Chapter 113 New

World The stairwell of the garage is the same as the lobby, with walls on three sides and a glass wall and glass door on one side.

Like the upper floors, all the glass walls were designed with double layers when they were built.

At this moment, under the induction lights that automatically light up in the stairwell, the glass walls and doors are intact, and looking through the glass, there seems to be nothing unusual around. Of course, this may also be because most of the lights in the underground garage are broken and the lights are dim. There

are thirteen people, in addition to Xu Yan, the Gou brothers, Chen Tong and his wife, and You Xi, there are five men and two women. The number of men is relatively large, and they are basically young and strong people around 20 to 30 years old, including the security guard Xiao Zhang who had been living in Xu Yan's house before.

The two girls knew each other and lived in the same apartment. One was a white-collar worker who had a habit of working out, and the other was a teacher at a sports school. They both looked physically fit.

The white-collar woman was better protected, holding a large bottle of alcohol spray in her hand. If this thing was used with an open flame such as a lighter, it could create a short-lived jet of flame.

The weapon held by the sports school teacher looked more familiar to You Xi, a metal baton.

You Xi didn't hide it, and directly fixed the Tang sword he got in the zombie world on his back.

The glass door of the stairwell was opened, and people rushed out. Several people turned on the flashlight function on their mobile phones, held their breath, and vigilantly shone the surroundings, especially the blind spots.

In the far corner of the ceiling, there was a shadow of an insect passing by. But the animals and plants have been mutating for so long that people will not panic because of a few insects.

Now for them, as long as the insects do not take the initiative to attack, they will just avoid them. Even if there is a giant mackerel lying in front of them at this moment, they think they can suppress their screams and go around it.

Xu Yan locked the door of the stairwell again. Gou Yaoyang and his brother took the lead. Xu Yan fell in the middle of the team. You Xi stepped back. Everyone was alert to the surroundings and walked towards the garage exit nervously.

When someone passed by his car, he whispered that it would be great if he could drive out. With a car for self-defense, the safety would be greatly improved.

"Let's go out and check the situation first. If you can drive, you can check the car after you come back and try it next time." Xu Yan actually thinks driving is convenient. After all, it is iron-clad meat, which can stop ordinary insects and can also transport more supplies.

When they were about to reach the garage exit, everyone saw the green sky outside and quickened their pace, walking upward from the winding slope. The closer you get to the outdoors, the less you can see the original appearance of the cement floor with a buffer zone under your feet.

The cement floor is covered with moss. This moss not only grows on the ground, but also climbs up the walls on both sides, and there are even stems and leaves of vines hanging from the walls.

The exit is about two meters high, and nearly one-third of the upper part is blocked by vines of different heights. These vines are like a large green curtain, filtering the sunlight outside and reflecting the faces of people around in green.

Everyone became nervous again. Everyone turned off their flashlights and put away their mobile phones. Some people still held their mobile phones and turned on the recording function, as if preparing to take pictures. The green moss under my feet is dense, thick and soft. When I stepped on it, I felt like I was stepping on rotten mud.

Outside the parking lot is a driveway, and on both sides of the driveway are green plant areas. It was originally burned to ashes and sprinkled with growth-inhibiting powder, but now, new plants are growing again, rising from the ground at several times the height of the past.

The road surface on both sides of the cement driveway was squeezed and cracked, revealing the soil underneath. Various kinds of grass, moss and low plants seemed to have found space to survive, scrambling to grow in these cracks.

The road surface still existed, but it became fragmented. The huge treetops intertwined above their heads, blocking the sunlight. Only a few scattered rays of light passed through the gaps between the branches and leaves and fell on them.

They walked along the driveway towards the entrance of the community, stepping on the green plants and fallen leaves all over the ground. Along the way, they felt like they had come to the primeval jungle, or like they had crossed hundreds of years and arrived in a city on a planet after the disappearance of humans.

The surroundings were very quiet, without the hustle and bustle of the city or the noisy voices of people, only the rustling sounds coming from all over the woods and the chirping of some unknown insects.

Everyone slowed down their pace, moved closer to each other, looked up and down and left and right to be alert, and at the same time held the various "weapons" in their hands tightly.

