Magic Space: Struggling to Survive in the Apocalypse

Chapter 323: Returning Fully Loaded

The "right" he spoke of was control over Mount Caldera.

Evidently, the escaped failed products had failed to reach a consensus. After deliberating, eighteen of them poisoned the others and locked them all up in here.

That would explain why the failed products outside still looked young, while these five survivors had aged so rapidly.

"Without the drug to sustain you, you won’t live more than two days."

The woman looked at Evelyn Ford. "How is that possible? As long as I get out of here, I can definitely recover. I’m not even thirty yet. I’m still young."

Suddenly, she looked at Ronan Kendrick. "You’re a successful product? I’m begging you, save me. If you save me, I can tell you where Mount Caldera’s granary and armory are."

Evelyn Ford’s gaze turned cold in an instant. The others began to size up Ronan Kendrick, then started pleading with him.

"Kill me. I don’t want to live like this—neither human nor ghost. Give me a quick and painless death, I beg you." The man in the corner seemed out of place. While the others begged for life, he only wanted to die.

"We’re the same kind! Save us! Quick, let me drink some of your blood. The blood of a successful product can bring the dead back to life! Save me, quick, save me!"

Evelyn Ford stepped in front of Ronan Kendrick and drew the military knife hanging from her lower back.

"And why should we save you?" Then, the knife plunged into the woman’s chest.

The others trembled in fear, begging Evelyn Ford for mercy, but she had no intention of sparing them. These survivors knew Ronan Kendrick’s secret. They could not be allowed to live.

Ronan Kendrick personally killed the man in the corner, also learning the location of the armory and the granary.

The armory and the granary were both in the basement of the round building.

Evelyn Ford was surprised that the round building held such a secret. The two of them left the kitchen and returned to the circular structure.

"It’s here." Ronan Kendrick found the entrance. After he keyed in a string of numbers, the door opened.

Evelyn Ford suddenly felt like laughing. They had spent ages investigating and had come up with all sorts of analyses, yet all of it had been wrong.

The basement had a total of three levels. The first was the granary, the second was the armory, and the third held gasoline and diesel.

It was bandit loot, and it would be a waste not to take it. They took everything. However, the granary only contained rice, flour, oil, and salt. The cabbages and radishes they had confiscated must have been stored somewhere else.

After clearing out the grain, the two of them went to the second level. They stared at the mountains of weapons, bullets, knives, grenades, and bombs...

Both Evelyn Ford and Ronan Kendrick were a little stunned.

"Did they rob an entire army?"

Ronan Kendrick picked up a Gatling gun. The thing was heavy; you couldn’t lift it without some serious strength.

The two of them collected all the weapons and quickly moved to the third level.

"So much gasoline. There must be over a hundred tons here. They must have stolen all of it."

Evelyn Ford suddenly had an idea. "Ronan, what do you think about us spreading the news that all the leaders of Mount Caldera have been wiped out?"

As she spoke, Evelyn Ford gave a mischievous smile. ’If we get the authorities to come and exterminate the bandits, wouldn’t that completely wipe out this den?’

Ronan Kendrick smiled. "I think that’s a great idea."

After stowing all the gasoline in her space, she checked the time. The bandits at the foot of the mountain would probably be returning soon. The knockout drug would only last for two or three hours. It was best to leave first and let the army come to collect whatever was left.

They left the way they came. The outpost at the foot of the mountain was in an uproar; the bandits were robbing and kidnapping people again. Ronan Kendrick drove over, and they were immediately stopped for a search. The truck bed was empty. Evelyn Ford offered them a barrel of wine, which she had laced with a potent Cannibal Flower toxin.

After the truck was waved through, Evelyn Ford and Ronan Kendrick exchanged a look and quickly drove away from the outpost.

At seven o’clock, Evelyn Ford and Ronan Kendrick arrived at a service station. The two disguised themselves and entered under the pretense of trading for supplies. Then, while everyone was cursing the Mount Caldera bandits, they let the news slip.

"You guys haven’t heard? I just heard from a few drivers that Mount Caldera is in chaos. All the bandit leaders in charge are dead."

Everyone else fell silent, looking at Evelyn Ford with expressions of disbelief.

"It’s true. They say the bandits on Mount Caldera emptied the granary and have all driven away. They might even be heading for the bases. It’s terrifying! If they manage to blend in at a base, will they go back to their old ways?" Evelyn Ford sighed, a look of fear on her face.

The others were finally starting to believe her. "Are you telling the truth?"

"It’s true. The story is that a few of the leaders had some internal strife and ended up killing each other. Now there’s only a few small-time thugs and the refugees they kidnapped left on the mountain. Anyone whose kids were taken can go up and look for them now. There must be a lot of good stuff up there, too. We had a whole truck of cabbages, and they confiscated three tons of it. I’m going up to get my cabbages back."

After Evelyn Ford finished speaking, the people around her grew agitated. She seized the opportunity to pull Ronan Kendrick away and slip out.

"I estimate that in a few hours, Mount Caldera will be completely overrun by the army and refugees. Now that the bandits have no weapons, they have no way to fight back."

Ronan Kendrick reached out and pinched Evelyn Ford’s cheek. "Feeling better now?"

"After raiding a bandit den? I’m in an excellent mood."

"That’s good. Get some sleep. We should be able to get back to Immeasurable Mountain before this afternoon."

Evelyn Ford smiled. "I thought we’d be out for ten days to half a month. I didn’t expect that in just a few days, we’d be returning with another full haul."

It had only been a few days, but they had accomplished quite a lot.

They’d offended Commander Talbot’s son, become wanted criminals, dealt with the Holloway Family, taught Chairman Holloway a lesson, robbed Kevin Holloway, eliminated the failed products, and raided a bandit den.

"I’m going to check on the seedlings in my space."

Evelyn Ford closed her eyes. As her consciousness entered the space, she saw lush green fields of wheat and cabbage. She quickly used the micro-tiller to plow the earth and then sowed another plot with wheat.

The cabbage and cucumber seedlings in the vegetable patch needed to be transplanted. In just a single day, they had grown quite a bit. The cabbage was exceptionally tender and already ready for picking.

At this accelerated growth rate, Evelyn Ford estimated that the wheat and corn in her space would be mature in about a month.

After returning to Immeasurable Mountain, she would also need to create some paddy fields to plant rice.

Looking at the three argali sheep, Evelyn Ford sighed. She had completely forgotten to trade them away.

Opening her eyes, Evelyn Ford looked at Ronan Kendrick, her voice full of excitement. "The wheat is already about eight inches tall."

Ronan Kendrick raised an eyebrow. "That fast?"

"Yes! And the baby bok choy is already ready to eat. It’s a good thing items in the storage compartment don’t spoil. Once I harvest the bok choy, I’ll just put it in storage. Oh, right, I still haven’t planted cilantro and scallions. I should plant some ginger and garlic, too."

With that, Evelyn Ford closed her eyes and entered her space once more.

Ronan Kendrick watched her with a fond, resigned smile and reached out to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

At four in the afternoon, the two returned to Fairgate. Evelyn Ford brought out the horse-drawn carriage and the argali sheep.

Then she moved some supplies into the truck’s cargo bed: rice, flour, oil, salt, gasoline, diesel, a chainsaw, water pipes, the micro-tiller, razors, white sugar, sanitary pads, medicine...