ATPnovel Chapter 3: Seizing supplies is the priority!
Chapter 3: Seizing supplies is the priority!
In this primitive jungle lacking medical resources, "bleeding infection" is definitely a deadly debuff.
If you get even a scratch from this stick, in a world where antibiotics are becoming increasingly scarce, it's basically a death sentence!
His gaze immediately scanned the classroom like a radar.
Empty mineral water bottle + medical gauze = Portable water filter (consumable)
[Preview: Filters 70% of large particles and common parasites.]
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Chalk dust + empty aluminum can = chalk dust can (consumable)
[Preview Attribute: When waving forward, it releases a cloaking dust with a radius of 2 meters that lasts for 10 seconds, interfering with the sight and sense of smell of wild beasts (reducing target hit rate by 30%).]
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Looking at the "materials" that could be synthesized in the corner, Jiang Ming couldn't suppress his impulse and was about to walk over and pick them up to verify this heaven-defying ability.
Just then, someone suddenly slapped my shoulder hard.
"Old Jiang! What are you daydreaming about?! What time is it?!"
Jiang Ming's body stiffened, and his foot, which had been about to step out, stopped abruptly in mid-air.
He quickly snapped back to his senses, turned off the synthesis panel in front of him with a thought, and turned to look.
They were his two roommates, Wang Yang and Li Bin.
Wang Yang is slightly thin, but he is a nimble fat man.
Li Bin is tall and thin, wears glasses, and looks very refined, but he is actually a repressed pervert.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Ming quickly turned off the panel and asked calmly.
"What else? Look around!" Wang Yang lowered his voice and pointed to the crowd downstairs who were already scurrying around like headless flies. "It's clearly stated on that panel: to survive, you have to gather supplies! The entire school has been transported here, thousands of people are here. If you don't want to starve, you have to be quick to act!"
Li Bin pushed up his glasses, a shrewdness rarely seen in his eyes: "We've observed it just now. Although there's no internet on the phones, this is definitely not a dream; we've all time-traveled... The best place to go now is the supermarket. While most people are still crying and complaining, we need to hurry up and 'stock up'! If we're too late, there won't be any left!"
"Zero-yuan purchase, bro! This is a legal zero-yuan purchase!" Wang Yang was so excited that his face was shaking.
Jiang Ming's heart stirred.
Indeed, no matter how powerful the crafting panel is, it can't compare to readily available basic resources.
Food, water, and medicine—these are life itself right now.
"Let's go." Jiang Ming didn't waste any words and made a decisive decision.
Before the crowd could get chaotic, the three of them took off running downstairs.
But Jiang Ming hadn't run two steps when he felt someone tug at the corner of his clothes.
He turned around and saw Su Xiaoxiao standing a few steps behind him, her face pale and her eyes full of helplessness, as if she wanted to say something to him.
"Jiang Ming, I..."
Su Xiaoxiao had just opened her mouth, before she could finish her sentence, when a hand reached out from the side and forcibly pulled her away.
"Xiaoxiao! What time is it and you're still thinking about dating?!"
The speaker was a girl with short, ear-length hair who looked dashing and spirited.
She was wearing a sports jacket and cargo pants, revealing her toned and sculpted arms, clearly the result of regular exercise.
She is Su Xiaoxiao's best friend and roommate, Xu Shishi.
"But..." Su Xiaoxiao turned back to look at Jiang Ming with some reluctance.
"But what?! Didn't you see what's written on that panel? People can really die here!" Xu Shishi glared at her exasperatedly, speaking rapidly, "The boys' and girls' dorms are in opposite directions. We need to go to the girls' side of the second canteen and the small supermarket to grab supplies! What are we doing following those boys? Waiting for them to give us handouts? Let's go!"
Without saying a word, Xu Shishi grabbed Su Xiaoxiao and ran in the opposite direction.
Su Xiaoxiao wasn't as strong as her, so she could only be dragged away unsteadily. Before leaving, she couldn't help but look back at Jiang Ming several times.
Jiang Ming frowned as he watched them leave.
"Is that Xu Shishi? I heard she's the vice president of the Taekwondo club, and she's usually quite fierce. I didn't expect her to react so quickly in a situation like this," Li Bin commented from the side.
"Stop looking at Lao Jiang, his girlfriend has already taken everyone away, we need to hurry up and grab the supplies!" Wang Yang urged.
Jiang Ming withdrew his gaze, nodded, and followed his roommate towards the cafeteria.
