Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Chapter 164: Is Suffering a Blessing?

“There might be a rat hole in this warehouse; otherwise, why would rats always be running out?”

Huang Yunxiang analyzed. Having grown up in the countryside, she often saw rats scurrying out of their holes. If they could find the rat hole, perhaps rats would no longer come out.

“I’ll go in and check,” Xue Wanyi said.

He could use his Wind Element Ability to levitate mid-air, which relatively speaking, made it safer for him.

Xue Wanyi followed the direction the zombie rats had come from and indeed found a dark rat hole behind several bags of rice!

“There really is a rat hole!”

Xue Wanyi found a wooden board and blocked the rat hole, but it could only seal it temporarily.

After the people outside had killed all the zombie rats that ran out, they dared to enter. Mao Zhihang used his Metal Element Ability to melt a nearby shelf into a metal plate to cover the rat hole.

Only then did everyone clearly see what the warehouse looked like—it was even bigger than the supplies area upstairs!

Su Jin signaled Guo Yang to continue collecting. He nodded and, grasping a crystal core in his left hand, started gathering supplies despite feeling a void in his body.

“It’s a pity about these bags of rice and flour, gnawed by rats. I don’t even know if they can still be eaten,” Lin Cheng regretfully said, looking at the bags of rice and flour next to the rat hole.

“It’s best not to risk it, in case they were contaminated by the zombie rats. Eating them wouldn’t be safe,” Su Jin said, as she had seen black blood stains next to the rice, and although food was precious, safety came first.

Lin Cheng nodded and continued guarding beside the rat hole, ready to spot any zombie rats that might appear right away.

Lin Xiuyuan had wanted to tear open a bag of chips to eat, but seeing his dirty hands, he refrained. Diseases enter through the mouth; it’s better to eat them later when he gets back.

The warehouse was quickly emptied by Su Jin and Guo Yang. By then, Guo Yang was too exhausted to continue, so Lu Hao had Yin Chengtian help him rest nearby, while Su Jin took the opportunity to collect the remaining few shelves from the supermarket section into her space.

Moving along the corridor outside the cashier toward the exit, there were a few lingerie and children’s clothing stores, which Su Jin also unhesitatingly took into her space.

By now, they had completely cleared out the entire supermarket, leaving only some spoiled food and a few fish and potted plants that had died due to lack of care.

“Let’s go; there are people waiting for us outside,” Su Jin said with a smile, curious to see what kind of people they were.

Mao Zhihang tore a big hole in the rolling door with his ability, letting the outside light stream in, which was somewhat dazzling. Just as everyone began to make out the scene before them, they were surrounded by a group of about twenty men and women.

When Jia Sheng saw Guo Yang, weak and being supported by Yin Chengtian, he immediately started laughing. As he expected, those with special abilities must have exhausted their powers!

“Hello there, did you enjoy your shopping trip?”

A small tornado formed in Jia Sheng’s hand, and he circled around the group with it.

Xue Wanyi rolled his eyes, thinking, Is that all he’s got? Impressive, huh?

“Jia Sheng! They’ve emptied out the supermarket!”

A man with a crew cut shouted as he ran out. He was the Space Element Ability User who had first rushed in when the door opened, only to find not only were the supplies gone, but even the shelves had disappeared!

Jia Sheng truly hadn’t expected these people to be such effective scavengers.

“Hand over most of what you just collected, and we’ll let you go. How about that?” Jia Sheng said, smiling slyly at Su Jin, whom he could tell was likely the group’s leader.

“When we entered, the place was already empty. Otherwise, do you think we could have cleared such a large supermarket so quickly?” Su Jin said boldly.

“How is that possible? We’ve been watching this supermarket for many days, and no one has gone in!” a girl with shoulder-length hair immediately objected. The supermarket was remotely located and hadn’t been discovered by others, so they had only dared to keep watch, but the presence of too many zombies deterred them from entering.

“Believe what you want, but we didn’t take anything from inside,” Su Jin said, preparing to leave.

“Trying to leave? Hand over your Space Element Ability User!” Jia Sheng attempted to throw the wind ball in his hand at Su Jin.