Chapter 36 - 36

Chapter 36 Conflict 1Jin Jun and Liu Hai drove the assault boat full of supplies back the way they came, leaving one of the assault boats for Zhao Yong to watch over, repeatedly instructing him to whistle if anyone came.Su Xiaoyu had already followed them upstairs to pick out the warmest bedding, with each person stocking up on three items. She then secretly moved the rest into her personal space when they weren't looking; since it was a free purchase, she figured she might as well take it.They arrived here first, and once more people arrive, everything here will be emptied out.Extremely cold weather can cause temperatures to drop below -50°C, which is beyond the imagination of most people.There was a tent shop in the middle, so I went in and bought several tents, all the largest size. I also found thermal pads; I counted six large boxes in total. I don't know if that's enough, but I took them all.Just as they moved these things to the window, they saw them return. They quickly used ropes to lower the items down and filled the inflatable boat again. By then, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.Time flies, I must say. There are still so many things we haven't moved back yet. We're moving a bit slowly.Su Xiaoyu felt her chance had come, so she said to them,"Why don't we split up and move everything we want to bring back here? That way we can save some time."Gu Lingxiao said, "Then I'll go with you and we'll split up. We'll be in pairs, and I'll go with you."No one objected to the suggestion, and the remaining people automatically split into pairs to begin their work. Before, they were on missions; now they were searching for supplies. It wasn't much different; they just needed to carefully look for useful supplies.Su Xiaoyu frowned. If she were with him, it would be inconvenient to take anything out of her spatial storage, which would be a bit tricky.Then I thought, "There's always a way when you get to the end. How will I know if I don't try?"So they split into several small teams and began to act separately.Su Xiaoyu went down the stairs to the second floor to see just how deep the water was.They soon arrived at the second floor. Looking down from the steps, the water was about a meter deep, and there was practically nothing left on the shelves.Most of them floated in the water. The panic buying was extremely intense during that period, and supermarkets had to close because they ran out of stock.So even if you go into the water, it's not very useful; you can't catch anything, and the water has an indescribable taste that's a bit intoxicating.Gu Lingxiao said, "It seems there's nothing here we can take back."Su Xiaoyu nodded. She had originally planned to sneak out a few boxes of compressed biscuits under the cover of darkness, but that was clearly not going to work here.So we went back to the third floor.Gu Lingxiao realized that more and more people would be coming out to search for supplies, and clothing would be a necessity in the future, so she said,"Why don't you go and pick out some more clothes to take back with you?"Su Xiaoyu felt her chance had come and quickly said..."Let's split up and wander around. I'll go pick out a few clothes for Xiu; I think I didn't take enough earlier."Gu Lingxiao felt a little uncomfortable watching the little guy skip and hop into the women's clothing section. He could only turn around and go into the men's clothing section. He had previously stocked up on mostly heavy clothes, and he found some nice sportswear.Considering their heights, I picked up a few sportswear items and hoodies. Passing by the underwear section, I thought about their sizes and picked up a few boxes of underwear as well.Su Xiaoyu searched around for a suitable target and found the changing room. She immediately had an idea, as they had never been to this place before.So he took out several boxes of compressed dry food, canned fish, canned meat, and several boxes of ham sausages and instant noodles from his storage space. All of them were things that were very easy to store.Thinking that eating just these things wouldn't be very flavorful, I took out ten boxes of self-heating hot pots. Remembering that I also had self-heating rice, I took out ten more boxes. Each box contained 10 containers of various flavors, which could satisfy everyone's needs.Feeling that this was enough, they turned back and happened to see Gu Lingxiao coming out with a bag. No one knew where he found the woven bag, but he carried the big bag on his shoulder.It doesn't look out of place at all; on the contrary, it gives off a kind of roguish yet handsome vibe." Brother Xiao, what are you hiding?""I just picked out some clothes, did you find anything? Why are your hands empty?" Gu Lingxiao thought the little guy could carry a bunch of clothes.Su Xiaoyu: "I found some great stuff in the locker room, come with me and take a look, it's a huge surprise!"Gu Lingxiao thought there couldn't be anything in the changing room, so he followed her there. When they arrived and opened the door, his eyes lit up when he saw the piles of boxes."You're so lucky, these are exactly what we need."Su Xiaoyu was secretly pleased with herself, thinking that after taking these things back, she could relax for a while longer.Gu Lingxiao decisively took out a whistle from his pocket and blew it loudly. Not long after, everyone else had gathered there.When they saw what was inside the locker room, they were all shocked, followed by excitement.In the past, these would have been considered unhealthy junk food, but things are different now; these things can actually be eaten as a meal.In particular, Xiao Tengyue quickly opened the box, took out a self-heating hot pot, and then pulled a bottle of mineral water from her backpack."I've been working for so long, I'm starving. This hot pot is my favorite food, and I've been craving it for days."Lu Cheng snatched the bottled water from him, opened it, took a couple of sips, and then handed it back. "I just asked you if you had any water, and you told me you didn't have any in your bag?"Xiao Tengyue wasn't angry at all. She poured the remaining half bottle of water into the box, put the heating pack in, then placed the middle compartment on top, and started tearing open the packaging. There was beef, vegetables, and her favorite wide rice noodles. She wanted to eat hot pot as soon as possible."I forgot I had water in my bag. I still have a bottle of water in my bag. If you want some, I'll get it for you."Inspired by them, Su Xiaoyu also opened a box of self-heating rice and chose the pork rib flavor.Upon opening the package of pork ribs, I found only four pieces of ribs, but there was quite a bit of sauce.As the saying goes, good food is worth waiting for; they chatted while waiting to eat.Just when it was about to heal, Zhao Yong called out."Help!"Without saying a word, Gu Lingxiao stood up and ran to the window as fast as she could.Su Xiaoyu's speed wasn't much slower than his; they were practically neck and neck.The others followed behind them and quickly arrived at the window.Looking out the window, I saw an inflatable boat with five people on it. One of them was holding a dagger and was holding Zhao Yong hostage.One of them even jumped onto their inflatable boat, looking incredibly arrogant.The sleazy-looking man, a fat guy, spoke arrogantly to them."Friends, if you want him to live, throw down what you found, and your speedboat is ours!"