Soon Liu Qian considered another possibility, that is, the only survivor was the boss lady, who was infected and gradually zombieized when the plague first became popular, and the boss lady tied him to the bed on the second floor at that time, but she couldn't bear to hack him to death.

The person who went to the small supermarket to find food and drinks was also the proprietress who was cooking a pack of instant noodles today, and the zombie boss suddenly broke the rope and rushed up from the second floor.

In the past two days, the proprietress may have had a premonition that the zombie boss would break free from the rope that bound him, so she pulled a rope by the window in advance so that she could escape from the third floor at any time, but she failed to escape, and this attachment to family eventually killed her.

No matter which of the above possibilities, Liu Qian can be regarded as finding the real reason for the proprietress to escape, and also found out the truth about the appearance of zombies in the hardware store.

Liu Gan's purpose in deducing all this was not to be idle and boring, but to thoroughly investigate the possible safety hazards in the three-story small building, so that he could spend the first night of entering the trembling world safely.

After inspecting the second floor, Liu Qian went down to the first floor of the hardware store. The layout of the first floor is in front of the counter, and there is a small warehouse in the back, and all kinds of water, electricity, hardware, and small commodities are stacked in the counter and warehouse, but there is also no trace of zombies, and it seems very quiet everywhere, it seems that this three-story building is indeed safe now.

The roller shutter on the first floor is locked, and even if this lock is opened from the inside, it still requires the use of a key, although Liu Qian can force it open by brute force, but if he does so, it is likely to make a loud noise and attract the attention of the hidden zombies nearby; In addition, once the lock is broken, the roller shutter will be scrapped, and they can no longer play a role in safety protection.

So Liu Qian went back to the third floor, put the rope down again, and then climbed down the rope, and after going down to the ground, he couldn't help but search the bodies of the five zombies who fell to the ground, and found a bunch of keys in the pocket of one of the zombies, and a bunch of keys hanging on the waist of the other zombie.

The zombie with the key hanging on the waistband of the trouser obviously had strangulation marks on his wrists and ankles, which seemed to confirm Liu Gan's previous speculation, so Liu Qian could almost conclude that the owner of this set of keys was the owner of this hardware store, and the set of keys on his waistband should be able to open the roller shutter on the first floor.

The female boss should also have the key to the hardware store on her, so the torn women's clothes on the ground may also be wrapped in the keys to the hardware store, but these shredded clothes are mixed with a puddle of stinky internal organs, and Liu Qian really doesn't want to reach into it to find it.

When Liu Qian walked back to the alley in front of the gate, Pan Hua and Lulu were still standing in their previous hiding place shivering, and when Liu Qian suddenly appeared, they were even startled, and their expressions relaxed a little after hearing Liu Gan's whispered voice and seeing that it was Liu Gan coming.

"I'm just saying the boss won't abandon us, right?" Pan Hua whispered to Lulu, it was obvious that Liu Qian had been away for too long, and they were shocked and scared here, so they also discussed whether to escape together.

"It's safe in the hardware store, I'll find a few keys to see if I can open it through the main entrance, if not, you have to climb up from the back with me." After Liu Qian said to Pan Hua and the others, he walked to the roller shutter on the first floor and tried to unlock the roller shutter with the key he had analyzed.

One of these keys can indeed open the roller shutter, which means that one of the five zombies is indeed the owner of the hardware store, and it also means that Liu Qian's previous reasoning about everything that happened in the hardware store should also be correct.

Liu Qian opened the roller shutter about a meter high, then walked back and threw away the backpack and three boxes of drinks first, and then got into the roller shutter with Pan Hua and Lulu.

After all three of them entered, Liu Qian pulled down the roller shutter and locked it back from the inside.

After the roller shutter fell, Pan Hua and Lulu subconsciously let out a long breath, and after a long period of fear, they finally had a sense of security in their hearts at this time.

"We will rest here at night, and the three of us will take turns to be on duty for the night, and if there is any abnormal movement, the person on duty at night must immediately wake up the others." After Liu Qian took the two of them to the room on the third floor, he said to them.

"Okay." Pan Hua and Lulu nodded hurriedly, of course they would not have any objections to this.

After what happened to Wang Changshun before, they were a fat man and a weak woman, all of them were like scumbags, and they knew that if they didn't follow Liu Qian, it would be difficult for them to survive in this zombie-infested world.

"When you stay here, don't turn on the lights, don't make a noise, there will likely be a thunderstorm later, and no one knows if there will be zombies frightened and coming from the darkness." Liu Qian explained a few more words to Pan Hua and Lulu. Although he has no experience in the zombie world before, he has watched a lot of zombie movies and TV series, played a lot of zombie games, and still has a certain understanding of the characteristics of zombies.

"Okay." Pan Hua nodded to Liu Qian.

Liu Qian checked the backpack and found that the food in it was the same, so he took out two packs of biscuits and two bottles of mineral water from it and handed them to Pan Hua and Lulu. The two of them vomited before, and it is estimated that they vomited all the things they had eaten in their stomachs, and they did not give them some food to replenish, and they did not have the mental and physical strength to stay at night.

"Thank you so much! Top dog. Pan Hua took the mineral water and biscuits with some surprise, and thanked Liu Qian repeatedly, he and Lulu were indeed very hungry now, and they were a little dizzy from hunger.

"We're a small team now, and we have to put quotas on food and water until we find enough food and water, you understand." Liu Qian said to Pan Hua and the others.

"Well, it should be." Pan Hua nodded hurriedly.

"As the leader of a small team, I have to hunt zombies to protect you, and I have to take risks to find food and water, so I must first ensure my consumption, otherwise our team will definitely not be able to sustain it." Liu Qian said again to Pan Hua and the others. Pan Hua and Lulu are both sensible people, and since it is a temporary team, it would be better to talk to them about some things clearly.

"Yes, it really should be." Of course, Pan Hua nodded again, and Lulu looked a little dazed, but she also nodded.

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