Chen Wenjing frowned in disgust.
"I already said we don't need it, can't you understand!"
[Hmph, this little brother is quite fierce! If it weren't for your sister covering for you, I would have thrown you out long ago!]
Chen Wenjing clenched his fists, and all sorts of scolding voices echoed in his mind. Just as he was about to lose it, Hai Changfeng put an arm around his neck.
"We really don't need these. You guys have plenty of people, you should keep them for yourselves."
"But..."
"Brother, I'm not saying this to you, but people in your team are injured. As the leader, shouldn't you go and care for the injured?"
Four people had been scratched by debris when they rushed in earlier. One of them was more seriously injured, losing a piece of flesh and tearing a large hole in his clothes.
In this weather, torn warm clothing could be fatal in minutes.
[A bunch of useless people! What a waste of my energy.]
Guo Tao left with the supplies.
Liu Ting muttered softly, "Ungrateful fools, they deserve to starve to death."
Chen Wenjing also whispered, "Who needs your stuff anyway."
"I thought the same thing. Who needs those two compressed biscuits."
They had eaten their fill before they set out and were still full, so they didn't care for these things.
Juanzi dragged a few broken wooden boards and torn bedsheets from a corner.
Daidao somehow managed to fetch a stainless steel washbasin from somewhere.
Although it was dented from impact, it was still usable.
The two cats carried the wood and cloth inside, and Daidao breathed out a flame, instantly warming the basin.
Chang Kaitong and Hai Changfeng also found some wood and kept adding it to prevent the fire from going out.
Everyone huddled together, warm, their faces flushed from the heat.
Liu Ting also tried to start a fire for warmth.
Unfortunately, it was easy to find rotten wood, but the lighter was frozen and wouldn't work no matter what.
After finally managing to light a spark, the wood was too dense, and the kindling burned out without igniting the logs.
Liu Ting stared glumly at Daidao, a nameless rage building inside her.
She picked up a piece of wood and threw it at Daidao.
"Stupid thing!"
"Meow!"
The two cats jumped out together, baring their teeth and bristling, revealing their fangs at Liu Ting.
"What are you doing! Do you want to kill someone!"
"Daidao, don't move, let me see."
An Nuan picked up its head and lovingly rubbed its forehead.
"It's okay, it's just a little red. Go back obediently and don't cause trouble!"
Liu Ting cursed unhappily, "Mutated beast, only you treat it like a treasure."
"I do treat them as treasures, so if you touch my treasure, I won't let you off easy either."
An Nuan strode in front of her.
Before Liu Ting could react, she felt a sharp pain on her forehead.
An Nuan used the piece of wood Liu Ting had used to hit Daidao and smashed it against Liu Ting's head, instantly drawing blood.
The crowd immediately became agitated, and Guo Tao hastily used his wind blades to separate them.
An Nuan was unfazed. She casually swatted away the wind blades with a wave of her hand, then turned and kicked Liu Ting several meters away.
A few ability users tried to rush forward to surround An Nuan, but their feet were suddenly entangled. Thick thorny vines appeared in front of each of them, pointing at their heads.
"Don't move!"
Guo Tao shouted.
Luoluo stroked Daidao's head, staring at them coldly.
Guo Tao understood from their gazes. This group of people had killed before and would not show mercy!
Furthermore, that woman could shatter his wind blades with her bare hands; she was not simple.
[Damn it, this is the real boss, I tried to curry favor with the wrong person!]
Chen Wenjing sneered. Idiot, you're realizing it too late!
An Nuan flicked the dust off her clothes.
"For the sake of us all being human, I didn't kill her. But if there's a next time, don't blame me for being inhumane."
After speaking, An Nuan ignored Guo Tao's expression and returned to her small team to sit down.
Daidao licked her face, coiled around her with its tail, and rested its head in An Nuan's embrace, acting spoiled.
Following the right master, every day is a happy day.
Guo Tao's team no longer dared to harbor any ill intentions towards An Nuan.
After listening for a while, Chen Wenjing wrote a few lines on the ground with a piece of wood.
Everyone then realized that Guo Tao's group was not searching for survivors at all.
Instead, they were heading south to the shelter to gather people and search for supplies.
Initially, those who went to the shelter could enter smoothly.
Later, as more people arrived, they had to pay a price to get in.
Food, water, supplies, even sanitary pads, all these were currency. If you gave enough, you could enter.
Within the base, there were also smaller groups. The groups with more people and more supplies had more influence.
An Nuan understood Guo Tao's actions and even thought he was a visionary.
Unfortunately, his character was too poor, and An Nuan disliked him.
Liu Ting only suffered two broken ribs, not a life-threatening injury.
A girl from their team placed her hands on Liu Ting's body and healed her injuries after a while.
This healing ability was child's play compared to Hai Changfeng's.
Chen Wenjing wrote on the ground: Healing, Wind Blade, Fast Legs, Treasure Pouch, Radar Eye, Water Spitting. Six abilities.
"Wenjing, you're amazing!"
Hai Changfeng gave him a thumbs-up.
The ability to hear thoughts was very convenient. As long as the other party was thinking, Chen Wenjing could obtain information.
After burning through several batches of firewood, the entire cave was warmed up, and Guo Tao's team also benefited, with no one complaining anymore.
Another tremor came from outside. A man from Guo Tao's team opened his eyes and said.
"Old Guo, it's another avalanche. The wind is still howling outside. We can't go out tonight."
This was the radar man, who could scan the situation within a certain distance.
"It's fine to sleep here for the night. We'll go out and scout tomorrow. Those willing to scout, raise your hands."
Five people hesitantly raised their hands.
Liu Ting took out several sausages, bread, and a meat bun from her treasure pouch and distributed them to them.
Scouting was a dangerous job, and the probability of not returning was too high.
The people willing to go out this time all had families to take care of, and they had to take risks for their loved ones.
While the idea of earning rewards through labor was not wrong, especially in the apocalypse where survival of the fittest and the weak obeying the strong was the way of life,
their methods were disgusting.
This was because the few ability users had ham and beef jerky without doing anything.
They presented themselves as benevolent saviors, yet they actively divided people into superior and inferior classes. Such hypocrisy made them uncomfortable.
Juanzi wagged its tail and let out a loud, but not smelly, fart at them...
An Nuan heard a rumbling sound from Xiao Long's stomach.
She smiled, "Hungry?"
"Not hungry, not hungry! Xiao Long can endure it, it's fine for three days without eating!"
"I'm here, how could I let you go three days without food!"
An Nuan turned her back and took out several self-heating meals and dumplings prepared at noon from her clothes.
There was plenty of snow, and melting it provided water. After waiting for a while, the rice was cooked.
Fish-flavored shredded pork rice, braised beef rice, plum-cabbage pork belly rice...
The people in Guo Tao's team's eyes turned red with envy.
Without comparison, there was no harm. Now their hearts had suffered ten thousand points of damage...