Chapter 35: Desperate Leap (Wealthy masters, please follow and read)

"Huff, huff, ugh..."

Zheng Xin was breathing rapidly. As the tense atmosphere passed, she immediately noticed the internal organs all over the floor under her feet. Her nasal cavity was filled with an unpleasant, fishy stench, and her stomach churned, causing her to vomit.

"Sister Xin... are you okay?"

Zhong Xiaoshan was startled by Zheng Xin's sudden vomiting. She dodged the splashed filth, gently patted her back, and said: "Don't look at the floor, and try to think of some delicious food. You'll be fine in a while!"

"Delicious food..."

Zhang Su thought to himself, thinking of delicious food at a time like this was just asking for trouble...

Lighting another cigarette, he exhaled smoke and closed the door, then handed the cigarette to Zheng Xin's mouth: "Take a puff, it'll suppress it!"

Zheng Xin, whose nose was running, took the cigarette and took a fierce puff. The thick smoke made her cough, but the urge to vomit disappeared instantly.

"There... there's another one!"

Just at this moment, Zhong Xiaoshan pointed nervously at the zombie crawling over from the direction of the living room.

This was a zombie with only the upper half of its body remaining; its entire torso from the abdomen down was gone. The remaining half dragged itself forward with great difficulty using both arms. Even so, those ghastly white teeth were still grinding with a clattering sound, showing not the slightest intention of giving up its craving for fresh blood and flesh.

Zheng Xin, who had just stopped vomiting, turned her head and saw such a zombie. A more violent urge to vomit surged into her heart. The cigarette was of no help, and she hunched over, vomiting, but unfortunately, there was nothing left, only bitter water.

Zhang Su patted Zheng Xin's trembling shoulder. This kind of thing could only be overcome by oneself. He then carried his hand axe and walked toward the broken zombie.

After dealing with the two zombies, the three walked into the living room and found that, unlike ordinary homes, the living room had an office-style renovation, with two rows of workstations facing each other, totaling six computers.

"So it's e-commerce after-sales. I didn't even know there were people working upstairs..."

Zheng Xin spoke with a nasal tone, picked up a booklet on the table, and flipped through it, discovering that this was an e-commerce company.

Zhang Su shook his head and walked out of the kitchen, shaking his hands: "Nothing at all!"

"This company might have been established not long ago, or moved from somewhere else. The bedrooms are all empty shelves and cardboard boxes for packing. Only these zip ties and tape might be of some use."

Zhong Xiaoshan also walked out of the bedroom with a depressed expression, shaking the paper box in her arms, which contained more than ten rolls of tape and some plastic zip ties.

"Search the workstations, there should be something."

As Zhang Su was speaking, he began to pull drawers, but just at this moment, a loud shout sounded from outside the window, followed by a black shadow flashing past the window. The desperate shout went from near to far, falling toward the bottom.

"What was that!?"

The group was terrified and hurriedly ran to the living room window to look down. The scene that met their eyes made their hearts sink.

"No, it couldn't be..."

Zheng Xin's skin twitched, and she pointed upstairs.

Zhang Su frowned, looking at the bright red blood spreading out with the corpse as the center, and sighed: "It must be that person from 1201. In just this short while, he..."

He felt a bit of emotion in his heart. The neighbor who had generously shared food a moment ago had turned into a pool of blood and flesh the next.

Kindness might look stupid now, but it was still a rare quality.

Zhang Su considered himself never to be a kind person, but he held respect for kind people.

Zhong Xiaoshan covered her mouth and shook her head: "Why jump off the building? Isn't it good to be alive? Why choose this way to end life?"

Even if it was very difficult, she always felt that being alive was beautiful. As long as one could live, what did a little hardship matter? She couldn't understand the thoughts of those who committed suicide.

"Could it be because they heard us say the outside world is in chaos, so they... his shout just now was so desperate."

Zheng Xin said with a trace of sadness at the corner of her mouth.

In the three days since the zombie outbreak, there were not a few people who chose to end their lives. It couldn't be ruled out that some were self-abandoning, but there were also other reasons.

"Some pain, if not personally experienced, won't be understood. His choice of death has nothing to do with us. Look at the corpse beside him, it should be a family member who was infected with the zombie virus earlier..."

Zhang Su withdrew his body, not intending to continue watching this human tragedy. But in the process of withdrawing his gaze, a figure inexplicably appeared in his peripheral vision!

In a residential area full of wandering zombies, the figure of a living person was an extremely special existence. Even if it was only for a fleeting 0.1 seconds, he could confirm that what he just saw was definitely a living person!

"Hmm?"

Doubts arose in Zhang Su's heart. He searched with his gaze again and soon locked onto the target. At the very bottom of the east side of Building 4, there was someone poking their head out!

Due to the construction structure, perhaps for the sake of moisture-proofing, the first-floor balcony didn't touch the ground but had a gap of about forty centimeters from the ground. Occasionally, one could see the figure of a stray cat from those narrow spaces, and it was also a good place for children to play hide-and-seek.

And at this moment, Zhang Su saw someone hiding under the balcony!

"Brother Su, what are you looking at?"

Zheng Xin noticed Zhang Su's gaze was fixed on a certain spot, which was very different from when he saw the death just now.

"Someone!"

Zhang Su pointed to the place where the person was hiding: "Over there, at the very bottom of the east side, look, there's a person there!"

Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiaoshan looked in the direction Zhang Su described. After a while, they both looked at Zhang Su with puzzled eyes.

"He pulled back!"

Zhang Su pointed downstairs very firmly: "Just now, there was a person poking their head out, one hundred percent!"

Zheng Xin and Zhong Xiaoshan looked at each other, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding.

"Yeah, there is someone, right..."

Zheng Xin answered seriously.

"Yes, yes."

Zhong Xiaoshan nodded in agreement.

Zhang Su was like a human spirit; he naturally saw that the two women's attitudes had elements of acting. He frowned: "I really saw it, why don't you believe me... Forget it, even if there is someone, so what."

As he spoke, Zhang Su spread his hands and walked toward the workstation, no longer caring. Whether there was someone didn't really matter; what was depressing was that the two didn't believe him.

Soon, the three finished searching and found many snacks from the workstations, even more abundant than the harvest at the old couple's house. A large box of Snickers alone was enough for the three to eat for many meals. The main thing was that it was convenient and didn't need cooking, and the calories and fat were ridiculously high!

There were also other common office snacks like potato chips, dried mango, and dried fruits...

However, the biggest harvest wasn't the snacks, but four full cases of mineral water, nearly one hundred bottles, which was sixty liters. Divided among each person, there were twenty liters, which was enough for ten days if they were frugal!

"We're rich now!"

Zhang Su was very happy. He pulled out a bottle of mineral water, kissed it, unscrewed it, took a fierce gulp, and then stuffed it all into his bag.

Among their supplies, there was quite a lot to drink, but not much pure water; most were various beverages and beer. This water was a very important supplement.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 36 =====