Chapter 449: Apocalypse Trading System (21)

This was still the result of the Xie Family of four holding back their strength.

The family of four had agreed: in front of others, Yu Baozhi would only display her Wood Ability, Xie Yongcheng would display both Metal and Water elements, the siblings would temporarily only use their Lightning Spears, and Xie Yang would decide whether to use her Recovery Healing Technique depending on the situation.

The other abilities were to be kept as trump cards for survival, not to be shown in front of others unless absolutely necessary.

They did not go to crowded places, but instead went to the Overpass where zombies roamed and vehicles were blocked in long, chaotic lines.

The Liancheng Elevated Bridge was the longest overpass in Yicheng, spanning 25 kilometers in total, running through the north and south of Yicheng; it was the first overpass to open to traffic in Yicheng's history and the busiest one before the apocalypse.

Yet today, it had become a "dead" bridge.

Apart from zombies, there was not a single living person.

Nor did any living person dare to go up and challenge it.

Once surrounded by zombies, there was nowhere to escape, and jumping off the bridge was a nine-out-of-ten chance of death.

The authorities did have plans to send troops to clear it, but currently, there were survivors in every district needing rescue and various units needing supplies transported, so the plan to clear the overpass had to be repeatedly postponed.

The Xie Yang family arrived at the entrance of the overpass and found it deathly silent.

"These cars are blocked so badly that we can't get through, what should we do?"

Yu Baozhi waved a thick, sturdy thorn vine, wanting to push the scattered cars into a neater formation, but even after they were lined up neatly, their Recreational Vehicle still could not pass.

Xie Yang thought for a moment and said to Xie Yongcheng and Yu Baozhi respectively:

"Dad, compress the severely damaged cars and stack them up; we'll take them back later."

"Mom, push the cars that look like they can still be driven to the sides; if a single row doesn't fit, stack them too."

The couple said in unison: "Alright!"

Then they each got busy.

A few minutes later, a path wide enough for the Recreational Vehicle to move forward was cleared on the bridge deck.

Qin Tao was still responsible for Driving.

Of the Xie Family of four, the couple stood on the roof of the vehicle: one was responsible for moving cars, the other for compressing them, clearing space for the vehicle to drive; the siblings stood by the windows on either side, responsible for killing the zombies blocking the way, planning to electrocute them into ashes and sweep them into snake-skin bags to transport back after the return trip.

When Yu Baozhi moved to a large SUV, the trunk popped open somehow, and a box of instant noodles fell out.

"Hey! There are quite a lot of supplies in this car! Xiao Qin, drive a bit slower."

Yu Baozhi controlled the thorn vine to sweep all the supplies from the trunk onto the Recreational Vehicle.

Besides the box of instant noodles that had just fallen out, there were two ten-kilogram bags of Rice, a box of eight-treasure porridge, a box of instant oatmeal, two cans of milk powder, and two large bags of snacks.

"They probably intended to leave the city after the apocalypse descended, but ended up trapped to death on the overpass," Xie Yongcheng sighed softly.

Xie Yan chimed in: "This story tells me: don't take the Elevator during an earthquake, and don't take the Overpass during the apocalypse."

"..."

This SUV opened up a new line of thinking for everyone.

Xie Yongcheng was no longer in a hurry to compress the severely damaged cars; before compressing them, he would let his wife's thorn vine probe inside the cars for any remaining supplies—it didn't matter what it was, as long as it wasn't rotten or spoiled, they would sweep it onto the Recreational Vehicle.

Just like that, they searched for supplies along the way while clearing the vehicles and zombies on the bridge deck.

They were busy for half a day.

At twelve noon, everyone finally stopped to rest on the spot.

The group first sorted through the small mountain of supplies, otherwise, there wouldn't even be a place to stand inside the Recreational Vehicle.

After sorting, they divided it into five portions, one for each person.

Qin Tao did not expect that he would have a share, and was flattered: "This is too much, I..."

