The Rooftop Controversy
The midday sun was still bright, and on the streets, pedestrians hurried along, expressing their amazement at the unusual weather while walking briskly.
Gu Lin looked up at the sky, his thin lips slightly pursed, his eyes showing a hint of complexity, but not much.
Tomorrow is the time when the apocalypse will come completely.
It's hard to imagine that such a vigorous and middle-aged star would actually explode directly, affecting the entire solar system.
Perhaps that star has already exploded now, but because it's not close to the solar system, the light and effects of the explosion haven't reached Earth yet?
There was once an astronomy student who observed a small asteroid exploding just before graduation, which messed with people's minds.
His mentor added insult to injury: that asteroid exploded more than twenty years ago, it's just being observed now.
In the vast universe, the propagation of light also takes considerable time.
Soon, Gu Lin withdrew his gaze, got back into his car, and headed to the warehouse he rented.
Regardless of anything, he's just an ordinary person, incapable of reversing the fact of a star exploding, nor can he save everyone.
Being able to ensure Gu Xue's worry-free living in the apocalypse, he had fulfilled his duty as an elder brother.
He was worthy of his scientist parents who sacrificed themselves for the country.
Suppressing his thoughts, Gu Lin got out of the car and skillfully pulled out the key to open the warehouse door.
With a sweep of his spiritual power, confirming that there was no one inside and no surveillance, Gu Lin closed the door and went in.
Wherever he passed, the piled-up goods disappeared instantly and were thrown into the underground storage area of the space.
The little housekeeper had already activated the automatic sorting and organizing function, so the entire space was neat and tidy, and Gu Lin only needed to throw things in.
Admittedly, the things he already had in his space, plus the things Bai Weiwei helped him hoard, were already enough for him and Gu Xue to use for several lifetimes.
Especially with the Synthesis Platform, he could continuously produce any materials he wanted as long as there was energy.
He could even absorb the steel and concrete debris to exchange for food.
But the things in the warehouse were all bought with his money.
Gu Lin could manage to refrain from sweeping up life supplies after the apocalypse, leaving more hope for survival for other survivors.
But the things he spent money on were his, and there was no reason to abandon them here.
Originally, Gu Lin had indeed planned out a sweeping route.
From large shopping malls, underground supermarkets, fresh markets, canned food factories, to purified water plants... all the way to museums, suburban granaries, Gu Lin had deliberately connected them into a route.
He originally planned to sneak past during the apocalypse, after heavy snowfall sealed the city, and sweep these places clean.
But after the Synthesis Platform was activated in the space, Gu Lin decided to leave some resources for other survivors.
So he changed the route and planned to hoard other non-survival essential supplies.
As Gu Lin repeatedly contemplated the route marked on his map in his mind, considering whether to add or remove locations, his phone vibrated several times in a row.
After emptying his warehouse, Gu Lin frowned and opened his phone, glancing at the message prompts on it, his eyes suddenly becoming mocking.
"Zijing Garden Owners Group Chat."
This is the group chat he was pulled into after buying the house.
After joining, he didn't even change his own group nickname, and directly set the group chat messages to do not disturb.
Because in the previous life, he and Bai Weiwei welcomed the apocalypse in the villa and had also been in similar homeowner mutual assistance group chats.
The darkness and disgusting things in it... are better left unmentioned, as they affect the mood.
Gu Lin didn't exit this Zijing Garden homeowner group chat, which was already giving face to the property management.
After all, this place is different from the villa area, and there might be some notifications related to homeowners sent in it.
But the person who is currently tagging him like crazy doesn't seem to be from the property management?
["Building 7, Unit 2901, Song Yiran: @Building 7, Unit 3001, Gu,Top floor! Why did you install a door in the corridor outside your house?"]
["Building 7, Unit 2901, Song Yiran: We want to use the rooftop! Hurry up and open the door in the corridor. What's the point of locking it?"]
["Building 7, Unit 2803, Xu Jia: @Building 7, Unit 3001, Gu, Yeah, the rooftop belongs to everyone. Why did you install a door blocking everyone's way? Open the rooftop for everyone!"]
["Building 7, Unit 2902, Li Siqi: Exactly, what do you want to use the rooftop for?"]
Gu Lin sat in the driver's seat, looking at the smartphone screen with an indifferent gaze towards the commanding tone directed at him.
Who do these people think they are?
