With a dried squid dangling from his mouth, Xu Xing kicked open the warehouse door at the back, revealing mostly fresh goods.
Due to the high temperature and lack of proper preservation, it emitted a putrid stench.
With her nose pinched, Su Xixi pouted and rushed out, urging Xu Xing to run faster.
Xu Xing was also overwhelmed by the stench and was about to leave when he noticed a large metal door at the very back.
The gate looked rather heavy, with a large steel padlock in the middle that was not locked but open, covered with water droplets.
"This must be the cold storage here," Xu Xing thought to himself. "With the power outage lasting so long in the middle of summer, I wonder what's going on inside."
Xu Xing first channeled his mental energy to circulate the surrounding air, then walked inside, grabbed the door handle, and pulled it sharply outwards.
Click click~
Two crisp sounds rang out, like the sound of ice cubes falling to the ground.
As he pulled open the metal door, a blast of cold air rushed out.
According to Xu Xing's estimate, the temperature here remains at minus five or six degrees Celsius.
Looking at the door, which is several tens of centimeters thick and reinforced with special materials, one can imagine how good the insulation measures are here.
No wonder it can still maintain a sub-zero temperature even after so long.
Xu Xing only glanced at them briefly; these were not his main focus. As long as there were supplies inside and they hadn't spoiled, that was a gain.
The contents did not disappoint him; each styrofoam box was filled with fish covered in ice.
The most abundant items were not local specialties from Xuanwu Lake, but various frozen marine creatures, including countless octopuses, small sea snails, ribbonfish, oysters, and scallops.
Before he could gather them up, Xu Xing saw a pale toe covered in frost peeking out from the very back.
Is anyone there?
As they got closer, they discovered a small hill inside, made of foam cardboard, with some frozen goods scattered around it.
The toes extend from here.
Did they freeze to death here? Xu Xing wasn't surprised.
It is estimated that when the zombie outbreak occurred outside, some people chose to hide in the cold storage to avoid danger.
It's important to know that when there's power, the average temperature in a cold storage facility like this is around minus twenty degrees Celsius.
People dressed normally in summer clothes could suffer hypothermia and collapse inside, even if they only stay there for a few hours.
Clearly, this person is probably the unlucky one.
Upon reaching the vicinity, he used his telekinesis to move aside the surrounding foam scraps, revealing underneath: a curled-up body, the corpse of a young man with a terrified expression.
It's possible that the surrounding cold air is constantly being lost.
The toes, which were initially frostbitten, are slowly thawing.
As they were slowly walking, about to clear away the troublesome corpse...
The lifeless corpse now seemed to be faintly reviving.
First, the frost outside melted on the toes, and they began to move from side to side. Then, the head, as cold as winter, twisted from side to side.
The young man struggled to get up from the ground, letting out strange roars from his throat.
"ah!"
Su Xixi, who had been sneaking over again, let out a scream, which caused the dogs that were wandering around to run and gather here.
"What is that!" Xu Xing hissed.
He frantically tried to recall if he had any information about these things from his past life.
The person on the ground had clearly been dead for a long time; his entire body was still at sub-zero temperatures. Under such conditions, it was impossible for a living person to survive.
So, is it another possibility that it's a zombie?
The person about to stand up in front of me has no signs of decay on his body. If he were a zombie, he would definitely be at least level four.
With his strength having just broken through to the peak of level three, Xu Xing was not capable of defeating this kind of zombie that had undergone a qualitative change. It was best for him to leave as soon as possible.
While the unknown creature was still struggling to get up, Xu Xing quickly grabbed it. Su Xixi, who was somewhat terrified, rushed out without even having time to grab the supplies scattered all over the place.
During this time, he even barked at the dogs that were trying to rush forward.
Xu Xing leaped through the air a few times and instantly returned to the place where everyone had gathered before.
Time passed slowly, but there was still no movement inside the warehouse. Xu Xing couldn't help but begin to doubt his judgment.
One reason he rushed out so hastily was that he hadn't been able to detect the energy level of the unknown creature.
It seemed that some unknown substance was blocking the probe from being detected on the skin's surface.
The dogs also ran out, happily chewing on the giant clam shell.
“I think that ‘person’ didn’t seem to have any malicious intent. Although I was very scared just now, I noticed before it left that it glanced at us and there was emotion in its eyes.”
At this moment, Su Xixi, who had just been carried over, pondered for a moment.
As a beast-taming type of ability user, Su Xixi can get along well with mutated beasts, and her ability to deduce thoughts and feelings is terrifying.
Even humans can often get a general idea of what someone is thinking with just a glance, although the specifics are somewhat vague. This is different from psychic abilities.
Non-human beings are even more terrifying; they can communicate with each other simply through eye contact, which is a key factor in her ability to control beasts.
"Oh? Goodwill?" Xu Xing thought for a moment, combining his thoughts with what he had said earlier.
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