Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Jade Pendant for Medicine

During this time, when Jiang Yan ignored everything beyond her window, there was a menacing undercurrent between the seemingly calm buildings and within Building A.

Just as she had feared, the torrential rain did not stop after flooding up to the 20th floor.

The water level was still rising, and it was about to submerge the 22nd floor.

In the past few days, the residents of the other four buildings had been frantically moving to Building A with reckless abandon.

In theory, with more people moving in, everyone could squeeze together for a while.

Even conflicts that might arise could be expected.

But the reality was much worse.

With the secretive support of Ma Longbiao and his group, some people began to blatantly snatch resources.

Those who were strong, attractive, had resources, were of a similar age, and compliant became the supported group by Ma Longbiao and his associates.

On the other hand, those who had given up their resources, together with the old, sick, and disabled, or those who had opinions, became the despised and abandoned group.

In just a few days, the thousands of Shallow Bay District residents were undergoing a man-made, bloody reshuffling.

Unaware of these events, Jiang Yan, who stayed indoors, knew nothing about them.

All she could see each morning while checking the water levels were the additional fresh corpses floating in the central garden.

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The 32nd floor had been noisy these past few days, but she spent most of her days in “Space”, largely unaware of the details.

As for the evenings, it was already very late when she came out.

It was pitch-black outside, and she could not see anything.

She also stopped watching the surveillance videos.

After all, the footage was full of human suffering, repeatedly showing the same scenes.

It was rather disheartening.

Su Dai and Sun Jingtao seemed to have not come to seek her out.

Of course, they might have tried, but she hadn’t realized it.

Jiang Yan had successfully lived in her own little world.

She had been waiting patiently.

Waiting for the day the torrential rain would finally stop.

*

This morning, Jiang Yan got out of bed, watered the cabbage seeds she had planted on the balcony, cleaned the ash from the fireplace, and was about to enter “Space” for training when she heard Su Dai’s voice coming anxiously from outside the door.

“Jiang Yan!”

“Jiang Yan, are you in the house?”

“Jiang Yan, wake up!”

Not sure if Jiang Yan’s front door was electrified, she didn’t dare to knock, just yelled loudly.

Jiang Yan frowned slightly.

Judging by her tone, there seemed to have been a major incident.

Especially, this early…

She put on an extremely warm coat and casually ruffled her hair before heading to the door.

As usual, she locked the inner door before opening the exterior one.

Su Dai stood alone at the pitch-dark entrance.

She appeared a bit gaunt after not seeing her for several days.

Her hair was somewhat messy, her face was burdened with large dark bags under her eyes, and her clothes were wrinkled.

“Jiang Yan, I’m sorry for waking you up early,” Su Dai said with an embarrassed smile, then added worriedly,

“But I got a bit scared just now. I thought something happened to you because you didn’t respond when I called for a long time.”

“Oh, I’ve been getting up late recently; I didn’t hear much earlier,”

Jiang Yan replied apologetically with a smile and then asked, “Su Dai, what’s happened? Is there some kind of problem?”

She clearly saw the panic in Su Dai’s eyes.

This panic did not entirely dissipate upon seeing her.

Su Dai carefully glanced at the neighboring door before saying, “We just found out that there have been some issues downstairs. I thought I’d come over to remind you not to sleep too deeply these days.”

“Oh, what issues?” Jiang Yan yawned, covering her mouth with her hand.

Watching her unconcerned and untroubled demeanor, Su Dai looked momentarily bewildered and confused.

“Sun Jingtao, Xiao Ye, and I have been staying inside these past days, haven’t gone anywhere, and only just found out from Tian Jiliang that owners from the other four buildings came over to Building A to seize territory.”

“Seize territory?” Jiang Yan raised her eyebrows.

This was within her expectations.

If the water level continued to rise, that area might be completely submerged.

And Building A might still save eight or nine floors for the time being.

The key point was that the number of owners from the other four buildings was clearly much greater than those in Building A.

Those many people surely wouldn’t just sit around waiting for death; they would definitely seek to expand outward.

“Yes. The water level has been rising for the past few days, and the owners from the nearby buildings have gone mad. It’s been chaotic downstairs these past two days, utterly violent and bloody. Most of the owners living inside have been replaced,” Su Dai recounted the bloody scenes she had witnessed downstairs, her pupils involuntarily shrinking.

Inside, Jiang Yan felt a “thud”: “Replaced, what do you mean by that?”

“Some of the original owners from Building A were removed, and owners from other buildings moved in,” Su Dai explained, sighing.

Only then did Jiang Yan notice some fresh bloodstains on Su Dai’s arm, “Su Dai, are you injured?”

“No, Tian Jiliang was injured. His thigh and arm were slashed by two men from Building C, exposing the white bones. I must have gotten this when I was helping him just now.”

After finishing her explanation, she finally realized, and a hint of embarrassment appeared in her eyes:

“Jiang Yan, do you have any hemostatic and anti-inflammatory medicines? If you do, I’d like to trade you for them. We used up all our supplies when Sun Jingtao was injured last time. We didn’t find any medications when we went out looking for supplies…”

As she spoke, she opened her palm, revealing an emerald-green jade pendant.

The jade pendant was translucent green, with a smooth, water-like surface, tied with a brown, gold-threaded cord.

It looked like a men’s chest piece.

It was of excellent quality and appeared valuable.

Jiang Yan, now focused on upgrading “Space,” needed gold and silver jewelry the most.

According to the schedule, the upgrade of “Space” should be completed later tonight.

However, having more of these items was beneficial, not a bad thing at all.

Moreover, although there were many medications in her “Space,” it wouldn’t be right to give them away for free without any compensation.

Now that the other party had proposed a material exchange, it perfectly matched her intentions.

The actual material provided didn’t matter that much.

But with such an attitude and measure from the other party, it was obviously beneficial for future interactions between the two.

While thinking this, Jiang Yan still frowned,

“This is–”

“This is a family heirloom jade pendant that Tian Jiliang always wore. It’s old pit ice jade…” Su Dai paused, her voice trailing off.

She guessed that Jiang Yan must have some medicines.

Jiang Yan formerly was a travel blogger, sometimes visiting places a bit like those wilderness survival scenarios.

Standard medical supplies were always carried with her.

Those medicines surely weren’t just purchased when she was about to leave; she would also have some stocked at home.

But she was a bit worried that Jiang Yan might not agree to the trade. After all, even if there were any, they were scarce commodities.

Others might not need them now, but there was no guarantee they wouldn’t later, so she emphasized the jade pendant’s expensive value upfront.

For her, no matter how fine the jade pendant was, it had lost its value long ago and couldn’t be eaten. But perhaps Jiang Yan might like it.

However, she wasn’t sure, so she spoke without much confidence.