73: The city froze overnight

Tears welled up in Xiao Chuxia’s eyes: “How did the world turn out like this…?”

“This is no longer an ordinary disaster. Can we really survive…?”

Jiang Fei clasped Xiao Chuxia’s hand: “Yes, everything will pass.”

Humans are far stronger than they think.

Xiao Chuxia silently ate her noodles, the sweet and sour taste of the tomatoes intertwined with the aroma of the eggs, slightly healing her depressed mood.

Lu Yu and the others also had no desire to chat, eating their noodles in silence, their bodies, chilled by the cold, finally warming up.

After the meal, the group moved their things, preparing to return to their respective homes to deal with heating issues.

Jiang Fei poured two cups of ginger tea and asked Ling Zhaorui and Su Liuyuan from the 21st floor to take them to 2102.

Turning around, she saw Big Yellow hugging a pillow on the sofa, unwilling to leave with Lu Yu.

Its owner’s home wasn’t as warm as this fragrant two-legged creature’s place!

Lu Yu reluctantly let go of Big Yellow and asked Jiang Fei: “Can it stay in 2202 for now?”

“If the temperature doesn’t drop in the next few days, I’ll pick it up.”

Jiang Fei calmly hummed in agreement, her heart blooming with joy.

She was temporarily a cat owner!

Soon after, Lu Yu brought over Big Yellow’s supplies and then returned to 2203.

Jiang Fei took out fresh salmon and spot prawns from the Supermarket to feed Big Yellow, and then took out several generators and heaters, placing them in the hallway.

Let the diesel be consumed; it’s better than freezing to death.

With five heaters working, the temperature in the hallway gradually rose, and the frost on the windows slowly melted.

Wiping the water from the window with her sleeve, Jiang Fei looked outside.

All the buildings were enveloped in ice, presenting a pure milky white, beautiful like a fairy-tale ice and snow world, yet thousands of people died tonight.

Their body temperatures rapidly dropped, their heart functions failed, and they fell into an eternal sleep in their dreams.

—

At minus 70 degrees Celsius, even with proper thermal protection, going out would cause frostbite and risk death, so Jiang Fei stayed safely at home.

Big Yellow played in the living room, and she went into the Supermarket to work.

The crops planted some time ago were due for harvest.

The few wilting fruit trees brought back from Beishan Farm had already borne fruit twice.

After the extreme cold came high temperatures, so she wanted to plant some fruits that could clear heat and relieve summer heat, like watermelons, cantaloupes, pears, and so on.

Anyway, the Supermarket’s land was magical; tropical, subtropical, and high-temperature zone fruits could all be grown.

After a few days of work, Jiang Fei also built a wall around the plantation, with some bricks left over.

There weren’t enough bricks for another wall, but she could build something else.

Jiang Fei’s idea was focused on the live seafood on the second floor.

“System, the default quantity of items in the Supermarket is 100. Does this include the number of live seafood that can reproduce?”

“Like shrimp and fish, they can lay eggs and reproduce.”

The system’s mechanical voice sounded, giving a useless answer: [The default quantity for each item in the Supermarket is 100.]

“So if I take the live seafood out of the Supermarket, it’s no longer considered an item inside, which means I can farm them, right?”

No matter what Jiang Fei asked, the system always gave the same useless answer.

What an idiotic thing.

Jiang Fei decided to experiment herself, using bricks to build a small pond in the open space next to the plantation.

Then, she took a basin to the live seafood section on the second floor of the Supermarket and selected a few freshwater shrimp.

She put the shrimp, along with some water, into the pond.

Shrimp were easier to raise than fish.

If they couldn’t reproduce, she could still watch them or fish for them as a pastime.

If they could lay eggs, she would become a big seafood producer!

If she opened a Supermarket in a safe place in the future, would she still worry about gold?

Jiang Fei thought happily, cleaned up the stove outside the Supermarket, and started cooking, bringing out portions for her teammates as well.

There was spicy shredded potato, braised pork with quail eggs, stir-fried rapeseed, and three-delicacy tofu soup.

Two vegetable dishes, one meat dish, and one soup—all home-style cooking.

Packed in meal boxes, they were divided into three large portions, with rice that had been steamed earlier.

Lu Yu and the others knew that 2202 had a generator, a gas stove, and could cook, and also had many supplies, so there was no need to worry about being suspected.

After eating, Jiang Fei first went to 2201, but Xiao Chuxia was not home.

There was no response from 2203 either.

Jiang Fei went to the 21st floor and found that Lu Yu and Xiao Chuxia, as well as Ling Zhaorui and Su Liuyuan, were all in 2103.

The items previously smashed by the Tiger Suppression Gang were piled in the room, and the living room had been cleared out, becoming an open area.

Two targets for shooting were placed against the wall.

Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui were practicing shooting with nail guns.

Lu Yu stood by, giving instructions, while Su Liuyuan sat in a beanbag chair in the corner, watching.

