Only 20 minutes left until the supermarket closed.
Xiao Yu quickly frisked a Warehouse Girl and found the key to the cold storage room.
"Xiaoran, don't just stand there."
"Hurry up—we're clearing out the cold storage first."
The cold storage contained vegetables, fruits, and all kinds of raw meat—food, the most precious resource in the apocalypse.
Meanwhile…
The supermarket's announcement was like boiling oil poured onto a collective panic—it instantly ignited chaos.
"What the hell?! I just got in here! I haven't even bought anything yet!"
"Those lunatics biting people all over the city, and now the store's closing early—this must be coming from higher up!"
"Something big is going down."
"Screw it, I'm grabbing a bag of rice first!"
With so many bite attacks popping up, everyone had a gut feeling something huge was happening. It had only been a hunch—until the supermarket's sudden shutdown confirmed their worst fears.
Some aggressive shoppers began looting the food.
One person started, and soon a wave followed.
The supermarket devolved into absolute chaos. Security guards trying to maintain order were trampled beyond recognition.
That chaos bought Xiao Yu the time he needed.
If it weren't for the riot, security would have rushed to the warehouse first thing.
"Xiaoran, pick up the pace!"
Xiao Yu and An Xiaoran had already emptied out the cold storage—meat, fruits, vegetables.
Now, they were going for luxury goods—cigarettes, alcohol, tea, sugar—as well as essentials like rice, noodles, oil, and grains.
One rack after another, goods and all, vanished into the Space Warehouse. An Xiaoran wiped sweat from her brow—frequent activation of her space ability was mentally draining.
But seeing the piles of goods amassed…
She felt fulfilled.
While the two of them swept the place clean, a security guard in the control room frantically tried calling the police.
"Pick up, damn it!"
"Why's it always busy?!"
"Keep trying!"
Finally, someone answered.
"Hello, 110 Emergency, what's your situation?"
"This is Yonhui Supermarket—we've got a full-scale riot! Customers are looting the shelves!"
"Also, a man and a woman broke into our warehouse, assaulted our staff, and cut the surveillance feed!"
"What?"
"Any casualties?"
"No deaths so far, but someone might get trampled soon."
"…What?"
"No deaths, no urgency—handle it yourselves?"
Click.
The line went dead.
The guard stared at the phone, stunned.
A riot this serious, and the dispatcher said there weren't enough resources unless someone died?
"Did I just call a fake emergency line?!"
What he didn't know was…
The outbreak of Zombie attacks had already crippled the city's emergency systems.
...
Ten minutes passed.
Working at full speed, Xiao Yu and An Xiaoran completely emptied Yonhui Supermarket's warehouse.
The haul was massive.
But compared to the 100-million-cubic-meter Space Warehouse, it was just the tip of the iceberg.
"Let's go—we're heading downstairs."
Xiao Yu dragged An Xiaoran along. After knocking out over a dozen looters, they finally fought their way out of Yonhui Supermarket.
The situation outside had grown more serious.
Military personnel had begun appearing on the streets. Convoys of military trucks rumbled by.
Armored vehicles brast over loudspeakers:
"All citizens, return to your homes immediately. Do not remain on the streets."
"Please cooperate."
"Repeat—All citizens..."
The military and police had launched a joint operation, enforcing a city-wide lockdown. Soldiers and officers patrolled fully armed, their expressions grim.
A suffocating sense of dread loomed over S City.
"Xiao Yu, what do we do now?"
"Should we hit the next supermarket?"
This girl—was she addicted to looting for free?
Xiao Yu ruffled her hair.
"What are you thinking? Didn't you see the military and police out in force? It's brdaylight—we won't get another shot right now."
"Time to go home and rest."
"Recover your mental energy. We'll move again tonight."
Every activation of the Space Warehouse drained mental energy.
An Xiaoran was definitely feeling tired.
"Alright. When we're heading out tonight, give me a call—I'll find you."
Xiao Yu shook his head.
"No. You're staying with me."
"The city is going into full lockdown. All residential areas, hotels, motels, and urban villages will be sealed off."
"If you go back now, it'll be nearly impossible to get out again."
An Xiaoran hadn't expected the lockdown to be this severe.
She had never experienced anything like it, and couldn't imagine how serious the authorities would get.
"Then where will we stay?"
"If we sleep on the streets, we'll get chased off."
Xiao Yu thought for a moment and decided on the outskirts of the city.
In his past life, he had barely escaped the city after countless close calls—a bitter lesson.
The outskirts had fewer people.
It would be easier to escape S City once the T-Virus outbreak hit full scale.
"We'll go to Jinhu Hotel."
Jinhu Hotel was in the southern suburbs, built on a man-made island in the middle of a lake, connected to the city by a single bridge.
Even under martial law…
Only the bridge had checkpoints. The lake was huge—at night, you could sneak into the water and row across with ease.
"Let's go—now."
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