Li Tianyi slowly took the cigarette, brought it to his nose and smelled it. "Uncle Ma, what brings you here?"

Ma Youshan sat down next to him, lit a cigarette, and said, "I was feeling down, so I came out for a walk!"

The two of them just smoked without saying a word.

After a long silence, Li Tianyi threw away his cigarette butt, his voice a little hoarse, "This loss was too great, I feel terrible!"

“Me too!” Ma Youshan said, puffing on his cigarette. “There are many wounded now, and medicine and food are in short supply. We have to find a way to get some back.”

"Leave the supplies to me." Li Tianyi stood up.

"Uncle Ma, the New First Battalion has suffered heavy casualties and its morale is low. We must resolve the morale problem as soon as possible."

"Also, strengthen the defenses. If all else fails, have Xiaoman and the others come and help."

Ma Youshan nodded emphatically, "The corpses outside must also be removed as soon as possible to prevent secondary infection!"

"You lead a group to dig a big pit, and I'll handle the moving!"

"good!"

Ma Youshan turned and left.

For the next half day, Li Tianyi used the system space to collect corpses and bring them to the large pit for incineration.

The raging fire burned all night.

The next morning.

Li Tianyi left the shelter on his motorcycle and headed straight for Dafeng Town.

The nearby supplies had already been looted, so we had to go to more distant places to search.

After walking through several streets, we arrived at the center of town.

The shopping mall ahead caught his attention.

Approach cautiously.

Suddenly, a creeping monster sprang out of the ruins, baring its fangs and claws.

Li Tianyi wielded the Broken Army sword and easily killed him.

His gaze moved around, but he couldn't find any other monsters.

Continuing on to the door, it was half-open, and a strong stench of decay mingled with a faint smell of blood.

"Oh no, this place has been breached by monsters!"

With a solemn expression, he put on infrared night vision goggles, gripped the Po Jun sword tightly, and began to explore forward.

The ground was littered with severed limbs, some shriveled, some swollen and rotten, maggots swarming and flies buzzing around, making one want to vomit.

Passing through the lobby and entering the trading area, almost all the counters were damaged, and valuable jewelry was scattered all over the floor.

In the apocalypse, they are worthless, not even as substantial as half a rotten bun.

Li Tianyi kept a close eye on his surroundings as he moved forward slowly.

Arriving at the largest counter, there hung more than a dozen steel bars, each pierced with the skeletons of more than a dozen people, their deaths gruesome.

When a chill runs down your back, silently recite a Taoist calming mantra, and your body and mind will return to normal.

"Judging from the fatal wounds on the bones, these people were probably scratched by monsters and then nailed to death by the survivors in the mall!"

Waaah, waaah!

From the darkness, several demons with pigeon-toed gaits slowly approached.

“They must have had their limbs broken before they died!” Li Tianyi said with a bitter smile, waving the Broken Army sword.

The monster fell to the ground.

"Ding! Po Jun has enough energy. Upgrade?"

"upgrade!"

"Ding! Po Jun has successfully upgraded to level four and can now unleash blade energy!"

"Ding! Consuming one hundred Corpse Source per use!"

Li Tianyi was a little confused. It was only level one before, how long has it been? It has accumulated enough corpse source to upgrade to level four?

Actually, that's not the case. If the Japanese hadn't interfered with the beast-like genes, Po Jun could have at least reached level five or higher.

"Looks like we need to stockpile more corpses for a rainy day!"

Without further ado, they searched the mall for monsters...

It took more than an hour to clear one floor. We obtained several hundred corpse resources and opened about ten boxes, obtaining: food, salt, oil, mineral water, cigarettes, liquor, and some biscuits.

"Not bad!" Li Tianyi glanced at the underground shopping mall. "I wonder if the fresh food supermarket has been damaged by monsters?"

They descended cautiously but did not encounter any monsters.

It was very quiet all around; not even the slightest sound could be heard.

Just to be safe, I took out a powerful flashlight and shone it into the distance. A rotting, hideous face appeared, and I was so frightened that I quickly backed away.

Several seconds passed, and it still didn't react. I patted my wildly beating heart and said, "It's just a corpse, you scared me!"

As they continued to investigate, they saw more and more corpses ahead, their deaths becoming increasingly gruesome.

rustle!

A faint sound came from the seafood counter.

As the powerful flashlight swept across, a figure huddled in the shadows, brandishing a kitchen knife, screamed in terror.

"A demon?" Li Tianyi's hand was already on point four or five. "A person?"

The figure was very agitated, waving a cleaver repeatedly, shouting, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

During this time, Li Tianyi carefully observed the figure and found that he had no injuries. He looked away, but his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a silver tag around the figure's neck.

He rushed over and demanded sharply, "Where did this tag come from?"

The person was still in a deep state of fear and was completely unable to communicate.

She snatched the kitchen knife and slapped him across the face. "Calm down!"

The pain in his cheek brought the man back to reality. He looked at her warily, asking, "You, who are you?"

Li Tianyi was worried about the owner of the tag, but also afraid of upsetting him, so he quietly introduced himself.

"Li Tianyi, Li Tianyi?" The man frowned slightly, trying hard to remember. "You're Brother Luo Shan..."

The name 'Luoshan' feels like a huge rock pressing on my heart, making it hard to breathe.

A few seconds later, Li Tianyi came to his senses, excitedly grasped his hand, his eyes full of expectation, "Do you have any news about Brother Luo Shan?"

The man sighed, "On the third day after the apocalypse, I received a call from him saying he was going to Gaoyang Town to rescue his sister. After that, I never heard from him again."

Li Tianyi's face was gloomy and he was very worried. He immediately dialed Luo Shan's number, but all he got was a dead tone.

"Don't bother!" The man shook his head with a wry smile. "Even the most advanced communication equipment in my shopping mall can't get in touch with Brother Luo Shan, let alone his cell phone!"

"Shengli Shopping Mall, Quan Shengli?" Li Tianyi asked.

"It's me!" Quan Shengli exclaimed, a little excited. "Old classmate, I'm a year ahead of you!"

During his university years, Luo Shan had brought him to hang out a few times. At that time, he was penniless and couldn't fit in with a rich guy like him, so he didn't have a deep impression of him.

The once rich second-generation has become a ghost, and Li Tianyi couldn't bear it. "I'll take you away from this awful place!"

"There are zombies everywhere, where can we go?" Quan Shengli was desperate.

Li Tianyi didn't want him to become food for monsters, so he said, "Go back to the shelter. I built it with other people!"

"Where?" Kwon Sung-ri's eyes lit up.

"Dafeng Mountain!"

Quan Shengli stared at him intently, as if he were a drowning person grasping at the last straw, his excitement palpable.

Li Tianyi thought to himself, "This damn apocalypse! Look at how people have been tortured! Ugh!"

After leaving the fresh food supermarket, we arrived at the lobby.

Suddenly, Li Tianyi asked, "By the way, you said you had a state-of-the-art communication device, where is it?"

"The room next to the general manager's office!" Quan Shengli patted his heart.

"Go there first!" Li Tianyi took a few steps forward, and seeing that he didn't follow, said, "If you're scared, go back to where you were and wait for me!"

Kwon Sung-ri hesitated for a moment, then quickly followed...