A black Mercedes with a dented front, its hood and body covered in broken limbs and chunks of flesh, finally stopped not far from Wanta Plaza.
Looking at the densely packed zombies swarming around the plaza, Liu Wanwan backed down while Zou Mingming’s legs went weak.
After two seconds of silence, Liu Wanwan turned around and looked at Zou Mingming with the eyes of someone looking at a brave warrior. d(ŐдŐ๑)
In the novel, it was this guy who rescued the male lead’s teammates. The place was right inside Wanta Plaza.
Zou Mingming: ???
“Wan… Wanwan, why are you looking at me?” Zou Mingming asked nervously, even stammering as he spoke. He was afraid that she would ask him to charge ahead again.
“Don’t be nervous. You’ve seen enough ugly zombies. Give your eyes something nice to look at.”
Zou Mingming let out an “Oh” and relaxed. Then, as if he had suddenly remembered something, a silly smile appeared on his face.
“The vast horizon is my love, flowers bloom beneath the endless green mountains…”
The hottest square-dance song suddenly rang out from within the zombie horde.
A red Ferrari convertible weaved through the zombies. A ridiculously flashy fat man was driving with one hand while holding a red speaker in his left hand. The speaker continuously played the song on repeat.
The nearby zombies were attracted one after another. Wave after wave joined the pursuit, forming a dense, endless trail behind the car.
A zombie at the very front reached out to grab the rear of the car, but an invisible barrier stopped it. Pale golden supernatural energy flowed across the barrier. The zombie could not break through and could only grab at empty air.
Other zombies tried to attack from the side, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not climb into the car. They were firmly blocked by the barrier and could only keep howling.
“Oh!”
Liu Wanwan happened to see this scene. She stared at the golden energy continuously flowing across the transparent barrier and fell into deep thought.
So that’s how it works. Perhaps she could try it too.
“Wanwan, this person seems pretty kind…” Zou Mingming said. “He actually lured away so many zombies.”
He watched as the red Ferrari drove to the left. About two-fifths of the densely packed zombies surrounding the plaza disappeared with it.
Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out.
The two turned toward the source of the sound at the same time. The buildings on the left suddenly collapsed, sending debris and dust flying everywhere.
The explosion also attracted the zombies around the plaza. Zombies had no thoughts of their own and were practically blind. They could only move forward by following smells and sounds.
“Quick. Now that all the zombies are blindly rushing toward the left, we’ll turn around and enter the plaza from the other side.”
“Okay.”
Zou Mingming turned the steering wheel. The tires swung to the right, and they drove into the plaza from the opposite side.
There were still plenty of zombies wandering around the plaza. From a distance, four striking characters could be seen:
Wanta Mall.
Outside the mall entrance, Liu Wanwan and Zou Mingming each carried a large black backpack and quickly ran toward the elevator entrance beside the mall.
Two transparent protective barriers crackling with purple lightning covered them like giant spheres.
“Wanwan, the zombies really can’t grab me!” Zou Mingming exclaimed in surprise. “I didn’t expect Fatty to be such a nice person and so powerful too.”
“Stop talking for now. The supernatural barrier won’t last much longer.”
“Oh, okay.”
Zou Mingming sped up and instantly ran ahead of Liu Wanwan. Suddenly, a familiar red Ferrari convertible came into view.
“Huh? Isn’t that…”
Before Zou Mingming could finish, a fair and slender hand suddenly grabbed his arm and yanked him back, pulling his entire body away.
The zombie that had nearly bitten him lunged at empty air.
Once Zou Mingming steadied himself, he patted his chest lightly.
“That was close. That was really close.”
The supernatural barrier disappeared.
Liu Wanwan handed Zou Mingming a large knife, left him with one sentence, and swung her own blade toward the zombies on the left.
“Quick, go press the elevator button.”
Zou Mingming gripped the large knife and cautiously observed his surroundings. Only after making sure there were no zombies waiting to ambush him did he press the elevator button with a confused expression.
Hadn’t the power system collapsed after the apocalypse began?
How could the elevator still be working?
