CHAPTER XVI

April 2nd. Monday. In the early hours of the morning, 0:44.

In the dim light, which was only half on, she saw a pair of eyes under thin black hair through the messy supermarket shelves.

A pair of elusive, somewhat cold, and sometimes bright eyes that pierced her eyes.

Small light.

She loved the name, and it matched his eyes and how he felt when he appeared in front of her eyes.

couldn't help it, Ding Zi gave him a smile. On the high school campus not far from here, she had never given other boys such a smile.

The boy didn't show any expression as usual, but raised his eyebrows and walked around the shelves to her. Ding Zi, an eighteen-year-old high school junior, picked up a bag of plums on the shelf, unpacked it without any scruples, took out one and stuffed it into her mouth, so sour that she almost dropped her teeth. But she loves the stimulating taste and has the illusion of her tongue flying. She was satisfied with the bag of plums, put it under the nose of Xiaoguang of the same age, and said, "It's delicious!" ”

"We're not here to find this."

An hour ago, Ding Zi and Xiaoguang were wandering in the atrium on the ground floor of the Future Dream Mall. This pair of daring young boys and girls, in the incalculable pile of corpses, rescued several seriously injured people. They bandaged the wounded briefly, gave everyone clean water, and found painkillers from the supermarket medicine counter and distributed them. Ding Zi was depressed, and he didn't know how long these people could last, if the rescue outside didn't come for a long time, maybe they would die in pain one after another.

When everyone rushed up to the top floor, Ding Zi saw Professor Wu calmly staying where he was, and Xiaoguang was indifferent, still squatting on the ground to take care of the seriously injured.

"Don't you want to run away?"

The boy calmly replied, "It's good to stay here, why run away?" ”

"Stay here and die?"

"Do you think it's better to go out? I bet you'll save a lot of your worries here. ”

"Why?"

"I guess you won't like the outside world, you might as well stay here than you have nightmares every day outside."

"Wouldn't you have nightmares if you stayed here?"

"Well, these are two kinds of nightmares, I'm sure you're more afraid of the nightmares of the living than the nightmares of the dead here, haven't you ever had them before?"

Xiaoguang's every word almost pierced the secret in her heart, making her bow her head and reply timidly: "Okay, I admit it." In an instant, a thought flashed through her mind - what if, really, stay underground forever?

They cared for the five seriously wounded on the ground floor, but they never spoke to Professor Wu, and the famous scholar went to the bathroom to wash his face, and carefully combed his hair in the mirror, and there was only a powder room.

At 0:01 on April 2, there was a deafening loud bang again, and the earth-shattering shaking occurred.

Xiaoguang pulled her to the ground.

After calming down again, seeing that all the wounded were safe and sound, Ding Zi frowned: "I'm still worried about Haimei, I don't know where she is trapped, and whether the aftershock just now will hurt her." ”

Afterwards, they say goodbye to the seriously injured one by one and go to the basement level to find her classmate and friend Haemi.

Before entering the Calford supermarket, passing a pet store, only a few poor cats and dogs remained, and the rest of the animals fled to all parts of the building. On the ground in front of the pet store, there was a dead man whose neck had been severed by broken glass, and he was still wearing the work clothes of the pet store. After seeing too many corpses just now, Ding Zi was already numb.

On the basement floor of the supermarket, she saw a dazzling array of goods scattered on the floor or displayed on the shelves. She couldn't control her hands and picked up the things she was interested in, usually small snacks that girls love to eat, as well as all kinds of small ornaments, and put a lot of mobile phone stickers in her bag.

Finally, Xiaoguang showed a little helplessness, probably this is the difference between men and women: even if it is the end of the world, she still has the desire to go shopping.

After walking around the supermarket on this floor for half an hour, Xiaoguang made himself a bowl of instant noodles - an eighteen-year-old boy couldn't afford to be hungry, so when it was time for supper, he used the electric kettle in the supermarket to boil mineral water, and he was sweating profusely and was embarrassed, completely losing the image of a cool brother, which made him very embarrassed.

Ding Zi was lying on a leather massage chair with a price tag of 3,600 yuan, turned on the power and enjoyed the electric massage of the lower back part, eating candy imported from Japan in his mouth, hanging a K gold necklace on his chest, playing AKB48 music on his iPod, and smiling at Xiaoguang eating noodles.

If, really, stay underground forever......

At least there are so many things to eat, drink, play, and wear in the mall, and she can enjoy them, and I remember that I really had a similar dream two weeks ago.

After the two of them finished enjoying the supper (Ding Zi's supper is a myriad of snacks), they went to the second basement floor of Calford Supermarket, which was similar to the above, and there were several corpses lying on the ground.

In this quieter and more empty world, Ding Zi heard some strange sound, and walked over with doubts, it was actually Plants vs. Zombies! Xiaoguang was vigilant and walked sideways in front of her to prevent a zombie from jumping out of the shadows.

Walking through the last row of shelves in the supermarket, Ding Zi saw a small closed door, and the sound of plants vs. zombies came from inside the door.

Hikari knocked heavily on the door, and the plant and the zombie ceased fighting. He turned the handle again, and found it locked. Ding Zi shouted: "Don't worry, we are here to save you." ”

Two seconds later, the small door opened slightly, revealing the face of a young girl.

"Haemi!"

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and her classmate and best friend Haimei hides in this hut.

