Natural Disaster Strikes: I Stockpiled Billions and Carved My Way Through the Apocalypse

Mu Jiuyue raised an eyebrow: "She's really ruthless. Her background must be extraordinary, right?"

“You got it right.” Wei Lie replied with a smile: “The leader of the Tiger Head Gang is named Sun Dajiao, nicknamed Sun Big Feet. He was a former serious criminal. Before he went to prison, he was sentenced to death with a one-year reprieve for massacring his entire family of twelve in his village. As a result, the apocalypse came before the execution date.”

“At the very beginning of the apocalypse, Sun Dajiao shouldn’t have had a chance to escape,” Mu Jiuyue said, frowning. “So how did he accumulate wealth in the early stages of the apocalypse?”

"You've hit the nail on the head." Wei Lie looked at Mu Jiuyue approvingly and replied, "The second leader of the Tiger Head Gang is named Qiao Shoucheng, and he's Sun Dajiao's brother-in-law. This man is very farsighted. The heavenly fire at the beginning of the apocalypse made him keenly aware that the world had changed. So, during the period of high temperature and drought, he secretly gathered a group of criminals who did not engage in production. Taking advantage of the chaos in the heavenly fire world, he robbed a wealthy man and burned his house to the ground."

"Just then, a fire struck the prison. Qiao Shoucheng spent a lot of money, working from both inside and outside, to get Sun Dajiao out of his cell and put the poor rich man's body in there to take Sun Dajiao's place."

"You mean, that rich man looks a lot like Sun Dajiao?" Mu Jiuyue grasped the key point: "So Qiao Shoucheng used a substitute?"

“That’s right.” Wei Lie nodded: “After Sun Dajiao was released, he took over the identity of that wealthy man and voluntarily stated that there was no need to call the police. He said that the fire at his house was caused by his own operational error. Since there was no official murder case, it can be considered that the authorities will not investigate unless the people file a complaint.”

"But didn't the prison raise any objections regarding Sun Dajiao's body?" Mu Jiuyue asked.

“It’s too late to object now. That fire killed too many people, not just Sun Dajiao, but over a hundred prisoners. They were all beyond dead, burned to ashes. You know the power of that fire,” Wei Lie replied. “This crisis has hit all over the country, no, all over the world. Police resources are severely insufficient. The living are too busy to care for those already dead.”

"This Qiao Shoucheng is truly a remarkable person. When an unexpected event occurred, he immediately came up with such a brilliant plan, and he actually succeeded," Mu Jiuyue exclaimed. "He's a remarkable person."

“Yes. With Qiao Shoucheng’s help, Sun Dajiao was like a dragon entering the sea as soon as he came out. He quickly led this group of people to Qingtian Town, which is two hundred miles away.” Wei Lie nodded in agreement: “Qingtian Town is a grain-growing base, so it mainly produces some cash crops, such as corn, soybeans, potatoes, rapeseed and other crops. These are all good things in the apocalypse!”

"Qingtian Town was also hit by the fire, but the damage was relatively minor, so most of the grain crops were preserved. Sun Dajiao and Qiao Shoucheng led more than twenty men and took control of several processing plants that day, massacred the workers in the plants, and seized all the grain."

"With food, they gained influence. On Qiao Shoucheng's advice, Sun Dajiao took the food and moved to an abandoned factory, then burned the entire processing plant where the murders had occurred to the ground. People outside just thought that these people had died from the fire, and no one thought that they had died in a massacre."

"Sun Dajiao, posing as a wealthy man, stepped forward and offered to compensate the families of the deceased villagers nearby. However, given the chaos of war, he said he needed to pay everyone's compensation in three months. The villagers agreed. Qiao Shoucheng told the nearby villagers that they would not leave Qingtian Town until the compensation was paid in full, as this was to fulfill their obligation to the families of the deceased. Thus, Sun Dajiao and Qiao Shoucheng cleverly managed to stay in Qingtian Town without anyone suspecting them; in fact, they were somewhat moved."

Mu Jiuyue blinked: "These two people are really something!"

"Although Sun Dajiao and Qiao Shoucheng had no inside information and did not know that there would be another rainstorm disaster three months later, this three-month buffer period was enough for them to gain a foothold in Qingtian Town. Sun Dajiao used the money of that dead rich man to purchase a lot of supplies in the area."

"When the torrential rain came, they realized that the end of the world had arrived. All order was about to collapse! In peaceful times, they had to keep a low profile. But in the apocalypse, it would be their paradise. So, the moment Qingtian Town lost contact with the outside world, Sun Dajiao and Qiao Shoucheng led their men, village by village, and slaughtered them all. They killed hundreds of thousands of people over two whole months," Wei Lie said. "This wave made Sun Dajiao and Qiao Shoucheng rich overnight. The supplies they collected were enough for them to live for several lifetimes."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Mu Jiuyue asked, "And then they formed the Tiger Head Gang?"

“Yes, they chose a resort, moved all their belongings there, established the Tiger Head Gang, and started recruiting members. Because they had food and supplies, in less than a month, their group grew from a dozen people to a gang of over a thousand,” Wei Lie said. “If these people knew how to plan, their supplies would have been enough to survive for a long time. Unfortunately, they didn’t. They squandered their wealth, indulging in debauchery. Soon they discovered that their supplies were running out.”

"So they turned their attention outside, preparing to use this tactic to rob other teams." Wei Lie continued, "And you know what, this tactic was quite useful in the early days of the apocalypse. Especially with Qiao Shoucheng's advice, using the women and children in the teams to gain other people's sympathy, he succeeded several times."

"How did they get their eyes on us?" Mu Jiuyue asked.

“The people from Wu Family Village betrayed us,” Wei Lie replied. “To be precise, it was Village Chief Wu who instructed Wu Aliang to proactively reveal our information to the Tiger Head Gang. The Tiger Head Gang heard that we had supplies, and having tasted the benefits, they certainly wouldn’t give up. It just so happens that it’s freezing cold now, and all the waterways are frozen, making them easily accessible, so they naturally couldn’t resist coming to rob us.”

Wei Lie laughed and said, "They just didn't expect to kick a hornet's nest. In September, it's only fair to retaliate. Since we already have a blood feud with the Tiger Head Gang, we can't sleep peacefully with a threat right next to us. Why don't we take them out?"

Mu Jiuyue nodded: "You're right. Instead of passively waiting for someone to attack, let's raid their base! When should we make our move?"

"Tonight, no sooner rather than later," Wei Lie said. "Let's infiltrate the Tiger Head Gang tonight."

"Okay." Mu Jiuyue readily agreed: "How many people should we take?"

"Twenty men," Wei Lie said. "Go straight for the heavy weapons. Carbon-based life forms are paper tigers in the face of absolute lethality. No matter how many of them there are, they can't withstand our single-barreled bow."