Chapter Twenty-Three: The Great Gourd
Thinking of this, Lu Yu took a step and took Xiao Ran into the supermarket cautiously......
In order to pursue more exposure of goods, the supermarket is designed to be mainly furniture and hardware on the first floor, the second floor is mainly clothes and the like, and the third floor is food and other daily necessities.
In this way, when people buy daily necessities, they will go through the first and second floors, and the purchase rate of non-essential items such as furniture and clothing will increase.
This is a small routine that merchants will use before the catastrophe, but it can be bitter for Lu Yu in the last days.
You must know that every time you take one more step in this supermarket, Lu Yu and Xiao Ran will face a greater danger, and if you don't know which corner you will have, a zombie will come out and gnaw them both.
But now, Lu Yu can only take one step at a time, it's a big deal to be careful when he finishes something, and he will run away immediately when he sees that the situation is wrong.
Constantly comforting themselves in their hearts, Lu Yu and Xiao Ran stepped on the escalator upstairs.
There was no power outage in the Wogou supermarket, and the lighting facilities before the catastrophe were all lit up, the only difference from the pre-apocalyptic world was that the supermarket at this time was empty, and there were black and dry blood stains everywhere on the snow-white tile floor, and there were obvious traces of struggle and fighting in some stores, and Lu Yu even found a thigh that was thrown in the corner, and its owner was nowhere to be seen.
As he walked, Lu Yu seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while, so he had to keep it in his heart, continue to look around vigilantly, and move forward slowly.
Soon, Lu Yu and Xiao Ran came to the third floor. Consistent with the situation on the first and second floors, the third floor is also quiet, with no signs of biological activity.
The only difference was that the entrance to the third-story escalator was sealed with ropes and carts, and it felt as if it was to hinder something from going downstairs, causing Lu Yu to take a lot of effort to untie it.
At this time, Lu Yu finally realized that something was wrong, this supermarket was too quiet!
In such a densely populated area as a supermarket, even if the outbreak time of the catastrophe is at night, there is less flow of people in the supermarket, but how can there not be a single zombie? Could it be that all the people in the supermarket managed to escape?
Lu Yu's heart suddenly cheered up with a twelve-point spirit, and at the same time, it also made Xiao Ran more vigilant, and the little Lori behind him was obviously much more relaxed because of the calm all the way.
"In this supermarket, there may be some powerful monsters that have eaten all the zombies, so now we haven't encountered a single zombie along the way."
Lu Yu whispered, and put the baseball bat in front of him, so that he could meet the enemy at any time.
However, until Lu Yu and the others came to the food section of the supermarket, they didn't encounter a single zombie, not even a single creature.
"It's weird, is it really my luck? This supermarket happened to be empty at the time of the catastrophe? Lu Yu scratched his head in embarrassment, and the safe environment around him seemed to be laughing at his excessive nervousness.
Seeing that there was indeed no trace of zombies around, Lu Yu finally put down his hanging heart, pushed two carts, Xiao Ran also hung the crossbow on his chest, pushed a small one and followed behind Lu Yu, and began their journey of collecting materials.
Lu Yu's goal is very clear, he has stocked up on enough staple foods at home, and the purpose of coming to the supermarket this time is to find essential foods such as vegetables and meat.
The raw meat in the freezer is not Lu Yu's first choice, because he understands that the supply of electricity may be cut off at any time, so if he takes a lot of raw meat home, in case the family loses power, then he will really be blind.
So this time, the first choice for meat is canned!
Lu Yu and Xiao Ran first came to the canned food area, the goods here were still neatly stacked there as before the catastrophe, Lu Yu was not picky, he chose several canned beef with large capacity and simple packaging, and piled them all on the cart.
After a while, the two big carts were completely stuffed with canned beef, Lu Yu estimated that he was saving money, these amounts should be enough for Xiao Ran to eat for a long time, and besides, he couldn't push it anymore, so he had to find a chance to get it next time.
After taking the meat, Lu Yu focused his attention on health products such as vitamins, vegetables and fruits he couldn't count on, those fresh things could not be stored for a long time, and it was estimated that the way to supplement vitamins in the future could only be maintained by eating vitamin tablets.
Crookedly came to the health care medicine area, Lu Yu was like a shopaholic, swept all the vitamins on the shelves into Xiao Ran's cart, these health care products are relatively light, for a 9-year-old girl, even if it is full of a cart, it can be easily pushed.
The materials he wanted were easily collected, and Lu Yu still couldn't believe his eyes, so he subconsciously pinched his thighs, and observed the surrounding environment again.
The thigh hurts, the surrounding environment is safe, and there is still not a single zombie.
"Maybe it's really me thinking too much." Lu Yu scratched his head and was about to take Xiao Ran on the way home, but at this moment, he smelled a strange smell.
"Uncle Lu Yu, are you farting?" Xiao Ran on the side covered his nose and looked at Lu Yu beside him with a resentful look in his eyes.
Lu Yu raised his hands to show that he was innocent, and said at the same time.
