Volume 1 Section 13 The Outsider

Each of the three men pushes a shopping cart and carefully selects the items they need between the shelves.

Electric blankets, towels, toothpaste, soap...... Soon, the shopping cart was filled with all sorts of goods, even things like hand cream and anti-crack ointment.

In many disaster films shot in the old era, that is, in the era of civilization, the survivors are often associated with the word "hunger". But this is not the case, at least at the beginning of the chaos, due to the effect of habitual thinking and blind obedience, panicked people left the city as fast as possible, leaving behind an extremely large, treasure-like massive resource.

In the early days of the virus, people just wanted to stay away from zombies, but they didn't think about food. Therefore, it is actually easy to find food in the city. Su Hao had read the military investigation report of the future worldβ€”β€”β€”β€” until 2027, that is, seven years after the outbreak of the virus, there were still people staying in the city and relying on refrigerated canned food left over from the civilization period to make a living. Although the shelf life of these things is only one to two years, they are still edible and taste so-so. Especially when you're hungry, no one thinks about damn preservatives or the health problems that come with spoiled cans.

The survivors in the small building are not short of food, and they have plenty of food reserves. All kinds of food from the nearby store are piled up almost all over the basement. So much so that Su Hao had to find a few other hidden cellars in the suburbs, which became the second and third granaries to deal with emergencies.

Of course, this "sufficiency" is only for existing team members.

Xinyan stood in front of the daily necessities counter, secretly glanced at Su Hao, who was standing guard in the center of the passage, and quickly grabbed more than a dozen packs of sanitary napkins from the shelves and put them into the shopping cart. Han Ying walked into the underwear counter next to her and carefully selected a bra that fit the size. Out of a common interest and need, the two girls soon got together and scavenged many objects that seemed essential to them.

Su Hao stared at the elevator leading to the exit of the supermarket, and his thinking and consciousness were as divergent as possible, looking for potential factors that might bring danger.

When Xinyan stuffed a pack of stockings into his backpack, he happened to be seen by Su Hao. The faces of the two people were slightly red at the same time, and the eyes that had just collided quickly flashed away.

At the baby products counter, there are two more boxes of formula milk powder in the shopping cart and a few rubber pacifiersβ€”β€”β€”β€” Tao Yuan's son needs these very much.

"Let's go! Check it out below. ”

Su Hao carried an assault rifle on his back, pushed a cart full of goods, and walked through the corridor into the food section on the ground floor of the supermarket.

A lot of the shelves have been emptied, and apparently, someone has already visited the place in advance. The searchers didn't care, their gaze swept directly over the heavy rice and flour and landed on the farther and more attractive fruits.

The pineapple is large, with a thick, dark green skin that is faintly yellowish. Su Hao pulled out his hunting knife and vigorously shaved off the spiral blades that were thick and hard at the top, and used these things rich in vitamins and citric acid to fill the little space left in the shopping cart.

Red Fuji apples are clearly last year's refrigerated items. The price of "64 yuan per kilogram" on the signboard is very scary. They were small and not many in number, so Su Hao could only try to pick those fruits that seemed to be intact.

On the counter at the other end, there are also piles of Korla fragrant pears and bananas. Su Hao wanted to pick up a few more, but found that the shopping cart was full. He shook his head helplessly, ready to beckon Xinyan, who was standing in front of the dairy shelf, to leave. At this moment, he suddenly noticed β€”β€”β€”β€” clear footsteps from the direction of the elevator on the second floor where he had come down, as well as the friction of heavy objects running over the ground.

The two girls immediately turned their eyes to him, but saw Su Hao raise his left hand and make a hidden gesture to both sides. At the same time, remove the assault rifle and quickly jump behind the tripod where the dog food is stacked, aiming for the elevator exit.

Xinyan and Han Ying held pistols and squatted behind the counter not far away. The three men have their backs against the wall, forming a shooting boundary that supports each other.

