Everyone else in the warehouse kept their heads down, afraid to speak, lest they displease Brother Tai at this moment. They could only silently pray that Brother Tai would calm down and not take his anger out on them!

For a moment, the only sounds in the warehouse were the crew-cut man's wails and the sounds of punches hitting flesh, the cries of pain echoing through the air, making everyone tremble with fear.

I don't know how long they fought. Perhaps Tai got tired, or perhaps the crew-cut guy was still somewhat useful. The sound of punching gradually disappeared, leaving only the crew-cut guy's wails.

"Get lost! If you try to fool me with this kind of stuff again, you'll regret it!"

With his flat-headed head bowing and scraping, he stood up while holding onto the railing, and limped downstairs. Passersby turned their heads away, afraid of being called out by Brother Tai.

Flathead slowly walked downstairs, glanced at the men and women in the warehouse on the first floor, scooped out almost everything that was cooking in the large pot, took a few more cans of food, and went back upstairs.

Tai Ge has a huge appetite and eats a lot at every meal. If the food were divided equally, it wouldn't be enough. Now, after more than half a year of the apocalypse, although the warehouse is large, it can't keep up with the depletion of resources. The food is getting less and less. They have already scavenged all the places that could be scavenged, and basically everything edible has been taken away. They are now spending more than they earn!

Tai Ge didn't care about any of that. If he didn't give them enough, he would punch and kick them. No one dared to resist, and no one tried to escape on their own.

Because some of those who couldn't stand Tai Ge's escape were rotting outside, while others... had already been cooked in a pot and become someone's snack.

"Heh, isn't there meat in it? You little brat, if you try to pull this kind of trick on me again, it won't be this simple!"

"But..." The crew-cut man opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

This is the last piece of cured meat left in their warehouse. All the smoked products have been used up. Fresh meat can't be kept for more than a few days without refrigeration. If there are no other supplies, they will die here sooner or later!

"Speak your mind, or shut up!"

Noticing the crew-cut man's actions, Tai tore off a piece of meat and ate it while talking.

Upon hearing this, the crew-cut man's heart leaped into his throat, cold sweat poured down his body, and he trembled uncontrollably.

Should he tell the truth or not?

But if he doesn't speak out, this time tomorrow will probably be his death day.

"Um... Brother Tai, we've run out of food, especially meat."

The crew-cut man spoke tentatively in a low voice, making a defensive stance as he spoke, glancing down at Tai out of the corner of his eye, afraid that he might suddenly go berserk.

"Meat? You've finished eating?"

To everyone's surprise, Brother Tai didn't seem to care much, and even seemed indifferent, as he glanced at the ordinary people sleeping on the floor in the warehouse on the first floor.

"There's so much meat down there. Let's find a few troublemakers and slaughter them first!"

Upon hearing this, the man with the flat head couldn't help but shudder.

What does it mean to be a disobedient troublemaker? To slaughter and eat them?

Is Brother Tai treating his subordinates as... a food reserve?

And what about him?

What can he do? There are still a limited number of people below. They're not stupid; they'll naturally guess what happened when they disappear inexplicably. There will inevitably be those who try to escape. If this continues, once the food supplies are gone, won't it be... their turn next?

Thinking of this, the crew-cut man felt a chill run down his spine. He hesitated to speak, and could only silently wait for Brother Tai to finish his meal, push the food away, wipe his hands, and leave.

...

"So what exactly does this Brother Tai do?"

“He…” Jiang Yingxue was speechless for a moment. After thinking for a while, she decided to tell him everything she knew. “He is the captain of the security team in the warehouse.”

"Does your security team leader employ people like this? Are you afraid others will steal from you, or are you specifically keeping them for your own people to steal from?"

“You’re right.” Jiang Yingxue nodded. “Many people in the warehouse had complaints about him, but we couldn’t do anything about it since his uncle was our boss.”

At this point, Jiang Yingxue suddenly remembered something and added, "I once accidentally saw Tai Ge's information and found out that he had served time in prison."

"Intentional injury, attempted murder."

As she said this, Jiang Yingxue instinctively hugged herself, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

No wonder this person was mentioned in special detail; someone who is capable of violence and could actually kill someone is someone we need to be wary of.

However... that only applies to ordinary people. Su Luo looked down at the little brain brother who had somehow gotten onto her shoulder and gently stroked it.

"Sister Su, if you really go to the warehouse, you'll most likely run into this person!"

"Moreover, even though the warehouse is large, after half a year, the contents should be almost used up. If we go now, we will most likely return empty-handed!"

Jiang Yingxue analyzed the pros and cons, her words filled with worry, and even hinting to Su Luo to give up on the matter.

Upon hearing this, Su Luo tilted her head and asked again, "I just want to know, is there a freezer or refrigerator in or near that warehouse?"

"……ah?"

Jiang Yingxue was taken aback, never expecting Su Luo to ask such an unrelated question. It wasn't about supplies or daily necessities, but rather about freezers or refrigerators.

Even if there is... without electricity, this thing can't hold as much as an iron box, so why look for it?

Although she was puzzled, Jiang Yingxue thought about it carefully and nodded, "There is indeed a batch of freezers in the warehouse, and there is a large refrigerator production line nearby, so there should be some in stock."

"That's good." Su Luo nodded in satisfaction. As long as there was something, the trip wasn't a complete waste, especially since... there was also a production line?

That's great stuff! Does she want to take it all back with her?

Since that's the case, Su Luo decided to go check out the production line next to the warehouse first. If she could really take it with her, she wouldn't mind going with it.

Giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish. In the apocalypse, resources will eventually run out, but production lines will not. As long as production can continue, resources will only increase, and her city of Los Angeles will become better and better.

How can a city consist only of agriculture and commerce? The intermediate production processes cannot be abandoned!

Last time, Su Luo also took away a lot of production lines from the industrial park in the provincial capital. Unfortunately, she didn't have enough manpower. It was simply unrealistic to start them all up with the number of people in her small village.

Several hours later, the bus arrived at the refrigerator production line. The area was in disarray, with weeds growing everywhere, and even the corpses had decomposed into bones. There were swarms of mosquitoes and flies, and no signs of survivors.

This made things easier for Su Luo. With Jiang Yingxue as his guide, he quickly found the production line and the warehouse. There were many refrigerators and freezers of various types inside. Judging by appearance, there were at least several hundred, if not a thousand. They looked relatively new, with some dents and scratches, but they didn't affect their use. It was quite a great find!

Looking at the warehouse full of refrigerators and freezers, Jiang Yingxue was slightly taken aback, then looked at Su Luo and asked, "Sister Su, the things are here. How do you plan to take them?"

"Take her away?" Upon hearing this, Su Luo stared straight at Jiang Yingxue, then gently placed his hand on one of the refrigerators, and then opened his arms in a hugging gesture.

The next second, everything in the warehouse vanished instantly!