With the formula in hand, I'm invincible. Xu Lin, now that she had the formula, walked with an air of arrogance, while Zhou Pin laughed behind her.
"We'll search each building for large items, and the rest can be left to everyone else."
"I'm afraid that when the weather gets warmer, other people will come out, and we won't be able to protect them."
"Find a safe place to hide it, and come back for it when you have time."
“I remember there’s a construction site nearby that’s laying the foundation. There are no supplies there and nobody goes there. We can let them put their unimportant supplies there.”
The two chatted as they collected supplies, gathering tens of thousands of protective suits and countless disinfection products on the lower floors. These were likely used by the research institute for disinfection, and the quality was exceptionally high.
Several floors were laboratories. Xu Lin collected all the experimental equipment. When she reached the seventh floor, she found the bodies of two security guards. The two men had probably stayed behind to keep watch, and when the rain got heavier, they moved upstairs. There were some personal belongings in the room, indicating that they had likely lived there for a few days and frozen to death in the extreme cold.
They dragged the security guard's body into an empty room to cremate it, put the ashes in a jar and placed it inside the room, then left.
After collecting the entire building, estimating that the main force would arrive soon, the two went to the Sunshine Building and broke through a window. Xu Lin took out alcohol and wood from her spatial storage and started a fire.
Before the main group arrived, Xu Lin took out her boxed lunch and the two of them ate it quickly. Just as they finished eating, the main group arrived. Zeiss led the way, and everyone helped each other. Xiao Zhi was carried on Lao Liu's back. The two of them welcomed everyone in.
The 8th floor where they were located happened to be a restaurant. Many buildings have restaurants on the 4th floor, but this building had one on the 8th, perhaps because they thought "seven up, eight down" (a Chinese idiom meaning unlucky or undesirable) would be difficult to rent out. What the people didn't know was that the 4th floor also had restaurants, but the 4th floor was a Western restaurant, while the 8th floor was a Chinese restaurant.
"We've finally arrived. There have been so many dead people along the way—chopped to death, or frozen to death after a fall. It's so incredible that we're still alive," Zheng Ming sighed.
"Quickly, warm yourself by the fire and have something to eat." Xu Lin threw two more pieces of firewood into the middle of the fire.
The restaurant had tables and chairs, and everyone took out their lunches to eat and rest at the same time.
"This journey has been difficult enough, and we still need to bring things back. What are we going to do!"
"Go back and see if you can make a more labor-saving tool."
"Xu Lin, have you looked at it? Does this building have a lot of supplies?"
“We just got here too. We went to that medical research institute earlier and got some protective equipment and disinfectants. Look, they’re all here. We can share them in a bit so we don’t have to go to that building anymore.” Xu Lin pointed to a pile of protective equipment in the corner and said, “Oh, and we also found some special medicine, but it has to be put in a box. See how many you need.”
Xu Lin kept most of it, giving only a small portion to the others. They couldn't take more than they could carry, and even if they did, they might not be able to keep it.
"Thank you so much. We'll share some of the supplies with you after we finish collecting them. We can't just take advantage of you for nothing," said Grandma Ji.
Xu Lin did not refuse, and the others had no objection to Grandma Ji's arrangement.
After dinner, everyone started working. Each household was responsible for several floors. After collecting and transporting the goods down, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin chose floors 26-29. Zheng Ming and Wang Jing's group, being young and without elderly people or children, chose floors 22-25. Doctor Dai, being alone, chose floors 20-21. Sun Wei and his family of three chose floors 16-19. Zeiss's family, being large, chose floors 11-15. Xiao Zhi fell asleep after dinner, and Lao Liu, worried about him, chose floors 8-10.
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