Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! novel Chapter 210

Everyone inside the car heard Zhao Lin's stomach growl loudly.

Last night, she had barely eaten anything, and now the gnawing hunger was making itself known. She swallowed to moisten her dry throat, trying to ignore the discomfort.

Suddenly, she felt Nanzhi move beside her and place something in her lap. "Eat."

To her surprise, it was two bottles of water, a self-heating spicy chicken-flavored rice, and a peach bun-flavored sandwich. It was the most luxurious meal she had had in a long while!

Zhao Lin's throat tightened as she swallowed again, but she shook her head and pushed it back. She was not like Helen Wu, who had a shameless skin and took everything for granted! Zhao Lin had struggled for every morsel of food she had ever gotten.

"This is too much," she murmured.

"It's not for free," Nanzhi replied, her eyes gleaming with intent. She had been eyeing Zhao Lin's jade bracelet since they had met.

A moment later, Zhao Lin reluctantly began to eat.

Once comfortable around people, Zhao Lin became talkative.

"I'm friends with Tang Xue from college, Jade City University. Coincidentally, when the classes were suspended, one of our classmates was celebrating his birthday. A few of us got together at the Paramount Hotel to celebrate. We thought the weather would improve, but in the end, it was just wishful thinking," she said with a sigh. "We stayed there for a month, only leaving once the flood had receded."

Zhao Lin paused, her gaze distant. "On the way, we met Wu Hao, Brother Cho Jin, and that woman…" She faltered. At the time, she hadn't yet seen Helen's true nature.

"Cho Jin was reliable, well-known, and knowledgeable. He became the pillar of our group…" Zhao Lin's eyes clouded with the memory. They had originally planned to head to Pearl City, where they had heard there was a military base. But monsters had ambushed them, forcing them to take a detour to the suburbs where they spent the winter.

The journey hadn't been kind to them. They lost comrades along the way, and the group had dwindled further due to a strange sickness.

When spring finally came, they continued their travel.

They stopped at an abandoned farm where Tang Xue perished.

Zhao Lin's hand froze as she recalled the time she had spent with Tang Xue, her sister in arms, through thick and thin.

The farm was not far from the small base.

So that's how they met Nanzhi's group.

The road to the Longmen Base was filled with ruins—collapsed buildings and streets buried under mud and debris.

The Lu Family had been responsible for at least thirty percent of the city's major architectural projects, including roads.

Unfortunately, most of their projects were shoddy, and after the heavy rains and floods, the foundations had weakened, causing structural instability and sinkholes to form in the roads.

Thankfully, the Lu Family hadn't completed the majority of their projects, and those that had been finished collapsed only after the people had evacuated.

Knowing there would be an entrance fee at the Longmen Base, Nanzhi noticed Zhao Lin's anxious gaze lingering on the shops still stocked with supplies.

"Let's stop here," Nanzhi suggested. They would search the shops and avoid explaining the origins of their supplies.

Perhaps because of the exorbitant prices for the entrance and accommodation of teh last base, Feng Ran, Baoyin, Hei Qian, and Bingwen were all notably active.