With over a thousand people working together, their speed was comparable to that of machinery. In less than half an hour, they cleared away all the rubble, gradually revealing what was inside, which immediately elicited gasps of surprise.

"There are many tables and chairs, and they are quite intact, not damaged much."

“Your place must be a restaurant. I’ve found a lot of disposable lunch boxes here, but unfortunately, these things aren’t very practical.”

"Everyone, put everything you find on flat ground, and we'll distribute it together later." After moving the largest rocks aside, Si Cheng checked the surrounding area to avoid any unexpected dangers.

"I'm rich! I think I've found their warehouse!" someone suddenly shouted with joy.

"Where?" Many people followed the sound.

“Here, all these things are in boxes.” Bai Dongzhi said as he moved aside the clutter, making the situation below even clearer.

Then everyone started cleaning up the area, and gradually everything was revealed to them.

"The owner of this service area is really something else. How come he has so much paper stored up? If there's no disaster, how long will it take to use it all up?"

"If no disaster had occurred, he wouldn't have had to worry about running out of space. Look at how big this service area is; it would be very fast to operate."

"But these are really a lifesaver. Although they are not essential, it would be really inconvenient to do without them. My father has even started collecting leaves to help us save paper." This is a reminder of how, in the current situation where everything is scarce, every family is almost living a primitive life.

"Since we have so much paper, let's see if we can find any table salt. If we can, then we won't have to come all this way to look for it."

Hearing this, everyone sped up and moved all the papers to the ground. The owner probably arranged them by weight, because there was a pile of cotton-padded clothes on the second layer. Because they were wrapped in plastic bags, they didn't look dirty.

"This is a chance for everyone to get rich." Everyone got excited as they looked at the increasing amount of goods. Although there were more than a thousand people here, everyone would get some on average.

After everyone had sorted everything out, they discovered that this huge warehouse only contained four boxes of table salt. They found a large pile of laundry detergent and soap underneath, but with the water almost dried up, these items wouldn't be very useful. Although they found some grain, most of it had turned discolored, likely due to dampness; only some vacuum-packed items were still barely edible. Besides these, there were all sorts of other odds and ends, even children's toys were among them.

"I don't know what the owner was thinking when he stored all this. He stored so many supplies, but only left such a small amount of salt. I don't know if he forgot about it or if he took it with him."

"This must be an abandoned warehouse. Later on, those with stronger financial resources would store some at each location." Yun Qi really didn't expect to find so many things here. It's possible that the owner here had some accident, or that they had abandoned the place because of distance, which is why it benefited his group.

"But how can we carry all this stuff? We still need to exchange it for salt." Everyone was excited before we found it, but now that we have, seeing this pile of items is giving everyone a headache.

"Let's take stock of the items first and see if we should distribute them now or wait until we get back?" Si Cheng was also regretting his decision at this point; he should have waited until they returned to start digging. Now, with so much stuff, they needed to find a place to put it first.

"Let's distribute them together when we get back. For now, let's find a place to store them first, so that others don't benefit from them later." After discussing it together, the village leaders all agreed that it would be better to distribute them on the way back.

"If all else fails, we'll bury them back. Otherwise, where around here is there a place big enough for us to store them?"

"Let's all look around and see if there's anywhere suitable to store so many."

Si Cheng told them to search together in the vicinity, while he went ahead alone with a searchlight.

He walked a little further along the road and found a ditch by the roadside. However, the bottom of the ditch was cracked and there was no water at all. If he could not find a suitable place elsewhere, he would have to make do with storing his things here first and then cover them up.

"So, have you found anything suitable?"

Everyone started shaking their heads, some even thinking that if all else failed, they should carry the items back or bury them back in the rubble.

"Everyone, take a rest first. We'll go check out the place again tomorrow." Si Cheng saw that everyone's excitement had subsided and their faces were full of fatigue, so he told everyone to take the time to rest. Of course, those who were assigned to night duty could not rest yet.

The next day, everyone searched the area again and finally decided to store everything in the ditch. However, for safety, Si Cheng found some large stones from the ruins and placed them on top of the ditch.

"If I had known it would end up being this troublesome, I shouldn't have gone to dig through the rubble. It would have been so much easier to deal with it when we got back." Yunqi felt sorry for her husband working as a porter.

"Nobody could have predicted this. We thought it was just some small warehouses, but who knew it would contain so much? This is an unexpected bonus, so even if it's a bit tiring, it's nothing," Liu Jun said nonchalantly. Today it just so happened that it was Liu Family Village's turn to lead the way. Although Liu Jun was missing an arm, he was no less capable than the others as he led the way with his specially made extended machete.

"Brother Jun, everyone was carrying limestone in our village a while ago, why didn't your village go?" Yunqi followed the others and cleared the way. Although it wasn't their village's turn today, Sicheng wouldn't let her carry the luggage. She felt it wasn't good to walk like that, so she simply went to the front to help. As a result, her skills had become more and more proficient. She even joked to herself that she was leveling up by fighting monsters.

"Later, we went to a construction site in the county town and traded some cement with them. Each family managed to build a house. We were busy with farm work during this period, so we just made do with living there." The two families' elders were comrades-in-arms, and they had also dealt with Sicheng when they exchanged oil before, so Liu Jun's expression was not so serious.

"You guys are much luckier than us. If it weren't for the limestone behind our village, we'd still be living in thatched huts, and we might not even have survived the freezing weather."

Liu Jun is really not a good conversationalist; he kills the topic after just a few sentences. This is because, aside from answering questions, he never initiates any.