Chapter 21 Encounter
The air was filled with the smell of rancid and burnt things, and Zhao Guangcheng walked cautiously, his nunchucks clutched tightly in his hands.
A gust of wind blew and shook the plastic curtain at the entrance of the supermarket, startling Zhao Guangcheng.
Zhao Guangcheng first came to the shopping cart outside the supermarket, checked the contents of a few shopping carts, took the usable ones back into the car, and then turned around to enter the supermarket. The shopping cart was basically food, but most of it had been damaged packaging, and some were stained with blood, Zhao Guangcheng didn't ask for it, and only brought it back in good condition.
The supermarket is relatively bright, and the lights inside are always on. It's a mess inside, it should have been cleaned by people nearby at the beginning of the mutation, a large amount of goods were scattered around, and the shelves were crooked. The fruits on the platform were already rotting, and as soon as people approached, the flies on it flew with a "buzz". The table where the meat was placed was crawling with maggots, the meat had turned black, and there was a lot of gray-black water around it.
There were several human stump skeletons in the corner, and nothing intact was found in the supermarket hall, so Zhao Guangcheng had to continue to look inside.
Turning the corner, Zhao Guangcheng heard some movement inside. Zhao Guangcheng stretched out his head and looked down, and found that there were many zombies inside surrounded by a door, and the door was closed, Zhao Guangcheng felt that there might be someone inside.
It seemed that the zombies in the hall were attracted here, and Zhao Guangcheng hurriedly retreated to avoid being discovered by the zombies inside.
Back in the car, Zhao Guangcheng told everyone about the situation inside and his own judgment. As soon as Luo Jia heard that there might be survivors inside, he asked to rescue them.
After Qiao Xingyu analyzed the situation, he felt that the current situation was beyond the ability of the four of them to save people, and the situation inside was unknown, Zou Qiqi originally advocated saving people, but after listening to Qiao Xingyu's analysis, he stopped making a sound.
Luo Jia saw that Zhao Guangcheng was also nodding, and seeing that no one responded to his idea of saving people with kindness, he was angry and turned his head to ignore Zhao Guangcheng.
This time the harvest can be described as very little, and everyone is depressed because of the little episode just now.
The car went out of the west gate on Zhangdong Road, this road is very wide, and there are many construction sites nearby, so there are few people and sparse cars.
Qiao Xingyu drove the car slowly, observing the situation on both sides of the road.
"Where's next?" Qiao Xingyu asked, this sentence broke the dullness in the car.
No one had a good idea, so they had to take it one step at a time.
The car turned onto Gaoke Middle Road and went straight towards Shengxia Road.
"I still have to look for food", Zhao Guangcheng said, sneaking a glance at Luo Jia and finding that Luo Jia was looking at him.
Luo Jia saw Zhao Guangcheng's eyes glancing over, hurriedly glared at him, and immediately turned his head to look out the window.
"It's Midsummer Road ahead", Qiao Xingyu said: "There are a lot of small shops to eat over there, and there is a Lianhua supermarket, we can go and have a look, there is a big pharmacy nearby, maybe there are useful things." ”
The car continued on the road, lined with abandoned vehicles, and there were also motorcycles and bicycles that had fallen to the ground on the side of the road. There were more bodies on the road, more and more scrapped vehicles, and many of them were blocked together because of the collision, some of them had burned marks, and some of them were just the frames.
In order to avoid obstacles, Qiao Xingyu was unable to drive the car onto the sidewalk several times.
"There is a car in front", the sudden discovery shocked Zou Qiqi's spirit, and Qiao Xingyu also saw the car.
Luo Jia didn't care about sulking at this time, and together with Zhao Guangcheng, he poked his head in front and looked out of the windshield.
The silver Wuling Hongguang on the opposite side was turning from the midsummer intersection, and the driver also spotted the vehicle here. Hongguang slowed down, and both cars stopped when they met.
Qiao Xingyu rolled down the window and looked at the driver of the opposite car, the driver was wearing glasses and had a thin face.
