Monster Girlfriend(Apocalypse) 22

Chapter 22

For a long time, Xia Weishuang had fantasized about living with Sang Lu, leading a simple and mundane daily life.

They would buy groceries, eat, hang clothes, walk in the park, watch movies… This extremely ordinary life, once it was associated with Sang Lu, could only exist in her fantasies.

Unexpectedly, today, they could go to the supermarket hand in hand—thanks to this dangerous world, her lover had returned.

On the shelves at the entrance of the supermarket were things like shampoo and shower gel. After reuniting with their relatives, it might be difficult to get these daily necessities in the countryside, but Xia Weishuang only picked some durable and space-saving soaps to take.

On the other side were things like paper towels. Xia Weishuang went around and silently filled a shopping cart with sanitary napkins. The more tense and dangerous the situation, the more likely it was that women’s physiological needs would be ignored, and sometimes they would even be judged as guilty for it. The environment was like this, so she could only prepare herself.

She pushed the full shopping cart to the elevator entrance, so it would be convenient to take it away later. Then she continued to push the other cart into the supermarket.

After this area was a miscellaneous goods area. Xia Weishuang looked around and took four new and sharp-pointed kitchen knives. She tucked one into her waist, gave one to Sang Lu, and left the remaining two for Little Xue and Lele.

Then she put a backpack on her back, so she could put food in it later.

Turning to the right was the health products and cereal area. Xia Weishuang took a can of milk powder to supplement Lele’s calcium and enhance her nutrition.

After that was the snack area.

She skipped the puffed foods that were not nutritious and took up space. Xia Weishuang specifically picked snacks like beef jerky. She had originally wanted to get the bulk-packaged kind, as this packaging was simpler and wouldn’t have the situation where the packaging was heavier than the beef jerky.

But the bulk area was a mess, and the packaging of many foods had been destroyed. Xia Weishuang frowned and picked up a bag of contaminated food, and saw teeth marks on it.

They looked like rabbit teeth marks, but also a bit like rat teeth marks. Could it be that the supermarket had become so messy because of animals?

Xia Weishuang shivered and began to speed up picking up the intact food.

After the snack area was the beverage area, and then the fresh food area. At the very front were rotting vegetables and fruits, and further back was the empty meat section.

Xia Weishuang was shocked to find that all the raw, cooked, marinated, and roasted meats had disappeared. Only some that were well-packaged had escaped.

The refrigerator was a mess, and the sausage section was full of debris. If it weren’t for the fact that the supermarket was very quiet, Xia Weishuang really wouldn’t want to stay in this strange place that looked like it had been swept through by a starving ghost.

Even with Sang Lu by her side, Xia Weishuang couldn’t help but feel her hair stand on end.

She quickly moved the undamaged sausages from the shelves into the shopping cart, as well as some packaged marinated chicken and roasted duck that could be stored at room temperature for a long time.

Soon, the two shopping carts were full, and she could feel their weight when she pushed them.

A sound suddenly came from the quiet supermarket, startling Xia Weishuang. She looked up and saw that it was Liu Damin and the others coming down.

The three of them were all carrying small bags, which they had probably also taken from the mall. They were bulging and looked very heavy.

She didn’t know how much gold they had in them. Although in the past, gold had always been a hard currency, for Xia Weishuang now, what she needed most were supplies that could be used immediately.

She was always worried that in a while, even if she had gold, she wouldn’t be able to spend it.

“You’ve already found your things?” Liu Damin looked at her shopping cart and felt a little strange about this messy supermarket. “Did someone come here before? It doesn’t look like it.”

Xia Weishuang shook her head. “I don’t know. This place doesn’t look like it was done by humans.” Although there was no more evidence, Xia Weishuang still told them her guess.

But at a glance, it was quiet. Where were the rats? Liu Damin and the others didn’t take it seriously and didn’t ask any more questions. They started to push their shopping carts and rummage through the supermarket for intact food.

Xia Weishuang, on the other hand, first transported the things in the shopping cart she had already found to KFC. Because the few of them had left KFC, the zombies that were pawing at the outside had gradually dispersed after not being able to find the scent of living people. Xia Weishuang was able to load the things into the car very smoothly.

