I have already written the main text. I just need to polish it a little before I can publish it.]
It was too hot.
If one didn't experience it personally, they wouldn't be able to imagine how hot it was. Just as Lin Sanjiu's perspiration appeared, it immediately evaporated and was replaced by another layer of perspiration. Lin Sanjiu felt that her body had turned into an old dog struggling at death's door, struggling to survive in the hot air.
Comparatively, Luther seemed to be in a much better condition. Even though he was carrying Marcie on his back, he seemed more at ease compared to Lin Sanjiu. He could see it himself and asked loudly, "Hey, are you … physically strong?"
"What?" Lin Sanjiu raised her voice and shouted. The sound of the engines was too loud. Luther was on the other side of the car, so Lin Sanjiu couldn't hear him clearly.
"I said —" Luther walked around the car and walked over. On his back, Marcie was taller than he was, and her feet were dragging on the ground. "Haven't you gone through physical enhancement?"
Lin Sanjiu felt that her tongue was parched, and the dryness went all the way up her throat. She didn't dare to open her mouth again, so she shook her head and gestured for Luther to leave quickly. Luther looked surprised, as if he wanted to say something. However, this wasn't the time for idle chatter. He hurriedly nodded and began to struggle to pass through the traffic that was constantly spewing hot air outwards.
Every few steps, Lin Sanjiu would raise her hand to wipe her eyes. She was sweating too much, and some of the sweat had dripped into her eyes. She couldn't help doubting herself. "Could it be that the" High Temperature Adaptation "had a time limit? Otherwise, why was she sweating so much now, when she wasn't so hot at the start?
If this continued, could she still reach the supermarket before she got dehydrated? "
Both of them looked around in silence. There was a guardrail in the middle of the road, which was meant to divide the traffic into two directions. However, when there was a crisis, there were too few people who would obey the traffic rules. The cars on both sides of the road were tangled together. Some were going in the opposite direction, while others were going in the opposite direction …
If they climbed over the guardrail, not only would it be a burden on their bodies and inconvenient to carry Marcie, it would also mean that they would have to pass through another hot traffic.
Coincidentally, the two of them walked towards the end of the long line of carriages.
The driver of the Land Rover was a skinny woman. When they passed by, Lin Sanjiu realized that the woman had already collapsed in the car. Her eyes were sunken, and she was unconscious. She must have been suffering from dehydration during the journey, and that's why she crashed into the car in her panic.
It was obvious that the air conditioner in the car was no longer working. However, thanks to the air conditioner, the fat middle-aged man who was driving the car was still conscious. He stared at them from the moment they got out of the car.
When Lin Sanjiu passed by his car, the fat man knocked on the window a few times.
To be honest, Lin Sanjiu wasn't a person with a heart of stone. However, she was on the verge of melting. She didn't know how much longer she could hold on, so she couldn't muster even the slightest bit of compassion. All she could do was look at the fat man with a frown.
"It'm … I … I … I … I can't … I …'t … I can't …"
Lin Sanjiu could roughly guess what he meant. She shook her head to indicate that she couldn't and walked away. The heat from the car made the already terrible situation even worse. Lin Sanjiu couldn't stand it anymore, so she stopped.
Seeing that she was leaving, the man panicked. He pushed the car door open, "I'm talking to you! Stop right there! Aren't you going to walk outside? I …" Before he could finish his sentence, he let out an ear-piercing scream.
The scream was filled with numbing pain, even drowning out the sound of the engine. Lin Sanjiu quickly turned around and saw that the man's exposed skin had burst into blisters the moment he came into contact with the exhaust fumes.
The red blisters burst on his skin. The man's face and hands looked as if they had been splashed with boiling water. It was a ghastly sight to behold. Lin Sanjiu couldn't bear it any longer. She supported Luther with one hand and steadied him. She raised her leg and kicked him back into the car. Then, she slammed the door shut.
The man's screams were much softer now. Seeing that the man's burns had stopped, Lin Sanjiu panted and exchanged a frightened look with Luther.
It turned out that it wasn't her ability that had deteriorated. It was just that the temperature outside had risen to a terrifying level. When an ordinary person was exposed to the air that was heated by the exhaust fumes, their skin would start to burn.
"Stop thinking about it. Let's go!" Luther, who was usually talkative, was now a man of few words.
Both of them hurriedly got out of the car. They only felt a little better after they left the hundreds and thousands of engines. They crossed the road and walked on the tree-lined sidewalk. Not daring to waste any more time, they headed straight for the shopping mall.
The leaves on the roadside had already lost their green color. They were charred and shriveled, curled up under the trees. From time to time, Lin Sanjiu would see a few people lying motionless on the ground. Every inch of their skin was burned, and their bodies were no longer moving.
