Su Ling and her group had a productive afternoon, clearing another street with their coordinated efforts.
While Gu Shangse and the others were busy extracting crystal cores, Su Ling entered the shops to scavenge for supplies.
The Bai siblings were already aware of Su Ling's storage ability, so seeing the shops completely empty after she entered and exited left them in awe.
Su Ling had only revealed her storage ability to the Bai siblings.
She hadn't told Wen Jie and Jia Jia about it.
Some things were better left unsaid, a judicious reserve.
Having eaten so much at lunch, they only felt hungry now that they had stopped to collect crystal cores after a strenuous afternoon.
Su Ling entered a shop specializing in sanitary pads. Adhering to the principle of not letting anything go to waste, she took everything.
Next to the sanitary pad store was a women's lingerie shop. Su Ling also cleared out all the diverse and beautiful lingerie.
However, any shop Su Ling set her sights on was inevitably left completely bare after her visit.
Adjacent to the lingerie shop was a snack bar, which Su Ling skipped.
After so long in the apocalypse, supplies in such stores were usually spoiled and not worth collecting.
Passing by several snack bars, Su Ling stopped in front of a bookstore.
Looking at the store's setup, Su Ling envisioned creating a book nook in their castle later, filled with books, tables, and chairs.
Those who wanted to pass the time by reading could relax in that little haven.
With this thought, Su Ling entered the bookstore and proceeded to clear it out entirely.
The bookstore had two floors. After clearing the first floor, Su Ling went upstairs and then swept through the warehouse.
When she emerged from the bookstore, only the stickers on the walls remained, a reminder that it had once been a bookstore.
Next to the bookstore was a vacuum-sealed cooked food store, offering delicacies from all over the country.
There were braised pig trotters, sauced pig shanks, braised meats, cured sausages, fresh sausages, beef chunks, ham, braised duck, smoked duck, braised duck, local chicken, spicy chicken, salted duck, spicy rabbit legs, spicy rabbit heads, roast suckling pig, spicy fish...
In short, the store had a large storefront and a wide variety of products.
Vacuum-packed, they could be eaten directly from the bag or heated before consumption.
This two-story store was located on a commercial street in the night market area, and the zombies loitering inside had already been cleared.
Judging by the number of zombie corpses piled outside, the store must have been very popular and well-loved by customers before the apocalypse.
Su Ling favored these kinds of stores. Unlike supplies that spoiled after being frozen, the vacuum-packed foods from this establishment were exactly what she was looking for.
Because it was located in the heart of a zombie-infested area, the store's contents had not been looted.
Su Ling entered from the front and began her uninhibited supply-gathering journey.
This feeling was truly exhilarating.
The store also had carts used by staff for restocking. The staff were nowhere to be seen, but the carts were piled high with unloads goods.
Su Ling collected the entire carts, along with their contents, into her spatial storage.
The store was incredibly large. Su Ling spent about ten minutes just clearing out the first floor.
After emptying the first floor, Su Ling proceeded to the second.
As soon as she came up the stairs, several ice arrows flew towards her.
Su Ling reacted with lightning speed, dodging the projectiles by shifting her body.
The ice arrows embedded themselves deep into the wall behind her, leaving only imprints on the wall.
Su Ling gathered Phoenix Fire in her palm, and several fire arrows coalesced in her hand.
The owner of the ice arrows, not yet visible, spoke, "I don't want any trouble. This place is mine, and you can turn back the way you came!"