Xiao Yu stored the military vehicle into the Space Warehouse, and the group proceeded on foot toward the hotel.
That was because the artificial island at Jinhu had already been taken over by homeless refugees.
Tents were set up everywhere.
Driving in was simply impossible.
They walked through the sea of tents. After returning to the presidential suite, Xiao Yu began pondering a troubling thought.
There were so many refugees right below the hotel.
If the T-Virus were to break out in full force, it would become a major problem.
While Zombies in the early stages couldn't swim, and jumping into the lake would mean safety—
that only worked if you had the chance to jump.
If the island was swarming with Zombies,
you'd be surrounded the moment you stepped outside—how could you even run, let alone jump?
Clearly, they needed to leave the hotel one or two days in advance.
Once the full outbreak began, it would be too late.
Downstairs from the hotel,
in a cramped tent, Liu Tingting and another woman were squeezed tightly together.
It was a sweltering day.
And the island was full of mosquitoes. It was truly unbearable.
Due to limited supplies, there weren't enough tents.
The Civil Department could only instruct refugees to squeeze together.
"Tingting, if I were as pretty as you, I'd just stroll into the hotel.
Those filthy men would welcome you with open arms,"
said a middle-aged woman in her forties,
overweight and sweating profusely, spitting as she spoke.
"You wouldn't have to suffer here with me."
Liu Tingting gave an awkward smile.
"Sister Tian, it's not that simple. They're not going to let you stay for free."
"We were just unlucky and came late. All the rooms were already taken."
Liu Tingting wasn't stupid.
She knew full well that, with her looks, if she knocked on the door and the room's occupant was male,
she'd absolutely be let in.
But once she went in, she'd never come out.
Each room had at least seven or eight people, sometimes more than a dozen.
If they were all men—
Heh. She'd die without even knowing how.
"Oh come on, Tingting. What's the big deal?
When you really think about it, it's all the same."
"Other people's men are still men."
"Your own man is also a man."
"It's no different."
Liu Tingting curled her lips in disgust.
This woman surnamed Tian was no good.
She kept urging Liu Tingting to go into the hotel—
just so she could have the tent to herself.
After all, it was unbearably cramped with two people inside.
"Sister Tian, I'm going to sleep now. It's late."
Liu Tingting turned over, clearly not wanting to continue the conversation.
The woman named Tian snorted, then rolled over too.
But her bulk shoved Liu Tingting all the way into the corner of the tent.
"Sister Tian, what are you doing? You're squishing me—I can't even move!"
The woman didn't respond and pretended to sleep, snoring loudly.
...
The next morning.
There were still five days left until the full outbreak of the T-Virus.
Xiao Yu and the team finished breakfast and left the hotel.
Today's mission: sweep the shopping malls.
They already had food and drinks.
But they still needed to gather a large amount of daily necessities.
Zombie corpses littered the streets.
The corpse collection vehicles couldn't keep up anymore.
And in the hot June weather,
a corpse would begin to rot after just one night.
Xiao Yu and the others put on masks. It made things a little more bearable.
The military vehicle headed toward the nearest shopping mall.
Along the way, they saw more and more people rushing out from residential areas,
smashing stores along both sides of the streets in a frenzy.
With the city descending into chaos,
many neighborhoods went entire days without receiving any food.
Even though people knew how dangerous it was outside,
and how easily one could get bitten by a Zombie,
some still chose to risk it all.
Just then, a large truck drove past.
The cargo bed was filled with grain.
Xiao Yu frowned slightly.
"That's not right. We already emptied out the grain depots.
Where did this grain come from?"
"Kexin,"
"Turn around and stop that truck."
Han Kexin yanked the wheel, made a U-turn, and soon intercepted the supply truck.
The driver was a soldier.
Xiao Yu first showed his Special Commissioner credentials, then asked:
"Where is this grain being transported from?"
The soldier replied, "Sir, it's from the Strategic Reserve Depot."
Strategic Reserve Depot?
Damn—so there really was a Strategic Reserve in S City.
No need to even think—
that place had to be packed with supplies.
Xiao Yu quickly questioned the soldier further, who answered honestly.
Apparently, after Xiao Yu had looted the grain stations and freezer warehouses,
Guo Weihui feared the Strategic Reserve would also be robbed.
So overnight, they moved all the food to the command center.
Besides grain,
they also transported salt and fuel.
Now the temporary command center was completely filled.
No more shipments would be sent out from the reserve today.
Damn!
This was divine timing!
If they weren't moving the supplies,
I'd go load them up myself.
Fuel and salt—those were exactly what I was desperately lacking!
"Kexin, let's go."
Xiao Yu now knew where the Strategic Reserve Depot was.
Only 18 kilometers away.
Located behind the steel factory in the eastern suburbs.
After entering the location into the GPS,
Han Kexin drove toward the destination.
The journey wasn't smooth.
There were far too many Zombies—
every hundred meters or so, they'd run into more wandering around.
The ones on the sidewalks could be ignored.
But those on the street lunged at the military vehicle directly.
"Die!"
Xiao Yu wielded his Tang saber.
With the speed of the car behind him,
he easily sliced off a Zombie's head.
Anna aimed her shotgun.
Bang! One shot blew the head off another Zombie that tried to pounce.
Gunfire echoed more frequently across the city than it did yesterday—
but so did Zombie growls.
Which meant the T-Virus was spreading even faster than expected.
Thankfully, only military and police vehicles were still on the roads,
so traffic remained clear.
Xiao Yu finally arrived at the Strategic Reserve Depot in the eastern suburbs.
"Stop right there!"
"What are you people doing?"
Before they could even get out of the car,
two armed soldiers had already stopped them...
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