Dr. B sat on the ground, trembling, and gasped for breath, while Jing Shu also slowly exhaled. It was thanks to her understanding of the apocalypse that she had prevented them from following his suggestion to pour oil over the supplies and set them on fire.
Such an action would undoubtedly have exposed that the supplies below had already been looted. Furthermore, these people would very likely have also seen the underground tunnels and where the supplies were taken.
These diseased and decaying giant rats carried an untold number of germs and had eaten who knows how many people along the way. Jing Shu remembered that they hadn't encountered such rats over in Wu City.
