Chapter 109: line with translation of chapter title

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Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, heavy rain poured down.

The third floor of Shang Cheng was pitch black.

Occasionally, a flash of lightning outside the window briefly illuminated the lifeless interior, like a scene from a horror movie.

Inside the elevator shaft, Wang Teng and his group of nine crowded together, slowly climbing upward.

"Damn it, let you guys eat less, you're getting as fat as pigs."

Wang Teng scolded with an Impatience look, then reached out and pulled up the girl who was merely an ordinary person.

If it weren't for being necessary sacrificial bait, he wouldn't have bothered bringing these people in.

They dared not speak, the group cautiously stood on the partition previously built inside the shaft, carefully listening to the movements outside the elevator.

"Brother Wang? It seems there are no Zombies outside?!"

A little brother with a bird's nest hair pressed his ear against the wall, somewhat puzzled and surprised.

Wang Teng nodded at the sound; his self-destruct cicada had been active outside the elevator, and indeed it had not encountered any Zombies.

Strange.

Although there aren't many Zombies in this spot, it's not to the point of having none at all.

Could it be that the commotion caused by those outsiders on the first floor was too great, drawing all the Zombies away?

Without thinking further, after confirming there were no Zombies in the outside lobby, Wang Teng took the lead and slowly pulled open the elevator door.

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The dim interior of Shang Cheng felt somewhat gloomy, with shelves pushed over everywhere and merchandise scattered across the floor.

A layer of dust covered the smooth floor, concealing streaks of dark red blood.

"Head to the canned goods and candy section!"

"Damn it, I haven't eaten meat in days, my mouth is about to lose all flavor!"

"Got it, boss!"

Several lackeys entered Shang Cheng with delighted faces; previously the canned goods area had many Zombies, making it impossible for them to get in.

Even if Wang Teng's self-destruct cicada blew up a patch of Zombies, more would come running at the noise and fill the gap again.

This also meant they could only scavenge food from the outskirts.

Right now, it's rare to have no Zombie obstruction, which undoubtedly made them overjoyed.

"Load it! Take as much as you can!"

Wang Teng pushed a shopping cart and sprinted toward the candy area; as an Awakened One, his energy consumption far exceeds that of ordinary people.

Small in size and high in calories, chocolate and candy are the supplies he needs most.

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A girl in dirty blue work clothes also sneaked over to the candy area; she hastily grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into her pocket, even tying up her pant legs so the whole lower pants served as a pocket.

One after another, candy was stuffed into her mouth.

A look of satisfaction appeared on the girl's sallow face for the first time in a while.

As an object used by this group to vent their frustrations, she normally could only eat everyone's leftovers,

Her body, covered by clothing, was covered in bruises and burns from cigarette butts.

Each time they entered Shang Cheng, these brief few minutes were her only chance to eat her fill and obtain food.

The faint chewing sound caught Wang Teng's attention; he turned around and saw the girl with her cheeks bulging from candy.

"You damn want to die, huh? Weren't you told to get the canned goods?"

"Damn it, all you do is eat! Do you believe Laozi will chop you up and feed you to the Zombies?"

Hearing that, the girl trembled with fright, quickly grabbed a handful of candy and ran out of the area.

The candy stuffed all over her body scattered across the ground as she ran.

"Fuck you, Mom! Still dare to steal Laozi's candy! Go back and hand it all over!"

Upon hearing the demand to hand it over, the girl's tears flowed uncontrollably.

She was so hungry...

Wang Teng hurled insults at the girl's frail back, not worried that this worthless thing would run away.

Thinking about how obtaining food had become increasingly difficult these past days, a hint of malice flashed in his eyes.

Should we have these worthless ones go to the top floor?

Maybe...

With a cold snort, Wang Teng slowly peeled open a candy and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it vigorously as if it were meat.

"The first floor has cosmetics and appliances; Lord Lin An, let's go straight to the second floor—there's packaged food there!"

Last time we came, we went to the second floor! But we were scared back by that spider!

The students from the sports institute happily stuffed a few high-end skincare products and lipsticks into their pockets, but under deliberate restraint each person only took a little.

Lin An caught sight of their actions in his peripheral vision and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hehe, Lord Lin An. The little girls at our... base like this."

"Lord, we won't take much, you can rest assured! Mainly, my girlfriend reminded me before she came, you know how women are..."

Lin An nodded indifferently; as long as it didn't delay the operation, these things didn't take up much space.

Before the base was established, the academy's atmosphere was also not great, but compared to the outside Survivors, the level of cruelty was worlds apart.

After all, being primarily students, everyone's bottom line and character wouldn't decline too quickly.

As of now, there have been no cases of starvation deaths, and instances of people killing each other are also rare.

Except for Gao Tian's case, strictly speaking, this group from the academy has not experienced bloody slaughter.

In addition, although there wasn't much food before, everyone could get at least a little.

As a result, when they went out to look for supplies, they still had the leisure to bring back some other things.

There were good and bad things, but Lin An didn't intend to correct them about anything.

When they taste the flavor of hunger, they will naturally throw everything unrelated to survival to the back of their minds.

If one can live well, who wouldn't want to live a bit better?

But the cruelty of the Apocalypse allows no slack at all...