Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 174 - : Survival at Sea: You Did the Right Thing!

Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Survival at Sea: You Did the Right Thing!

Su Dai sighed softly as she spoke, and Jiang Yan gently patted her, “So what happened next? Wen Wanli and Zhou Haoyue… they didn’t also…”

Su Dai pursed her lips and took a deep breath before continuing,

“Wang Jiamei is gone too, but Wen Wanli and Zhou Haoyue are fine. Afterwards, a boat from Yaoben Base came and took some people back, their youngest son, Zhou Haotian, also returned.

Then the boat took some more people away, Wen Wanli took Zhou Haotian with her, and Zhou Haoyue also boarded the ship.”

Jiang Yan simply responded with an “Oh” upon hearing that.

Whether the people who boarded the ship were fortunate or not remained unknown.

But at least, after such a massive earthquake, staying in the same place meant a much greater chance of misfortune.

Mentioning Yaoben Base led Jiang Yan to glance at Song Qian’s back.

She actually had some questions she wanted to ask Song Qian directly.

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The information she had gleaned from Kong Wu was quite limited,

It was all about singing praises for their leader, Mo Jingsheng.

To them, Mo Jingsheng seemed like a deity incarnate, talented beyond his years, extraordinarily gifted, and possesses heroic bravery…

Jiang Yan couldn’t help but wonder if Kong Wu had been brainwashed.

And quite successfully at that.

After all, Yaoben Base seemed to have some connection with Flame Base, however minimal.

If they had anything to do with a scum like Xue Miaomiao, they couldn’t be up to any good.

Birds of a feather, indeed.

“Thirty degrees to the right, up ahead,” Song Qian was fully concentrated on giving Kong Wu directions.

Jiang Yan narrowed her eyes and withdrew her gaze and thoughts.

Beside her, Su Dai continued,

“That scoundrel Dao Yinping tried to trick me in the middle of the night, using the excuse of going to the bathroom. I figured the walkie-talkie had long been silent and was probably useless, so I killed him.”

As she spoke, a flicker of panic crossed her eyes, and her body subconsciously shuddered.

The likes of Jiang Yan and Sun Jingtao had gotten their hands dirty with a few lives, albeit not many.

But it was Su Dai’s first time killing someone.

Even though the other person was an utterly reprehensible villain, she still felt a bit queasy inside.

However, she didn’t go into the details of how Dao Yinping tried to deceive her, and Jiang Yan didn’t ask either, only consoling her,

“He deserved to die, you did the right thing!”

They had just finished talking when the water surface began to churn again.

Another aftershock was here.

But this tremor was significantly less intense than the ones they felt while in Anming.

The pile of fish on the rubber boat was occasionally tossed into the air, only to flop back down with a slap.

The large carps that were previously struggling and jumping in the mosquito net gradually lay still, their eyes white and bleeding.

The aftershock lasted only a few seconds.

The water around them gradually calmed down.

“Brother Song, Xiao Ye and I will eat something first, then we’ll take over for you guys,” Sun Jingtao checked the time and got up, holding onto the handrails as he headed toward the supply bag.

The group was a temporary team.

How much trust existed between them was unknown, but Sun Jingtao certainly understood the basic human decency and politeness.

Song Qian didn’t turn his head but casually waved his hand, “No need, we can still hold on.”

“Brother Sun, we’ve hardly begun. Right now, there’s not a soul in sight on the water, nor are there any large floating objects, just keep your eyes closed and steer away from danger. So, rest assured and leave it to us,” Kong Wu laughed heartily as he spoke, slowing down the boat slightly.

He seemed full of vitality, unusually optimistic.

It felt like given a bit of music, he could even start to sway to the rhythm.

“Yes, you guys rest first,” Song Qian added.

Sun Jingtao found it inappropriate to insist further, “I’ll accept your decision with respect, then we’ll switch later.”

“Alright,” this time, Song Qian did not refuse.

Sun Jingtao took out several packets of compressed biscuits and sausages from the bag and distributed them to everyone.

Jiang Yan listened to their conversation and couldn’t help but secretly admire Song Qian and Kong Wu.

They hadn’t encountered any boats along the way, but the water was shimmering.

Staring at it for a long time could actually strain the eyes.

If it were her, holding the steering wheel for such a long time, keeping the boat steady amid the occasional aftershocks, her arms would have been sore long ago.

Luckily, there weren’t many obstacles in this area.

Like earlier, in Anming, they had to watch out for corpses or trees on the water surface.

With these thoughts, Jiang Yan began to feel sleepy.

After yawning, she tightly gripped the handrails and closed her eyes to rest.

*

Time passed without her knowing how long, and the motorboat’s speed gradually slowed down.

The sound of the waves lessened, replaced by the “putt-putt” of the engine.

When Jiang Yan opened her eyes, she saw the backs of Sun Jingtao and Ye Qing.

Sun Jingtao was driving the motorboat, while Ye Qing acted as the navigator with a watch in hand.

Glancing at the time, it was already five in the afternoon.

It was still early, but the sun had already hidden behind the clouds.

The chill on everyone’s bodies intensified.

She scanned the surrounding area and not far away, several peaks of strangely shaped, craggy mountains appeared in the water.

Each mountain peak was steep and sharp, with one side as smooth and even as if it had been cleaved by a knife, resembling a cliff.

But at the moment, only about the height of seven or eight stories was above the water’s surface.

One of the mountain peaks, at the right upper corner, had a large “cloud” character carved into it with red ink.

However, the “cloud” character was severely faded and looked splotchy.

Scattered around the mountain peak were some black fragments of rotted wood afloat.

Whether they were coffins remained to be seen.

Upon closer inspection, several sizable caves could be seen hidden in the cliff faces.

“Brother Sun, are we planning to rest here for a bit?” Song Qian, who had also opened his eyes, asked.

Now that the sun was gone,

navigating by direction became a problem.

Rather than wandering off course, it would be better to rest temporarily.

“Yeah. This area of the water is very calm, it seems as though no earthquakes have occurred here. Plus, the fuel tank is nearly empty, so we’ll refuel here,” Sun Jingtao nodded.

What Sun Jingtao didn’t say was that the few rough-skinned men among them could certainly continue traveling overnight.

But his wife and Jiang Yan, the two women, were clearly not up to it.

Moreover, the journey was jarring enough to be uncomfortable.

Their clothes had been wet and dry repeatedly.

And they had been exposed to bone-chilling wind all the way.

It was all too easy to fall ill.

Continuing the journey while ill could be counterproductive.

It would be better to rest and recuperate on the spot.

And just because they hadn’t encountered any danger besides the earthquake on the first day, didn’t mean that every subsequent day would be as safe and stable.

It was better to recharge and have the energy and strength to face any future dangers.

Song Qian added, “That would be good. This place has already reached the territory of Xiangyun. We rest here tonight and start tomorrow, if all goes well, we should be able to reach Xiangcheng by the end of the day.”

“Once we reach Xiangcheng, we will be much closer to East Mountain,” Ye Qing, who had seen the hand-drawn map, said.

Song Qian nodded, “Indeed.”