**

They identified the direction and soon came to the gate of the community. There were tall iron gates, as well as obvious buildings such as guardhouses and duty rooms. Although they were almost submerged in the surrounding plants, they could still be vaguely seen.

Gou Yaoyang stopped and turned around, motioning to Xu Yan. Xu Yan took the key and walked forward with the security guard Xiao Zhang, ready to open the door of the duty room. The control button to open the community gate is inside the duty room, and you have to go in to open the door.

The duty room is a small, low building, and with the green area behind it, it is almost blocked by green branches and vines, and even the door cannot be seen clearly.

Seeing Xiao Zhang trying to chop the intertwined branches with the kitchen knife in his hand without saying a word, You Xi said wait, then took a few steps forward, used the scabbard of the Tang sword to pick up the branches hanging together, revealing a small door lock at the back.

She motioned Xiao Zhang to open the door, and the door was quickly opened with a creaking sound. At the same time, a black shadow flew out from the room behind the vines.

Xiao Zhang, who was nearby, was hit in the face by the thing, and he was so scared that he let out a low cry, staggered back two steps, and bumped into another person.

The man didn't see the flying object clearly, but when he was hit by Xiao Zhang, he screamed as if his hair stood on end.

The others were not frightened by the flying object, but were startled by his screaming and fled to the side.

"Quiet!" Gou Yaoyang shouted in the panic, "It's just a sparrow!" The chaotic crowd

tried to calm down. They were not afraid of sparrows. When this thing became bigger, it would just be like a hen. It was still gray and scared people, but now this sparrow was only half the size of a hen.

They were just frightened by the scream. Now they came to their senses and looked at the culprit.

Chen Tong looked at her husband Zou Yan who fell to the ground, and tried to suppress the scream that had already reached her throat. From the moment she made up her mind to go out, she knew what she was going to face.

In the past, she was afraid of everything, birds with sharp beaks, mice and moths, but now, it was like hitting the bottom and rebounding. She had had enough of this kind of panic and anxiety. No matter how scared she was, she would hold back her screams.

A few days ago, she had even packed up her things and moved back to her original home. But Zou Yan didn't want to move back, saying that the place she lived in now was very safe, far away from plants, and there was no attack from flying birds. He didn't understand what she was insisting on.

Chen Tong had already said what she should have said to him a long time ago. This time, she told him directly that people with different ideals could not work together. He didn't want her to force herself, so they should live their own lives in the future. Anyway, they didn't have children yet. In today's world, divorce was probably impossible, so they should just separate for the time being.

Probably because she was so determined this time, after notifying her husband of the time for today's trip yesterday, he knocked on the door of their home on the 15th floor and said that he would go with her, that he still loved her and didn't want to lose her.

Chen Tong was very moved, but this feeling of being moved disappeared completely when she saw Zou Yan being frightened by a sparrow and falling to the ground and screaming, and all turned into worry and helplessness.

Zou Yan probably also realized that he had become the target of criticism, so he quickly stopped talking and climbed up again: "...I, I just didn't expect that an animal would appear in a closed room..."

It would be better not to explain it, after all, even Xiao Zhang, who was the first to be slapped in the face, was not as scared as he was.

The sparrow was startled by the crowd, and it flapped its wings and flew a few times. At this moment, it finally flew up and headed for the treetops. But soon, it seemed to be trapped by an invisible thing between the branches and leaves. It flapped its wings again and cried.

The female office worker tried to look up, but because the distance was too high and it was facing the light, it was difficult to see clearly: "What happened to it? What entangled it?"

Youxi saw the situation above at a glance: "It's a spider web."

The spider web that can catch sparrows can imagine how big the spider behind it is.

Fortunately, these trees are all very tall, and the branches and leaves are all high. If spiders want to build webs between branches and leaves, they will also choose high positions, but it does not rule out the possibility that spiders will build webs between the trunks below in the future.

Even if it doesn't stick to people, such a big spider blocking the way will still make people shudder.

Everyone was frightened by the word "spider" and suddenly became quieter.

Youxi looked inside the duty room and found that a wall at the back of the building was squeezed by plants, leaving a big hole. At this moment, one-third of the room has become a home for plants.

She asked Xiao Zhang where the switch button for opening the door was, and quickly went in to open the door. Following Xiao Zhang's instructions, she violently broke the lock of the drawer under the operating table and took out several door remote controls and intercoms.