"I smell it too, it stinks, it's a bit like the smell of durian."
Lu Yu shook his nose and sniffed around.
"It seems to be coming from the fruit and vegetable section." Lu Yu said, and subconsciously walked in the direction of the fruit and vegetable area.
Originally, fresh fruits and vegetables were not the destination of Lu Yu's trip, so he and Xiao Ran didn't go in that direction at all.
The two of them were like two wolf dogs, looking for the smell in the air and came to the fruit and vegetable area.
The fruit and vegetable section is located in the innermost part of the third floor of the supermarket and can only be reached by bypassing the fresh food section.
Xiao Ran's curiosity was obviously stronger than Lu Yu's, and his nose seemed to be better than Lu Yu's, trotting half a step in front of Lu Yu, bypassing the fresh food area.
Lu Yu behind him was also curious, and trotted all the way behind Xiao Ran, wanting to see what was emitting this strange fragrance, but he almost bumped into Xiao Ran, who was standing in place.
Lu Yu, who was about to blame Xiao Ran for suddenly standing still, was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him.
The fruit and vegetable area that appeared in front of him was a mess, all the fruits and vegetables were scattered all over the ground, and in some places even the tables used to hold fruits and vegetables had collapsed, and in the center of these messy and dilapidated places, a huge pumpkin stood impressively.
The pumpkin is blue all over, the dark green lines and meridians of the thickness of the fingers are all over the melon body, and the top of the melon is also densely packed with pimples the size of a human head, and the whole melon is rising and falling regularly at this time, like a sleeping giant, snoring silently.
"It's really Plants vs. Zombies, and the gourds are all out!" Lu Yu gasped, the huge pumpkin in front of him was exactly the same as the ugly gourd in Plants vs. Zombies, except that it had no eyes and mouth, and its body was several times larger than in the game.
Looking at the huge gourd in front of him, which was two people tall, Lu Yu seemed to understand why there were no zombies in the supermarket.
It is estimated that they were all killed by this gourd......
As for how this gourd killed those zombies, Lu Yu was not interested in knowing, and even if he did, he didn't dare to find out.
He hadn't forgotten the strange scene that had happened in front of the cornfield before, and if he accidentally entered the attack range of this big gourd, and really flew up and sat himself to death, then he would really be a joke.
Lu Yu pulled Xiao Ran and quietly retreated from the fruit and vegetable area, seeing that the big gourd was still quietly staying in place, his heart was a little calm, but he didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly pulled the cart and left the third floor.
Fortunately, the first floor of the second floor was still the same as when Lu Yu and the others first arrived, and there were still no zombies, so the two pushed the cart out of the supermarket and returned to the road.
The scorching sun was high, and at noon, Lu Yu and Xiao Ran, who were pushing the cart, only to feel that their underwear had been soaked with sweat after they got out of the supermarket, and the soaked clothes were clinging to their bodies, which was uncomfortable.
Looking at Xiao Ran's slightly aggrieved little face, Lu Yu comforted.
"Hold on and go back, let's take a shower and celebrate!"
This harvest is quite in line with expectations, and now it is half the battle, and the next thing is the books that Xiao Ran wants.
Looking at the bookstore with the door closed on the street, Lu Yu took out the hydraulic pliers and skillfully cut the door lock.
The bookstore is the kind of common Xinhua bookstore, but Lu Yujin's one is relatively small, and you can see the furnishings in the store at a glance. Lu Yu had seen it before cutting the lock, there were no zombies in the store, and there were no other creatures, so he was relieved to enter the store to collect books.
After picking out two medical and first aid books, and moving a thick set of animal encyclopedias from the top of the cabinet, Lu Yu and Xiao Ran officially set foot on the road home.
"Uncle Lu Yu, why is that pumpkin so big, the pumpkin I saw in the book is at most one person tall, and the appearance is also yellow, not cyan." Xiao Ran pushed the cart and expressed his doubts to Lu Yu.
"Maybe it's mutated and infected." Lu Yu said what he thought in his heart, that huge pumpkin definitely left an indelible shadow in his heart, it is estimated that he will dream of this pumpkin sitting on his ass at night......
"If you mutate, will plants become monsters?" Xiao Ran didn't seem to be satisfied with Lu Yu's answer, and continued to ask.
"You might have to ask Dave about this......"
Lu Yu rolled his eyes and answered the question very perfunctorily.
"Why do pumpkins mutate? Why did you grow so big? You ask me, I ask who is going, Miss. Complaining about Xiao Ran and that damn pumpkin in his heart, Lu Yu's mood also became a little heavier.
Things are far from being as simple as imagined, the huge pumpkin lying in the fruit and vegetable section as if asleep; the corn cannon encountered when I came; And the strange zombie with the ability to see and the strange scale armor on his body.
All these encounters express a common message, this catastrophe is far from being a simple zombie crisis like in the movie, with the emergence of so many strange and powerful creatures, can humans still stand at the top of the food chain?
"That traverser named Zhang Heng, if only I could touch him again, maybe I could ask something out of his mouth......