"I'm much better now. How come this mantis shrimp is so powerful? Are you alright?" Xiao Lingfeng absorbed some more spiritual energy and felt better before asking.

"I'm fine. I have much more combat experience than you. I can react instantly to what to do and when to do it, unlike you, who still needs more practice."

Jian Ning laughed at him, then flashed out of the small cauldron. Seeing that the large fleshy worm was still alive and writhing, she grabbed the Ruoshui Sword and unleashed a set of sword techniques. After she finished, the worm fell completely silent.

Jian Ning put it into her storage bag and also picked up the scattered limbs. These should be good materials for refining weapons, so they couldn't be wasted.

He didn't rush out. He took out spirit stones to recover his strength, then took out food and laid out a table full of dishes. He waited for Xiao Lingfeng to recover before they had a hearty lunch together.

The two of them spent over ten days in a row killing in this sea area, collecting the corpses of various strange and mutated marine creatures, waiting to take them back for research.

Of course, the octopus monster had even more heads, enough to fill five storage bags. They were all stored in Xiao Lingfeng's spatial storage.

After so many days of their cleanup, the number of mutated monsters in the sea has significantly decreased, especially those that have gained sentience, which are now keeping their distance. These two are deadly scourges.

Even the most powerful sea monster would be helpless against these two. It's best to stay away and keep your life at bay.

The two fought their way here, getting closer and closer to the island nation's coastline. So after discussing it today, they decided to go and take a look.

Xiao Lingfeng drove the speedboat all the way there.

Once ashore, I saw that the city here was much more severely damaged than the one in China.

Because it's surrounded by the sea, there are even more monsters gathered here.

It wasn't just the octopus monster; other mutated sea monsters also crawled ashore in search of food.

Perhaps the fish in the sea could no longer satisfy their needs. So along the way, the snow was covered with dried, dark red bloodstains and mangled human remains.

"Do you think there are still any living people in this city?" Xiao Lingfeng asked Jian Ning as he walked forward.

"I doubt there are any left. The monsters are so ferocious; even if someone survived, they probably retreated to a safer place."

However, their land area is only so big, and to truly escape the monsters' clutches, they would have to go to the heavens or the earth.

"It can't be in the sky, so it must all be hidden underground."

Jian Ning figured what she said made a lot of sense; this ethnic group was particularly good at digging caves. Hiding in caves to avoid danger was perfectly normal.

Xiao Lingfeng also agreed with Jian Ning's statement.

As they walked along, they encountered various monsters that occasionally emerged from the snow. Without exception, they killed them all, collecting the useful ones and leaving the useless ones behind.

Looking at the red, green, and white sunflower logo on the roof of a building in the distance, Jian Ning smiled.

"Is that a supermarket? Let's go take a look."

Xiao Lingfeng followed behind Jian Ning. The two flew over directly. Walking was too slow. Anyway, they weren't worried about being seen.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large chain supermarket. To their surprise, many of the vacuum-packed foods inside were undamaged and not expired.

Hurry and fill it into the space. The disaster must have come too suddenly, maybe it was a tsunami, and many people lost their lives at that time, otherwise this place wouldn't be so intact.

This was a boon for them. They collected all the packaged, sealed, and vacuum-packed food that hadn't spoiled. They didn't just take food; they took anything that looked usable.

The soldiers were short of food and clothing. They had already suffered enough; these supplies would at least guarantee them provisions for a period of time.

The place was filled with various packaged broths, seasonings, and packaged snacks. Xiao Lingfeng also discovered a warehouse storing supplies, containing even more rice, flour, and cooking oil.

And there was practically no water inside. It was an unexpected surprise. The supplies in this one supermarket alone would be enough to feed the soldiers for several years.

Jian Ning had a large space, so she directly stored all the supplies from the entire warehouse into the jade pendant space.

“Let’s keep looking. We can’t just take this little bit back.” Xiao Lingfeng was also intrigued; the feeling of getting something for free was just too great.

Besides, there's such a shortage of supplies back home, and the supermarkets here have everything we need. It would be a waste not to take it. We might as well take it all back and use it with our own people.

"Alright, let's start from here and head east. We'll sweep through city by city, taking everything we can, leaving nothing behind."

Jian Ning now wants more than just food; she doesn't want any gold, silver, or jade artifacts left behind. She'd also like to visit the museum again and take everything from inside.

She remembered that in the past, the island nation launched several wars of plunder, stealing a great deal of cultural relics from the country, making it the country with the largest "collection" of domestic cultural relics among overseas nations. This time, she wanted to take them all back.

As for the location of the museum, this was no problem for Jian Ning. According to her memory, it should be the National Museum, located in the capital of the island nation.

While collecting supplies, she found a map of an island nation. If she wanted to go there, she could simply find the right direction and fly there on her sword.

However, Xiao Lingfeng is more focused on collecting supplies right now, so she's not in a rush. She can just slowly collect things along the way; as long as she's heading in the right direction, she'll eventually reach her destination. Nothing will be delayed.

Although the island nation is not very large, if you walk every day, you won't be able to reach the capital in a short time.

To expedite the collection process, Li Baozhu transferred everything from Xiao Lingfeng's spatial storage to her own immortal abode. Then, the two split up.

They operated on a three-day cycle, splitting into two groups at each city to collect the necessary supplies.

This would significantly increase their speed, and they agreed that if they encountered danger, they would use a long howl as a signal. Furthermore, they must not linger in battle; preserving their lives is paramount.

All of this was just in case. In reality, with their current abilities—one at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and the other about to reach the Golden Core stage—they were practically invincible here.

When Xiao Lingfeng was collecting things, he might pick out some valuable items. But when he got to Jian Ning, he put everything he saw that was usable into his immortal abode.

There's plenty of land here, so we can use what we can't use. Jian Ning fenced off more than ten acres of open space at the foot of the immortal mountain, specifically for displaying the things she had collected.

This immortal abode might have some obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Jian Ning had already noticed this. Everything that enters the immortal abode is automatically categorized. There's absolutely no need for anyone else to worry about it.