Apocalyptic Disaster: I Hoard Billions in Supplies and Kill the Saint

114: Chapter 114 A Comfortable Home in the ApocalypseFor a moment, several mouths spoke all at once, as if Ye Nanxing were a sinner who had ’heartlessly abandoned the team only to return and fight for power.’

Lü Yuanshan sneered, ’Some people, gone for half a year, suddenly come back to play the savior?’

’We’re the ones patrolling, standing guard, and maintaining stability every single day—all for the base, aren’t we?’

’And now you come back with a line like ’it wasn’t thanks to your smiles’? Captain Ye, isn’t that going a bit too far?’

’Exactly!’ another guard member chimed in. ’While you were gone these past six months, Sister Chuyue held the fort. And now you come back and trample all over her with a single sentence, making her a laughingstock. Isn’t that a bit heartless?’

But—

Before the words could fully land—

’Shut up.’

Zhao Wei slammed his bowl down, stood up, his eyes smoldering with suppressed anger:

’I crawled out of a pile of corpses, broke three bones, trudged back through seventy-below snow, just to listen to you lot spout this crap?’

’Talking about who the base survived thanks to?’

’It wasn’t thanks to her, Liu Chuyue, playing the saint here! It was thanks to the supplies Captain Ye stockpiled in advance, the intelligence we traded our lives for outside, and her thinking about whether the base would have its next full meal even while she was out there holding back zombie hordes, her blood not even dry!’

Sun Hao also put down his chopsticks and stood up. ’Right. Have you all been living too comfortably? Forgotten this is the Apocalypse?’

’The food, clothes, medicine in this place—which one wasn’t something Captain Ye thought of ahead of time, prepared in advance?’

’When she wasn’t here, you acted like she was dead. The moment she returns, you start picking her apart?’

’Fine. You’re so capable—try leaving the base. See if the base keeps running just the same.’

Zhang Tianjin added coldly, ’Should we open the gates for you right now? Go take a walk outside? See how those people out there survive by eating human flesh.’

’Then come back and continue this chat about ’contributions’?’

The air in the cafeteria seemed to freeze solid.

But Liu Chuyue still refused to back down.

Her fingertips pinched the spoon handle, giving it a light turn. She re-donned that ’proper’ smile, her voice as soft as a spring drizzle:

’Captain Ye... everything you said is correct.’

’But you have to admit, if it weren’t for us guarding the base, could you have returned so peacefully today, sitting here eating breakfast?’

Lü Yuanshan caught the implication in her words and immediately followed up:

’Stockpiling was your skill, but that’s just supplies.’

’This base, though, was built by people. We’re not like you; we didn’t run off for half a year.’

’Nanxing, we acknowledge you have achievements, but how many people died along our journey?’

’If we were really as ’useless’ as you say, could the base have held out until today?’

—Sentence by sentence, seemingly accusations, but actually leading.

Several others nearby also began to chime in, their expressions carrying a hint of deliberate ’righteousness’:

’Your words are too hurtful.’

’We guarded the base for half a year, and you say we rely entirely on her? Isn’t that a bit condescending?’

’She’s just looking down on people!’

Zhao Wei was about to rise again. Zhang Tianjin had already furrowed his brows, his gaze icy, but—

Ye Nanxing raised a hand, gently stopping them.

She didn’t look at Liu Chuyue.

She merely swept a glance over that ’special supply dining table,’ then slowly sat back down, her voice as faint as wind over a frozen plain:

’Alright.’

Ye Nanxing already understood.

Their daring to jump out today was definitely not a spur-of-the-moment idea.

The person behind them was still waiting.

She knew perfectly well—if she took action today, someone would surely jump out spouting nonsense about ’suppressing dissent’ or ’the base turning into a dictatorship.’

These people weren’t unaware of her capabilities.

Precisely because they knew, they didn’t dare confront her head-on. Instead, they chose to ’force you to act,’ then gang up on her.

She lowered her gaze, took a sip of porridge, and spoke calmly:

’I stockpiled supplies, built defenses, risked my life outside.’

’You say guarding the base is your credit.’

’Fine.’

’Since you think your contributions are the greatest.’

’Then—what do you want? Say it directly. Don’t beat around the bush.’

’I’d also like to know how many people on Tianlang Mountain share your mindset.’

When she said this, her expression was far too calm.

As if it weren’t an interrogation.

But an invitation—an opportunity for the opposing side to fully expose their own faction.

You want to play? Then I’ll stew you all in one pot.

The air grew slightly still.

The light in Liu Chuyue’s eyes grew brighter, but she still maintained that gentle smile, demurely lowering her head, seemingly unintentionally yet intentionally sweeping a glance at the few people beside her.

That look was like a silent command.

Soon—

Lü Yuanshan immediately spoke up, his voice dripping with naked scorn and triumph:

’Sister Chuyue has guarded the base for half a year, given so much.’

’Exchanging for a better house... shouldn’t that be reasonable?’

As he spoke, a malicious smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Several other men also chimed in one after another, their voices growing more and more brazen:

’The boss’s quarters are spacious and soundproof—’

’Haha, if Sister Chuyue moved in, it’d be more convenient for our gatherings too!’

’We brothers patrol all day, come back needing a place to rest. Gotta have some perks, right?’

’Captain Ye, you’re beautiful and kind-hearted. Surely you won’t begrudge us these ’grassroots brothers,’ right?’

They spoke with straight faces, but their tone was utterly filthy.

What ’exchanging houses,’ what ’resting’—it was nothing more than wanting to turn the base leader’s main hall quarters into their nightly den of debauchery.

And Liu Chuyue—

Listening, she lightly traced the rim of her teacup with a fingertip and let out a coquettish laugh:

’Don’t say such things...’

’I just think... everyone works so hard, they need a place to ’relax and unwind.’

She raised her eyes, casting a seductive glance at Ye Nanxing, her voice soft and sweet:

’Sister Nanxing, you wouldn’t... be unreasonable, would you?’

Zhou Cheng’s eyes turned red; he almost flipped the table!

Zhang Tianjin gritted his teeth, his fists clenched so tight they made cracking sounds.

Zhao Wei outright cursed: ’Fuck! Is this something a human being says?!’

Shen Qingyan was so angry her eyes reddened.

Lin Wanru, listening nearby, turned pale, her fingers gripping the rim of her bowl tightly.

And Ye Nanxing—

Her face showed no ripple. She merely lowered her head and slowly wiped her fingers.

Her movements were terrifyingly calm.

But that killing intent, suppressed to the extreme, spread through the cafeteria like invisible blades.

Hearing this, the surrounding crowd didn’t find it excessive at all. Instead, like wild dogs with a floodgate opened, they swarmed forward, their voices overlapping in a cacophony, piercingly shrill:

’Right, room reassignment is only fair!’

’And the supplies! Hoarding so many resources, she can’t be the only one calling the shots!’

’The armory should be re-inventoried too! In this Apocalypse, guns are life!’

’She gets the best medical resources the moment she returns? Is that reasonable?’

’I think she should undergo a ’collective evaluation’ first!’

’Exactly—all supplies, rooms, permissions, unified management! Openness and transparency are what’s responsible for the base!’

’When it comes down to it, this isn’t anyone’s personal turf. No one should get too full of themselves!’

These voices buzzed like a dense swarm of flies, each sentence cloaked in the skin of ’collective interest,’ but greedy to the bone.