CHAPTER 346: CHAPTER 346: THE ROBBERY

Fortunately, no one thought that they had taken any advantage with the soldiers earlier. Many people just thought that they had taken some leftovers from what the other group wanted.

Moreover, the people with ulterior motives were all focused on robbing the people in Building H. Thus, no one cared what they had brought back.

Since Fu Nie had been warned before, he took precautions that night and had all the people of their team go up to the fifteenth floor where they would be safe.

Although they didn’t know what the barrier Chu Miao had made was all about, they had realized that they couldn’t go through to the fifteenth floor without carrying the wooden pass given to them.

They hoped that it could block even bullets. However, even if it couldn’t, the people under Chu Miao were not afraid of a little fight. They were ready to face whatever was coming.

Thus, at around midnight, there was a commotion inside Building H where some people who noticed thugs coming towards them carrying clubs, machetes, swords, and guns ran as if their lives depended on it.

Everyone was quick to close the door and lock themselves inside. Some like Mrs. Dong who had sold out the people there were almost jumping for joy thinking that those people would finally get their just desserts.

She was unhappy with everyone in that team because they had refused to let her son or husband join them when they went looking for supplies. Moreover, they always brought back more supplies and n very lacked food.

Even young girls like Chichi were enjoying their lives as if the apocalypse never happened. She had smelled the scent of meat many times from her house but no matter how much she asked, that girl treated her as if she was invisible.

She hoped that the gang would teach them a lesson. That way, they won’t be so stingy anymore.

But what Mrs. Dong failed to think that if the gang didn’t manage to get anything from the people upstairs, it was those below who would suffer.

What is more, she might become one of the victims. When the gang got to the upper floors that were inhabited since the flood had caused many people to move to the upper floors, they started knocking on doors.

At first when they didn’t see people from the Chu family team, they started to get irritated.

Mrs. Dong then offered her unsolicited advice and help, telling them that those people were having a meeting on the fifteenth floor. Indeed, she had been watching them and when she saw everyone heading to the fifteenth floor she thought that they were having a meeting.

She never thought that they already knew about the robbery and were on the fifteenth floor for their safety. Especially for the women and young ones who couldn’t fight.

Yang Leo and the others stood at the door of one of the apartments on the fifteenth floor and watched those people climb stairs.

They had thought that the news they received was just hearsay, it was just something Zhu Feng said to repay a favor. They never expected that someone had indeed marked them for robbery.

Now, watching this people come up with Mrs. Dong leading the way, Yang Leo for the first time felt that Chu Miao’s methods were right.

"I can see why Sister Miao didn’t argue with anyone that tune when people blocked her way and tried to force her to hand over supplies, No offense Mr. Fang." Yang Leo said, then apologized to Fang Yao’s father because the person Chu Miao had split in half at that time was his eldest son.

"No offense taken. After all, he followed his mother’s example despite my warnings and got himself killed.

I can’t blame little Miao for protecting what is hers." Mr. Fang wasn’t stupid. He knew that his wife had ruined their son and his death was in her.

He couldn’t go around blaming others for their poor parenting. Now, looking at his wife’s friend, Mrs. Dong ran right straight to the muzzle of a gun, he was glad that he youngest son didn’t take after his mother.

These people never seemed to learn.

The robbers were irritated because they hadn’t gotten anything and to make it worse, when they reached the door of the stairs to the fifteenth floor, they were surprised to find that even though the door was open, they couldn’t pass through.

It felt as if something was blocking their way but whatever it was, it was invisible. This made some of them terrified while others thought that it was a trick meant to deceive them into giving up.

Therefore, the people on the fifteenth floor witnessed the thugs outside beat the invisible walk repeatedly in an attempt to get through.

When beating it with fists didn’t work, they took their weapons and began to beat and slash. Unfortunately, their swords and other weapons only bounced back after every attack.

Moreover, since the people attacking the barrier didn’t have a shred of spiritual energy, their attacks had absolutely no effect on the barrier.

It remained as intact as when Chu Miao first built it. Seeing this, the people who were still shaken because of the people’s invasion sighed in relief.

Of course, they believed in Chu Miao and did not think that she had done something defective to protect them, but this was the first time they had seen something so magical.

As such, they were afraid that there were some things it couldn’t stop. In fact, some were still wondering if it could stop a bullet.

As if to answer their unasked question, one of the thugs took out a gun and aimed it at the empty space before him.

He didn’t believe that the magic they had used could stop a bullet. He wanted to show the people hiding inside that their little tricks wouldn’t work on them.

Aiming his gun, he pulled the trigger after a short hesitation. To everyone’s surprise, the bullet felt as if it had hit a balloon. It bounced back and fell to the ground.

In fact, these people were lucky because Chu Miao didn’t hurry when she made the barrier and didn’t have the time to combine it with a defensive array. Otherwise, any attack would be deflected and returned in kind.

Seeing that there was no hope, the thug almost emptied a magazine on the barrier before he was stopped by the leader and told not to waste bullets.

The others also realized that there was nothing they could do about it and decided to try their luck with the people below.

Since almost everyone had been gloating about the Chu family people getting robbed and never thought about protecting themselves or hiding their supplies, and when the thugs knocked on their doors, they had nothing to say.

They could only watch as their supplies were cleaned while they cried in a corner.

Some who were lucky to have something left were those who had taken the idiom never put all your eggs in one basket quite literally.

Some had hidden supplies in clothes cabinets, others had put them behind seats and so on.

These were the people who weren’t left completely destitute.

However, many of these people were the kind to blame their misfortune on others and decided that they had suffered so much because of those who had attracted the robbers there but were unreachable causing them to take the blunt of it.

However, the same people dared not to express their dissatisfaction or voice their blame because they still remembered what Chu Miao had done to the Fang family son.

They were afraid that when she came back, her first action would be to retaliate.

These people had no idea that Chu Miao couldn’t be bothered with them.

These people to her were just shrimp soldiers and crab generals and weren’t worth her time.

At that moment, Chu Miao was at the entrance of the ancient battlefield that was slowly showing signs of opening.

The restrictions were becoming more faint but the spiritual energy was still abundant.

After she had brought everyone there, she had taken the time to explain to them what that was and the importance of exploring inside.

Thus, the people she brought there were like mad cultivators cultivating diligently without taking a break. As such, many had advanced rapidly and then even though there was still time left, several people including Ye Xuan and Chu Hao had already advanced to the foundation establishment realm.

This was something that Chu Miao had not anticipated. Even though the spiritual energy there was purer and dense, their advancements had been too fast.

But she wasn’t complaining because she won’t have to venture into the ancient battlefield alone.

Having her boyfriend and brother accompany her was a blessing. Moreover, some of Ye Xuan’s brothers in arms were also on the verge of a breakthrough.

Therefore, in this quest, there would at least be a few people going.