Chapter 184: Hungry Zombie IV
Han Weijun tiptoed over to the green belt, and ten meters away in front of him, there were scattered zombies wandering in the snow around the periphery of the large orange building. The parking lot was empty, only in the passage dedicated to transport, where a few wagons were parked.
The wind and snow fell again, and the flags outside the building swayed in the wind and made the sound of hunting.
Han Weijun observed for a while, and then beckoned behind him, and then, from the other side of the road, more than a dozen figures emerged one after another, trotting towards the position he was in. The dock is occupied by zombies that appear in the sea, and Xiaolou can't stay any longer. Zhang Zhao and the others loaded as much food as they could, and followed Han Weijun for more than two hours before they arrived at this furniture mall located at the back of Harbour City.
As the world's largest chain of household goods stores, Orange Home Furnishing has more than 200 shopping malls of similar scale in the south alone. From wardrobes and sofas to pots and pans. According to Han Weijun, the orange home furnishing in Harbour City has only been in business for more than half a year, and due to the distance from the city and the fact that the early publicity is not very in place, the popularity is much worse than that of other old local home furnishing cities.
Most of the residential buildings around are still under construction, although they are also nearing completion, but it will take at least more than a year to wait until they move in.
"There are eight zombies I can see, most of them are staff of the mall, so let's just say, it's not very popular here, there are very few people." Han Weijun opened his mouth to speak, and immediately there was flying snow falling into his mouth. Looking at the almost empty periphery, he was a little proud, after all, these days, it is rare to have a more reliable information.
"I can't run anymore this time." Guo Rong said, and then drew his battle knife, beckoned Xu Haihai and a few people, and took the lead in touching it to clean up the wandering zombies.
After dealing with the zombies, a few people also dispersed, and after confirming that there were no other zombies, they waved their hands to the few people hiding in the green belt on the side of the road.
The downstairs door of Orange Home is closed, and there is no blood in the hall, which undoubtedly reveals a good message that this mall, when the zombie virus broke out, was not attacked by zombies on a large scale.
The glass door of the mall was locked by an iron chain, and Song Dabao smiled: "I'll just say it, the tools I carry are very useful." ”
Song Dabao cut off the chain lock with three strokes and five divisions, and the chain slipped and fell to the ground, making a clanging sound. Zhang Zhao frowned and said, "Be quiet, although it seems calm on the surface, we still have to be careful." In Zhang Zhao's heart, in the apocalyptic world, no place is absolutely safe.
In this transfer, in addition to Zhang Zhao and the eleven people together, there are also a few Song Muyuan and them, adding up to nearly twenty people. The movement speed of the zombies is slow, but such a huge group of corpses may not take two days to spread to the entire dock. Whether it is a small building or any container on the dock, it is no longer suitable to stay, once the zombies are besieged by zombies, there is no way out except to wait for death.
Although there is no shortage of food there, there is no safe defense, and if the corpses find a living thing, they will attack it in groups. Everyone knows that that small building, which is a little thin, cannot withstand the attack of corpses.
Everyone packed their backs as much as they could, and except for their weapons, the quilts that kept them warm were abandoned in the small building. Otherwise, the two modified vehicles did not drive away, which is really distressing.
After everyone entered the gate of the mall, Song Dabao hung the chain lock back on the door, and then pushed several tables next to him to the door with Guo Rong and a few others, and carefully checked them.
Han Weijun pointed to the elevator on the right and said: "Here is the shopping mall on the second floor, mainly restaurants and some small household items, and large items are on the third floor." ”
Although the specifications and layout of each store in Orange Home Mall are different, the facilities are standardized, such as restaurants, rest areas, etc. During the time when Orange Home Furnishing in N City opened, Zhang Zhao also went to join in the excitement twice.
Big stars like Li Zhizhi and Park Anna rarely go out alone in normal times, even if they participate in any activities, they are all bodyguards, and the staff surrounds them impenetrable. After becoming famous, all work and life are strictly controlled, for such a place full of life, just looking at the publicity display downstairs, I am a little excited.
"Looks like you're familiar with this." Fang Dongdao.
"Before the store decoration or something, I purchased a lot of things by myself, and for about three months, I ran here almost every day." Han Weijun said.
The power grid of most cities has long been paralyzed, and even if they have their own generators and no one to operate them, they still can't use electricity. For this kind of shopping mall, the placement of every elevator and each group of containers is planned. Just like you are a shopping mall for tourist attractions, all the display cabinets of the large stores in it are just for tourists to walk through every place and promote consumption.
During the two-hour journey from the pier to the orange home, there was no major trouble, and occasionally encountered a few wandering zombies, which was not enough to warm up for the battle-hardened team. The only thing that made Zhang Zhao feel irritable was that Song Muyuan's group, especially a few girls, chattered all the way.
