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Chapter 20 Leaving

Harry was both excited and a little regretful.

With his increased strength, Harry now had some confidence. Even if he encountered the one-eyed toad again, he could fight it without relying on the terrain. Continuing to stay here was no longer meaningful. He finally decided to leave early tomorrow morning to find other survivors and a way out.

Having made up his mind, Harry found it difficult to fall asleep. He lay on the sofa, eyes open in the dark. It was already past three in the morning, and there were still two or three hours until dawn. He decided to leave as soon as it was light.

Although there were several corpses piled up in the living room, there were no corpse beasts around.

Not wanting to waste time, Harry got up and found various clothes and bed sheets from the cabinet. He cut the clothes and bed sheets he didn't plan to take with him into long strips with scissors and began weaving ropes.

He had already woven quite a few ropes before, but he felt they were not enough. He decided to weave more ropes while he still had some time.

By the time the sky began to brighten, Harry had woven a large amount of ropes and stacked them on the sofa. He then took a hammer and went to the living room, where he began smashing the window frames of the balcony with the hammer.

He decided to directly put the wooden raft into the water from the balcony window. The raft was relatively wide, and these window frames blocked it, so he had to break them.

With Harry's current strength, he easily smashed each obstructive window frame. He stopped only after making sure that the raft could pass through and returned to the bedroom to move the raft, which was made up of two wooden doors pieced together, to the living room.

Then he removed the last wooden door in the house, the one in the bedroom.

He had too many things to take with him, but the two wooden doors were too small. Harry decided to make the raft bigger. The larger the area, the more stable it would be on the water and the safer it would be.

Even with three doors combined, Harry was still not satisfied. He opened the anti-theft door and entered the house at the end of the corridor, where a young couple used to live. He took two more wooden doors.

With five wooden doors combined, Harry was finally satisfied. He then used iron nails to nail a large number of wooden boards horizontally onto the five wooden doors, and then used the ropes he had woven the previous night to wrap and tie them together to make it as sturdy as possible.

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After a full hour of work, Harry wiped the sweat from his forehead and showed a satisfied expression.

Although this wooden raft could not compare to a real ship, it seemed sturdy enough for now. At least it wouldn't fall apart easily. If he could find more iron nails or wires, he could continue to reinforce it.

All the iron nails he had collected before had been used up.

Then Harry boiled some water, tore open the last bucket of instant noodles, added a sausage, and soaked them in the water.

He decided to have a good breakfast and then start leaving here.

He left the unused tap water in the basin, brushed his teeth, washed his face and hands, wiped his body, and changed into a clean set of clothes, making himself look more refreshed.

No one knew what would happen during this journey. Harry couldn't predict it either. Looking at this house he had lived in for over a year, he felt an indescribable sense of attachment in his heart.

After finishing his noodles, Harry took a deep breath and lifted the wooden raft from the ground.

This raft made up of five wooden doors and a large number of wooden boards was not light at all. Fortunately, Harry was now full of strength. An ordinary person would not be able to lift it.

Harry lifted it easily and extended it outwards from the balcony towards the water, slowly moving it until he pushed it and the raft slid out of the balcony, splashing into the water.

Standing at the balcony, Harry watched as the raft floated stably on the water. He was satisfied with the thick rope he prepared for the raft, which had three bricks tied to the end as a makeshift anchor.

He tightened the rope, securing the raft close to the balcony, and tied it to the handle of the anti-theft door. Then, he began moving things.

First, he carefully moved the storage box filled with iced water to the edge of the balcony and placed it on the raft. It was heavy, causing the raft to sink slightly on one side, but it wasn't too extreme.

"I'm glad I used five wooden doors to reinforce it. Otherwise, it would have been troublesome," Harry thought happily. He got on the raft and moved the storage box to the center, securing it tightly with the rope.

He repeated the process, taking out travel backpacks filled with various items from the bedroom and living room, along with some food, clothing, and extra rope. Seeing the raft still spacious, he also brought a can of liquefied gas, stove, kettle, and other supplies, tightly securing them to the raft.

He found a suitable wooden board and attached it to a clothes hanger, using it as an oar.

As for the one-eyed frog's corpse, Harry didn't dare to eat it because it had been partially eaten by corpse beasts. He had to abandon it.

After untying the rope from the anti-theft door handle, Harry took one last look at the living room and pushed the raft away from the balcony, causing a splash and starting to drift away.

The raft was heavily loaded and not like a boat, sinking deeply into the water, soaking Harry's shoes and socks. But he had done his best; he couldn't build a boat.

"Good thing I don't get seasick," Harry thought to himself as he paddled with his handmade oar, observing the raft's movement and slowly figuring out how to steer it. Finally, it began to move towards his first destination, another nearby thirty-story building with only the top floor visible above the water, about forty to fifty meters away.

Harry paddled cautiously, carrying a knife and hammer with him and remaining alert to his surroundings.