Then she came back, preparing to make a second trip.

When she returned to the supermarket and continued to look for intact food with an empty shopping cart, she found that although the supermarket looked like it was full of food, there were actually not many high-quality, undamaged items.

Liu Damin and the others were the same. They found some, but it was not enough.

At some point, the young male white-collar worker was standing in front of a door in a corner. He said, “I used to work in a supermarket for a while. Generally, supermarkets have a storeroom. Let’s just go to the warehouse and get things. It’s more convenient!”

According to his experience, the door next to him was the storeroom door.

The male white-collar worker grabbed the doorknob and subconsciously pulled it, still saying, “But Yang Dajun, you have to open the door first… ah!”

The door, why did it open without being unlocked?

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Yang Dajun was standing right next to him. Liu Damin subconsciously took a step forward.

Suddenly, the male white-collar worker let out a scream. At this moment, a black tide suddenly poured out from the crack of the door. The door slammed open outwards with a bang, and the male white-collar worker’s feet were instantly submerged.

Upon closer inspection, it was not a tide at all, but countless writhing black rats! They were extremely fat, their eyes glowing red, and they were chirping.

Everyone was terrified. The male white-collar worker screamed even more shrilly. They desperately ran outside. Because there were too many rats, and they were pouring out every second, as if it would never end.

Soon, the black rats occupied the entire supermarket and ran towards Xia Weishuang and the others.

The much larger size than ordinary rats made Xia Weishuang realize that these rats were very likely a mutated species that had also been infected with the zombie virus. She turned and ran, shouting, “Be careful, don’t get bitten!”

She had just run two steps when she heard a clattering sound behind her. The male white-collar worker let out a shrill cry, “Yang Dajun, don’t go! Save me, save me!”

Xia Weishuang turned her head and almost threw up.

She saw the male white-collar worker lying on the ground, covered in rats. In the blink of an eye, his entire body was stained red with blood, and his mangled appearance was too horrible to look at…

He was beyond saving.

Xia Weishuang hardened her heart and stopped looking at him, continuing to run towards the ground floor. As she ran, she turned her head and found that Sang Lu had not followed her.

Sang Lu was still standing there, looking at the warehouse door from which the black rats were pouring out.

“Sang Lu!” Xia Weishuang didn’t know what she was thinking and called out worriedly.

After this call, Sang Lu suddenly turned her head and rushed over with a whoosh.

Liu Damin and Yang Dajun were both more physically fit than Xia Weishuang and quickly caught up. Especially Yang Dajun, who had been standing next to the male white-collar worker just now, but had run away so fast that he had escaped.

In a few seconds, the distance between them had widened.

But the next moment, Sang Lu suddenly picked up Xia Weishuang. In Xia Weishuang’s short cry of surprise, several tentacles extended from her back, hooked onto the railing above, and with a whoosh, she swung up.

In an instant, they had passed the two men and reached the first floor.

Liu Damin, who was at the back, was sweating profusely and miserable.

Just as they returned to the first floor, a dense crowd of black rats ran up the elevator.

Xia Weishuang was held in Sang Lu’s arms, and her vision was constantly going up and down. It turned out that Sang Lu was still carrying her upwards. In a few moves, they had gone from the exit of the underground supermarket to the third floor.

Xia Weishuang only had time to shout to the two men to gather at KFC before Sang Lu put her down on the third-floor platform.

Countless red-eyed black rats spread out at a terrifying speed. Liu Damin and Yang Dajun ran into Xia Weishuang’s blind spot. Sang Lu let go of Xia Weishuang and suddenly jumped over the railing and down.

Xia Weishuang subconsciously reached out to grab her but missed. The smooth black hair slipped through her fingers. She watched as the woman in the red dress fell into the swarm of rats.

With Sang Lu’s landing point as the origin, the rats scattered in a circle as if they had encountered their natural enemy. But then, they let out threatening hisses and crowded around Sang Lu again.

Sang Lu held the knife Xia Weishuang had given her, not even looking at the rats at her feet. Countless afterimages flew, and she once again walked towards the underground supermarket.

Xia Weishuang held onto the railing and watched as Sang Lu’s figure disappeared at the elevator entrance. Behind her, a pile of rat corpses fell.

