I Hoard Supplies and Raise a Child in the Wasteland World by Drawing Cards (GL) - Chapter 9

She thought for a moment. All the supplies in the house couldn’t be left outside. Thinking this, Lin Ran started to move things. First were the weapons. The remaining three compound crossbows, 200 bolts, three kukri knives, and entrenching tools had to be put in her room.

After moving all the weapons, Lin Ran started moving the bottled water.

She didn’t care about the sweat on her body and moved barrel after barrel of bottled water until her bedroom floor was almost full. Only then did she stop and start moving daily necessities. She didn’t move too many bottles of shampoo and body wash, but she took a lot of toilet paper and sanitary pads. She stacked them on top of the large barrels of water, arranging them neatly to make them look better.

After moving the daily necessities, Lin Ran started moving food. The canned food she bought had a long shelf life. As long as they didn’t leak, they could be stored for two to three years. Lin Ran couldn’t imagine what the apocalypse would be like in two to three years. Would there still be food to eat? Thinking of this, she was even more motivated to move the canned food. In addition, Lin Ran also brought in boxes of high-calorie foods like chocolate, energy bars, and candy.

When Lin Zhong came home, he saw Lin Ran moving things. He looked at Lin Ran with displeasure. “What are you doing?”

“I’m moving some things into my room and some into the study. This way, your room will have more space,” Lin Ran replied calmly.

“At least you have some conscience,” Lin Zhong snorted. He didn’t bother with Lin Ran and went to the kitchen to cook for himself.

Lin Ran couldn’t be bothered to deal with him. Even though she was in a book, she was indeed occupying the identity of the original Lin Ran. She felt a tiny bit of guilt towards Lin Zhong for taking the place of his daughter. But it was only a tiny bit. Not kicking Lin Zhong out was already the greatest kindness Lin Ran could show him.

As long as he stayed home and hid, Lin Zhong would definitely be able to live a year or two longer than others.

It was currently June and a hot time of the year. Even though Lin Ran had the air conditioner on, she was still sweating profusely. She went to the bathroom to find a hair tie and put her slightly curly long hair into a high ponytail. This way, she wouldn’t feel so hot, and she could work more efficiently.

Lin Ran continued to move things mechanically, and Lin Zhong’s room finally had some open space. When Lin Ran was almost done moving the supplies into her room, she started moving the supplies from Lin Zhong’s room to the study. The study had been full of bottled water, but now there was some space.

By the time Lin Ran finished, it was already past 9 p.m. Her arms were so tired she could barely lift them. However, Lin Ran still insisted on taking a shower and ordering some takeout.

At 10 o’clock, Lin Ran finally had dinner. She had ordered a lot of delicious food, but because of her wisdom tooth, she didn’t dare to order anything spicy. She sat in the living room, watching the evening news and eating.

The news in Jiangbei City was still broadcasting trivial matters. There was no sign of the apocalypse coming tomorrow.

Lin Zhong came out of his room to get water from the kitchen. When he saw Lin Ran had ordered takeout, he got angry. “Couldn’t you have just cooked something yourself? You’re just wasting money. Also, what’s with the front door? I forgot to ask you. Are you crazy with all your money? You even installed such a heavy security door in your room. What’s it for? To protect yourself from me, your father? And what’s with the front door? The old one was perfectly fine. Why did you have to replace it with one that looks like it belongs on a bank? You’re crazy.”

“You’ll see if I’m crazy tomorrow. By the way, something might happen in Jiangbei City tomorrow. You’d better not go to work,” Lin Ran said, then continued to eat. She had done her part to warn him. If Lin Zhong insisted on going to work, there was nothing she could do.

“What’s going on? Did you hear something?” Lin Zhong asked anxiously.

Lin Ran nodded and made something up. “You could say that. My boss has some connections up top and said something might happen tomorrow. He didn’t say what exactly, just to try not to go out. I’m not going, but you can do whatever you want.”

Lin Ran didn’t try to persuade him further. She had done her best to warn him.

Lin Zhong saw that Lin Ran didn’t seem to be joking. Although he loved money, he loved his life more. “Alright, then I won’t go either. I’ll call my relatives and friends to let them know.”

Lin Ran’s eyebrows furrowed. If Lin Zhong told others, it would be a problem. Once the apocalypse broke out, these people would know that she had been warned in advance. Similarly, they would likely guess that she had supplies, which was not a good thing.

“Wait. Even if you tell them, they won’t believe you. And I advise you not to say anything about the supplies at home,” Lin Ran said coldly.

“What supplies are you talking about? Doesn’t every family have a little extra food at home? I’m just giving them a friendly reminder to earn some goodwill,” Lin Zhong said and went back to his room with his phone.

Lin Ran let out a cold laugh. Goodwill? Would such a thing exist in the apocalypse?

