112: Long-awaited 0 yuan purchase/White Scorpion

Jiang Fei exited the Supermarket, refilled the Big Yellow Bowl with fresh cat food and water, changed into a thin, pure black tracksuit, and went downstairs after applying sunscreen.

These days, she would occasionally come out to adapt to the temperature, but the 45℃ high temperature still made her breathing difficult.

After walking a few steps, her body was already sweating.

The sun hanging overhead was like a scorching fireball baking all living things.

The road surface was so hot it felt like eggs could be fried on it.

In this kind of weather, no one wanted to go out except for those who absolutely had to work; everyone hid at home to escape the heat, not even wanting to go near the windows.

This, however, made things convenient for Jiang Fei.

At the back gate of the residential area, she retrieved a large truck from Crippled Wang.

The first thing she did after getting in was turn on the air conditioning.

Jiang Fei did not go to the police station; instead, she drove towards the entrance and exit of the Safety Shelter.

This was her first transaction with Director Ning, and he might have the staff at the entrance and exit keep an eye on her, so she needed to drive around for a bit, pretending to pick up goods as a pretense.

She also wanted to try her luck.

Even if she couldn't find poultry, she could still get a wave of free items.

Exiting the Safety Shelter did not require identity verification, so Jiang Fei drove smoothly out of the city.

With no one around, she swapped the large truck for a low-profile commercial vehicle.

The Blood-red Poison Ants outside, not having been cleared away, couldn't withstand the scorching sun and hid in their burrows.

They posed no danger, so Jiang Fei only placed insect repellent inside and outside the car.

The towns near Qingyang City had all been converted into resettlement areas by the authorities to accommodate survivors without identity cards, so she had to go somewhere farther.

Taking out a pre-prepared map and glancing at it, Jiang Fei decided on her destination.

Taisong City.

In her previous life, she had passed through here while fleeing.

The city was severely damaged, and its administrator had absconded with the official supplies, leaving fewer than ten thousand survivors in Taisong City.

Later, a group of evil forces occupied it, plundered the city's remaining supplies, and even massacred everyone.

She didn't dare to stay and fled that very day.

Now, with guns, bombs, and the Gold Swallowing Supermarket as a cheat, not plundering it would be a waste of so many resources.

Taisong City was over 600 kilometers from Qingyang City, and Jiang Fei drove continuously for nearly 8 hours, arriving before dark.

After storing the commercial vehicle in the Supermarket warehouse, Jiang Fei took out a machine gun, put on her crossbow gauntlet, and stealthily slipped into the city.

The once towering buildings had become ruins, and the streets were strewn with abandoned cars, collapsed structures, blackened rotting flesh, and more.

The air was filled with a putrid stench of decay.

Hearing a distant sound, Jiang Fei ducked into an abandoned shop.

"I really don't know what Big Brother is thinking, making us patrol in this hot weather. There isn't even a single Blood-red Poison Ant, let alone any people."

"Don't complain. Big Brother is also afraid of a fire breaking out again, like last time."

"Talking about that infuriates me. If it weren't for those two idiots putting glass bottles on the warehouse windowsill, reflecting and focusing the sunlight, igniting the cardboard boxes nearby, almost half of our supplies would have been burned! Would we have been dragged out to work?!"

"Let's finish checking quickly and go home to enjoy the air conditioning. We won't have to come out once it gets dark."

Jiang Fei, inside the shop, was a little anxious.

You've been talking for ages; why don't you tell me the location of the warehouse!

Through the broken window, she carefully observed outside.

A team of 5 people, carrying water bottles and armed with pistols.

She could eliminate them all in one go, without being discovered by others in the city.

Jiang Fei tiptoed to the second floor, took out her sniper rifle, attached the suppressor modified by Su Liuyuan, aimed at the back of the last person's head, and pulled the trigger.

Thump!

As soon as the others at the front turned their heads, noticing someone had fallen, Jiang Fei immediately pulled the trigger again.

After killing three people in quick succession, she swiftly jumped out of the second-floor window.

At the same time, her crossbow gauntlet fired an arrow, piercing the wrist of the last remaining man, forcing him to drop his gun.

"Ah—" The man's scream abruptly stopped.

A cold gun barrel was pressed against his forehead.

Jiang Fei, with only her eyes visible, coldly demanded: "Where are the supplies stored?"

"How many people are guarding them?"

"If you don't want to die, speak quickly."

The man stammered in reply: "The supplies are divided into two parts, stored in the shopping mall on Dongming Street and the factory warehouse on Beiling Road."

"Neither place has anyone guarding them. It's hot, and no one wants to leave their air-conditioned rooms..."

Having obtained the information she wanted, Jiang Fei shot and killed the man, then headed for the nearest location, Beiling Road.

The factory warehouse was empty outside.

The main gate was secured with a chain.

Taking out her climbing gear, Jiang Fei climbed through a window on the factory's top floor.

As soon as she took a step, clang—

A cacophony of ringing bells erupted, piercingly loud.

Upon closer inspection, there were many thin white threads inside, crisscrossing each other.

Each thread had a dozen small bells hanging from it.

Accidentally touching one of them would cause all the bells to ring, attracting nearby people.

And these threads were protecting heavy, large iron boxes on the ground.