"Less nonsense," Xie Yan urged him to put it away, "Don't delay the meal. I'm starving to death!"

"..."

Yu Baozhi smiled and said to Qin Tao: "Xiao Qin, without you driving, we wouldn't have proceeded so smoothly, so this is what you deserve, don't be embarrassed."

Xie Yang nodded: "Brother Taozi drives very steadily."

Xie Yongcheng helped him move it directly to the side of the driver's seat: "I'll put it here for you, remember to take it when we get home."

"Let's eat, let's eat!" Xie Yan washed her hands clean and urged everyone to sit down, "Eating is the most important thing!"

Lunch was soy milk and a rice ball set.

The soy milk had been boiled by Yu Baozhi before leaving in the morning and poured into a thermos; after half a day, it wasn't that hot anymore, and the warm temperature was just right for drinking.

The rice balls had also been steamed and shaped before leaving; the fragrant purple glutinous rice was wrapped with pork floss, crushed egg, and salted egg yolk.

There was also a dessert after the meal—assorted fruit salad.

"These rice balls are so delicious!"

Qin Tao praised while eating.

Nutritious and filling, it was simply the food most compatible with the apocalypse!

He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

Who among the family understands!

It's already the apocalypse, and they can still eat purple rice balls with soy milk! And a fruit salad made from seven or eight kinds of fresh fruit!

How happy!

"If it's delicious, eat more! There's plenty of soy milk and fruit salad. I also made ten rice balls! You eat two more," Yu Baozhi said, handing Qin Tao two more rice balls larger than an adult's fist.

Qin Tao hurriedly declined: "That's enough, that's enough! One is already very filling!"

"Take them, if you can't eat them now, you can eat them when you're hungry later."

"Yeah, Brother Taozi, just take them, don't be polite," Xie Yan took the rice balls and stuffed them into Qin Tao's backpack, "We are doing physical labor, it's normal to get hungry quickly."

"..."

Qin Tao opened his mouth, wanting to say that he was just driving, what kind of physical labor was that.

Besides, glutinous rice is so filling; he felt that after this lunch, he could even skip dinner.

After eating and resting for a bit, they continued to work.

After the morning's half-day of breaking in, their coordination was even more tacit in the afternoon.

Busy until three in the afternoon, Xie Yan clamored that she was starving, so they stopped to have afternoon tea.

During the midday break, Yu Baozhi took out a Soup Pot, put two handfuls of mung beans and a small pinch of dried lily bulbs inside, rinsed them clean, and placed it on the vehicle-mounted Induction Cooker to simmer over low heat.

After three hours, it had already boiled into a sandy Mung Bean Soup; they added rock sugar and each ladled out a bowl.

On an autumn afternoon when the late-summer heat had not yet retreated, drinking a bowl of lily and Mung Bean Soup was incredibly comfortable.

Xie Yan also heated up a rice ball, eating it with the Mung Bean Soup quite contentedly.

After a busy day, they had already cleared a quarter of the twenty-kilometer-long Overpass.

The efficiency might not seem high, but they only had five people after all, and they had to search every vehicle for supplies before compressing or moving them, which delayed them a bit.

But regardless, after being busy for most of the day, they had harvested metal materials from dozens of compressed vehicles and enough daily supplies to almost fill the space in the Recreational Vehicle; the return on investment was truly quite good.

Anyway, they had nothing else to do; if they couldn't finish today, they would continue tomorrow. If they couldn't finish tomorrow, then they would just come back the day after.

"Let's stop here for today; it will also take some time to shovel the Zombie Ash when we get back," Xie Yongcheng decided.

Everyone had no objections.

Thus, after finishing afternoon tea, Yu Baozhi used thorn vines to roll up the vehicles parked on the side and held them in the air for a while to leave enough space for the Recreational Vehicle to make a U-turn in place.

Qin Tao nimbly finished the U-turn, and the group set off on the road back.