April 13, 2019, the eighth day the survivors entered the library.
The fourth floor of the library has been cleaned up, and one person was bitten by a zombie, but the rescue team still did not show up. Since the three helicopters left City H one after another eight days ago with the sound of roaring propellers, apart from the howling of zombies outside day and night, there has been no other movement.
Hunger, panic, helplessness and anger as a trapped animal make the survivors' emotions more impulsive and irritable, like explosives/drugs that explode at one point, someone jumps in line when receiving water, someone makes noise when sleeping, and even goes to the toilet Too long to wait... Any little thing can be a flashpoint that turns into a tit-for-tat tumultuous melee.
In just a few days, three serious brawls have occurred in the library. This sturdy and huge building seems to be increasingly becoming a cage, arousing people's ferocious animal nature hidden behind the civilized order.
Regardless of whether it was a quarrel or a fight, it had nothing to do with Shen Shi'an for the time being. After seeing his skill and the power of that sharp stick, no one wants to provoke him. It seems that whether it is a civilized society or a cage of animal nature, the rule of survival is that the strong is king.
Shen Shi'an and Shen Xun sat opposite each other, took out a cup of eight-treasure porridge, a bottle of canned yellow peaches, a pack of compressed biscuits, two marinated eggs and two sausages from their backpacks and put them on the coffee table: "Let's eat."
Because the child is resolutely unwilling to enter the space to eat, Shen Shi'an can only rely on this method to ensure his nutrition as much as possible. It's not that he hasn't considered taking the opportunity of going to the toilet or hiding in a corner of the library to bring the children into the space together, but the actual operability is not strong.
For one thing, although it doesn’t take much time to enter the space and eat a battle meal, waiting for the smell of food to dissipate completely is not something that can be solved in a few minutes. The possibility of disappearing out of thin air for a long time without arousing anyone’s suspicion is too low.
Secondly, maybe because his backpack is too eye-catching, or because the ability he displayed is too eye-catching, from the second day after entering the library, no matter where he goes or what he does, there will always be something behind him. There are a few eyes that seem to stick to each other, even when going to the toilet, there will always be people shaking back and forth by the sink, and there is no chance to enter the space.
Fortunately, his backpack is big enough, and he can gain something every time he cleans the floor. In addition, the things he takes out of the space should be small in size, high in calories, and strong in satiety, so after more than a week, the backpack will not be enough. It was about one-third deflated. It is impossible to be full every meal, but it is more than enough to ensure the basic energy needs. What's more, compared to the vast majority of survivors, the meals of the two of them are already extremely luxurious, and every time they eat, they will attract a large number of meaningful eyes.
Shen Shi'an didn't care about this, and took out the thermos cup from the bag while telling the children to eat slowly. The thermos is filled with tomato juice. Unlike food, he can take tomato juice out of the space indefinitely. Anyway, the thermos cups he uses to hold tomato juice are all the same. After drinking a bottle, fill it with tap water and try again next time. Take another bottle, unless you lean over and look in the mouth of the bottle, you won't see any flaws.
The reading room is fairly quiet. After a few days, the survivors have begun to form small groups. Among them, the group headed by Zhang Ze has the largest number of people and the strongest physical fitness. Almost all of them have participated in the cleaning of zombies on each floor—
Relying on the outstanding personality charm and strong action ability shown in several incidents, Zhang Ze has now gained a group of loyal fans. At this time, he was sitting around a round table discussing something, and he noticed Shen Shi'an's gaze. , returned an extremely gentle and friendly smile.
Shen Shi'an withdrew his gaze and continued to eat. Although there is no direct evidence, the people who followed him may have something to do with Zhang Ze. He just hasn't figured out why: coveting the things in his backpack? Or are you worried that you will pose some kind of threat to him? Either way, the person must step up their defenses.
After Shen Xun ate his share, he secretly left a few more yellow peaches for Shen Shi'an, walked over and sat beside him: "An'an, when are we going to leave here?" Want to eat them all.
