Apocalypse: After Being Reborn, I Stocked Up on All Supplies-Chapter 229 - Entering Flame Base

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Entering Flame Base

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: Entering Flame Base

“Guoluo Mountain avalanche?” Jiang Yan’s right eyelid twitched.

She was not familiar with Jin City, and at the moment when she heard the other’s words, she felt that it was very likely that Guoluo Mountain was where the wooden house they had rested at before was located.

“Yeah, they say even the snow vehicles were stolen by them. It’s probably a team crime, and a very skilled team at that. After all, the people from the base are said to be capable of taking on ten with weapons on their person!” The Gypsy man nodded and briefly explained to her.

Jiang Yan took a quiet breath after listening.

What a coincidence, it was really where she had rested.

Fortunately, those people were already ashes and dust.

There being no one around, there was no way to trace it back to her.

However, Jiang Yan could not help but suspect that inside Flame Base, there were capable people.

Otherwise, word of such an event wouldn’t have spread back to the base so quickly.

Should she still go into the base?

Jiang Yan pondered for a second, and then quickly made up her mind:

To have a look wouldn’t hurt, if the situation turns sour, she would immediately leave.

“Sis, you better get on with it, stand a little longer, and we two are going to turn into ice sculptures.” The Gypsy man crackled as he moved his feet.

The snow had lessened a lot in the afternoon, even thought it might stop.

But now, it had increased quite a bit, like large goose feathers, blown by the wind, fluttering cold and white in the sky.

At this rate, by tomorrow morning, maybe only half of the snow house would be visible above the snow.

At the moment, both of their heads, shoulders, and the scarves covering their faces were blanketed with white snowflakes.

“I appreciate the thought, but I have a natural fear of rats, so I don’t need the rat fur mat. Keep the dry food for yourself, and we’ll talk tomorrow if we successfully get into the base.” Jiang Yan finally refused the other’s kindness.

Originally, she had also come out to probe the other party’s intentions.

Unexpectedly, she had also obtained a piece of crucial information.

Seeing her refusal again, the man patiently said, “This rat fur comes out of the base and is said to be specially treated with sterilization and disinfection, so there’s no need to worry.”

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Where they exchange rat fur mats, they also provide oil lamps.

However, the lamp was said to use a mix of rat oil and other oils, he thought the smell was strange, and there was even a faint stench, so he didn’t dare to take it.

“I really don’t need it. It’s really cold outside, so you should hurry back inside. I’m going back now.” After speaking, Jiang Yan turned around and crouched as she went back into the snow house.

The Gypsy man stood still for a second before turning around and heading back.

Jiang Yan closed the wooden door.

She took out two air mattresses and a cold-weather mat, stacked them on the ice bed, and then took out a down sleeping bag and slipped into it after removing her shoes.

Without Hua Bao to keep watch for her, she would not dare to sleep like this at night, at least she wouldn’t easily take off her shoes.

Silence settled in the snow house.

Outside, there was a howling blizzard, and from time to time, the sounds of men and women working hard for their lives could be heard from the other, relatively larger snow houses nearby.

The woman’s calls were very pitiful, her tone rising and falling.

The men seemed to revel in it.

It is said that with warmth and satiety come wanton desires.

Who would have thought, even in such harsh conditions… they weren’t afraid of the snow house collapsing.

Jiang Yan patiently endured it.

After a long while, the sounds persisted.

She simply used her will to take a pair of sleep headphones from Space and put them on.

The world around her quieted down in a second.

Soon after, Jiang Yan drifted off to sleep.

*

The next day, she awoke naturally, and it was already light outside.

There was a burst of noisy sounds.

It seemed like people were arguing.

Probably about the car parked outside the night before, with its gas tank pried open and tires removed.

Jiang Yan did not care to check out the gossip.

After a quick wash in Space and having a small basket of thumb-sized pan-fried buns, along with a cup of hot milk, she then exited Space.

With snow goggles on and backpack strapped on, Jiang Yan opened the door and crouched out.

The blizzard continued, and it was much larger.

Glancing from the corner of her eye, at the door of the snow house of the Gypsy man opposite her, a huge layer of snow had piled up.

Just as Jiang Yan was about to leave, the Gypsy man from across the way precisely pulled away the snow blocking the entrance and came out as well.

He was taller and bulkier than Jiang Yan, and his actions when emerging, much like a dog digging, were slightly awkward.

“Sis,” he called out to her.

Jiang Yan frowned and stopped in her tracks.

“Are you going to queue up now? It’s only eleven o’clock, but it seems that the base entrance doesn’t open until twelve.”

Like most hotels and hostels before the apocalypse, the snow houses had a checkout time before twelve, unless one extended their stay.

“I’m not going, just wandering around.”

Sensing her dismissive tone, the man lost the desire to join her casual stroll. “Oh, shall we go queue together this afternoon?”

“We’ll see about that, I’m off now.” Jiang Yan waved and walked away.

The man watched her retreating figure and slender form, pondered for a second, then turned and ducked back into the snow house, sliding back in as if on a slide.

Jiang Yan had taken the opportunity to stow her snow vehicle in Space the day before.

Now, she was unencumbered by the vehicle.

Wandering aimlessly around the Snow House District, she heard no fresh news.

It was nothing but people who had fled from all directions, who had experienced earthquakes and rat plagues and the like, all hoping to enter the base and gain some shelter.

Jiang Yan checked the time, and since it was almost time, she headed straight for the largest ice house in the Snow House District.

It was a bit like the front desk of a hotel before the apocalypse, only all the facilities and furniture were sculpted from ice.

Counters, waiting areas, and rest areas were all made from ice bricks.

On the bare ice walls, only a clock hung.

In the center of the ice house, there was a small fire burning, with a strong fishy smell.

Having completed the check-out procedures, and since it was nearly twelve, Jiang Yan directly headed for the base entrance.

There was already a long line of people there.

Jiang Yan’s number was towards the front, so she walked directly to the front of the line.

“Wow, brother, you’re amazing, did you walk here?”

A head peeked out from a van brimming with people, about to fall apart, looking at her with a bare backpack, and couldn’t help but ask in curiosity.

Jiang Yan shook her head.

The person was taken aback, thought she was mute, and withdrew his head back in.

The base’s gates opened and a bunch of warriors and staff members came out.

“Number plate.” A warrior with a gun on his back and holding a shepherd dog approached her and gave Jiang Yan a glance.

Jiang Yan took out her number plate from her pocket and handed it over.

The man checked it, pocketed the plate in his waist pouch, and then said, “Open your backpack, put it on the ground.”

Jiang Yan had no choice but to comply.

The shepherd dog stuck its head forward and sniffed at the opening of the bag, then raised its head and looked at the warrior.

“All clear.” The warrior swung his large hand and turned to walk away.

Jiang Yan was among the first to be inspected, while the vehicles at the front had already started their engines, slowly moving towards the base entrance.

She adjusted the straps of her backpack and followed.

As her feet were about to step onto the four-lane bridge over the deep pit, a panicked scream suddenly rang out from the back of the queue.