Chapter 14 Eel

When An Xiaowei saw Ji Ling leaving, she subconsciously wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by Jiang Wang.

"What's wrong with you? Why did you stop me? Do you want us to watch Ji Ling die?" An Xiaowei stared at Jiang Wang and clenched her fists.

"She won't die." Jiang Wang glanced at the direction Ji Ling left and said.

"What do you mean?" An Xiaowei looked at Jiang Wang, somewhat puzzled.

"Don't you think she seems to have not told us something? And... I believe she has her own decision." Jiang Wang looked at the direction where Ji Ling left and said thoughtfully.

“…” An Xiaowei paused and said nothing more.

Mo Junfan, who usually spoke little, also spoke at this time: "Xiao Wei, this is her own choice."

"Let's go to the western suburbs first. If there is a chance, we can go out and look for her. If... she is still alive by then..." Jiang Wang said again.

The three of them walked towards the western suburbs, each with their own thoughts.

…………I jogged to catch up with the man in the raincoat. He stopped when he heard the sound and looked back at me, seeming a little confused.

"Why are you following me again?"

I breathed a sigh of relief, trying to look relaxed, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Let me hold your thigh."

"Oh? Aren't you afraid that I'm an infected person and will be torn to pieces by you?" The man chuckled.

"Then I'll just have to consider myself unlucky." I shrugged and walked towards him step by step.

The man didn't wait for me, turned around and continued walking forward, but he didn't reject me either.

"Then you better hold on tight. I don't want to be a burden. Let's go and find some supplies first."

I quickened my pace a little to close the distance between us.

We didn't communicate much along the way and the atmosphere was a little subtly awkward.

"What's your name?" The man in the raincoat broke the silence first.

"Ji Ling, what about you?"

"Song Nanxing."

"What are your plans? After we find the supplies?" I asked as we walked.

"Go to the shelter in the safe zone." Song Nanxing replied briefly.

"In the east?" I asked casually, not wanting to appear too unusual.

Song Nanxing glanced at me and didn't answer immediately. After a while, a low laugh came from the depths of his throat.

"You seem... not very smart here." He pointed at his head with his black tactical-gloved hand.

???

I have to say, this guy's words are really infuriating, but considering the skills he has shown before and the fact that he has not yet found out any useful information, I can only hold back my curse words in my heart and give him a signature fake smile.

"Didn't I just tell you that the safe zone is in the western suburbs? I didn't lie to you."

"Then why are you going in the opposite direction?"

"I don't know where to go, so I'll just pick a direction. I just want to find some supplies anyway, so it doesn't matter which direction I go, right?" Song Nanxing sighed lightly.

I'm so stupid, really.

A wave of regret and embarrassment enveloped me. It was obviously unrealistic for me to go back to find An Xiaowei and the others now. Fortunately, Song Nanxing's final destination was also the western suburbs. Although I did not trust him now, I could feel that at least he had no hostility towards me so far.

After confirming this, I prayed silently in my heart, hoping that An Xiaowei and the others would be safe.

At this time, Song Nanxing suddenly stopped.

I followed his gaze and saw a small supermarket. Even through the gas mask, I could feel his eyes gleaming.

"Let's go in and get some things." As he said that, Song Nanxing strode into the supermarket.

I stopped and hesitated: "Hey, are you really a reckless person? You just walked in like that?"

"If we don't go in, do we have to crawl in through the dark and twisted way?" Song Nanxing asked me in a puzzled tone, as if I was asking a strange question.

Oh, what a hearty conversation!

After a brief silence, I decided to follow him in. Although I didn't need to bring any more supplies, and carrying more than I could carry would be more dangerous, I had a feeling that this person must know something.

When I stepped into the supermarket, there was no one there. Perhaps because the disaster happened not long ago and suddenly, the goods were still on the shelves, almost the same as before. However, due to the power outage, the light in the supermarket was very dim.

Song Nanxing and I explored the supermarket cautiously, picked up some convenience foods from the fast food section, and after thinking about it, packed several bags of salt and sugar to replace some of the things in my backpack that took up more space and were not cost-effective.

When passing by the aquatic area, I couldn't help but take a look at the seafood raised in the water.

Most of the aquatic products were dead and floating on the surface, giving off a fishy stench. The water was also murky, with white foam floating on the slightly undulating surface.

I felt a little strange, and always felt that the ponds in the aquatic area were weird. The next second, I suddenly realized where the weird feeling came from. How could the water surface of a glass tank full of dead fish have fluctuations!

Realizing this, I quickly patted Song Nanxing, and Song Nanxing obviously noticed it too.

"Be careful, don't make any noise, let's leave quickly."

Song Nanxing whispered to me. As soon as he finished speaking, the water surface suddenly began to vibrate violently.

"Splash--" Following the sound of water, we vaguely saw a long black shadow leaping out of the water and rushing towards us in an "S" shape at an extremely fast speed.

"run!"

Without saying a word, Song Nanxing and I quickly shuttled between the shelves and ran towards the supermarket door.

"How come this thing is so fast even on the shore!" I shouted as I ran.

"Who knows! It's not surprising if it becomes anything after being contaminated!" Song Nanxing responded and quickened his pace.

The thing was moving very fast. Just when we were about to rush out of the supermarket, I suddenly felt something biting my shoe. I looked down and saw it was an eel, but its back was covered with lumps of flesh, and it was contracting like a heart. I made a quick decision, pulled out the dagger from my waist, and stabbed it hard in the forehead and neck.

The thorn is crooked...

The dagger only grazed the mutant eel's skin. This action seemed to irritate it, and it twisted its body and opened its mouth, and something seemed to shoot out of its mouth towards my face. To be more precise, it was a tentacle-like meat strip. Unlike the squid, these disgusting meat strips were more like a ball of worms, entangled, wriggling, and covered in mucus.

In a flash, Song Nanxing chopped the mutated eel into two pieces with a flash of the knife.

"Phew...that was close." I was still a little scared.

Song Nanxing pulled me up and said sarcastically:

"Quick reaction, but poor accuracy."

I rolled my eyes at him, stood up and took a look at my shoes. Fortunately, my shoes were thick enough, and the eel didn't hurt me. There was just a row of teeth marks and mucus on my shoes.

In order to avoid any further accidents, we quickly left the supermarket and looked back to see the black eel still wriggling.

"etc."

Song Nanxing suddenly squatted down, looked up at me and said:

"Lend me the dagger."

"What are you doing?"

"There's something on the bottom of your shoe."