She didn’t know what she had done, but after she went down the elevator, most of the black rats that had poured out actually turned around and started to return to the underground supermarket.

Sang Lu is strong, Sang Lu is amazing. If I follow her, I’ll only be a burden. Xia Weishuang pinched her palm hard and suppressed her worry.

She was on the third floor. The number of black rats that had climbed up was not large, but they were extremely fierce and not afraid of people at all. Xia Weishuang picked up a few potted plants from the front of some shops and smashed them to pieces. Then she used the mop-handle knife that Sister Liu had prepared for them to stab the black rats that pounced on her.

As Xia Weishuang ran, she killed the black rats chasing her. Slowly, there was no more danger on her side.

Bang, bang, bang!

The sound of impact came from not far away. Xia Weishuang walked over and was surprised to find that there were several zombies locked in a shop. This was not the most important thing. The important thing was that there was a girl in the shop!

This was a toy store. The girl had cleverly surrounded herself with several shelves, creating a pointed safe area, and was hiding inside, avoiding the zombies’ attacks.

There were four zombies surrounding her, and there was a headless corpse next to them.

“Help, help me…” The girl, who had been hiding here for who knows how many days, was hugging her knees, her whole body exuding an aura of despair. She was making a weak and mechanical sound, as if this cry for help was just a program, and she actually didn’t have any hope.

The shelves were shaking under the zombies’ pushing and were about to collapse. Xia Weishuang’s appearance temporarily slowed down the zombies’ attack. Two zombies turned and pounced towards the door.

But the door was locked from the outside.

They couldn’t get out.

Xia Weishuang didn’t know why this girl and the zombies were locked in the toy store. The person who could lock the door from the outside couldn’t possibly be that girl.

She felt a secret anger and picked up a potted plant and smashed it hard against the glass door.

With a loud bang, the glass shattered all over the floor.

The girl huddled in the shelves suddenly went silent. She slowly raised her head and looked out through the gaps in the shelves. It was as if even the person who had been crying for help hadn’t expected to actually be saved.

The zombies pounced out without hesitation. Xia Weishuang ran and led them to the bathroom, then pressed against the bathroom door, trapping the zombies in the crack of the door, and stabbed a knife into their rotten eye sockets.

After dealing with the two zombies that had chased her out, Xia Weishuang ran back and killed the other zombie with the mop-handle knife.

The girl suddenly stood up, pushed over the shelves with force, and pinned the last zombie underneath. She picked up an Eiffel Tower model and, through the gaps in the shelves, used her weight to press it hard into the zombie’s mouth.

Then, she stood up, staggered a few steps, and fell to the ground.

Xia Weishuang saw a large patch of dark, dried blood on the back of her pants.

“Are you okay?” Xia Weishuang walked over and helped her up. To be honest, she was a little worried that this girl had been injured by a zombie. If so, there would be no point in saving her.

So Xia Weishuang lifted her bangs and found that this girl looked a little familiar.

Xia Weishuang’s memory was very good. She remembered that this girl was Little Xue’s university roommate!

“Ke Xiaoxiao?”

They had met a few times because of Xia Qingxue. Xia Weishuang remembered her. Every time they met, this girl would ask her some questions very studiously.

Ke Xiaoxiao also recognized Xia Weishuang. “Sister Shuangshuang?”

A faint pink blush appeared on the girl’s pale cheeks. She gripped Xia Weishuang’s hand tightly, like a drowning person grabbing the only piece of driftwood, so hard that it seemed she would crush Xia Weishuang’s hand.

“Sister Shuangshuang.” Ke Xiaoxiao’s eyes were filled with tears, but she suddenly smiled. “Thank you. You saved me. I will always remember it.”

This was the first time Xia Weishuang had received such a solemn promise and thanks. Xia Weishuang pursed her lips, a little uncomfortable. “Let’s leave here first.”

But Ke Xiaoxiao suddenly shrank back and showed a frightened expression at something behind her.

Xia Weishuang turned around and saw Sang Lu standing by the railing on the third floor with her arms crossed, tilting her head and looking at her.

Xia Weishuang looked at the girl in her arms, then at Sang Lu. Sang Lu smiled and said nothing.