Rebirth: I Will Win Easily in the Apocalypse-Chapter 21 - Twelve: A Robbery on the Road

The assault boat was really useful; a few men dragged it into the water, and it only took a couple of attempts before the supermarket's windows were smashed open.

With the giant rush of water that followed the breaking of the windows, a pile of items floating in the supermarket surged out, rising to the surface.

"Quick, look, they've opened the door. So many chips," Zhang Qian said excitedly upon seeing the sudden appearance of various colorful items on the water's surface.

"Sister Yan Zhi, lend me your net; I'm going to scoop up all this stuff," said one of the group. Among them, only Gu Yanzhi had brought a net; although everyone could swim, nobody else had such professional tools at home; having a diving mask was already pretty good.

"Here, be careful."

Gu Yanzhi took the net out of her bag and handed it to Zhang Qian. After taking the net, Zhang Qian steered the assault boat to where the floating debris was thickest, and with one swoop of the net, she garnered a full haul.

Meanwhile, Song Zhao and the others had successfully entered the supermarket and opened the front door, which sent even more items floating to the surface.

"Phew, we're in luck. This supermarket seems to have plenty of stuff," said a few people as they emerged from underwater, expressing their relief.

Through the concerted efforts of the group, four boats were quickly filled to the brim.

The supermarket had a substantial reserve of goods; even though the four boats were completely full, there were still many items left.

Everyone first chose the most practical items like drinking water, rice, flour, oil, salt, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits to pack, deciding to make as many trips as possible today, the more things they could gather, the better.

With so much stuff on their four boats, they were bound to be conspicuous on the way back. Gu Yanzhi guessed that on the next trip, people would start to fight over these supplies.

Sure enough, as Gu Yanzhi had predicted, on the way back, the four boats attracted the gaze of everyone they passed.

Gu Yanzhi also noticed that there were people trailing them at a distance, paddling their boats behind them.

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Since they planned to make several more trips, the people responsible for rowing maximized the speed of the assault boats on the way back, speeding voraciously and significantly shortening the return journey.

Upon reaching the building, they were met with a slew of astonished looks.

Now the rain was letting up, and many people were hurrying out, eager to find or trade for some food—anything would be good.

"My God, where did they find all these supplies?"

"Damn, I'm so jealous."

"I think I saw gas cylinders too, wuuwuuwu, I miss hot food."

"Stop talking, I'm so envious I'm drooling."

A group of people circled the four assault boats with their own, chattering away.

"Brother Zhang, where did you guys get all this from?" The sudden question from the crowd quieted everyone around. Clearly, they all wanted to know the answer.

"We dredged them up from underwater; if we don't go out to find something, with the food supply cut at home, we can't hold out," Uncle Zhang looked up to see who asked and recognized the voice as a helpful young man he had met earlier while helping the community gather supplies from the supermarket.

Everyone pricked up their ears in anticipation of where exactly Uncle Zhang might reveal they had dredged the stuff up from, but Uncle Zhang clamped his mouth shut and refused to say more.

As more onlookers gathered, the young man realized the faux pas he had committed and swallowed the question he was about to ask.

While chatting, Gu Yanzhi and several other women climbed up the stairs.

The men followed shortly after, leaving Song Zhao and Mr. Zhuang downstairs to guard the supplies.

Ropes were thrown down, and the boats were tied to them; the people upstairs used all their strength to haul them up.

With everyone's collective effort, the assault boats and their contents were successfully pulled upstairs.

Without time to sort through the supplies, Gu Yanzhi and the others moved everything to Zhuang Nanyang's place, which was the closest. Leaving Zhuang Nanyang and Gu Yanlin to guard the supplies, they didn't stop to rest and went out again.

The place they had gone to that morning was no secret; it would be discovered by others soon enough, and they wanted to bring back as many supplies as possible in the limited time available.

Who knew how long this ghastly weather would last.

In their hearts, everyone had a vague suspicion that perhaps the end of the world was upon them. This scene was eerily similar to those from novels and movies.

On the second trip, everyone noticed the boats following behind them. But no one stopped them; times were tough for everyone, and they had already stockpiled a batch of urgently needed supplies, enough for some time. They weren't too upset about this behavior; in fact, they even deliberately slowed down a bit so that those following could keep up.