Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

The first thing after waking up was to add charcoal to the stove.

After such a night, there was only a little charcoal left in the stove. The rest had burned into ashes and fallen into the ash pan below.

Fortunately, the electric oil radiator and the warm air fan had been kept on, so the temperature in the room hadn't dropped much.

Now Liu Ruyan didn't keep the small electric heater on all day long anymore, because it made the air too dry when it was on.

Only when she just came back from outside and was really cold would Liu Ruyan turn it on to warm herself for a while.

After washing up, Liu Ruyan put away the bed and the carpet and started training again.

Three hours of training later, she took a shower, changed her clothes, and dried her hair.

By the time she finished all these, it was already ten o'clock.

Liu Ruyan put the bed and the carpet back in place before taking out breakfast.

In the morning, Liu Ruyan still liked to have porridge, eating it with steamed stuffed buns or flatbread and having two boiled eggs as well. That was already a quite sumptuous meal.

Just after finishing eating, Liu Ruyan heard someone knocking loudly on the iron fence gate outside.

Hearing this sound, Liu Ruyan didn't hesitate at all. She immediately put away the dishes and chopsticks, put on a green military overcoat over her pajamas, and then put on a mask, a hat, and gloves before opening the door and going out.

As soon as Liu Ruyan opened her own door, she saw Zhang Yuan across the hall also open his door and come out.

The two of them exchanged a glance, and without bothering to greet each other, they both quickened their pace and walked to the stairway entrance, looking towards the iron fence gate.

At this time, there was a person standing outside the iron fence.

Wrapped in a black down jacket, with a scarf around the neck, a hat on the head, and a mask on the face, it was impossible to tell what the person looked like, or even whether it was a man or a woman.

However, judging from the height, it should be a girl.

Liu Ruyan took a look and then asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"Hello! My name is Guan Hui. I'm the new neighbor who just moved downstairs! I came here specially to say hello to you. We'll be neighbors living in the same building from now on. Please take care of me."

Hearing Guan Hui's words, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan exchanged a glance, and both saw confusion in each other's eyes.

Even before the apocalypse, it was normal for people living in the same building, facing each other's doors, not to know each other's names and not to greet each other.

Now that it was already the apocalypse, even fewer people would deliberately greet the neighbors upstairs or downstairs after moving.

Since Liu Ruyan had moved here for so long, apart from Zhang Yuan, whom she had known before and thus had more contact with, the only other people she had contact with were the mother and her two sons on the fifth floor.

The woman had taken the initiative to approach her, and finally died at Liu Ruyan's hands.

Now seeing Guan Hui also taking the initiative to approach, Liu Ruyan subconsciously rubbed her fingers together.

"Why don't you guys say anything?"

Hearing Guan Hui's voice again, Liu Ruyan came back to her senses from her thoughts and looked towards Guan Hui. "Do you have anything else to do?"

"I..." Guan Hui sounded a bit aggrieved. "Don't you like me?"

Liu Ruyan shook her head. "I don't even know who you are. How can there be a question of liking or not liking?

If you don't have anything else to do, I'll go back.

Also, don't come and knock on this door casually.

Next time, I won't be so easy to talk to."

After saying that, Liu Ruyan nodded at Zhang Yuan, turned around, and went back into her own door.

With a bang, Liu Ruyan's door closed.

Guan Hui didn't leave. Instead, with slightly red eyes, she looked at Zhang Yuan. "Brother, doesn't that sister like me?

Did I do something wrong?

I just thought that now that it's the apocalypse, we should all unite, work hard, and help each other so that we can get through this together. Am I wrong to think like this?"

Zhang Yuan chuckled. "How do you know she's older than you?"

"I don't know!"

"If you don't know, why did you call her sister?"

"I..."

"Remember what she just said. Don't knock on the door casually in the future. Next time, I won't be so easy to talk to either."

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he ignored Guan Hui and turned around to go back into his room.

Back in the bedroom, Zhang Yuan took off his mask, and the mocking smile on his lips was clearly visible.

Unite and work hard?

Help each other?

He had traveled through the interstellar space, visited many planets, and seen countless people in disasters.

But he hadn't seen such a low-level white lotus for a long time.

However, apart from making money by dealing with weapons, his greatest pleasures were eating and sleeping. He had never been interested in watching white lotuses act.

He remembered that there was a book called "Dongpo Zhilin" in this world, which said: What I lack in my life is nothing but food and sleep. When I achieve my ambition one day, I will eat when I'm full and sleep, and then sleep and eat again.

Sure enough, people with abilities all have the same goals!

Zhang Yuan sat down by the stove with a smile, took apart a roasted rabbit, skewered it with an iron stick, and slowly roasted it on the stove.

Soon, the rabbit started smoking while being roasted, and the fragrance spread out.

However, the fragrance only lingered around Zhang Yuan and didn't spread to other places.

Beside Zhang Yuan, there was a silver-white cylinder standing upright, with fan blades on it, which looked very much like a vertical air conditioner.

The only difference was that the air conditioner blew air outwards, while this one sucked the smoke in.

Zhang Yuan slowly turned the roasted rabbit and muttered to himself in a low voice, "I don't know if Liu Ruyan needs this... Should I give her one... What would be a good reason..."

Liu Ruyan went back to the bedroom, took off her coat, changed her shoes, and then sat down leaning against the teddy bear.

Thinking of Guan Hui just now, Liu Ruyan's eyes were filled with mockery.

It was already the apocalypse, and life was so difficult. Instead of thinking about how to make herself live better and survive longer, she still had the mind to do such things.

She really had nothing better to do.

In the future, if Guan Hui didn't come to bother her, she wouldn't bother with her either.

If she came again, huh...

In the next two days, Liu Ruyan didn't go out again. She lived her life step by step every day.

The iron fence gate outside was also very quiet, and no one knocked on it again.

Liu Ruyan was quite satisfied with this.

On the third day, instead of the iron fence gate, it was Liu Ruyan's own door that was knocked on.

The only person who would knock on her door was Zhang Yuan.

Liu Ruyan put on her military overcoat and came out. Just as she opened the door and before she could say anything, Zhang Yuan standing outside the door spoke first.

"I've found out about a suitable rescue task that I mentioned to you before. Do you want to go with me?"

"Tell me the specific details first."

"Besides our First Base in Rehe, there are quite a number of bases, big and small. They were all set up spontaneously by some people.

Yesterday, a small base sent a message asking for help, and the base decided to go for the rescue.

That base is about fifty kilometers away from here. It used to be a holiday villa.

They were attacked by wild animals, suffered quite a lot of casualties, and their houses were also damaged.

This time, our main purpose is to bring the survivors back and, by the way, eliminate those wild animals.

We'll go there together mainly to eliminate the wild animals. Saving people isn't our responsibility.

For this trip, the basic reward is one hundred contribution points. The contribution points for the wild animals we kill will be calculated separately."

After listening to Zhang Yuan's explanation, Liu Ruyan didn't hesitate and agreed directly, "Then let's go!"