At that moment, they no longer cared whether or not they recognized these people. What they had to do was take care of their bodies.
The stone rain had temporarily stopped, but according to past experiences, it wouldn’t be long before it started again.
Then, these bodies that had already been hit by stones would be smashed a few more times, turning into flesh mud.
Even if it was for their own sake, they had to clean up the bodies of these strangers.
To give them a place to rest in peace.
They also needed to clean the filth and stones off the ground to maintain the cleanliness of Happiness Base.
Otherwise, contagion would occur.
A single stone rain had already killed so many people; if an epidemic occurred, by then they might as well not bother living.
They spent an entire day cleaning up bodies and taking care of the injured.
There were many with broken limbs who, though they were still alive when rescued, decisively chose death without hesitation.
They begged their rescuers for a swift end.
They were no longer of any use.
In this cruel world, someone useless wouldn’t last long.
They didn’t want to cling to life desperately; they wanted a swift end.
The ones who saved them had red eyes as they sent them off.
"When will there ever be an end to days ?" someone couldn’t help but complain.
"I really can’t go on. It wasn’t easy to gather so many supplies, and now..."
Why does God have to be so cruel to them?
Why, just as they saw a glimmer of hope, must it turn again to despair?
He truly felt it was so very cruel.
Watching them part in life and death, sometimes he even felt a bit relieved.
Relieved that he was a lone wolf: if he was full, the entire family wasn’t hungry. If he died, no one would grieve, nor would he grieve over anyone’s death.
Why must they live days like these?
What meaning is there to live ?
Now, they were living merely to stay alive.
He really felt so tired.
But there was no other way.
Really, there was no way at all.
He couldn’t bear the thought of dying.
It wasn’t clear why, but he just couldn’t bear to die.
He didn’t want to die.
Countless times, death brushed past him, and he nearly died.
Yet, he still wanted to live.
Even though he didn’t know why he wanted to live.
But he just didn’t want to die.
"You’ll get used to it," someone next to him said, responding.
"How can I get used to something ? I can’t. I thought I wasn’t afraid of blood anymore, but looking at this blood all over the ground, I still feel dizzy and nauseous." He clearly wasn’t squeamish about blood, so why feel now?
"It’s not just you, I’m the same." Who could get used to it?
Who would get used to it?
Although everyone was filled with sorrow, life had to go on, so Su Yinhe’s supermarket reopened again.
And because of the buy-one-get-one-free promotion, there were many customers.
Even more than before.
They only showed a semblance of smiles while at the supermarket.
Seeing so many goods in the supermarket, they bought so much.
But once they left the supermarket, they became very sorrowful again.
Sometimes, it’s quite pitiful how, for the sake of survival, they didn’t even have the right to properly grieve.
They had to quickly sort out their emotions, preparing for tomorrow.
The pattern of the stone rain was still unclear, so the people of Happiness Base dared not stay outside for too long.
Either they were shopping for supplies in the supermarket, or they hurried back to the base.
Back to the base’s remaining undestroyed buildings, the sturdiest of structures.
Structures that were not robust had already been demolished by stones.
"Looking around, the supermarket still seems the safest," Lin Murong felt that the sense of security the supermarket provided was unparalleled by any other place.
Didn’t you see? After the people from Happiness Base arrived, they bought things and didn’t want to leave; they wanted to wait around in the supermarket.
Lin Murong also felt a strong sense of safety in the supermarket, and the floor was good to touch, more comfortable to sleep on.
He felt it was quite an experience.
"You like it so much, you should just sleep on the floor. Don’t go back to your room tonight," Lin Murong expressed his fondness for the place a few times before Su Yinhe responded with this.
She wasn’t targeting anyone.
Lin Murong was chattering too much beside her.
She was getting a bit impatient.
"Well... Then, I don’t like it that much either."
"Tsk," Su Yinhe chuckled without saying a word.
The goods in the supermarket were indeed cheap, and it was truly a buy one get one free deal, attracting many buyers.
But now, when they came out to shop, they didn’t dare linger outside for too long.
"Stone rain" could fall at any moment, and they were constantly on alert.
It was thanks to this vigilance that when the "stone rain" came down again, not many people died.
Although some were still too late to find cover, dying or getting injured, fortunately, it wasn’t as disastrous as the last time.
And the goods they bought from the supermarket were a great help to them.
The "stone rain" continued for several days.
They hid in sturdy houses, surviving solely on the food bought from the supermarket.
But they did not dare to eat too much.
Why eat so much when they were taking cover in their houses?
Just eat a little when hungry, just enough not to feel too starved.
The remaining food had to be saved for later.
Everyone at Happiness Base knew that the supermarket appeared unexpectedly, and no one could explain how it came to be.
If they didn’t know how the supermarket appeared, naturally they also didn’t know when it might disappear.
The supplies they bought from the supermarket weren’t sufficient.
What they had stored was still not enough.
They had to conserve.
Try harder to make themselves last a little longer.
Even though life was so tough right now.
However, they still wanted to live longer.
Feiyun’s house hadn’t collapsed or been smashed by stones, but this time, when the "stone rain" started, he just happened not to be at home.
He happened to be on the road and quickly took shelter nearby when the downpour began.
Then, as fate would have it.
He ran into Bai Aotian and his group.
Bai Aotian and his people were also taking shelter here.
They looked at each other.
"Feiyun," Chang Ying, who was almost fully healed, saw Feiyun and was still very angry; grinding his teeth, he called out Feiyun’s name.
"What a coincidence," Feiyun greeted them and then found a spot to sit down.
The place he was hiding wasn’t Bai Aotian’s territory but belonged to the officials of Happiness Base.
He didn’t have to be polite to Bai Aotian, nor did he worry about them chasing him away.
Besides him and Bai Aotian’s group, there were other people here.
There were officials.
So Feiyun sat down looking very natural.
Chang Ying looked at him and was about to explode with rage.
"I’m going to kill him," he fumed as Feiyun just smiled and brushed it off.
Feiyun didn’t even crack a smile.