This service area is not large, there is an open-air parking lot, and a covered parking lot, next to a gas station, and there are only two one-story buildings in the service area.
Naturally, these buildings do not have tall hotels, they are basically shops selling specialty products, fast food or snacks.
Hao Jian and several others have bought and eaten food at the service area on the highway. The taste is not very good, but the price is quite expensive.
However, no matter how much Rao disliked the food in the service area on weekdays, they had to place a little hope on the food at this time.
Hao Jian is not worried about the food. After all, the biggest reason she chose to come here is to use the function of the service area to take out the food she bought in the system mall. omission" etc.
In addition, she also wants to refuel the motorcycle through the gas station in the service area.
The situation in the service area is really not very good, there is rubbish all over the floor, and there is feces that smells on the ground. Everyone involuntarily pinched their noses: "Who would pull down the ground in this situation?"
Fortunately, there was not a lot of excrement. They successfully entered the parking lot of the service area. Shi Gongtai and Hao Jian drove the car to refuel, Peng Mao and Xin Ting cooperated to inspect the surrounding situation, while Lian Runing carried Scouting in the service area sales building with a machete.
Originally, according to the usual practice, it should have been her to refuel the car and Hao Jian to scout, but she also wanted to exercise her courage and ability, so she rejected Hao Jian's suggestion. What's more, she didn't want to say that in fact, she wanted to go to the service area first, because she wanted to find something.
Although she has been feeling vaguely uncomfortable since the morning, she thought it was caused by the sun being too hot and the weather being too hot.
But after eating the spicy strips, the feeling became more obvious. After finally holding back, she felt that she couldn't wait any longer, because she didn't know when it would explode.
She usually only delays, and rarely comes early, so this time she was caught off guard.
The specialty store in the service area was basically emptied, and the shelves were empty; the machines in the snack bar had been covered with dust, and some hot dogs and fish balls had been trampled and deformed on the ground.
She couldn't help but sighed, it was really hard to find food here.
However, she didn't have much time to pay attention to the food. She saw a convenience store and walked in. Generally, such convenience stores will sell daily necessities, and most of the people who snatch the supplies are men, and their goals will not be on these women's products.
On a shelf in a corner, she saw a familiar package, and she was overjoyed. As she was about to pass, she suddenly heard an unnoticeable voice.
It was the sound of a dying man's painful, desperate breath for air, accompanied by the familiar smell of decay.
When Lian Ru Ning reacted, the two zombies were only about one meter away from her, one after the other, and she didn't even have time to lift the machete in her hand because of her panic.
"Bang bang bang-"
A rush of gunshots rang in her ears. After many shots in a row, she saw the head of the zombie in front explode, and the other zombie shifted its target and ran towards the source of the gunshot.
But before the zombies could run far, they were slashed in the neck by the figure that rushed in quickly.
One, two, three...until the zombies are dead.
All of this happened so suddenly, and when Lian Ru Ning came back to her senses, she didn't even have the strength to stand up, but she held the machete in her hand and held it in front of her, just like before the zombies were knocked down. Final action.
Hao Jian came to her in three steps and two steps, put the pistol on the shelf casually, and then took down her machete.
Lian Runing felt the warmth in her hand, and didn't even care about the eruption of her lower abdomen. Tears welled up from her eyes, she couldn't help but hug Hao Jian tightly in front of her body: "I don't know, I didn't see it, I Too careless—"
She was remorseful and terrified, and this shame and unease was about to overwhelm her, making her breathless.
Sensing that the body in his arms was shaking, Hao Jian hugged her waist tightly, and said softly, "It's alright."
Lian Runing held Hao Jian's arms very hard. She buried her head in Hao Jian's neck, her heart was in a mess, and she regretted that she was still scared to death after so many zombie killings. Machine and forget to fight back. There are also reflections on the mistake of looking for a sanitary napkin and taking it lightly, and I am grateful and lucky that Hao Jian came in time.
____
Hao Jian arrived just in time. After she separated from Lian Ru Ning, she felt a little disturbed as soon as the car was pushed to the gas station.
She didn't know where this inexplicable sixth sense came from. But she didn't struggle for too long, and she didn't take it seriously. Instead, she followed the direction Lian Runing left.
When she found Lian Runing, she just saw the zombies approaching her. In a hurry, she could only pull out the gun. Although she couldn't do a gun-gun headshot, there was only one thought in her mind at the time:
You can't die if you practice like a lemon!
She clearly realized that this idea was not imposed on her by the system, but a cry from the bottom of her heart, and it could even be said that she was not obsessed with the task, but like a soul from the soul. kind of bondage.
So she didn't care how many bullets were left, and she didn't care even if her hands were numb from the shock.
