Chapter 311: Delicious

With a bang, he kicked open the rusty iron door.

The iron door, flung out like a cannonball, crashed loudly at the end of the hallway.

Not far from the door.

A woman dressed like a scavenger, hunched over, panickedly put down the corpse she was dragging.

Her hair was tangled, twisted together like a dried-out mop from a toilet.

The exposed skin on her body was crusted, a mixture of oil and dirt that had accumulated from years without bathing.

Her whole body reeked, like sewage under a scorching sun.

If not for her messy clothes, which barely revealed her gender, the woman before them would be indistinguishable as male or female.

"Grab her first!"

Lin An gave the order; Zhang Tie snapped out of his slight daze and then lunged with a big hand to grab the woman.

The woman let out a startled scream, her eyes widened into ovals, and her open mouth revealed yellowed teeth clearly.

She turned to run, but how could she outrun Zhang Tie, an Awakened One?

He grabbed her in one motion, like a hawk snatching a chick.

Xiong Hanzi, somewhat disgusted, pinched the woman's collar, waves of sour stench mixed with urine odor.

"Ah! Ah!"

Like someone who couldn't speak, the woman hoisted in the air screamed in terror, her two legs wearing different shoes kicking wildly in midair.

"Damn it, Lin Dui."

"How long has this guy gone without bathing..."

Xiong Hanzi looked devastated at the black grime he had rubbed off his hands.

When he grabbed the woman's neck, he only used light force, and a thick layer of grime stuck to his hand.

The woman's stench was hardly any better than the corpses inside the room.

It's hard to imagine a living person could be this filthy.

Lin An, however, was not surprised.

In the later stages of the apocalypse in his past life, 80% of survivors looked like this.

Ordinary players who entered the Safe Zone were somewhat better off, but survivors outside basically reeked like zombies.

Under prolonged spiritual energy pollution, drinking the water would make one sick.

Thus, let alone bathing, no one dared to waste water even for brushing teeth.

As a result, in the later stages, many people, in order to avoid the problem of not brushing their teeth for a long time, plus the problem of food wearing down their teeth,

Many even used urine to rinse their mouths, using the urea in urine left standing for a long time, which converts to ammonia, to clean the oral cavity.

That taste can be imagined.

Lin An glanced at the corpse at the woman's feet with his peripheral vision, then directly asked:

"Name?"

"What is this place called, and are there any Safe Zones or Military Regions nearby?"

The top priority is to find a major force; only by contacting the high-level of this instance world can one grasp more information.

The woman dangling in midair heard the voice and thrashed wildly, her eyes full of fear.

She had been crying 'ah ah' for a while, yet couldn't form a single word.

A flicker of impatience flashed in Xiong Hanzi's eyes; he noticed the corpse at the woman's feet.

Rotting and foul, tiny white maggots even crawled up his boots.

"Lin Dui! This guy couldn't be mute, could he?!"

"Damn it, is this woman even human? Or some kind of monster?!"

"I saw her dragging a corpse; she couldn't be eating corpses, could she?!"

What Zhang Tie said made sense.

The man inside the room would rather commit suicide, showing he couldn't go on living.

This building probably has no food.

The woman before them, though thin, was not weak.

"Damn it, might as well kill her! A man-eating ghost thing!"

Just as Zhang Tie, somewhat impatient, was about to kill this corpse-eating woman, the woman who kept screaming 'ah ah' flashed a hint of fear in her eyes:

"No.. no!"

"She can speak!"

The voice was hoarse and strained, as if she hadn't spoken in a long time.

Gao Tian wore a wary expression.

Could it be that this woman was pretending not to speak?

Lin An raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down, then had Zhang Tie let the woman down:

"Don't be afraid. We just want to ask a few questions."

"After you answer, you can leave."

As he spoke, he pulled a piece of beef jerky from his pocket and casually tore open the packaging.

It was faint, filled with the scent of flavoring and preservative, wafting in the air.

The woman froze, staring fixedly at the beef jerky in Lin An's hand as if she had seen a delicacy.

Her whole body trembled, and a beast-like low growl came from her throat.

Saliva dripped continuously, thick and foul saliva stretching in strands from the corners of her mouth.

Damn it....

Xiong Hanzi couldn't help but Curse Quietly at the sight.

Is this for real? Someone actually drools at the sight of food!?

Perhaps it's the temptation of food.

The woman warily glanced at the few people surrounding her, then after a moment's hesitation snatched the beef jerky from Lin An's hand.

"I said! Give me another one!"

The more she spoke, the more fluent she became.

Like an ultimate delicacy.

After snatching the beef jerky, the woman trembled as she held the meat strip, then greedily stuck out her tongue and carefully began to lick it.

As if savoring a delicacy, she lightly tore off a strand of meat and swallowed it in one gulp.

Trembling all over, a line of tears streamed down uncontrollably.

On her face, the dirty, scale-like skin was scratched with two white marks.

Gao Tian couldn't help but click his tongue at the sight.

Too exaggerated.

Nobody usually likes this beef jerky, but I never expected the woman could actually eat it to tears.

The base had ample food; he and Lin An usually ate various flavors of self-heating military rations.

What on earth is going on.

What state has this instance world deteriorated into?

Lin An patiently waited for the woman to speak, which was rare for him.

Strangely, the woman before him reminded him of his past life's experiences.

Almost exactly the same.

He has seen too many people like this.

Even including himself.

The woman was reluctant to eat more; she carefully stuffed the beef jerky against her chest, pressing it tightly to hide it.

Without worrying that her movements might expose her.

Of course, nobody present had the appetite to watch her.

After a moment of silence, she raised her head and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"My name is Lin Ruolan."

"You... came from the shelter?"