Chapter 1 Beginning
There was a lot of food on the shelves, potato chips and beef jerky in all kinds of flavors, and I didn't want to see the fruit and plum to be honest, but the girls waiting for us in the car insisted that I bring a few packets. Just when I didn't know what to take, my companion, who was standing around and looking around, swept across the shelves with the long-barreled shotgun he held in his hand with a nonchalant expression. I saw that the snacks in large and small packages were scattered all over the place, and of course, the shopping cart was quickly filled with a lot.
"What are you doing here?" I complained, "We can't fit that much!" ”
"How much can you bring?"
"Then you'll see what else you can do or flour or stuff, we want real food."
"Got it, got it."
Just when I wanted to continue complaining, a boy shouted from not far behind a few shelves: "Brother Heng, come here!" ”
"What's the matter? Just see what good things to take away. "I still have my eyes off the snacks on the shelves, looking for my favorite brand of beef jerky with the last hope.
"Don't ask, come and have a look!"
I lifted the black military assault rifle that slung over my shoulder, exchanged glances with the boy next to me, told him to continue the search, and then turned and walked towards the super-shouting guy behind a few shelves. The rifle on my shoulder was arguably the most powerful weapon of all of us, and it was taken out of the rotting hand of a dead soldier that I had taken out of the stench before, and that aside, the murderous weapon with thirty rounds of ammunition did give me a lot of relief. The boy with the long-barreled shotgun was my best friend from high school, Huang Weizheng, and the shotgun in his hand was another reassurance that any creature in the muzzle of the gun would basically rot to a pulp.
Huang Weizheng is about half a head taller than me, a little thin, and looks like a typical good boy, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses and a polite appearance, but in fact, like me, he has a brain full of bad ideas. Among us, he doesn't usually speak, and I think that's mainly because his deep voice doesn't get anyone else's attention. Huang Weizheng's skin is slightly darker than ours, and the rough brown jacket fits him well. Unlike my dark green hoodie jacket and blood-stained jeans, I looked more like a delinquent youth on the street and more like a kidnapped high school student.
"What's the matter?" I shook my head impatiently and looked at the tall and thin boy in front of me, who also wore black-rimmed glasses, but was obviously more eccentric than Huang Weizheng, and asked.
"You say...... Are we going to take all of this with us? "The boy's skin is whiter than that of Huang Weizheng and me, he is tall but not very tall, his high-end dark blue cotton wool vest has been torn by scratches, the cuffs of his shirt are hanging down the crook of his elbows, and the pockets of his finely made jeans are stuffed with knick-knacks like chewing gum.
I followed the boy's astonished gaze and realized that there was a shelf full of medicines in front of us, which were a godsend treasure to us at this time. Faced with these painkillers, antibiotics, and all kinds of pills that I didn't know were working, the only thing we had to do was take them all. The boy triumphantly waved the spear in his hand, which had been transformed from an iron pole and a broad-bladed dagger, and danced excitedly in front of the shelf, which made people laugh a little.
"Ahaha! Long Hao, Long Hao, you finally found something useful! I patted the boy on the shoulder and laughed, "But then again, it's my attention to come to this underground supermarket, so it's still my credit." ”
"Say less and do more, say less and do more!" Long Hao waved his hand and motioned for me to push the shopping cart under the shelves, and then, just like Huang Weizheng, pushed these "treasures" into the basket one by one.
After a while, the three of us pushed and pulled four or five shopping carts full of various substances out of the supermarket. Of course, I put a coin on the cash register before I left, even though no one would collect it at all, in other words, no one would take it even if I put a hundred dollar bill. Because in a world where everything has been lost, guns and wisdom may be more useful than money.
After climbing over the iron fence that we had knocked open, we walked loudly into the quiet underground passage. As if to deliberately do so, our various mutual ridicule and pornographic jokes reverberated unbridled in the uninhabited passage. The walls on both sides of the tunnel were plastered with missing person notices and emergency announcements, all of which we ignored. We can boldly kick the fluorescent tubes off the ceiling, and the trash cans on the side of the walkway can be kicked off indifferently, but we don't go near dark corners where there is no light or no sunlight. It didn't take much to walk before we brought today's loot to the joint in front of the tunnel entrance. After dropping us off at the underground supermarket to look for supplies, three other friends in charge of the pick-up drove us into a hidden corner to avoid unnecessary trouble, and they would meet us again at the designated location an hour later.
As soon as he stepped out of the tunnel, he saw a funny-looking, tall but somewhat bloated boy on the opposite side of the road with two girls wrapped in tight coats in a white film; Or that what was supposed to be a white SUV was waiting for us. Now that I think about it, it seems that winter is about to begin, and as soon as I stepped on the ground, I instantly felt a chill on my face, and the cold air poured into my nostrils, which made me feel a lot more refreshed.
Although it was a bright sunny day, the temperature did not rise much, the cold wind blew newspapers, leaflets and plastic bags flying all over the sky, the traffic lights on the road only the yellow light was still flashing, the barricades on the intersection were staggering, several cars collided head to tail and blocked one side of the intersection, all types of vehicles were abandoned on the road, scrapped police cars overturned in the middle of the road, the street still maintained the mess of the riots, the only difference was this damn silence. Mixed with the sound of the wind, our loud noise echoed through the deserted, dilapidated streets, not because we wanted to prove our existence, we just didn't want to be enveloped by the unsettling silence.
"Guess what good things we found, and I know that the little supermarket in the basement hasn't been found, and these supplies will last us for days."
"Load the car first." The fat boy walked briskly to the back of the car, opened the trunk and said.