When she was about to run out of bullets, fortunately, a bullet still hit the zombie's head, otherwise she would never touch a gun again in her life.
____
The people who heard the gunshots rushed over. When they saw the broken glass, the fresh zombie corpse, and the two people hugging, they felt a strange feeling in their hearts, but they were more concerned about what happened.
Lian Runing has recovered. She wiped away her tears and was about to say something. Hao Jian let go of her and turned her head: "Go around and see if there are any zombies attracted by the sound of gunfire. We'll talk about this later. Explain again."
"Oh..." Everyone held back the words in their hearts.
Before leaving, Xin Ting glanced at Hao Jian and Lian Runing with a trace of sadness in her eyes, but she left in the end.
Lian Runing bit her lower lip and didn't know how to explain to Hao Jian that she had made such a low-level mistake. Even if Hao Jian didn't care, she would still feel uneasy.
Hao Jian put the gun back and said, "Okay, no one bothers, let's continue."
"???" Lian Runing raised her eyes and met her eyes, and the restless heart that had nowhere to rest suddenly calmed down.
Hao Jian stared at her, then burst into a smile, pinched the tip of her nose, and said, "Okay, you'll be fine."
Lian Runing still leaned over and quickly dropped a kiss on her cheek.
"..." Hao Jian looked at her fixedly, but did not resist or be surprised.
Lian Runing was a little nervous in her heart. Although she just kissed on the cheek, who knew if Hao Jian would hate it
Hao Jian naturally didn't hate it, but she pointed at her lips: "I think it's better to kiss here."
Lian Runing was shocked by her shamelessness, she didn't even know what Hao Jian meant.
She vaguely felt that Hao Jian's thoughts towards her were the same as her thoughts towards Hao Jian. However, if Hao Jian is "straight and flirtatious", she has reached this point. If she dares to say that she is a straight daughter in the future, she may not be able to help Hao Jian pay a "heavy" price.
Hao Jian probably knew she wouldn't kiss anymore, so he picked up the machete, grabbed another pack of sanitary pads and handed it to her: "Let's go, I'll go to the bathroom with you."
Only then did Lian Runing feel that her panties seemed to be wet, and her face flushed, but she was not as frightened as before when she thought that she was wearing dark sweatpants.
"How did you know?" she asked quietly.
"This shelf is full of sanitary napkins, isn't it obvious?"
Hao Jian didn't catch her because she was anxious to find a sanitary napkin and ignored the existence of zombies. Instead, she analyzed with Lian Runing: "Do you think there is anything unusual about the two zombies just now?"
Lian Runing let out an "ah", but for the first time, she couldn't keep up with Hao Jian's thinking.
Hao Jian knew that she was still in shock, so he said, "I found that they are not like the zombies in the past. When they see a living person, they will excite or make noises similar to notifying their accomplices."
Lian Runing also recalled it. In fact, if they made a slight movement, she wouldn't even be able to ignore them.
"What's the reason for this?" Lian Runing's mind came up with a very bad idea, such as zombies evolved, learned to hide and attack humans
But Hao Jian said seriously: "I think—they may have been dumb during their lifetimes."
"… "
Are you serious? Why do I find this conclusion unreliable at all
Because of Hao Jian's gag, Lian Runing relaxed a lot.
When I got to the bathroom, it was natural to investigate again, but there were no zombies hiding here, so Lian Ruling got into the compartment.
Hao Jian was guarding outside, Lian Runing thought about it, and asked, "They don't even know you have a gun, right? And it was originally for you in an emergency. You seem to have fired a lot of guns, right?"
"Your life is in danger, isn't this an emergency?" Hao Jian removed the magazine and glanced at it, there were four bullets left.
When Lian Runing heard the words, she was silent for a while, her heart was false to say that she was not moved, but she felt that she could not accept Hao Jian's goodness more and more with peace of mind.
Hao Jian suddenly knocked on the door and handed her a brand new pair of underwear, and it was the kind with a packaging bag.
"… "
Lian Runing didn't ask where she found it, after all, she still needed it right now.
Hao Jian had just sighed about the benefits of leveling up in his heart, but the system couldn't help but jumped out and smugly said, "The system has already reminded the host, and now the host finds that the system is better?!"
Hao Jian didn't refute. With food, over-the-counter medicines, daily necessities, and cold weapons, she didn't have to worry about the basic supplies for survival, but she didn't really have much authority to keep them alive. For example: prescription drugs and heat-weapons.
It all seemed to tell her that only if she did everything possible to level up, she could get all that.
Instead of talking too much with the system about the upgrade, she asked, "Will zombies evolve? Or, will zombies have IQs?"