"You head to the snack area, I'll go to the food section. Remember what I said before, prioritize high-calorie, small-volume foods like chocolate, bread, and the like."
After Ray had Jarvis confirm through the cameras that the second floor was clear, the two of them headed upstairs.
"Got it!"
Liu Yuqing nodded, but to avoid any mistakes, she confirmed, "And then we move all these foods to the window by the stairwell bathroom, right?"
"Exactly." Ray confirmed.
Even though the armored vehicle was parked right outside the first-floor entrance, moving the supplies onto it would require going downstairs and opening the supermarket's main door, making too much noise and potentially attracting zombies.
It wasn't safe and was unnecessary.
He planned to use the bathroom window they had entered through the day before, then have Jarvis bring the armored vehicle around, and drop the food down to it, which would be much more convenient.
Even if there was any noise, the zombies could only surround the armored vehicle and couldn't climb up to the second floor.
With that, they each headed to a different section.
Arriving at the food section, Ray made a beeline for the rice and flour, picking up three 50kg bags of rice directly.
Although this required cooking, it would last a long time and didn't take up much space.
"Having four times the strength of an ordinary person, carrying up to 300 pounds isn't a strain."
After gently placing the three bags of rice on the ground, Ray took a deep breath.
He then found three large sacks and went to the area where dried noodles were displayed, not being picky and just stuffing them into the sacks until three 50kg capacity sacks were nearly full before stopping.
On his third trip to the food section, he directly headed to the pickles area, ideal for long-term storage, and packed the sealed bags of pickles into large sacks.
Besides that, the most important item was water. After taking the pickles to the window by the bathroom, Ray headed straight to the area where drinking water was displayed.
"Logically, the supermarket should have flatbed trolleys for staff to move and restock items."
Saying so, Ray searched around the second floor and quickly found one in a corner.
Pushing the cart, he was able to transport eight large barrels of purified water at a time.
However, he didn't carry more than necessary, only transporting six barrels, using the remaining space for drinking water.
In the end, he moved a total of ten large barrels of purified water, ten boxes of drinking water each containing 4 bottles of 4.5 liters, and ten boxes of drinking water each containing 24 bottles of 350 milliliters.
"This should be enough for now!"
Looking at the small mountain of purified water he had amassed, Ray nodded.
At that moment, Liu Yuqing, who had also found a shopping cart and was transporting high-calorie snacks, came over. Seeing the small mountain of purified water, she exclaimed, "That's a lot!"
"It's not really a lot. If the space in the car was bigger, I would have liked to take even more, considering water is needed everywhere."
They were now living in a post-apocalyptic world, and those scenes in movies and TV shows where characters don't worry about daily necessities and recklessly go about their business are unrealistic. Even if his body was enhanced, he was still human and needed to eat three meals a day.
No matter where, supplies always come first!
And with the armored vehicle, a steel beast at his disposal, as long as they had enough supplies, they essentially had a mobile fortress, completely self-sufficient and independent.
"Come take a break. How's the moving going?"
Liu Yuqing sat next to him, counting on her fingers, "Chocolate and some high-calorie candies, I've moved two big bags, probably about fifty kilograms, and then instant noodles and some self-heating meals, also about fifty kilograms..."
Ray, smoking quietly, listened until Liu Yuqing finished, and then nodded, "When we leave, let's also take a small fridge, get some meat and vegetables from the fourth-floor market, and that should be about it. Rest for a bit; I'm going to check the first floor."
"The first floor... Are we missing anything?"
Liu Yuqing was somewhat puzzled. Weren't food and drinking water almost taken care of?
"Let's see if there's anything else we need. I'm not sure what's on the first floor, just see if there's anything missing on the second floor."
"Okay!"
Liu Yuqing agreed.
...
First floor!
As quiet as ever, the bodies of the zombies from yesterday were still lying quietly in the hall.
Outside the supermarket doors, there were still zombies wandering around, but since it was daytime, there were much fewer of them, only about twenty or thirty, and they were very close to the supermarket.
Ray lightened his footsteps to make less noise and avoid alerting these zombies.
Like the upper floors, the first floor was divided into several areas: a jewelry section, a daily necessities section, a branded clothing section, and a children's play area.
Besides, there were also some corners with bubble tea shops and KFC-like places.
However, he wasn't interested in these; his main target was the daily necessities section.
"Toilet paper, pots, pans, and... hm?"
Approaching the daily necessities section, Ray pushed a shopping cart, his gaze moving from one item to another, suddenly attracted by a small shelf.
The items displayed were not large, all in small boxes labeled with "0.01 ultra-thin" and similar descriptions.
"These will come in handy sooner or later; let's take some!"
Having Liu Yuqing, the campus belle, by his side, these would definitely be used in the future.
Saying so, Ray picked up several boxes and tossed them into the cart, ready to leave but then doubled back after a few steps, stroking his chin, "Not sure if this will be enough, these things don't take up much space, better take more!"
He then loaded up the shopping cart with hundreds of the small items from the shelf, only stopping then.
After grabbing the small items, he noticed another product.
"Liu Yuqing will need this!"
Even in the apocalypse, girls will still have those few days every month, and it would be troublesome if they couldn't find what they needed then.
Immediately, he picked up a few packs of Sofy and placed them in the shopping cart, then Ray left the area.
After making a few more rounds in the daily necessities section and grabbing some other everyday items, he made sure there was nothing else needed and then pushed the cart towards the staircase.
Moving the entire shopping cart to the second floor was quite easy for Ray, not straining him much.
Pushing the cart back to the window by the bathroom, filled with supplies, Liu Yuqing also arrived, pushing a cart filled with various snacks, several large bags of frozen dumplings, and more than a dozen boxes of eggs.
"You'll need these!" Ray took the Sofy from the cart and showed them to her with a shake.
"Th...Thank you!"
Looking at the Sofy in Ray's hand, Liu Yuqing's delicate face instantly turned red. Although Ray was right, and she indeed needed them, these were private items, and she couldn't help but feel her cheeks heat up with him holding them.
However, Ray's thoughtfulness also touched her heart.