Natural disasters struck suddenly and successively: extreme heat, wildfires, floods, plagues, mutated viruses, blizzards, eternal night with poisonous fog, insect plagues... Order collapsed, civili...
Chapter 30 Snowstorm【VIP】
"Luckily this place isn't completely covered in snow yet!"
Li Feiyang sighed, and he and others entered the room through the broken window one after another.
The room was a little dim and silent, but the temperature was obviously a little higher than outside.
Li Feiyang scanned the area again and became even more excited when he saw the signs of each store:
"Great! This floor is full of restaurants. I wonder if there are any leftover ingredients!"
But Tang Tian was not so excited. It could be said that she came here this time purely for the various boutiques inside the mall.
For example, jade shops, jewelry shops, etc. Although these do not have as many gold coins as gold, as long as the quantity is large, it will be fine.
Boutiques like that usually have more items per floor, but the others probably wanted to search floor by floor, so she decisively proposed the idea of splitting up.
Li Feiyang was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to speak, but Shen Boyun interrupted and agreed with Tang Tian's idea.
The contact during these days made him feel that the Tang family had no shortage of supplies - or rather, they just had no shortage of food, so he focused on other supplies.
That's understandable. She doesn't need to accommodate them and act together. It's a waste of time.
Tang Tian smiled. Talking to such a person in the end times really made one feel good.
But he later realized that he had covered his face, so he nodded vigorously in response, and then went downstairs with Tang Yi without stopping.
The escalator had lost power long ago and there seemed to be a thin layer of ice on it, so the two of them slid down.
Guide maps were everywhere. Just as Tang Tian had imagined, the first floor was mainly boutiques, the second floor was mainly clothing stores, and above were experience stores and restaurants, such as escape rooms, beauty salons, training centers, and gaming and entertainment venues. There was also a basement floor, which housed an underground garage and a supermarket.
When she reached the second floor, Tang Yi looked around and couldn't help but frown. She felt that the place had been ransacked and there were signs that someone had lived there before.
Isn't it? Not to mention the broken glass on the ground, there are also black burn marks, someone must have been burning here.
Most of the clothes in the clothing store were also taken away. Even if they couldn't fit into the clothes, they could be used as fuel to burn for heating.
In addition to clothing stores, there were also several digital stores, and more than half of the electronic products inside were taken away. I guess it was the same reason as burning cars.
Since he was already here, even though he might be frozen, Tang Tian still took all the rest.
There was also a stationery and grocery store. Almost all the food and drinks that were not edible or drinkable were taken away, so they were all taken away. Clothes that were not taken away from other stores were also taken away.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi split into two groups and quickly cleaned out this floor.
Just looking at the increasingly full warehouse, the former felt that it was time to upgrade.
After all, the warehouse is still small, and there is not much space left when it is filled with large and small items. I should also be sure that I will have more free purchases in the future, so the size of the warehouse is very important.
Fortunately, she accepted Qian Peng's mission. With his gold bars, she can probably upgrade!
Tang Tian felt satisfied when she thought of this.
I took out another thermos cup filled with hot lemon tea. I took a sip and it was warm, sweet and sour, and it also increased the warmth level and duration.
After resting, they went downstairs again and continued shopping for free.
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When I arrived at the first floor, the glittering sign that I had originally remembered had long been extinguished.
Tang Tian looked up and saw the counter in the dim store. She was very excited and pulled Tang Yi to take out the demolition axe and prepare to get to work.
Only after taking a closer look did I find that some shops had been smashed open, and some of the counters were broken, with the items inside disappearing completely.
Without electricity and internet, surveillance becomes useless. Although most people shop for free for food, some have other motives and are targeting these valuable items.
What if the world returns to normal in the future? Besides, no one is taking care of it now, so these will be considered their losses in the natural disaster. Who knows if they will be found out in the future!
Besides, this is the first floor, so it is not difficult to plunder.
Tang Tian had a bad feeling in her heart, her brows were twisted into a rope, and she and Tang Yi acted separately.
There are flagship stores for beauty and health products, as well as big-name cosmetics stores, especially luxury stores, which are also purchased for free. However, system krypton gold is not considered a luxury item, so Tang Tian didn't care.
Those cosmetics can still be used. This is not because Tang Tian still cares about beauty. When the extreme cold ends and the extreme heat comes, she can't still wrap herself tightly from head to toe, so people can't see that she still has energy and spirit, so it's time to show off her makeup skills.
Tang Tian found some cosmetics and skin care products that were not damaged by the freeze and accepted them again.
What remained was the jewelry, jade and gold shops that she had been longing for.
Unfortunately, these are valuable items, so most of the counters have been broken.
In the jewelry store, many diamond ornaments were taken away, leaving only some scattered pearls or silver ornaments.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.
But the number was too small, so she continued to circle around the store, bumping here, kicking there, and so on.
Just then, the radio in my hand vibrated.
Tang Tian picked up the phone.
"Is everything okay?"
Shen Boyun used walkie-talkies much more often than Tang Tian, and he knew that the more concise the information transmitted, the better, so he naturally brought back a few.
Seeing that Tang Tian also had it, they directly connected to the signal and were able to communicate.
"Not bad." Tang Tian replied, and two beeps came from the intercom.
Shen Boyun stopped disturbing her, and then there was news from Tang Yi, asking her to go to another store.
Tang Tian went over and found that it was also a jewelry store, which had also been ransacked.
