Monster Girlfriend(Apocalypse) 42

Chapter 42

Outside A City, in a pharmacy, a young soldier in a black combat uniform and holding a gun was blocking the entrance, preventing a middle-aged couple inside from leaving.

The three of them were entangled. The young soldier was clearly very troubled, because he didn’t want to lay a hand on a pair of parents who were emotionally distraught from the loss of their son, but he had to stop them from going out and taking risks.

Outside the pharmacy, a young boy, who still looked clean, was convulsing weakly. Pale purple blood vessels appeared on his skin. He was clearly infected with the zombie virus and was about to turn into a zombie. He reached out and lunged at the pharmacy door, letting out a broken cry, “Dad, Mom—save me! I don’t want to die!”

In a corner inside the pharmacy, an old grandmother with a broken leg was lying down, and a little boy was sobbing beside her. The old grandmother was not in good health and couldn’t break up the fight, nor did she have the energy to persuade them. She sighed, hugged the little boy, and covered his ears to protect him from being frightened.

At the entrance of the pharmacy, the farce continued. Seeing their son pressed against the door, the middle-aged couple became even more agitated.

“Let me out! My son is not a zombie!”

“You beast! You’re murdering someone!”

The young soldier had actually not been in the army for long. In terms of age, he was about the same as the big boy outside the pharmacy. Being scolded to his face like this, his face immediately turned red with anger. “I just drove him out. I didn’t shoot him immediately. I’ve already considered your feelings. Please don’t be too excessive. He’s about to turn into a zombie! I can’t let him threaten more people!”

But through the transparent door, what was being said inside could be heard clearly outside. The injured boy was crazily banging on the door and shouting:

“I’m not! I’m not—no, Mom, save me! Don’t you love me the most? Dad, open the door for me! Didn’t you say I’m the lifeblood of the Li family? Dad, I can’t die! If I die, the Li family will have no heir—ah!”

A human who had not yet completely turned into a zombie still exuded the scent that zombies loved. In addition, he was making a lot of noise, and soon a zombie rushed up to tear him apart and eat him.

The boy was caught by the zombie and dragged into the street. He cried even more shrilly. At the same time, a gurgling sound came from his throat, a sticky liquid flowed from the corner of his mouth, his eyes rolled, and his limbs convulsed.

The young soldier couldn’t bear to look at him. He gripped his gun, his determination to not let the people in the shop out even firmer.

The boy’s mother grabbed the young soldier’s clothes and cried, “What a sin! How can you be so heartless!”

“Give me back my son’s life!”

The boy’s father raised his fist with red eyes and was about to fight the soldier. The soldier was forced to fight back, but he was mindful that they were ordinary people and held back. As a result, his soft-heartedness not only did not make the couple stop, but he also received two punches.

He thought, parents who have lost their child will inevitably lose their minds. My duty is to protect the people. I’ll just endure these two punches.

But the boy’s father was too much. He actually said, “Why didn’t you come earlier? If you had come earlier, my son wouldn’t have died! It’s all because of your dereliction of duty, because you’re afraid of death!”

The young soldier could no longer bear it. He threw the boy’s father to the ground in a few moves.

The boy’s father lay on the ground, crying out in pain, saying that the police were beating people, that the police were bullying the common people. His wife then threw herself on him and cried to the heavens.

The young soldier was almost about to laugh with anger. After all, he was not a police officer.

His eyes were red, and his pent-up emotions could no longer be controlled. He said angrily, “You only know that you have lost your child. Have you ever thought that others also have relatives and friends! Do you know how many comrades we have lost? Do you know how many people can’t even contact their own families, and are so worried every day that they can’t sleep well, yet they still risk their lives to rush around, just to save more people! You don’t know anything. What right do you have to say that we are afraid of death!”

Just at this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the road outside the shop, accompanied by a piercing screech of brakes. The few people inside the door immediately turned their heads to look.

With this look, the middle-aged couple almost fainted from anger.

Their beloved baby son had been sent flying!

That damn murderer had actually turned the car around and rushed over here. With a hard brake, the car perfectly blocked the entrance of the pharmacy.

The driver was a long-haired woman with a refined and beautiful appearance, but her eyelids were drooping and listless, as if she were very sleepy.

She silently turned her head to look at the pharmacy. The soldier immediately reacted. This might also be a survivor.

And this car was parked just right. The pharmacy door opened inwards. After the door was opened, the woman could get out of the car and enter the shop. Unless the zombies climbed over the car, there was no risk of them breaking in.

Of course, because the nearest zombie had been sent flying by her, this risk had also become extremely low.

The soldier quickly composed himself, opened the door, and let the woman in. But as soon as she came in, the red-eyed middle-aged couple pounced on her, wanting this “murderer” to pay with her life.

