Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies

Chapter 140: Chapter 140 “Live Cultivation”?

Everyone’s hearts were filled with mixed emotions.

Jiang Yan pulled herself out of her reverie and looked coldly at Dao Yinping, “What does he want with so many children? And you still haven’t explained what’s going on with the 22nd floor?!”

“I, I don’t know, it seems they are selecting those children for training and research or something. Those Mutated Leeches, according to what I’ve heard, the substance derived from them has special effects, so he wants that too, and he wants them big.

We can’t catch that many, so we thought of this method of live breeding,” Dao Yinping said with some discomfort, glancing nervously at the stool beside him.

Live breeding?!

No wonder so many corpses and leech cocoons were found in the house.

Even though she had guessed as much earlier, Jiang Yan still couldn’t help but inhale sharply.

Such a monstrous act was narrated by Dao Yinping with such indifference, as if it were no different than raising chickens or ducks.

And there was not a hint of reverence on his face, which showed just how unabashed they were in their daily actions.

Sun Jingtao had never been to the 22nd floor, but he already knew about the dreadful state below from Ye Qing’s description.

Now, the normally calm and steady Sun Jingtao felt a surge of hot blood rush to his crown as he heard the opponent’s unbounded words, breaking through his defenses:

“In this lifetime, if I do not wipe out Ma Longbiao and his gang, I swear I’m not a human being!”

If they let others bully them to their doorstep and still only focus on protecting themselves, the eventual outcome would be everyone’s ruin.

So, to hell with self-preservation and evasion!

Dao Yinping, fearing Sun Jingtao’s anger would turn towards him, quickly shifted his body to the side with small steps.

Sun Jingtao’s fist and gaze were indeed aimed at him, but remembering that Jiang Yan had not finished her interrogation, he eventually gritted his teeth with a “creak,” and with a “bang,” his punch landed heavily on the sofa.

Tian Jiliang sighed, “Xiao Sun, not to rain on your parade, but they have weapons, cunning and ruthlessness, it’s not so easy to deal with. Moreover, in such circumstances, it’s already difficult to protect ourselves, let alone annihilate them.”

His words, seemingly ordinary, were somewhat fueling the fire.

After all, at the moment, it was a vast ocean outside, nowhere for them to go.

They could only fight to the death to protect their homeland, and perhaps then there would be a glimmer of hope in completely driving out the villains from the community.

Of course, he too wanted to lead the charge, but unfortunately, his current broken body did not allow it.

Sun Jingtao picked up on the provocation in his words but didn’t argue, simply stating, “There are always more solutions than difficulties!”

His anger was real, but his decision was not made without thought.

Just think of the time he was on a mission and single-handedly took on a dozen thugs by himself.

If he really faced Ma Longbiao and his gang alone, it wasn’t without a chance of winning.

And now, he had Ye Qing by his side.

As for Jiang Yan, who had a gun…

He was somewhat unsure.

“What’s the matter? What happened?” Su Dai, inside the bedroom, heard her husband’s stomping and shouting, and ran out with the telescope in her hand, frightened.

It was pouring rain outside; Dao Yinping’s voice was trembling and not very loud.

She had been focused on the outside from the bedroom window, barely audible and only seeing a few people.

“Nothing.” Ye Qing, also fiercely impulsive, took a deep breath and diverted the conversation, “Sister Dai, you didn’t find anything outside, did you?”

He hadn’t told Su Dai about the hundreds of corpses on the 22nd floor.

She had been diligently observing the outside from the bedroom the whole time, never leaving for a moment.

“No, the rain is very dense today, and it got darker earlier than usual. I suspect they likely won’t come back today. Also, the water level outside has almost reached the waistline of the 22nd floor.”

Upon hearing this, everyone silently sighed and remained speechless.

With the heavy rain continuing, the rise of the water level was inevitable.

The natural disaster alone makes survival difficult enough, and now they still have to contend with Ma Longbiao and his gang of malefactors…

Fortunately, they weren’t there today.

Otherwise, who knows how many desperate families might have succumbed to their traps?

Having calmed down, Sun Jingtao glanced at Su Dai and suggested, “Wife, maybe we should light up the lamp.”

It must have been because Su Dai had been pressing the rim of the telescope against her face the whole time, as there were two distinct ring marks around her eyes.

“Oh, sure,” Su Dai only then realized how dark the room had become.

Everyone had been quite busy today, and they hadn’t had the chance to light the fire in the stove.

The living room was cold and a bit smelly.

There was the scent of blood from Tian Jiliang, Dao Yinping, and also Ye Qing’s trouser leg.

Ye Qing’s trousers were soaked with a lot of blood, and he had been busy discussing the findings below with Sun Jingtao; he hadn’t had time to change.

Su Dai took a match, struck it, and lit the alcohol lamp.

Jiang Yan watched the faint light in the room and felt as if she had traveled back to her parents’ era.

She had many high-power spotlights and lamps in her Space, but, unfortunately, she lacked a suitable reason to take them out.

Let it be dark; slowly her eyes would adjust.

“Bang bang bang—” The door was knocked at this moment.

Ye Qing turned and quickly went to the door, peered through the peephole, and opened it with a “creak.”

“Brother Liu.” Ye Qing let the person in.

The newcomer was a thin, medium-height man.

He was carrying two large bags and slightly nodded at Ye Qing with a solemn expression as he entered the room.

“Old Liu.” Sun Jingtao recognized the person and got to his feet.

The man glanced in surprise and apprehension at Jiang Yan and Dao Yinping, nodded a greeting to everyone, and then went straight to the point with Sun Jingtao, “Xiao Sun, here are the supplies distributed from downstairs, I’ve also kept a bit for you, after all, you helped recover these supplies. Since Jiang—Miss is here too, it’s best to put it all here.” Old Liu said, placing the two large plastic bags on the dining table.

Jiang Yan glanced at them; they were buckets of instant noodles in various flavors.

Sun Jingtao and the others didn’t really lack supplies, but they obviously couldn’t tell that to others, so they simply said “thanks.”

“Also, I came up to get your opinion about something: the supplies from the 2901 apartment, we’ve kept a fraction for emergencies, and the rest was distributed to every household upstairs.

The people downstairs have been eating Mutated Leech meat these days. Aside from those who attacked us, we gave a small portion to the remaining residents as well.

Now I’d like to ask whether the weapons like kitchen knives and fruit knives that we confiscated should be returned to these residents or not?”

A jolt went through Jiang Yan’s heart; she couldn’t believe they were so thoughtless.

This was not the time for misplaced benevolence.

Tian Jiliang’s uninjured hand pushed his glasses up and said:

“Just distribute those as well. When Ma Longbiao and his gang come back, if the residents have weapons, they can help us hold them off for a while. What do you think, Xiao Sun? After all, you helped recover these supplies.

You decide how to handle it…”