35: Who are you showing your teeth to?

Jiang Fei opened the door to Xiao Chuxia.

"Miss, the authorities just announced that all residents can go to Central Square with their ID cards to collect supplies. Should we go?"

Jiang Fei: "Yes, go home and change into your protective suit and rain boots."

"Remember to tie all your cuffs and collars tightly. There might still be poisonous mosquitoes and bugs outside."

Although the protective suit was conspicuous, safety was paramount.

If it attracted ill-intentioned people, she would just deal with them with a single strike.

While Xiao Chuxia went to change into her protective suit, Jiang Fei went to call Lu Yu and Ling Zhaorui.

Ling Zhaorui's leg injury had almost healed, and he no longer needed a trekking pole to walk. He had started training with Lu Yu a few days ago.

After instructing the two to put on their protective suits, Jiang Fei went home to change.

The protective suit was a hooded one-piece, tight against her scalp, and with a full-coverage transparent face shield and gloves, it was completely sealed. Jiang Fei didn't deliberately get herself dirty. She took out the rubber dinghy and went downstairs.

She had a rubber dinghy, so there was no need to occupy official resources.

Xiao Chuxia and the other two were already on the 21st floor, each carrying a backpack.

Lu Yu also had a rubber dinghy, clearly sharing Jiang Fei's idea.

"Just in case, spray mosquito repellent on your clothes, and keep insect repellent medicine for backup."

Jiang Fei distributed the mosquito repellent and insect repellent powder to the three of them.

After spraying the mosquito repellent, Jiang Fei and the others started walking downstairs.

People in the corridor noticed that everyone from the 22nd floor was going out and couldn't help but cast curious glances.

"Sister Jiang, you have so many supplies, do you still need to go to Central Square to collect more?"

The man speaking was the one with the trash can on his head.

Compared to before, the trash can was now covered with another layer of plastic sheeting.

Jiang Fei glanced at him, deliberately asking, "Have you forgotten about me collecting bugs a while ago?"

"If I hadn't swapped out those few boxes of supplies, I'd still be comfortably staying at home."

"Oh, with official relief now, we won't have to worry about food anymore." The man symbolically offered a word of comfort, not doubting Jiang Fei's words, nor did the people around him.

Everyone had seen Jiang Fei distributing supplies box by box.

And there were several more mouths to feed on the 22nd floor.

Even if they had a Supermarket at home, it couldn't last this long, could it?

Those who were once envious and jealous of the 22nd floor now couldn't help but gloat—

"I heard that the door on the 22nd floor has a doorbell connected to a generator. What's the use of having electricity? They still don't have food, do they?"

"They used to distribute supplies so condescendingly. I thought they were so rich, but it turns out they only had that much in stock."

"I didn't expect the 22nd floor to run out of food. Why don't they starve to death?"

Jiang Fei swept a glance over them.

The chattering few instinctively shut their mouths.

Xiao Chuxia's tone was mocking: "Cowards."

The few people were angry but dared not speak.

They wanted to be tough, but didn't they see that Jiang Fengzi's eyes were practically murderous?!

Everyone only had one life; was it enough for her to chop?!

To avoid attracting official attention, Jiang Fei withdrew her gaze and arrived on the second floor.

The accumulated water just reached an adult's waist.

Various kinds of trash floated on the water, but there was no trace of insect or rat carcasses.

Jiang Fei guessed that the authorities must have taken the carcasses to make "meat patties."

In front of the French windows of the middle household on the second floor, people were crowded, arguing loudly, all wanting to go out.

"Why do we have to wait for the previous batch of people to return before we can collect supplies? That's unfair! We're hungry too! Your community is showing differential treatment!"

"The authorities gave each building two rubber dinghies and two wooden boats, which can hold more than ten people! You just told me to squeeze in, and I could have gone out!"

"Give us a specific time! How long do we have to wait? We can't just keep soaking in the water."

All the Yulan Garden property management staff had died, so the community staff were in charge of arranging the supply collection.

A man and a woman in orange life vests, wearing full-coverage protective face shields, tried their best to calm the crowd.

"Please calm down, everyone. Those who can't go today can still go tomorrow. The authorities will continue to distribute supplies."

"Please wait a little longer, everyone. The first batch of boats will be back soon."

