Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 82 - : Two-legged sheep?

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Two-legged sheep?

Jiang Yan had just reached the fire door when the door of room 3204 creaked open.

“Jiang Yan!”

Ye Qing, carrying a black climbing backpack, stepped out with his long legs.

Behind Ye Qing, Sun Jingtao carrying a red rubber boat and Su Dai walked out one after the other.

The temperature had dropped significantly that day, and all three of them wore masks and windbreakers.

Jiang Yan had no choice but to stop in her tracks, temporarily resting one end of the rubber boat on the ground.

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Upon seeing her and the rubber boat, Su Dai’s eyes lit up, her jaw nearly dropping:

“My goodness! Jiang Yan, I didn’t expect you to be so slim, yet so strong!”

She had originally wanted to express her surprise that Jiang Yan also had a rubber boat, but she held her tongue.

Her heart was filled more with excitement and joy.

Since Jiang Yan also had a rubber boat and they had coincidentally met while going out, it only made sense to team up and look for supplies together later!

Jiang Yan just smiled, neither confirming nor denying.

Her rubber boat weighed over forty kilograms, heavier than two barrels of water.

Normally, carrying it on her shoulder would indeed be challenging since the weight wasn’t focused in one area.

But now, her strength had been enhanced by the Space, and carrying two more wouldn’t be impossible.

Ye Qing had already approached and offered a hand, “Let me carry it for you.”

“Thank you, but I can manage on my own,” Jiang Yan politely refused.

Over there, Su Dai had already locked her door and walked over with Sun Jingtao, one in front of the other.

“Jiang Yan, just let Xiao Ye help you. The hallway is too dark, and it’s difficult to navigate while carrying it, not to mention it may get smeared with those ‘Cheer up’ creatures. He’s 1.85 meters tall; on him, the rubber boat would just look like a large accessory, and it wouldn’t touch those things,” Su Dai said, followed by a suppressed smile.

Jiang Yan: “…”

Su Dai’s point was not without reason.

Although it was the apocalypse, where cleanliness hardly mattered, if the rubber boat really did get those things on it, it indeed would be quite vexing.

“That works, so I’ll hold the flashlight then,” Jiang Yan said, but before she could finish, Ye Qing had already taken the rubber boat from her.

She had no choice but to fish out a flashlight from her own backpack.

Whenever Jiang Yan went out now, she would wear a mask and carry her backpack, mainly to conceal the fact that she was retrieving items from the Space.

Also, people usually went out to search for supplies now, so it wasn’t quite reasonable to go out empty-handed.

“Jiang Yan, didn’t you bring any diving gear?” Su Dai glanced at her backpack, puzzled.

In her memory, when Jiang Yan did live streaming of underwater cave explorations, she was fully equipped.

Just the rebreather system inside weighed over a dozen kilograms, not including the similarly heavy oxygen cylinders.

And clearly, her backpack was so small it couldn’t possibly fit.

Of course, it’s doubtful she could carry that much anyway.

Jiang Yan simply smiled and responded, “No.”

“Ah? Then—,” Su Dai wanted to ask something more but was interrupted by Sun Jingtao clearing his throat twice.

Carrying the rubber boat, Sun Jingtao couldn’t exactly stretch out a hand to pull his wife back.

“Let’s go down now. If more people catch on later, they might come looking to borrow our boats or something.”

Sun Jingtao finished speaking and was the first to descend the stairs.

Before the apocalypse, if someone came to borrow something, he certainly wouldn’t refuse and might even help paddle out.

But now, after everything that had happened, all he wanted was to keep himself and his wife alive.

The principles by which he lived had also subtly shifted.

Ye Qing, who always spoke little, hoisted Jiang Yan’s rubber boat and followed.

Su Dai went third.

Jiang Yan turned on the flashlight and lit the way from behind as she took the rear.

After entering the hallway with an indescribable smell and appearance, they fell silent.

What surprised Jiang Yan was Ye Qing and Sun Jingtao’s extraordinary physical strength.

Despite carrying rubber boats weighing dozens of kilograms, plus backpacks, and rapidly avoiding all kinds of age-old “Cheer up” creatures, they moved as if on flat ground.

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It took them less than a few minutes to descend from the 32nd floor to the 16th.

Along the way, they encountered several groggy, disheveled children heading to the hallway bathroom.

The sight was hard to describe.

Fortunately, the children, seeing Jiang Yan and the others well-equipped and imposing, just stared wide-eyed in surprise, not daring to speak.

It was unclear whether they were still half asleep or simply too young to realize that the rain had lessened, and it was time to go out in search of supplies.

Moreover, along the way, they distinctly felt that the people living in the hallway had become much more active.

They must have also noticed the decrease in rain.

Even one of the floors burst into cheers, presumably saying the apocalypse was finally ending, and the authorities would likely send help.

Often, in the apocalypse, confidence and positive energy, which some might call poison chicken soup, came from oneself.

Finally, the four of them arrived on the 16th floor.

Ye Qing and Sun Jingtao stabilized the rubber boats against the wall near the door of room 1603 and took out a hammer and a pair of gloves each from their backpacks.

The hallway window, like before, was open, and the floor tiles near the window were all wet from the rain that had blown in.

Near the window, the ground and the walls on both sides had many patches of pale red viscous fluid.

Some were dry, others still damp and fresh.

Su Dai just glanced around and her pupils contracted.

She recalled Jiang Yan telling her about people capturing leeches for food and couldn’t help but turn and cover her mouth, retching.

Jiang Yan glanced over; the door to room 1604 was tightly shut, likely moved upstairs.

She quickly walked forward and cautiously peered out the window, her gaze pausing: “…”

Outside the window, the wall that was usually covered with Mutated Leeches along the water’s edge was now almost empty.

Instead, certain areas further from the window appeared dark as usual.

If there were more windows like this one in the hallway, Jiang Yan guessed that those nearby Mutated Leeches would probably also be gone.

Sun Jingtao also happened to lean over for a look, his mouth curving into a wry smile as he sighed:

“Back when we were on missions, eating centipedes, caterpillars, and leeches was basic survival training. Never thought that leeches would make it to the common folk’s dining table so soon. Ah, this apocalyptic environment, it really pushes people…”

Listening to his words, Ye Qing, unflappable as ever, said:

“That’s nothing; when humans truly fall into a desperate situation, resorting to cannibalism or eating ‘two-legged sheep’ is all within the realm of possibility.”

Jiang Yan, hearing his words, felt her gaze darken.

Yes, in her previous life, wasn’t she that ‘two-legged sheep’ that was eaten?

Over at the side, Su Dai, who had finished retching and listening to his words, asked in confusion:

“Xiao Ye, what is a ‘two-legged sheep’?”

Ye Qing glanced at her and said, “Sister Dai, you’re better off not knowing.”

Tao Ge, who was preparing to break the glass, interjected, “I’ll handle the glass myself; it’s safer for one person to do it.” After speaking, Ye Qing turned back to Jiang Yan and Su Dai and instructed:

“Step back a bit, be careful of shards flying towards you.”

Heeding his advice, Jiang Yan and Su Dai quickly retreated a few steps.