Free Web NovelChapter 119: No More Hindrance
Although Theodore still had to kill many zombies, they were able to secure the second floor quite easily. They only found two more powerful zombies, and both were not as dangerous as the previous golem zombies.
Wi, the Cassian in the lead, t, they were able to defeat the two powerful zombies. It’s just that Theodore realized that they were still unaware of which crystal fell from the zombie’s body and had power.
Theodore intended to look for the crystal on the corpse of the zombie with the power. He would do it when no one was observing him, even though Theodore was still not willing to let others know about the mana crystal.
"Do you think I should place a barrier wall on the 3rd-floor elevator?" Cassian, standing next to Theodore, asked Theodore’s opinion.
"There aren’t too many zombies up there, so I don’t think there’s a need for a barrier wall," Theodore replied, recalling that there were only a few zombies up there.
Cassian glanced at Theodore in confusion for a moment, but then he remembered that Theodore had gone up to the third floor, so it was only natural that he knew about the situation on the third floor.
"Alright, if that’s what you say. That way, I can move things from here to down there faster!" Cassian was going to use his strength effectively this time.
"There are many items we can pick up on this floor. I suggest you keep some for yourself; don’t give everything to the military." Theodore hoped Cassian would not give all the items he had collected to the military.
Even though Cassian had promised to work for the military, he still couldn’t trust them. After all, the military would not think of Cassian’s group if they ran out of food supplies later.
It was better for them to set aside rations for themselves because Theodore knew very well how cunning the people in the military were.
In his previous life, many groups had worked for the military, who cursed them for their evil and cunning ways of utilizing those groups without significantly benefiting them.
"I’ll keep that in mind," Cassian said, understanding Theodore’s concern. However, also knew that they couldn’t trust the military so easily.
After that, Cassian turned around to ask his group members to gather the food on the floor.
It was a coincidence that the second floor was filled with food—the entire floor was filled with food, from snacks to merchandise. Not only that but from what Theodore could see, there were many restaurants here as well.
Theodore didn’t know if they could still salvage the meat here, but it was unlikely, considering it had been three months since the first zombie outbreak.
People needed food supplies most right now, so everyone was eagerly gathering whatever they could salvage. freewebnøvel.com
Even Geoffrey and Roxanne were eager to gather their supplies. The food in their house was running low, which was also one reason they decided to join Theodore earlier.
"Brother Theo! Can you help us collect the food supplies? You need it, too, right?" Geoffrey excitedly dragged Theodore with him.
Theodore, who was pulled by Geoffrey, just resigned and followed him, "There’s still plenty of food in my house, but it wouldn’t hurt to increase it," Theodore replied, shrugging his shoulders unconcernedly.
Geoffrey led Theodore to the staples section, which contained flour, beans, rice, and so on. Various breads were also there, but it seemed that none could be salvaged.
"It’s a pity we can’t take the bread home," Roxanne said as she gazed sadly at the shelves.
"Can’t we make our own bread?" Geoffrey really missed the smell of fresh bread; he missed eating delicious, soft bread.
The bread provided in the military canteen was very unappetizing to Geoffrey. It was not only hard but also bland. Geoffrey wouldn’t have thought of eating the bread if he hadn’t remembered that they needed to eat.
"Don’t you know that yesterday we fried burnt eggs? How can we make bread?" Roxanne replied, shaking her head.
Slowly, they glanced at Theodore, who was there with them, remembering that Theodore was good at cooking; they wondered if Theodore could also make bread.
Noticing the gazes from Roxanne and Geoffrey, Theodore smiled and shook his head.
"Too bad I can’t make bread. I told you I’m not that good," Theodore chuckled, much to the delight of Roxanne and Geoffrey, who were looking at him expectantly.
"Then it looks like we’ll have to say goodbye to the soft, warm bread." Geoffrey let out a resigned sigh as he moved to look at the shelves full of various cheeses.
Theodore let Geoffrey choose the items he wanted, preferring to follow Roxanne and see what she wanted to get.
"Do you think we need to get some bags of rice?" Roxanne turned to Theodore, who was behind her. She already knew Theodore was following her.
"You guys have an electricity supply from the solar panels, right? You’d better bring the rice; at least you’ll have rice." As long as they had electricity, Theodore thought rice would be one of the most essential ingredients.
They could fill their stomachs even if they didn’t have any side dishes, just rice. Adding ingredients like soy sauce or sesame oil made the rice delicious.
"You’re right. Our. Our electricity supply is pretty good since you gave me 2 solar panels back then." Roxanne also agreed with Theodore’s words. Considering that her house had its own power supply, she had nothing to lose by bringing home this rice.
These bags of rice took up a lot of space. Roxanne thought of taking as many supplies with them as possible so she could only fill their car with a few bags of rice.
"Don’t worry. Just gather as much as you want, and I’ll organize it. Even though we’re in the same group as Cassian, they need more stuff, so while you still have time, set aside the stuff you want," Theodore explained, telling Roxanne not to hesitate.
"It’ll be hard for us to carry too much stuff, though," Roxanne replied, still worrying about how they would get these things home.
Theodore patted Roxanne on both shoulders from behind and said, "I’ll take care of it, so trust me."
Roxanne glanced at Theodore, who said confidently that they didn’t need to worry about the problem bothering her. Even though Roxanne didn’t know how Theodore would solve this problem, she finally trusted Theodore and started stacking sacks of rice, some oil, and sugar for them to take home later.
At that moment, Theodore and Roxanne heard someone screaming from where the meat was. Fearing that something terrible had happened, Theodore ran there to see what was happening.