It would have been better if they hadn't spoken; as soon as they did, the crowd became even more agitated.

Jiang Fei didn't meddle and inflated the rubber dinghy with Lu Yu on the stairs.

The people standing at the very back noticed the rubber dinghy and were about to go over to borrow it in surprise, but upon seeing it belonged to the 22nd floor, they consciously turned and left.

Who in Building A didn't know Jiang Fengzi's bad reputation?

They would rather starve to death than provoke her.

Zhu Zi, however, was not afraid and approached: "Sister Jiang, do you need help?"

"No." Jiang Fei looked up.

Zhu Zi had a piece of plastic sheeting over his head, tied tightly around his neck with a rope, leaving only a small hole for breathing.

His right cheek had been bitten by poisonous mosquitoes, and his skin was pitted.

"Where's Houzi?"

Zhu Zi lowered his eyes: "He didn't make it, he died..."

"A few days before the official spraying, he gave his protective gear to me and was sucked dry by a swarm of poisonous mosquitoes."

"Many people died like that. I was lucky; I was only bitten a few times by poisonous mosquitoes. Thanks to Chu Xia's medicine, I didn't get infected and fester."

Zhu Zi suppressed the bitterness in his heart and forced a smile: "Let's not talk about that. Sister Jiang, I just saw those people you know, the one called Li Yanping."

"They were among the first to come down and have already gone to Central Square by boat. When they come back, I'll snatch their supplies and bring them to you."

Zhu Zi was bold and sensible.

Jiang Fei was very pleased: "You don't need to give me the supplies; keep them for yourself."

"There are official people outside now, so be careful."

This enforcer was quite useful; she didn't want to replace him for now.

Zhu Zi made an OK gesture.

Doing bad things, of course, must be done quietly!

After inflating the rubber dinghies and sprinkling them with insect repellent, Jiang Fei and the others paddled out through the broken French windows.

She and Xiao Chuxia were in one.

Lu Yu and Ling Zhaorui were in another.

Despite the widespread official spraying of medicine, there were inevitably some stragglers.

Looking closely, many conical black mosquito eggs were distributed on individual garbage bags floating on the water.

Some had even hatched, turning into larvae, commonly known as wrigglers.

In addition, there were surviving cockroaches and centipedes.

Eight out of ten paddle strokes would pull a water snake out of the water.

"Hiss hiss—"

Jiang Fei expressionlessly flung the snake back into the water and slammed its head hard with the paddle.

Who was it baring its fangs at?

Xiao Chuxia, sitting in front, took out an empty bottle and a homemade net from her bag. She originally intended to catch some bugs to make medicine, but unexpectedly fished out a human head.

"Ah!"

Xiao Chuxia threw it away in fright.

The human head, floating on the water, bobbed up and down with the waves.

Its rotted and exposed features were crawling with dense insects.

The rapidly moving legs of a centipede scraped off the last remaining putrid flesh from the human face.

The flesh fragments fell onto the water, swallowed by a few swimming water snakes.

As if not satisfied, the water snakes coiled around the human head, their tails emerging from the eaten-out eye sockets.

Xiao Chuxia's face paled, and she couldn't help but look around.

There were other people on the water.

Those who hadn't gotten on the official rubber dinghies and wooden boats were using wooden boards and large plastic basins to head to Central Square.

Everyone had bite marks on their bodies, or pus-filled sores caused by poisonous mosquito bites.

They numbly pushed aside the corpses, dismembered limbs, and white bones that blocked their way.

Some, whose protection was inadequate, were bitten by bugs and fell into the water with screams.

Others seemed accustomed to it, allowing centipedes to crawl over their bodies.

The high-rise buildings and bustling streets she remembered were now scarred and desolate.

The sky was also gloomy, with oppressive dark clouds covering the city, as if to obscure all vibrant colors.

Xiao Chuxia unconsciously clenched her hands, finally realizing how well she had been protected: "Miss, how did this world become like this..."

"Will the disaster truly end..."

She had expected Jiang Fei to remain silent, as usual.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Fei's voice was soft and firm: "It will."

In her previous life, she hadn't seen the day the apocalypse ended.

But she always firmly believed that light would tear through the darkness and bring back the beauty of the four seasons.