Chapter 98

Thanks to the continuous background music in the supermarket, Brother Dong and Guo Jun could still whisper to each other under its cover.

Brother Dong: "We need to find a way to close that door."

Then the storage room would become their safe zone, keeping all the zombies locked in the shopping area.

There were all kinds of food and drinks in the storage room.

They had peed in mineral water bottles all last night. If they could close the door, they could also find a basin to take a dump in peace.

Anyway, there were basins and toilet paper.

Just as they were thinking about closing the door, two more zombies staggered in.

Brother Dong and Guo Jun quickly shrank back and didn't dare to make a sound.

If there were only two zombies, they could give it a try. The fear was that the noise from the fight would attract all the zombies outside.

Those two zombies walked deeper and deeper. Damn it, it seemed they were unlikely to stagger out again. Fortunately, they were original zombies.

Guo Jun took out his phone to check the time and found that the battery was almost dead.

He felt his pockets and found that he didn't have a spare battery with him. That was bad. Once the phone battery died, they were really doomed.

When there was only a red line of battery left, Guo Jun sent a text message to Jiang Cheng for help in the hope of a miracle.

He was now as regretful as Zhou Wang.

He should have just turned around and run back to the Youth Apartment when he saw Jiang Cheng's text message yesterday. It was only about eight or nine hundred meters away, and it would only take a few minutes to run there.

Now it had become an insurmountable chasm between life and death.

Guo Jun regretted it so much.

But they weren't originally from the Youth Apartment. When they moved in after seeking refuge there, Jiang Cheng led a group to clear a supply line. Then Li Feng established a supply point. Jiang Cheng directly transferred them here to help. Only Guo Jun stayed in the Youth Apartment, helping Master Luo with various repairs.

But at that time, Jiang Cheng was always out killing zombies.

They didn't have many opportunities to interact. Guo Jun knew Jiang Cheng was capable, but he didn't trust her as much as those who were always around her.

He showed the text message to several stock clerks yesterday. Actually, he also felt a bit uneasy.

But when he went to the manager, the manager scolded him angrily: "Do you trust the country or her? The zombies are finally gone, and she spreads such rumors. She should be arrested by the police. We're so short of staff now. Don't cause any trouble for me!"

People are always more likely to trust those they get along with for a long time. So Guo Jun chose to believe the manager.

Now he regretted it so much.

Brother Dong was sitting right next to him, craning his neck to see who he was sending the message to. When he saw the name of the recipient, he mouthed, "Jiang Cheng?"

There were two zombies staggering around downstairs, so they didn't dare to make a sound.

Guo Jun nodded.

Brother Dong didn't take Jiang Cheng's text message seriously at all yesterday and even laughed at it.

But now he understood Guo Jun.

Jiang Cheng was probably the only one who might come to rescue them now.

The last zombie disaster broke out on Saturday night, and government rescue didn't start until Wednesday. Later, it was found that they couldn't handle it, and finally the masses had to be mobilized.

Now another wave had come. The army and the police would surely lose a large number of people again.

The manpower would be even more strained. They couldn't count on government rescue.

Right now, the only thing they could count on was the Youth Apartment.

Come on, Youth Apartment! Come and grab supplies quickly!

The two men lay on the mattress still wrapped in plastic film, staring blankly at the high ceiling.

Suddenly, a blue light flashed!

There was a text message reply!

The two of them sat up straight away!

When Jiang Cheng received the text message, Li Jiangbing had just led a group of people noisily to search for body armors.

Jiang Cheng let out an exclamation and showed the text message to everyone: "Guo Jun is asking for help."

Master Guo was a master at all kinds of repairs. After the zombie disaster, he still worked part - time in the Youth Apartment.

Because the property management was extremely short of staff, besides changing light bulbs and fixing power sources, he also had to take care of unclogging sewers and toilets. Everyone knew him.

Guo Jun probably never thought that these simple jobs like changing sockets, screwing fuses, and unclogging sewers would affect his fate at this time.

Because when everyone heard it was him, they were all inclined to go and rescue him.

Of course, the main reason was that even though the food situation wasn't as dire as the first time, they would eventually have to "visit" Mai Duoduo.

Whether they went early or late, the zombies wouldn't starve to death. They would always be there waiting.

But Master Guo might starve, die from holding it in, or be bitten to death.

So, it was better to go while he was still alive.

For Jiang Cheng, it was even better. Originally, she would have to take risks to retake Mai Duoduo without any prior knowledge. Now, it was as if there was a scout inside.

She directly edited a text message to Guo Jun: [Describe the current situation. How many zombies are there approximately? How many are second - generation zombies? Are there any newly evolved and intelligent ones? What's the proportion of each type of zombie? The more detailed, the better.]

The other side sent a text message saying the environment wasn't suitable for a phone call, so she also replied with a text message.

Thank goodness!

Guo Jun immediately started typing a text message, his fingers flying on the nine - key keypad!

[There aren't many zombies! Really not many! There were very few people on Thursday afternoon! There are only about one or two hundred! They are mainly in the shopping area! I'm hiding in the warehouse. There are two here! We can't see outside, but there really aren't many! Really!]

He desperately emphasized "not many", afraid that if there were too many, the other side wouldn't come.

That text message was sent out just before the phone shut down.

Then the phone completely ran out of power and went black.

Guo Jun mouthed to Brother Dong, "What about your phone?"

Brother Dong made a gesture of rummaging through his empty pockets, indicating that he had lost it. He didn't know where it had dropped during the panicked escape yesterday.

