31: Chapter 31 Supermarket Supplies Harvesting!

"Come on," Lin Yuan said in a low voice.

"Let me see how strong you are."

The evolved rat let out a sharp cry.

Then it lunged down fiercely!

Its speed was extremely fast!

Like a streak of black lightning!

But Lin Yuan was faster.

He clenched his right fist, concentrating all his strength into one point.

His terrifying physique of 258.1 fully erupted!

"Bang!!"

One punch!

It struck the rat's head squarely!

"Crack—"

A crisp sound of bones shattering.

The evolved rat's head instantly exploded, with red and white matter splattering everywhere.

Its massive body lost all kinetic energy in mid-air and fell limply at Lin Yuan's feet.

It twitched a few times, then completely ceased all movement.

The entire process.

Took less than two seconds.

Lin Yuan shook the blood off his hand, his expression calm as usual.

This level of mutated creature was not even worth mentioning to him now.

"Big Brother Lin Yuan!"

Ye Qingyue's anxious voice came from downstairs.

"I'm fine."

Lin Yuan shouted downstairs.

"Come on up."

The sisters walked up cautiously, and upon seeing the huge, head-exploded rat on the ground, they turned pale with fright.

"This... this is too big..."

Ye Qingxue said in a low voice.

Lin Yuan ignored her and turned to walk downstairs.

"Let's go, back we go."

The three of them quickly left the teacher's apartment.

On the way back, the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.

Ye Qingyue kept her head down, her eyes still a bit red.

Teacher Bai was not there, which made her very disappointed.

But Lin Yuan had no time to comfort her.

His thoughts had already turned to a more realistic problem—the Shelter.

The single room he lived in was too small and not safe enough.

He had to find a bigger and sturdier place.

A detached villa in the wealthy district was a good choice.

But before going to the villa district, there was something more important.

Supplies.

Although the system could provide E-grade water and D-grade water, other supplies—clothes, tools, medicine—all needed to be scavenged himself.

Especially clothes.

The sisters were still wearing thin loungewear, which was not warm enough in this ice-and-snow Apocalypse.

Although their physiques exceeded those of ordinary people, being exposed to low temperatures for a long time was still dangerous.

He had to find some thick clothes for them.

Lin Yuan pondered as he walked.

He remembered there were two large supermarkets near the apartment—Walmart and Carrefour.

The Apocalypse had only broken out for half a month, so there should still be quite a lot of supplies in the supermarkets.

Although they might have been looted by other survivors, given the current scarcity of survivors, there should still be plenty left.

Moreover, Lin Yuan had the system space.

As long as the supplies were still there, he could take them all away.

Not leaving a single thing.

...

While walking on the vast, snow-white road outside.

Lin Yuan took out his phone from the system space and opened the offline map.

Before the Apocalypse, he had the habit of downloading offline maps in advance.

Now it came in handy.

Fortunately, the system space was absolutely static, so his previous 10 degrees of electricity had not drained.

"There are indeed two large supermarkets nearby."

He muttered to himself.

"One is 1.5 kilometers away from here, and the other is 2 kilometers away."

"Before going to the villa district, let's go sweep these two supermarkets first."

He turned to look at the sisters.

"We are going to a place in a moment."

Ye Qingyue raised her head and asked with red eyes, "Where to?"

"A supermarket."

Lin Yuan said calmly.

"To find you some thick clothes, and other necessities."

The sisters looked at each other, neither asking how Lin Yuan would take away so many supplies.

After so many days, they were already used to Lin Yuan's "miracles."

He could produce water and food out of thin air, so it wouldn't be strange for him to be able to store supplies, right?

Ye Qingxue nodded silently.

She was very smart and knew not to ask what shouldn't be asked.

Although Ye Qingyue was curious, she didn't say much.

She trusted Big Brother Lin Yuan.

As long as she followed him, she could survive.

After confirming the target.

The three of them quickly set off in the direction of the target.

This time the target was the first supermarket—Walmart.

Along the way, Lin Yuan still walked in the front.

His perception ability had qualitatively improved after his physique broke 100, and he could vaguely sense the biological aura within a few dozen meters.

This allowed him to avoid danger in advance.

The sisters followed closely behind him, not daring to fall behind by even a step.

The 1.5-kilometer journey took nearly forty minutes in the snow.

Finally, a huge building appeared before their eyes.

Walmart supermarket.

But the scene before them was shocking.

The glass doors of the supermarket were completely shattered, and the inside was a mess.

Shelves had collapsed, and merchandise was scattered all over the floor.

There were also some frozen corpses lying helter-skelter on the ground.

"Don't look."

Lin Yuan said calmly.

"Wait at the door, I'm going in."

Ye Qingxue nodded, pulling her sister to stand at the door.

Lin Yuan walked into the supermarket alone.

The scene inside was even more tragic than outside.

There were bloodstains everywhere, along with signs of being gnawed on.

But Lin Yuan was expressionless; he had seen too much death.

He headed straight to the clothing section.

Although a few shelves here had collapsed, most of the merchandise was still there.

Down jackets, cotton-padded clothes, cotton trousers, scarves, gloves, hats...

Lin Yuan's mind stirred.

system space activated.

Wherever he walked, all the clothing instantly disappeared, being collected into the system space.

Not a single piece left.

Subsequently, Lin Yuan went to the daily necessities section.

Flashlights, lighters, batteries, ropes, knives, pots and pans...

All collected.

Tool section.

Screwdrivers, wrenches, saws, axes...

All collected.

Medicine section.

Band-aids, gauze, disinfectant, fever medicine, painkillers...

All collected.

Lin Yuan was like a human vacuum cleaner; wherever he passed, the shelves became empty.

Finally, he came to the food section.

But the situation here was terrible.

All the food was covered in white snow, emitting an eerie aura.

