Chapter 23 Going out to buy cat food for free
After they finished their noisy meal, Lin Fan and the others suggested taking a shower to get rid of the mutton smell.
Bai Tang picked up the canned cat after it finished eating, stroked its head, and said to them, "Go on, after you take your baths, we'll go out again this afternoon to stock up on some cat food for our little canned cat."
The canned food was for it, and it meowed excitedly.
"Meow~ Meow~"
Bai Tang hugged it and said, "We canned food understand, right? Tangtang will go out and stock up on food for you in a bit. You stay home and behave yourself, okay?"
"Meow~" the canned food responded to Bai Tang, as if to say: I understand.
Bai Tang has already become a cat lover.
This little stray cat is quite intelligent. It knows that Bai Tang and the others are being kind to it. Although it still only likes to be held by Bai Tang, it has slowly stopped hissing at other people.
After they had all showered and made sure they no longer smelled of mutton, they waited until they were sure they didn't have any more of a mutton smell on them.
Their plan was to have Lin Feng and Lin Fan stay home this time, while Bai Jiyang and Lin Zhou would go out with them.
They were heading to the downtown commercial building, where Bai Tang vaguely remembered that the fifteenth floor housed a pet store.
There should be canned food and other usable items inside, and not many people would go to the pet store while searching for supplies.
Bai Tang glanced out the window and saw that it had started raining again, though not heavily. Bai Tang then took out four more raincoats for everyone to use.
After giving them instructions, they watched over the canned food to make sure it didn't run away, and then Bai Tang and the other three went out.
There were people in the hallway. When they saw them come out, they wished they could hide in the cracks in the wall, afraid that Bai Tang would pull out a gun at the slightest disagreement, just like yesterday.
Liu Dong, the homebody who wanted to cause trouble yesterday, also hid far away and dared not make a sound.
It seems that the White Pistol still has a deterrent effect.
They soon reached the window on the ninth floor, put on their raincoats, set up the inflatable boat, and after everyone was on board, they set off towards the commercial building in the city center.
On the way, Bai Jiyang looked at the corpses floating in the flood and couldn't help but vomit.
Bai Tang patted his back beside him, then took out a bottle of mineral water from her bag and told him to rinse his mouth.
"You'll get used to it, it's okay, Xiao Yang."
Bai Tang said to Bai Jiyang, unable to bear it.
After rinsing his mouth, Bai Jiyang said, "I was just a little shocked. I'm fine, sister, don't worry."
To put it bluntly, it wasn't just Bai Jiyang who would vomit at the sight; Bai Tang vomited even more violently in his past life.
Who in their right mind wouldn't vomit upon seeing a corpse soaked in floodwater?
However, Gu Yanxu and the other three were alright, since they had witnessed bloody scenes before.
As Bai Jiyang continued vomiting, they spotted the commercial building not far away.
The lower half of the building was already submerged in floodwater, but thankfully the pet store was on the fifteenth floor.
Bai Tang and his team should be able to find something usable.
After a while, they arrived near the commercial building and saw that the building's windows had been smashed.
Bai Tang told them to be careful, lest someone sneak up on them from inside.
This time, we can't just put the assault boat into our spatial storage; there's no guarantee that someone nearby won't see it.
Bai Tang and the others had no choice but to deflate the inflatable boat and then take it upstairs.
The commercial building was flooded up to the eleventh floor, so Bai Tang and the others could only enter through a window on the twelfth floor.
Upon entering, I found the place in complete disarray; it had been ransacked.
Without any hesitation, they headed straight for the pet store on the fifteenth floor.
Soon we arrived at the fifteenth floor, and after looking around, we found the pet store.
The shop's windows had been smashed, and the inside was a mess, with many animals that had starved to death inside, emitting a terrible stench.
Bai Tang and the others saw that the cat food on display was moldy and definitely not safe to eat, so they started looking for the pet store's warehouse.
This is a large pet store; there must be stockpiled goods in the warehouse.
After searching for a while, Bai Jiyang found the warehouse door behind a shelf, but the door was still locked.
At this moment, Linzhou reached out and picked up a thin wire from the side.
"Let me try."
Lin Zhou took a wire, inserted it into the lock, turned it a few times, and the lock opened.
Bai Jiyang said with an admiring look, "Brother Linzhou, you have to teach me sometime, this is so cool."
Lin Zhou said, "No problem, this is nothing. I've been a professional locksmith for thirty years."
Gu Yanxu looked at him and said, "Well done, you'll get extra food when you get back."
Linzhou said, "Wuhu! Thank you for the compliment, boss."
When they entered the warehouse, they found it stocked with everything imaginable: cat food, dog food, freeze-dried food, cat litter, various toys, and cat beds.
The warehouse was stocked with a lot of things, including cat food and dog food, which Bai Tang put into her spatial storage, because someone would eat them later.
Bai Tang planned to exchange these dog food supplies for a lot of contribution points when they entered the base later, while the cat food would naturally be saved for canned food.
After all, if cats and dogs can eat it, people should be able to eat it too. When you're really desperate, who cares about these things? Just having food is good enough.
After Bai Tang had stored everything in the warehouse into her spatial storage, she put a few bags of cat food in each person's backpack as a cover.
When they went downstairs, they ran into people who looked emaciated and pale from hunger.
They were too exhausted to fight Bai Tang and the others for anything, so they just searched for something to eat in the commercial building.
When Bai Tang and the others reached the exit, they took out the inflatable boat and pumped it up.
Suddenly, a person rushed out from the counter next to him, trying to grab the speedboat. Bai Tang reacted quickly and kicked the person away.
Bai Tang had practiced martial arts; with that kick, the person who tried to pounce was nearly killed.
At that moment, people came down from upstairs in a commotion, shouting, "You've killed someone! Someone's killed someone!"
Bai Tang replied to them, "Save your breath, no one will care even if you shout yourself hoarse."
The leader of the group stepped forward: "You kicked our people out of nowhere. You have to compensate us for the supplies you found, and then you can leave."
Gu Yanxu said, "Are you trying to rob me?"
"That's right, we're robbing you, so what!" the leader of the group said menacingly.
At this moment, Bai Tang and Bai Jiyang both pulled out their pistols and pointed them at the group of people who wanted to rob them.
Someone was frightened: "They have guns, let's just forget about it."
Some fearless individuals said, "What are they? The guns are definitely fake."
Before he could finish speaking, Bai Tang fired a shot.
With a bang, a shot landed on the open ground next to the oblivious man.
Bai Tang played with the gun in her hand and said to them with a smile, "Fake gun? You see if it's fake or not. My hand was shaking and I missed just now. I might not be able to next time."
The group of people on the other side were terrified when they saw that it was a real gun.
The leader said, "We were ungrateful and tried to rob you. Please spare our lives, heroine."
Bai Tang thought to herself: "Oh, this is so old-fashioned. What era is this?"
Bai Tang looked up at them and said, "You guys are obviously repeat offenders. You must have robbed a lot. You just happened to run into us because we're tough. What about the other people you robbed?"
I'm not going to play the saint. I don't care about other people's lives, but you've taken things from me, and I can't stand it."
After saying that, Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu exchanged a glance, and then fired together, killing all five people on the other side. The other side didn't even have time to run away; how could two legs be faster than a bullet?
Their actions startled Bai Jiyang, who was standing nearby.