Spotting Jiang Fei at the doorway, Su Liuyuan was startled and teased: “A rare guest.”

“You haven’t been out for almost half a month. How is your health?”

To concentrate on her work without interruption, Jiang Fei had stayed at home, citing the need to recuperate.

“Much better. I brought you guys lunch.”

Hearing this, Lu Yu moved a low cabinet from the bedroom, allowing Jiang Fei to put down the meal boxes.

“Why has this place been turned into a shooting range?”

Lu Yu: “Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui’s skills are quite good now; it’s time to train their shooting accuracy.”

“The world will become increasingly chaotic; no matter how strong your fists are, they can’t compare to bullets.”

“You’ve been resting at home recently, so I didn’t call you. This place is big; shall we spar together sometime?”

“Okay.” Jiang Fei opened the lids of the meal boxes, and the aroma of food instantly wafted out.

Su Liuyuan was the first to rush over, looking eager: “Is there some for me?”

“Everyone has some.” Jiang Fei distributed the meal boxes to the four of them.

Su Liuyuan and Ling Zhaorui ate the two combined large portions.

Xiao Chuxia: “Miss’s cooking is amazing! The spicy shredded potatoes are so satisfying!”

Ling Zhaorui: “The tofu soup is incredibly fresh, Sister Jiang, it’s such a pity you don’t open a restaurant.”

Lu Yu made no comments, using his clean plate to prove Jiang Fei’s culinary skills.

Su Liuyuan was even stuffing mouthful after mouthful of food, too busy to speak.

Seeing that Su Liuyuan could eat with his right hand, Jiang Fei asked: “Is your arm injury healed?”

Su Liuyuan swallowed a mouthful of food and replied, “Lu Yu removed my stitches a few days ago; it’s almost completely healed.”

“Then after we finish eating, I’ll send the weapons to 2101 for modification.”

“No problem, I brought my toolbox.” Su Liuyuan said readily.

Even if Jiang Fei, Xiao Chuxia, and Ling Zhaorui combined, how many weapons could they have?

Half an hour later, Su Liuyuan realized how naive he had been.

Jiang Fei alone brought 30 boxes of weapons.

And they were big boxes!

Xiao Chuxia: “I still have over 20 boxes at home; I’ll go move them now.”

Ling Zhaorui: “My over 20 boxes are all in the kitchen and living room; you can go get them yourself.”

Su Liuyuan: “...Can I throw up my food now?”

Jiang Wunqing shook her head: “I believe in you; you can do it.”

Su Liuyuan was on the verge of tears.

He left Dark Night precisely because he didn’t want to work overtime, but now, he had escaped the tiger’s den only to enter the wolf’s lair!

“Lu Yu also modifies weapons; why don’t you exploit him?”

Jiang Fei was bewildered: “Lu Yu can modify them?”

Lu Yu smiled innocently: “No one ever asked me.”

Everyone: “...”

Afraid of being dragged to work with Su Liuyuan, Lu Yu immediately told Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui to train.

“First, do 100 frog jumps, 100 push-ups, and 100 torso twists to warm up.”

Xiao Chuxia & Ling Zhaorui: “...”

Who did they offend???

—

A month passed in a flash, and the temperature rose by 10 degrees Celsius.

The shrimp in the pond showed no activity. Every day, besides farming and stocking up on food in the Supermarket, Jiang Fei sparred with Lu Yu, becoming stronger and stronger.

As for Big Yellow, it got tired of staying in 2202 and recently ran back to 2203.

Jiang Fei had no choice but to send the pet supplies back, feeling quite melancholic.

When would she have her own little cat?

Su Liuyuan also finished modifying the first batch of weapons and contacted Jiang Fei via walkie-talkie to come down for inspection.

2103.

Su Liuyuan casually took a gun from a box, attached a silencer, and pulled the trigger.

The bullet hit the bullseye on the target, and there was no sound of the gun firing.

“Your original silencers were really bad; I’ve modified all of them to ensure there’s no sound when firing.”

“The modified guns not only have a longer range but also greater stability. Even beginners like Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui can easily hit the bullseye.”

Jiang Fei made no attempt to hide her happiness.

She had truly found a treasure!

“I still have weapons there; I’ll go upstairs to get them and bring them to 2101!”

Su Liuyuan immediately looked at Lu Yu with resentment: “Can’t you control her?”

Lu Yu: “I can’t control her; what I say doesn’t count.”

“Then I’ll hang myself in front of you today…”

Thump thump thump—a long-awaited knock on the door interrupted Su Liuyuan’s words.

Jiang Fei, who happened to be at the stairwell, heard someone knocking on the door, pulled out her short knife, and opened it.

The man outside was probably in his early twenties, wearing a military coat and a Lei Feng hat, his nose red from the cold, with a red armband that said “Community” tied around his arm.

“Hello, I’m Xiao Jia from the community. I’m here to inform you to go to the third floor to collect official supplies.”