Chapter 403: Forming a Group to Steal Supplies?
As for the large supermarket on the fifth floor, the food section was the worst affected area...
The shelves were overturned and broken packaging bags were scattered on the ground, clearly indicating that a frenzied looting had taken place.
"It seems everyone who came before was desperate." He Zhuo kicked open an empty can, his tone tinged with regret.
However, when they found the supermarket's warehouse, their eyes lit up!
The warehouse door was locked, and the keyhole showed signs of being pried open...
It seems there are too many zombies here after they appeared, which is why the warehouse door wasn't destroyed.
Why after the zombies appeared? After all, if someone has superpowers, why would they need to pick locks?
Lu Beiye's palm shimmered with golden light as he gently clenched it.
The metal door twisted instantly, emitting a piercing creak, until a passage large enough for a person to pass through appeared on one side, at which point he stopped.
Upon entering, the inventory inside was surprisingly intact.
Although the size and value of this place are far less than the large logistics park they visited before, the supermarket warehouse still has a considerable amount of inventory!
Large quantities of bottled water were neatly stacked, while fresh rice, flour, and cooking oil were piled on the shelves, along with various sealed canned goods, condiments, and daily necessities...
"Great! This trip wasn't a waste after all!" He Zhuo looked at the supplies that filled half the warehouse and excitedly nudged Gu Qi beside him.
Gu Qi: "Indeed."
Lu Nange began to systematically store the supplies into her spatial storage.
She cleaned out each shelf one by one, carefully storing away all the usable items except for the completely rotten and spoiled food in the refrigerated section.
Bottled water, rice, flour, canned goods, seasonings, hygiene products...
After Lu Nange had stored all the supplies in her spatial storage, the group dragged their tired but satisfied steps down to the first floor.
It was already afternoon, and the blazing sun was beginning to set in the west.
Only then did everyone belatedly realize that they had been fighting continuously for several hours without a drop of water, and their stomachs were already growling with hunger.
Lu Nange looked at Chi Yanzhou: "Instant hot rice?"
Chi Yanzhou nodded.
Lu Nange then took out a table from her spatial storage, and then took out sixty-one boxes of instant rice and a corresponding amount of mineral water, placing them on the table.
After everyone had lined up to receive their food, they sat or stood, whispering to each other as they waited for the food to be ready.
The aroma of food began to fill the air. Once the rice was heated up, everyone disregarded their image and wolfed down their lunch.
Simple instant food tastes especially delicious after a fierce battle.
Lu Beiye ate his children's meal, a mix of meat and vegetables, in small bites...
After the meal, Lu Nange carefully observed her surroundings and found that the feeling of being watched, which she had felt before, had disappeared.
This reassured her somewhat, but she did not completely let her guard down.
There are two choices: return to the base directly, or clear out the remaining zombies in the surrounding area.
After a brief discussion, Lu Nange and her group chose the latter – since they were already here, they couldn't have too many crystal cores.
"Gangzi," Lu Nange gently patted its lowered head, "Set up ice shield isolation zones around the food street, we'll clear one section, you stay in your section."
"Okay, beauty!" Gangzi responded cheerfully, flapped his broad wings, and took off with Wen Qing on his back, circling above the food street.
Soon, rows of ice walls, radiating a chilling aura, rose from the ground...
After Lu Nange and her team finished clearing one area, Gangzi immediately lowered an ice shield to isolate the next area to be cleared, effectively preventing zombies from roaming freely and avoiding the risk of the team being surrounded...
The cleaning process of the entire food street went surprisingly smoothly.
They only encountered about ten level-three zombies; the rest were low-level level one or two zombies.
Aside from their frantic "hoarse" roars and instinctive attacks, level one zombies pose little threat to those with superpowers!
Let alone a group of level three or higher ability users!
Level 2 zombies are often instantly killed by ability users the moment they show their faces before they can even unleash their abilities.
The battle turned into a one-sided crushing defeat.
...
Around 4 PM, as the scorching afternoon heat began to dissipate and a gentle breeze brought a touch of coolness, the zombies in and around the food street had been completely wiped out.
Although the team members were exhausted and drenched in sweat, they all smiled sincerely as they watched Lu Nange collect the piles of crystal cores into her spatial storage.
The team then entered a period of rest and cleanup.
Those who had exhausted their supernatural abilities during the cleanup were led by crystal cores and, under Chi Yanzhou's arrangement, all sat in a corner to absorb the crystal cores and recover their condition.
Gu Qi and Shi Xu took the initiative to assume the guard duty, standing on the left and right sides of the perimeter, scanning the surroundings to ensure that everyone could recover safely.
Those who still had the capacity were all put into the cleanup work on the battlefield.
They had a clear division of labor: earth-type and metal-type ability users joined forces to build circular shields, one area after another, to enclose the piles of zombie corpses.
The wood-type ability user manipulated vines to gather up the scattered corpses and throw them into the enclosure.
Finally, a fire-elemental ability user threw a blazing fireball, igniting the pile of corpses...
Lu Nange would also occasionally intervene, manipulating the airflow to create whirlwinds, adding fuel to the fire of the cremation, making the flames burn more fiercely and thoroughly, and accelerating the cremation of the corpses.
The air was filled with the acrid smell of burning...
Only after all the zombie corpses in all areas had been dealt with did Lu Nange retrieve the vehicle from her spatial storage...
The crowd boarded the vehicle in an orderly fashion...
With the roar of engines, the convoy slowly drove away from the area that had just been cleared.
In the truck bed, the wood-elemental, earth-elemental, and metal-elemental ability users who had just been burning the corpses and had expended a lot of energy sat down on the ground.
They clutched the crystal cores they had just received, closed their eyes and concentrated, their pale faces visibly regaining their color.
The other superhumans spontaneously stood around the truck bed, vigilantly scanning the receding ruins on both sides of the road and every dark alleyway where danger might be lurking.
The setting sun cast long shadows of them as the convoy moved forward in silence, with only the sounds of engines and wind whistling in their ears.
The vehicle had been driving smoothly for about twenty minutes when Shi Xu's voice suddenly came through the walkie-talkie.
"A crowd of about two or three hundred people has been spotted ahead. There are no signs of zombies surrounding them, but their formation is scattered and they are blocking the main road, as if...they are deliberately blocking the road!"
Lu Nange, who had been resting with her eyes closed, opened them and said, "Stop the car!"
She craned her neck out of the window and called out, "Gangzi!"
"squeak--"
The sound of brakes rang out, and the convoy quickly came to a stop.
Lu Nange pushed open the car door and jumped onto Gangzi's broad back.
Gangzi flapped its wings vigorously, carrying her into the air quickly.
High in the sky, the view suddenly opens up.
Lu Nange raised her binoculars and calmly observed the situation ahead.
At the intersection of the only road ahead, a large crowd had gathered, completely blocking the road.
She gently patted Gangzi's neck.
Gangzi immediately swooped down and landed in front of the convoy.
Lu Nange landed on her feet and glanced at Chi Yanzhou and his group who had gathered around her.
"There are at least three hundred people, with mixed equipment, but it looks like they're specifically there to ambush us!"
He Zhuo, who was standing to the side, laughed in anger: "What the hell! What's going on here?"
They figured we'd been busy all day, exhausted, and our powers were almost depleted, so they thought we were easy targets, right?
Are they here in a group to loot supplies?
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