Xie Zhizhou looked at Shen Jing with concern.

He clenched his fists and said in an annoyed tone, "Can't we go and take it back?"

Sister Chen slapped his arm hard, "How can you rob them? Those people have guns!"

Huang Yue was equally resentful; he had finally managed to add a meat dish to the family's menu, but now it was all gone.

That day, I grilled a fish with solid alcohol, which made my wife and daughter drool.

It felt like going back to the time before the apocalypse, simple and fulfilling...

Shen Jing moved to the side. Actually, she already felt much better after being healed by Gu Yan.

Now, as long as I can get off the 20th floor, what does it matter if I have to steal fish?

Ouch, it's colder behind me than outside!

She took out her phone from her backpack and showed them a downloaded map: "We can go around from the back. Those people probably took the spot where I met with... Huang Yue before."

Originally intending to say Gu Yan, Shen Jing suddenly felt her tongue was burning.

Sister Chen was somewhat tempted, but she still said worriedly, "You just fainted, why are you still going out!"

"Don't worry, everything is fine now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the air conditioning behind him grew even colder.

She didn't want to stay a moment longer and was about to leave room 2001.

However, just as she was about to step out of the room, she remembered that room 2001 was currently unoccupied.

Shen Jing turned to Sister Chen and said, "This is the key to room 2001. You can switch to this room when processing fresh fish; it's safe here."

"For...for me?" Sister Chen was stunned. She paused, her hand that was about to be raised, and looked at Shen Jing in disbelief.

"These are for you. Didn't you want to make fish balls last time? Make them, and they'll be so hungry they won't dare bother you."

"Ah Jing... um! I understand." Sister Chen grinned, then excitedly covered her sore nose.

Huang Yue patted Xie Zhizhou on the shoulder, "Good lad, you can come and practice with your Uncle Huang in the future!"

He understood what Shen Jing meant; that was, Sister Chen would probably move to Golden Bay.

Strategic alliances in apocalyptic times are countless.

But there are plenty of cases where two people are on good terms one second and then turn on each other the next.

Since Shen Jing took the initiative to bring it up, Huang Yue had relatively high confidence in the character of Sister Chen and Xie Zhizhou.

Moreover, they were captured together by that group of people, so they could be considered to have gone through hardships together!

Only Gu Yan looked weary, his eyes lowered and he remained silent.

Shen Jing thought Gu Yan wouldn't come along.

Because the big boss is clearly in a very bad mood, there's a high chance he'll go back to his 2004 self-isolation state.

Unexpectedly, he still walked behind her at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, making her very uncomfortable.

Especially considering that she seemed to have slapped him before, she now felt uncomfortable all over.

Shouldn't he be the one feeling guilty?

Armed with the map provided by Shen Jing, Huang Yue led the team.

Huang Yue knew where to find the tools for breaking the ice, and he was in charge of that as well.

The fishing net and fish basket were taken from her spatial storage by Shen Jing after she went back inside, changed into a different backpack, and secretly switched them out.

The lake is located relatively close to the west of the city, in an area far from the city center, also known as a no-man's-land.

It was snowing lightly outside.

The crunching sound of footsteps on the snow wasn't too jarring on the road.

But as they strayed further and further off course, they rarely encountered even people kneeling in the snow, pleading for help and in great distress.

Some busybodies wanted to follow, but they were all controlled and driven away by Shen Jing's supernatural abilities.

When she used her supernatural ability, Gu Yan glanced at her indifferently, then turned his head away. Only he noticed that Shen Jing was using her supernatural ability; Huang Yue and the others simply assumed that those people were being sensible and had left.

The concrete jungle has been transformed into a snowy wonderland, where even those with a poor sense of direction will get lost.

Shen Jing pretended to observe the distance with binoculars, saying, "That group of people is on the left side of the lake. Let's go to the right side; there's an arched bridge there that's easier to mark."

The group slowed their pace and, sure enough, found the arched bridge.

Due to the terrain, the arch bridge was only stained white by the heavy snow, and was not completely covered.

Shen Jing didn't intend to bring Vassi along this time.

Considering that he had just advanced to the point of using his superpowers and then fainted, he decided to let Vasily rest for a day before engaging in actual combat.

It's quite difficult to break the ice manually with tools. The ice hole that Gu Yan created by corroding it with mutated vines last time has already been taken over by others.

Ten minutes later, Huang Yue blinked his frozen eyelashes and said to Shen Jing, "Shall we go offline and check?"

At first, the opening was small, only about 150 millimeters, and it had to be widened when encountering a large fish.

In order to better set up the net, Huang Yue also needs to expand the ice cave first.

They dug up several in one go, intending to use them for setting up nets.

We're lucky to have a hand-cranked drill to break the ice; electric drills and gasoline drills are practically impossible to find under the conditions of the apocalypse.

Shen Jing thought she had enough stock in her space, but she forgot to buy these two tools, which was a real mistake.

Even if it were available, there's no way to retrieve it from the spatial storage in front of Sister Chen and the others.

She should keep a low profile.

She would never let anyone know about the space except Gu Yan!

Huang Yue first cast the net, but without an underwater wireless electric submarine, setting up the net was a headache.

Now everything has to be done manually.

Between the two ice caves, a long wooden stick is inserted through one end all the way to the other cave entrance, and then the net is pulled over.

Several people worked together to thread the poles and lines, and then set up the net...

However, I spent the whole morning just trying to log off the internet.

"Gulp," Huang Yue awkwardly touched his frostbitten nose, "Haha, I'm craving fish."

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