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On the other side, along the tree-lined path leading to the girls' dormitory area.
Su Xiaoxiao was dragged along by Xu Shishi, running wildly, panting heavily.
"Shishi, slow down, slow down..."
Just then, a series of hurried and heavy footsteps came from behind.
"Little one! Wait for me! Little one!"
Xu Shishi suddenly stopped and turned around, her brows instantly furrowing into a knot.
Zhang Wei, who had just been rejected in his confession and had experienced the shock of the entire school being transported to another world, was now gritting his teeth and following behind them.
His designer suit was now wrinkled and crumpled from the earlier commotion, and his face wore an almost pathological stubbornness.
"Zhang Wei? What are you doing following us?" Xu Shishi stood in front of Su Xiaoxiao, her tone unfriendly.
Zhang Wei, panting heavily, stared intently at Su Xiaoxiao, completely ignoring Xu Shishi: "Xiaoxiao, it's too dangerous here. Look at that notice, it's like we're supposed to survive in the wild! I have money, my dad's a friend of the school board, I know where the school has the most supplies. Come with me, I can definitely protect you!"
Su Xiaoxiao hid behind Xu Shishi, shook her head, and said in a soft but firm voice, "Zhang Wei, I'm not going. I want to stay with Shishi."
Zhang Wei's face instantly turned ugly. The shame of being rejected in public, coupled with the panic of the sudden change, caused his already unstable emotions to spiral out of control.
"You'd rather be with a tomboy than come with me? Or were you really thinking of running off with that penniless Jiang Ming? What's so great about him? This is the apocalypse! Money and connections are everything!"
"Who are you calling a tomboy?" Xu Shishi's eyes instantly turned cold.
Zhang Wei was now bordering on hysteria. He stepped forward and reached out to grab Su Xiaoxiao's wrist: "Stop talking nonsense! Come with me!"
"Ah!" Su Xiaoxiao screamed in fright and instinctively shrank back.
"Snapped!"
A hand gripped Zhang Wei's wrist like an iron clamp.
It's Xu Shishi.
"You've already been rejected, yet you keep pestering me. Can't you understand human language?" Xu Shishi's voice was icy as she suddenly exerted force on her hand.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! You crazy woman, let go of me!" Zhang Wei felt like his wrist was about to break. The excruciating pain instantly enraged him. He clenched his other fist and swung it at Xu Shishi's face. "You think you're so great?!"
"Watch out!" Su Xiaoxiao exclaimed.
However, Xu Shishi didn't even try to dodge.
She simply sidestepped the chaotic punch, then lashed out with her right leg like a whip, delivering a clean and sharp low kick that struck Zhang Wei's shinbone.
"Bang!"
"ah--!"
Zhang Wei let out a scream, instantly lost his balance, and fell to the ground like a rotten log, landing face-first in the dirt.
Before he could even get up, Xu Shishi stepped forward, slammed her knee into his back, and twisted his arm hard with her other hand.
"Ouch! It's broken! Spare me, heroine! Spare me!"
Zhang Wei's face was pressed against the rough cement ground, tears streaming down his face from the pain. His arrogance vanished instantly, leaving only shame and embarrassment on his face.
Xu Shishi snorted coldly, released her grip, and disdainfully dusted herself off: "With this little skill, you think you can forcibly abduct women? You're not worthy!"
She looked down at Zhang Wei, whose face was flushed and who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and said coldly, "Get lost. Don't let me see you bothering Xiao Xiao again, or next time it won't be as simple as just falling down."
After saying that, she pulled up the dumbfounded Su Xiaoxiao: "Let's go, don't waste time on trash."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Zhang Wei, who was lying motionless on the ground, and then at her best friend who was leaving in a dashing manner. She quickly followed after her, her eyes filled with admiration: "Shishi, you were so cool just now..."
"That's right, my sister's ten years of training weren't for nothing." Xu Shishi said, but her expression remained serious. "But Xiaoxiao, you must remember, at times like this, don't trust anyone except yourself and people you truly trust. Especially that man who tried to touch you."
At the same time, Zhang Wei, who was lying on the ground, slowly raised his head.
As he watched the two figures disappear, the shame and indignation in his eyes gradually transformed into a vicious resentment.
"Xu Shishi... Su Xiaoxiao... and Jiang Ming..."
He spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with dirt, and dug his fingers deep into the soil.
"Just you wait... I'll make you beg me on your knees..."
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