Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

It's not strange to recognize wild boars and wolf packs, but it's quite surprising that he also recognized hyenas.

"I used to go to the zoo often and saw them many times, so I can recognize them!"

Hearing the boy's answer, Liu Ruyan understood it in her heart.

Presumably, the boy's family used to be quite well-off.

Unfortunately, the sudden apocalypse destroyed his stable and prosperous life.

"I originally lived in the nearby town. After the extreme heat, my parents took me to this holiday villa, saying that it was in the mountains, with mountains and water around, and it was cooler than in the town.

Two days after the weather suddenly turned cold, we could hear wolves howling at night.

The night before last, when we were all asleep, there was some noise outside and people were screaming. My parents and I woke up immediately. We wanted to run, but it was too dangerous outside and it was pitch-dark. My parents were bitten to death while trying to protect me..."

Speaking of this, the boy's mood became low and his voice was a bit choked.

Liu Ruyan was silent for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Were there many people bitten to death that night?"

Suddenly hearing Liu Ruyan speak, the boy looked at her. After meeting her gaze, he nodded vigorously. "Yes!"

"What about the bodies?"

When they came here yesterday, they only saw the place in a mess and didn't see any bodies at all.

The ground was also covered with thick snow, and there wasn't even a trace of blood to be seen.

"They... they said that the wolf packs dragged them away."

The wolf packs bit people to death and then dragged the bodies away. Could it be that they took them back as reserve food?

"Did you see which direction those animals came from?" Liu Ruyan continued to ask.

"From the south. There are many mountains in the south. Everyone said that they came out of the mountains."

Having learned almost all the information she wanted to know, Liu Ruyan didn't plan to waste any more time.

Liu Ruyan opened her backpack and took out two packs of instant noodles and handed them to the boy. "Here you are."

It wasn't a bad deal for the boy to exchange this information for two packs of instant noodles.

The boy looked at the instant noodles, his eyes full of longing.

After hesitating for a moment, he quickly stretched out his hand, took the two packs of instant noodles, and hugged them tightly in his arms.

The boy's movements were quick, but Liu Ruyan still saw that his hands were blackish-purple, covered with chilblains all over.

Even his fingernails had turned bluish-purple from the cold.

Probably because there was no nail clipper or he didn't think of cutting his nails, his nails were a bit long, and the edges were uneven. Obviously, he had bitten his nails a lot.

Liu Ruyan calmly withdrew her gaze, and there wasn't much turmoil in her heart.

In the apocalypse, there were too many people in such a situation.

She couldn't help them, and she didn't want to help them either.

After two days, when Kong Rui took them back to the base, as long as they were diligent and willing to endure hardships in the base, their lives might not be extremely good, but at least it would be much better than now.

Just as Zhang Yuan was about to close the window, the boy outside spoke again.

"You... you be careful! Everyone said that those animals have mutated and are more powerful and fiercer than before!"

From the wild boar they killed before and those unusually heavy rabbits, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan had already realized this.

However, it was kind of the boy to remind them.

Zhang Yuan put his hand into his pocket and when he took it out again, there were a bunch of candies in his hand.

"Keep them for yourself. It's the reward for your reminder. After this, we'll be even."

After saying that, Zhang Yuan closed the car window and started the car.

The boy stood outside and didn't leave. It wasn't until he saw the car moving that he slowly moved aside.

Even after the car had driven away, Liu Ruyan could still see from the rearview mirror that the boy was still standing there, looking eagerly in this direction.

Zhang Yuan was driving the car and turned to look at Liu Ruyan. Seeing that Liu Ruyan was staring at the rearview mirror, he said softly, "Don't be soft-hearted. We can't take him with us."

Soft-hearted?

Liu Ruyan laughed. "You're overthinking it. I won't be soft-hearted."

"That's good." Zhang Yuan also smiled. "Captain Kong left some people in the lobby. Even if he goes back with the things in his arms, as long as he's smart enough to sit beside those people, he doesn't have to worry about being robbed. When he gets back to the base and has his own hands and feet, he doesn't have to worry about survival at all."

Zhang Yuan spoke at a leisurely pace, and Liu Ruyan didn't find it annoying to listen to him.

Even though she already knew all of this.

The car drove out of the holiday villa and headed south.

Outside the holiday villa, there were roads in three directions, and the snow in the middle of the roads had been cleared to both sides.

Apparently, Kong Rui had divided the people into three teams and still let the snowplows clear the way in front.

This made it much more convenient for Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan, and the road was much easier to travel on.

After driving south for twenty or thirty minutes, Liu Ruyan saw the outline of a village and also saw Kong Rui's cars.

They didn't stop but continued moving forward.

All the way forward, the snow on the road had been cleared. Liu Ruyan didn't know how large an area Kong Rui planned to search and rescue.

After seeing another village, the snow on the road ahead hadn't been cleared anymore.

Liu Ruyan was just about to speak when she saw Zhang Yuan press a button.

Following his action, there was a change at the front of the car.

Two iron plates actually extended from under the front of the car.

"What's this?" Liu Ruyan asked, a bit puzzled.

Without Zhang Yuan's answer, Liu Ruyan soon understood the use of the two iron plates.

The two iron plates moved back and forth, pushing the snow to both sides of the road and clearing a path for their car to drive on.

"I modified the car after deciding to come here." Zhang Yuan explained with a smile.

Liu Ruyan gave Zhang Yuan an approving look.

This wasn't just a simple modification.

At least, even though she had been reborn, Liu Ruyan still knew nothing about these things.

She had originally thought that the road ahead would be difficult, but now she didn't have to worry about it at all.

All the way south, the mountains became higher and the forests became denser.

Although the branches were all bare, it wasn't hard to see how lush the trees had been before.

It wasn't strange at all that there would be wild animals in such mountains.

The two of them chose a suitable place to park the car.

Zhang Yuan took down the gas stove, put it in the woods, placed a pot on it, and poured a bag of fresh rabbit meat into it.

"These animals will come down the mountain to attack people because they must be too hungry. When the fragrance spreads later, it should attract some of them.

At that time, we'll get on the roof of the car. As long as we see them, we'll just shoot them dead directly.

We'd better not get into close combat unless it's absolutely necessary."

Liu Ruyan nodded. "Okay."

After waiting for the fragrance of the rabbit meat to spread, the two of them went back to the side of the car.

Zhang Yuan didn't get in the car immediately. Instead, he opened the trunk, lifted the mat, and took out a long, rectangular box from underneath.

As the box was opened, the silver gun body inside was revealed.

The gun body was quite long. Liu Ruyan thought it was about the same length as her Tang knife.

Zhang Yuan loaded the bullets and took all the remaining bullets with him before closing the car door.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Liu Ruyan looking at the gun in his hand with shining eyes.

"You like this? Then you use it!"

As Zhang Yuan said this, he handed the gun to Liu Ruyan.