Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 49: Gather information

The news had even reached Lin Muxue.

Lin Muxue had an uncle who was a base leader and had secured a good position, so he lacked neither food nor drink.

However, after all, living on the run couldn’t compare to the food and drink available inside the base.

With the heavy rain, she hadn’t been able to bring any of her former clothes and jewelry and had to cram into a cave with so many others—it was stifling.

Thinking that the heavy rain outside would continue for several months made Lin Muxue irritable.

Hearing the news only added to her irritation.

Lin Nianbei was utterly useless. She had told him so early on, but all he did was busy himself with this or that, delaying until the safe period had already passed without securing the supermarket.

If Lin Nianbei had taken over that supermarket earlier, she wouldn’t have to gnaw on steamed buns right now.

Lin Muxue, looking at the steamed bun in her hand that she had been squeezing for a long time without eating, felt even more annoyed. Steamed buns every day, sick of it.

Others were eating flatbreads and porridge.

Lin Muxue was able to eat steamed buns thanks to Lin Nianbei’s status. Not just anyone could eat white buns now; wheat was prone to mutations, and the flour ground from mutated wheat tasted sour and bitter.

The hard-to-cultivate non-mutated wheat was scarce and prioritized for the base’s higher-ups. Otherwise, it was the wealthy with ample food reserves who could afford to buy it.

The steamed buns Lin Muxue was fed up with were food many outside couldn’t even obtain.

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She couldn’t stand it; she had to find Lin Nianbei again.

The base had lost so much this time, they had to recuperate those resources from somewhere else quickly.

As Lin Muxue left, she casually tossed the squished bun she held.

The moment the steamed bun touched the ground, a nearby child snatched it up. Not caring about the dirt, he wolfed the bun down, stuffing it into his mouth.

Without water, it was very dry, making him choke and roll his eyes in discomfort, but he was too reluctant to spit it out.

Lin Muxue heard the sound but didn’t look back.

She had seen scenes like this many times before, and she used to really enjoy them.

The trash she discarded on a whim was greedily swallowed by others. It gave her a great sense of vanity.

However, as Lin Nianbei’s status within the base rose, she became harder and harder to satisfy.

The sight of those dirty kids kneeling on the ground fighting over food wasn’t appealing to her; she preferred the sight of powerful Superpower Users kneeling before her, begging.

When Lin Muxue arrived, someone was reporting to Lin Nianbei about the situation with the base’s resource salvage operations.

The end of the safety period came without warning. Many things in the base weren’t ready; the rain came too suddenly and too quickly, and much of the food stored in the base had not been taken.

After the base’s Superpower Users had escorted the base’s leaders to the mountain’s peak, they were sent to salvage the supplies.

Lin Muxue stood to the side, listening for a while. When the reporter left, she approached.

Lin Nianbei was troubled by the issue of supplies and looked displeased, but he tried to control his expression upon seeing Lin Muxue.

“Xiao Xue, why did you come all of a sudden? Are the people down there giving you trouble?” Lin Nianbei was quite concerned. Xiao Xue was a timid and quiet child. He had arranged for his subordinates to tend to her, but not only did they neglect to care for her properly, they also bullied Xiao Xue.

This silly child didn’t complain when wronged or bullied by others, not wanting to trouble her uncle.

Had he not decided to visit her on a whim, he might never have known about it.

He had become angry at the servant responsible after learning of it, yet Xiao Xue had defended that person.

Considering Xiao Xue’s kind-hearted nature, he did not punish that servant openly, opting instead to quietly deal with him.

After that, he had been continuously concerned about Xiao Xue’s well-being to prevent anyone else from mistreating her.

With the recent haste, he was worried that someone again might not have been attentive.

“Not at all. I’m doing fine. The reason I came this time… is that I heard some news,” Lin Muxue said, pouring a cup of tea for Lin Nianbei.

Even in such a hurry, Lin Nianbei, as one of the authorities at the base, still moved into a large tent, complete with all the necessities—a bed, blankets, a table… He even had tea brewed for him.

Lin Muxue had a small tent, too.

“What’s the news?” Lin Nianbei rubbed his eyebrows and took a sip of hot tea.

He had indeed been very busy lately, with an abundance of worries, to the point where blisters had formed at the corners of his mouth.

“Uncle, do you remember that supermarket I mentioned to you before?”

“Supermarket? Oh, that one. I remember, but I’ve been so busy lately that it slipped my mind. Too bad, now it’s all flooded.” Lin Nianbei recalled it as soon as Lin Muxue mentioned it.

He had planned to send people there, but then a major crisis occurred, and after several busy days, he forgot about it.

What a pity.

“It’s not flooded. Uncle, you haven’t heard the recent news. They say the supermarket has moved to the top of a mountain. A lot of people have gone and bought things from there.” When she said ‘bought’, Lin Muxue felt a tinge of distress.

Selling so much, there would be less left for her by the time it reached her hands.

“Moved? Xiao Xue, are you joking? How can such a big supermarket just up and move? Could it be some Superpower User’s false rumor?”

The heavy rain had come suddenly, catching the base unprepared, let alone a supermarket. It was good enough that the supermarket owner had managed to escape.

It’s not like the supermarket had suddenly grown legs.

“Uncle, although I also find it hard to believe, many people say they’ve bought things. I was thinking, the base is in such a difficult situation and in need of supplies right now. Why not send someone to check it out? If it’s true, it could reduce our losses this time, and more people in the base could survive.”

Lin Nianbei’s brows relaxed slightly.

The base had indeed suffered great losses this time, and Gu Yuan was insistent on distributing the limited remaining food supply to those who had escaped.

He knew the base’s food supply was running low yet still insisted on playing the good guy.

In his opinion, if those ordinary people starved to death, so be it.

It would be a good way to conserve resources.

“Uncle, send someone to have a look. If you can secure the supermarket, you’ll be the base’s great hero.”

“Alright, I’ll send Xiao Liu to check.”

When Lin Muxue left, her mood had improved considerably.

It seemed she would soon have a supermarket.

She hoped not too many goods had been sold.

After Lin Nianbei gave the order, Xiao Liu, who had just finished some work, was assigned a new task.

When Xiao Liu learned it was Lin Muxue’s idea, he outwardly nodded and agreed, but inwardly cursed her again and again.

Lin Muxue was really unapologetic.

It had been so many times now that, because of a few words from Lin Muxue, he, already overworked, had been saddled with even more.

Although he resented it deeply, Xiao Liu didn’t dare to shirk the task commissioned by Lin Nianbei.

He immediately gathered several Superpower Users under Lin Nianbei’s command to investigate.

Not taking it seriously at first, they were taken aback once they checked.

Xiao Liu and the accompanying Superpower Users pinched each other several times to confirm they weren’t dreaming.

Once they verified it was real, Xiao Liu also got excited—what had previously seemed a hassle no longer felt bothersome.

If Lin Nianbei managed to take over the supermarket, he would ‘eat meat’, and those underneath him would at least get to ‘drink the soup’.

Xiao Liu and a few Superpower Users entered the supermarket to gather information and immediately returned to report.