“That’s enough! All of you, stop!” It was enough for him to endure it himself. How could he let an innocent person be bullied too? The soldier quickly threw the couple to the ground and raised his gun to threaten them. “Stop your troublemaking immediately, or I will arrest you according to the law!”

Facing the black muzzle of the gun, the agitated couple finally gave up.

And the long-haired woman who had come in was naturally Xia Weishuang. She heard the middle-aged couple’s cries and roughly understood why they wanted to attack her.

Xia Weishuang was very sleepy now and had no energy. She just faintly retorted, “I only kill zombies. He has already mutated and lost his mind. He is no longer a human of the past.”

Then Xia Weishuang was about to walk into the pharmacy, but was stopped by the young soldier.

“Wait,” the soldier said dutifully. “Hello, I need to check if you have any wounds on your body. Ahem, you can also have the old grandmother over there help you check.”

After all, there was a difference between men and women. Since there was a woman present, the soldier did not insist on checking himself.

Xia Weishuang’s mind was a little slow. After reacting for a moment, she didn’t let them check, but directly rolled up her sleeve, revealing the wound on her upper arm. The wound had already scabbed over, was clean, and showed no signs of being infected by a zombie.

“There’s a wound,” Xia Weishuang’s voice was a little muffled. “But I won’t be here for long. I just need some medicine. I’ll leave after I find it.”

Since she was leaving soon, the soldier did not insist. And he was not afraid of this woman mutating. He had a gun in his hand. If she mutated, he could kill her directly.

Of course, because this woman had solved the source of the middle-aged couple’s crying and had given him some peace, he had a good impression of her and did not want anything to happen to her.

At the same time, the soldier was also a little surprised. “You didn’t come here because you received a message?”

“A message?” Xia Weishuang shook her head and said, “I haven’t received any messages for a long time.”

So the soldier explained, “We have informed the location of the rescue points through various channels, as well as the location of the large rescue station… I’m sorry, I almost forgot that this is not a rescue point. We have also sent out many rescue teams to search for survivors everywhere. I am one of them. The rescue station has already received a batch of refugees. Are you sure you don’t want to leave with us?”

Xia Weishuang said, “No, I don’t want to leave A City.”

“Why? It’s very dangerous here,” the soldier frowned, very puzzled. “Are you looking for your relatives?”

Relatives?

Xia Weishuang smiled and didn’t want to explain too much, so she said it was something like that.

It was not uncommon for people to choose to continue to take risks in order to find their missing relatives. The soldier sighed softly and said, “In that case, I can’t force you.”

The soldier continued to guard the door to prevent zombies from entering. This pharmacy was not a rescue point. Now, only he and a few survivors were left here because their rescue team was short-staffed, and the survivors they had rescued included injured people who took up a lot of space. The car couldn’t fit so many people, so they had split into two groups to return to the rescue point.

The soldier was responsible for protecting the remaining survivors here and waiting for his teammates to drive back to pick them up.

At the same time, these rescue teams were not only responsible for saving people, but they would also bring back supplies. For example, most of the things in the pharmacy had already been taken by them.

Xia Weishuang looked at the empty shelves and slowly walked a few steps. She didn’t seem to have found the medicine she needed. Of course, she didn’t show any disappointment.

In fact, she knew that the medicine she needed most at the moment was not sold in ordinary pharmacies. If she wanted to find it, she could only try her luck at the hospital.

But the hospital was too dangerous. It was better to forget it.

Besides, she didn’t really want to take medicine… Xia Weishuang turned to look at her side. Sang Lu “tacitly” also turned to look at her and smiled at her.

“Are you just putting on a show for yourself?”

Xia Weishuang did not answer this question.

She found two bottles of vitamin B gummies. It was said that eating this would make one feel better, so she put them in her backpack and then continued to search slowly.

Seeing this, the soldier said, “You can come back to the rescue point with me and exchange supplies for the medicine you need. The variety of medicines there is very complete.”

Xia Weishuang thanked him for his kindness and said it was okay, no need.

At this time, Xia Weishuang’s gaze moved to the other side of the pharmacy, which was the Chinese medicine cabinet.

She quickly scanned the names of the medicines on it, and then, she paused for a while on a locked drawer.

Xia Weishuang took another bottle of small pills for calming the mind and was about to leave.

“Little Xia?”

A weak voice called her.

Xia Weishuang followed the sound and was a little surprised. She couldn’t help but sigh that sometimes this world was really small. She had actually met someone from the guesthouse she had stayed at before.

It was the grandmother and grandson of the low-key family of three. The grandfather was nowhere to be seen.

The old grandmother supported herself against the wall and sat up a little, smiling as she said, “I can’t believe I’m seeing you again.”

Xia Weishuang forced a smile and said, “Yes, what a coincidence.”

“Little Xia, didn’t you leave A City? Why are you coming back?”

