In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

According to the rules of nature, the first group of animals to be eliminated from a population is the elderly. Following that, the young are eliminated.

This is the rule of nature, and this apocalyptic disaster is indeed eliminating populations in this order. Of the 320 million people who have died, I estimate at least half are elderly with underlying health conditions.

The elderly, due to their age and pre-existing conditions like heart disease requiring long-term medication or hospitalization, are largely the ones who perished in these two months of disaster.

Even those elderly without pre-existing conditions, but who have lost their ability to work and are weakened by age, are less capable of obtaining resources than healthy adults, so their death toll is also significant.

Secondly, the largest group of deaths are children, especially those under six. Their bodies are not fully developed, their resistance is weak, and the continuous rain and scarcity of resources easily lead to malnutrition, resulting in death from illness.

The apocalypse is so cruel, harvesting 320 million lives in just over two months!

As mentioned earlier, if humanity could unite and band together for survival, so many people wouldn't have died. But human nature is complex, making it impossible for most to unite.

Not everyone is as smart as the main city's garden, directly adopting a survival strategy of banding together.

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Five days passed quickly. During these five days, those who frequently went out to search for supplies felt something was wrong: the temperature was dropping every day.

Those with thermometers at home saw the temperature drop from -2 degrees Celsius to -10 degrees Celsius in five days.

The southern climate is humid. Even -2 degrees Celsius feels very cold, let alone -10 degrees Celsius.

Indoor air conditioning had long stopped working due to power outages, so people could only rely on shivering to survive the nights.

As a result, the temperature dropped to -10 degrees Celsius in five days, making sleeping at night unbearable.

It was too difficult, and countless survivors felt tormented.

At this time, many survivors finally remembered the warning from the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce, saying there might be extreme temperature drops!

Extreme temperature drops—-10 degrees Celsius is already hard to endure; could the temperature drop even further?

At this time, these survivors finally panicked, and countless survivors flocked to the Fuxing Society's market and the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's direct-sale stores to buy large quantities of coal and other supplies.

But when they arrived, they saw crowds of people.

Due to the drop in temperature, the floodwaters began to freeze, making it easier for survivors to go out.

At this time, in the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's market, all the soldiers had loaded their guns, ready to shoot at the crowd at any time, because the crowd was starting to show a tendency to loot the direct-sale stores.

Everyone's emotions were becoming increasingly unstable. A full company of soldiers was fully armed.

Faced with this situation, Li Ming had already issued an order: anyone who dared to break into the direct-sale store and attempt to rob supplies would be executed!

An officer took a loudspeaker and continuously broadcasted the relevant exchange and purchase rules. To get supplies, people had to find them in the outside buildings, bring them here for exchange, and then use the points tickets to enter and purchase supplies.

This company of menacing soldiers successfully intimidated some people, but there were still troublemakers in the crowd.

"Why aren't you letting us in to buy supplies? Why don't you accept the Empire's currency? They want to freeze and starve us to death! Everyone, charge with me and loot them!"

"That's right! Why don't they distribute these supplies to us when they have so much? Instead, they're profiting from them! These profiteers! Everyone, come with us and loot them!"

The expressions on the faces of some other ordinary survivors were almost distorted. The difficult survival in the apocalypse for more than two months had somewhat twisted everyone's minds.

Now, incited by this group of people with ulterior motives, the crowd was beginning to get out of control.

"Da da da!"

An officer picked up an AKM and fired a burst at the ground in front of the crowd. The dust kicked up by the bullets immediately calmed down the originally restless people.

"All of you shut up! First of all, we are not the Empire's government army; we are a private army. These supplies were obtained by our people risking their lives. Why should we give them to you for free? Your lives are lives, but aren't our lives lives?"

"Stop trying to morally blackmail me here. I have received orders: anyone who dares to break in and attempt to rob supplies will be killed! Who dares to try?"

"Listen up, we only accept points tickets here in our direct-sale store. Our direct-sale store will be open 24 hours a day for the next two days. As long as you dare to bring supplies, we dare to sell you things. Supplies are unlimited, as long as you have enough points tickets!"

"Anyone who incites everyone to cause trouble will be killed without mercy!"

All the soldiers raised their AKM rifles, the dark muzzles pointed at the crowd. At this moment, as long as an order was given, this group of people would be shot down.

Seeing the dark muzzles, the crowd began to calm down.

At this time, some troublemakers in the crowd continued to shout, "They don't dare to shoot! They don't have many bullets! Everyone, don't be afraid!"

"Da da!" A shot rang out. This person still wanted to continue speaking and inciting everyone to charge in. The officer directly fired a short burst with his AKM, and the bullets accurately hit the person's chest.

The person fell to the ground on the spot. The cavitation effect caused by the bullets directly mangled his lungs. The person was spitting blood, his mouth opening and closing, seemingly not expecting that these people would really dare to shoot and kill!

The officer roared, "I'll say it again, we can buy supplies here as long as you have points tickets.

Instead of wasting time arguing with us, you might as well go get some other things, even scrap metal can be exchanged for points on the first floor to buy the supplies you need."

"From now on, everyone who wants to enter must show their points tickets! A maximum of 15 people can enter at a time. Anyone who disagrees and wants to cause trouble will end up like that guy!"

"Everyone, don't be afraid! There are so many of us, they won't dare to kill so many people!" Another stubborn person shouted.

"Da da!" Another burst of fire. A soldier directly shot at the person's head with 7.62mm rounds. The person's skull was blown off, along with brains and blood splattered all over the ground.

"Anyone else who disagrees? You can stand up, and we will definitely satisfy your desire to eat bullets!" The officer raised his hand, and ten PKM machine guns were set up by the gunners. The yellow bullets on the ammunition belt showed everyone that these were real weapons that could kill.

Violence deterrence is indeed useful. The crowd causing trouble here quickly began to disperse. Everyone began to collect various supplies in the city, rushing to bring them to the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce to exchange for points tickets, and then quickly spend them to exchange for the supplies they needed......