Enhancements have abilities that are incomprehensible to ordinary humans. For example, now, Su Hao can feel that in the elevator corridor behind the wall, there are two moving figures. As a third-order enhancer, his detection radius is about fifty meters. Although it is not as direct as the naked eye, it can perceive hidden creatures that cannot be seen by the eye and are obscured by objects.

Xinyan was half-kneeling, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and her delicate and beautiful face revealed a little panic and nervousness. She subconsciously turned her head and found that Su Hao was looking at her.

"Those...... Outside...... What is it? ”

Girls try to choose short words to convey their intentions. She was a little panicked, because she was scared, but also because she was shy.

Su Hao shook his head and lowered his voice: "I don't know." However, it should not be a zombie. ”

Xinyan's eyes showed a little surprise: "How do you know Lu Dao?" ”

Su Hao raised his right hand and pointed to his head from the side: "Pay attention to the rhythm of the sound, the zombies are not moving so fast." If I didn't guess wrong, it should be other survivors. ”

In a moment, a cart full of various miscellaneous items had already appeared at the exit of the passage. The two men walked out in order. One of them was tall, wearing a close-fitting sports undershirt, with broad shoulders and a body as thick as a wall of sand, muscular and full of strength. He looked to be at least thirty years old, with short-shaved hair, a thick iron-clad wooden rod in his hand, and scanned around with eagle-like eyes.

The other was much younger, about twenty, or smaller, with a thin build, and wore a rather fashionable denim jacket. He looks very active and shrewd.

They rummaged through the shelves, took unspoiled ham sausages and bacon from the refrigerated cabinets and loaded them into shopping carts. These tasks are basically done by small young men, while sturdy middle-aged men stand by and are on guard.

There were no corpse spots on their faces, and they didn't emit the rancid stench of zombies. Su Hao was rightβ€”β€”β€”β€” they were survivors.

After confirming that the other party was not carrying a weapon such as a firearm, Su Hao leveled the muzzle of the gun and slowly stood up from behind the shelf. This ghostly and strange way of appearing frightened the two men who were concentrating on collecting food a few steps backwards. It wasn't until he saw clearly that the other party was also a human like himself that he gasped for breath and gradually relaxed his tense nerves.

"Hey! You guys...... I...... Hello...... You guys...... Good. ”

The young man in the denim jacket regained his footing, his hands raised, and a smile of pretense relief erupted from his face. He looked at the gun in the hands of Su Hao and the others nervously, and quickly turned around, making sure that the middle-aged man next to him didn't want to make a move, so he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, tentatively walked half a step forward, and stammered to Su Hao: "We...... We are not zombies and have not been bitten. ”

Su Hao didn't have the slightest intention of putting down the gun. He stared at the two men across from him and nodded slowly.

Even in civilized times, there was little active communication between strangers. What's more, it's more chaotic now than ever. In the realm of the future, there are many cases of killing each other for food.

The strong middle-aged man never let go of the wooden stick in his hand. He looked at the gun in Su Hao's hand, and then at Xin Yan and Han Ying in bulletproof vests, and his eyes released an incomparably burning gaze mixed with joy.

He walked around from behind the shelves, stood in the middle of the hallway, licked his lips, and asked eagerly, "You guys...... Are you police officers? ”

Han Jing shook her head, but Xin Yan didn't speak.

"Then why are you wearing this garment? Where did you get the weapons? ”

The middle-aged man spoke quickly, and the expression on his face was anxious. He took a few steps forward, patted his chest hard, and said sincerely, "I'm not a bad person. My name is Tiny To, we need help......"

