Luo Yuan knew from the previous map that Jia Ping City was also a fallen area, or rather, there were almost no non-fallen areas in the Jiangnan Province. However, from what he could see, the city had obviously fallen earlier than he had imagined.
The asphalt road from the highway to the main road in the city was no longer recognizable. A layer of mutated moss that was 30 to 40 centimeters thick had completely covered the road.
The moss was covered with strawberry-sized spores. When Luo Yuan and the others walked past, the spores seemed to be startled and burst into clouds of yellow dust-like smoke.
If it were not for the fact that the moss was not poisonous other than irritating the mucous membranes, it would have been difficult to walk through the city.
This place had almost become a relic of civilization. In just half a year, a large number of tall and short plants had gradually replaced the city. Even some of the remaining tall buildings had been covered with dense vines. These vines were like thick pythons, entangling the entire building and then gathering at the top of the building, forming a purple ball of intertwined vines with a diameter of 50 to 60 meters. It looked quite spectacular, but it also sent chills down one's spine.
Rustling sounds could be heard everywhere. As Luo Yuan and the others moved forward, countless strange mutated creatures emerged from the moss and fled the area. Even some small insects avoided them.
Only when they saw it with their own eyes could they feel the danger. Within the moss, there seemed to be an independent community of creatures. Luo Yuan estimated that there were more than 10 types of creatures living in each square meter. Some of the creatures looked ferocious and colorful. Obviously, they were not harmless.
There were very few survivors there. Even ordinary evolved people would not be able to survive. Not to mention hunting outside, they would probably die after taking a few steps.
"I've been here before. I think there's a Wumart supermarket in front of us. Should we go and have a look?" Wang Xiaguang suddenly said.
"This should be Tianping Road. There is a supermarket here," Cao Lin said after thinking for a while.
Almost everyone stopped in their tracks.
No matter how strong-willed a person was, he was still human. Looking at the countless creatures that were running away, they could not help but feel numb. They did not dare to go any further. Although they did not encounter any danger along the way, they did not know why the city felt a little gloomy. It was as if there was something ominous about it. Even Luo Yuan felt vaguely uneasy.
He looked at the giant lizard and felt slightly relieved when he found no signs of uneasiness.
It was a tall building with about four floors. Rather than calling it a tall building, it was more like a giant green plant mass that was more than ten meters tall. Its original appearance could not be seen clearly. If Wang Xiaguang had not mentioned it, it would be impossible to tell that it was a shopping mall.
"Let's go and have a look." Luo Yuan nodded. They only had one purpose in the city this time, which was to obtain daily necessities.
Ever since the Beast Wave on the highway, all the daily necessities were gone. Everyone was almost like primitive people. They had no sleeping bags, no toothpaste, and not even a change of underwear. A few rags had become the only important resources. They were carefully collected and used for various purposes.
Especially when Cao Lin's period came last night, so the rags had another function.
Even Luo Yuan found it hard to endure such an embarrassing situation, not to mention the women who had turned pale at the mention of it.
Fortunately, the only clothes they were wearing were synthetic, so they were not damaged. Otherwise, they would have been naked for the past few days.
After walking for about 10 meters, Luo Yuan walked in front of a dense plant. He guessed that it should be the door. He pulled out his Zhanmadao and cut the thick plant layer apart. Unfortunately, it was not the door, but a corroded wall.
Luo Yuan was too lazy to look for the real door, so he dug a one-meter wide hole in the wall and asked everyone to wait outside. After they were careful, he crouched and walked in.
As soon as he entered, a strong moldy smell rushed into his nostrils. He quickly held his breath.
It was dark inside, and the floor was slippery. He had no idea what it was, but it felt like he was stepping on a pile of mud. His feet made a squeaking sound. Luo Yuan quickly glanced around with the dim light at the entrance of the cave.
There were no mutated creatures inside, and countless shelves were lying on the ground. Most of the shelves were empty, but there were still some items on them. There were even more abandoned items on the ground.
Luo Yuan noticed that there were more than 10 human skeletons on the ground. Obviously, there had been a conflict here.
He was not in a hurry, so he found the stairs and went to the second floor.
Unlike the food on the first floor, the second floor was filled with daily necessities. Obviously, daily necessities were not as attractive as food. There were more supplies here than on the first floor, but there were also more skeletons. There were almost 100 of them.
Luo Yuan noticed that some of the skeletons had bullet holes on them. He shook his head. He could almost imagine what had happened at that time.
Jiaping City was a normal prefecture-level city. Its strategic position was not as important as Donghu City. The government's limited armed forces obviously could not take care of such a city. Perhaps it had fallen not long after the mutation started. This could be seen from the fact that there were still goods in the supermarket.
During the later period of Hedong City's fall, a temporary wartime rationing system had been implemented. Large-scale trading markets like supermarkets had been closed due to lack of supplies and had been converted into military workshops. Supermarkets had only existed during the early period of the mutation.
These thoughts flashed past his mind. Next, he found a corroded shopping cart that was about to fall apart, and put a large number of daily necessities into it. Toothpaste, towels, shampoo, underwear, underwear … He took almost everything he saw, but most of the items without packaging were rotten, and even the metal packaging was rusty.
Luo Yuan had wanted to find an iron pot, but he could not find one in good condition. In the end, he gave up. It seemed like he could only use a stone pot.
Soon, one of the shopping carts was full. Luo Yuan pushed another one over and continued to fill it up.
After loading up three carts, he finally reached the third floor. Clothing and sporting goods were stored there. Some cotton and wool clothing had already rotted, but the nylon and synthetic fiber clothing were still intact. Luo Yuan was not interested in choosing, so he stuffed everything that was still in good condition into the shopping cart. Finally, he found a field tent in the sporting goods section.
This made Luo Yuan overjoyed.
It was too inconvenient for everyone to sleep together. Not only was there no personal space, but it was also very insecure to be exposed to the outside world. To him, those inconspicuous bugs were more of a threat to him than the mutated beasts.
At least mutated beasts were huge, so there would always be some movement, unlike the insects, which were hard to guard against.
Although the aura of his Zhanmadao could stop the insects from approaching, the world was big and full of surprises. He was not confident enough to think that his aura could deter all insects. The tent, on the other hand, could be used to defend against the insects. Of course, it still needed to be synthesized.
However, there were not many tents left. Luo Yuan looked around and only found two.
Two tents were obviously not enough, especially when one of them was a children's tent. Even Wang Shishi could not sleep in it, so it was useless.
Luo Yuan noticed that there was a fourth floor, so he went up.
The iron door on the fourth floor was tightly shut. From the mottled writing on it, he could tell that it was a warehouse. The lock of the door had been smashed by someone and had fallen in front of the door. Luo Yuan tried to push it, but it seemed to be blocked by something inside.
Using the same old method, Luo Yuan used his knife to cut the door into pieces. He found that the door was blocked by more than ten sandbags. No wonder he could not push it open.
Luo Yuan patiently threw the sandbags far away.
His 13-point Strength was terrifying. The 100-kilogram sandbags were as light as a feather in his hands. They were thrown more than ten meters away with a dull thud.
Suddenly, the sound of shelves collapsing came from afar.
Luo Yuan paused and looked in the direction of the sound. There were a few pairs of green eyes in the dark.
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