Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 86: Mango Pomelo Sago

Eating the fragrant rice that had just been cooked, each of them devoured their meal without lifting their heads.

Bai Yuanyuan, knowing they had worked hard outside, worried the cooked rice wouldn’t be enough and prepared two pots.

But she discovered that even two pots seemed somewhat insufficient.

With no other choice, she then cooked half a bag of noodles.

After adding the noodles, there was finally enough food.

Once they had their fill, Xu Jiaoqin began to tally the spoils from their latest expedition.

This time, they had joined forces with the base to hunt mutant animals, turning their kills into jerky, which was the bulk of what they brought back.

The jerky emitted a strong gamey smell and was hard to swallow.

But it was precious food, and although the Cheetah Team was now living more comfortably with the supplies from the supermarket, they weren’t comfortable enough to discard the less tasty jerky.

They planned to eat it over the coming days.

In addition to the jerky, they also managed to obtain a small amount of mutant animal pelts.

The base had allocated a minor portion to the Superpower Users’ teams, keeping the majority in storage.

The Cheetah Team’s share wasn’t much, just three pelts from mutant wolves.

These would have to be preserved well; no one knew when the depths of winter might arrive.

Beyond that, they had also brought back a significant number of Crystal Cores.

Whenever they encountered zombies along the way, they would attack and pry open their skulls.

Though hunting was their main mission, Crystal Cores were also vital.

These were the key to ensuring that they could continue shopping at Galaxy Supermarket.

They did not dare delay the base’s work, but took every opportunity to kill zombies and amassed quite a collection of Crystal Cores.

A whole bag full.

“Hehehe, so many Crystal Cores… hehehe…” Monkey held several cores in his good hand, laughing like a fool.

“Monkey, what happened to your arm?” Bai Yuanyuan asked with concern.

“Nothing serious, just a scratch from a mutant wolf’s claw. The captain has already treated it with medicine.”

“That’s right. Thankful for the medicine provided by Galaxy.”

“Otherwise, Monkey could have become a one-armed monkey.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, I’m perfectly fine,” Monkey said, raising his good hand to playfully strike someone.

“These past few days, there haven’t been any blind fools causing trouble, right?” Xu Jiaoqin privately approached Bai Yuanyuan to inquire.

Most of the Cheetah Team members had gone out, leaving only a few to stand guard.

Their biggest fear was that someone short-sighted, seeing lesser numbers, would take advantage and bully those who remained.

“No troubles. No one’s come causing problems,” Bai Yuanyuan shook her head.

Actually, there had been an incident; just a few days ago, when she went to the supermarket alone, a shameless man—seeing her by herself—had sought to give her trouble.

She dealt with him.

But that was a minor issue, which she resolved on her own.

So, she didn’t bother mentioning it to the captain.

The captain had enough on her plate already; there was no need to talk about such a trivial matter.

“That’s good. We brought back quite a few Crystal Cores, and I plan to keep one-sixth of them; the rest we’ll exchange for material goods tomorrow.” Xu Jiaoqin was actually afraid that the supermarket would vanish overnight, so she was eager to convert any Crystal Cores or Gold into supplies as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, since they all lived in caves now, it wasn’t very convenient.

Nor did she dare exchange too much at once, as attracting too much attention had its risks.

What if other teams saw the abundant supplies and decided to band together and rob them?

The supplies that she planned to exchange for tomorrow, Xu Jiaoqin didn’t intend to bring back to the caves. Instead, she thought to exchange them for easily preserved canned goods and bury them directly in the ground.

These would become the Cheetah Team’s security for the future.

She had already found a place with good feng shui, hidden under a pile of rocks.

Simply move the rocks away, dig a hole to bury the goods, and then place the rocks back on top.

Actually, Xu Jiaoqin preferred to bury the supplies in her former home, but when she last visited, she found it had collapsed—making it necessary to first clear the debris.

This would be more troublesome than moving rocks.

Besides, transporting so many items down the mountain would likely draw attention.

It would be ironic, indeed, if she buried the goods only for someone to unearth them right afterward.

Liu Wutong was chatting with Liu Piaoxu.

“Piaoxu, have you been good these past few days, did you listen to Sister Yuanyuan?”

“Yes.” After Liu Piaoxu said that, she remembered how she and Bai Yuanyuan had sneaked some vegetables to eat and suddenly felt guilty.

But Liu Wutong didn’t notice and continued to tell Liu Piaoxu about how she had killed mutant animals outside in the past few days.

“Sister is so amazing.” As Liu Piaoxu listened, she was captivated by what Liu Wutong was saying.

She forgot all about her guilt.

Liu Wutong talked a lot until she became sleepy.

As Liu Piaoxu drifted off into a daze, she felt like she had forgotten something but couldn’t recall it.

Whatever.

She’d better go to sleep. She hadn’t actually slept well on the days her sister wasn’t there. Now, smelling her sister’s scent, she felt very happy.

Bai Yuanyuan squatted on the ground waiting for someone while holding chocolate.

Why aren’t they here yet?

…

The next night, Xu Jiaoqin led a few of her most trusted people up the mountain to trade.

“Galaxy!”

“Yo. You’re back.” Su Yinhe noticed Xu Jiaoqin had become noticeably paler.

Now that everyone has been living nocturnally for so long, we’ve all gotten somewhat pale.

Of course, it could also be because the supermarket’s lights are so bright.

It makes people look deathly pale.

“You’ve brought back quite a haul this time, huh?” Su Yinhe saw the bag Xu Jiaoqin was carrying.

Bulging.

“Not much. Just some low-level crystal cores, not worth much money.” High-level zombies aren’t so easy to find.

And to kill a high-level zombie, one needs to prepare and set traps.

They just killed a few on their way, all of them low-level zombies.

Dozens of low-level crystal cores are nothing compared to a single high-level crystal core.

“That’s still a lot.” With the bag so bulging, and crystal cores being so small, even if they were all Level 1 crystal cores, it would still fetch a good amount of money.

“It’s alright,” Xu Jiaoqin was not too satisfied.

She was thinking about whether to go hunt a few high-level zombies.

One core could be worth hundreds!

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Xu Jiaoqin went to exchange the crystal cores for money.

Su Yinhe noticed that this time they didn’t buy rice and flour like before, but lots of canned goods.

And some very well-sealed food and seasoning.

It seems like they are planning something big.

Xu Jiaoqin purchased a lot of things, and when she left, Su Yinhe gave her a cup of Yangzhi Ganlu.

After drinking the Yangzhi Ganlu, Xu Jiaoqin looked at her as if she was about to propose the next second.

Su Yinhe: “…”

So scared.

Silently hugged her poor, helpless self.

Xu Jiaoqin and her crew were very cautious and alert as they carried the supplies back.

This was a critical safeguard for their future and they couldn’t let anyone track them.

Xu Jiaoqin had already told the people who came with her that they knew this was for Cheetah Team’s reserved Qingshan, and there could be no slip-ups.

If there was an accident, they would be slapping themselves in the face in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, things went quite smoothly, except for the digging pit which was difficult, too many stones, but everything else was okay.

Yun Wujiu dug and even unearthed a yellow object, at first when he saw a small corner, he thought it was gold, that they had struck it rich.

But when they dug it out, it turned out to be a yellow plastic bag.

An anticlimactically happy Yun Wujiu: “…”

A group of superpower users huffed and puffed and took half a day to bury everything.

“So tired, but when I think about what we’ve buried underneath, I feel so happy.”