If one were to look at it with the naked eye, the scorching sun hanging high in the sky did not seem any different from the usual summer days. The dazzling sunlight shone down from the blue sky until it reached the human world. Only then did it reveal its shocking viciousness.
Every street was littered with scorched, shriveled, and curled up human corpses. The buildings cracked under the high temperature. Some of the houses, which were of poor quality, had already collapsed into a small mountain of debris. The ground was cracked. Occasionally, a rather healthy duoluozhong could be seen wandering among the rubble. In just a little more than a month, the outside world had lost all signs of life. It was hard to believe that this was once a highly developed human civilization.
The air was dry and hot. Nobody knew where the evaporated rivers and lakes had gone. As far as the eye could see, there was no longer any greenery in sight. Wherever the truck rumbled past, a thick yellow smoke that was half a person's height would immediately rise, making it almost difficult to see anything.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help looking at the rearview mirror.
Behind her was another large truck of the same model. Following closely behind was a long bus. However, that was not Lin Sanjiu's focus. She squinted her eyes and looked at the black smoke rising from the distant sky.
The black smoke was coming from the shopping mall where they had been staying for a month.
"After staying here for so long, I finally have to leave …" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help thinking back to a month ago.
When Lin Sanjiu accidentally discovered the warehouse of the supermarket, the three of them were overjoyed. They didn't even need to count. They could tell with their eyes that the food and water stored in the warehouse were enough to last them for 14 months. Living in an underground supermarket and not having to worry about direct sunlight, it couldn't be more ideal!
The only problem was the small tropical forest in the hall outside.
After all, humans were greedy for a comfortable life. After some discussion, they felt that as long as they stayed in the underground supermarket, the tropical forest outside wouldn't be able to do anything to them. Coincidentally, the past few days had been thrilling and they had exhausted a lot of their energy. Under the pretext of recuperating, the three of them decided to settle down in the supermarket.
This recuperation lasted for more than two weeks. As they didn't have to worry about food and water, the metal door was closed, and there were no enemies, the three of them lived comfortably for the first time in the new world. After three weeks, when Lin Sanjiu pinched her waist, she found that she had gained some weight.
The extra fat was like a blow to her head. It wasn't that Lin Sanjiu was worried about her figure during the apocalypse, but she suddenly thought of a phrase she learned in her middle school language class. "Born in hardship, die in ease."
Thinking about it carefully, in the past two to three weeks, he hadn't generated any new abilities, and his Advanced Ability was still the same, with no signs of evolution at all. It was not easy to generate abilities, but in the first few days after the arrival of the new world, in the midst of all the dangers, she quickly generated a comprehensive physical enhancement, which meant that the current time span was definitely not normal.
With this thought in mind, Lin Sanjiu discussed with the other two and decided to send two people out to patrol the area every day. This was not only for the sake of safety, but also to train themselves.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, but the elevator leading to the first floor was still shrouded in darkness.
Lin Sanjiu looked ahead in a daze and asked softly, "Does the sun set so early?"
Lin Sanjiu stared blankly ahead and asked in a low voice, "Does the sun set this early?"
Suddenly, Marcie pointed and shouted, "Look!" Lin Sanjiu and Luther looked in the direction she was pointing. Immediately, they felt a chill run down their spines. Lin Sanjiu and Luther looked in the direction she was pointing. Immediately, they felt a chill run down their spines.
The darkness that shrouded the elevator seemed to have sensed something and moved a little. Once it moved, a ray of sunlight immediately shone in, revealing half of the green vines and leaves. It was only then that the three of them realized that the darkness outside the metal door was blocked by the plants.
Then, more and more shadows began to move. Dozens of green vines, big and small, seemed to have smelled the scent of humans. One by one, they came to life and slowly stretched their heads in the direction of the iron gate. No one knew who shouted first, but none of them dared to delay. They turned around and rushed back into the supermarket, pulling down the iron gate with a bang.
The green vines hit the iron door with crackling sounds, and the thick and heavy iron door actually caved in with several bumps.
It seemed that if they went out a few more times, the metal door wouldn't be able to hold up any longer.
When they returned to the supermarket, the three of them had a terrible expression on their faces. None of them expected that they would go from being a recluse to a situation where they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.
"We can't stay here anymore …" Lin Sanjiu smiled bitterly. "What do you guys think we should do now?"
