Natural Disaster: I Started By Hoarding Tens Of Billions Of Supplies

Chapter 255: Traces



Seeing that the debris was cleared and abandoned cars shifted away from the road in front of the supermarket, Shi Xuan said, "Captain, it looks like someone got here before us."

Long Yu didn't respond immediately. He inspected the traces on the ground carefully. When he noticed faint footprints overlapping with tire tracks, his expression darkened.

He stood up and said, "The mutant rats became more active today. Let's collect the supplies and leave as quickly as possible."

Apart from Quan Yuanwei and Sima Yun, the others noticed footprints left by mutated rats. Realizing the mutant rats might hide inside the supermarket, they took out their weapons.

Some ruins blocked the supermarket entrance, leaving only a narrow path wide enough for people to walk through. Since it was too narrow for the trucks and the SUV to pass, they decided that Sima Yun would stay outside to guard the vehicles while the others went inside to gather supplies.

Walking into the supermarket, Long Yu surveyed the messy scene. Most of the shelves had fallen, and items were scattered across the floor. He signaled to the others, who nodded in response.

They separated and carefully checked the supermarket. Ten minutes later, they gathered again at the entrance.

Long Yu said, "There's nothing useful left here. Could it be that those people ahead of us already looted everything?"

Huang Qian pointed toward the back and said, "Captain, there is a warehouse in the back area. Should we check it out?"

Long Yu thought for a moment, then nodded. "Let's go."

The five of them made their way to the warehouse. Seeing that the lock on the door had been broken, they didn't have much hope of finding any supplies.

However, contrary to their low expectations, the warehouse still contained a lot of supplies. The shelves were half-filled with boxes, and some boxes were stacked in the corner of the warehouse.

Long Yu walked up to the nearest shelf, opened one of the boxes, and found it filled with self- heating meals.

Seeing this, everyone's face brightened. Self-heating meals are the best rations to have on the road.

Long Yu closed the box and said, "Let's move them out."

"Yes, Captain."

They began loading the transport trolley with boxes of supplies. In addition to self-heating meals, they found boxes of mineral water, vacuum-packed rice, beans, cereals, and even snacks like chocolate and candy.

Long Yu told them to take everything, including the snacks.

In the future, when food is scarce, chocolate and candy will be considered emergency rations. By then, production lines had long since stopped, and a piece of chocolate was so valuable that only powerful and wealthy people could afford to exchange it at the base.

After stacking the boxes of supplies on the trolley, Quan Yuanwei and Shi Xuan brought them out and loaded them onto the trucks with Sima Yun.

In the warehouse, Jia Xiang, Long Yu, and Huang Qian tirelessly loaded another transport trolley with supplies. By the time they had filled up the two trucks and the SUV, the sky had already begun to change color.

Long Yu looked at the remaining supplies, recalled the footprints he'd seen outside, and made a decision.

He turned to the others and said, "Let's load the remaining supplies on top of the truck's compartment. Find some ropes and planks to secure the boxes."

Knowing that it would be more difficult to find supplies after leaving Juncheng City, everyone agreed. They hurriedly looked around for planks or ropes and transported more supplies out from the warehouse.

By the time they finished loading all the supplies, the sun had already begun rising in the east. Usually, Long Yu would let them rest during the day to avoid the sunlight. But today, he decided they should leave immediately.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Ten minutes after they left, something came out of the sewer. From a distance, those things looked like a cat with two red eyes, but when it opened its mouth to scream, only a strange squeak came out.

Meanwhile, Yao Ran, Huang Zhihui, Deng Qiqi, and the Sima and Quan families had finished loading everything into the three trucks and the bus.

Seeing some space left on the last truck, Yao Ran said to Sima Hao, "Brother Sima, can you guard the vehicles for a moment? I need to go upstairs to check if we left anything behind."

Sima Hao nodded, "Sure."

Yao Ran knew he had no weapon besides a wooden stick, so she handed him her gun and a box of bullets.

Seeing this, Sima Hao hesitated for a moment, then returned the gun and bullets to her and said, "Miss Yao, this is too valuable. I can't accept it."

"Please take it. You will need it to protect our supplies. If someone tries to rob us, you must shoot before they can take action, or else you are the one who will die." Yao Ran said seriously.

Sima Hao was not naive. He knew the world had changed, and the peaceful times of the past were gone. Clutching the gun and bullets, he nodded, "I understand."

With Sima Hao guarding the supplies, Yao Ran quickly went upstairs. On the 19th floor, she found Huang Zhihui and Deng Qiqi helping Grandpa and Grandma Quan pack their daily necessities into backpacks.

"Zhihui, Qiqi, I'm going upstairs to check for anything we might have missed." Yao Ran said from the staircase.

Huang Zhihui and Deng Qiqi paused and then looked at Yao Ran. Huang Zhihui nodded, "Alright."

On the 20th floor, Yao Ran went to unit 2001. She took all large furniture into her space, leaving the apartment empty, and then checked her own and Long Yu's apartments.

After confirming nothing was left behind, she went downstairs to help the Sima and Quan families pack their daily necessities into backpacks. By the time they were ready, the sun was high in the sky.

Before leaving, Long Yu handed Yao Ran a satellite phone. She dialed the only number in the phone's contact list and waited.