Tang Yi, who was completely covered, sounded a little more excited and asked her to go and see.
Tang Tian stepped forward, and when his eyes met hers, his heart leaped with joy.
It turns out there is a safe in this store!
She is familiar with this thing, and they also have a way to open it smoothly!
"Great, sis! I was just wondering if there would be any of these. Hurry up and collect them all, and let's go to the next store!"
Tang Tian was so excited about opening the blind box that he and Tang Yi accepted the two safes.
She went to a few jewelry stores and a jade store that seemed to specialize in selling jade bracelets. Tang Tian accepted the items as usual and would sort them out after returning.
However, at this moment, the system issued a reminder:
"Host, your warehouse is almost full, please be careful!"
Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, then sighed.
She had used her mind to arrange the items in the warehouse several times, squeezing in everything she could, but it still wasn't enough.
Fortunately, there are only two small gold shops left, and gold is easier to buy for zero dollars.
After Tang Tian and Tang Yi went in, one searched for odds and ends while the other looked for the safe. Finally, they took away four more things, and that was the end.
However, there were still many chain restaurants on the first floor, especially fast food restaurants and coffee shops. The fast food restaurant must have been out of stock, so the two of them decided to go to the coffee shop to have a look.
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They didn't meet any outsiders along the way, and Shen Boyun and his party searched the entire row of restaurants very smoothly.
Perhaps people didn't have time to search the top floor yet, or perhaps they didn't take it away in time, so they got a bargain.
In this weather, even the food left outside would be frozen and should not be spoiled. Li Feiyang's eyebrows really looked like they were flying.
Apart from food, the most important thing is fuel. Shen Boyun found alcohol cans, fuel blocks and other items in the corner of a grilled fish restaurant and quickly put them away.
This was the last store, and they were about to go downstairs to see if there were any supplies they could loot, but Shen Boyun frowned slightly and listened attentively.
“Click… click…”
There were only the sounds of their footsteps and conversations in the mall, and no other unusual noises. So where did this come from?
Shen Boyun stopped the two people who were about to move forward, and they stopped to listen together, while the sound gradually began to reverberate.
"……not good!"
Shen Boyun's heart skipped a beat and he spoke loudly, but his legs and feet were even faster than his brain and mouth, and he immediately returned the same way.
"I'm afraid the snow is going to come in!"
Cheng Jing and Li Feiyang were startled and ran away.
Although they were on the top floor, the scene was like an avalanche, so it would be better to escape as soon as possible.
However, Shen Boyun only ran a few steps before he suddenly stopped and turned around with a pale face.
"Tang Tian and Tang Yi are still downstairs!"
He hurriedly took out the walkie-talkie to send a message, but the clicking sound gradually drowned out the buzzing sound in the walkie-talkie.
"Brother Yun! It's too late! Go!"
It wasn't that Cheng Jing was heartless; he actually had a good impression of Tang Tian. But in such a critical situation, they had to protect themselves first.
Furthermore, they couldn't teleport to the ground floor to pull the sisters back. That would be futile and would only put them in greater danger.
Li Feiyang sighed, carrying a bag of supplies on his back, and together with Cheng Jing and Shen Boyun, he headed directly towards the window where they entered at the beginning.
The window was high up, so in order to return, they even built a platform and then half-pushed and half-pulled themselves out of the mall.
A low rumbling sound lingered, and the snow underfoot shook slightly.
Faintly, one seemed to feel streams of snow rushing into the mall, and it took a while before they really stopped.
The three of them sat on the hard, cold snow. No one spoke for a moment, as if everything was still.
With such a large amount of snow pouring down, people would definitely be buried, buried alive...
The youngest, Li Feiyang, felt a lump in his throat.
He remembered the box of compressed biscuits that Tang Tian brought back for him.
In fact, he is also a fan of apocalyptic novels. Because he read so many, he became obsessed with extreme survival. He even has various canned foods and individual rations stored at home.
The extreme cold has lasted for several months. He now fully believes that this must be the eve of the end of the world. Therefore, any food can be regarded as a ray of hope that allows people to continue to survive.
Tang Tian helped him a lot despite the cold weather and was like a benefactor in the apocalypse.
But how could such an accident happen suddenly?
Only Cheng Jing, Tang Tian, and Tang Yi were not close friends here. He regained his composure, tilted his head, and whispered:
"Brother Yun, let's...let's go."
They found a lot of supplies on this trip, so they had to go back quickly to make a fire to keep warm and replenish their energy.
Shen Boyun felt lost for a moment, and after hearing what Cheng Jing said, he remained silent.
Logically speaking, he should have been used to it after seeing so many dead people, some of whom died right in front of him.
But for some reason, this time it was like a heavy blow to his heart, and he couldn't recover for a moment.
Is it because I shouldn't have agreed to the idea of splitting up in the first place?
After returning, he couldn't face Wei Mingxia and didn't know how to start the conversation.
But Cheng Jing was right. It was at least fifty degrees below zero now, or even colder. If they didn't get some warmth, they would be in trouble too. They had to get home before freezing to death.
Thinking of this, he stood up silently.
Li Feiyang also silently handed over the skateboard, and the three of them left here in a strange atmosphere. The few sliding marks left behind were quickly filled up by the flying snow.
The sky is covered with dark clouds, snow is falling and the wind is strong, and the whole place is white and clean.