CHAPTER XXXII
That night, they stayed at a hotel on the side of the road. There was no more reliable place nearby, and the bushes outside were even more terrifying than the hotels.
The door to the hotel seemed sturdy to Julia, and they found a room with the door open and no zombies to get into, and after trying to lock the door, the two of them crept in and closed the door.
Finding something hard and making sure she could smash open the floor-to-ceiling glass window in a moment's time, Julia drew the thick gray velvet curtains, and she lit a thumb-sized candle next to the TV stand.
There were two beds in the standard room, and after dinner and drinking water, the two of them extinguished the candles and lay down on the bed. They had to rest early to prepare for the adventure that would continue tomorrow.
In the darkness, only the silent breathing of each other could be heard.
"Ah Zhen, are you asleep?" Julia asked softly.
"Not yet." Yin Zhen's voice was a little muffled.
After a while, Julia said, "Today, those things...... Thank you. ”
"You've already thanked you."
"Hmm...... I probably didn't expect you to run back to Sephora to get these. Julia said softly, "Wasn't you afraid of meeting zombies at that time?" ”
Yin Zhen thought for a moment before saying, "It shouldn't be." I don't think so. ”
Julia laughed silently, "How did you think to go get these?" ”
"Didn't you want to?" Yin Zhen said softly, "I also understand that women just like these things." ”
"Before, I bought these for your wife?"
“…… Not. She doesn't need that. ”
Julia was taken aback by this, and she couldn't help but sit up: "She doesn't use makeup? ”
"It's not that you don't need it, it's just that you don't need it." Yin Zhen paused, "You are all ...... It's all machine-made, isn't it? ”
"yes."
"The women in our family are all handmade."
Julia lay down sullenly and muttered: "That's right, your family is so rich, cosmetics must be handmade, and ordering products will not be rare These popular brands - pure handmade, how to do it?" ”
"The process is very complicated, the raw materials are roses, jasmine and other fragrant flowers, steamed over and over again, filtered ......" Yin Zhen smiled, "Don't ask me, I'm not good at this." I have a younger brother who is very good at doing these things, making rouge paste for his wife and something. ”
Julia laughed: "That's not Jia Baoyu." Your younger brother must be very popular with women. ”
Yin Zhen sighed "hmm" and didn't say anything more. Julia could hear the cold irony in it, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”
"Not really." Yin Zhen said lightly, "I have always had a bad relationship with this brother. When I think of him, I feel a little unhappy. ”
"You're miserable. Your brothers may be wearing a roof and sitting on a beautiful woman, but you are hiding in a ruined hotel and gnawing on the cool nest...... It's also natural to have a mental imbalance. ”
Yin Zhen's tone was a little displeased: "Am I the kind of person who is jealous of this little thing?" ”
"Then why do you look at people unpleasantly?"
After a while, Yin Zhencai said, "I don't know." Anyway, it's not pleasing to the eye, he's that person, he loves to pretend too much, in fact, I have no grievances with him, and the usual relationship is average. My younger brother is very popular, and many people like him, and by the way, my younger brother likes him too. ”
Julia was helpless: "What about you, you talk to you in a good voice and talk to you, you say that people are pretending, and you don't feel pretending if you have to scold." ”
Unexpectedly, Yin Zhen laughed: "That's right." Although you don't have a good brain and a short temper......"
"Hey!"
"But you won't lie to me. You won't do this kind of thing if you are kind on the surface and secretly stumble on people. Yin Zhen turned his face sideways, his eyes flickering in the darkness, "I like you like this." ”
Julia couldn't help laughing, stretched out her hand and gently slapped his brain: "You have to be like this to think that people are real." ”
The next day, the two continued on their way. Near noon, they finally encountered the first large supermarket on the road, in fact, there were many small retail stores along the way, first, they were almost smashed, dilapidated and dangerous, and second, there were not many things.
There is a circle of sunlight on the outside of the supermarket, and you can see the overturned shelves.
They cautiously approached the door of the supermarket, where the roller shutter was halfway up and one could get into it with a slight bend, and a rusty shopping cart was left alone, piled with bottles painted with colorful fruit patterns, but also stained with dried blood, which looked very horrible to watch.
They walked in from the entrance, Yin Zhen looked around, he could see a big glass house next to it, with a big M written on a red background and yellow letters on the top, and a strangely dressed red-nosed man at the door, smiling and stretching out his hand to stand in the local area, as if welcoming their arrival.
"What's there?" He pointed at Julia at the M.
"McDonald's, don't you know each other?" Julia lowered her voice.
"Mai...... When to work? What's that for? ”
"Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? Sell burgers. ”
"What's a burger?"
Julia endured it for a long time.
