[{"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-66":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},1713730,2189,"Chapter 66: The Ploy of Self-Injury","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-66",66,"\u003Cp>Chapter 66: Chapter 66: The Ploy of Self-Injury\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao’s point was not without reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the crowd at the scene, except for Ye Qing, who was still in college, everyone else was a seasoned veteran in the working world and life, well-versed in the basic social graces and tact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And they were well aware that the girl from 3201 had a gun on her, although they did not know how she had acquired it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at least if they could use today’s opportunity to build a relationship, it was possible that they might have a powerful backer in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Jiliang was a smart man and was the first to see which way the wind was blowing, taking the lead in saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then let’s take out Miss Jiang’s portion first. Brother Tao, we will follow your arrangements.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must admit, he knew how to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While giving Sun Jingtao high praise, he also made sure to assert his status as the leader among the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With him taking this stance, the others had no choice but to follow suit, “Yes, let’s follow Brother Tao’s lead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao nodded his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further ado, the group stood up, separated out Jiang Yan’s supplies, and placed them aside before beginning to open the boxes and redistribute the supplies again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honey, Xiao Ye and I found some supplies that can be used to bundle and transport these items. There are also five dried-up paint cans, which can be used if needed,” Su Dai said as she and Ye Qing came out of a small bedroom with several large rolls of unopened electric wire, electrical tape, and a stack of snake-skin bags used for construction waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The house in which Liu Dahong and the others were hiding their supplies most likely belonged to a homeowner who was remodeling their second dwelling but wasn’t at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The house was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one of the small bedrooms, there were piles of electric wires, plasterboards, putty powder, paint cans, paintbrushes, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When everyone was discussing the distribution of supplies earlier, Su Dai and Ye Qing did not participate and went to search other rooms for usable supplies instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when they had come down earlier, everyone’s mind was focused on finding supplies quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The matter of how to transport the supplies back had not crossed anyone’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the power was out, it wasn’t a big problem for those living on lower floors like the 17th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for those like Sun Jingtao and Su Dai, who lived on the top floor, even a single trip to transport the items was no small feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies, when divided, were not too much or too heavy, but the difficulty lay in their scattered nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Items like White Sugar obviously needed to be unpacked and redistributed by the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the earlier “violent confrontation” with Liu Dahong and his group had drained too much of their strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they were all hungry, and without proper tools, it was truly difficult to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now with electric wires and snake-skin bags, bundling all the supplies together would facilitate transportation quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would also be less conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the electrical tape, the high temperatures earlier likely damaged the adhesive inside, reducing its stickiness, but it could still be used as rope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, thank you, wife,” Sun Jingtao said to Su Dai. With other people around, he did not call her “baby” as he usually would, instead opting for a different term of endearment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies were quickly divided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people had just received their share and couldn’t wait to rip open a bottle of mineral water to take a big gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They actually wanted to drink it all in one go, but they also knew the scarcity and importance of clean water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to ration it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supplies for everyone were finally bundled and packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yan’s share was to be transported by Sun Jingtao, who lived on the same floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Jiliang, who lived on the 29th floor, volunteered to help him carry it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To say he wanted to help was one thing, but everyone knew it was more about monitoring him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also afraid that he would keep Jiang Yan’s considerable share of supplies, which could amount to two or three times theirs, for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group walked out, their faces flushed with excitement and joy, carrying their shares on their shoulders and in their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tian Jiliang, leading the group, had barely taken two steps when he suddenly stopped short, “What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set down the mineral water he was carrying in his right hand, adjusted his glasses, thinking he might be seeing things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the temples of his gold-rimmed glasses had broken during the earlier chaos, and he hadn’t had the chance to fix them. Now, every few steps, he had to reach up to adjust them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong?” Sun Jingtao asked, stepping forward and taking a quiet breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire escape door in front of the stairwell was blocked by a group of people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be accurate, it was a group of elderly and children sitting on the cold tiled floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ranged from three or four years old to their seventies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of them were familiar faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the disaster struck, they would have warmly greeted each other in the community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were also considered to have better resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weaker ones had mostly perished during the previous high temperatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind these elderly and children, the fire escape door, which originally stood open, was now tightly closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the group of people coming out of room 1704 with food and water, those behind the door blinked nervously but soon their eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nervousness was due to the sight of the bloody stains on their clothes and the weapons smeared with blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The excitement, on the other hand, was unmistakably due to the sight of the exposed food and water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two children even swallowed audibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Aunt Ye, Aunt Zhang, what is this—” Tian Jiliang began to speak but was suddenly choked with realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, they had been eyed by someone when their large group had first come down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still pouring rain outside, with lightning and thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had been silent on the way down the stairs, which should have made their footsteps relatively inaudible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But likely, the commotion on the 32nd floor earlier had drawn the attention of other homeowners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, some of them were probably from the 17th floor as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So turning their attention to them was not out of the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since they currently had weapons, their neighbors naturally didn’t dare to provoke them rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they resorted to the ruse of showing weakness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Qing glanced at everyone, a faint mist forming over her clear eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the only lady in the team, Su Dai stepped forward with a polite smile, “Uncle, Auntie, we need to go upstairs, could you please let us pass?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Jingtao was silent, watching without speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His instincts and professional habits told him that in addition to these old people and children, there must be a group of adults as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these adults were undoubtedly hiding behind the fire escape door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They might not necessarily have weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Dai’s gentle voice fell, those elderly did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This mountain is my plant; this tree is I who planted it. If you want to pass by here, leave behind a toll,” a three- or four-year-old boy stood up, hands on his hips, and said in a milky voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone: “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A child of that age couldn’t possibly understand much; it was definitely taught by his parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Dai was somewhat exasperated and amused, “Little friend, that’s what bandits say. Didn’t your parents tell you that when they taught you the line?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Auntie, I’m hungry, I want candy,” the little boy responded, not to her question, but reaching out his thin, dark hand, his gaze firmly fixed on the box of dehydrated fruit in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The box, square and neat, could not be stuffed into a snake-skin bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not particularly heavy, so Su Dai had bound it with electrical tape and was carrying it in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The box’s colorful exterior could be mistaken for a box of candy at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>",1393,"2026-06-06T15:07:16.288Z",1,"novelbin.me","029e4601e320462978c078e5649865c6fb8b0fa6574079a033dc398beb8ce1cd","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-67","apocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-chapter-65",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-after-being-reborn-i-stocked-up-on-al-cover.jpg"]