"Stand there and don't moveβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

Su Hao interrupted the other party's words sharply. He raised the muzzle of the gun, aimed it at Du Tianhao's eyebrows, and said coldly: "I don't like to kill, but it doesn't mean that I won't kill peopleβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

"Hey! Hi! Don't shoot! Don't shootβ€”β€”β€”β€” it's a misunderstanding, there must be some misunderstanding. ”

The young man in the jacket hurriedly jumped over, stretched out his hands, and blocked in front of Du Tianhao. His face was full of horror, and his voice became dry: "There is no holiday between us. I...... Hello, my name is Liao Qiu. We've never seen it, and we listen to you! Listen to you! Just stand here and don't move, everything here is yours...... We, we're not bad people, really aren't. ”

As he spoke, he leaned his back against Du Tianhao and pushed backwards several meters away.

Su Hao's expression was still cold. He looked at the opposite side vigilantly, slowly retreated to the front of the shopping cart, pointed to the exit of the supermarket not far away with his left hand, and ordered Xinyan and Han Ying on both sides of the waiting: "Load things into the car, move quickly." ”

Du Tianhao's eyes burned with anger. He clenched his left fist hard, swung it indignantly in the air, and roared in a low voice: "We are really not bad people. You should believe what I say. I'm not lying, no! ”

"Brother Du, don't be impulsiveβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

Liao Qiu hugged Du Tianhao's thick arm tightly and held it down. The middle-aged man's strength was obviously much greater than his, but he was forced to take a few steps backwards. The intense physical exertion made Liao Qiu's face pale, and dense sweat oozed from his forehead. He looked back at Su Hao from time to time, his eyes were very afraid, mixed with obvious disappointment, and there was also a bit of pleading.

Xinyan and Han Ying walked past Su Hao with a shopping cart. They may have been moved by each other's attitude, hesitated, and unconsciously slowed down.

"Hurry up, you go for a driveβ€”β€”β€”β€”"

Su Hao took out the key from his pocket and handed it over, the right hand of the gun controller was very stable and did not shake at all.

In the world of the future, the relationship between people will be only /naked/naked/naked/deception, exploitation, betrayal, and betrayal. In order to get food and a chance to survive, family affection and love become worthless. A real-life version of "The Farmer and the Snake" is being staged everywhere, and Lei Feng-like characters can only be seen and heard in history books and legends.

Su Hao's thinking logic is still stuck in the future.

He instinctively doesn't trust others, and subconsciously takes what doesn't come out of his mouth as a lie. After all, in his time, "friend" was a very rare word, a word that was used so infrequently that it was almost impossible to become a reality.

Liao Qiu's actions surprised himβ€”β€”β€”β€” a person who was pointed at gunpoint could still desperately defend another person. Su Hao had never heard of this kind of thing.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Perhaps, I should listen to what they have to say?

This kind of well-intentioned thought has just sprouted, and it is immediately crushed by cold habitual thinkingβ€”β€”β€”β€” they are not members of their team. Tao Yuan and the others are grateful to themselves for being rescued, but these two people are very different from them...... Can't take any chances.

A strengthened body does not mean that it is invincible. There are many ways for ordinary people to take out beings who are stronger than themselves. Bullets, daggers, nerve nodes like slamming the temples...... In the future realm, it is common for fifth-order strengthened people to be overturned by a glass of poisoned wine. Ordinary people loot the belongings from the dead strong, and then make the corpses into cured meat, which they keep for later and eat slowly.

Children know the story of ants gnawing on elephants. What's more, it's Su Hao.

Outside the supermarket, the sound of a car engine starting. Su Hao began to retreat calmly and calmly. He casually flipped over a pile of rolls next to the stacking tunnel, and the white bagged rolls like a hill immediately collapsed, blocking the passage. Su Hao took the opportunity to turn around and run away, quickly disappearing from the supermarket.

Liao Qiu's expression relaxed, as if his spine had been suddenly pulled out, and the whole person immediately became soft and sat down on the ground.

Du Tianhao was still standing, staring at the direction in which Su Hao disappeared. He clenched his teeth, his strong, strong chest rose and fell violently, the corners of his eyes twitched with anger, and a trace of pain gradually appeared in the center of his rough and hard facial contours.

