"Let's find something to eat. We don't know how long we'll be stuck here. Let's survive first."
Shen Qiu moved forward cautiously, looking around, and replied in a low voice.
"Um."
Tang Kexin nodded.
Two hours later, Shen Qiu and Tang Kexin hid in the corner of a building, staring at a supermarket on the street ahead.
No one acted rashly.
Clank, clank!
Two patrol sweepers walked over.
Shen Qiu waited silently until the other party walked away.
Shen Qiu gestured to Tang Kexin, and tiptoed towards the convenience store under his breath. The two of them needed to enter through the open front door.
Although the patrol cleaners had gone far away, if one of them popped out from somewhere, the two of them would be in danger.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly and Shen Qiu and Tang Kexin got in smoothly.
Half of the shelves in this convenience store were destroyed, and the floor was littered with all kinds of stuff.
Shen Qiu and Tang Kexin did not search for things immediately. Instead, they hid behind the shelves and then vigilantly observed whether there were any cameras in the convenience store and the situation outside.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual, Shen Qiu and Tang Kexin began to look around the convenience store.
"water!"
At this time, Tang Kexin pointed her finger at the ground not far away, where several bottles of mineral water were rolling.
"Keep your eyes out!"
After Shen Qiu gave his instructions, he rushed over and quickly fetched five bottles of water.
He handed the two bottles to Tang Kexin.
Tang Kexin took it, looked through it again and again, and then said.
"It's sealed well, so it shouldn't be a problem if you drink it."
Shen Qiu didn't care about that. He was hungry, tired and thirsty, so he just opened a bottle.
Gurgle~
Drink it all in one gulp.
After Shen Qiu finished drinking, although he was still very hungry, he had replenished his water and regained a lot of energy.
At this time, Tang Kexin also opened a bottle of water, but she was not as thirsty as Shen Qiu, so she just drank some.
Shen Qiu then raised his head and looked at the shelf he was avoiding. He saw a lot of plastic-wrapped snacks on it.
He picked up a pack and tore it open!
There was only a pile of rotten things inside, and Shen Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly.
He continued to take some other sealed packaged things and opened them one by one!
The results were all the same, without any surprises.
"It's rotten. Judging from the degree of decay, this city has been occupied for at least several decades. Most of the food should be spoiled. Even the canned food is probably already smelly. If you force yourself to eat it, you will most likely get poisoned, unless it is a military canned food."
Tang Kexin took a look and then said.
After listening to Tang Kexin's words, Shen Qiu began to speak.
"I see."
"What are you going to do next? Go look for military cans?"
Tang Kexin stared at Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu put the remaining two bottles of water into his backpack and said after a few seconds of silence.
"Don't even think about it. It's impossible to find military canned food in this city. Any blind confidence and willfulness are extremely stupid. And don't even think about defeating them. In the face of absolute firepower, all beings are equal! There is no exception. Even we will be shot dead in a matter of minutes."
"What should we do then?"
"I want to try to get back to the area we emerged from earlier."
"That area is the most dangerous. There are probably many enemies lurking there. If we go back, we might just walk into a trap."
"I know, but if there's any place in this city where there's food, it has to be that area. Because a lot of people were shot in that area. Some of those people should have brought some things with them, so there's a high chance we can find food. The most important point is that that area is where we started, so maybe we can go back from there, or at least find clues."
"That's a reasonable analysis. Shall we set off now?"
Tang Kexin reminded softly.
"Let's first find a chance to leave here and grope our way over little by little. Then when it's completely dark, we'll give it another try!"
Shen Qiu slowly stood up, poked his head out slightly to observe the outside, and waited quietly for the patrolling scavengers to pass by.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the two cleaners passed by again.
Shen Qiu counted the time silently, and when he saw that the opportunity was almost right, he took the lead and walked out of the convenience store.
Tang Kexin followed behind very nimbly.
However, just a few meters after the two ran out of the convenience store, a patrolling mini drone suddenly flew past on the left side in front of them, stopped immediately, and the camera immediately locked onto Tang Kexin and Shen Qiu.
Tang Kexin heard the slight vibration of flying and suddenly looked up and around.
The moment she saw the drone, she immediately shouted.
"Drone! We're exposed!"
"run!"
Shen Qiu felt his scalp tingling, and immediately turned around and ran with Tang Kexin, then turned into the residential area on the left side of the street.
He tried to use the complex terrain of the ruins to get away from the inhabitants.
As a result, the drone followed the two of them closely like a dog-skin plaster.
No matter how Shen Qiu tried, it didn't work.
"No, we can't get rid of them, and the enemies from all around are probably coming here."
Tang Kexin said to Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu was also forced into a corner. His expression changed and he looked at the gun in his hand.
He had checked the magazine before and found only three bullets, but he had already fired three shots, so it was unclear whether there were any bullets left in the chamber.
Shen Qiu's eyes immediately showed a hint of ruthlessness. He rushed into a house at an accelerated speed, then came out from the back door of the house, walked straight to the back wall, and raised his head to look at the sky.
Buzz~
As Shen Qiu expected, the drone caught up with him.
The moment it appeared, Shen Qiu pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Suddenly the drone fell down.
"Great! Let's run."
Tang Kexin smiled brightly and praised Shen Qiu.
"Wait, if I'm not mistaken, the enemies should be on their way. We must take a chance and go back before they do, find a more secluded place to hide, and wait until the pursuing enemies have passed before we leave."
Shen Qiu shook his head and replied.
"Okay! I'll listen to you."
Tang Kexin didn't say a word of nonsense.
Shen Qiu then ran forward a few steps and threw the gun in his hand to a more conspicuous position.
Then Shen Qiu took Tang Kexin and ran back, and hid in an inconspicuous residential building.
Not long after the two of them hid inside, a large number of scavengers moved over from all directions. They looked left and right, and then out of inertia chased in the direction Shen Qiu and the others had originally fled.
…
Inside the house, Shen Qiu and Tang Kexin hid in the closet, listening quietly to the noise outside.
When everything calmed down, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's safe for now."
Shen Qiu said tiredly.
"Shall we get out of here?"
"Let's hide here for a while and wait until dark before taking action. I have a very unpredictable feeling."
Shen Qiu said with a serious expression.
"What speculation?"
Tang Kexin asked curiously.
"The enemies we are facing now are probably the lowest level. But if we keep jumping around under their noses, it might cause them to raise their response level, and then we might attract higher-level enemies."
Shen Qiu replied with a serious expression.