Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

April 2.Monday.In the morning, 0:44. Under the dim light that was only half on, across the messy supermarket shelves, she saw a pair of eyes under fine black hair. A pair of elusive, somewhat cold eyes, sometimes so bright that it hurts her eyes. little light. She likes this name very much, it matches his eyes and the feeling when he appears in front of her eyes. Couldn't help it anymore, Ding Zi gave him a smile.On the high school campus not far from here, she has never given such a smile to other boys. The boy still had no expression on his face, just raised his eyebrows, walked around the shelf and came to her.Ding Zi, an eighteen-year-old senior high school girl, picked up a bag of plums on the shelf, unscrupulously opened the package, took out one and stuffed it into her mouth, so sour that she almost fell out of her teeth.But she loves the stimulating taste, the hallucination of her tongue flying.Satisfied, she held up the plum bag, put it under Xiaoguang's nose and said, "It's delicious!"

"We're not here to find these." An hour ago, Ding Zi and Xiao Guang wandered in the atrium on the ground floor of Future Dream Mall.This pair of brave boys and girls rescued several seriously injured people from the incalculable pile of corpses.They gave the wounded a simple bandage, gave everyone clean water to drink, and distributed painkillers from the supermarket medicines counter.Ding Zi was in a low mood, and he didn't know how long these people could last. If the rescue from outside didn't come, they might die in pain one by one. When everyone rushed up to the top floor, Ding Zi saw that Professor Wu stayed where he was calmly, and Xiao Guang was indifferent, still squatting on the ground to take care of the seriously injured.

"You, don't you want to escape?" The boy replied calmly: "It's good to stay here, why do you want to escape?" "Stay here to die?" "Do you think it's better to go out? I bet it'll save you a lot of trouble here." "Why?" "I guess you don't like the outside world, you might as well stay here, it's better than having nightmares outside every day." "Will you not have nightmares if you stay here?" "Well, these are two kinds of nightmares. Compared to facing the nightmares of the dead here, I'm sure you are more afraid of facing the nightmares of the living. Haven't you had it before?"

Every word of Xiaoguang almost touched the secret in her heart, and she couldn't help lowering her head and replying timidly: "Okay, I admit it." In an instant, a thought flashed in her mind - if, it is really possible , stay underground forever? They took good care of the five seriously injured on the ground floor, but they never spoke to Professor Wu. The famous scholar went to the bathroom to wash his face, and combed his hair carefully in front of the mirror. There was only a dressing room missing. The time came to 0:01 on April 2, and there was another deafening bang and earth-shattering shaking.

Xiaoguang pulled her to the ground. After recovering again, seeing that all the wounded were safe and sound, Ding Zi frowned: "I'm still worried about Haimei, I don't know where she is trapped, and whether the aftershock just now will hurt her." Afterwards, they bid farewell to the seriously injured one by one, and went to the basement floor to find her classmate and buddy Haimi. Before entering the Culver supermarket, I passed a pet store. There were only a few poor cats and dogs left, and the rest of the animals fled to various parts of the building.On the ground in front of the pet shop, lay a dead man whose neck had been severed by broken glass, and was still wearing the work clothes of the pet shop.Having seen too many corpses just now, Ding Zi has become numb.

On the basement floor of the supermarket, she saw an assortment of products scattered on the ground in a mess, or displayed on the shelves crookedly.She couldn't control her hands, and picked up the things she was interested in, usually the snacks that girls like to eat, as well as all kinds of small decorations, and the mobile phone stickers alone put a lot in the bag. Finally, Xiaoguang showed a little helplessness, probably this is the difference between a man and a woman: even in the end of the world, she still has the desire to go shopping. I walked around the supermarket on this floor for half an hour, during which time Xiaoguang made himself a bowl of instant noodles—an eighteen-year-old boy couldn’t afford to be hungry, and it happened to be midnight snack time, so he used the electric kettle in the supermarket to boil mineral water and ate deliciously. Sweating profusely and in a panic, he completely lost the image of the cool guy, making it very embarrassing.

Ding Zi is lying on a leather massage chair with a price tag of 3,600 yuan, plugged in to enjoy the electric massage on the back and waist, eating candy imported from Japan, and wearing a K-gold necklace from the counter on her chest , playing AKB48's music on the iPod in his ear, watching Xiaoguang eating noodles with a smile. If it is really possible, stay underground forever... At least she can enjoy all the food, drink, play, and clothing in the mall. I remember that I really had a similar dream two weeks ago. After enjoying their supper (Ding Zi's supper is countless snacks), they came to the second basement floor of Calfort Supermarket, which was similar to the one above, with several corpses lying on the ground.

In this more quiet and empty world, Ding Zi heard some strange voice and walked over full of doubts, it turned out to be—Plants vs. Zombies!Xiaoguang raised her vigilance and walked sideways in front of her, in case a zombie jumped out of the shadows. Following the sound and walking through the last row of shelves in the supermarket, Ding Zi saw a small closed door, from which the sound of Plants vs. Zombies came out. Xiaoguang knocked heavily on the door, and the war between plants and zombies ceased.He turned the handle hard again and found that it was locked.Ding Zi shouted: "Don't worry, we are here to save you."

