Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse
Chapter 262: The Descent from the Mountain

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: The Descent from the Mountain

"It’s not about being scared, you both know the situation now.

I’m afraid knowing too much might lead to threats against you later, it’s too dangerous,"

Jhiang Yuan said honestly. Her parents could understand and even felt that their daughter had shouldered too much.

"My girl, you should have told your dad and me earlier, we could have helped you!"

"Mom, it’s not too late to know now, we need to make good use of this space and try to survive."

They both knew why Jhiang Yuan had chosen this moment to speak out.

She was afraid that if something unexpected really happened later, everyone would still have some hope.

It really did make their daughter suffer, sigh!

"Enough of that, let’s get moving, keep an eye on Xiao Nuan."

"Okay, go quickly!"

The three of them started to get busy.

Their house had four bedrooms, two living rooms, two bathrooms, and included a cloakroom and a storage room.

All of these rooms were packed full, including the spacious balcony which also held plenty of items.

Jhiang Yuan was in charge of the cloakroom, which contained all the clothes she had purchased before.

From both physical stores and online, it was stuffed to the brim.

This was definitely a major task to handle.

Jhiang Xingzhi, now aware of her situation, went to the other two bedrooms.

He gathered the small items, packaging them together.

Xiao Nuan, having woken up, also started to help.

Feeling that it was unmanageable, she came out of the cloakroom.

Just putting everything into the space was enough, she could organize it later when there was time.

There were too many things, and by the time they finished, it was already nine in the evening.

None of them had even eaten, so Qin Yue made dumplings.

Just a simple bite was enough for everyone to keep going.

In the afternoon, nobody else had come over, probably all planning for their own homes.

The current situation was not good at all.

They all had quite a lot of supplies at home, and deciding what to take and what to leave behind was a science in itself.

They had to take as much as possible but also be able to carry it, all the while minimizing the losses.

This New Year was indeed not making anyone feel cheerful.

Add misery upon snowfall; that was the gift of the year.

At night, no one could sleep peacefully.

Jhiang Yuan was afraid something sudden might happen and destroy everything.

So she was extra vigilant.

By the second day of the new year, the tense atmosphere had not improved.

They hadn’t gone out and didn’t know the situation outside.

The snow had stopped, and there was no need for cleanup outside. With the house now emptied, it felt even more spacious.

Jhiang Yuan still sat on the balcony, constantly checking the surroundings.

Right around noon, she noticed something unusual; there seemed to be someone moving on the road up the mountain.

Damn, what’s going on? That really looks like a person.

"Dad, come take a look, is that someone there?"

Jhiang Yuan pointed toward the upper road, which was partially obscured by other buildings from their vantage point.

The distance was quite far, and even with a telescope, it wasn’t very clear.

Their community was situated halfway up the hill, so from there, they could only see some of the buildings on the edge of the school.

The rest were some villages on the opposite side.

Most of them were covered by ice and snowstorms; only the slightly higher parts revealed just the tops.

And with the last avalanche, the areas it reached were left as ruins.

So what’s with these people, then?

The snow outside was so thick, how did they manage to come out?

Moreover, the snow from the last downpour had all piled up on the road.

The situation was worse than before, what could they do to go out in such an environment?

"That’s right, do you see? They might be sliding on ice carts."

Jhiang Yuan quickly grabbed the binoculars and continued observing, moving slowly, but it seemed like they indeed had some tools.

It was just too far to see clearly.

"Dad, do you think it’s possible, with the snow so thick, wouldn’t a person standing on it just fall right into a pile of snow?"

Jhiang Xingzhi was also puzzled and thought for a long time without coming up with an answer.

"Let’s do this, I’ll go next door and ask Xiao Song, his imagination is quite rich.

He knew a lot of things in the past."

Uh, it feels like dad relies quite a bit on Song Yi.

"Alright then, go ahead and ask him to come over and take a look."

Jhiang Yuan couldn’t leave; someone needed to keep watching here without a moment to relax.

The people coming down from the mountain could be enemies.

Song Yi quickly came over with Jhiang Xingzhi, bringing his own binoculars.

Without saying a word, he joined her ranks.

"What do you think is going on with that group up there?"

Jhiang Yuan had been watching here as people moved from the blind spot in front of the building to the road below, which was within her field of vision.

More people were still coming down; it must be a few dozen by now.

"Moving through the snow?"

"Yes, just like that, isn’t it amazing? Do you know what’s going on?"

Song Yi, not putting down his binoculars, also found it difficult to make sense of what was happening in front of him.

"Maybe, it’s possible to go out now."

"You mean the snow pile is no issue, and can support the weight of a person?"

"Yeah, you could say that.

Don’t forget, there was an avalanche here yesterday.

We had the windows open, and the snow particles flew in; we didn’t bother with it, and soon it turned to ice in the corridor."

This was something everyone knew.

The corridor was still incredibly slippery, and they hadn’t gone out to clean it up yet.

Jhiang Yuan suddenly had a flash of insight, as if she realized something.

"I get it, the temperature is too low, even our corridor has frozen over, the outside must be worse.

So, the snow might have also formed a layer of ice."

Song Yi nodded, that was his point; otherwise, how could those people outside walk so freely on the snow.

"But that ice cart, I also find it strange; can you imagine?

Normally, that snow is definitely a trap, and skiing requires the use of tools.

Like, something similar to ice carts and planks.

If it’s a bit larger, under the same gravitational force, the area of force distribution increases, the pressure would decrease..."

Listening, Jhiang Xingzhi also began to understand and chimed in.

"If you make raised edges around it, especially on the front and back, even if it goes down a bit, there would be no problem."

Yes, even if it went down just a bit, the ice cart wouldn’t sink.

With pressure directly applied in front, a little force was all it took to get across.

It was like crossing a slope, simple and convenient.

The group looked solemn; these people could come out, and so many at once, what was their purpose?

"I don’t know who these people are, what they want to do coming down the mountain, whether they have been affected by a disaster."

Not the disaster from before but the avalanche from a few days ago.

"I think, they’re probably looking for supplies, or seeking a new place suitable for living."

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