Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies

Chapter 73: Scorching Sun

The day after the discussion, Xiao Zheng personally brought several sacks of Crystal Cores and a group of Superpower Users to move things.

“Boss Su, please check these,” Xiao Zheng said, pointing to the sacks of Crystal Cores, a hint of pride in his voice.

These were the Crystal Cores he had been collecting for several years, of every kind.

“No… no need,” Su Yinhe shuddered as she saw the several sacks of Crystal Cores and heard his words, thinking who… who would want to count them. She definitely didn’t want to.

It would take forever to count so many Crystal Cores.

Better let the little robots scan them.

Su Yinhe did not want to count them, and Xiao Zheng felt a bit regretful.

But still, he had the Superpower Users carry the Crystal Cores to the little robots for scanning.

With so many Crystal Cores, the amount of money exchanged was huge; Xiao Zheng squinted his eyes, counted the zeros several times over, then took out a small notebook and calculated for a long time.

As he calculated, his face broke into a broad smile.

The Crystal Cores Xiao Zheng brought were indeed plenty, and so was the money exchanged.

Over a hundred Superpower Users came to move them, and they continued moving them for eight days.

Xiao Zheng was in charge of supervision and kept flattering throughout those eight days.

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Su Yinhe was delighted and even gifted them an additional generator

Both parties were very satisfied.

When Xiao Zheng left, Su Yinhe was very reluctant to see him go and invited him to visit the supermarket more often in the future, bringing Crystal Cores along.

Doing business with Xiao Zheng, Su Yinhe earned many Crystal Cores, and even the protective shield she had been reluctant to use was activated.

She even made the Crystal Cores into bracelets, and truth be told, those sparkling Crystal Cores looked pretty good.

At this point, Su Yinhe had forgotten that these Crystal Cores were knocked out of Zombie skulls; she previously found them dirty.

Her life was very joyful now, if only the rain could stop—it had been raining every day, and it was too damp.

If her mood was bad, seeing the continuous rain outside made it even worse.

Su Yinhe had just been thinking casually, but unexpectedly, a few days later, the rain really stopped.

But then the sun started shining. Intensely!

The water that had almost flooded half of the mountain quickly receded, gradually revealing the ground of Sun Base.

The people who had been holed up in the cave for so many days were thrilled and rushed out to bask in the sun.

But as soon as they went out, they got sunburned.

The screams could be heard clearly for hundreds of meters.

Of course, Su Yinhe didn’t hear them.

Chi Yan and Lin Murong told her this news themselves. They arrived today fully armed, with sunscreen, sun-protective clothing, and even carrying a large umbrella.

The kind that could cover a dozen people.

That’s how they avoided getting sunburned.

After they arrived, Lin Murong exchanged a Crystal Core and drank down a ton of cold Coke, while Chi Yan grabbed some ice water and drank frantically too.

Both were sweating profusely.

“Little Galaxy, make sure you stay inside the supermarket. Never go out. Outside… if you go out without any protection, you could very well end up sun-dried,” Lin Murong, drinking Coke and enjoying the supermarket’s air conditioning, finally felt revived.

If it weren’t for the random stuff Brother Chi packed in his space, they wouldn’t have made it to the supermarket today.

Only the two of them made it to the supermarket today; everyone else dared not walk outside.

The sun outside was just too fierce now; a few fools who couldn’t wait at the beginning when the rain stopped ran out and then got sunburned.

Everyone had lived through ten years of the apocalypse by now, so as soon as they saw something was wrong, they immediately retreated back into the cave.

Originally, we still thought about returning to the base to check on the house there and move back in if it was still okay.

The cave was crowded and lacked any privacy.

If circumstances allowed, they’d have preferred to return to their own home.

But they hadn’t expected such a scorching sun to come out.

So the higher-ups at the base discussed it and finally decided that everyone should continue to stay in the cave.

However, some people couldn’t let go and still wanted to go home, sneaking back whenever the sun went down at night.

“And then what?” Su Yinhe asked as she bit into an ice pop, curious about what happened next. She had thought about moving the supermarket back to its original location if the people from Sun Base came down the mountain.

“The result was that during the day when the sun was out, the house became too hot and stuffy, and they got heatstroke,” Lin Murong said with a hint of weariness.

The sun was so intense that the temperature wasn’t much lower.

Currently, it was 55 degrees Celsius outside, 52 degrees Celsius inside the cave, and as for the houses down at the base, damn, it was even hotter than outside.

And the temperature was still rising.

“The group at the base studying this disaster said it’s the hot weather. They told us to prepare ourselves and advised us to stay in the cave or we might end up baked dry,” Lin Murong said after finishing one coke and cracking open another.

“We both couldn’t take it anymore. Brother Chi, being a Water Element Superpower User, initially thought about using water to cool things down, but as soon as the water was drawn, it turned warm,” Lin Murong added, sounding even more upset.

“That water was hotter than my body temperature. And that’s not the worst part; it evaporated in no time.”

“A whole basin! A huge basin! Gone in half a day,” Lin Murong gestured wildly to emphasize the size.

“The most infuriating part is, Brother Chi was secretly chewing on ice cubes behind my back.”

Chi Yan: “…You saw wrong.”

“No, I didn’t. I saw it with my own eyes, a huge chunk of ice. Then your mouth bulged and… uh…”

Chi Yan skillfully covered his mouth.

Su Yinhe: “…”

“So, did you two come here to cool off with the air-conditioning?”

“Yes. If it’s possible, could we perhaps lay down some sleeping mats here for the night?” Lin Murong looked down at the floor tiles, thinking it would definitely be cool to sleep here.

“…Well, we could.” They were all pretty familiar with each other, so letting them lay down some sleeping mats wasn’t really a problem.

Su Yinhe nodded in agreement.

“Little Galaxy, you’re my god,” Lin Murong said, holding Su Yinhe’s hand with a sincere expression.

“Heh… hehehe… thanks for the compliment.” Su Yinhe struggled to pull her hand back.

“Sigh. Little Galaxy, you don’t know how miserable those Water Element and Ice Element Superpower Users at the base are.” Having sorted out their sleeping arrangements, Lin Murong started sharing the happenings at the base with her.

“What happened?”

“Because of the heat wave, all the previous water has dried up. And now there’s a severe water shortage. The base is desperately squeezing the Water Element and Ice Element Superpower Users to produce more water and ice.”

“I know one male Ice Ability User whose body temperature is lower than normal, and there’s this rich woman in the base who can’t sleep because of the heat. She even wants to keep him as a companion.”

Su Yinhe: “Did he go?”

“Of course, he went eagerly!”

Su Yinhe: “Wow.”

After finishing her “wow,” Su Yinhe remembered Chi Yan’s superpower.

“So Chi Yan is also a Water Element…”

“He’s fine. No one dares to ask him to stay overnight; who knows if they can wake up the next day.” Lin Murong waved his hand nonchalantly.

There had been others before who were attracted to Brother Chi’s looks and wanted to sleep with him. But the aftermath…

Brother Chi was left with one less person admiring his looks.