Two seconds later, the small door opened slightly, revealing a girl's face. "Haimi!" Nowhere to be found after breaking through the iron shoes, her classmate and best friend Haimei hides in this hut. The two high school girls hugged each other, each experienced a narrow escape, Haimi couldn't help but shed tears.Just as Ding Zi was about to wipe it for her, she laughed like a child through tears and dragged her best friend into the hut. The room was no more than ten square meters, filled with various things, and there was an air mattress in the middle, with Haimei's iPad thrown on it, just now I was lying on the mattress to play games.

"Survival at the end of the day?" Ding Zi stared dumbfounded at her best friend's hut—several boxes of mineral water piled up against the wall, on which were dozens of flashlights, dry batteries in sacks, ZIPPO lighters, and candles of all sizes.There are also all kinds of clothes, especially sweaters and down jackets used to keep out the cold. I probably have a premonition that the underground will get colder and colder.What is even more unbelievable is that there are more than a dozen pairs of shoes on the ground, even a pair of red high-heeled shoes, and several dozen thick socks and stockings. Is it possible to hold a doomsday party here?Finally, Ding Zi's eyes fell on a few pieces of men's clothing with tags hanging on them.

"Don't think about it, this is reserved for reliable men in the future - men are also a necessity for survival in the apocalypse." Haimei touched the men's clothing contentedly, and glanced at the little light behind Ding Zi. "Do you want to live here forever?" "Honey, I think this is the end of the world. None of us can escape. We can only hide here and wait to die. If we can live one more day, we will earn it!" "You said the outside world is over?" "No one can survive! Only here is the safest." Haimei pointed to a beam above her head and said, "Look, the entire second basement floor is the strongest in this room, and it has not been shaken at all. Traces. As long as the door is locked tightly, even if the zombies are dispatched outside, safety can be guaranteed." "So, you brought in so much food and drink?" Haimei nodded in agreement, and opened the refrigerator in the corner of the room: "You don't know how hard it took me to move this guy from the household appliances section!" The refrigerator is full of various beverages and foods, including some of Haimei's favorite juices, and even fresh fruits!In addition, there are bacon, sausages, chocolate, chewing gum... As for rice, flour, instant noodles and the like that can be stored for a long time, they are all placed directly on the ground.Ding Zi also saw Tsingtao beer, imported red wine, Shaoxing rice wine, and two bottles of Wuliangye, although he usually doesn't drink wine in Caspian. "Hey!" Haimei picked up a bottle of Wuliangye and said, "White wine disinfects, red wine invigorates blood, rice wine is a luxury - what if it can be used for cooking? Beer, if you run out of water, drink beer to quench your thirst, you can drink more Live for a day or two." "Well, anyway, there is such a big supermarket outside the door, and all the treasures belong to you." Haimei took out a small wooden box, which was filled with various medicines, especially life-saving antibiotics at critical moments.There are two small shovels in the corner, one is for digging a hole to escape, and the other is for self-defense when encountering a satyr.Next to her air mattress, there are several Swiss army knives. Ding Zi admired her best friend's good mood: "You still use this to manicure?" "Wrong, don't you know that the Swiss Army Knife is a universal knife? It's the end of the world, and everyone has one." After Haimei finished speaking, she picked up a small radio, but she couldn't receive any programs, and even the short wave was rustling noise.Firstly, I am afraid that it is the end of the world, and all the radio stations on the earth are finished, and secondly, because it is deep underground, it cannot receive ground signals. There are also a bunch of watches and clocks on the wall, presumably in order to keep track of how many minutes of doomsday survival record he has created. In the end, it was a book that Haimei left for herself. It was called Haimei, although she had read it several times. Ding Zi was stung by the title of the book. "Hai Mei, are you looking forward to the end of the world all day long?" "Yes, that's why I devoted myself to studying the doomsday survival manual, just to live a few hours longer than others." Her best friend for three years in high school turned out to be a covert doomsman! Finally, Xiaoguang spoke: "I want to get some fresh air outside." "Haimei, come out for a walk too." Ding Zi followed the young man back to the supermarket, looked at his buddy worriedly, "Don't you want to be with me?" After a moment of hesitation, Haimi stepped out of her "Doomsday Fortress" and carefully locked the door.She even got the key, this lair must not be occupied by others. "If the outside world is really destroyed, aren't you worried about your parents?" Ding Zi asked. Haimei lowered her head and said, "Yes, I'm worried, but what's the use of worrying? If they're still alive, they must be worried about me too." "If you had a chance to escape, would you still stay here?" "No way." Haimei honestly said what was in her heart, and she didn't try to say that she wanted to stay in the ground alone and be Robinson Robinson. "Ding Zi, what about you?" This rhetorical question made Ding Zi at a loss, she turned her head to look into Xiaoguang's eyes, but she couldn't find the answer in his cold eyes. "I have no idea." Just wondering how she would choose, Ding Zi heard a burst of chaotic and heavy footsteps.Xiaoguang took the two girls to hide behind the shelves. Three men broke into the second basement of Calfort Supermarket—the leader was the young man wearing supermarket work clothes, followed by the security guard of the building, and finally a strange man in his thirties wearing a T-shirt. Gloves look so mysterious that boys and girls dare not come out. The three men walked around the supermarket, looking for the dead person on the ground, and then each dragged a corpse and headed out of the cashier. Could it be... Zombies... Cannibals?Ding Zi subconsciously opened her mouth, and Xiaoguang reached out to block it with all her might, but she still couldn't cover up her shrill scream.