After finishing her takeout, Lin Ran went to bed early. She had done so much today and was exhausted. She needed enough rest.

The next morning, Lin Ran woke up early. Although her arms were still a little sore, she felt well-rested. She remembered that in the original book, zombies started appearing on the streets at 9 a.m.

It was only a little past 6 a.m. Lin Ran picked up her phone and ordered a big takeout breakfast. This might be her last meal before the apocalypse.

The delivery driver brought her food at 7 a.m. When Lin Ran opened the door to get her food, she saw the woman from apartment 03 next door. It looked like the woman was on her way to work.

“The weather’s not great today. It’s probably best not to go to work,” Lin Ran said, looking at the woman.

Mo Shuyu gave Lin Ran a look of confusion. What did the weather have to do with going to work? For a working person, even if it was raining knives, they would still have to go to work, or they would lose their performance bonus. “No, thanks. I’m used to it.”

Mo Shuyu coldly rejected Lin Ran and walked towards the hallway.

Lin Ran sighed. No one was willing to believe her. She had just been trying to be nice, but the woman didn’t appreciate it.

She took her takeout and started eating in the living room. At the same time, she turned on the TV and paid attention to the news channels, hoping to find some clues.

Time ticked by. The morning news was the same as always. Lin Ran quickly ate her fill. At 8 a.m., she went back to her room, took a chair, and sat on her balcony, using a high-magnification telescope to look into the distance.

There were many cars on the streets, and a lot of pedestrians. Lin Ran looked around with her telescope. Suddenly, a scene on a crosswalk in the distance caught her eye. She saw a tall man biting and gnawing on the neck of another man on the crosswalk.

As Lin Ran was watching intently, the system’s mechanical voice immediately sounded in her mind. “Congratulations, darling, the apocalypse has begun. From now on, you can upgrade your Tang Dao’s attributes once for every 100 zombies you kill. The first drawing will open in 8 hours. You need to collect the corresponding number of zombie cores. You can open a drawing for every 100 cores you collect. Please note that each drawing location will only be open for three hours. Good luck, darling!”

Lin Ran nodded instinctively. It wouldn’t be easy to get a chance to draw just for every 100 zombies she killed, especially since she also had to collect the cores from the zombies’ heads. This was a big task.

The system seemed to have guessed what Lin Ran was thinking and continued, “Darling, you don’t have to dig the cores out of the zombies’ heads. The system will automatically collect them for you as long as you kill the zombies.”

Lin Ran breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good.”

At the same time, Lin Ran continued to look outside with the high-magnification telescope. She saw that there had only been one zombie biting a person just a moment ago, but now there were at least seven or eight more zombies on the road.

The spread of the zombies was fast. As long as a person was bitten or scratched and bled, they would quickly become infected with the zombie virus. Within a few minutes, the virus would spread throughout their body, and they would lose their human consciousness and turn into a bloodthirsty monster.

Lin Ran didn’t dare to be careless and continued to observe with the high-magnification telescope. She saw that the zombies didn’t move very fast, even slower than a normal person. However, many people who saw the zombies were so scared that they became paralyzed and couldn’t run away in time when the zombies attacked.

Lin Ran watched the crosswalk and soon saw an ambulance pull up. The staff opened the door to get out and help the victims, but in the next second, they were bitten by the zombies. The scene quickly descended into chaos, and that street lost all order.

As more and more zombies appeared, people gradually fell into a panic. But since the apocalypse had just started, the police force in Country A was not yet completely gone. There were still many police officers using their guns to fight off the monsters, but their numbers and bullets were limited. Soon, the police were overrun by the zombies.

Some people who reacted quickly got into their cars and drove home, and many others scattered and ran away.

Lin Ran just watched everything quietly. She was waiting. If she went out now, she might still encounter the police. Lin Ran didn’t want to take that risk. She would wait until the order outside had completely broken down before she made her move.

Thinking this, Lin Ran immediately opened her computer. She opened the surveillance cameras for building 9. She first looked outside the main entrance on the first floor. The zombies hadn’t spread to their side yet, but that might not be the case for long.

Lin Ran’s phone kept vibrating. Someone was talking in the complex’s owner group.

801 Ma Shuai: What the hell are those monsters outside? Did you all see them?

2001 Zhang Ming: What are you talking about? I just woke up, so no.

302 Wang Hao: Holy crap, I almost peed my pants. I was driving on Binjiang Road, and there were a bunch of crazy people biting others. Luckily, I hadn’t turned the corner yet, so I immediately turned the car around and came back. Thinking about it now, it’s terrifying. Those things aren’t human at all.

801 Ma Shuai: You’re so lucky, buddy. Did you get a good look at what those things were?

302 Wang Hao: They looked like the zombies in those foreign zombie movies. I don’t know, I have to go call my family.

After Wang Hao said that, the group chat fell silent.