However, before going to the supermarket, Mo Shao also returned to the place where she had buried her chest earlier to retrieve a batch of items.
After all, she had a backpack now. Although it was hard to carry around cubes and things like that, she could still bring some basic tools.
She could also stuff in quite a few "Mousekatools." Since her backpack was an extra-large model, it could hold a significant amount of items.
Naturally, she didn't use a backpack for her usual outings, so if she was going to use one, it meant she was going on a long trip, which made a large bag the obvious choice.
After organizing her backpack a bit, Mo Shao’s final preparations were as follows:
A set of iron tools—sword, axe, shovel, pickaxe, and spear—along with a fishing rod, an [Infinity] bow, and a single arrow were all strapped to the sides of the backpack.
Inside the backpack were some steaks and bread, stored in plastic bags to prevent juices from leaking out.
There were also Leads, flint and steel, torches, redstone dust, and maps... all items that took up little space but had wonderful uses.
In a small pouch on her waist, she also carried a handful of Ender Pearls, keeping herself ready to bolt at a moment's notice.
...
After gathering her things, Mo Shao quickly returned to the school grounds and arrived near the large supermarket to observe.
Looking at it... there should be people inside.
The apocalypse had arrived right at noon, so the supermarket was definitely open, but now its rolling shutters were pulled down.
However, getting in wouldn't be easy; both the entrance and exit of the supermarket had been sealed off.
—Furthermore, there were monsters blocking the doors, and there was no way around them.
Blocking the exit was a Gulpuff (a truly hellish monster), a Fission Echo (a mimic), and a Glacio Cruisewing (a flying, ice-attribute monster).
Blocking the entrance was a Spearhead (the spear guy with massive damage), a Diamondback (the shield guy with group stealth), and a Chirpuff (a mage with an explosive death rattle).
It was truly a gathering of elites. With her current level, she really couldn't force her way in, though she probably could win a fight.
—But that would involve going all out and relying on tricks, which was simply far too inefficient.
So... naturally, she would take another route! —Otherwise, why would she be carrying an iron pickaxe and an iron shovel?
If she couldn't go through the door, couldn't she just dig down from the floor above!
...
Mo Shao floated while invisible, silently entering the office area on the second floor of the supermarket. She found a room at the edge, went inside, and locked the door behind her.
On the way, she had casually used her staff to physically beat to death two Slighting Whiffs (trash mobs with fast movement speed) that were wandering the building.
—Then, naturally, she began digging the hole! Pickaxes, shovels, and axes from Minecraft were all peerless tools for demolition!
When reflected in reality, the speed of demolition was determined by the chosen tool and the material within the cubic meter being dismantled.
For example, if one used a pickaxe to dismantle a cubic meter, the more minerals and stone materials it contained, the faster the digging would be.
If it was a mix of sand, soil, or wood, the efficiency would drop significantly.
—So one had to pick the right tool for the job. Right now, she was naturally using a pickaxe, since it wasn't a wooden house.
After making some digging noises, Mo Shao broke through the floor in front of her, revealing the supermarket below.
—A fair number of people were already gathered below, watching warily.
...
Well... it probably wasn't just the digging noises that had drawn them, since it wasn't that loud and happened so quickly.
It was likely the noise she made while casually killing the monsters on the second floor earlier that had already caught their attention.
However, even though they were aware, Mo Shao still intended to remain invisible for now.
She would observe the situation first to avoid any surprises. Having survived in the apocalypse for many years, caution was the best survival principle she had learned.
While everyone was gathered here watching the hole, Mo Shao silently took flight, left the room, and went to a room at the diagonally opposite corner of the supermarket.
Then she quickly dug a hole, secretly flew down while invisible, and stealthily crept up behind the crowd.
There were about a hundred people in the supermarket. It looked like people from several classes had gathered here, along with a few adults, probably teachers... Hm?!
—Little Ka?!
...
Mo Shao’s scanning gaze suddenly froze—look what she had found? A wild “Innate Transformer”!
Blonde hair and blue eyes, elf ears, a Tacet Mark on her forehead, teardrop-like earrings, a thorn ring on her head, and a blue gradient train...
And the blue Signal Blade in her hand, which looked like both a scepter and a lance, was none other than her signature weapon, [Crown of Unyielding Fate]!
Without a doubt, this was Katicia from Wuthering Waves!
Originally named Frederis, she was a Resonator created by the Echo Leviathan—a Holy Maiden who later became a wandering knight of Rinascita.
And this—was truly a perfect candidate to recruit!
Being able to innately transform like this proved that her personality and behavioral style were similar to Katicia’s, meaning she was someone who could be trusted.
Furthermore, regarding her identity, although Katicia was a Holy Maiden, she had another role—a wandering knight!
That matched perfectly with her own future plans! She intended to “travel the world” (run around everywhere) later on!
...
To recruit someone, she naturally had to show her face.
Well... after calculating for a moment, she flew back up from the corner she had come down through and plugged the fallen cubes back in.
Naturally, it was better to appear in an open and honest way to recruit someone!
Quickly returning to the first hole she had dug, Mo Shao deactivated her invisibility and poked her head through in a theatrical manner.
“Wow, so many people. Everyone’s not dead yet?”
As soon as she finished saying this, before anyone else could react, Mo Shao fell into a moment of self-criticism.
—‘Am I some kind of bot?!’
Oh right, she actually was a robot in her previous life and hadn't spoken to a living person in decades. That explained it.
So, should she say something to salvage it... Better not. She might end up saying something even more ridiculous.
...
“Could you all please make some room?” Mo Shao spoke straightforwardly, gesturing below. “I don’t have a place to land.”
“Oh, uh, okay.” The crowd instinctively responded and dispersed, and Mo Shao nimbly jumped down.
A height of a mere three meters was nothing to her!
“Thanks.” After landing and offering a casual word of thanks, Mo Shao’s choice was—to first collect some items.
As for these people in the supermarket, she would ignore them for the time being.
—Because in this situation, whoever asks the first question puts themselves at a disadvantage.
“Excuse me,” she said casually as she squeezed through the gap they instinctively left for her, heading straight for the beverage section.
She immediately locked onto a bottle of Coke that still had some residual coldness. She yanked open the freezer door and grabbed it! In an instant—she took a sip.
“Phew—” Mo Shao couldn't help but sigh in relief.
That hit the spot. She had finally tasted this stuff again. Recalling the last time she drank a Coke... it was already countless years ago.
—What kind of life was she leading in her past life?!
Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone, as if there were no one else present, Mo Shao began to look for food on her own.
Finally, after watching Mo Shao eat and drink as if no one were there for several minutes, someone was unable to restrain themselves and spoke up first.
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