Xia Weishuang was silent. “…”

The old grandmother asked again, “Where are the people who were with you?”

Xia Weishuang was still silent.

Seeing her like this, the old grandmother guessed something. She herself had also experienced things she didn’t want to talk about, so she didn’t continue to ask. Instead, her little grandson suddenly looked up at Xia Weishuang.

The little boy wiped the tears from his face and asked, “When can I see Sister Lele again?”

When did these two children become friends? Xia Weishuang found that she actually didn’t know.

She said, “I’m not sure either, but if you live well, there will be a day when you meet again.”

The little boy nodded vigorously, as if he was full of expectations.

Xia Weishuang was about to leave. The soldier tried to persuade her a few more times, but couldn’t, and he couldn’t force her to stay.

Because the middle-aged couple was lying near the door, looking as if they had been abused, Xia Weishuang accidentally tripped when she was going out. The soldier reached out and helped her.

At that moment, Xia Weishuang’s vision blurred. She saw a heavily reinforced isolation wall, and the soldier in a military uniform, with a determined gaze, standing guard.

Behind him was a mature survivor base, surrounded by high walls, stable and orderly. A few survivors who had returned from a distance were skillfully taken to be isolated. After 24 hours, if there were still no abnormalities, they would be arranged to enter the base to live.

This place was…

Xia Weishuang broke free from the premonition. She recalled the landmark building she had seen and found that the base was built in B City.

To go to B City, one would have to pass through Green Mountain Village…

After she had steadied herself, Xia Weishuang thanked the soldier.

The soldier smiled. “I should thank you too, for helping me solve a problem.” With that, he glanced at the softly crying middle-aged couple.

Xia Weishuang rubbed her eyes and asked, “Is the rescue station in B City? Will you pass through Green Mountain Village on your way back?”

After getting an affirmative answer, Xia Weishuang asked again, “If you pass through the mountain village, will you go in to search for survivors?”

The soldier said, “If we go back to the rescue station from the rescue point, there will be a lot of people, so we definitely won’t stop casually on the way. But when we are stationed on the way, we will usually send out small teams to search for survivors in the villages.”

Xia Weishuang pursed her lips and said, “If you pass through Green Mountain Village, I can give you relevant information. I just came from there.”

“That’s even better. It can help us find survivors faster,” the soldier said. Then he sighed again. “If you come back with us, this will be considered a meritorious service, and there will be a reward.”

Xia Weishuang shook her head and said, “I don’t want a reward, and I don’t need merit. If you can, please help me take care of the Xia Qingxue family in Green Mountain Village.”

“Okay, I’ll remember!” the soldier agreed righteously.

Then Xia Weishuang found a pen and paper from the pharmacy counter and drew a map of Green Mountain Village. Her memory was extremely strong, and she remembered clearly what had happened in just a few days.

Besides the map, she also marked the location of the village party secretary’s house, as well as the location of the houses where she had confirmed there were survivors. At the same time, she informed them that there was a mutated spider monster at the top of Green Mountain, and an even more terrifying humanoid monster. It was not a zombie, but it was more terrifying than a zombie. If possible, please evacuate as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties.

“How do you know there’s such a monster? Did it not attack you?” the soldier asked curiously.

Xia Weishuang answered vaguely, just saying that she had seen it from a distance. “She might not be there anymore. Maybe she’ll be gone by the time you get there.”

“Thank you. I will report all the information you have provided.”

Sitting back in the car, Xia Weishuang sighed wearily, closed the car door, stepped on the gas, but did not rush out of this street, and stopped again.

In fact, her initial target was not the pharmacy, but this fishing tackle shop.

She had observed that the door was open. The shop was a bit messy, but it was quite spacious, and there was a roller shutter door here.

Xia Weishuang drove straight in, parked the car in the shop, then got out and pulled down the roller shutter door. The shop became dark.

It didn’t matter if the zombies rammed the roller shutter door. Xia Weishuang reversed the car a little and pressed it against the door.

There were many useful things in this kind of shop. She found a flashlight, turned it on, and then began to move things. She moved some lighting tools, coarse hemp rope, fishing rods, hooks, lines, bells… and also found a tent and stuffed it into the car.

Xia Weishuang sat back in the car and turned off the flashlight.

Even without light, she could still see Sang Lu beside her.

Sang Lu’s clothes had suddenly changed into a sleek, beige windbreaker. She propped her chin on her hand and smiled at Xia Weishuang. “Get some sleep. It’s far enough.”

“Is it far enough?”

But Xia Weishuang took out a few crystals, held them, and tried to start absorbing them.

“I saw other images today, not just about death…” Xia Weishuang said, “My ability seems to have improved. I want to try more.”

“But you’re very tired.”

Xia Weishuang could barely keep her eyes open. “Yes… but I still want to try…”

She wanted to try and see if she could predict the scene of her next meeting with that monster.