The layout of Zijing Garden is unique.
Apart from the top thirty floors being one apartment per floor, the twenty-ninth floor has one apartment per two floors.
After that, from the twenty-eighth floor to the twentieth floor, there are three apartments per floor, and below that are smaller apartment layouts.
The top floor of each building has only one household, with the largest area.
Gu Lin had not responded all along, just curious about who changed his group nickname?
Isn't this just purely reckless?
However, he still didn't respond, but those people didn't stop:
["Building 7, Unit 2901, Song Yiran: @Building 7, Unit 3001, Gu, can't you see? We bought smokeless coal and smokeless charcoal for our house. It's not a big deal to keep them inside, so open the door in the corridor. I want to go to the rooftop to put some coal!"]
With such a start, people in the group began to crazily tag Gu Lin, all with the reason of wanting to use the rooftop to store their own items.
After all, autumn has just arrived, and the weather has already turned so cold.
Even the discerning ones know that this year's winter will be unusually cold.
So, even though they live in high-rise buildings, buying a stove and preparing some smokeless coal and charcoal is a standard practice.
But storing coal in the house is not a good choice, so the idea naturally turned to the rooftop.
The rooftop was locked separately by the property management since the top floor of the thirtieth building was not sold, so they couldn't come up with this idea.
But now that the thirtieth floor has been sold, the rooftop is naturally accessible, and these people's minds have become active.
Some people who hadn't prepared coal and stoves also chimed in the group:
["Building 7, Unit 2702: I agree! If the rooftop door is opened, I'll also order some coal!"]
["Building 7, Unit 2601: I saw a coal delivery truck downstairs a few days ago? Did the residents of the thirtieth floor buy it and put it on the rooftop?"]
["Building 7, Unit 2901, Song Yiran: Don't interfere! This idea was mine. No one can take away my spot!"]
["Building 7, Unit 2803, Xu Jia: @Building 7, Unit 3001, Gu, stop pretending! Open the door in the corridor! The rooftop belongs to everyone, so why did you lock it and prevent us from going there?"]
The main entrance door of the building hasn't been opened yet, and these people are already trying to occupy space in advance.
It's ridiculous.
Gu Lin sneered, too lazy to type, and directly sent a voice message:
"Who told you that the rooftop belongs to everyone?"
With his response, the group exploded even more, accusing him one after another of being selfish for installing iron gates at the elevator and staircase leading to his own doorstep.
As if he were a notorious bandit, forcibly claiming territory.
Gu Lin couldn't be bothered with them, so he simply threw his phone aside and drove home.
Parking the car in the underground garage, Gu Lin pondered for a moment, took out a fuel can from the space, drained the fuel tank, and then took the elevator.
After the apocalypse, many people began to have crooked ideas and steal oil from other people's cars.
Tomorrow is the apocalypse, and he shouldn't go out today, so it's safer to drain the fuel directly.
Although Bai Weivi helped him stock up on a lot of oil, he still needs to be thrifty, right?
Until Gu Lin returned to his apartment, the condemnation in the group chat still didn't stop, but instead intensified.
Gu Lin paused in front of his own door, glanced at the staircase, and looked towards the rooftop from the hallway.
The rooftop door was still securely locked.
Even with the two iron gates in the hallway, Gu Lin still maintained the habit of locking the door easily.
After all, mutant beasts always come out from various corners.
Gu Lin's expression remained unchanged as he turned back to his own home.
Opening the homeowners' group chat, there were already many messages, but the property management showed no sign of intervening.
Gu Lin looked at the group members and immediately targeted the person from the property management, directly tagging them:
["Building 7, Unit 3001, Gu: @Property Management Huang, since you changed my group nickname, come out and take charge. Tell them, is the rooftop personally owned by me?"]
In the property management office, Huang's face turned bitter, trying to dodge the issue:
["Property Management Huang: Hello, homeowner. Regarding this issue, you can go to the property service center to confirm. I don't have any homeowner data here."]
["Property Management Huang: Regarding the group nickname issue, I apologize deeply to the homeowners. I thought you forgot to change it, so I helped you change it."]
What a property management that only knows how to beat around the bush.
Seemingly emboldened, the homeowners who clamored to have Gu Lin open the rooftop door and make it accessible to everyone became even more brazen, with some even starting to use foul language.
For a moment, what was once a peaceful homeowners' group chat became chaotic.