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27: A Frenzied Shopping Spree! Shared Power Banks!

Watching Shen Yi leave, Jiang Nanyan and Xu Wanting exchanged a glance yet had no intention of chatting with each other.

Former besties had now become enemies!

Jiang Nanyan felt somewhat resentful because Xu Wanting had deceived her!

Although that deception had earned her protection, it had cost her purity, so claiming she held no grudge would be a lie.

Yet it was not exactly deep hatred; her main reason for ignoring Xu Wanting was that they were rivals.

Xu Wanting wanted to be the primary wife, and so did she.

At present, her odds looked better.

After all, she still had Teacher Bai as an ally.

As long as Teacher Bai also became Shen Yi’s woman, it would be two against one, and with Xu Wanting’s silly nature she would be at their mercy!

“Teacher Bai, what are you thinking about?” Jiang Nanyan walked to Bai Xinyi’s side and asked with concern.

“My father is home alone, and I don’t know how he is now…” Bai Xinyi gazed at the world downstairs shrouded in black fog, deeply worried.

“Teacher Bai, do you want to save Uncle?”

Jiang Nanyan suddenly asked.

Bai Xinyi looked at her in confusion.

Jiang Nanyan smiled and said, “The outside world is so dangerous right now, Teacher Bai, you definitely can’t make it back alone.”

“However, if you are willing to serve my husband and become his woman, he certainly won’t ignore your family, and with his help you’ll be able to rescue your father.”

“…”

Bai Xinyi’s cheeks reddened slightly as she pressed her lips together.

She wanted to refuse, yet after a second thought it did sound reasonable.

Shen Yi possessed great Constitution, a gun, and a magic-like superpower; if he truly protected her, she would have a good chance of going home to save her father.

Otherwise, with only her own strength she could not even handle the rioters downstairs, let alone get home.

“Besides, Teacher Bai, do you plan to keep starving? Once you follow my husband, the meat and water we just enjoyed will all be yours too.”

Jiang Nanyan moved behind Bai Xinyi, leaned close to her ear, and whispered.

Her voice seemed magical, full of temptation.

It was the devil’s whisper!

The once resolute Bai Xinyi began to waver.

The corner of her eye drifted to the pile of gnawed chicken bones on the table.

She could not help swallowing.

…

When Shen Yi headed downstairs, quite a few people were hurrying upward.

Some of them carried large bags as though moving house.

“Move, move… if those rioters break in who knows whether they’ll steal our money!”

“I’m afraid they’ll do more than steal; the weapons in their hands are still bloodstained, they’ve probably killed someone!”

“What!? Hurry, hurry, let’s go upstairs and have the neighbors take us in!”

The residents climbing upward had seen the rioters battering the entrance, panicked, and wanted to hide higher up.

Someone noticed Shen Yi descending, looked puzzled, but merely brushed past him without interaction.

The tenants in this building had surprisingly not lost their bottom line and still treated others kindly.

Perhaps that was because there were few residents and their food stores were sufficient.

During that time, Shen Yi also glanced at other floors.

Not everyone was running upstairs; most residents chose to hide inside their apartments.

Of course, Shen Yi did not care whether they went up or down; he wanted to see if any beauties met the System’s criteria.

Unfortunately, he found none.

Few residents showed their faces, and he was too lazy to knock door to door.

Anyway, once the rioters broke in, these scattered residents would be forced to band together, and it would be easier for him to look then.

There was no need to waste time now.

Thinking so, Shen Yi glanced at the floor indicator.

He was on the 14th floor.

He was about to continue down the stairs when he suddenly paused.

“Wait, if my Teleportation ignores terrain, can I just drop straight through the floor?”

With that thought, Shen Yi began a test.

He stared at the stairwell beneath his feet, willed it, and his whole body vanished on the spot.

In the blink of an eye he appeared in the 13th-floor landing!

“It really works! Damn, I’m a genius!”

Shen Yi immediately started using Teleportation for travel.

His speed shot up dramatically!

In only a few seconds he reached the first floor!

“So this is Teleportation… awesome!!”

Thrilled by the feeling of appearing and disappearing at will, Shen Yi was ecstatic!

Of course, there was a cost.

After more than a dozen consecutive teleports, each one requiring precise distance control to avoid getting stuck in walls, he felt he had burned at least one-fifth of his stamina.

That meant with his current stamina he could teleport at least 70 times in one go.

Seventy teleports should let him escape even the fiercest monster!

Besides, spent stamina would slowly recover, so he could actually teleport 70 times in a single burst, not per day.

Counting recovery, he could easily top 100 teleports a day!

Sweet!

Shen Yi glanced at the rioters furiously pounding the lobby door, ignored them, walked to the rear wall, and teleported straight through it.

In a blink he emerged outside, pulled out his phone, searched for the nearest supermarket, and started navigation.

Shen Yi did not rely on Teleportation the whole way; most of the time he walked.

Teleportation was faster for crossing obstacles, but if he used it constantly his stamina recovery could not keep up, and he would have no strength left to fight monsters.

Thus, Shen Yi took a straight path toward the supermarket on his map.

Whenever he encountered an obstacle or mutant plant, he teleported past it.

In less than 10 minutes he arrived at the entrance of a mid-sized supermarket.

The front door was tightly shut.

He had no idea whether anyone was inside.

Yet Shen Yi wasted no time observing; he simply teleported in.

Who cared if someone was there… grab the supplies first; there were no police anymore!

The black fog inside was thinner, and his field of vision broader.

Still, the power outage made it fairly dark.

Shen Yi drew a fully loaded pistol from his System Space and swept the first floor warily.

He saw no people and heard no sounds.

After confirming safety, he walked to a shelf and began looting.

Most packaged instant noodles, spicy strips, bread, sausages, and other snacks were uncontaminated.

Shen Yi stuffed them all into System Space.

Shampoo, body wash, and the like also went in!

He inspected as he collected.

Even pots, bowls, pans, slippers, towels, and other utensils… all of it went in!

Under current social conditions these were non-renewable resources that would only dwindle, so stockpiling more was necessary!

Unfortunately this supermarket was small, and its stock limited.

Moreover, some food and drinks were already polluted.

Therefore Shen Yi’s haul was not large, and he felt a bit dissatisfied.

After one circuit he was about to leave when he spotted the item he needed most at the moment.

Shared power banks!

Without hesitation he pulled the plug and stored every single power bank in System Space.

Dozens of units were probably charged, enough to last for a while.

Just as Shen Yi finished packing and prepared to leave, a sound suddenly came from behind him!

Something heavy was flying toward him!

Shen Yi reacted instantly; the moment he heard the noise he used Teleportation and dodged the ambush!

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