Shen Shi'an brought him another bag of milk from his backpack, then rubbed it on his head: "Don't worry, it will be soon."
It has been a week since Mr. Gu's phone call, and the rescue team still without a trace made Shen Shi'an worry a lot. He was not sure whether he missed some information, or Mr. Gu encountered some troubles that caused the rescue team to delay. can not be reached.
If he missed it, and no rescue team would come, it doesn't matter, anyway, he planned to go to the capital by himself. But if the rescue team is delayed by something, he will miss the rescue team when he leaves at this time, and if he misses it, the possibility of trying to contact Mr. Gu on the way to the capital to determine each other's location information is probably infinitely close to zero. .
On the other hand, under the siege of corpses outside the library, it is not an easy task to leave safely. The constant heat in his lower abdomen has not disappeared, which means that the process of advancing the exercises has not yet been completed. , Waiting until the cultivation method is successfully advanced before leaving will undoubtedly greatly increase the chances of survival for him and Shen Xun.
Of course, whether you are waiting for the rescue team or leaving the library, you must be prepared in advance.
After eating, Shen Shi'an led the child to walk around to digest food, went out from the reading room on the second floor and walked up the stairs to the fourth floor. The fourth floor was cleared out the day before yesterday, and the maps of various provinces and cities inside were the main purpose of Shen Shi'an's visit to the library. Because of the stalking, he can't expose the target too clearly, but fortunately, it is much easier to put the book into the space than a big living person, and there are children as shields, and he finds story books or Tang poems for him every day. The name of Song Ci dangles back and forth among the endless bookshelves. There are so many books in the library that no one will find out what is missing.
Shen Shi'an was pushing the cart as usual, mixing what he really wanted into several stacks of books, when suddenly he heard a man crying bitterly from the opposite side of the bookshelf.
He knew there was someone on the opposite side, and with Shen Shi'an's current hearing ability, he could hear the other person's heartbeat clearly at such a close distance. It's just that this sudden crying was really unexpected.
Shen Shi'an doesn't want to meddle in other people's business, especially in the current tense atmosphere in the library, but considering that the other party is on his own route, looking at the child sitting on the stroller dangling his legs and sucking milk, he still pushes Walked over in the car.
He knew the crying person, let’s just say he was an acquaintance. It was the middle-aged man who was exhausted and ran to the end when the survivors escaped into the library. .
I haven't seen him for a few days, but the middle-aged man who was slightly fat that day has lost a lot of weight, and the wrinkled suit finally seems to fit him a bit. This place is located at the corner of the bookshelf. The other party obviously didn't expect someone to come, blushing in embarrassment, raising his hand to wipe away his tears in a panic. He wiped away his tears, but he didn't expect his gaze to be fixed on the milk in the child's hand. His Adam's apple rolled up and down, and he began to cry again.
While crying, there were several loud and clear empty sounds from the stomach.
Shen Xun sucked a few times to finish the milk, then bared his teeth viciously at him: It's useless to cry, I won't give it to you even if I cry!
Since you have encountered it, it is not easy to pretend that you did not see it. Shen Shi'an coughed twice: "...what's wrong?"
The middle-aged man cried even worse: "I'm so hungry!"
Of course he will be hungry. If the two of Shen Shi'an represent the highest level of food in the library, then the middle-aged man is undoubtedly the lowest level. When he ran into the library, he didn't bring anything, the only briefcase full of cash and jewelry was thrown outside the door, because his performance that day was extremely unpopular among the survivors, and no one wanted to talk to him at all , and because he was too timid to participate in the clean-up operation, he only got a bag of potato chips, a bag of spicy sticks, a small bag of broad beans and a bottle of jasmine green tea. The protein bar lasted for a full eight days.
But even though he still has some backbone, even if he was so hungry that he hid here and cried, he didn't ask Shen Shi'an for food at this time. Of course, it is more likely that he knows that even if he asks for it, the other party will not give it.
