Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Water must also be taken along.

Liu Ruyan took out two extra-large capacity thermoses for the vehicle, each of which could hold four liters of water.

She also took out two outdoor sports thermoses that could hold two liters of water each.

Altogether, that made eight liters of water, which should definitely be enough for them to be out for a day or two.

If they could go and come back on the same day, Liu Ruyan would of course prefer that.

But if they couldn't make it back on the same day, there was nothing they could do about it.

Water was essential, but high-concentration liquor was also necessary.

Liu Ruyan filled two stainless steel flasks with liquor.

These small flasks were small in size and didn't take up much space, so they could be carried around easily.

Liu Ruyan also took all kinds of external injury medications, as well as fever and cold medications, packed them in an emergency medical kit, and stuffed them all into the backpack together.

A backpack that was about half her height was stuffed full by Liu Ruyan like this.

It was just that the four thermoses hadn't been put in yet, otherwise the backpack would have been full long ago.

Early on the third morning, after having breakfast, Liu Ruyan filled all four thermoses with boiling hot water.

Just as Liu Ruyan had finished packing up, she heard Zhang Yuan's voice outside the front door.

Liu Ruyan turned off all the equipment in the house and filled the stove with charcoal before taking all the bags and packages of things to the door.

When the door opened, she saw that Zhang Yuan was also wrapped up tightly outside, with big and small bags placed beside his feet.

The two of them looked at each other and then at the things piled up beside each other's feet, and they both laughed out loud at the same time.

"Can the vehicle you borrowed hold so many things?" Liu Ruyan asked.

"Yes, it has two rows of seats."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's answer, Liu Ruyan was completely relieved.

Liu Ruyan pointed to the oil drum beside her. "There's oil in here."

"I've already filled the vehicle. Let's just leave this one on the vehicle as a backup!"

Liu Ruyan didn't say much, just said it was okay.

Both of them had prepared a lot of things. They had to make two trips back and forth before they managed to load all the things onto the vehicle.

There was room in the back row. Liu Ruyan simply placed the portable stove there, and the charcoal fire inside was burning brightly.

After thinking for a while, Liu Ruyan opened her backpack, pretended to take out some sweet potatoes from it, and placed them on top of the stove.

Zhang Yuan saw Liu Ruyan's action from the rearview mirror and couldn't help but laugh. "Can they be roasted?"

"I don't know. Let's give it a try. If they can't be roasted, we can peel the skins and boil them to eat."

"That's okay too."

The snowstorm outside was still going on. It wasn't falling too heavily, at least the road could be seen clearly.

There were snowplow trucks working in the base. Driving the snowplow truck on the road, they weren't too conspicuous.

But once they drove out of the base and a certain distance away from it, they became conspicuous.

In the vast expanse of snow, only their vehicle was moving slowly forward.

The snow on the ground was half as tall as a person. The farther away from the base, the more intact the snow on the ground was.

All of this indicated that no one had set foot here before.

There was a stove in the vehicle, and the air conditioner was also on. Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan were not only dressed thickly but also had warm baby patches stuck on their bodies. Liu Ruyan was even holding a hand warmer, so they didn't feel cold at all.

It was precisely because they didn't feel cold that Liu Ruyan had the leisure to look at the snow scenery outside.

Everything was a vast exp of white, only the tall trees had some different colors.

Before the apocalypse, this scenery would surely have been very much liked by people.

There were so many ways to have fun, such as having snowball fights, building snowmen, sledding, and even freezing ice cubes to build igloos.

But now, with poor eating and sleeping conditions and people almost freezing to death, who would have the mood to think about having fun? Nor would they think the scenery in front of them was particularly beautiful.

During the two years of extreme cold in her previous life, Liu Ruyan thought that the color she hated the most was white.

Whether it was then or now, Liu Ruyan extremely missed the color green.

That vivid, large expanse of various shades of green, she didn't know if she would ever see it again in her lifetime.

Liu Ruyan quickly withdrew her gaze and looked at Zhang Yuan who was driving in the front. "Do you have a map?"

Since they were going out hunting, they should always have a map and a clear direction!

Otherwise, driving around aimlessly wasn't a good idea!

At this outside temperature, their vehicle couldn't be turned off at all. Otherwise, trying to start it again would be like a pipe dream.

Zhang Yuan held the steering wheel with one hand and took out a map from the pocket of his clothes with the other hand and handed it to Liu Ruyan.

"This is the map of the nearby area. I got it from the base."

Actually, Liu Ruyan also had a map of this area, but it was an electronic map.

And those devices couldn't be opened at all in this outdoor temperature.

Now seeing that Zhang Yuan had prepared a map, Liu Ruyan took it over.

Liu Ruyan unfolded the map and could see that the routes on it were drawn very clearly.

Only the base officials would have this kind of map. For others, it would be really difficult to get one.

Liu Ruyan carefully looked at the map and found that there were indeed mountains all around and a lot of water.

During the extremely hot period, this was quite nice.

But now...

Liu Ruyan looked around and everywhere was a vast expanse of white.

If the snow kept falling like this, would there be an avalanche or something? Would the base be affected then?

In her previous life, Liu Ruyan hadn't heard much about the First Base. After all, after the apocalypse, the communication devices were all out of order.

But it was useless to worry now. It couldn't solve any problems.

Liu Ruyan folded the map and handed it back to Zhang Yuan. After sitting down, she turned the sweet potatoes over.

It was still too cold. The sweet potatoes had been roasting for quite a while, but they were still as hard as a rock, only emitting a faint smell.

Liu Ruyan thought that these two sweet potatoes would probably end up being boiled to eat.

The snowplow truck was moving slowly. After another hour of driving, they actually hadn't gone very far from the base.

Looking at the map, there were mountains all around the base.

But when actually driving the snowplow truck towards the mountains, one would know what it meant to say that it takes a long time to reach the mountains even on horseback.

Fortunately, they weren't horses. As long as there was oil, they definitely wouldn't die from running.

As the time was getting closer and closer to noon, Liu Ruyan almost wanted to put a pot on the stove to cook rice.

Just at this moment, Liu Ruyan heard Zhang Yuan say in surprise, "Look ahead!"

Liu Ruyan immediately looked up and forward upon hearing this. She saw a black dot moving ahead.

The black dot was moving quite fast. As it moved, it was getting faster and faster.

The black dot was running frantically in their direction!

Realizing this, Liu Ruyan asked Zhang Yuan to stop the vehicle.

"Stop the vehicle first. It's better not to hit it directly."

She didn't know how good the quality of the front windshield of the snowplow truck was. If it was broken by the impact, they would be the ones to suffer.

Zhang Yuan stopped the vehicle but didn't turn off the engine.

In just this short while, the black dot was already closer.

It was only when it was closer that Liu Ruyan could see clearly that it was a wild boar.

The size of this wild boar was comparable to that of a calf, with long tusks, looking very fierce.

Combined in her previous life and this life, Liu Ruyan had never seen such a wild boar.

Without bothering to think about where the wild boar came from, Liu Ruyan had already taken out her pistol.

At the same time as Liu Ruyan took out her pistol, Zhang Yuan also took out a silver pistol.

Except for being a bit larger in size, it didn't seem to be much different from others.

"Liu Ruyan, let's get out of the vehicle. The target is too big inside the vehicle. If it goes crazy later and breaks the vehicle, it won't be good."

Liu Ruyan fully agreed with Zhang Yuan's words. She opened the door and got out of the vehicle.

The snow on the ground was half as tall as a person. When sitting in the vehicle, she didn't notice it, but now that she got out of the vehicle, half of her body was buried in the snow.