With the remote control, there is no need to enter the duty room to open the door in the future.

Xiao Zhang originally wanted to hand her the key to the drawer, but when he saw that she broke the lock with a click, he quietly put the key away.

Everyone walked through the tall iron gate covered with vines and stepped onto the road outside.

**

Youxi closed the door with the remote control, and the team started again. The target was very clear, which was the shopping mall where the supermarket was located diagonally opposite. There was

also a female white-collar worker who noticed that Youxi broke the lock violently. She looked at her for a few times, and immediately whispered a few words to the physical education teacher who lived with her. Then the two of them quietly retreated from the original front position of the team, came to the back, and walked in front of Youxi.

"Hello, my name is Xia Xuan, and her name is Ma Tiantian." The female office worker took the opportunity to introduce herself to Youxi while walking forward, "We live in 501."

"Youxi."

She looked at the long sword she was holding in her hand and asked, "Is this a Tang sword?"

"Yes."

The current situation was not suitable for chatting, and she just wanted to get to know each other briefly.

The situation outside the community was no different from that inside. If the inside was a small forest, then the outside was a huge primeval forest.

Various overlapping oblique and intertwined branches blocked most of their vision. Originally, standing on the road, they could take in all the surrounding buildings: this is a residential area, diagonally opposite is a shopping mall, on the other side of the road is a row of shops similar to coffee shops, milk tea shops and book bars, and there is a row of cars parked on the side of the road...

But now, these have become supporting roles, and there are green plants everywhere. Even the cars parked on the side of the road are covered with moss and vines. Some cars have even been tilted and pushed up to the door of the store next to them because of the growth of trees.

A row of green vines hang down from the top of the store, full of white flowers. In the distance, there is a cluster of bright red flowers growing in the middle of several large trees. The flowers are large and the petals are stretched out.

Several palm-sized butterflies were attracted by the bright red flowers, folded their wings and landed on the center of the flower, but the fallen butterflies soon discovered the abnormality and fluttered their wings to leave, but were firmly stuck to the center of the flower. The petals of the flower, which were originally stretched out, slowly retracted, and finally wrapped the whole butterfly.

Everyone glanced at it, fearful in their hearts, and quickened their pace.

When they were about to reach the shopping mall, they finally saw their own kind. Another pair of fully armed people had already arrived before them. At this moment, they were at the gate covered with vines, trying to find a way to get in.

Because the plants grew violently at night, the mall had already closed and locked the door at that time. Now there should be no one else inside except a few security guards.

But the mall is so big that no matter whether the security guards are still inside or not, they will not notice the movement at the door.

The other party was discussing how to break the door. When they heard the footsteps, they turned around and found the Youxi team. They were stunned for a moment, and then they came over: "Which community are you from? Are you also going to the supermarket? Do you know if there are other entrances besides the main door?"

It's not that they don't want to break the glass. Let's not talk about whether the quality of glass in their country can be broken with limited tools. Even if it can be broken, the glass door will lose its airtightness.

If other insects and animals get in after they leave, the next time they want to take something, it may not be so safe inside.

Besides, this is a big shopping mall after all. What if S City survives this crisis and the mall holds them accountable?

Gou Yaoyang stepped forward at the right time and said, "We can go through the underground passage next to it and go directly down to the second floor. It is a 24-hour parking lot that does not close at night. From there, we can find the stairwell and take the elevator to the first floor where the supermarket is located."

This idea was quite reliable, so everyone turned around and quickly went underground from the parking lot entrance.

Because they had the experience of walking in an underground parking lot not long ago, the people from Youxi Community walked in front this time, and Youxi followed behind his team.

Probably because it was night when the accident happened, there were only a few lights on in the parking lot, and it was large inside, so the whole space was very dark. Even with a flashlight, it could only illuminate the area in front.

When the team was halfway through, Youxi suddenly heard a strange sound. She stopped. Xia Xuan, who was walking in front of her, noticed it and immediately stopped and turned around: "What's wrong?"

When she stopped, the team in another community behind her was also forced to stop. Some people were afraid of the dark and walked tremblingly. At this moment, they were somewhat dissatisfied and asked why they had to stop.