Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 171 - : Survival at Sea: Fish Everywhere!

Chapter 171: Chapter 171: Survival at Sea: Fish Everywhere!

The aftershocks outside came intermittently, but they were much weaker now.

There were hardly any buildings around as references.

The feeling among the group was just that the waves were bigger and the bumps were stronger.

Ye Qing had a point.

Song Qian and Sun Jingtao nodded simultaneously, their expressions turning solemn in a second.

Kong Wu looked at them, his face showing a bit of difficulty, “Brother Song, the compass still isn’t working, which way should we go?”

“Wait a moment, the sun is about to rise,” Song Qian said calmly.

“The sun?” Su Dai and others were startled and looked up at the sky.

Indeed, in the densely clouded sky, there now was a spot of brightness.

Soon, a streak of cold white light tinged with pale yellow radiance broke through the gaps in the clouds.

The sun had risen!

It really had risen!

The sunlight, devoid of any warmth, filled everyone’s hearts with warmth and hope.

After all, except for Jiang Yan who had “Space”, it had been a long while since any of them had seen the sun.

“Let’s head that way!” Song Qian looked at his watch and pointed in a diagonal direction.

Upon hearing that, Kong Wu immediately started the boat.

“Brother Song, isn’t that direction not east?” Sun Jingtao, also determining the direction with his watch, said.

“Right, we’re not heading east for now, we’re going west. There’s a steel-framed multistory parking garage about five or six kilometers away in the western industrial park. It’s above the water,” replied Song Qian.

With that explanation, everyone understood.

By now, gas stations and the like were submerged dozens of meters underwater.

To find gasoline, unless it was in an official reserve store,

one would have to collect it little by little from these parked cars.

“Wife, can your watches still serve as compasses?” Su Dai asked curiously.

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“Yes, this is a sun-based direction finding method with a watch,” Sun Jingtao said, showing her how it worked.

Jiang Yan and Ye Qing understood a bit too, so they didn’t listen but instead glanced around at their surroundings.

“Damn, comrades, look over there, there are lots of fish!” Kong Wu, who was driving the boat, suddenly yelled.

Everyone followed the direction he was pointing and were stunned.

The area looked like there was a fishpond below, with bunches of fish flipping and jumping on the surface.

Some fish, belly up, appeared to be dead.

“Xiao Wu, slow down a bit, let’s catch some,” Sun Jingtao said.

“Okay.” Kong Wu gradually slowed down the boat.

Now that they were prepared to head to East Mountain on their own, they naturally couldn’t pass up this food that was being delivered to their doorstep.

Ye Qing had already taken out two Fish Shooting Guns, handing one to Sun Jingtao.

“Xiao Ye, do you have any spares?” Song Qian glanced at him.

Ye Qing passed the one in his hand over and then took out another one.

The three men, aiming and shooting, quickly caught more than a dozen fish.

There were carp, crucian carp, as well as some grass carp and black carp.

All were quite big and still alive.

Su Dai and Jiang Yan, rummaging through their baggage, pulled out a mosquito net, tied a few knots in it to serve as a fishing net, and temporarily stored the fish inside.

Jiang Yan’s rubber dinghy, currently towed behind the assault boat, conveniently served as a temporary fish hold.

The temperature was very low now, so the fish, left unprocessed temporarily, were fine.

Just the fishy smell was quite strong.

When they caught enough, the group resumed their journey.

By now, they had moved far from the downtown area, and Kong Wu’s boat began to pick up speed.

Along the way, they encountered many more schools of fish.

Also leaping out of the water, in even greater numbers and sizes.

With limited load capacity, the group could only choose to ignore them.

However, Jiang Yan quietly collected quite a few fish and threw them into her “Space.”

Gradually, a solitary ocher steel-framed building appeared above the water.

This building was very similar to the one they had encountered at the Golden Shield Security Headquarters, but it was shorter.

Currently, about seven or eight floors were above the water surface.

Due to the shaking of the ground, many cars were piled up together, severely deformed.

There were also some damaged car roofs and glasses, probably smashed by falling billboards and light boxes.

However, the parts like gas tanks were intact.

“In a moment, us three will go up to get the oil. You two stay on the boat. If anything unexpected happens, Kong Wu, you must immediately take the boat away from this area,” Song Qian said, standing up first and taking out three army green large portable oil storage bags from the storage box.

He then took out a hose and a nylon safety rope with a pulley.

Su Dai’s lips tightened as she looked at Sun Jingtao, “Husband, I want to help too.”

Her clothes had been nearly soaked through earlier, although she had changed her jacket midway.

But her lips were still somewhat pale.

She must be cold.

“We can’t predict when an earthquake might occur; you and Jiang Yan should stay here,” Sun Jingtao immediately refused without a second thought.

If a strong earthquake hit, those cars above them would pose the greatest threat.

It wasn’t impossible for them to be knocked and sent flying by accident.

Su Dai felt somewhat disappointed.

However, seeing Jiang Yan sitting properly beside her, she pursed her lips again and sat down beside her, reassured.

She originally had a lot to say to Jiang Yan, but considering Kong Wu was a recent acquaintance sitting next to them, she held back.

“Jiang Yan, keep an eye on this for me,” Ye Qing said, handing his submachine gun to her before heading ashore.

Jiang Yan didn’t ask much and simply took it after saying “okay.”

“Sister Yaen, do you know how to use this gun?” Kong Wu, looking at Jiang Yan taking the submachine gun, asked with a teasing expression.

Jiang Yan smiled and said noncommittally, “What do you think?”

“Probably, maybe, possibly, no! But, I can teach you! Don’t worry, I won’t charge you a tuition fee!” Kong Wu laughed heartily, full of confidence.

Su Dai gave him a sideways glance: This kid is a carefree chatterbox…but that’s kind of nice.

Jiang Yan didn’t take his remarks seriously and changed the topic, “Kong Wu, have you been to East Mountain?”

“No.”

Kong Wu shook his head, then his eyes lit up, “But we’re going there soon, aren’t we!”

“Oh, if you haven’t been there, then that’s strange—” Jiang Yan deliberately paused.

Su Dai knew Jiang Yan was trying to draw him out and thus frowned in agreement, “Yes, that’s really strange!”

Kong Wu looked at them bewilderedly, “What? What’s strange?”

“Yaoben Base is on East Mountain, and your boat is from Yaoben Base, but you haven’t been to East Mountain. That seems a bit contradictory, doesn’t it?”

“Exactly!” Su Dai acted as the comic foil.

“That’s not strange! The land is ours, the people who built the base are ours. Now that it’s built, our leader wants to go, isn’t that normal? Just think of it as relocating our headquarters, right?”

“True. Now that you mention it, that does seem normal,” Jiang Yan didn’t elaborate further and exchanged a silent glance with Su Dai.

It’s normal to build a base with resources.

But managing to build the base just in time was very abnormal…