[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al":3,"chapter-apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-173":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1713687,2189,"Chapter 173: 173: Survival at Sea: Keep Heading East!","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-173",173,"\u003Cp>Chapter 173: Chapter 173: Survival at Sea: Keep Heading East!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Song Qian nodded, watching Jiang Yan with a look of admiration, “There’s another issue. If the temperature keeps dropping, we’ll face the water freezing over and the possibility of a blizzard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao said, “Then we can only stop temporarily or find a shelter nearby and wait until the ice is completely solid before we move on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, so everyone should be mentally prepared for heavy on-foot travel later on. Some heavier food and items that are difficult to carry should be consumed as much as possible earlier,” Song Qian concluded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone nodded, “Okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe we’ll get lucky and catch up with the leader’s boat! After all, their big boat is slow, definitely not as agile as our smaller ones,” Kong Wu cracked a smile, optimistically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not impossible,” said Song Qian, glancing over the group, “Okay, does anyone else have any questions?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group shook their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Jiang Yan and Su Dai, adding, “We don’t know what we’ll encounter on this journey. So, I suggest that Brother Sun and Xiao Ye sit in the last row, you two in the middle, and Kong Wu and I in the front.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arrangement clearly aimed to protect the two women in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao and Ye Qing naturally raised both hands in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group quickly adjusted their positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qian picked up his watch to adjust the direction with the sun, then waved his hand towards the east, “Let’s go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eastward ho! Let’s set off!” Kong Wu bellowed, starting the motor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the roaring sound, the boat carrying several people shot out like an arrow, stirring up a spray of white foam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whistling cold wind cut against their faces like a knife. Jiang Yan pulled out two masks from her bag and handed one to Su Dai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Yan, good thing you were well-prepared,” Su Dai said while quickly putting it on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, they should have been at the edge of the urban area, with nothing but water all around them and not a single building peeking above the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor a single person in sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the continuous aftershocks, the water surface was always undulating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sunlight scattered down, glittering on the waves, it looked as if they were at sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone’s thoughts were heavy, with no desire to enjoy the view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, some bare mountaintops appeared in their vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was more yellow mud and scattered dead branches and leaves in the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at this point that Kong Wu’s boat began to slow down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Folks, once we pass that mountain up ahead, we’ll completely leave Anming behind,” Kong Wu pointed to a small mountain not far from the water’s surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Atop that mountain peak once stood a white-domed observatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably due to landslides and earthquakes, the dome now appeared dust-covered, with black cracks all over, and more than half of the wall had collapsed into the mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The iron sign bearing “Purple Gold Observatory” was also broken at waist height, half-submerged in water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glance revealed nothing but ruins and a scene of decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan’s nose felt slightly sour as she watched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a child during the summer vacation, she had visited this observatory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a beautiful summer, with green trees, birds chirping, cicadas singing, and the company of her beloved parents hand in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, she had seen the brilliant Milky Way and felt the vastness of the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, many things can never be returned to…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai also sighed, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes, “Jiang Yan, do you think we’ll have the chance to come back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” Jiang Yan shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took off her backpack, pulled out an empty mineral water bottle, then bent over to fill it with muddy water, “glug-glug.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Yan, that water is too muddy, we can’t drink that!” Su Dai’s eyes widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not drinking it,” Jiang Yan said, slowly screwing the cap tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, the hometown we can’t return to, the distant places we can’t reach. I should have, like Sister Yaen, carried the mountains and rivers of my hometown with me. Then when I missed home, I could take it out and have a look…” Kong Wu, steering the boat, looked at the water bottle in Jiang Yan’s hand, his small, bright eyes moistening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had left his homeland at the age of a teenager and since then never had a chance to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Kong Wu’s words, the others understood and each felt a moment of wistfulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, this was not the time for nostalgia as they still had a long journey ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, hold on tight!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As fewer dead branches appeared on the water, Kong Wu wiped his eyes and sped up the boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of wind whooshing by their ears returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city behind them gradually disappeared into the vast expanse of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For a long time to come, we probably won’t encounter any urban buildings, so everyone can close their eyes and rest a bit. I’ll wake you up when we reach a place to rest,” Song Qian, in charge of directing Kong Wu, said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already not easy to sit steady on such a bumpy boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sleeping was out of the question, but closing their eyes for a brief rest could at least restore some energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, Brother Song, I’ll take over for you in a bit,” Sun Jingtao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He, Ye Qing, and Jiang Yan were among those who had stayed up all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been on edge for so long, claiming not to be tired would be a lie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only the brisk cold wind that kept their minds sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Qian responded with “Okay,” and continued to focus on directing Kong Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that short moment of emotional pain, Jiang Yan immediately lost all sense of sleepiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing that Su Dai also had no intention of sleeping, she asked in a low voice, “By the way, did Wen Wanli and the others go to the base too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they returned, the door to 3203 was wide open, with some bloodstains at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking back, it felt odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the speedboat picked up speed, the roaring sound was quite loud, so there was no worry their conversation could be overheard by Song Qian and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai pursed her lips, choosing her words for a few seconds before telling Jiang Yan everything that had happened at Shallow Bay after they left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan and the others hadn’t returned all night, and the people living in the corridor had harbored bad intentions toward Su Dai, who was left alone in room 3204.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as dawn broke, those people shamelessly began prying open her door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Wei, who had risen early to “monitor” the outside, just happened to spot it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, Zhou Wei, armed with a Door-breaking Hammer and accompanied by Wang Jin, rushed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somehow, a scuffle ensued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, more people came up from downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were led by Tian Jiliang’s group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had heard from Tian Jiliang that Zhou Wei’s family were actually people from Ma Longbiao’s group, so naturally, they attacked fiercely upon arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two men, disliked on both floors, quickly became the target for everyone to vent their anger on and were stabbed dozens of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai had been on lookout with the telescope, watching for Sun Jingtao and the others to return and had almost stayed up all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at dawn had she become too exhausted to keep watch and had fallen into a deep sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was sleeping soundly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she heard someone wailing outside, Zhou Wei and Wang Jin had already fallen into pools of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>",1303,"2026-06-06T15:07:16.289Z",1,"novelbin.me","6e1db860fc22fbcd837b54928e72652acac612dbf6ff156e495dad497b447d55","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-174","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-172",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-cover.jpg"]