No matter how strong she was, this was the first time Lin Sanjiu had seen so many dead people. She swallowed with some fear and disgust, but her mouth was dry and devoid of any moisture.
"Let's finish the rest of the cola!" Luther's hoarse voice came from behind.
Lin Sanjiu thought for a moment and took out the last can of cola. Cola couldn't replenish the body's fluids, but there was plenty of water in the supermarket. There was no need for them to suffer like this outside. In the past, they couldn't finish the cola in one gulp, but now, they felt that it was too little. They didn't care if the cola tasted good or not. They quickly finished half of the piping hot cola.
After they threw the can away and walked for a while, the main entrance of the shopping mall gradually came into view.
The fountain, which used to never stop, was dry and cracked. It was as if it had never been wet before. However, there were a few corpses lying face down in the fountain. It was a clear indication that the fountain was once their last ray of hope. Corpses with scalded skin after death were scattered all over the place. It was a ghastly sight.
Lin Sanjiu lowered her head and carefully avoided the corpses on the ground. She skipped forward. When she looked up, she noticed that Luther was carrying Marcie on his back. She didn't know when he had walked in front of her.
Lin Sanjiu was wondering why Luther was walking so fast, but she soon got the answer. Luther didn't seem to care at all. He stepped on the back of a corpse that looked like a young mother and walked through the entrance of the shopping mall as if he was walking on flat ground.
Lin Sanjiu quickly caught up to him and slapped his arm angrily. "Can't you show some respect to the dead?" Her throat was so dry that it hurt when she said that.
Luther was startled by her, and he looked a little confused. After a while, he came to his senses. "Oh, oh! About that … I'm sorry. I have seen too many dead people, so I'm a little numb to it. "He flashed a rabbit tooth sheepishly." I was the same as you at the beginning. "
Seeing that he had a good attitude, Lin Sanjiu didn't say anything even though she felt uncomfortable. She changed the topic. "Let's go that way. There's an elevator!"
Luther nodded. He looked up at the shopping mall and praised softly, "This place is really beautiful …" He didn't stop and followed Lin Sanjiu all the way to the supermarket.
It was said that the shopping mall was designed by a famous French architect. It had a total of five floors and was hollow in the middle. Dense tropical plants were planted around it. Probably because the shopping mall was divided into floors, the tropical trees grew all the way to the elevator on the fifth floor. When Lin Sanjiu walked there, she felt as if she was strolling in a primeval forest.
However, she didn't have the time to appreciate it now. Lin Sanjiu quickly glanced at the tropical trees. She felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what it was. She shook her head and rushed down the elevator.
However, when they saw the supermarket, both of them couldn't help but gasp.
The situation was worse than Lin Sanjiu had expected. She wasn't the only one who thought of this supermarket. However, the situation in the supermarket was still unexpected.
When the temperature was unusually high last night, the supermarket was obviously open for business. Hence, it was packed with people. Of course, these people couldn't move or speak at this moment. They were all corpses lying on the ground. The chaos from last night seemed to have frozen in time. Empty bottles, mineral water bottles, beverage bottles were strewn all over the place. The beige floor was stained with dried fruit juice. The beverage rack looked as if it had been ransacked. The last few bottles of water were strewn all over the floor. There were a few corpses on the ground, and each of them was holding a bunch of beverages that were stained with blood and bodily fluids.
The most shocking thing was that the cause of death for one of the cashiers wasn't dehydration. The back of her head was sunken in. The cash register in front of her was wide open and empty.
Luther clicked his tongue. "The person who stole the money must have been dumbfounded by now!"
"If he isn't dead," Lin Sanjiu said. Lin Sanjiu's mouth and tongue were already parched. She took a bottle of water from a corpse at the entrance and gulped down half of it without hesitation. Then, she passed it to Luther.
Even though the supermarket was littered with corpses and had gone through a series of chaos, it shouldn't be a problem for the three of them to have enough food and water. Luther was tired after carrying Marcie for a long time. He placed her on the floor and mumbled, "She's not a real flesh and blood, but why is she so heavy …"
Lin Sanjiu was resting on a cashier counter. When she heard Luther's question, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "I wanted to ask you a long time ago … Marcie was around, so I didn't want to. What did that duoluozhong mean when he said that she's a fake flesh and blood? "
"She's my split personality. In a sense, she's also an independent person," Luther said as he drank some water. "However, the degree of her authenticity depends on the extent of my ability … Currently, my ability isn't enough, so there are many parts of her that aren't … uh, realistic."
Lin Sanjiu nodded and didn't ask any more questions. The two of them rehydrated themselves and rested for a while. Then, they felt their empty stomachs and stomachs aching.
"Let's go to the food section to take a look?" Lin Sanjiu suggested.
"Wait." Luther stopped her, looked around, and asked, "Is there anything here that I can use as a weapon?"
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