"What's wrong, Fat Boy?" Long Hao shrugged his shoulders and handed over a packet of potato chips that we had opened, and said with a clatter, "We found a lot of food, enough for you to eat." ”
"We seem to have seen the Marauders' convoy pass by when we were in hiding, and it's not very safe here." The fat boy, who has always refused to come to food, took Long Hao's potato chips, and after eating a few bites, he still frowned and explained.
The "marauders" in the boy's mouth are actually those armed bandits. After the collapse of the normal social order, some decided to arm themselves. Of course, this is not a bad thing, but over time they find that they can use force to plunder others and make a living from it. Like most people, the only thing we can do when we first encounter a marauder is to run away. We have seen people fall into the hands of these marauders, and the men are killed on the spot and the women are treated horribly. In a way, they are no longer ordinary bandits, but more like demons rampant in this lawless society, so I like all kinds of video games to give them the image name - Marauders, and after a while, everyone also acquiesced to this pronoun.
"How is it possible, I haven't seen them for the past few days."
"What Wei Liqin said is true, we have all seen it with our own eyes." In the face of my questioning, the girl named Chen Mo shouted at me in a loud voice, "Maybe they haven't gone far yet!" ”
Chen Mo's bright eyes revealed an undoubted gaze, and I had no choice but to compromise, but despite this, I still didn't forget to tease this simple girl. "You shouted so loudly, it's hard to say that they will come back to arrest you when they leave."
After hearing my words, Chen Mo immediately covered his mouth with his hands in horror, and quickly observed the movements around him with his eyes. Seeing her stunned appearance, I crooked my lips and smiled, patted her on the head, and turned around to load today's loot into the SUV. When I picked up a few bags of packages and turned around to load the car, Chen Mo still stood there stupidly alert to the streets and alleys, and although the plush hooded jacket on her body was a little shabby, she could still feel the soft cotton and exquisite workmanship. Her fair cheeks were red by the cold wind, and her long dark brown hair hung down on her shoulders, even in these busy days, she still did not forget to take care of her long and delicate hair.
Like ordinary high school girls, Chen Mo likes anime and celebrities, and of course she is naturally afraid of those vicious and obscene hooligan robbers. However, another girl who was slightly shorter than Chen Mo but full of momentum seemed to care about Chen Mo and Wei Liqin's concerns. The girl's facial features are more delicate than Chen Mo's, the slightly higher cheekbones on the sweet face appear to be fuller white cheeks, like a blooming camellia delicate, the hearty short hair swings rhythmically with the crisp pace, she is busy unloading and loading the truck, she is capable and powerful, which reminds me of the Polish female partisans in World War II.
"You're not worried about marauders?" I picked out a plastic bag that I didn't know what it contained and greeted the girl.
"What's there to worry about, just pretend to be and leave."
The girl's words were reasonable, although her tone was as strong as ever. Still, this girl named Liang Minxuan was also a pampered girl, so much so that she could tell me what to look for in such an age of material scarcity, salted dried fruits and refreshing sour plums.
Taking advantage of the transportation gap, Liang Minxuan rolled up a light blue long-sleeved sports jacket, took the plastic bag I handed him, and quickly put it into the SUV suitcase. No matter how you look at this blue coat, it doesn't match her taste. The weather wasn't bad the other day, when she wore a pearl-white designer casual shirt from a haute couture store that had long been left unattended, and now she was no different from a ragged shirt on the street, and the ridiculous copycat logo on the chest of her jacket convinced me that this substandard dress must have become the most embarrassing pain for this strong woman.
"Where did you get it?"
"What?"
I pointed to the sports jacket on Liang Minxuan's body, deliberately put on a disdainful look and smiled: "What kind of brand is this?" ”
"Du Yuheng, what do you want? What happened to the one I just picked up! Liang Minxuan screamed embarrassedly, and threw a big bag of things to me. After receiving a blow to the chest, I looked down, only to find that it was the flour I asked Huang Weizheng to take away, I couldn't believe how Liang Minxuan easily smashed these more than ten catties of flour to me just now.
At the same time that our packages were almost loaded, the sound of the SUV engine was also struggling, and Wei Liqin was already sitting in the driver's seat, and he couldn't wait to start the car and get ready to go, and the loading and unloading work began to end.
"The sun is almost setting, we need to find a place to spend the night."
"That's right......" Before I could finish my sentence, I was immediately alerted by the strong smell of low-quality gasoline, followed by the roar of the assembled engine from an unknown source.
"Alright, my crow's beak is fulfilled, let's go." I stiffly laughed at myself, patted Huang Weizheng, who was about to push away the shopping cart, and reminded him to get in the car immediately.
In the distance, the sound of some people shouting at the top of their lungs could be heard, and the noisy sound of engines indicated that there was more than one car on the other side, which was not good news. All of us hurriedly ran into the car, and Wei Liqin immediately stepped on the accelerator deepest, only to see that after a shrill friction sound, our car flicked its tail and rushed forward.
The car hadn't been driving long before a few gunshots came from behind us and our adrenaline was at its peak. Sitting in the passenger seat, I saw a speeding pickup truck and two modified motorcycles at the end of the line of sight through the rearview mirror, and although I couldn't see each other's appearances, the maniacal laughter and the constant gunshots had already indicated their identities.
I leaned out and pulled out my assault rifle as I yelled at my friends in the car, "You all crouch down!" ”
"What are you going to do?"
"Do you still need to ask? Fight back! ”
"We can't beat them, you're a waste of bullets!" Long Hao looked back from time to time.
"Always let them know we can fight back!" I aimed as best I could at the pickup truck and pulled the trigger, and two bullets erupted.