Rebirth: I Will Win Easily in the Apocalypse-Chapter 18 - 10 Salvaging Supplies_2

The four households in their building had a decent amount of food stashed away because Gu Yanzhi had reminded everyone to stock up in time. People from the neighboring building had even braved the heavy rain to come and borrow some. However, their supplies were now running low and urgently needed replenishment.

"Alright, we're indeed running out of food ourselves, and we're still trying to figure things out," even though the internet was down, the relationships among the four households in Building No. 10 remained quite good. They would chat occasionally. Therefore, Gu Yanzhi and the others were relatively well informed about the current situation.

Although they weren't truly lacking food, they couldn't stay cooped up at home indefinitely. It was necessary to have a reasonable source for their goods, so as not to arouse any suspicion.

The group had just finished planning for their departure the next day when Uncle Zhang and Zhang Qian left, with her looking reluctantly back.

[Whimper whimper, I really want to live with Sister Yan Zhi forever, such a big beauty, drooling drooling] This was Zhang Qian's inner monologue.

The next day, at 6:30 in the morning, the alarm woke up Gu Yanzhi and Song Zhao.

They lazed in bed for a few minutes before getting up and getting dressed.

After getting out of bed and opening the curtains, they saw that today's rain wasn't much different from the day before, it even seemed to have lightened a bit.

After washing up, Gu Yanlin was already waiting in the living room.

Without making breakfast, Gu Yanzhi took out soy milk, steamed buns, and a set of pancake rolls for each person from the space as breakfast.

After eating, the three people divided the tasks to check the doors and windows at home before leaving with peace of mind.

With the apocalypse upon them, these details also needed attention, otherwise, if something went wrong, it would be too late for regrets.

The four households gathered at the stairwell on the fourth floor.

The relentless rain these past days had caused the water levels to rise as high as three and a half stories.

As usual, Mr. Zhuang on the 11th floor dismantled a window, and the group jumped down from there.

This time, not one person from each household boarded a boat. Now that everyone had inflatable boats, they each piloted their own vessel. Apart from Granny Gao on the 16th floor, who was too old and had to stay home to take care of her little grandson, everyone else went out together.

Uncle Zhang organized this small supply-gathering team with the intent of having everyone look out for each other. If there was any incident along the way, it would be more manageable with more people to lend a hand, and the likelihood of danger would decrease.

As for the supplies, everyone had agreed that whatever each person found would be theirs. If someone didn't find the items they needed, they could trade with someone who did.

The group didn't have a specific destination in mind due to the deep and murky waters with no clear vision of what lay beneath. Nor did they have a clear route to follow. Fortunately, they were all locals familiar with City C, navigating in the general direction of their memories towards the higher elevations.

There wasn't much choice for destinations, as City C was typically flat, with the terrain sloping from east to west. The highest point was Song Mountain, standing over two hundred meters tall.

Jinxiu Thunderbolt, where they were located, was already close to Song Mountain, sitting on the eastern side of City C, just a dozen or so kilometers away. Gu Yanzhi could even see the silhouette of Song Mountain from his home.

This mountain was also one of the main tourist attractions in City C. Everyone present had visited Song Mountain before and was familiar with it, which is why they all unanimously headed in its direction.

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They thought that even if they couldn't find useful supplies, they could at least dig up some soil from Song Mountain and grow vegetables, which would make the trip worthwhile.

Jinxiu Thunderbolt was very close to Song Mountain and was the highest residential area in this part of the city. Below Song Mountain, there were many low-rise bungalows. This was their primary destination, hoping that since these houses were no longer habitable, they might find some useful items left by the previous owners.

If they were lucky enough to find a supermarket, then they would have enough food for a while. Nowadays, food packaging is very secure and wouldn't be affected by the contaminated water from the inundation.

After rowing across a residential area with uneven housing that seemed to still be inhabited, all that could be seen was a flat expanse of water.

At that moment, Gu Yanzhi took out an underwater detector from the large bag she carried—which was actually from the space—and explained that Mr. Gu used to be a member of a rescue team, so they had a good supply of equipment at home. They were also dressed in wetsuits with professional fishing nets as they left the house.

With the help of the detector, they successfully located a low-lying building and tied their inflatable boats to a fractured tree that was barely peeking above the water.

Song Zhao and Gu Yanlin put on their protective face masks and diving goggles and dived in. The others, though not dressed in wetsuits, donned diving goggles and shed their outer thick garments before jumping in.

Actually, Gu Yanzhi could have produced several sets of diving gear, but she was afraid of arousing suspicion by bringing out too much new equipment all at once. Besides, distributing just one or two sets among the families would have been distasteful, so she decided not to bring any extra.

Gu Yanzhi, Zhang Qian, and Zhuang Nanyang did not dive but remained aboard the inflatable boats. They looked after the boats and waited for those underwater to bring up supplies, dragging them onto the vessels.

They were also constantly monitoring the situation of everyone in the water so they could provide help immediately if anyone encountered danger.

Perhaps because today's rain was a bit lighter, there were more people out than just them. Along the way, they bumped into quite a few people. Some were out to scavenge supplies, some to trade with others. Overall, there was a good number of people outside.

Even though their area seemed unvisited at the moment, possibly because others considered it too distant or hadn't thought that this area would have supplies, it couldn't be guaranteed that no one else had the same idea as them.

The reason for keeping Zhuang Nanyang back was in case someone came by and caused trouble for the two women; having a man there, even if it was a young boy, might make potential troublemakers think twice.