Everyone is racing against time to escape, and they seem to be traveling, one will be attracted by the novel buildings on the roadside, and the other will be amazed by the beautiful scenery. If it weren't for the snow, the 10-kilometer journey would not have taken two hours at all. Halfway through, there were three more times when someone was tired of walking and wanted to stop and rest.
In the final analysis, it all comes down to being too soft-hearted. After all, they are just students who have never entered the WTO, and they have not made a big mistake, and it is difficult for ordinary people to do it if they are left to death and left themselves to their own destruction.
After going up to the second floor, the sign at the entrance said the direction of the mall and the direction of the restaurant. The inside of the door was pitch black, and there were no windows for light in a place like this. Zhang Zhao turned on the flashlight and shone inside, a deep passage stretched out, and as far as the eye could see, the corners of several tables could be seen.
Han Weijun probed the probe and said, "Team Zhang, I think let's go first and a group of people, it's all dark inside, if something happens, it's good to take care of it." ”
Zhang Zhao nodded in agreement and said, "Let's go in and find the lighting area first, light up all the lighting tools that can be used, and then slowly clean up." ”
Song Muyuan felt that they could bring their own group of people, and he was grateful. During this period of time, as the main force of the team, I have worked hard, but since I was with Zhang Zhao and them, I don't seem to have anything to do with myself. He knew very well how troublesome this group of students was, and the only thing he was afraid of now was how to deal with himself if he really angered them one day.
If you want to truly integrate into these people, you have to become one of them, even if Xu Haihai didn't remind him when he came, he knew this truth very well.
"I'll go too, I'm still very good at finding things." After Song Muyuan finished speaking, he smiled a little embarrassedly when he saw that everyone was looking at him strangely.
Someone volunteered to take the risk, of course Zhang Zhao would not refuse, and in the end, he himself, as well as Guo Rong, Xu Haihai, Fang Dong, Xiang Nan, Song Muyuan, and Han Weijun, went to explore the road first, and the rest rested in place.
The shopping mall has not seen sunlight for many years, and after losing electricity, any ventilation system and heating are useless. After entering the door and walking in for a while, I felt cold and eerie.
"Damn, it's colder than outside." Guo Rong suddenly spoke, and the last cold word he said floated into the distance, with an ethereal feeling.
Everyone was frightened, and Zhang Zhao whispered: "Pot, you want to scare people to death." ”
Guo Rong laughed embarrassedly twice, lowered his voice and said, "In such a quiet place, there is no sound at all, it feels weird." ”
Zhang Zhao glanced at him and said, "It's strange if you make a noise, if you don't know where a few zombies come out, we're going to burp." ”
Guo Rong turned the war knife horizontally, and his eyebrows jumped twice, indicating that if there were really zombies appearing, with the knife in his hand, he could be killed in minutes.
Zhang Zhao didn't answer his words again, but walked towards the restaurant with a flashlight. The scale of the restaurant in the orange mall is still quite good, at least about 1,000 square meters, but what they didn't expect was that the open city of Harbour City, unlike other places, did not cause a sensation during the time when Orange Home opened up. Now it seems that these more than 100 tables and all kinds of casual bars are a bit redundant.
The dining room is full of tables and chairs, the only thing that obstructs the view is only a few load-bearing columns, and the dining area is just swept with a flashlight to make sure there are no zombies, and it's over. The open kitchen of the orange home restaurant is not a back kitchen, and every day it is a ration to sell some pastries and drinks, set steaks or something, the meals are simple, mainly to solve the problem of food and clothing.
In the window, the shiny metal plate shone brightly, and not even the slightest grease stain could be seen on it. It seems that when the zombie virus broke out, it was not during meal time, and it is very likely that because of the bleak business, Orange Home did the finishing work in a short time and evacuated the customers.
There was nothing unusual in the restaurant area, and Han Weijun booed and beckoned everyone to walk over to the small commodity area. If the restaurant is open, then the shopping mall area is slightly controlled. There is a checkpoint at the entrance, and shoppers need to swipe their cards to get in and out. This kind of is like a gate post in a subway station, and you can climb over it as a gay man.
The shelves on both sides of the entrance are filled with all kinds of puppets, large and small, from Africa and Rio de Janeiro. Even the colorful arch is very childlike.
In the dark, the light of the flashlight seems a little foggy, perhaps because of human vision, like a scene from a horror movie. Everyone marched lightly according to the direction indicators on the ground, and these dolls were just to keep the children who followed their parents to purchase, and put what they wanted most in the most conspicuous position.
For Zhang Zhao and them, these dolls were useless at all, and after a few glances, they directly skipped it. The signs on the ground are a bit like traffic signs on the road, which is very interesting.
The further you go inside, the more eerie the atmosphere created by the whole environment. And in the shopping mall, where you can hear even the sound of breathing, there is a faint echo of a voice, ticking and ticking, which hits people's hearts.
(End of chapter)