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

Chapter 76: Chapter 76 Are you trying to infuriate me?

Jiang Yan’s fear of leeches was in no way inferior to that of snakes, caterpillars, and earthworms.

But as long as she avoided direct eye contact or physical contact, she could still tolerate the discomfort these soft-bodied creatures caused her.

Moreover, these soft-bodied creatures were more often found in videos, and the likelihood of encountering them in reality was quite low.

Now, however, the Mutated Leeches were densely covering the walls of the residential area, their bodies having grown hundreds of times larger, as thick and long as an adult’s calf.

She couldn’t help feeling a shiver down her spine.

In two days, when the rain lessened, she had to descend from here in her kayak.

If she were careless and fell onto a pile of those round, glossy black leeches, the mere thought was terrifying.

She did have a flight suit in her Space.

However, the current situation wasn’t like during high temperatures, flying would be too conspicuous, and finding a suitable and safe landing spot was a big problem.

She could only take the water route, which felt more grounded.

Jiang Yan quickly recalled in her mind if there was anything she could use against these giant leeches.

Before the apocalypse, she had once hosted a live broadcast program that involved filming the scenery of an ancient town and the bountiful harvest of rice field fish in a remote overseas Chinese hometown.

The rice fields there were teeming with leeches, some of which even climbed onto the villagers’ calves, so she had a bit of knowledge about leeches.

She had searched on her phone at the time and found out that leeches, also known as Hirudinea, looked frightening and sucked blood, but could actually be used in medicine once dried.

Therefore, there were people who specialized in breeding leeches, because the Hirudine extracted from leeches had effects like lowering blood lipids, regulating blood pressure, dissolving blood clots, and was rich in proteins, peptides, fats, and so on.

Their survival ability was extremely strong, capable of withstanding temperatures of fifty to sixty degrees Celsius. Once they left the water, all of their cells would stop working, but they wouldn’t die immediately.

Once they encountered water again, they would revive.

To completely eliminate them, one had to either burn them to ashes or completely stay away from all water sources for life.

That was also why, after most animals and insects had disappeared, these leeches could make a comeback.

Not only had their size increased, but they also had likely been soaking in this rainwater for a long time, with plenty of decomposing corpses providing abundant food, mutating rapidly and thoroughly.

Thus, the rainwater likely contained radioactive materials.

At this point, Jiang Yan’s forehead slightly furrowed as she thought:

She wondered if people who soaked in this rainwater for a long time or drank it might mutate.

But that was a thought for later.

First, she needed to think of a way to eliminate these leeches.

In her Space, she did have a batch of flamethrowers bought from the Beautiful Country when purchasing military supplies, but taking them out would be too conspicuous.

Although she had an abundance of weapons, she wouldn’t use them unless absolutely necessary.

If there was no other way, she would have to overcome her inner fear and pick up those leeches that had fallen onto the kayak and throw them away.

Thinking of the kayak, Jiang Yan then remembered that she had something urgent to do when she came down.

She estimated the size of the passageway windows based on the number of floor tiles in the corridor.

The tiles were sixty centimeters each, totaling approximately two meters one wide with three and a half tiles.

The windows had aluminum frames, which could probably be completely split open with a Fire Axe.

The rubber boat could easily be sent out diagonally.

The only concern during the splitting was to clear the wall properly, otherwise, the rubber boat could easily get torn.

As Jiang Yan was pondering this, she heard a loud “clang—”. The semi-closed door of room 1604 was knocked open by a heavy object.

A middle-aged woman with a worried look and yellowish complexion, pushing a waist-high luggage heavily taped with transparent tape, came out.

Seeing Jiang Yan, unfamiliar and standing near her doorway, the woman’s eyes flickered warily, and she asked somewhat antagonistically, “Why are you here?!”

After speaking, she carefully peeked behind Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan gave her a glance and casually asked, “Why can’t I be here?”

The woman was taken aback, choked up, dropped her luggage at the door, and was about to return to the room when in a swift turn, she saw a little boy lying by the glass wall of the corridor.

Her face instantly changed.

During the conversation between the middle-aged woman and Jiang Yan, the boy had let his hand dangle out of the window and hid the homemade fishing rod.

“Zhang Xiaohu, what are you doing by the window in such heavy rain?! Aren’t you cold?! Don’t you know you could get struck by lightning?! Where did all the common sense you learned go?! Didn’t you say you had a stomach ache and went to the toilet in the hallway?! Always up to no good, always pretending to go to the toilet!!!” The woman’s scolding burst out all at once.

Her voice was thunderous yet filled with much suppression and helplessness, making Jiang Yan feel as if her eardrums were under a ten-thousand-point assault. @@novelbin@@

Zhang Xiaohu’s eyes flickered, and he pursed his lips, “Mom, Mommy, I didn’t… do anything…”

He looked scared and guilt-ridden, yet he remained motionless by the window.

The windowsill was originally damp, and it was clear to see that the collar of his clothes had become somewhat moist.

Seeing this, the woman’s anger intensified even more, and in a tone filled with frustrated despair, she exclaimed:

“Get back home! Day by day, looking after you and your father is tiring enough! Your dad is disabled and can’t be relied on for anything! And you still don’t listen, are you trying to kill me?!”

The woman vented her inner frustration and the unbearable aspects of life with furious shouting, tears forming at the corners of her eyes.

The little boy’s small face crumbled, his expression conflicted. His hand at the window edge retreated slightly, but then he stopped it.

His lips trembled as he pleaded in distress, “Mommy, please go inside first, I’ll be right back.”

The woman clearly sensed something was off and quickly advanced towards the little boy, her expression looking ready to devour Zhang Xiaohu:

“Zhang Xiaohu, what are you holding in your hand?!”

Zhang Xiaohu looked even more nervous, “Nothing… nothing…”

“I’m asking one more time, bring your hand inside! Hand over whatever you’re holding!” the woman angrily said, reaching to grab her son.

But Zhang Xiaohu shrank against the wall, sobbing:

“Mommy, please don’t break my fishing rod again! I just wanted to help out at home, to catch a fish for you and dad! Woo woo woo woo! I know I was wrong!

Please don’t break my fishing rod again, it’s the last one I have, woo woo woo…”

“You still dare to talk back!! That was the thread for sewing our quilt covers, don’t you know?! Always causing trouble!! I’m so annoyed! I’m so annoyed!!”

The woman, as if having lost her sanity, stopped pulling him and fiercely slapped Zhang Xiaohu’s cheek with a swing of her hand.

“Slap!”

Zhang Xiaohu was completely dazed by the slap, his yellowish-black cheek swelling red.

But before he could react, the woman had already forcefully pulled back his right hand that was hanging over the edge!