The iron boxes had padlocks and chains, making them difficult to break open quickly.

To avoid being caught by those who would rush over, she would have to abandon the supplies in the boxes and flee.

No wonder there was no one guarding outside; who could move these iron boxes?

How cunning!

Jiang Fei directly took out an axe, chopping at the white threads as she ran downstairs, collecting any iron boxes she saw into the Supermarket, not even sparing the bells.

Reaching the first floor, she took out a motorcycle, crashed through the tightly shut main gate, and sped out.

A portion of people had already heard the noise and were rushing over.

"Quick, get in the car! Don't let this person get away!"

"Damn it! Stealing right under my nose! I'll shoot you dead!"

"Chase!"

Bang bang bang!

Gunshots mixed with the sound of cars came from behind, Jiang Fei dared not look back, pressing her body tightly against the motorcycle to dodge stray bullets.

The next second, she threw a grenade over her shoulder.

Boom—!

A deafening explosion instantly shattered the night's silence.

Dust flew, and gravel splattered.

Jiang Fei gripped the handlebars tightly, pushing with all her might to rush out of Taisong City.

After riding to a safe place, she couldn't wait to bring the motorcycle into the Supermarket.

Her hair and body were covered in dirt, and her shoulders and back had been hit a few times by gravel.

First, she took a bath in the wooden tub in the Supermarket, then Jiang Fei checked her injuries.

Her skin was bruised, and some areas were scraped, but they didn't need bandaging and would heal over time.

After drying her hair and changing into clean clothes, Jiang Fei went to the Supermarket warehouse to check her haul from the night.

300 heavy large iron boxes, empty inside; 300 iron padlocks, without keys; 300 iron chains; countless small bells.

100 barrels each of gasoline and diesel, 100 liters each.

30 bags each of 50 jin of rice, millet, white flour, brown rice, and buckwheat flour.

10 barrels each of 20 liters of soybean oil, salad oil, and olive oil.

3 flat boxes of instant noodles, 3 flat boxes of sausages, 5 small insulated boxes, and 10 sacks of hay.

15 chicken eggs, 15 duck eggs, and 3 goose eggs.

It was as if she had gone to Ping An Supermarket to restock.

Noticing that some of the chicken, duck, and goose eggs had a red dot drawn on them with a red pen, Jiang Fei took out a flashlight and held up a chicken egg to illuminate it.

She could see black spots and black threads inside.

The chicken eggs without red dots did not show these when illuminated.

Fertilized eggs!

She could hatch chicks!

Jiang Fei quickly counted the eggs with red dots.

A total of 3 chicken eggs, 2 duck eggs, and 1 goose egg.

Tonight was not a wasted trip!

After sleeping for a night in the tent at the entrance of the plantation, Jiang Fei exited the Supermarket the next day.

As soon as she took out the large truck, she glimpsed many more Blood-red Poison Ants by the roadside.

They were scurrying around as if fleeing for their lives.

In a moment, two White Poison Scorpions, each the size of an adult's palm, crawled out of the soil, eating the poison ants.

Jiang Fei's pupils contracted.

It was the White Poison Scorpion!

More troublesome than the Blood-red Poison Ants.

Its venom was three times stronger than the poison ants', and due to environmental mutation, it was heat and cold resistant, and difficult to kill.

Normal scorpions cannot survive temperatures above 40℃ and would die from dehydration, but the White Poison Scorpion would not.

It thrived at 60℃ and -50℃.

The mutated White Poison Scorpion was no longer afraid of fire, noise, or water.

Ordinary insect repellents and pesticides couldn't kill it; only strong-smelling paint, gasoline, kerosene, or chemicals like quicklime could drive it away.

Moreover, the White Poison Scorpion's exoskeleton was exceptionally hard; it would take several hits with a brick to half-kill it.

If one were accidentally bitten by them, there was practically no chance of treatment.

One would either die on the spot or become an imbecile on the spot and die slowly.

Jiang Fei took out a sealed glass bottle from the Supermarket warehouse, opened the lid, and placed it on the ground.

Holding an iron tong for grabbing coal in each hand, she grabbed a poison scorpion and stuffed it into the glass bottle, then used the other tong to pick up the lid and cover it, then immediately ran over to tighten it.

After putting the glass bottle into her backpack, zipping it up tightly, and placing it in the car compartment, ensuring the White Poison Scorpion couldn't escape, Jiang Fei finally relaxed.

She would take one back to show Director Ning.

With official handling, the White Poison Scorpion would not pose a threat to the Safety Shelter.

It was already sunset when Jiang Fei returned to the Safety Shelter.

She showed her identity card to enter, found a quiet street, got out of the car, and opened the compartment.

The White Poison Scorpion in the bottle had suffocated to death, so Jiang Fei confidently took it to the driver's seat, loaded 30 boxes of medicinal herbs into the car, and drove towards the police station.

However, halfway there, she was stopped by a black off-road RV.

Following the RV were five military trucks and five commercial vehicles.

Armed bodyguards successively got out of the commercial vehicles and surrounded Jiang Fei's large truck.

Recognizing Uncle Liu, the person in charge, who always followed the young man, Jiang Fei quietly pulled out a grenade.

What did Mo Yanan want?

To settle scores with her?