The driver of Wuling Hongguang also put down the window glass and said hello to Qiao Xingyu. Neither side got out of the car, so they talked to each other through the window.
"Where?" The man with glasses spoke first.
"I don't know, I can't figure out where it's safe," Qiao Xingyu was still wary of strangers.
The man with glasses smiled, the reason for entering society early made him far more perceptive than some students in school. So simply take the initiative yourself and reduce the sense of rejection on the other side.
"I came from Lianhua Supermarket," the glasses man said, "Brother, relax, everyone is a survivor, and it is rare to be alive." ”
Qiao Xingyu nodded, seemingly agreeing with his words.
"How's the situation at Lianhua Supermarket?"
"Not very well," the man in glasses replied with a helpless expression.
"Fallen?" Qiao Xingyu asked, a little unwilling.
"If the situation was good, how could I be here", the man with glasses nodded.
"What's the plan?"
"Let's take a look and find a safe place to stay, what about you?"
"Together?" Qiao Xingyu sent an invitation to the man with glasses. Considering that many people have multiple chances to survive, Qiao Xingyu let go of his worries.
"Together." The man with glasses nodded.
The two cars drove one after the other to the door of a Xishiduo convenience store on the side of the road in front of them, and the door of this convenience store was closed. The man with the eyes beckoned Qiao Xingyu to park the car together at the door to form an external triangle, and then got out of the car and took out something to go to the door to tinker with.
Qiao Xingyu also got out of the car, walked over, and saw the man with glasses using a tool to unlock the lock. The man with glasses looked back and saw Qiao Xingyu looking at him, smiled, raised the tool in his hand and said, "The guy who eats." ”
Qiao Xingyu also smiled awkwardly and touched his nose.
After about half an hour, the lock was opened by the eyed man. Qiao Xingyu went back to the car and shouted to everyone to get out of the car, and everyone entered the convenience store together.
The contents inside are relatively well preserved, thanks to the protection of the iron gate.
"Luck, hehe, Dai Yanqiang who went to NM." The man with glasses took out a drink from the freezer, unscrewed the lid and filled it.
"What do you call it?" Qiao Xingyu led everyone over and planned to introduce them together.
"Hou Ruigang," the man with glasses opened the freezer door, "you can call me a monkey, and you can drink it casually." ”
The four of them have not eaten a drop of water since they set off, and they have taken a mouthful of drinks from the freezer, and opened the conversation box while drinking.
From the monkey's mouth, everyone learned some things that they didn't know before, such as the characteristics of zombies, the cause of infection, and so on. The monkey also said something about his companions, and of course hid the part that was expelled by Dai Yanqiang.
Only then did Qiao Xingyu and the others know that the group of people who died in Jiafuli before were monkey partners.
"You can't go to Jiafu, and you can't go to Lianhua Supermarket", Qiao Xingyu searched for a suitable place to settle nearby in his mind, and turned around and asked Zhao Guangcheng: "Where else?" ”
"What about Hualian? Where is the sun and moonlight", the monkey asked.
"There's nothing, we just came from there," Mr. Zhao said.
"I think of a place," Zou Qiqi said, "and there is a church in front of it, which is the Catholic Jixian Bridge Church, which I have been to several times. ”
Qiao Xingyu remembered this place, and when he chased Zou Qiqi before, he also went with him.
The monkey looked over, and Qiao Xingyu nodded: "That location is really good, there is a fence outside." ”
"It's good here, there is food and drink, why do I have to move?" Luo Jia asked puzzled.
"This place is not suitable for a long stay, the door is right on the road and it is not safe at all to be blocked outside by only two cars. There is only one exit from the main entrance of the house, and once it is blocked inside, it is a dead end. The monkey spoke his mind.
"Let's rest first, and then sort out all the things inside and take them away, just like Ruigang your Wuling Hongguang can be installed, we will take everything we can take away." Qiao Xingyu also agreed with Hou Ruigang's opinion and began to make a transfer plan.
"Or call me a monkey, call me Ruigang I thought someone else was shouting, haha", the monkey touched his head and laughed, no one had ever called him Ruigang.