"I, Miao's richest man, worked hard for most of my life. I started a career from scratch, but I never thought that the final result would be to starve to death in such a library." It was probably a broken jar, and the middle-aged man simply didn't wipe his tears. Leaning on the bookshelf, I cried more and more miserable: "It would be great if I didn't throw away that bag. Not only did I have money and gold bars in it, but I also had a dozen or so property certificates. If I sold one at random in the past, that wouldn't be the case. Eat whatever you want, abalone with rice, Australian lobster, deep-sea king crab, roasted whole lamb Buddha jumping over the wall... "
Shen Xun's eyes lit up when he heard that, but Shen Shi'an had to interrupt the other party: "It's useless. I advise you to be realistic and recognize the facts. After the outbreak of the virus, no amount of real estate gold bars can compare to a pack of instant noodles."
"I have instant noodles!" Miao's richest man turned half of his body around: "I started as a chain supermarket. There are supermarkets in every district of H city. There are as many instant noodles in the supermarket as you want!" : "Tell me why I went to the city center to buy a house. It would be great if I knew that I would sleep in the supermarket. I can eat whatever kind of instant noodles I want. Today I eat braised beef flavor. Tomorrow, I will eat the old altar sauerkraut flavor, add two marinated eggs and a grilled sausage, pour boiling water like that, wow... "
Shen Shi'an twitched his eyebrows. But what the other party said made him feel moved: "You said you run a chain supermarket?"
The richest man Miao was dragged out of the fantasy of instant noodles, marinated eggs and grilled sausage, and was slightly disappointed. Hearing this, he nodded, although his expression was weak, but his eyes were full of pride: "There are more than 30 openings in City H, and you can usually see them in places with a relatively concentrated consumer group outside the second ring road, such as university towns and municipal squares. Binhu New District, the next step is to continue to advance to the surrounding cities, but who would have thought that before the contract is negotiated, the partner of cooperation will become a zombie."
"Where is the university town?"
"It's near the University of Medical Sciences, and there are several communities around it. When I was interested in that place, the surrounding communities hadn't been built yet, and I felt that a bunch of students didn't have enough spending power. What happened? My family called it big. Do business. , you must have vicious vision and decisive action, otherwise you will not be able to do anything... "
Shen Shi'an pursed her lips, and further confirmed: "What's the name of the supermarket?"
"Sure enough, the Sunshine Supermarket chain, have you heard of it?" The richest man Miao sighed when he said this, "Brother, you saved my life that day, and my richest man Miao is a person who repays his kindness. The day you get out alive, among other things, you and your son will be lifelong free members of our supermarket from now on."
Well, the information is correct, it really is the one outside the community. Shen Shi'an looked at him with complicated emotions: he still had hundreds of catties of food in his space, and he never paid for a catty.
After a little thought, he took out a pack of compressed biscuits from his backpack and handed it over.
Miao's richest man couldn't believe it: "Why, why?"
Shen Shi'an: "...do a good deed every day."
Two lines of tears rolled down, and were wiped away by Miao Shoufu. His lips trembled a few times and he couldn't speak. He took the biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth. Shen Shi'an has never seen anyone who can eat food so quickly, and he took out a bottle of tap water that he had received before and handed it to him, and he drank more than half of it in a blink of an eye.
Compressed biscuits will not swell when exposed to water, but the feeling of fullness brought by sufficient sugar is very obvious. The richest man Miao resisted the impulse to carefully put away the last biscuit, stood up and wanted to bow to Shen Shi'an, but Shen Shi'an avoided it.
"Today's incident is just this one time. I can't provide you with food all the time. You have to rely on yourself if you want to survive. You are a successful businessman. You must have dealt with more people than me. Zombies are slower than people. Response Slower than people, definitely easier to work around than any competitor you've ever met."
Shen Shi'an paused, and said again: "Only by living can you earn back the gold bars you threw away."
Miao's richest man's red and swollen eyes instantly brightened.
A figure flashed past the bookshelf, probably the person who was following him left.
All right, Shen Shi'an picked up the child and thought: Now in the eyes of other survivors, he not only has enough supplies, but also a living Madonna with enough supplies.
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