The two high school girls hugged each other and experienced nine deaths each, and Hae-mi couldn't help but shed tears. Ding Zi was about to wipe her down, but she laughed like a child and pulled her best friend into the hut.

The room is no more than ten square meters, full of all kinds of things, and there is an inflatable mattress in the middle, on which is thrown Haimei's iPad, which is lying on the mattress and playing games.

"Doomsday survival?" Ding Zi stared dumbfounded at the hut of his sworn friendsβ€”several boxes of mineral water piled up on the wall, with dozens of flashlights, sacks of dry batteries, ZIPPO lighters, and candles of all sizes. There are also a variety of clothes, especially sweaters and down jackets to protect you from the cold, and you probably have a premonition that it will get colder and colder underground. What's even more unbelievable is that there are more than a dozen pairs of shoes on the ground, even a pair of red high heels, and a few dozen thick socks and stockings. In the end, Ding Zi's eyes fell on a few men's clothes with tags.

"Don't think about it, this is for men who can be relied on in the future - men are also necessary for survival in the last days." Haimei touched the men's clothes with satisfaction, and glanced at the small light behind Ding Zi again.

"Do you want to live here for the rest of your life?"

"Wife, I think this is the end of the world, none of us can escape, we can only hide here and wait for death, and if we can live one more day, we will earn it!"

"You say the outside world is over?"

"No one survived! Only here is the safest. Hai Mei pointed to a beam above her head and said, "You see, the entire second basement floor is the strongest in this room, and there is no trace of being shaken. As long as the door is locked, even if the zombies are out outside, you can be safe. ”

"So, you've brought in so much food and drink?"

Haimi nodded yes as she turned on the refrigerator in the corner of the room: "You don't know how hard it took me to move this guy from the household appliances area!" ”

The fridge is stuffed with a variety of drinks and food, including several of Haimei's favorite juices, and even fresh fruits! There are also bacon, sausages, chocolate, chewing gum...... As for rice, flour, instant noodles and other things that can be stored for a long time, they are all placed directly on the ground. Ding Zi also saw Tsingtao beer, imported red wine, Shaoxing rice wine, and two bottles of Wuliangye, although the Caspian Sea does not stick to the wine on weekdays.

"Hey!" Haimei picked up a bottle of Wuliangye and said, "White wine is disinfected, red wine invigorates blood, and rice wine is a luxury - what if you can stir-fry?" Beer, if you run out of water, drink beer to quench your thirst, and you can live another day or two. ”

"Well, anyway, it's such a big supermarket outside the door, and all the treasures are yours."

Haimei took out a small wooden box, which was filled with all kinds of medicines, especially life-saving antibiotics at critical moments. There are two small shovels in the corner, one is to dig a hole to escape, and the other is to defend themselves when they encounter a pervert. Next to her air mattress sat several Swiss Army knives.

Ding Zi admired the good mood of the dead friend: "You still use this to manicure your nails?" ”

"Wrong, don't you know that the Swiss Army Knife is a universal knife? The end of the world, everyone has a hand. ”

Haimei picked up a small radio after speaking, but she couldn't receive any programs, and even the short wave was a rustling noise. First, I am afraid that it is really the end of the world, and all the radio stations on the earth are finished, and secondly, because they are deep underground, they cannot receive ground signals.

There are also a bunch of watches and clocks on the wall, presumably trying to figure out how many minutes of apocalyptic survival record they have set at any given time.

Finally, there is a book that Hae-mi left for herself, called "Murder Like Water", although she has read it several times.

Ding Zi was stabbed in the eye by the title of the book.

"Haimei, have you been looking forward to the end of the world all day long?"

"Yes, that's why I'm so focused on the Doomsday Survival Manual, just to be able to live a few hours longer than others."

My best friend in the past three years in high school is actually a hidden doomsday controller!

Finally, Xiaoguang spoke: "I want to go outside to breathe." ”

"Haimei, you can also come out for a walk." Ding Zi followed the boy back to the supermarket and looked at his dead friend worriedly, "Don't you want to be with me?" ”

After a moment's hesitation, Haemi stepped out of her "Doomsday Fortress" and carefully locked the door. She even got the key, and this nest must not be occupied by others.

"If the outside world is really destroyed, don't you worry about your mom and dad?" Ding Zi asked.

Haimei bowed her head and said, "Yes, I'm worried, but what's the use of worrying?" If they're still alive, they'll be worried about me. ”

"If you had a chance to escape, would you stay here?"

"No, it won't." Haimei honestly said what was in her heart, and she didn't want to say that she wanted to stay underground alone to be Robinson, "Ding Zi, what about you?" ”

This rhetorical question overwhelmed Ding Zi, and she turned her head to look at Xiaoguang's eyes, and in his cold gaze, she couldn't find the answer.

"I don't know."

Just as he was confused about how he would choose, Ding Zi heard a chaotic and heavy footsteps. Xiaoguang pulled the two girls to hide behind the shelves.

Three men broke into the second basement floor of Calford Supermarket - the first was the young man in supermarket overalls, followed by the building's security guard, and finally a strange man in his thirties in a T-shirt, all wearing masks and gloves, looking mysterious, so that the boys and girls did not dare to come out.

The three men circled around the supermarket, looking for dead people on the ground, and then each dragged a corpse out of the cash register.

Don't...... Zombie...... Cannibalism? Ding Zi subconsciously opened her mouth, Xiaoguang stretched out her hand to block it desperately, but she still couldn't hide her terrible scream.