Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 204 - 204 The Haunted House

Chapter 204: Chapter 204: The Haunted House? Chapter 204 -204: The Haunted House? The issue Su Dai brought up was indeed the biggest problem facing the group at the moment.

Refugees arriving at the gates of the Xiangcheng base were selling their boats for supplies every day in pain, and this was not uncommon.

Without exception, the prices were exorbitantly high.

With their meager supplies, it was far from enough.

Apart from the boat, there was another problem: the temperature had been maintaining around one or two degrees for quite some time.

If there was a sudden plummet, a night of ice sealing thousands of miles and snow drifting over miles was not impossible.

Then the boat would also lose its transportation value.

Unless—

Thinking this, Sun Jingtao turned his head and glanced at Liu Xi, who had been thrown into the corner.

“Do you know the terrain around Xiangcheng well?”

Seeing himself useful again, Liu Xi’s originally dim and desperate expression suddenly brightened, and he nodded “uh-huh” twice.

Ye Qing walked up to him and reached out to remove the torn cloth from his mouth.

Liu Xi coughed several times, then nodded as if pounding garlic:

“Not only am I familiar with the surroundings, but I also know those mountain roads. If you choose to trust me, I can guide you—I really can!”

Sun Jingtao didn’t comment on his words but instead said, “Give us a brief, focus on the main points.”

Jiang Yan had already guessed what Sun Jingtao was probably planning to do, so she stood up:

“You keep asking, and I’ll go upstairs.”

Although they wouldn’t be setting out until the next morning, they didn’t actually have much time to prepare.

Plus, they had to be wary of being pursued at the last minute.

Splitting up at critical moments had become a habit for the group over time.

“Jiang Yan, it’s dark upstairs, so be careful,” Ye Qing glanced at her and cautioned.

Everyone thought she was going to the bathroom or something, and they didn’t ask further.

Jiang Yan said “okay” and went upstairs.

“Xiangcheng here has a very high terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides. If you guys want to…” Downstairs, Liu Xi, grasping at straws, started explaining rapidly to Sun Jingtao and the others.

Jiang Yan chose not to continue listening.

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She entered the room, locked the door, and with a thought, entered Space.

Outside was pitch black, but inside Space, the sunshine was bright and warm.

Jiang Yan found it a bit dazzling and unconsciously closed her eyes.

“Keh keh keh! Mom, I’m off to eat!”

Hua Bao, exhilarated to be back in Space, ran straight to his own room.

The rest of the gold had been left in his room.

“Okay.”

Once her eyes had adjusted to the light in Space, she took off her goggles and quickly headed towards the study in Apple Cabin.

She turned on the computer and quickly typed “Xiangcheng,” pulling up the offline encyclopedic information and satellite maps.

Jiang Yan skimmed through the information rapidly and roughly formed an idea.

As Liu Xi had said, Xiangcheng was surrounded by mountains on three sides.

But its extensive transportation network wasn’t blocked by these mountains.

Instead, there were many mountain roads, tunnels, and so on.

And along the way, there were also many coal mines, factories, temples, mountain villages, and small towns.

Whether these places had experienced other natural disasters was unknown, but at least according to altitude, they hadn’t been flooded for the time being.

If the temperature continued to drop, it was clear that traveling by land would be much better, and safer, than by water.

They could also take the opportunity to collect some coal into Space.

Thinking this way, Jiang Yan made up her mind.

She stood up and looked at her bright and spacious study, and herself about to be marinated in flavors, and suddenly had a moment where she didn’t want to leave.

She really wanted to sit leisurely by the pool under a sunshade, drinking afternoon tea.

She also wanted to lie in the jacuzzi, taking a steamy herbal bath.

She even more so wanted to sleep in on her five-meter-wide bed, waking up naturally, rather than living like a refugee as she was now…

And all sorts of delicious food…

Thinking of food, Jiang Yan subconsciously swallowed.

But in the end, reason overcame emotion.

Jiang Yan took a deep breath, and with a thought, returned to the dark and cold reality.

Downstairs, Liu Xi’s mouth had been gagged again.

The curtains in the living room were all drawn, and Su Dai had lit a white candle.

It was one of the few lighting devices she had left.

Her alcohol stove was still in her luggage bag, though the alcohol was long gone.

In the dim light, Sun Jingtao was holding a crumpled piece of paper, drawing something with a half-pencil that looked terribly sad.

Ye Qing and Scar-faced were nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Yan guessed that the latter had probably gone to meet his maker.

A man as bad as that deserved to die.

“Where’s Ye Qing?” she asked as she came down the stairs.

“He went to the backyard to bury someone—” Su Dai quickly replied, then subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand.

She was a bit surprised; how could such a terrifying matter come out of her mouth so casually?

It seemed that the apocalypse changed people in subtle ways.

Would she eventually become like Xiao Ye and the others, killing without blinking an eye…

Jiang Yan didn’t notice her subtle expression but approached the table and asked,

“What are you drawing?”

“A map. After listening to Liu Xi’s words, we’ve decided to take the land route. Wait a minute, let me organize my thoughts. When Xiao Ye comes in, I’ll talk to you all about it, and we can also hear your opinions.”

“Aren’t you afraid he’s making things up?” Jiang Yan glanced at Liu Xi.

Sun Jingtao put down his pen and smiled:

“Not afraid. I’ve actually been here before, but I wanted to confirm it with him. After all, with the natural disasters, the changes in the city must be significant. Luckily, this guy is relatively honest and did say some solid things.”

Jiang Yan “oh?” voiced.

When Song Qian was around before, Sun Jingtao and the others never mentioned that he had been to this city.

It seemed they were also on guard against Song Qian.

Soon after, Ye Qing came in, sweating profusely.

The black haze lay on his damp forehead, forming a dark layer.

He was still holding an entrenching shovel.

The kind that could be assembled and disassembled.

The blade was stained with bloodied soil, carrying a stench.

A gust of wind blew, and the candlelight flickered for a moment.

In the empty room, the shadows of the few people began to sway on the walls.

Ye Qing’s figure, burly and with an entrenching shovel in hand, was the most noticeable.

And the most sinister.

“Are we living in a haunted house now?” Su Dai suddenly shrank her eyes and grabbed Jiang Yan by the side.

Initially, Jiang Yan didn’t think much of it, but when Su Dai grabbed her arm, her muscles reflexively tensed.

It felt like going to a horror movie, not getting scared by the film itself but being startled by the person next to you screaming.

Seeing this, Ye Qing curled his lips, joking:

“It’s okay, there’s no TV in the living room, so Sadako won’t come out.”

With that said, the air in the room seemed to grow colder.

Su Dai felt a chill down her back, feeling even more creeped out.

Jiang Yan also couldn’t help but take in a cold breath.

Outside in the yard, there were bloodstains on the ground and the walls.

The backyard contained the buried remains of several corpses, as well as Mutated Giant Rats.

If one thought about it, this house was indeed quite haunted and terrifying.