Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 210 - Ye Qing Keep It Safe
Chapter 210: Chapter 210 Ye Qing, Keep It Safe
Chapter 210 -210 Ye Qing, Keep It Safe
When Jiang Yan entered the room, Sun Jingtao was standing on a solid wood chair, looking out through a fan vent in the wall with a telescope in hand.
Outside, flames reached the sky, and the deafening sound of gunfire indicated that the battle was intense.
Those mutated rats, as if completely undeterred by the firepower, continued to swarm in in droves.
It seemed that the convoy was near the shopping mall, which is why the bombs were dropped some distance from their location, but the dust still cascaded down from the roof.
“Jiang Yan, have you guys come down?” Su Dai, who was holding the back of the chair, turned her head around.
“Yes.” Jiang Yan nodded and quickly scanned the room.
This was a blind box shop of less than ten square meters.
While the restaurant, clothing store, supermarket, and the like had been looted, this place remained intact.
However, the shelves were also covered in black dust.
There was no sign of Song Qian.
Jiang Yan: “Where’s Song Qian?”
Su Dai shook her head, “I don’t know, he and Kong Wu left together just a moment ago.”
“Brother Song went to the first floor to scout for conditions. He said if he found a relatively safe place, he would have us move there immediately,” Kong Wu said.
Su Dai was somewhat puzzled, “Moving to the first floor is more dangerous, isn’t it? Those mutated rats, with their sharp teeth, are ferociously aggressive. No wonder the one in our backyard had its teeth and claws pulled out; it really was quite frightening.”
Jiang Yan didn’t say anything, quickly pondering in her mind.
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The first floor was indeed the closest to the battlefield and closest to the mutated rats.
But if the military were to drop bombs in this area later on, then this building would likely provide a burial place for a few people.
Of the two bad options, choose the lesser evil.
Moving to the first floor was indeed a better choice.
This showed that Song Qian was quite meticulous in his actions.
Additionally, there was another issue that she had just realized, but everyone else seemed to overlook.
“So many rats emerging en masse from their burrows, could it be—” Jiang Yan purposely trailed off.
“It must be related to the pregnant mother rat that escaped from the laboratory, right?!” Su Dai exclaimed, and then suddenly cried out:
“My God! Could it be that an earthquake is going to hit Xiangcheng, too?!”
Upon hearing this, everyone took a sharp breath.
Indeed, due to the pregnant mother rat that had escaped from Dr. Xue’s laboratory, everyone had some preconceived ideas.
They all thought that the sudden emergence of rats from their burrows was related to some conspiracy theory.
But what was overlooked was the essence of bizarre animal behavior.
Although not necessarily accurate, other cities had indeed experienced earthquakes before.
Xiangcheng was probably not going to be an exception.
As these words settled, the door was pushed open with a “creak,” and Song Qian stood anxiously at the entrance, urging them:
“I found a shop that is defensible and offensive. Hurry up and go!”
Given the possibility of an earthquake, everyone didn’t dare to delay any longer and hurriedly picked up their luggage to leave the shop in single file.
Jiang Yan intentionally walked last.
Her fingertips glided over the shelves, collecting all the blind boxes hidden by the black ash into Space.
Unboxing blind boxes was one of her favorite activities before the apocalypse.
The others left in haste and the lighting was dim, so naturally, no one was aware of what she had done.
They had only just reached the first floor when the smell of gunpowder, blood, burning, body odor, and all sorts of strange odors hit their noses.
Even though they wore masks, everyone instinctively slowed their breathing.
The shop Song Qian had found was a restaurant facing away from the main battlefield.
The restaurant’s back door led to the inside of the shopping mall.
Not far from the main entrance outside was the mall’s open-air parking lot.
There was no sight of cars, nor any trace of rats.
If there were an earthquake, rushing out might offer a slim chance of survival.
Before long, the gunfire from the other side of the mall began to die down.
“Tat-tat-tat—”
Two helicopters flew over the parking lot above.
“Honey, it’s quiet now. Have the rats all been exterminated?” Su Dai tugged at Sun Jingtao’s sleeve.
She had only heard some descriptions of the scene outside from Sun Jingtao.
Most of them were about the rat’s large size and their sharp claws and teeth.
She had no concept of the number of rats and even felt that the base deploying combat aircraft and tanks to bombard them was a bit like using anti-aircraft guns to hit mosquitoes.
But Ye Qing and Jiang Yan knew a little more.
Sun Jingtao pondered for a second before responding, “It could also be that they’ve run out of ammunition.”
If there were any important convoys below, and they had ammunition, they would definitely be escorted overhead.
They wouldn’t just leave abruptly like that.
Su Dai looked stunned, and a faint sense of despair began to rise in her heart.
Rat swarms, thick fog, and the possible looming earthquake.
Did they even have a chance to keep living?
“I suggest we take turns watching the door. The rest of us should take this opportunity to rest a bit,” Jiang Yan said, reaching into her backpack—or rather, pulling out a bottle of mineral water from thin air—and handed it to everyone.
Song Qian and the others weren’t fussed, saying a quick “Thank you” as they took it.
They had been on the move and up and down repeatedly, and to be honest, they were indeed tired.
Fortunately, Jiang Yan and a few others had already eaten dinner at home earlier.
It was a small blessing amidst the misfortune.
Though everyone was thirsty, they knew the value of water resources.
When it was their turn, each person carefully took only a small sip.
By the time the bottle got back to Jiang Yan’s hands, there was still more than half a bottle left.
“You guys rest; I’ll go watch for now,” Ye Qing volunteered, getting up first.
Plans cannot keep up with changes.
It was now unrealistic to evacuate overnight.
If no rats came and no earthquake occurred, then they would just try to survive until morning.
But if rats did come, the shop Song Qian had chosen would be much easier to defend—with walls on three sides, they only needed to attack and defend from one direction.
However, besides Jiang Yan, the others, even with weapons, had a limited supply of bullets.
This was a problem.
After a while, it was still silent outside.
This kind of silence somehow made people feel it was not normal.
“I’ll go upstairs to have a look, I’ll be back quickly,” Jiang Yan said, getting up.
Su Dai was still a bit puzzled.
With the dark haze outside, even Sun Jingtao could only occasionally glimpse some furry scenes amidst the flames through the telescope.
What could Jiang Yan see? She didn’t have fiery eyes and golden pupils.
But she didn’t want to ask any more questions.
Jiang Yan had her reasons for doing so.
“Jiang Yan, I’ll go with you,” Song Qian said, standing up.
Jiang Yan shook her head, “No need, I’ll be quick. If the rats come, it’s better for you to have more people here to counterattack.”
What she said made sense, and Song Qian had nothing further to argue.
As for Sun Jingtao and the others, they believed in Jiang Yan’s capabilities.
Since she didn’t want someone to follow, they wouldn’t follow.
But then they saw Jiang Yan approach the back door, suddenly pause, and turn around, “Ye Qing.”
“Yes?” Ye Qing quickly walked over to her.
“Hold onto this.”
Jiang Yan opened her backpack and took out a black cloth bag from inside, handing it to Ye Qing.