He lifted his foot, walked slowly to the wall, took out a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, took one out of his mouth, and took out a lighter and buttoned it several times. Looking at the slightly shaking flame, he suddenly lost his smoking, grabbed the cigarette from his mouth with his backhand, pinched it in the palm of his hand and broke it hard, and crushed it fiercely.

"They're good people."

Du Tianhao's expression was very melancholy, and his voice became deep and lonely: "Those two girls have guns, they don't look like they were coerced." I...... I really don't mean anything else. I just want to change my environment and live like a normal person. ”

Liao Qiu supported the ground with his hands and staggered to his feet. He picked up a case of purified water from the shelf and put it in the shopping cart, smiling very reluctantly, as if he wanted to say something to comfort his companion, but he still couldn't speak.

Neither spoke, and both men could hear each other's heavy breathing.

After being silent for a few minutes, Du Tianhao slowly rubbed off the tobacco stained in his palm, clenched the push rod at the back of the shopping cart, and let out a long sigh.

"Let's go! It's time for us to go back. ”……

Located on the west side of the block, the Super Boot gym is a two-story building covering an area of several hundred square meters and is part of the many outbuildings of the Municipal Stadium.

The two-meter-high vertical alloy cabinet, coupled with the heavy barbell, completely sealed the door of the first floor of the gym. There were several cars parked in the courtyard behind the building, and Du Tianhao and Liao Qiu each carried backpacks full of food and water, carefully avoiding the zombies wandering nearby, approaching the closed side door on the north side of the venue, and knocked lightly and three times. Soon, there was the movement of a heavy object in the room, and the door panel opened a gap, revealing a pair of nervous and wary eyes.

It is a passage that connects to the second floor and the lobby. As soon as he walked in, a fat man wearing only floral cloth shorts, flip-flops on his feet, eyes on the bridge of his nose, and dumbbells as a weapon in his hand had already greeted him and took the backpack full of food from Liao Qiu's hand.

"Why are you only coming back now? I thought you were going to spend the night outside! ”

This sentence was obviously a joke, but neither Du Tianhao nor Liao Qiu found it funny. They silently glanced at the fat man, said nothing, and walked directly into the hall.

On the smooth wooden floor, a dozen cushions were scattered and scattered. Near the walls, there are piles of sporting goods such as javelins, shot put, discus, and steel pipes removed from treadmills and abdominal presses. More than a dozen men and women gathered together boredly. They were either talking in whispers, some were sleeping on soft cushions, and some were sitting in the corners in a daze.

The decoration in the hall is luxurious, and there are mirrors more than two meters high on all sides. Due to the angle and light, the figure projected in the mirror is a little distorted, and it looks like a ghost, which is very funny.

Du Tianhao walked to a cushion by the wall and sat down, and two strong men guarding the entrance of the passage on the second floor immediately surrounded him. They were strong, with strong muscles protruding from under their close-fitting vests, and they didn't speak, just looked at Du Tianhao with indifferent eyes, as well as the backpack he had just put down.

Liao Qiu hurriedly picked up another backpack from the fat man next to him, handed it over with a smile, and said in a somewhat flattering tone: "Brother Zhou, Brother Li, this is your share." Everything is the same, huh...... Same. ”

As he spoke, he took out two packs of hardcover "Hongtashan" cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed them together.

The strong man surnamed Huang took the cigarette and looked at Du Tianhao, who was much more similar to himself in physique and figure, nodded gloomily, said "hmm" lightly, grabbed the backpack in Liao Qiu's hand, and turned to leave.

Du Tianhao stared at their backs, and anger gradually appeared on his cold face. Trying to control the urge to smash the opponent's head with a shot put, he tried to calm down as much as possible, took out two bottles of pure water and a pack of soda crackers from his backpack, and handed them to the fat man who was watching next to him.

The hall was empty, and footsteps could be heard from the rooftop, and laughter erupted.