Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 259: What’s the Use of a Captain Like This
Xining Town.
This was the target Chu Che had selected after a long deliberation.
This town was similar to the old Xinghua Town, but its scale was much larger.
Standing outside the town, one could see some of the scenes inside.
On both sides of the street were rows of buildings, with various shops on the ground floor: hardware stores, small supermarkets, mobile phone shops, and auto repair shops...
One could even see several sportswear brand specialty stores.
The survivors weren't very interested in clothes.
What they wanted most was food.
On the street, a few dust-covered small cars were crashed together.
It was obvious a major fire had occurred, and these crashed cars had been burned black.
Some emerald green, unnamed plants had already grown from the cracks in the hardened road.
These plants were like sores on the road's surface, utterly destroying the entire pavement.
Even those charred-black car frames were covered in moss.
There were also some roll-up doors that had been pulled down halfway.
Clearly, the owner of this shop had discovered something terrifying before and wanted to block the horror outside. An accident must have happened before the roll-up door could be fully closed.
On some exterior walls, one could vaguely see some black handprints.
Of course, these black handprints weren't some prankster smearing black ink on their hands and stamping them.
They were bloody handprints that had turned somewhat black over time.
If not for the superhumans' astonishing eyesight, they probably wouldn't have noticed these black, bloody handprints at all.
The open shops by the street were pitch-black inside.
Vaguely, one could see what seemed like pale faces flashing past within that darkness.
But when looking carefully, nothing could be found.
It was apparent this small town had once been very lively.
Of course, it was still lively now...
It's just that the way it was lively seemed a bit different.
This time, the division of labor was very clear.
Chen Ye and Iron Lion were responsible for gathering supplies, while Ding Dong and the Pink-haired Girl were responsible for keeping watch.
Chen Ye had the ability to simulate smoke breath, making him perfectly suited for looting.
Iron Lion had excellent physical fitness and great strength. Places vehicles couldn't enter were where Iron Lion was needed.
As for the other survivors.
They were responsible for loading and unloading work.
The task of gathering supplies didn't fall to them.
As the superhumans' sequence levels increased, the gap between ordinary people and superhumans grew larger and larger.
Yet even so, Xue Nan still assigned tasks to every survivor participating in this supply-gathering mission.
This mission wasn't simple.
It was just an ordinary supply-gathering task, but the difficulty of this one was greater than any previous one.
Because, according to Squad Leader Chu Che's plan.
This mission's time had to be controlled within half an hour.
No matter what happened, they had to leave this place within half an hour.
Half an hour!!!
That was just enough time for one game before the apocalypse.
Now, they had to gather enough supplies for dozens of people.
The mission's difficulty was considerable.
Of course, if that was all, it might still be manageable.
What was more troublesome was that among the convoy's twenty-plus people, not a single one had been to this Xining Town before the apocalypse.
Even those who had heard of it were few.
Therefore, no one knew where the town's supermarkets were, or where the grain and oil shops were.
If they had to spend half an hour just looking for these places, it really wouldn't be enough.
Even Chu Che was completely in the dark about Xining Town.
You have to understand, during previous supply-gathering missions, Captain Chu could always say something, sometimes even producing some simple maps.
Like with the previous Fog City.
But now...
The omnipotent Captain Chu was also stumped.
Of course, no one would blame Captain Chu, because everyone knew that if Captain Chu had a choice, he definitely wouldn't do something so uncertain.
Half an hour—they'd probably just find a suitable supply-gathering spot when the time would be almost up.
"Give me three minutes, no, one minute! Wait for my signal before you come over!"
Before anyone could say anything, they saw the long sword at Sun Xixi's waist let out a sword hum as it flew out of its scabbard, hovering steadily in front of her.
Sun Xixi lightly leaped and stepped onto the flying sword.
The entire person vanished before their eyes like a bolt of lightning.
If looking down from high above, one could see an extremely fast figure streaking through the streets of Xining Town like lightning.
Suddenly, while crossing one street, Sun Xixi seemed to pause for a moment. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
A flash of electric light, and her figure turned back again.
An expression of wild joy appeared on Sun Xixi's face.
In front of her was a grain and oil shop.
In big cities, this kind of grain and oil shop wasn't easy to find. People who wanted to buy things would mostly go to the supermarket downstairs.
Some who didn't want to move could just operate on their phones and have things delivered to their door.
The biggest difference between a grain and oil shop and a supermarket was that supermarkets sold everything.
Grain and oil shops sold more rice and flour, mainly supplying large unit cafeterias or hotels and restaurants.
Sun Xixi had only ever gone to supermarkets before;this was the first time she had seen something like a grain and oil shop.
Her figure flashed as she rushed inside.
In less than half a minute, Sun Xixi emerged from the grain and oil shop, her face full of disappointment.
The anxiety on Sun Xixi's face increased. More than half of the minute had already passed.
Sun Xixi's speed became even faster.
Finally, she found the town's large supermarket.
The result greatly surprised Sun Xixi.
The supplies in these supermarkets had actually all been cleared out.
This situation had never occurred before.
You have to understand, Captain Chu could use the Eavesdropping Radio to gather information.
Although Sun Xixi didn't know why the Eavesdropping Radio had this ability.
She never asked, and the captain never said.
But during their previous supply-gathering processes, they had never been completely cleaned out.
What the hell was going on!!!
A glistening bead of sweat appeared on Sun Xixi's forehead.
Feeling uneasy, Sun Xixi made the flying sword under her feet fast as lightning...
When Sun Xixi reappeared before everyone.
There was a bit more panic on her face.
If they really couldn't gather supplies, relying only on the little seed stock the convoy had planted to grow food.
Many people in the convoy would likely starve to death in the future.
Apart from the superhumans who could survive, everyone else would probably die.
She relayed the information she had just scouted.
The expression on Chu Che's face was very unpleasant.
Clearly, he hadn't anticipated this problem either.
Everyone looked at Chu Che.
Besides the superhumans, the other survivors were also starting to panic a bit.
If they really had no gains, were they supposed to starve to death in the coming days?
"I'm sorry, this time I didn't do my job well!"
Chu Che's face also turned green and then red.
"Tsk~~~ What's the use of you!!!"
A voice that was neither yin nor yang sounded by his ear.
Hearing this familiar voice, Chu Che's anger surged instantly, his eyes blazing as he looked at Chen Ye.
The previous awkwardness and guilt were all transformed into rage.
Chen Ye paid him no mind at all, directly turning to look at the Pink-haired Girl.
"Does Xining Town have any large hotels or restaurants? Generally, the warehouses in these places have some reserves."
"If we're lucky, we might find some stockpiles in these places."
The Pink-haired Girl shook her head: "I went to look. Xining Town's largest hotel is called Caesar Grand Hotel. Its warehouse is also empty!"
"And other restaurants, small supermarkets—all have no supplies!"
"Also empty!???"
What the hell...
Chen Ye hadn't expected this outcome.
It seemed this Xining Town had been visited before, and not just once!
Seems like scolding Chu Che just now wasn't wrong.
Can't even handle such a small matter properly.
What's the use of a captain like this.
