Li Jiefan woke up an hour earlier than Chen Liechu. She had gotten into the habit of waking up early in her last life, being up when the sun rose always ensured she was ready for anything. The last couple of days she was trying to take advantage of the safety she felt before the apocalypse but now that feeling of safety was gone again and she was back in survival mode.
Li Jiefan had a shower, got dressed in a pair of cargo pants and a short sleave shirt, they were planning on going scavenging today and she needed to wear clothes that were easy to move and run in.
The regressor exited her bathroom and stepped over her friend who was still asleep on the floor. She walked out of her room and past the front door wich had a couch and table stacked in front of it, the couch was not to hard to move, they just had to kind of drag it along the floor. The side table though was vey easy to move.
The living room had the coffee table on its side covering both the windows, luckily they were close enough that the table could reach both windows. The windows also had a blanket over them. All of this left the living room feeling quite bare Li Jiefan thought as she walked past it. It was sad to already lose the comforts of a home, the open windows, furniture and decor which was allowed to serve the purpose of comfort and aesthetics. In the apcocalpse eveything in a base was for functionality, windows always covered or reinforced with bars, hell houses weren't even called houses anymore evryone called them bases. Li Jiefan remebers her dream in her last life was to have a home, she had never had a home really,even her childhood home never truly felt like her home and then she was in university and lived with three other roomates in a dorm and then the end of the world happened which took away any chance she had at getting a home.
Li Jiefan shock the momentary saddness off, she wanted this life to be different, to live a comfortable life where she could live-not just survive and feel contented. She did not know if she could achieve the comfortable part of it but she would try to achieve the " be contented" part of that goal.
In the kitchen Li Jiefan made two packets of instant noodles and another two cups of coffee. She placed all the food on the counter and went back into her bedroom to wake up Chen Liechu. Chen Liechu was not a super heavy sleeper but she was not a morning person either and could sleep for hours so Li Jiefan expected to find her still asleep but she found her awake laying down and looking at the ceiling instead.
" Your awake." Li Jiefan said staring down at her friend.
Chen Liechu looked up at her friend," Yeah, I didn't get the best sleep last night. I kept waking up," and sat up," I got up when you left the room."
Li Jiefan nodded her head and held out her hand at her friend," I made breakfast and some coffee ,you look like you need it."
Chen Liechu smiled, grabbbed her friends hand and dragged herself up getting to her feet," What did you make for breakfast?"
Li Jiefan replied," I just made two bowls of instant noodles and two cups of coffee."
"That sounds good, I am so hungry." Chen Liechu said as she followed her friend out of the room.
The girls made some small talk as they ate in the kitchen. Chen Liechu then changed into a more scavenger-appropriate outfit. Now it was time to get down to business, it was time to to iron out the details and strategies for the day.
They sat on Li Jiefan's bed with paper and pens, they had writen down all the supplies they needed to last as long as they thought the apocalypse would last.
" I think we should head to the convience store we saw three minutes away." Chen Liechu said.
"It is vey close to here but will the convience store have everything we need?" Li Jefan asked.
Chen Liechu looked at their long list of items, there wasn't just food on the list there was clothes, bandages, medicine and sleeping bags and would a convience store stock all of this? Most probebly not. All of these items would more likely be found in bigger stores or at least would be easier to find in bigger stores.
" No, most likely not, but the nearest speciality store is in Xinguang mall" Chen Liechu said.
Xinguang Mall was the biggest mall in the city and it was sure to have everything they would need but it was forty mnutes away from the house they were in. The mall was a part of Li Jiefan's plan, she figured out Xinguang mall had everything she needed, it was two minutes away from the car dealership with her car and was on the main road which was a straight shot to D-City. She knew that staying in B-City one of the biggest, busiest cities in C-country was going to make survive long term harder. She knew the city would set up a base in the next few days but that it would crumble in a month, they both needed to leave the city, fast.
"Xinguang mall is a little far but we need supplies and this place is not safe, do you really want to ride this out, if we can ride it out, here?" Li Jiefan asked trying to convince her friend.
Chen Liechu contemplated this decision looking down at their supply list before sighing,"It sucks that the internet is down, we can't even look up other options."
" I know you are right, we need more supplies," Chen Liechu said after a bit of silence," I don't want to stay here, if the government doesn't sort this situation out in a week, I am going to have to go to my house to make sure my parents are safe."
Li Jiefan nodded, she forgot that some people were really close to their family," Yeah, I think it would be best if we head out today, get there before anyone else can come up with this plan."
" We can find a bicyle at that convience store or a car and get a backpack full of supplies to make it to the mall." Chen Liechu said.
" Lets get our bags ready to head out." Li Jiefan said.
Chen Liechu got up from the bed," I will meet you at the door in a five minutes."
Li Jiefan nodded and got up.
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Li Jiefan looked up at Chen Liechu who had a bag on her back as she finished tieing her shoelaces.
"Are you ready?" Li Jiefan asked as she stood up.
"Your looking at an athlete, I am always ready." Chen Liechu scoffed.
Li Jiefan laughed," I am sorry, I did not know I was in the presence of an Olympic athlete."
" It's okay," Chen Liechu said as she smiled at her friend," Are you ready."
" Absolutely." Li Jiefan answered as they looked at the now cleared front doorway.
They looked over at each other before Chen Liechu grabbed the door handle and pushed it open.