That snow had drifted in from the shattered ceiling, carrying the toxicity of the frost curse.

Lin Yuan frowned.

He picked up a bag of bread and found the packaging bag covered in white snow.

"Is it contaminated..."

He muttered to himself.

Just then, Ye Qingxue's voice came from the door.

"Lin Yuan, can I come in?"

"Yes."

Lin Yuan said.

Ye Qingxue walked into the supermarket, and seeing the empty shelves, shock flashed in her eyes.

Although she had long known Lin Yuan had this ability, seeing it with her own eyes was still shocking.

"What is it?"

Lin Yuan asked.

Ye Qingxue looked at the food section; all these foods were contaminated with snow, and she bit her lip.

"I... I want to confirm if this food can be eaten."

She said it very seriously.

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"You want to taste it?"

"Yes."

Ye Qingxue nodded.

"I've taken the frost curse antidote, so I shouldn't have any problems in the short term."

"If the food is really contaminated, we can give up on it early and not waste space."

What she said made a lot of sense.

Lin Yuan pondered for a few seconds and nodded.

"Be careful."

Lin Yuan took out a frost curse antidote from the system space and gave it to Ye Qingxue to swallow.

Then, she picked up a piece of bread that had been touched by the snow.

She took a small bite.

The next second—

"Ugh—!"

She immediately spat it out.

Her face turned deathly pale.

"It's so disgusting... and... and it has a very strange taste..."

She said, covering her mouth.

Lin Yuan understood.

"It seems that food contaminated by snow poison cannot be eaten."

He turned and left the food section.

"Only collect a small amount of sealed canned goods and vacuum-packed food; don't take anything else."

Ye Qingxue nodded, suppressing her nausea.

Only now did she truly realize how precious Lin Yuan's E-grade mineral water was.

In this Apocalypse, all food was contaminated.

Even if ordinary people found food, they couldn't swallow it.

Only Lin Yuan's water could truly sustain life.

Such an ability...

It was simply a miracle.

...

Twenty minutes later.

Lin Yuan emptied the entire Walmart.

The three of them left and headed for the second supermarket—Carrefour.

They walked for another half hour.

Carrefour supermarket appeared before their eyes.

The situation here was about the same as Walmart.

The main door was shattered, and the inside was in chaos.

Lin Yuan repeated the previous operation.

The only pity was that Lin Yuan didn't find a generator; after all, having electricity was the most important thing in the Apocalypse.

But this time, there was a small interlude.

When he walked to the daily necessities section—

"Hiss, hiss, hiss—"

A strange sound.

Came from behind the shelves.

Lin Yuan became instantly alert.

He signaled the sisters at the door not to make a sound.

Then, he slowly walked towards the source of the sound.

He went around the shelf.

The next second—

He saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.

Dozens of giant cockroaches!

Each one was the size of an adult's fist!

They were gathered together in a dense mass, gnawing on the corpses on the ground!

These were evolved cockroaches!

"Damn it..."

Lin Yuan gritted his teeth.

The thing he hated most was this kind of dense swarm of insects.

But there was no choice; he had to continue collecting supplies.

"Since you're here, then stay here forever."

Lin Yuan said in a low voice.

He rushed over fiercely!

He crushed one with a stomp!

He smashed one with a punch!

Those evolved cockroaches discovered him and immediately swarmed over crazily!

But Lin Yuan's speed was too fast!

Between his punches and kicks, the cockroaches died in droves!

Green bodily fluids splattered everywhere!

The whole process took less than a minute.

More than forty evolved cockroaches, all dead.

Lin Yuan shook the disgusting liquid off his hands and continued to collect supplies.

Clothes, tools, medicine, hygiene products...

All collected.

Another twenty minutes.

Carrefour was also emptied.

Lin Yuan's system space was stuffed with various supplies.

Although there was very little food, other necessities were enough for them to use for a long time.

Returning fully loaded.

...

After returning to the single room.

Lin Yuan took out a large amount of thick cotton-padded clothes from the system space.

"Put them on."

He said.

The sisters took the clothes, surprise flashing in their eyes.

Thick down jackets, cotton trousers, scarves, gloves...

Finally, they didn't have to suffer the cold wearing thin loungewear.

Ye Qingyue couldn't wait to put them on.

"So warm..."

She said in a low voice, tears glistening in her eyes.

This was the first time she had felt so warm since the Apocalypse.

Ye Qingxue also put on a down jacket.

She looked at Lin Yuan, her expression complex.

"Lin Yuan... thank you..."

She said softly.

Lin Yuan waved his hand.

"Although your physiques exceed those of ordinary people, and you have the frost curse antidote to ignore the snow poison, you'll be fine for a short time. But for long periods outside, you still need to keep warm."

He looked out the window.

The sky had already darkened.

"That's it for today."

"Rest for one night, and tomorrow morning, we will set off for Yunding Mountain Villa."

"There is a better Shelter there."

The sisters nodded.

Ye Qingyue asked curiously, "Big Brother Lin Yuan, don't you wear thick clothes?"

Lin Yuan shook his head.

"No need."

"Low temperatures have absolutely no effect on me."

Once these words were spoken, the sisters both fell silent.

This man...

Had already become powerful to an unimaginable degree.

The way Ye Qingyue looked at Lin Yuan was full of admiration.

And in Ye Qingxue's heart, there was deep awe and reliance.

In this Apocalypse.

Only by following this man.

Could they survive.

Night fell.

The three of them squeezed into the small single room.

Tomorrow, they would head to the new Shelter.

Yunding Mountain Villa.

There was more space and a safer environment there.

And... there was a possibility of meeting Teacher Bai Xingli.

Ye Qingyue prayed silently in her heart.

Hoping Teacher Bai was still alive.

Hoping to see her again.