Startled, she used a wall-penetrating technique to run into the corridor and banged on Jian Anping's door.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Brother, open the door quickly!"

After patting twice, Li Mengyao opened the door and ran out, her face pale with fright.

"A rat! It's huge! Ningning, don't go in!" She trembled as she grabbed Jian Ning's hand, clearly terrified.

"It's alright, sister-in-law, I'm not afraid of mice. You wait outside, I'll be back in a bit."

Jian Ning ran back to her house, grabbed a handful of nails, and asked Li Mengyao to open the door for her. Upon entering, she saw the living room was a complete mess.

Uncle Li held a broom, Jian Anping held a mop, and even Aunt Li carried a stool. The three of them formed a triangle facing the television.

A rat, bigger than a cat, was crouching in the corner. Its beady green eyes darted around, and it wasn't afraid of people at all.

For a moment, Jian Anping and the other two dared not go up. The three of them and the rat were stuck there, and no one dared to make a move.

After all, I've never seen such a big rat before.

"Brother, Uncle Li, you two step aside, I'll deal with it."

After Jian Ning finished speaking, she strode over.

"Xiao Ning, don't let it bite you, I'll kill it!" Jian Anping, seeing his sister about to step forward, disregarded his fear and quickly grabbed a mop, rushing forward and wielding it wildly.

In fact, none of the shots hit the rat.

The large rat was startled by his movement and turned to run away. Jian Ning's iron nail flew out with a whoosh, pinning the rat to the ground. It struggled for a couple of moments and then became still.

The two elderly people standing nearby stared in disbelief. "This girl has studied martial arts? Never heard of it."

"Brother, the rats are all dead, you can clean up. I'll go get some cement and plug up the drain and toilet."

Otherwise, not only rats, but also cockroaches, snakes, and all sorts of insects could crawl up from the sewers.

"That's terrifying. Ningning, if the sewer gets clogged, how are we supposed to use the toilet?" Aunt Li's face was full of worry.

"Let's set up a makeshift toilet on the balcony first, and I'll get some cat litter later. That'll have to do for now. Otherwise, once the mice start climbing up here, this house will be uninhabitable."

Jian Ning thought this was just a temporary measure, as there were no other good options. The idea of ​​using cat litter was something she had dug up from the original owner's memories of the apocalypse.

I don't know which talented person came up with this idea, but it is indeed a good one.

Otherwise, all this stuff that was pulled out would be thrown into the floodwaters outside. Even if purified water were available later, it wouldn't be drinkable.

She does have her own toilet in the space, but she can't let outsiders in.

While they were talking, Jian Anping had already thrown the big rat into the floodwaters outside the window. Then he took a mop and cleaned up the bloodstains on the floor.

He had just witnessed it: a gleaming, brand-new nail had been driven right into the rat's carotid artery. The accuracy and force were so great that he could only believe it had been shot from a crossbow.

But his sister had nailed the mouse to death with her bare hands. He couldn't quite believe it. Had his sister had some kind of extraordinary encounter? Like in martial arts novels, where she'd become the disciple of some reclusive master?

I couldn't help but feel a little regretful. All these years I've been so busy messing around with my own life that I haven't paid much attention to my sister's life.

He really failed in his duty as the older brother.

Jian Ning went back to her room and brought back a bag of cement and half a bag of sand. Uncle Li knew how to do this, and he quickly blocked all the drains in the house.

Then she went to Jian Ning's room and blocked it up again. There was still more than half a bag of cement left unused. Jian Ning took it and delivered a small half bag to Xiao Lingfeng and Cao Xue.

I specifically told them to keep the windows closed as much as possible, no matter how hot it was. Otherwise, mosquitoes and flies would fly in. And now, those flying insects are eating the rotting corpses.

Some of them have mutated, and if a poisonous mosquito bites you and you don't get treatment in time, it could be fatal. After all, they are currently carrying quite a few viruses.

That evening, Jian Ning returned to her space to rest as usual. The vegetables and grains she planted in the black soil were growing very well. In a while, the potatoes and sweet potatoes would be ready to harvest. The corn was also almost ripe.

Actually, she could live well on her own without going out to find supplies, but humans are social animals, and she can't just stay alone in this world, wouldn't that be too lonely?

So Jian Ning still plans to go out to find supplies tomorrow. After all, there are still more good people than bad in this world. She'll help if she can.

Li Mengyao didn't sleep well all night, constantly feeling like there were mice crawling outside. She called Jian Anping to go search the living room several times. She finally managed to doze off for a while when she was too tired to stay awake any longer.

After breakfast, Jian Ning still called Xiao Lingfeng to go out together. Perhaps subconsciously, Jian Ning felt that this person must have a secret similar to hers, and since he didn't talk much, he was a particularly reliable partner.

“Let’s find more cat litter today. Do you know where there’s a pet store?” Jian Ning asked as she rowed the boat.

There should be a pet hospital not far downstairs from RT-Mart. They probably have pets there, and the supermarket should also have some, but the quantity should be limited.

Actually, Xiao Lingfeng wasn't very familiar with this area either, since he hadn't been here long. He could only speak from memory.

"Let's go to the vet first. It's really troublesome to go to the toilet without litter. The smell is too strong."

Xiao Lingfeng nodded, agreeing with Jian Ning's idea.

So they decided on a direction, first rowing across the water. When they reached a suitable spot, they affixed water-repelling talismans and went ashore. The underwater world was truly teeming with all sorts of things, but the most numerous were all kinds of cars.

Some of the cars still contained the bodies of people who hadn't managed to escape. Jian Ning walked forward expressionlessly; in the apocalypse, these were the most common sights, and she could only ignore them.

You can't have too many emotions, otherwise how can you survive in this tough world?

Jian Anping's memory was indeed quite good; after walking less than two miles, she saw a large pet hospital. Inside, there were about a hundred bags of each type of cat litter and cat food.

Because it was stored in a sealed plastic bag, it didn't get wet at all, which is good news. If the cat litter got wet, it would be unusable even if it was dried.

This time, Xiao Lingfeng didn't remove the door panel, but instead found a large inflatable plastic swimming pool in the nearby maternity and baby store.

I used an air pump to inflate it and then put all the cat litter in.

This thing is really great; as long as it doesn't get scratched by sharp objects, it can be reused. It can hold more than a small boat.

Jian Ning admired his creativity; she couldn't have come up with such a great idea.

The RT-Mart supermarket next door was also flooded, with only about two stories of the roof remaining. Jian Ning didn't want to make the trip back.

Pointing to the supermarket sign, he said to Xiao Lingfeng, "It's not easy to come out like this, let's get some more stuff to take back?"