Guo Jun was furious.

Li Jiangbing led everyone to pry open doors and search for body armors.

Since the Youth Apartment often had collective activities, the neighbors on the same floor basically knew who had body armors and still remembered.

The Youth Apartment had a total of 400 sets of body armors, but actually, some had been lost after the disaster.

Jiang Cheng announced the situation of Mai Duoduo through the building's broadcast system. Li Jiangbing said, "Oh, it's Old Guo. It's good that he's still alive."

Actually, compared with many white - collar workers in the Youth Apartment, Li Jiangbing and Guo Jun, who had similar educational backgrounds, felt closer to each other.

One graduated from a vocational high school and the other from a technical school.

Jiang Cheng called Li Jiangbing specifically to ask when he would finish.

She needed at least two hundred people.

Li Jiangbing said, "It's hard to say. We're prying open the doors one by one."

Jiang Cheng thought for a while and called Cui Haiyang over: "Can you pick locks?"

Cui Haiyang was a gold - type psychic who could control metal. He was practicing turning steel pipes into steel spikes and was called over.

Cui Haiyang didn't expect such a request. He could only say, "I'll give it a try?"

He immediately found the nearest door and tried it.

As soon as Cui Haiyang touched the keyhole, he knew: "I can do it!"

With a click, the lock opened.

"I can feel the shape and structure as soon as I touch it," Cui Haiyang said in amazement. "Then I just need to control the lock tongue."

No one could have imagined that the first use developed for the gold - type psychic power was this.

Cui Haiyang ran to find Li Jiangbing. Picking locks was as easy as pie for him.

Li Jiangbing was worried about him: "Be careful not to have a nosebleed."

"It's okay for this," Cui Haiyang said. "I don't feel any burden. It's very easy."

In the end, they found less than 340 sets of body armors.

Currently, there are only a little over four hundred people in the entire community, so the coverage rate is quite high.

Jiang Cheng assembled a fully-armored team of two hundred people. She left one hundred and forty sets of armor in the community, saying, "From now on, there must be people wearing armor on fixed patrols in the community."

Things are different now. The third - generation zombies have gained intelligence. They won't rush out recklessly, attracted by sounds or living people. They might be lurking somewhere, waiting for a chance to launch a surprise attack.

The community is no longer as safe as it used to be.

She also called Zhou Wang and said, "We're going to retake Mai Duoduo."

As for Zhou Wang's Senior Lightning Squad, Jiang Cheng and the others didn't actually expect them to contribute much. But if you want to seek protection, you have to show the right attitude.

It's impossible to just sit back and enjoy without doing anything.

Zhou Wang, of course, understood. He said earnestly, "The people we can provide are the ones you saw earlier."

There were about thirty people. Half of them were old people, and half of the old people were old ladies. Among them, there was also a middle - school student.

Jiang Cheng said, "...Alright then."

The departure time was set for the afternoon. Everyone went to have lunch first.

When they set off in the afternoon, it was indeed the same group of people they saw in the morning.

Theoretically speaking, these old men and women were the brave and responsible ones among the elderly in Jixiang Jiayuan.

The people from the Youth Apartment didn't particularly reject them.

Many young people's parents and elders were not in City S but in their hometowns. Maybe their parents also had to pick up kitchen knives and rolling pins and face the danger with their graying hair.

Moreover, many people's parents had died in the first wave and this wave.

Most of them didn't show it.

They would just cry behind closed doors. Once they went out, it was hard to tell. The living should just live on well.

Regarding the parents who had gone missing in the previous wave, many young people didn't even go back for the funeral. Because there was no sign of them, neither alive nor dead.

This was the situation across the country. Once someone went missing, it was better not to think about it too much.

Everyone's view of life and death had been changed by the zombies.

Actually, there was relatively little danger outside.

During weekday afternoons, the Science and Technology New Area was like a ghost town. Especially in the residential area, there were few people on the streets.

The zombies in the community were concentrated there because the people were in the community before they turned into zombies.

But on the way to Mai Duoduo, they noticed something - the convenience pharmacy that Jiang Cheng had once led a group to rob had been looted again.

Many small shops in the surrounding area had closed down. Even though the government had implemented policies to reduce rent and provide compensation, a large number of them still went out of business.

Only pharmacies and supermarkets, which were essential for people's livelihoods and supported by the government, quickly resumed business and restocked their shelves and warehouses.

Now, the newly - replaced glass door of the pharmacy had been smashed. Looking inside, there were a lot of medicine boxes scattered messily on the ground.

Although not everything had been taken and there was still a lot left, everyone was speechless.

Zhou Wang was extremely embarrassed and explained, "The old people have many underlying diseases... so... well..."

Several old people wearing armor also explained, "It wasn't us."

They had gone to the Youth Apartment with Zhou Wang at that time.

The old people remaining in the community peeked around and found that Jixiang West Street was safe. The only zombie there had been killed by Zhou Wang and his group.

Then someone remembered the time when the pharmacy was ransacked by the people from the Youth Apartment.

The old people hit it off and decided to strike first!

Jiang Cheng's mouth twitched.

Actually, the situation this time was very different from the last one. Except for places like hospitals, supermarkets, and schools in the Science and Technology New Area, most places were empty.

The supplies were still in place, but the surviving population had decreased significantly compared to the last time. Theoretically, there should be far more supplies available than last time.

Moreover, everyone was more experienced this time and had armor.

If this pharmacy was gone, they could simply go to a pharmacy on a more distant street.

There was no need to be so impatient. Their behavior was really disgraceful.