Orange juice unknowingly became the cheapest juice in the emergency room. Before long, Hua Mi received the news that all her orange juice had been sold out.

Meanwhile, Tang Youzheng was dragging a truckload of oranges and taking Dafu out of the city, intending to set up a stall there.

Hua Mi quickly produced Orange Juice X and called the garrison's supplies office, asking them to come to the underground parking garage next to the Lianhua Shengxing Supermarket to pick up the supplies.

After taking care of all that, Hua Mi got into her nanny van and drove to her Lotus Shengxing Supermarket.

The road is now open to traffic.

The city clearing team has actually been working all along, and they have quite a lot of work to do. The reason they don't seem to have a presence in front of us is because we feel that there are gravel everywhere in Xiangcheng, and that's because they are simply too busy to handle everything.

But after Hua Mi returned to the city, she discovered that the main road from the city gate to the rescue center had been cleared by the clearing team.

After Huo Jing's contractor relative cleared the road in front of Lianhua Shengxing Supermarket and connected it to this main road, Hua Mi could drive directly from the ambulance center back to the supermarket entrance.

The fog was still very thick, shrouding the entire road and even the whole city of Xiangcheng in a gray mist.

Despite the clear roads, not many people dare to drive out in this weather.

If she hadn't been wearing goggles, Hua Mi wouldn't have dared to go out while pregnant.

In the thick fog, Hua Mi drove her car all the way to the entrance of her supermarket. Along the way, many migrant workers wearing colorful goggles waved and greeted her car.

Hua Mi responded with a smile all the way. When her car stopped by the barbed wire fence, Huo Jing and the foreman came over.

"Miss Hua."

From a distance, Huo Jing raised his hand in greeting.

Whether it was Hua Mi's imagination or not, Huo Jing jogged over as if he were in still water, stirring up the gray mist around him and creating a white mist.

Is the water vapor really this concentrated?

Hua Mi lowered her head, turned her palm upwards, and casually flicked it; the touch was wet and sticky.

No wonder Ke Minghong said that more and more people are being sent to the emergency room recently because of respiratory distress. If the moisture in the air were any more concentrated, people would feel like they were drowning, and it would be strange if they didn't suffocate.

She also felt the problem was very serious.

Fortunately, her ventilator production is unlimited, and she has already provided enough ventilators to the stationed troops, rescue teams, and medical staff.

"Miss Hua, why didn't you let us know you were coming back? We could have put on a welcome ceremony for you."

The foreman grinned, sporting a mouthful of gold teeth. But even his big gold teeth have lost their audience now, because he's wearing a respirator on his face.

He then gestured exaggeratedly.

"Here, we've prepared a big red archway for you. And here, we've set up two rows of welcoming guests, each holding plastic flowers. As soon as you arrive, everyone will shout in unison, 'Welcome, welcome! A warm welcome!' Oh? Miss Flower, where are you going?"

The foreman gave Huo Jing, who remained silent like a wooden statue, a tap with his hammer.

"Don't you know how to curry favor with your superiors? Why aren't you saying anything, Miss Hua? Miss Hua, wait for me, I'll carry your bag."

The foreman quickly followed behind Hua Mi, bowing and scraping, doing her a favor.

These days, the key is to flatter your boss.

Hua Mi walked directly to the partially collapsed underground parking garage. She turned back and said to the contractor and Huo Jing who had followed her.

"You all go ahead and get busy. If the brothers from Chichuan arrive later, please take good care of them for me. I'm going downstairs to check on things."

"Miss Hua, let me shine a flashlight for you!"

The contractor smiled and wanted to follow, but Hua Mi waved his hand to stop him.

With goggles on, there's no need to use a flashlight at all.

She stood at the dark entrance of the underground parking garage and glanced at the collapsed area inside.

This is a natural and perfect place to store supplies, but the rain is pouring into the garage.

If the rain continues for a while longer, this underground parking garage will probably be flooded.

Hua Mi turned around and instructed the foreman and Huo Jing:

"Think of a way to stop the water from flowing into this garage. Install lights and do some drainage to make it easier for Chichuan and the garrison to move goods."

“I have quite a few waterproof tarpaulins. Use them to cover the outside of this garage to prevent water from seeping in.”

Use waterproof tarpaulin to prevent water seepage?

The contractor had worked in construction all his life, and this was the first time he had ever heard of such a waterproofing method.

He patted his chest and said,

"Miss Hua, don't worry. I'm a professional in waterproofing. Leave this project to me, and I guarantee I'll do a good job for you."

Hua Mi nodded.

"Then lay another layer of waterproof tarpaulin on your waterproofing project."

Hua Mi didn't mind; with an extra layer of waterproofing, her warehouse would have an extra layer of protection.

"Okay, don't worry."

The foreman stood at the garage entrance, watching Hua Mi enter the basement. He bent down and called out:

"Miss Hua, there are quite a few collapsed parts inside, please be careful!"

Hua Mi, who was already standing in front of a collapsed section, responded and, avoiding the gaze of the contractor and Huo Jing, put the cement beam in front of her into the recycling station, exchanging it for 0.00000000001 units of energy.

She walked forward, collecting trash along the way—cement blocks, dented cars, and household garbage. Just this much trash would probably take Huo Jing and the contractor half a month to clean up.

The huge underground parking garage was quickly cleaned up by Hua Mi, and all of it was recycled into the garbage station, for which she exchanged a total of 1.5% of the energy.

She stood in the empty underground parking garage, found a clean spot, and released everything that could be released from the Level 11 storage: mineral water, waterproof tarpaulins, respirators, and orange juice.

After finishing all this, Hua Mi was about to go to the supermarket when she received a call from Chi Chuan in front of the wire gate.

"Sister Hua!"

On the phone, Ikekawa's voice sounded like he was about to cry.

"I finally got through on the phone, Sister Hua. I've had such a hard time."

"What's wrong? I thought you'd disappeared. You haven't carried any bottled water for days. Is business bad?"

Hua Mi stopped and noticed that there was a lot of noise coming from Chi Chuan.

There seemed to be shouting slogans and the sound of glass being smashed.

It's quite messy.

"I can't come over, Sister Hua."

Ikegawa shouted at the top of his lungs on the other end of the phone.

"I'm in City A. Things are in chaos here. Medical supplies and food are in short supply. Our convoy wants to go to Xiangcheng, but all the roads outside City A are blocked."

Before he could finish speaking, a gunshot rang out.

Hearing the familiar sounds of turmoil, Hua Mi quickly walked into the supermarket, found a map, and spread it out.

Where is City A?

“Chichuan, the road from B City to Xiangcheng is now open. If you can find a way to get from A City to the Xiang B Expressway, there is my clearing team there who can take you back to Xiangcheng.”

City A is actually not far from the road she cleared.

Before the apocalypse, it was only an hour or two's drive away.

These cities, so close together, now seem as if separated by an insurmountable chasm.

Don't go out unless you have to. Stay home and read Bao Bao's novels. I'll keep you company through this winter.

(End of this chapter)