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

Chapter 75: Chapter 75 Mutated Leech

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan glanced at him with interest:

“Why do you not speculate that the rainstorm will stop completely? Perhaps by then, the official rescue will arrive. How can we go out to find supplies in such deep water?”

Ye Qing, as if he knew she would ask this, immediately replied without even thinking:

“Actually, every occurrence of an extreme disaster is likely to trigger secondary disasters or bring about even greater new disasters. The previous extreme heat and drought, and now the torrential rain, regardless of what new disasters they might bring,

if the rain stops and the sun comes out, or if the rainwater soaks long enough, various human and animal corpses will float in the water. The viruses from these decaying bodies will be a disaster for us survivors.

Of course, I believe the officials will definitely come, but they cannot arrive immediately since their manpower and resources are limited. So, instead of sitting and waiting for the officials to arrive, it’s better to try to save ourselves first.

This way, if we can wait for the official rescue, it’s even better; if not, we will at least be more prepared. As for going out—”

Ye Qing paused, glanced at Su Dai, and then said, “Brother Tao and Sister Dai have a kayak.”

“Yes, Jiang Yan, we owe this to you!” Su Dai exclaimed excitedly next to her.

“?” Jiang Yan was utterly confused.

“When I watched your live stream of the underwater cave expedition, I was so intrigued that I also went to learn diving. Though I’m only half-skilled and can just manage to sightsee underwater, mostly just going down three to four meters before having to come up.

My husband originally had training when he was in the military, so he’s much more skilled than me. After the mask incident ended, just when outdoor camping became popular nationwide, we impulsively bought diving suits, life jackets, and a kayak—it turned out to be a serendipitous decision.”

After finishing, Su Dai laughed heartily and then tentatively asked:

“So, Jiang Yan, if it really stops raining like Xiao Ye said, would it be convenient for you to join us in searching for supplies?”

In her eyes, Jiang Yan’s house surely had professional diving equipment, much superior to her husband’s.

With her help, their search for supplies would certainly be much more effective than merely searching in office buildings.

However, Su Dai didn’t think Jiang Yan would have a kayak.

If she had, she wouldn’t have asked Ye Qing how they could get out in such deep water.

On her side, there were her husband and Ye Qing, both absolutely strong workers.

If the four could team up, their combined strengths would surely be superior to working alone.

But she was afraid Jiang Yan would refuse, so she asked quite tentatively.

Jiang Yan quietly listened to her finish, then smiled politely, “Not really convenient.”

After saying this, she continued, “Thanks for sharing the information, but it’s getting late, I should head downstairs now.”

Su Dai’s initially excited eyes dimmed slightly.

Ye Qing, as if he had anticipated Jiang Yan’s answer, kept his expression unchanged.

Su Dai still wanted to persuade her, but just then, the door to 3204 squeaked open, and Sun Jingtao walked out.

He looked at Jiang Yan and said,

“Jiang Yan, if you’re going downstairs, be careful. The situation downstairs has been a bit complicated these last few days. Would you like Xiao Ye to go down with you?”

“No need, I can manage on my own. Thanks for the heads-up, I’ll take my leave now.” Jiang Yan smiled, waved to everyone, and then turned and went downstairs.

Ye Qing, already stepping out, thought about the fact that she had a gun for self-protection and didn’t seem to welcome company, so he silently stepped back.

“My love, wouldn’t it be good if Jiang Yan went out with us? Although she has a gun to deal with bad people, finding and bringing back supplies is physically demanding, and she is on her own—with us together it would be better,” Su Dai expressed her confusion.

She was genuinely trying to be helpful.

Sun Jingtao smiled indulgently, looking at his wife affectionately, and said:

“Don’t worry, since she said it’s inconvenient, then it must be. If you’re really concerned about her, we can share some supplies with her when we find them.”

“Oh, that makes sense.” Su Dai felt her husband’s reasoning was sound and stopped dwelling on it.

Ye Qing, seeing Jiang Yan’s figure disappearing at the fire door, bent down to pick up a gasoline can and returned to his apartment first.

*

On the other side, as Jiang Yan reached the stairwell on the 31st floor, she smelled a strange, acidly fetid odor that almost made her retch.

It was human excrement, urine, and rotting food mixed together, having fermented over many days.

Obviously, the people living in the stairwell were using it as another form of restroom.

Even if they wanted to discard feces into the water, they needed containers to do so.

Initially, everyone could find plastic bags or paper.

Now, plastic bags and paper were valuable materials for starting fires, and were not necessarily available.

She silently took out a mask from her backpack—used for disguise but actually pulled from Space—and put it on, then took out a flashlight and continued heading down with cautious steps.

The people living in the stairwell evidently couldn’t stand the smell either, having shut the fire doors tightly.

The stairwell was pitch-dark, as dark as if you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

And the further she went down, the greater the density of these temporary “bombs” of all colors became.

She had to avoid them as much as possible, significantly slowing her descent.

Fortunately, she didn’t encounter anyone along the way.

She quickly reached the 16th floor.

Surprisingly, upon pushing open the fire door, she found the hallway devoid of people lying on the floor.

She only saw densely scattered domestic trash and walls blackened by smoke, but at least there were no nauseating “bombs”.

It seemed that with the outside water level continuously rising, these “floating population” had already moved upstairs in advance.

The door of 1604 was half-open, indicating the owner was likely still there. @@novelbin@@

At the end of the corridor, a window had been opened where a small boy around ten years old was dangerously leaning out, standing on tiptoes and hooking his head out the window, reaching one hand into the rainwater, doing something unknown.

His position was actually quite dangerous.

Although the thunder and lightning had reduced in recent days.

But the rain and metal railings, anything could electrocute him if struck by lightning.

Jiang Yan turned off her flashlight, purposely coughed lightly.

The boy, hearing the sound, frowned and turned around, but his expression quickly turned indifferent as he faced away again.

His complexion was sallow and dark, a sign of malnutrition, with greasy hair and clothes.

Jiang Yan walked a few steps forward, curiously asking, “Young man, what are you doing?”

“Shh!!”

This time, the boy turned around impatiently and glared at her with wide eyes.

Jiang Yan slightly knitted her brows, remained silent, moved closer to the window, and took a look outside.

She then realized he was holding a homemade fishing line, seemingly fishing something in the water.

There was a small red balloon tied to the fishing line.

Large raindrops pattered into the trash-filled water, making the balloon bob up and down—unclear what it could catch.

Jiang Yan glanced briefly, about to withdraw her gaze when she noticed on the wall below the window, not far above the water level, countless black, leg-sized soft-bodied creatures had densely covered it.

These soft-bodied creatures were moving very slowly, and the distance too was great; had not Jiang Yan’s senses been enhanced by Space, she wouldn’t have noticed them at all.

She took a closer look, and instantly all her hairs stood on end.

The black soft-bodied creatures were clearly leeches, enlarged a hundred times over.