Chapter 22: On the Road!
If you only look at it with the naked eye, the sun hanging high in the sky at this moment seems to be no different from the previous summer. The dazzling sunlight fell from the blue sky and spilled all the way to the realm of the world, revealing a shocking viciousness.
Every street was littered with scalded, shriveled and curled up corpses. The buildings cracked in the heat, and some of the houses that were not of good quality had already collapsed into small mountains of debris. The ground cracked, and occasionally a sturdy fallen species could be seen swimming among the rubble. In just over a month, the outside world has lost even a little popularity, making it hard to believe that this was once a highly developed human civilization society.
The air is hot and dry, and I don't know where all the rivers, lakes and seas have gone. As far as the eye can see, there is no half of greenery as far as the eye can see, and where the truck rumbles past, there will immediately roll up bursts of thick yellow dust and smoke half a person high, and it is almost difficult to see.
Lin Sanjiu, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the truck, couldn't help but glance in the rearview mirror.
Behind her, another cargo truck of the same model followed, followed by a long bus. This was not the focus of Lin Sanjiu's gaze, she narrowed her eyes and carefully looked at the black smoke rising from the sky in the distance.
The place where the black smoke rose was the shopping mall that had housed them for a month.
Stayed for so long and finally had to leave...... Lin Sanjiu's thoughts couldn't help but go back to a month ago.
After Lin Sanjiu accidentally discovered the full supermarket warehouse, the three of them were really happy at that time - they didn't even need to count them, just by looking at their eyes, they could see that the fresh water stored in the warehouse was definitely enough for them to survive 14 months. And living in an underground supermarket without worrying about direct sunlight is really ideal!
The only problem was the small tropical forest in the hall outside.
After all, people are still greedy for comfort - a few people discussed it, and felt that in the current situation, as long as they were closed in the underground supermarket, the plant forest outside would not be able to do anything to them. It just so happened that the last few days have been thrilling, and they have consumed a lot of their bodies, and in the name of recuperation and adjustment, the three of them simply settled down in the supermarket.
This recuperation was enough for more than two weeks. Because they didn't have to worry about eating and drinking, the iron gate was closed, and there were no foreign enemies, the three of them lived a comfortable life in the new world for the first time - so much so that two or three weeks later, Lin Sanjiu accidentally pinched his waist and found that he had grown meat.
This excess fat is like a slap in the face - it's not that Lin Sanjiu is worried about whether she looks good at the end of the world, but she suddenly thought of a sentence in her Chinese class in middle school, "Born in sorrow, and die in peace." ”
If you think about it carefully, in the past two or three weeks, I haven't generated any abilities again, and my advanced abilities are still the same, and I don't mean to evolve at all. It's not easy to say that it is not easy to generate ability, but in the first few days of the new world, under the face of many crises, she quickly generated a full physical increase - indicating that the current time span is definitely not normal.
With this idea, Lin Sanjiu discussed with the other two, and immediately decided to send two people out on patrol every day - that is, for the sake of safety, he could also exercise himself by the way.
The idea was very good, but I didn't expect that as soon as the iron door was opened, the three of them were stupid.
When the door opened, it was about four o'clock in the afternoon, but the elevator leading to the lobby on the first floor was still shrouded in thick darkness.
Lin Sanjiu looked at the front stupidly, and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that the sun is setting so early now?" ”
Lu Ze was speechless. Suddenly, Marser stretched out his hand and shouted, "Look! Lin Sanjiu and Lu Ze looked in the direction she pointed, and their internal organs were cold.
The darkness that covered the elevator, as if sensing something, moved slightly—it didn't matter, and a little sunlight poured in at once, revealing the green of half of the vine leaves. Only then did the three of them realize that the reason why it was dark outside the iron gate was because it was blocked by plants.
Then, more and more shadows moved, and dozens of green vines, large and small, densely packed, seemed to smell the smell of human children, and one by one they came to life, slowly poking their heads in the direction of the iron gate. I don't know who shouted first, but none of the three dared to delay, turned around and rushed back to the supermarket, and pulled down the iron door with a bang.
The green vines crackled against the iron door, and the heavy iron door actually concave several bulges inward.
It seems that as long as you go out a few more times, this iron gate will not be able to hold up.
Back in the supermarket, the faces of the three people were extremely ugly. No one expected that so soon, they would go from taking the initiative to avoid the world to now they can't get out if they want to.
