Every time she teleported, she felt as if she was swallowed by the darkness.
When Lin Sanjiu opened her eyes again, she realized that she was lying on her back. She even suspected that she had just fallen asleep.
However, there was a strange smell in the air. It smelled like sweat and blood that had been covered for a long time, and the furniture had not seen the light of day for a long time. The strange smell made Lin Sanjiu realize that she was now in a different environment.
She was surrounded by darkness. She couldn't tell where the faint light came from and there was a faint noise.
Lin Sanjiu blinked her eyes in a daze. She quickly adapted to the dim light and sat up silently. When she looked around, she saw Ji Shanqing's silhouette crouching beside her with the [Tape Recorder]. Lin Sanjiu heaved a sigh of relief when she felt the tension in her heart disappear. "You're right, Ji Shanqing.
As an "object", it seemed like he could teleport with her in this world...
She nudged Ji Shanqing lightly, and the grand prize woke up with a start.
Despite the shock, Ji Shanqing, who was as smart as a fox and cherished his life, immediately reacted to the situation. Without making a sound, he quietly got up. He pricked up his ears and tried to eavesdrop. He was a little scared, so he moved closer to Lin Sanjiu.
"Where are we?" he asked in a low voice that was almost inaudible to Lin Sanjiu.
Lin Sanjiu shook her head. She waited for a while before replying in the same volume, "I think we are in a bedroom."
After the darkness that shrouded their vision gradually faded into a diluted ink-black, everything around them finally revealed their original contours.
There was only a crumpled bedsheet on the double bed, revealing the hard, yellow-stained mattress underneath. The bed was obviously too big for the small bedroom. Lin Sanjiu could see the thick, yellowish curtains by the window as she sat on the bed. The only space in the room was an old-fashioned wooden dresser and a tall, old wardrobe. There was only a narrow path for them to walk through.
The door of the bedroom was ajar, and Lin Sanjiu could see the flickering white light that was familiar yet strange at the same time. It was accompanied by the faint sound of electric currents and the noise of many people talking at the same time. Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and realized that it was a television that she had not seen for a long time.
Logically speaking, there should be an audience if there was a television.
However, other than the sound from the television, there was only dead silence.
There was only a faint glow that changed colors according to the program. The laughter of the host was low, and it echoed in the air, making the house even more silent. "That was a close call! Now, let's welcome the most popular actor … "
Since the television could still receive the signal, the apocalypse should have just arrived not long ago.
If the apocalypse didn't happen long ago, it would be good news for Lin Sanjiu. Other than the posthumans who were teleported here, the natives who had just started evolving after being pushed to the brink of death would hardly be a threat to Lin Sanjiu and Ji Shanqing.
After some thought, Lin Sanjiu stood up from the bed. The moment she moved, the old mattress squeaked. The sound of aging springs tore through the air.
Almost immediately after, the television went off, and the entire house fell into dead silence.
There was someone outside.
Ji Shanqing darted a quick glance at Lin Sanjiu. His face was pale.
"It's okay. We can ask them about the situation," Lin Sanjiu comforted him softly. Then, she recalled her grand prize's combat ability and said, "Wait here."
It had been a few seconds since the television went silent, but it was still very quiet outside. Normally, when a normal person heard a commotion, they would at least ask about it or get up to see what was going on. The fact that they could wait for the person inside to come out so quietly meant that the person outside had a lot of combat experience.
With this thought in mind, Lin Sanjiu slowly opened the door. Her body was tense, and she was on the verge of exploding.
She looked around the living room, and the next second, she couldn't react to the situation.
The floor was littered with empty food boxes and leftovers. The sofa in the middle of the living room was filled to the brim by a man who looked like he weighed at least 150 pounds. The stacks of fat on his body looked as if they were about to spill out of the chair. Even though he was sitting still, his forehead and cheeks were covered with sweat and grease.
The plump man raised his eyes and shot a glance at Lin Sanjiu. Surprisingly, the woman who had just walked out of his bedroom did not even bat an eyelid. His face did not even twitch as he pressed the button on the remote control with his thick, ham-like fingers. Click. The music from the television started again. The light from the screen shone on his chin, illuminating his hideous face. His facial features did not look human at all.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned as she watched the man move his murky eyes back to the television.
She didn't expect that the first person she met in the new world would have such a reaction.
After hesitating for a second, she couldn't even find the right words to say, "Erm … Have you been living here all this time? What happened here? "
The man didn't even look at her. He just stared at the variety show on the television. His breathing was deep and heavy.
"Hello?" Lin Sanjiu started to feel a little ridiculous. "Is this your house?"
"Ahhhhhhh!" The man suddenly screamed without any warning. He slammed the armrest of the sofa a few times with a furious look on his face. The fat under his collar jiggled, "So annoying! So annoying! "
Lin Sanjiu had already taken two steps back. She looked at the man warily.
"Don't bother me! You can do whatever you want. I don't care! "The man's voice was strangely high-pitched," Leave me alone! "
"Okay, okay. You can continue watching the television," Lin Sanjiu felt that the situation was very strange. However, since she had just arrived, she had to be more cautious. She took another step back, "I'll leave now."
The man panted heavily. Just when he was about to shift his gaze back to the television, Ji Shanqing, who was in his room, heard the commotion. He walked out quietly. When he saw that there was another person in his room, the man let out a shrill and irritated grumble, "This is endless!"
[Could it be that other than me, there are countless posthumans who have been transported into this man's house? Is that why he is used to it?] Perhaps the situation was too baffling. Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but come up with an unreliable conjecture.
