Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies - Chapter 70

Chapter 70: Hunting for supplies

After an hour,

Bai Zhan parked the rubber boat at the remote corner of one of the largest malls in the city.

The mall that was always filled with hustle and bustle, with lights glittering, was now shrouded in darkness.

“Stay here,” Bai Meiyue told Bai Jixuan and then she climbed inside the mall with Bai Zhan following after her. Lei Yan and Lu Yu followed them as well, while Lu Yin looked a bit hesitant but she still gritted her teeth and followed the rest of the group. There was no other way; though Lei Yan had enough supplies of personal hygiene, Lu Yin didn’t!

She could follow the group and look for the things that she wanted.

Because not many people came to get supplies, the mall was eerily quiet.

“We are going to separate here,” Bai Meiyue told the rest of the group.

After she finished speaking, she handed the torches to Lei Yan and her group.

Lei Yan was really scared of the darkness that was shrouding the mall and she turned to look at Bai Meiyue before saying to her, “Sister, why don’t we go together?”

“No, I can’t come with you all the time, so you might as well get used to this,” said Bai Meiyue, as she did not want to coddle Lei Yan too much. “For now, you can simply scout this floor and get as many supplies as possible. As for the rest, tell me; I will bring them for you.”

More importantly, she was looking for something that she could use to barter the safety pods. She could not take Lei Yan with her.

Hearing Bai Meiyue’s refusal, Lei Yan didn’t insist; she simply told Bai Meiyue what she wanted. “I want some brown sugar, vegetables, and a set of new clothes. We didn’t have the chance to stock up on these things. I think the weather is about to turn cold, Miss Bai. but we don’t have enough warm clothes at home, so if you don’t mind, can you bring them for me?”

Bai Meiyue nodded before turning on her feet and then walked past their group without looking at Lu Yin and Lu Yu. Though she was kind, her kindness was not charitable. She was not going to pay attention to someone who obviously wanted to go against her.

She reached the foot of the stairs and then handed Bai Zhan the second space pocket that she had exchanged after exchanging some bottles of chilli oil.

“Here, try to stock up as much as you can in this pouch,” she had turned the setting of the space pocket into that of a pouch such that it resembled one. “It can store as many things as possible,” she paused and added, “This is a newly developed thing, so try to hide it from others.”

She didn’t care if her brother doubted her words, as this was not the time to worry about such things.

Bai Zhan indeed had his suspicions but he didn’t say anything and nodded before running to a corner.

Bai Meiyue watched her brother go and heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that her brother did not ask her anything. She then turned to look at the stairs beside the elevator before climbing up slowly.

She took out a dagger from her space pocket and looked up at the staircase.

Even though she didn’t hear anything, Bai Meiyue had been trained to not let her guard down in places like these; thus, she was rather careful.

If the floor beneath this one was selling raw groceries, then she could guess that the floor above this one must be selling snacks and drinks. If her guess was correct, then there must be someone hiding there.

No sooner did she finish thinking than someone launched an attack on her.

Bai Meiyue dodged the attack and then swiftly kicked the man away from her. She noticed an axe in the hands of the man and heaved a sigh; fortunately, she was paying attention or else it would be too late to regret.

“You bitch, you really don’t know when to stop—argh!!!” The man screamed when the water that was resting under his feet rose in the air and took the form of a giant spear.

Before the man could even understand what was going on, the spear pierced through his chest and headed straight to the corner where the others were hiding.

“Ah! Monster!”

“Get away from here!”

The three men charged at Bai Meiyue as if they did not see what she did to the one who attacked her.

Bai Meiyue narrowed her eyes and ducked before using the dagger to slice down the throat of the man who was charging at her with a fire extinguisher while killing the other two with the help of her water spear.

Once she was done, she looked down at the four corpses and clicked her tongue. She summoned a water funnel and let the corpses turn into minced pies of human flesh; she didn’t want them to turn into zombies and come looking for revenge.

Bai Meiyue patted her hands and was about to look for what was left on the second floor when there was a low thump. Startled, she turned to look at the small closet that was sitting in the corner of the floor.

She narrowed her eyes and walked over to the closet before pulling it open.

A young woman who was tied with a smelly sock stuffed in her mouth fell down on the floor and looked up at Bai Meiyue with tears in her eyes.

Seeing the young woman plead to her silently, Bai Meiyue felt her eyes twitch. Originally, she wanted to ignore the woman and leave her to her fate; after all, she had been attacked by many of the victims and captives in her past life.

Bai Meiyue had learnt her lesson but when she saw those familiar eyes which resembled Shen Zhen’s, she crouched down and pulled out the sock from the mouth of the young woman and untied her ropes, but before untying the ropes, she didn’t forget to threaten the woman.

“If you dare to attack me, I will break your neck, do you understand?”