"This place, we can't stay ......" Lin Sanjiu smiled bitterly, "You say, what now?" ”
"Even if you have to leave, you have to bring the things from the warehouse." Marser said through gritted teeth.
"It's not difficult to bring things with us, let's find a few big trucks outside and move as many as we can. The question is...... How are we going to get out now? The only passage is tightly blocked by those ghost vines. Lin Sanjiu asked with a sad face.
The three of them were quiet for a while, and Lu Ze suddenly said "ah", and then a carp jumped up, turned around and ran towards the back of the supermarket, shouting loudly as he ran: "The elevator entrance is not the only passage!" Wine, you take the key! There's a door in the back! ”
This sentence reminded Martha, and she slapped her face, and her face suddenly lit up: "That's right! How did I forget that! As soon as they drank three wines, they also hurriedly followed.
Within seconds, three people were standing at the back door of the supermarket. Since Lin Sanjiu appeared from the staff room, Lu Ze and Marser had forgotten about this back door completely, and Lin Sanjiu only knew for the first time that there was a back door that didn't know where it led.
She prayed silently as she opened the door with the key.
God treats them fairly - behind the door is a narrow slope, and out of the slope, several people find themselves standing behind the mall with a huge row of garbage cans. It seems to be a place for supermarket employees to clean up their tools and dispose of garbage, and when you walk out of here, you will soon see a small road.
Looking at the shopping mall full of green branches through the glass, several people felt that the cracked and blackened road was so cute for the first time.
What to do next is clear.
The first thing to do is to find three cars. It's not hard to find a car – almost 80 percent of the population is dead, and the city is full of cars with keys and abandoned by people running out of gasoline and electricity. With little effort, the three of them found two large cargo trucks and a bus.
After taking the battery from the garage and replacing it, and filling a few full tanks of gas from the gas station, the car was finally able to move - all three large cars were driven onto the small road in one go, and it was finally parked side by side with great difficulty.
The supermarket filled three cars full of water, and there was still a lot left in the warehouse. However, a few people were not greedy, there were enough in the car, and the rest were stacked on both sides of the street, leaving it for the other survivors.
Before leaving, Lin Sanjiu brought a few barrels of gasoline, and Lu Ze and Marser prepared a whole case of wine.
"Are you ready?" Lin Sanjiu hugged a heavy brick and smiled at his partner beside him. Seeing that the two of them nodded, she shouted: "Okay, let's start throwing it!" ”
With a shout of excitement, bricks, stones, chairs, all sorts of things smashed like meteor showers towards the greenery-covered glass doors and windows of the mall.
A series of crisp sounds resounded through half the street—shards of glass fell from mid-air as if it were raining, and shimmered in the dark night air.
The branches covered in the glass were frightened and swayed in the air, not knowing who to attack for a moment. But before they could find the culprit in the human scent, bottles and barrels of liquor and barrels of gasoline flew in through the cracks in the broken glass, landed on the plants, and splashed everywhere.
The last step of arson required a bit of skill - Mather, the fastest and lightest of the three, with four or five polished matches in his hand, rushed to the door of the shopping mall like a rabbit, and with a flick of his hand, a few flashes of fire fell into the green.
The flames hissed and spread, not fast, but firm. Soon, the first floor was filled with a red fire—and within five minutes of burning, a shrill scream came from the lobby of the mall, as if something was hurting, and all the blades were waving wildly.
I don't know why, Lin Sanjiu actually felt a long-lost pleasure - she laughed a few times, waved her hand at the two people beside her, and laughed loudly: "Let's withdraw!" After saying that, he took the lead and ran out first.
A few people had just run out of the street, only to hear a loud "boom", the top glass of the shopping mall was burned down, and it was pressed down with an unstoppable force, and half of the building disappeared into the flames.
Trucks and buses were parked far away in the morning, and three people drove a car, with the last bit of starlight before sunrise, and embarked on an unknown journey......
Shaking his head, Lin Sanjiu threw the scene of last night out of his mind.
She glanced in the rearview mirror with a solemn face, then turned on the taillights, and the big truck slowly slowed down and leaned against the side of the road.
The truck driven by Lu Ze and the bus driven by Mather behind him also slowed down one by one and stopped.
"What's wrong? Why don't you go? Lu Ze rolled open the window and shouted in the direction of Lin Sanjiu.
Lin Sanjiu pushed the car door, jumped down, and stood in the middle of the road, holding a baton in his hand.
"Someone is following us." She frowned, enduring the yellow sand in the air.