Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! - Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Cold Wave Migration
Behind the computer monitor, using the security cameras, Lu Nanzhi and the others observed the situation inside the building.

There were nine security cameras, two on the 21st floor, by the staircase and in the hallway.

One upstairs and one downstairs, one in the emergency exit, another one in the main entrance in the first floor, one in the parking lot and the last one is in the back entrance.

The first floor to the fifth floor was already compromised according to Bingwen and Hei Qian.

The one they’re looking at is the cameras in main’s and back’s entrances.

It was good that the emergency exit staircase is not swarmed by rats yet.

In Nanzhi’s perspective, it was full of floating prompts.

[Tier 0 Black Rat]

[Tier 1 Black Rat]

It’s mostly these. Nanzhi tried to find Tier 2 but there aren’t any.

The highest rank was a Tier 1 Early Stage scouring the first floor.

Some of the rats were caught up in the Lin Weihao’s trap and make loud squeaking noises.

These are the same kind of rats in her past life.

These guys infested her past apartment building frequently, especially during the middle of the winter and typhoon.

She didn’t expect they would come so soon.

But thanks to them, she will probably unlock the next function faster.

Contrary to the fear everyone is feeling, Nanzhi was eager for the EXP. She didn’t waste any more time.

Yu Baoyin, Feng Ran, Bingwen and Hei Qian had never seen thousands of rats gathered in the same place in their entire life until now.

They wore nervous expressions.

“Where did all these rats come from and why did they come to this place? Didn’t we already clean the debris and burned the carcasses? They shouldn’t have come here!” Feng Ran said.

“Rodents like rats migrate to warmer places when winter comes. It may be in the form of moving indoors, moving closer to people’s home where they build nest by burrowing under floorboards, chewing cables, climbing downspouts, and stockpile food.” Nanzhi explained before walking to the utility room.

“In other words, it’s cold wave migration.” Lin Weihao concluded. His eyes had a trace of worry.

Fortunately, Nanzhi blocked all entry points in the 21st floor besides the staircase window but it would not be for long before the rats reached their floor.

They could even sounds coming from the vents above them.

Nanzhi wasn’t worried about them breaking it because she made sure the grills were of tough and highest quality that even the teeth of a Tier 2 rat would not break it.

What she was worried about was this floor becoming infested and turning into a battleground.

This is their living space and she ought to keep it clean.

“We better kill the rats. If you leave them be, they’ll grow or reproduce in this place and we’ll be trap.” Nanzhi said while dragging black suitcases over.

Lin Weihao helped her carry them to the center in the living room.

“S…Sister Nan…but there are so many of them and only six of us. How are we going to kill all of them?” Yu Baoyin was stunned.

“How about just luring them somewhere instead?” Bingwen suggested.

“Yes!” Yu Baoyin nodded.

The quiet Hei Qian also bobbed his head.

“Luring them away and afterwards? You’ll still meet them in the future. By that time they’ll not be just the size of a watermelon, but a car. Additionally, they may not only be just hundreds or thousands but millions of them in the future. What are you going to do by then?” Nanzhi asked.

“That…that…Sister Nan, don’t you think that’s too far fetch.”

“You have seen the carps in Furong Lake too. If the carp can grow to a monstrous size, why can’t rats too? This world is already changing and it’s better to adapt to it. But I’m not going to force you to kill them with me. You can help me with some other things.”

The EXP she will gain will be reduced.

Feng Ran scooted closer to Lin Weihao and whispered in his ears. “Brother Lin, your girlfriend seems to be a little crazy. Talk some sense to her…”

But his Brother Lin didn’t even a word to him and only said without hesitation, “Okay, what do you want me to do?”

Flabbergasted, Feng Ran’s mouth remained hang open. “…”

Hey! Hey! Brother Lin did you ever listen to me? Did you even hear a single word of what I said?

“Alright.” Nanzhi opened the suitcases and revealed piles of guns and boxes of bullets inside.

“Guns…Guns!” Yu Baoyin was startled. “Sister Nan, are you part of mafia or something?”

Feng Ran was also looking at Brother Lin asking for explanation.

“No, I found these upstairs. One of the tenants is member of the military and perhaps the guns are too heavy to bring along and so he left them.” Nanzhi said. It would be a lengthy if she tried to explain further.

Yu Baoyin’s and Feng Ran’s mouths widened.

So lucky!

…..

After a short discussion and distributing tasks, everyone started moving.

Nanzhi quickly sealed the staircase’s window.

Afterwards, she sprayed the whole 21st, 22nd, and 20th floors with peppermint oil and sprinkled crushed dried bay leaves on the entry points and corners where the rats could chew their way in.

Including the staircases, the vents, windows, pipes on the wall, water pipes on the ceiling, holes of the sink and drainage in the other units and the doors.

The rats that wearing climbing on the pipes and the vents picked up the strong scents. They scrunched their noses and took a detour.

Lin Weihao and the others arranged the lightings and electrical wirings.

“Sister Nan, I’m done!” Yu Baoyin extinguished the fire in the stoves.

Inside the four large pots were boiling brownish syrupy liquid and the pot of fried peanuts.

The sweet smell coming from it made Yu Baoyin licked her lips.

“Sister Nan, are you really giving this to the rats. This is a waste.”

“We can always make more in the future.” She had plenty of corn cobs and a small sugarcane plantation in her inventory. She can boil them to replenish her stock of corn syrup again and it will be more delicious than this one.

Facing thousands at once is too much. They need something to slow the rats down.

The salacca haven’t yet bear fruit and needed another three days.

“The boards are ready!” Bingwen said.

Nanzhi and Baoyin brought over the pot and everyone started to pick a knife and spread the syrup mixture onto the planks.

(AN: Do you have a clue of what they’re doing?)

Everyone moved very efficiently and in less than fifteen minutes, all the preparation was done.

Lastly, Nanzhi tossed a bottle of peppermint oil spray to each person.

“What is this for Sister Nan?”

“It’s a rat repellant. Cover your scent with it.”

Yu Baoyin and Feng Ran quickly bathed in peppermint spray and also soaked their coats with it.

A few minutes later, the rats caught the fishy scent from the streets.

They all turned their heads and run towards it.

Taking advantage of luring the rats away, shadows climbed down the emergency staircase and ran towards the residential building next to dormitory building.