Even with Ji Shanqing's quick-wittedness, he was completely confused. When Ji Shanqing suddenly calmed down and focused on the TV, the two of them looked at each other and shot a look at the door at the same time.
Even though the man didn't seem to have any combat ability, it was still better for them to leave as soon as possible.
Lin Sanjiu tried to unlock the anti-theft door as quietly as she could. She let Ji Shanqing walk into the dark corridor first while she brought up the rear. Just as she was about to close the door, Ji Shanqing uttered the exact same sentence, "That was a close one! Now, let's welcome the most popular actor … "Lin Sanjiu suddenly heard it.
[Hasn't this segment already been broadcasted?]
Lin Sanjiu looked up unconsciously. Through the flickering light from the television, she saw the plump man tilting his head slightly. Through the wrinkles on his face, he stared at her with a pair of yellowish eyes.
Just when her heart skipped a beat, the man turned his head away.
"Let's go," Lin Sanjiu waved at Ji Shanqing the moment she closed the door. "This man is too weird."
Ji Shanqing had his back facing her, and he remained motionless with his head tilted upward.
Just when Lin Sanjiu was about to ask, "Why aren't you leaving?", her gaze followed the direction of his face and landed on the corridor. She immediately understood why her grand prize had stopped moving.
At first glance, she thought that the corridor was so narrow because it was an old residential building. However, when she took a closer look, she realized that one side of the corridor, which she mistook as a "wall", was actually filled with stacked cardboard boxes. The cardboard boxes reached the ceiling and occupied at least half of the corridor.
"This …" Lin Sanjiu couldn't find the right words again. "It can't be, right?"
"Yes, it's all food and water," Ji Shanqing answered softly. He walked forward and touched the cardboard boxes. His voice was filled with disbelief. "My God, how much is this?"
Judging from the words on the cardboard boxes, other than non-staple foods such as bagged cakes, eight-treasure porridge, instant noodles, and pastries, there were also boxes of rice, flour, grains, oil, salt, sugar, and cured meat. There was no space in the corridor, so they piled up on the stairs. After taking a few steps down the stairs, Lin Sanjiu realized that every floor was filled with supplies.
Ever since she left Hyperthermal Hell, Lin Sanjiu had never seen such a large amount of food. She estimated that the food here could supply a large supermarket for at least half a year.
Both of them stared at the cardboard boxes beside them as they walked down the stairs step by step.
"If we bring these things back to Red Nautilus," Ji Shanqing muttered, "we can sell them for at least 300 big crystals."
Lin Sanjiu suppressed the image of Reno and Rena in her mind and shook her head, "If these supplies were collected by the residents to prepare for the apocalypse, why are they just sitting around like that? Isn't that man afraid that we will steal his things? "
Ji Shanqing was obviously stumped by this question, "It can't be that they don't care because there are too many of them, right?"
Lin Sanjiu walked down the stairs with a belly full of doubts. There were a few commercial refrigerators at the corner of some floors. They were filled with frozen dumplings, buns, pizzas, and other cold food. Lin Sanjiu pondered for a moment, but she couldn't tell if these were ownerless or ownerless items. However, just to be safe, she didn't accept any of them.
Lin Sanjiu didn't care about this strange place for the time being. After all, a world with abundant supplies was better than a world without supplies.
Feeling doubtful and a little happy at the same time, the two of them walked out of the residential building under the cover of the night.
It seemed that the apocalypse had indeed descended on this world not too long ago. In this residential area, which had the style of a row of old-fashioned tube-shaped apartment buildings from the 80s and 90s, almost all the street lamps were broken. Cars were lying on the ground. Some of them were dented and some of them had broken windows. The doors of every building had been taken down. The first floor of the building was empty. The broken windows and doors were like eye holes, staring at the two intruders.
The night breeze blew past them, sending chills down their spines. At the same time, they heard a faint cry coming from somewhere in the distance.
In an apocalyptic world, this kind of cry was very common. Lin Sanjiu listened attentively. Then, her gaze fell on the main gate of the residential area.
Until now, she still had no clue as to the cause of the destruction of the human society in this world. However, from the looks of the gate, it seemed that the residents here were trying their best to defend against something outside.
Not only was the two-meter-tall iron gate completely locked, but there was also a layer of thick wooden planks nailed to the top of the gate. Sharp glass shards and knife tips were tied to the top of the gate. Then, they used thorny iron wires to entangle the entrance and the surrounding wall.
"They are probably guarding against duoluozhongs," Lin Sanjiu mumbled, "No wonder there are so many supplies inside. They are using this residential area as a fortress."
Even though it wasn't difficult for her to climb over the gate, she wasn't in a hurry to get out.
The reason was simple. Since the residents of this residential area had worked together to transform this place into a large shelter, there would definitely be other people here. The fat man was a freak, but the others might not be. Lin Sanjiu could use this chance to ask the survivors here about the situation in this world.
"Sis, that's a good idea. It's a good one." Ji Shanqing did not hide his excitement at the thought of not having to go out and face an unknown world right away. He immediately pointed at the nearest building and said, "Why don't we go there and ask? Some of the windows in that building are lit. "
Even though a few of the windows were lit, the doorway and the corridor were as dark as ink. The cardboard boxes that reached the ceiling took up most of the space. It was easy to trip in the dark. Ji Shanqing stumbled through the cardboard boxes and soon, the distance between him and Lin Sanjiu widened. Just when the grand prize was getting impatient and was about to call out to her, the black figure in front of him suddenly stopped and turned around.
"Sis, you are walking too fast," the grand prize panted as he walked toward the pair of eyes that glowed in the dark. "Hmm? What are you looking at? "
The owner of the house spoke, but it was an unfamiliar, sweet voice.
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