“…… Two slices of bread sandwiched with lettuce leaves, cheese, and a piece of meat. Then grab them together with your hands and bite them together. This is the burger. ”
Yin Zhen was a little confused: "Can that thing be delicious?" ”
“…… You can worry about me to death, why don't you even give you a burger? Love me, China won't love like this! ”
Yin Zhen didn't ask any more questions, he glanced at the red-haired man with a weird smile again, and then followed Julia into the supermarket.
As expected, the inside of the supermarket is very messy, and most of them have been looted countless times. There aren't many items that are intact. It was dark inside, but the sun was shining in a little outside, and I could barely see what was around the outside.
Julia was in the midst of a mess, scurrying through the rubbish for something usable, when she suddenly stopped and pulled out a bulging iron gadget from a pile of cardboard boxes.
"Merlin canned!" She suppressed her surprise, her voice trembling. Yin Zhen leaned over and took a look, it was a circle larger than the cat food he had eaten, and a large piece of meat was drawn on it, with the words Merlin luncheon meat written on it.
"Is it pork?" He asked.
"Well, it's delicious." Julia's voice was full of excitement, "I hope it's not bad, the smell of this thing will definitely make your mouth water!" ”
Yin Zhen reached out and touched the cardboard box, but didn't touch the second one.
"Do you want to look inside?"
"Let's go!"
After walking in for a while, Yin Zhen touched a box of Bilang, and he almost put his face on the bag before he could see the sign clearly by the faint light.
"Julia, what is the blue wave?"
"Laundry detergent." She was surprised.
Yin Zhen was surprised: "Isn't the laundry detergent called Mystic?" ”
There is only a box of mysterious laundry detergent that has been accumulated for a long time at home, and Yin Zhen uses it to wash bed sheets and quilt covers all day long, which makes him mistakenly think that the laundry detergent in the world is called Aomiao.
"You, you really have to P&G to death."
"Isn't it all laundry detergent?" Yin Zhen muttered, "What's the difference?" Why call it by a different name? What a hassle! ”
Julia said angrily: "When you become the emperor one day, just like Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, he changed the name of the laundry detergent in the whole world to Aomiao!" ”
"Uh-huh! When the time comes, this will be the first decree I have prepared! ”
Julia sneered, "You just want to unify the laundry detergent?" Instant noodles don't want to be unified? ”
Yin Zhen thought for a while: "I think Nissin's noodles are the best." Well, all instant noodles from now on will be called Nissin! ”
Julia almost laughed silly!
Yin Zhen stuffed the laundry detergent into his bag and continued to walk forward, he kept touching his surroundings with his hands, because he couldn't quickly tell if what he caught was useful like Julia, so he could only pull it over and identify it for her.
"This ...... What is it? He whispered the big black cylinder in his hand to Julia.
Julia took it and looked at it: "It's a DSLR." ”
"You can't eat it, can you?"
"Isn't this nonsense!"
As soon as he heard that he couldn't eat it, Yin Zhen snapped and threw the thing aside. Julia sighed.
"What's wrong?" Yin Zhen looked at her inexplicably.
"I think you threw away a Nikon SLR like that, I feel distressed, maybe more than 10,000."
"If you can't eat or wear, it's useless." Yin Zhen said, continued to explore, and after a while, handed over another box.
"Nestle." Julia stuffed it into the backpack behind Yin Zhen's back, "I guess I can still drink it." Anyway, it's not heavy, you can keep it for a taste. ”
"What is it?"
"Coffee."
"What is coffee?"
“…… Pretend to be stupid for me again, I'll really pump you, do you believe it or not? ”
Looking at Julia's depressed face, Yin Zhen didn't ask, he took two steps to the left, reached forward and touched it, and touched a large cylinder.
"This ......"
Julia stared at it, with a happy look on her face: "Good luck!" ”
"What?"
"Expired milk powder."
“……”
"Ah Zhen, keep looking, I'm optimistic about your luck!"
Next, Yin Zhen lived up to expectations and found another pack of expired Cantonese sausages, two boxes of expired oatmeal, and a pack of expired pistachios. Even though it's all expired food, the two of them are still happy.
After walking for a while, Yin Zhen stopped in the faint light, his hand resting on a gate.
"There's a passage here." He whispered.
Julia leaned over and looked at it carefully in the dark: "It seems to have glass, isn't it cold storage?" ”
"Cold storage?"
"Probably a place to store meat." Julia explained in a low voice to Yin Zhen.
"Forget it." As soon as he heard this, he immediately said, "It's been five years, and even fresh pork has gone bad, who knows what's in this door?" Wait, what's so slippery on this ground-"
Before he could finish his words, his body suddenly slipped out! Julia reflexively wanted to reach out to help him, but unexpectedly, she stepped on those slippery things under her feet, and before she could hold it, the whole person hung on Yin Zhen!