Zou Mingming’s innocent eyes were filled with huge confusion. ⊙ω⊙
Ding!
The elevator doors opened, and a female zombie wearing a camisole suddenly rushed out, startling Zou Mingming.
He quickly recovered and swung the large knife at the female zombie.
Since it was his first time using such a large knife, he misjudged his strength. The blade became stuck in the zombie’s neck.
Zou Mingming: ???
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
Zou Mingming hurriedly apologized as he dodged the zombie’s attack and pulled the blade free.
It was only on the second strike that he finally finished off the female zombie.
Looking at the severed head on the ground, black blood continuously flowing from it, and the disgusting stench filling the air, Zou Mingming felt sick.
He could only mutter:
“May you reincarnate soon!”
Then he quickly entered the elevator.
After the elevator doors closed, Liu Wanwan stared at the elevator buttons with a troubled expression.
The novel had never described exactly which floor Zou Mingming went to when he rescued the people. Searching floor by floor would waste too much time.
It seemed…
“Zou Mingming, you’re lucky. I’ll leave the task of choosing the floor to you.”
Zou Mingming said, “Oh.”
He rubbed his hands together, blew warm air onto his palms, and calmly pressed the button for the fifth floor.
“By the way, Wanwan, didn’t the power system collapse long ago after the apocalypse began? Why can the mall’s elevators still operate?”
“Oh, that? It’s because the owner of this place is rich. To prevent emergencies, he installed a second independent power system: solar power.”
As they spoke, they reached the fifth floor.
The sound of the elevator doors opening attracted the zombies wandering around the fifth floor. One after another, they followed the scent and approached with stiff steps.
“Zou Mingming, you take care of the two on the left. I’ll handle the five in front.”
After leaving those words, Liu Wanwan carried her large knife out of the elevator.
Five minutes later, Liu Wanwan quickly dealt with the five zombies in front of her.
She turned around and saw Zou Mingming leaning against the wall, continuously retching. She smiled helplessly.
“Here. Have some water.”
Zou Mingming took the bottle of mineral water and gulped down half of it in one go.
When he looked around again, he realized that Liu Wanwan had already walked far ahead.
“Wanwan, wait for me!”
Holding the remaining half bottle of water, Zou Mingming picked up the backpack he had just put down and ran after Liu Wanwan.
The fifth floor was a food court.
There had once been all kinds of restaurants here, including Northwestern noodle shops, small-bowl dishes, wonton shops, hotpot restaurants, malatang shops, and many others.
Now, the shop signs had fallen haphazardly onto the ground. Dining tables and chairs lay overturned, while the floor was covered with moldy, rotten food mixed with unidentified pieces of organs and flesh.
An indescribable stench spread throughout the shops.
Wearing a gas mask, Liu Wanwan dealt with the last zombie inside the hotpot restaurant.
Suddenly, Zou Mingming’s excited voice came from inside.
“Wanwan, come quickly!”
Following his voice, Liu Wanwan arrived at the cold storage room of the hotpot restaurant.
Boxes of various hotpot ingredients were neatly arranged on shelves. The extremely low temperature made goosebumps rise across Liu Wanwan’s arms.
“Wanwan, I can’t believe this place has been without electricity for several days and the cold storage room is still this cold.”
Zou Mingming wrapped his arms around himself and rubbed his goosebumped arms in surprise.
Liu Wanwan hummed in response, completely unsurprised by this phenomenon.
In the novel, around this time, the male lead had encountered a cold storage room that was twice as large as this one.
It really was infuriating to compare yourself to others.
Liu Wanwan raised her hand and touched the shelves one by one.
Everywhere she passed, the ingredients and shelves disappeared together, all of them being collected into her space.
Just as they were preparing to leave, Zou Mingming touched an iron door.
“Don’t…”
Liu Wanwan did not even have time to stop him before Zou Mingming opened the door.
Instantly, a foul, rotting stench rushed toward them.
The smell nearly made Zou Mingming question his existence. He almost fainted.
Just as he was about to shout for Liu Wanwan to run, he turned around.
The entire cold storage room was empty.
Zou Mingming:
Where did my Wanwan go?!