Chapter 10 Kyungwon and the Fruit Shop
The streets were deserted, the roads were overgrown with weeds, and the black roots cut through the asphalt.
Cars on the side of the road are covered in dust, half-collapsed walls and houses, scorched earth from the fire, and car wreckage scattered everywhere...
After only five minutes of walking, Kyungwon saw what a "disaster" was.
From the upper floor to the lower floor, Kyungwon realized that the city was not at all as complete as he imagined, the land had been bombarded on a large scale, the ruins of collapsed houses blocked the road ahead, and some deep potholes were covered with weeds, and if he was not careful, he could step on the air and fall.
Even after several years, the smell of gunpowder smoke and gasoline still wafts through the air, and there must have been a large-scale upheaval here, and you can imagine that scene when you close your eyes.
A completely out-of-control traffic system, littered with crashing cars and fleeing people.
The night was as noisy as a busy city, with the sound of rapid and shrill horns, the screams of the crowd, the sound of burning fires, gunshots, explosions...
It was a hellish scene, and he smelled the smell of charred corpses under the dirt, thick and lingering, a place where many people had died, and the corpses had been covered under the dirt and had become nutrients for the plants, which had not been decomposed.
Perhaps the bombers had dropped bombs on the city center, and along the way, the zombies didn't see a few, but it was the ruins and craters that made it difficult for him to walk.
The main reason is that his eyesight is too poor, although his sense of hearing and smell is more than a hundred times more sensitive than in the past, but these two senses cannot help him avoid those hidden "traps".
Once, he almost stepped on an empty foot and fell into a large pit under the cover of overgrown weeds.
Fortunately, Xiaobai pulled the rope, and compared to him, a newcomer, Xiaobai obviously had enough experience to dodge the bombed potholes.
Not only that, but it seemed to be able to discern which ruins were structurally unstable, and when it crossed an arched bridge about eight meters high, it grabbed Kyungwon and pulled the rope hard to prevent Kyungwon from passing over the deck.
Kyungwon was skeptical at first, until he followed Xiaobai's footsteps to the dry riverbed, and realized that the load-bearing columns of the arched bridge had shown deep cracks, the cement had fallen off, and the twisted steel bars were exposed.
The bridge was already a dangerous structure, and it seemed to be intact from the deck, but it was actually full of holes, and it was not easy to maintain the current balance, and if he stepped on it again, it might cause the entire deck to collapse.
Thinking of this, Kyungwon was glad for a while.
Fortunately, he took Xiaobai with him when he went out, if he went out alone, he might fall into the pit, called every day is not spiritual, and the ground should not be, even if he is lucky enough to step on the air in front, he will probably plant seedlings on this bridge.
If you're lucky, you'll probably be able to cross the bridge, but he doesn't want to risk his life to see what his luck is today.
Having a "senior" with him is a peace of mind, he feels that he can fully trust Xiaobai, and follow its pace with confidence.
It took more than half an hour than expected, and he and Xiaobai finally arrived in front of the fresh fruit store.
There were a lot of detours on the way, and I also met some zombie groups, but under Xiaobai's reminder, they all lurked without danger and did not have any fighting.
In front of it is a glass-decorated storefront, after all, it is a fruit store, and in order to let customers in, they must let them see the fresh fruits on the shelves.
In the same way as the bakery, passers-by may not have the intention of shopping, but through the glass, when they see the grapes and apples under the light, they will reflexively secrete saliva and walk into the store to consume.
The owner of the fresh fruit shop had obviously studied it, so he decorated the entire wall of the store with transparent glass, but all the glass was broken, the ground was full of glass slag, and the signboard surrounded by colorful lights was broken into three pieces, and only the torn copper wires were left where the signboard was originally hung.
Half of the front of a small red car crashed into the glass door, and the cobweb-like ice crack spread around the front of the car, and Kyung Won could smell the smell of decay coming from the driver's seat, there was a corpse there, and a steel pillar was cut right through the driver's seat, and the owner probably didn't even leave the whole corpse.
Kyungwon picked up a rusty crowbar from the glass shard, this fruit shop was marked as a "treasure chest" on the map, but it was obviously robbed by a group of people, and even if there was any leftover fruit, it had already rotted, what could be left as a treasure?
In the game, where the "treasure chest" is marked, there will always be a weapon or item.
Could it be a dropped gun? But that would have little effect on Kyungwon, he had a gun in his hand, but if he could find a bullet, it would be fine.
He squatted down, touched Xiaobai's head, and pointed to the door of the fruit shop, indicating that he wanted to enter.
Xiaobai stood in the doorway and sniffed, bit his trouser leg, and pulled it back, there seemed to be something in it that made it feel dangerous.
Jing Yuan frowned, it stands to reason that the location of the "treasure chest" is a treasure obtained for free, and there will be no monsters and special events.
His nose only smelled the smell of corpses, and his ears didn't hear any strange sounds, could it be that Xiaobai noticed something he couldn't perceive?
He thought about it, put away the dog leash around Xiaobai's neck, took out a flashlight and pistol, and walked in front.
It's all coming, how can there be a reason to retreat from the battle.
He is not an unarmed refugee, he has a knife and a gun, he is afraid of a fart, he is cautious but not cowardly, and when he encounters danger, he has to go to it.
Xiao Bai saw that he couldn't stop him, so he followed behind him.
When it goes out to scavenge for supplies, it will inevitably encounter this situation, and it must be accustomed to it.
After all, dogs are animals that recognize their owners, and they have a share of who is the boss.
The light from the flashlight illuminated the front, and Kyungwon stepped into the room, past the sunken front of the red car.
The fruit stall was empty, and the whole room was empty, as if a moving company had visited.
There was only one thing that caught Kyungwon's attention.
Its pitch-black vines grew wildly on the ceiling and walls like creepers, their roots piercing the concrete floor and digging deep into the earth, white filaments like spider cocoons sticking to the walls, and in front of those filaments hung large, plump fruits, like a blue-black mango.
It was both a plant and a living thing, and the filamentous cocoons smelled of pus, as if they contained a pool of melted blood.
Kyungwon didn't know if this thing would attack like in the movie, and the first time he saw it, he stopped and didn't take a step forward.
He tentatively backed away, and the "unknown creature" did not respond.
Kyungwon kept a safe distance from it, took out the crowbar he had picked up from his bag, and threw it vigorously at the branch with the "mango" hanging on it.
Unexpectedly smooth, "Mango" was easily knocked out by him.
The "mango seedling" did not react at all, as if it were an ordinary plant.
Kyungwon picked up another steel bar from the ground and slowly poked the "mango" over.
After getting it in his hand, he flipped through the map and received a hint of how to get a new item.
[Item Name: Mutated Mango.]
Effect: Increases your max health by 15 after consumption.
Description: The owner of the fruit shop hated the robbers so much that he knelt and begged them not to take everything, but no one listened to him, and in the end everyone became the nourishment of the mango.
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