Yin Zhen desperately grabbed the handle just now in order to prevent himself from being dragged to the ground by her.
"Yes...... Oil! ”
Julia screamed.
Before her voice fell, the handle was vigorously broken open by Yin Zhen, and the door creaked open a crack!
A strange disgusting smell came out of it.
Suddenly, Julia heard a terrible scream!
It was a deep wail, like a wolf, but more terrible than a wolf's howl, like the abnormal wheezing of a lung patient at the end of his life, sharp and piercing, but uniform.
In the faint light, Yin Zhen saw Julia's face change drastically!
"It's a zombie!" She got up, "Run!" ”
Before Julia's voice fell, I saw half of the stinking, rotting body stuffed out of the half-open door!
Yin Zhen was completely stunned!
Before he could wake up, Julia's knife flew over: "...... Turn your face away! ”
He avoids his face suddenly, he heard the sound of the blade piercing into his flesh, his screams became hoarse, and then, the dirty liquid splashed onto Yin Zhen's neck!
With one hand on the ground, Yin Zhen tried to get up, but the ground was too slippery, and he kicked twice without success.
Inside the door, zombies poured out one after another, and Julia slashed at them with her knife.
"Hurry up, Ah Zhen!" Julia screamed hoarsely as she held off the zombies for him, "Hold on to the doorknob!" ”
Yin Zhenyi gritted his teeth, grabbed the doorknob and finally got up. He tried to touch the gun, but Julia, who kept retreating, almost stopped him.
“…… Go to the exit, fast! She hit Yoon Jin on the shoulder and pushed him towards the glowing entrance.
"But what about you! Julia, what do you do! ”
"Leave me alone, run!"
After stumbling, Yin Zhen moved his stiff legs and ran towards the light. However, before he could take two steps, he stopped.
The man was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly pulled out the crowbar, turned around and rushed back!
"Fool! What are you doing back? Julia's cry was already crying, "It's too much, we can't escape......"
"I can escape!" Yin Zhen hissed, "Julia! Let's put them back in! ”
He leaned against the door, pushing it in as hard as he could, while pressing his crowbar against the wall to keep it from opening any further. The zombies that were crushed by the door stiffened in the doorway, crunching the metal door. Yin Zhen pulled out the short knife again and stabbed those zombies with their heads outside!
"Julia, help me!" Yin Zhen shouted, "Help me hold the door!" ”
The figure flashed, and a strong force was suddenly added to the door, and they pushed the door in by two-thirds together, and now the gap became smaller, and the zombies crowded at the door were kicked and kicked by them, and fell back in a row.
Who knows, a zombie suddenly rushed forward and wanted to squeeze out of the door!
Although the light was dim, Julia could see that the zombie was dressed in a strange robe, vaguely recognizable with a square pattern embroidered on its chest, and its wide hem was sandwiched between the cracks in the door, making its legs and feet look stumbling.
At this moment, Julia heard Yin Zhen screaming!
She looked back and saw that Yin Zhen was standing straight behind her, her arms hanging down, motionless, and her face was as white as a dead man!
Because Yin Zhen was relieved, Julia couldn't stand the door alone, and the crack in the door suddenly opened! And the horrible fellow in his robe, with rotten eyes, took this opportunity to reach out his withered hand to catch them.
"Ah Zhen!" Julia screamed, "I can't stand it! ”
As if waking up from a dream, Yin Zhen took a deep breath, he raised the carbine in his hand and smashed it into the zombie's head!
One time! Twice! Three clicks!
The zombie couldn't stand it, its head clicked and cracked, and it leaned back!
The door is closed.
In the darkness, the screams suddenly stopped, and only muffled strange sounds continued to come from behind the heavy metal doors.
Yin Zhen gasped for a long time, and then, he heard Julia's tired and hoarse voice: "...... Let's go. ”
Walking outside, the two of them stood under the sun and kept shivering, trembling so much that their souls were not possessed.
After a long time, the mood slowly calmed down, Julia looked at Yin Zhen, his eyes were stunned, his mouth was open, his face was so yellow as if he was seriously ill, as if he was still shrouded in great fear.
"Ah Zhen ......"
She spoke softly and reached out to touch his shoulder, trying to comfort him. Who would have thought that Yin Zhen's legs would suddenly become weak and fall to the ground with a poof!
"What's wrong?!" Julia was startled.
“…… Yes, it's my brother. He stammered, his lips shaking.
"What?" Julia was stunned.
"That ...... That zombie, is it...... It's my eighth brother. Yin Zhen slowly raised his face and looked at her as if he was about to cry, "I'll kill ...... Killed my brother. ”