Ice Apocalypse (Season 1)

Chapter 42: Food Reserves

Liu Tiantian's remarks were immediately met with mockery from a group of male owners.

"The world has practically come to an end, and now who's pampering you little fairies?"

"Heh, do you really think you're something special?"

"Let us risk our lives to protect you? You're not worthy!"

Uncle You, who was being criticized, was even more speechless. He couldn't understand why everyone had such an attitude when he had good intentions.

He didn't talk much and couldn't compete with others in arguing, so he chose not to speak anymore.

Zhang Yiru found the chat in the group quite lively and amusing, considering the limited entertainment options available.

In summary, his conclusion was straightforward: most of the people in this owners' group deserved their fate.

The heated argument in the chat became increasingly intense. Perhaps because they had been suppressed for too long, everyone finally found an outlet to vent their frustrations, and it all poured out.

The chat group was filled with malicious and dirty words, making it unbearable to listen to. In the end, they all forgot the initial purpose of forming the group.

Zhang Yiru put his phone aside and went to the kitchen. Although there were many ready-made meals in the alternate space, he occasionally enjoyed cooking for himself to savor life.

He took out fresh ingredients from the alternate space. Potatoes, onions, ginger, and garlic seemed as fresh as if they had just been dug from the soil. The beef was tender and looked appetizing with its bright red color.

Walmart truly deserved its reputation as the world's top supermarket brand; the quality of the selected products was outstanding.

Zhang Yiru stewed a pot of potato and beef stew and, following the method for clay pot chicken, added some pancakes along the edge of the pot. After stewing, the pancakes absorbed the soup, becoming especially delicious.

Picking up his phone, he noticed messages from Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining.

This time, the messages were pleading and filled with sorrow. Fang Yuqing and Lin Caining were crying heavily, obviously frightened by Chen Zhenghao's killings.

These two green tea white lotus flowers didn't have the ability to resist villains. Therefore, they were likely to be the next targets of Chen Zhenghao's violence, especially after seeing the solid anti-theft door at Zhang Yiru's house. They considered Zhang Yiru's place a safe haven and wanted to move in.

"Zhang Yiru, no matter how much conflict we had in the past, at least you loved me once, right?"

"You can't just watch me die, can you?"

"I know you seem tough on the surface, but your heart is soft. Please, save me!"

Lin Caining had even fewer boundaries than Fang Yuqing.

"Zhang Yiru, I don't want to die. As long as you let me live in your house, I'll be your meat barbecue! You can play with me until I die, but please don't let me die at the hands of those people."

Zhang Yiru could feel their inner fear. Honestly, if Zhang Yiru's house hadn't been reinforced at this point, living in such a cold and food-deprived environment, his despair wouldn't be much less than these two.

But would he pity these two women? Haha, certainly not! After all, this was the scene he most desired to see now. The more desperate they were, the more excited Zhang Yiru became.

He didn't say anything, just leisurely recorded a video for them. In the video, there was a large pot of potato and beef stew in front of Zhang Yiru. A fireplace nearby was burning with a roaring flame. The house was warm and peaceful, a stark contrast to the flying snow and howling north wind outside.

For the two women at this moment, it was undoubtedly a huge stimulus. After all, they couldn't even guarantee their survival, let alone having a proper meal.

The two of them continued to beg in their subsequent messages, asking Zhang Yiru to let them into his house to live together.

Zhang Yiru chose to ignore them. He neither agreed nor refused. He wanted to leave them a glimmer of hope, making them realize that hope was slim, but they still had to come over and kneel before Zhang Yiru.

The day passed in such a boring manner. Chen Zhenghao and his group, after seizing a certain amount of supplies, didn't rush to continue their actions. They also understood that if they went too far, it would lead to a united resistance from all the owners. It was reasonable to gather some, appease some, and then eliminate some.

However, one night, Zhang Yiru noticed some unusual movements from Chen Zhenghao and his group through the surveillance cameras.

At night, the entire Tianhai City had no power, only Zhang Yiru's house was illuminated. But the people in the same building didn't notice.

Zhang Yiru saw several of Chen Zhenghao's henchmen carrying two bodies out of the door.

After careful observation, Zhang Yiru felt that the two people looked somewhat familiar. The reason he remembered them so clearly was that he knew almost all the owners in the building.

But the appearance of these two people clearly did not belong to their unit.

Therefore, they should be the other henchmen Chen Zhenghao called when it first snowed.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Yiru quickly figured out what was going on.

When Chen Zhenghao led people to attack Zhang Yiru's house that day, he was washed away by Zhang Yiru with a large water pipe.

In such extremely cold weather of minus sixty or seventy degrees, this was extremely deadly.

Therefore, these two people should have frozen to death.

After being frozen to death, they were stripped of all their clothes and thrown into the stairwell.

Frowning, Zhang Yiru initially couldn't understand the purpose of their actions. If they just wanted to dispose of the bodies, they could have thrown them out of the window, and the heavy snow could have concealed everything. Why throw them at the door?

However, as he contemplated, Zhang Yiru suddenly thought of a very terrifying possibility, and his pupils couldn't help but slightly shrink!

Did Chen Zhenghao leave their bodies as... reserve food?

This thought made all the hairs on Zhang Yiru's body stand on end, sending chills down his spine.

But this explanation was indeed the most reasonable. In the cold weather, the world was essentially a giant refrigerator, and there was no need to worry about food spoilage.

Modern people's understanding of the apocalypse often came from movies with apocalyptic themes. Eating people was not uncommon in those scenarios.

In recorded human history, during years of great disasters, there were horrifying records of cannibalism due to famine, fever, and other terrifying situations.

Perhaps it was because of the peaceful years in recent times that some people had forgotten those historical records written in black and white.

Until the arrival of the apocalypse.

Zhang Yiru took a deep breath, and his rapidly beating heart quickly calmed down.

Compared to ordinary people, he accepted this reality more quickly. After all, he had experienced an apocalypse once, and he was even eaten by others.

He knew that once it reached the end of the road, due to hunger, humans could commit any cruel acts and eat anything that could be eaten.

"Chen Zhenghao is truly ruthless!"

Although Zhang Yiru didn't like that social brother, he couldn't help but marvel at his ruthlessness.

Many people understood the reasoning behind it. However, being able to leave the bodies of their brothers as a reserve food source before the food was exhausted was almost dehumanizing.