Apocalyptic Disaster: Stockpile Supplies for Free and Make a Comeback

Chapter 92 Yuecheng
There are places to stay at the service station; they are dormitories for the staff.

Considering that they could easily escape in case of an emergency, they decided to sleep in the car.

Before that, the three of them cleared a path through the haphazardly parked cars. In addition to the car they were going to drive, they also took gasoline from other cars and removed the spare tire and parts.

The search of these vehicles yielded some canned goods, and the ambulance contained some usable medical supplies.

"This ambulance is too conspicuous. Maybe we could modify it and use the back as a bed," Qi Sixing said, holding a wrench.

Song Jinhe: "It will be about the same after we meet up with Zhuang Ting and the others. It takes a lot of time to modify such a vehicle."

Everything needed has been loaded into the car. They specifically chose a car with a spacious trunk to hold supplies and a comfortable ride. Old clothes, blankets, and other items can be placed on the roof and secured.

"We're finally rich again!" Qi Sixing exclaimed happily as he looked at the equipment.

He was nothing like he remembered those days of poverty and loneliness, when he was terrified in the mountains.

"That's right, I feel much more at ease now."

Such comfortable weather is rare even in the apocalypse, making it all the more precious.

By noon, the high temperature was approaching 30 degrees Celsius, and it started to get hot.

When the car is moving, it feels okay when the wind comes in through the open window, but as soon as the car stops, the heat immediately hits you.

The car window wasn't completely closed; a small gap allowed a gentle breeze to blow in, providing just the right amount of coolness for sleeping.

The reason there are so many cars in this section is because it's close to the highway entrance and exit. Judging from the condition of these cars, they've been parked here for at least seven or eight months.

While you're at it, check the damaged road signs and map to confirm your current location.

This is chilled with well water; it tastes much better than the ones left out.

They weren't moving very fast, but it was much more comfortable than the previous arduous journey over mountains and valleys. They could even play some light music in the car and watch the withered zombies being left far behind.

Song Jinhe wore a straw hat she found in an abandoned car to shield herself from the sun, while Qi Sixing, being overly concerned with saving face, insisted that it was a women's hat and thus let himself be exposed to the sun.

As expected, the highway was not easy to drive on, with abandoned cars and corpses appearing every now and then blocking the way.

Song Jinhe silently took a sip of the soda she had taken out from her spatial storage.

Qi Sixing gulped down half a bottle of water. "My god, a whole season has passed in just a few days. It didn't get this hot last year."

The night passed, and the next morning, after checking that nothing was missed, Song Jinhe drove the car, while Jiang Shi'an, who had been on guard duty for the second half of the night, rested first.

Like now, with more than a dozen cars stuck in the traffic, they can only get out of their cars under the scorching sun, move the cars that can be driven to the side, and have to back up the ones that can't be driven.

Vultures circling overhead would also swoop down to scavenge the carrion.

"We have enough gasoline now, and we can handle the rising temperatures."

However, in the first year of the actual apocalypse, although the summer was hot, the drought was not obvious.

Song Jinhe sat in the car, looking through the windshield at the numbers on the road signs and the twinkling stars in the dark sky.

According to her memory, there should have been some drought after the hail last year, with corpses piling up in the river and water pollution worsening.

The temperature rose a bit today; it was so high that you had to roll up the sleeves of your shirt even when wearing just one layer.

Yes, Jiang Shi'an is the same.

"At our current speed, we can enter the Yuecheng area in two or three days."

Jiang Shi'an stood on the roof of the car with binoculars to observe the road conditions. "There's a small horde of corpses behind us."

A small horde of corpses consists of about twenty or thirty people.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Song Jinhe grabbed a woven snakeskin bag, swept all the unsorted supplies she had just found into it, slung it on her back, and ran off like a gold miner.

Qi Sixing looked at the supplies he was holding in his arms and felt that he looked a bit silly.

No, she suddenly found the snakeskin bag somewhere.

Before I could think, a massive horde of zombies appeared in my line of sight.

If they were carrying some steel bars and machetes, they would look exactly like people coming to seize territory.

Qi Sixing got into the driver's seat, stepped on the gas, and sped away.

As the temperature continued to rise, they took turns driving, scavenging for supplies along the way, and entered Yuecheng territory on the third day.

Originally, if we continued north from Yuecheng, there would be a road leading directly to Luozhou, but the earthquake situation in Yuecheng was too severe, and the roads were full of collapsed buildings, making it impossible for cars to drive on.

Continuing on, the road surface showed signs of cracking, and the tunnel had collapsed, meaning that the next stop was also inaccessible.

Unless you abandon your car and walk on buildings, passing through Yuecheng District and County, and finally reaching the main urban area with better infrastructure and less impact from the earthquake, you should then change your route.

This route involves taking a detour, and traversing the ruins is incredibly difficult, practically hellish.

If there are any survivors left in the Yuecheng shelter, they are probably all trying to find a way out.

Through the binoculars, the entire building next to the highway in front of us had collapsed, leaving only three and a half stories still on the ground.

This is how terrifying earthquakes are: two mountains can become one, the ground can crack and then close again, and buildings can sink, burying the lower floors.

They took out the map and studied it for a long time.

The only feasible solution at present is to turn back, head west off the highway, and take a detour to Luozhou.

This part of the road is quite long, and you can only travel on ordinary roads.

There are hot springs, volcanoes, and remote ancient villages there. The scenery is beautiful, and the population is smaller than that of Wucheng and Yuecheng. Before the apocalypse, the main industry developed was tourism.

Because of high prices, the issue of overcharging tourists has made headlines several times.

Now, there's no need to follow traffic rules on highways; they just turn around and drive back against the flow of traffic.

Qi Sixing was not disappointed about having to take a detour; in fact, he was looking forward to it. "I've always wanted to travel there, but then the world ended. I never thought I'd be able to pass through there in my lifetime. It would be good to see it even once."

Seeing his optimism, Song Jinhe felt much more at ease.

Since we can't change it, let's think positively.

Unable to descend from Yuecheng, the separated teammates will eventually turn back and head west.

There's a service station here where both directions are on the same side; that's the nearest detour option.

This is a large station with a very stylish building. Even though it's rusted and stained with blood in the post-apocalyptic world, it still exudes an air of wealth.

They hadn't gone in before because there were too many zombies, and they were thinking of exploring ahead first before making a decision. They didn't expect that they still couldn't escape the route they were supposed to clear.

"These license plates all belong to the main urban area of ​​Yuecheng." Jiang Shi'an's gaze swept over the several cars outside.

Then, grabbing a knife, he got out of the car first and killed the zombies that came from behind.

"Those zombie corpses in front look very fresh; someone was here before us."

Song Jinhe forcefully pulled out the knife with both hands and reminded them, "There is a corpse under the silver-gray car on the left with license plate number 996. One of its legs has been eaten, and it has become a zombie."

It will bite anyone who walks that way.