Watching Shen Yi leave, Jiangnan Yan and Xu Wanting exchanged a glance, neither of them having any desire to talk to the other.
Once best friends, now enemies!
Jiangnan Yan harbored some resentment. After all, Xu Wanting had deceived her!
Although she had gained protection because of it, she had also lost her chastity. It would be a lie to say she held no grudge.
But it was not particularly deep hatred either. The main reason she ignored Xu Wanting was that they were rivals.
Xu Wanting wanted to be the principal wife, and so did she.
And now, Jiangnan Yan had a better chance of winning.
Because she still had Teacher Bai as an ally.
As long as Teacher Bai became Shen Yi's woman too, it would be two against one from then on. With Xu Wanting's silly personality, wouldn't she be completely at Jiangnan Yan's mercy?
"Teacher Bai, what are you thinking about?" Jiangnan Yan walked over to Bai Xinyi's side and asked with concern.
"My father is home alone. I don't know how he's doing right now..." Bai Xinyi looked at the world below, shrouded in black fog, her face full of worry.
"Teacher Bai, do you want to save your father?"
Jiangnan Yan suddenly asked.
Bai Xinyi looked at her in confusion.
Jiangnan Yan smiled. "The outside world is so dangerous right now. You definitely can't make it back alone."
"But if you're willing to serve my husband and become his woman, then he definitely won't ignore your family. With my husband helping you then, you'll be able to save your father."
"..."
Bai Xinyi's face flushed slightly, and she pressed her lips together.
She wanted to refuse, but upon reconsideration, it did seem to make sense.
Shen Yi was physically strong, had a gun, and possessed supernatural abilities like magic. If he was truly willing to protect her, then she would have a good chance of getting home and saving her father.
Otherwise, with her own strength, forget going home—she could not even deal with the thugs downstairs.
"Besides, Teacher Bai, do you really intend to go on without eating? As long as you follow my husband, you'll be able to eat the meat and drink the water we had earlier whenever you want."
Jiangnan Yan moved behind Bai Xinyi, leaned close to her ear, and whispered.
Her voice seemed to carry magic, brimming with temptation.
It was the whisper of a devil!
Even the resolute Bai Xinyi began to waver.
Her gaze involuntarily drifted toward the gnawed-clean chicken bones on the table.
She could not help swallowing.
As Shen Yi went downstairs, quite a few people were hurrying upstairs.
Some of them were even carrying large bags and small bundles, as though they were moving house.
"Hurry, hurry! If that bunch of thugs breaks in, who knows whether they'll steal our money!"
"They probably won't just steal money. I saw bloodstains on their weapons. They've probably killed people!"
"What!? Hurry, hurry! Then let's get upstairs and ask the neighbors up there to take us in first."
The residents heading upstairs had seen the thugs breaking down doors. Frightened, they wanted to hide somewhere higher up.
Some people saw Shen Yi heading downstairs and looked puzzled, but they merely passed by him without interacting.
The residents in this building had surprisingly not yet lost their moral bottom line. There was still kindness between people.
Or perhaps there were not many residents in the building, and their food reserves were sufficient, allowing things to remain this way.
During this time, Shen Yi also took a look around the other floors.
Not everyone was running upstairs. Most residents had chosen to hide in their rooms.
Of course, Shen Yi did not care whether they went up or down. He was looking for beautiful women who met the system's requirements.
But unfortunately, he found none.
Not many residents had shown themselves, and he could not be bothered to knock on doors one by one to check.
Once the thugs broke in, these scattered residents would definitely be forced to band together. It would be much more convenient for him to find people then.
There was no need to waste time now.
Thinking this, Shen Yi glanced at the floor number.
This was the fourteenth floor.
He was just about to continue down the stairs when he suddenly paused.
"Wait, since my Instant Movement can ignore terrain, can I directly pass through the floors below too?"
With that thought, Shen Yi began to test it.
He looked down at the stairwell, and with a thought, his entire body vanished from the spot.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the stairwell on the thirteenth floor!
"It really works! Damn, I'm a genius!"
Shen Yi immediately began using Instant Movement to travel.
His speed increased dramatically!
In just a few seconds, he reached the first floor!
"So this is Instant Movement! Awesome!!"
Experiencing the feeling of appearing and disappearing without a trace, Shen Yi was thrilled!
Of course, there was a cost.
After using Instant Movement more than a dozen times in succession, while also having to carefully control the distance so he would not get stuck inside a wall, he felt that he had used up at least one-fifth of his stamina.
In other words, with his current stamina, he could use Instant Movement at least seventy times a day.
With seventy instant movements, he should be able to escape even the most powerful monsters, right?
Besides, spent stamina would slowly recover, so it was not actually that he could only use Instant Movement seventy times a day—he could use it seventy times in one go.
Including recovered stamina, he could easily use Instant Movement over a hundred times a day!
This was awesome!
Shen Yi glanced at the thugs who were frantically smashing at the apartment building entrance, ignored them, walked to the rear wall, and used Instant Movement to pass directly through it.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared outside the building. He then took out his phone, searched for the nearest supermarket, and started navigating.
Shen Yi did not use Instant Movement for the entire journey. Most of the time, he still traveled on foot.
Instant Movement was faster for getting past obstacles, but if he used it continuously for travel, his stamina recovery rate would not keep up with the consumption. If he encountered some kind of monster, he would not even have the strength to fight back.
And so, Shen Yi headed straight toward the supermarket marked on his navigation.
Whenever he encountered an obstacle or mutated plant along the way, he used Instant Movement to avoid it.
In less than ten minutes, he arrived at the entrance of a medium-sized supermarket.
The supermarket's doors were tightly shut.
He had no idea whether there was anyone inside.
But Shen Yi did not waste time observing. He simply used Instant Movement to enter.
Who cared whether anyone was inside? He would grab the supplies first. There were no police around to stop him now anyway!
The black fog inside was thinner, and visibility was much better.
But because the power was out, it was still fairly dark.
Shen Yi took a fully loaded handgun out of the System Space and cautiously scanned the first floor.
He saw no one and heard nothing.
After confirming it was safe, he went over to the shelves and began looting.
Most of the well-packaged snacks—various instant noodles, spicy strips, bread, sausages, and so on—had not been contaminated.
Shen Yi put all of them directly into the System Space.
Shampoo, body wash, and the like all went in as well!
He inspected and collected as he went.
He even took all sorts of utensils, including pots, bowls, ladles, slippers, towels, and more!
Given the current state of society, these had become nonrenewable resources. There would be less and less of them as time went on, so it was necessary to stockpile more!
Unfortunately, this supermarket was too small, and there was not much inside.
Moreover, some of the food and drinks had already been contaminated.
As a result, Shen Yi did not gain much, leaving him somewhat dissatisfied.
After making a round and preparing to leave, Shen Yi spotted what he currently needed most.
Shared power banks!
Without hesitation, he unplugged the power supply and put all the shared power banks into the System Space.
There were dozens of power banks. Most of them probably still had charge, enough to last him for a while.
Just as Shen Yi finished packing up and was about to leave, a sound suddenly came from behind him!
It was the sound of something heavy smashing toward him!
Shen Yi reacted extremely quickly. The instant he heard it, he used Instant Movement and dodged the sneak attack!
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