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Chapter 583 -337: A Small Miracle (Second Update)_1
Chapter 583 -337: A Small Miracle (Second Update)_1
“When operating in the ruins, you must be mindful of your surroundings and move silently as much as possible to avoid attracting the nearby Zombies. Their hearing is very sensitive, and they’re as good at hiding as cockroaches. Once you spot one, that means there are a hundred hiding in the dark,”
Between the dilapidated buildings, a man in a bulletproof vest whispered to a little boy beside him, explaining the situation.
The boy’s eyes were tightly shut, and without eyeballs under his eyelids, when he was told to move silently, he immediately covered his mouth, signaling that he wouldn’t make any noise.
Pleased, the man ruffled the boy’s hair and slowly led him into the building, down the abandoned escalator to the first underground level.
The emergency power here was still working, and groundwater hadn’t yet seeped in. Despite the chaotic signs of the Zombies’ attacks everywhere, the lights in front of the supermarket were luckily on.
Pointing to the supermarket’s sign, the man said, “The place we’re entering now is a supermarket, which often has essential food, bottled water, and various daily necessities. Don’t eat food that has already spoiled, and avoid food with liquid. However, if it’s sealed canned food, then it’s edible.”
The boy clutched the man’s clothing, tilting his head curiously as if to ask, “What is canned food?”
“It’s wrapped in tin… shh.”
Pressing down on the boy’s head, the man hid with him under the check-out counter near the entrance, then heard footsteps passing by outside.
The steps were light, the person’s body weight around forty-five kilograms, but assuming they were weak just based on their weight would be a mistake.
At the last settlement, the man had seen three-millimeter-thick steel plates torn open by their sharp nails. Many Soldiers had resisted with heavy weapons, but they couldn’t stop the increasingly numerous Zombies, leading to an utter collapse.
All the residents were bitten by Zombies and were assimilated in a very short time, then charged toward their own comrades.
Just as the man sighed in relief at the fading footsteps, they suddenly quickened, accompanied by a bell-like sound, attacking towards them.
“Damn it!”
Decisively standing up, he saw the Zombie that had returned rushing at them.
Unlike traditional Zombies, these looked indistinguishable from ordinary people and even possessed their own intelligence.
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But their values had been reshaped by death, leaving only an endless desire to slaughter the living.
With the Zombie’s beautiful appearance close at hand, he had no desire to admire it.
The crossbow was already in his hand, the crosshairs aimed at the Zombie’s head, and he quickly pulled the trigger.
In the blink of an eye, as they passed each other, the Zombie’s head had been pierced by the crossbow bolt and fell not far away.
But it wasn’t enough.
The Zombie’s body was nearly indestructible; even if burned to ashes, it could regenerate from the remains. The fatal injury just now could only temporarily stop its activities until its head was fully healed, and then it would charge at them immediately.
Dragging the little boy, the man hastily fled deeper into the supermarket. Behind them, the injured Zombie stood up again and approached with a girlish giggle.
Her head had been penetrated, yet her movements were unaffected; she crawled with hands and feet toward them.
Glancing back, the man cursed under his breath, “It’s a mutant.”
Rushing into the elevator, he didn’t have time to close the elevator door before he heard a grating scratching noise.
The elevator doors couldn’t withstand the pressure for long. The Zombie’s strength was enough to twist metal pipes, so breaking through the solid doors was only a matter of time.
They had to leave!
But the elevator wasn’t safe either. This device, once meant for rapid movement between floors, had become a conduit to strange and otherworldly spaces.
While transitioning between floors, it could lead people into different otherworldly spaces, some of which were even more dangerous than the Zombies.
However, they were out of options.
Making the boy hold onto him obediently, the man, against the harsh scratching sound outside, started to study the building’s floors.
Even though the elevator’s space had twisted, it still changed according to the floors it previously corresponded with.
Of course, that wasn’t an absolute rule; everything was down to luck.
The dining area was a no-go; the ingredients there might be them.
The clothing area was off-limits too; the mannequins were highly likely to come to life and attack them.
The book area was also dangerous; the content inside the books might materialize and then become contaminated, and immediate death upon entering would be the best outcome, not to mention several worse, living nightmare scenarios.
Finally, he fixed his gaze on the entertainment level.
The entertainment level was relatively safer, but only relatively so.
If the danger level of other areas could reach ten thousand, there it might only be five thousand.
In his previous settlement, people sometimes grudgingly entered the entertainment level, and some could survive and return, showing that survival there was possible.
Taking a deep breath, the man gripped his crossbow tightly before saying to the boy, “If I end up in danger later, don’t worry about me; escape as fast as you can. Staircases with green lights are safe, red ones are dangerous. No, you can’t see… then listen for the sounds. Places where the wind sounds more urgent are safe, while those with both wind and a faint laughter are dangerous. There might be multiple staircases on one floor; try to find a safe one, and then leave.”
