Chapter 44: Searching for Supplies in the Office Building
Unimpeded access to the office building.
Sun Qing stayed where she was and watched the speedboat, and Xia Xiaoman gave her the pistol for self-defense.
In the past two days, Wen Jianfeng has taught everyone on the 15th floor how to shoot. There are only 7 bullets left in the pistol, so they will not shoot unless they have no other choice.
The windows of the office building were broken from the outside and the office was in a mess, obviously someone had been there.
The building is quite tall, with a total of 36 floors. Seven floors were submerged in water, and the remaining 29 floors were exposed above the water.
But maybe it was because the building was too old, or the foundation was not laid well, the whole building tilted to the left. So the government did not arrange for anyone to live in this building, and other people did not dare to stay in this building.
"There are too many floors, and each floor is large. I suggest that you search for supplies separately. If you encounter strangers, try not to get into conflicts and reunite with your teammates first."
Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment, and then said, "I'm strong and agile. I'll search the top six floors, and the coach will be in charge of the bottom six floors. The middle 17th floor, Zhou Qiuyang, Xiao Zheyu and Su Ran, you three can divide yourselves. If you encounter something you can't solve, you can run upstairs to find me, or run downstairs to ask the coach for help."
Zhou Qiuyang, Xiao Zheyu and Su Ran’s fighting power is too low, so it is relatively safe for them to stay on the middle floor.
Without any objection, the five people went upstairs separately.
Xia Xiaoman ran all the way to the top floor. There was no need for him to pry open the doors of any office building that had been visited by others. Every door was opened.
When you reach the top floor, you'll see a magnificent sight filled with all kinds of golden decorations. Even the walls and ceilings are covered with magnificent carvings.
The boss's aesthetic is too tacky, but she likes it. Who doesn't like golden things these days?
There is a corridor at the entrance with carpet on the floor. There are green plants on both sides of the corridor and two sets of European-style tables and chairs.
Xia Xiaoman lifted the carpet and found it was quite clean. She could put it away and lay it around the house so she wouldn't have to step on the concrete floor anymore.
The two sets of European-style tables and chairs look of good quality, so they are put into the space. If they are ugly one day, they can be chopped up and used as firewood.
At the end of the corridor on the right is the chairman's office, which is decorated in Chinese style. Once inside, you will see a set of majestic mahogany furniture, and the patterns carved on the tables and chairs are lifelike.
Xia Xiaoman tried to lift the table, and it took all her strength to lift it. Her strength was equivalent to that of two adult men, so you can imagine how heavy the table was.
Xia Xiaoman was very satisfied with this set of tables and chairs. Not only could it be used as a bed, but it could also be used to hit people at critical moments.
The desk is made of mahogany inlaid with marble. Its weight is not something that ordinary people can bear. It is a good weapon and takes up space.
There were several bottles of good wine on the shelf behind the desk, but they were all smashed to the ground. It's such a waste.
There was a secret door next to the shelf, which led to the chairman's lounge. It had been turned upside down and all the valuables were taken away.
She touched the mattress and found it was of good quality. The family just needed a bed. She took away all the space, including the spare quilt and pillow in the cabinet. She didn't mind that the chairman had used it, so she just put on a new four-piece set.
Leave the office and enter the second room, the living room.
The living room was also searched, but not too damaged. There was a coffee machine, microwave, refrigerator, water dispenser, water purifier... everything you need.
Xia Xiaoman was just like a swarm of locusts, she put everything she could get into the space, from tables, chairs and benches to toothpicks, paper towels and garbage bags.
The third room is the conference room. The conference table is more than ten meters long and is fire-resistant and smash-resistant. How can we just leave it here?
The top floor is full of general offices, conference rooms and reception rooms, and the 35th floor is the office for ordinary workers.
The cabinets at every workstation were turned out, and all the valuables and edibles were taken away.
Xia Xiaoman took a large garbage bag and threw anything usable into it, including various books, magazines and notebooks. She would have to rely on these to get by in the future when there was no toilet paper.
Water-based pen, small ruler, eraser. I don't know if I can use them, but they don't take up much space, so I'll put them away for now.
The ibuprofen, sunscreen spray, rubber bands, sanitary napkins, insect repellent wormwood cream, and small blanket placed at the women's workstation were also packed up.
Floors 34 to 36 are all from the same planning company. The supplies found were very scattered, but a lot of household appliances were collected on the top floor.
The 33rd floor is a company that produces anime. There are many anime figures inside, some of which are taller than Xia Xiaoman.
Although this thing is of no use, it is pleasing to the eye. I can put it in my space and take it out to look at it when I have nothing to do.
The 32nd floor is a live streaming company for internet celebrities. Judging from the clothes in the dressing room, this should be a company that specializes in shooting borderline videos. Each piece of clothing is made of just a few pieces of cloth, and the poor quality ones are not even qualified to be used as rags.
The 30th and 31st floors are owned by the same company, which mainly deals in overseas food trade. There are many food packaging bags on the ground, but the food inside has been taken away.
Xia Xiaoman found two plasma cluster refrigerators in this company, which were said to be able to operate normally even during power outages.
The refrigerator comes with a 4.2W battery and uses a combination of solar energy and batteries to generate electricity. Even if there is a power outage, it can maintain refrigeration for more than 10 days and freezing for more than 4 days.
Xia Xiaoman knew about this refrigerator; it was the bakery manager who told her about it.
The food business is most afraid of power outages in summer. Once the power goes out, the food in the refrigerator will quickly melt and spoil. The store manager wanted to buy this refrigerator for a long time, but the price was too expensive and he couldn't bear it.
The company may have bought two such refrigerators specifically to prevent power outages.
The power outage lasted for more than a month, and the refrigerators had stopped working. But if there was a chance to get electricity in the future, these two refrigerators could be very useful. Even if she couldn't use them, she could sell them for money, or give them to her friends, or store supplies in a hidden way.
A few floors below were all floors that Zhou Qiuyang had searched. She walked around but didn't find anything useful, so she dragged two large bags of various tissues, notebooks, and electrical appliances downstairs.
When they arrived downstairs, Wen Jianfeng had already loaded the supplies they had found. No one knew what they had found, but three kayaks were full. They also loaded the supplies Xia Xiaoman had brought, and the group drove the speedboats towing the supplies back to the community.
Move the supplies to the 15th floor and everyone opens the supplies they have found.
"I found a quilt shop that sells a lot of high-end down quilts, silk quilts and wool quilts. You can pick whichever you like." Xiao Zheyu took out bag after bag of compressed quilts from the bag.
Sun Qing and his friends were not polite and each picked two quilts.
Su Ran also took out the supplies he had found, "The floors I searched were all telemarketing, there wasn't anything good."
What he took out was similar to what Xia Xiaoman took out, the only difference was that there were some electrical appliances among Xia Xiaoman's pile of supplies.
"Well, these are the bags of supplies I found. You can take a look and take whatever you want." Wen Jianfeng looked a little unnatural as he picked up a few big bags and threw them in front of everyone.
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