"Even if we want to leave, we have to bring the things in the warehouse with us," Marcie said through gritted teeth.
"It's not difficult to bring the things with us. We can find a few trucks outside and move as many as we can. The problem is … how do we get out now? The only way out is blocked by those ghost vines, "Lin Sanjiu asked with a worried face.
The three of them were silent for a while. Then, Luther suddenly let out an "Ah!" Then, he jumped up like a carp and ran toward the back of the supermarket. As he ran, he shouted, "The elevator isn't the only way out! Jiu, take the key! There's another door at the back! "
Luther's words reminded Marcie. She clapped her hands and her face lit up. "Yeah! How could I forget about that! "Marcie pulled Lin Sanjiu and they hurriedly followed.
In just a few seconds, the three of them stood at the back door of the supermarket. Ever since Lin Sanjiu appeared in the staff room, Luther and Marcie had completely forgotten about the back door. This was the first time Lin Sanjiu found out that there was a back door that led to an unknown place.
She prayed silently as she used the key to open the door.
God was kind to them. Behind the door was a narrow slope. When they walked out of the slope, they found themselves standing with a row of huge rubbish bins at the back of the shopping center. This seemed to be the place where the supermarket workers cleaned up their tools and disposed of their rubbish. After walking out of the shopping center, they soon saw a small road.
Through the glass window, they looked at the shopping center that was covered with green shoots. This was the first time they thought that the cracked and blackened road was so cute.
What they had to do next was very clear.
First, they had to find three cars. It wasn't difficult to find cars. Almost 80% of the people in the supermarket were dead. The whole city was filled with cars that had run out of fuel and had their keys stuck in them. Without much effort, the three of them found two large cargo trucks and a bus.
After changing the batteries from the auto repair shop and filling up a few full tanks of fuel from the gas station, the cars could finally move. In one breath, they drove the three big cars to the small road. After squeezing against each other, they finally parked side by side.
The food and water in the supermarket filled the three cars to the brim, but there was still a lot left in the warehouse. However, they weren't greedy. They already had enough food in the cars. The rest of the food and water were stacked on both sides of the street for other survivors.
Before they left, Lin Sanjiu carried a few barrels of gasoline. Luther and Marcie also prepared a whole box of alcohol.
"Are you ready?" Lin Sanjiu smiled at her companions as she carried a heavy brick. When she saw the two of them nodding, she shouted, "Alright, let's start throwing!"
Following Luther's excited shout, bricks, stones, chairs, and all kinds of things flew like a meteor shower toward the glass doors and windows of the shopping center that were covered by green plants.
A series of crisp sounds echoed through half the street. Glass shards fell from the sky like rain, sparkling in the dark night sky.
The branches and vines on the glass doors were startled and swayed in the air. For a moment, they didn't know who they should attack. However, before they could find the culprit by following the human scent, bottles after bottles of alcohol and barrels of gasoline flew into the shopping center through the broken glass doors. They landed on the plants and splashed everywhere.
The last step, arson, required some skill. Marcie, who was the fastest and the lightest among the three of them, rushed to the entrance of the shopping center with four or five lighted matches in her hand. With a flick of her hand, a few sparks fell into the green plants.
The flames sizzled and spread. They weren't fast, but they were determined. Soon, the first floor was filled with the red glow of the fire. In less than five minutes, a sharp scream came from the lobby of the shopping center. It was as if something was in pain. All the leaves were waving wildly.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know why, but she felt a sense of joy that she hadn't felt for a long time. She laughed out loud and waved to the two people beside her. "Let's go!" Then, she led the way and ran out of the shopping center.
Just as they ran across the street, they heard a loud explosion. The top floor of the shopping center had collapsed. The building collapsed with an unstoppable force. Half of the building had disappeared in the flames.
The trucks and buses were parked far away from the shopping center. The three of them each drove a car. Under the last bit of starlight, they embarked on an unknown journey...
Lin Sanjiu shook her head to clear her mind of the scene from the previous night.
She looked at the rearview mirror with a grave expression. Then, she turned on the taillights. The truck slowed down and stopped by the roadside.
Behind them, Luther's truck and Marcie's bus slowed down and came to a stop.
"What's wrong? Why aren't we moving? "Luther wound down the window and shouted at Lin Sanjiu.
Lin Sanjiu pushed the door open and jumped out. She stood in the middle of the road with a police baton in her hand.
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