrying me home. That’s when I knew he was always the one who quietly carried me back home every night,” Zhao Shuai said, his eyes getting misty.

Jiang Cheng patted Zhao Shuai’s shoulder, ”As long as you understand your dad.”

Zhao Shuai wiped his eyes, ”Hey, why am I telling you this,” Zhao Shuai laughed.

A little while later, their dad came out of the conference hall. Zhao Shuai and Jiang Cheng got out of the car and walked over to him.

”Dad”

Their dad was surprised to see Zhao Shuai and Jiang Cheng, ”Hey? What brings you guys here. Jiang, has Shuai dragged you into something again? Hahaha.”

The leader laughed, looking utterly unaware.

Jiang Cheng saw the leader like this and breathed a sigh of relief, knowing at least the leader was diligent and conscientious.

”Dad, you’ve probably been in meetings all this time, so you don’t know that the communications network has crashed,” Zhao Shuai said with urgency.

The leader was surprised, took out his phone to check, and saw Zhao Shuai was right.

A while later, a few people came out of the conference hall, Jiang Cheng saw they were of similar age to the leader, ”Leader, do you know? The network communications are all down,” one of the men anxiously said,

The others were also worried, ”Yeah, what do we do now, what’s going on.”