"So I've always been curious about how those of us who have awakened our superpowers came about. We never had them before, how did we suddenly acquire them overnight?"
"Who knows if my sister's suspicion is absolutely correct? At least my mental system has some clues to follow. Scientifically speaking, it's just abnormal brainwaves or something. But the Five Elements system and its variants, ice, wind, and thunder, are completely inexplicable. Even mutated animals can grow crystals, so who knows what might be growing in our brains?"
"I remember last time the authorities had a mission where several superhumans died. The authorities secretly took away their bodies. What they did with them, only God knows."
"They might have actually done something to living people. These days, no law or morality matters anymore."
Wang Wan spoke in a series of sentences, making it sound very logical and coherent.
"Drive carefully." Yan Zhi gave Wang Wan a hard slap and said irritably.
Jiang Zhi didn't offer any explanation, because she herself couldn't explain it clearly. She hadn't awakened any special abilities like them; the abilities she possessed in her past life hadn't appeared in this one, and might never appear.
They drove in silence. Wang Wan parked the car under an overpass, got out, found a good hiding spot, and then drove the car in.
This time it was the first floor of an office building. The glass door had been shattered by the cold, and Wang Wan managed to clear it out with great difficulty. After driving the car in, he covered it with something. He set up a tent, a stove, and then started a fire to cook.
Jiang Zhi and Yan Zhi went off in two different directions to explore.
Everything was shrouded in white, and the white and orange high-rise buildings in the distance were not very clear. This time, without Wang Wan's reminder, Jiang Zhi knew there were people inside, because the air smelled of burning cardboard.
Someone is burning cardboard boxes from express delivery packages.
After scouting the location, Jiang Zhi took out her tablet, opened the offline map, and discovered that there was also a street full of hardware parts in this express delivery distribution center.
Jiang Zhi went down a street and embarked on a massive "shopping spree," sweeping everything away.
Having not showered for two days, Jiang Zhi finished shopping at the last store and went straight into her spatial dimension.
The space was bathed in sunlight, exuding a thriving atmosphere.
Wanfu jumped out of the backpack and shouted at Jiang Zhi, "Mommy, I'm hungry~ hungry~"
Jiang Zhi: "..."
After eating only congee and side dishes with Yan Zhi and Wang Wan for two days, Jiang Zhi was practically starving. Not to mention Wan Fu was hungry, she was hungry too!
"Come on, Mom will take you to eat something delicious." Jiang Zhi quickly took off her heavy old cotton-padded trousers and down jacket and changed into light home clothes.
Then he picked out a roast goose from the deli shelf, cut off the goose's head and tail, and tossed it to Wanfu, who ate it with relish.
Then she started slicing the goose meat, chopping the goose bones into small pieces, putting them in the air fryer to fry for fifteen minutes, then sprinkling on the seasonings and frying for another ten minutes.
The meat on the goose skeleton is fragrant and crispy.
"It smells so good!" Wanfu said, his mouth watering just from the smell.
Sliced goose meat, served with plum sauce, spicy sauce, sweet bean sauce... Mmm, the two of us, one human and one cat, enjoyed a hearty meal.
"Is it good?" Jiang Zhi asked while eating.
"Waaah, meow~ Mom~ I want an iced cola~"
"Smack!" Jiang Zhi slapped Wanfu on the butt: "You only learn bad things every day, not good ones. When the mutated rats came out today, did you do anything? You just sat on the car doing nothing and wanted to drink iced cola. Can't I drink yours instead?"
"Okay~" Wanfu is so cute.
"Slap! — Stubborn fool!" Jiang Zhi wiped the grease off her hands and glared at Wan Fu.
"Aww~ Mommy's fierce!"
Jiang Zhi rolled her eyes, took two bottles of iced cola from the refrigerator, poured a small glass for Wanfu, and a large glass for herself.
After dinner, Jiang Zhi went up the mountain to pick some sweet berries as a dessert.
After showering and brushing their teeth in the space to make sure neither they nor Wanfu smelled of roast goose, they left the space. By the time they returned to their encampment, it was already 3:30 PM.
"Boss, why are you only coming back now? We've been waiting for you for two hours. We couldn't wait to eat first. We've put some food on the stove for you, so hurry up and eat."
"Hmm, who knows what we might find?" Jiang Zhi calmly lifted the lid off the stove. Because there was always charcoal burning in the stove, the food was still hot.
A bowl of soup made with dried vegetables, with a large bowl of noodles pressed down under a can of luncheon meat.
Although she had a treat in the space, Jiang Zhi wasn't too full, and now she could easily finish a bowl of noodles.
"I encountered a mutated lizard on the road... and I killed it. Everyone nearby should be at that courier logistics center. There's no food in the stores..."
Jiang Zhi slurped her noodles while listening to Yan Zhi describe the surrounding area. There were many overpasses in the area, making transportation quite convenient, and it was also close to the highway, so there were relatively few tall buildings.
Who knew they would encounter a mutated lizard? These creatures are common visitors to many homes in the summer, and their appearance in the freezing cold is probably not a good thing.
Besides the hardware street, there was actually a huge farmers' market in the direction you were walking. Farmers' markets usually have rather small entrances, so it's normal that you didn't notice it.
“I noticed that people were gathered in the logistics center, and some people were burning cardboard boxes from express deliveries. There’s a hardware store right next door, so I bought two sets of tools.” Chopsticks pointed to the backpack.
Wang Wan's eyes lit up instantly.
Only after Jiang Zhi gave her a signal did Wang Wan dare to open her backpack. It contained a hammer, wrench, screwdriver, and small shovel, all bound together with transparent tape, in two sets.
"This is good stuff!"
"You get one set, I'll get one set."
"Thanks, boss. I'll keep this little shovel with me." Wang Wan had a special fondness for that shovel; with it, shoveling snow would be much easier.
"You've got potential!" Yan Zhi glared at Wang Wan, picked up two sets of tools, and enhanced them using his supernatural abilities. He also enhanced Wang Wan's dagger.
Jiang Zhi's Tang sword was enhanced before her supernatural abilities improved, and she thought it would be better to enhance it again.
Just as Yan Zhi was about to take Jiang Zhi's knife, he heard Jiang Zhi say, "No need. Save your special ability and proceed step by step."
"Okay." Yan Zhi withdrew his hand and called Wang Wan to practice martial arts together. Wang Wan didn't know any fighting techniques, but Yan Zhi had studied martial arts, so he could teach him.
Then, Wang Wan's pitiful screams came from the next room.
Jiang Zhi divided half of the noodles among Wanfu's portions, and Wanfu ate while complaining, "It's awful~"
"If you dare waste a single grain of rice, I'll make sure you don't have anything to eat for three days," Jiang Zhi threatened.
"Aww~" Wanfu ate even more enthusiastically.
In the apocalypse, food is extremely precious. Even if this mushy noodle dish is utterly unpalatable, Jiang Zhi wouldn't utter a single word of complaint.
Jiang Zhi hadn't finished her cola yet, so she took it out of her spatial storage and drank it. Then she went to the trunk and took out a bag of pickled chicken feet. She opened it and counted them; there were fifteen pieces in total. After eating five pieces, Jiang Zhi put the rest next to the stove, so the other two could eat them when they came back later.
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