The Sanyuan Farmers Market has been there since the original owner could remember. Now it looks somewhat dilapidated, and the red sign hanging on the gate has long since lost its paint and rust.
The original owner hadn't been to this familiar place for several years, and now, seeing those related memories automatically surfaced in Li Xin'er's mind.
Li Xin'er recalled the original owner's childhood stories as if she were an outsider watching a story unfold.
When Li Yiyuan was seven years old, he found a one-yuan coin at the entrance of the orphanage and handed it to the director. The director praised him for his honesty in front of all the children.
"Li Yiyuan found a yuan..."
Li Yiyuan's nickname "One Yuan" originated from that time.
That time, the dean rewarded Li Yiyuan with 50 cents, which made everyone extremely envious. For a long time, everyone squatted at the gate waiting to pick up the money.
People in the orphanage would buy things at the Sanyuan Market. Li Yiyuan happily took the money and ran out with the original owner to buy candy at the Sanyuan Market, followed by a string of little followers.
He grabbed the original owner with one hand, clutched the money in the other, and ran off with his pants down...
The little ones behind them all cheered and clapped, starting to make up a rhyme.
"Li Yiyuan, picked up money, lost his pants, and went shopping at Sanyuan."
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Li Xin'er held onto the other shore and walked in. Although the ground was cement, it was full of potholes, black grime, and dirty puddles.
In the middle is a uniform cement platform for mobile vendors to set up stalls, which is mostly empty at this time.
A very few were covered with tricolor striped cloths.
It was weighed down with bamboo poles on top and bricks around it, making it look like a small hill. You could tell at a glance that a lot of things were covered inside.
There are more than a dozen rows of cement platforms, surrounded by a ring of single-story storefronts that connect to the main entrance, forming a square farmers' market.
"Giggle!"
A roller shutter door without a sign was being banged on from inside, accompanied by the crowing of roosters.
This shout seemed to unlock some kind of code, and the previously quiet market suddenly erupted in jubilation.
With a 'whoosh', a blur shot towards Li Xin'er's calf.
Li Xin'er acted faster than she thought, raising her sword and swinging it.
'plop'
The dark gray, furry creature, cut in half, fell to the ground.
A rat... a rat bigger than a human head.
In the original book, there were no mentions of zombified animals in the early part of the book. They were only mentioned gradually in the middle part of the book. I didn't expect that they were already there so early.
Zombified animals are much more difficult to deal with than zombies, and most of the difficulties and predicaments faced by the male and female protagonists later on stem from zombified animals.
Animals that turn into zombies are called zombie XX, like the one in front of you, which is called a zombie rat.
Besides those that turn into zombies, animals also come in two other forms: ordinary animals and animals that awaken supernatural abilities.
Those who awaken superpowers are called mutant beasts. Like humans, they possess various types of superpowers. Mutant beasts are very intelligent, with the intelligence of human children. If you can gain the approval of a mutant beast, it can become a great help to you and a fighting partner.
As for ordinary animals, compared to before the apocalypse, except for a very few species that have grown larger, they are not much different. Their meat is still edible, but their numbers are pitifully small.
After all, it's eaten by everyone—normal humans eat it, zombies gnaw on it, and mutated beasts eat it...
This was the first time Li Xin'er had ever seen a zombie-like animal, so she approached and used the Other Shore to pry it open and examine it closely.
The zombie rats have grayish-white eyes like zombies, and their internal organs and blood are all black, emitting a putrid stench.
Secondly, its fur had patches of rotten flesh, like it had a serious skin disease.
Its claws are shiny black, long and sharp, and its teeth are the same, all protruding. If you were bitten by one, you would definitely lose a big chunk of flesh along with the skin.
Even after cracking open its head, no crystal core was found.
While she was looking around, the noise from those storefronts became even more intense.
Li Xin'er used her soul power to scan the area of shops and found something different in a shop that had no signboard but seemed to specialize in slaughtering poultry.
Is it a mutated beast?
A hen strolled leisurely around the shop, occasionally pecking at the roller shutter door.
The iron cage that held it was wide open, while in another iron cage next to it was a large rooster with a bright red comb on its head and glossy orange-red feathers, as if it were wearing a gorgeous brocade robe, strong and beautiful.
At a glance, you can tell this rooster is no ordinary rooster because it's too big; it's almost deformed from being squeezed into the cage.
The hen was still clucking incessantly, while the rooster kept wriggling in the iron cage. When it got annoyed, it crowed twice at the outside of the cage and spat out a stream of fire from its sharp yellow beak.
The hen was so frightened that she flapped her wings and flew away. After flying a distance, she defiantly headed towards the rooster's cage and continued clucking.
Li Xin'er walked straight towards the shop, easily pried open the roller shutter door, and at the same time, a stench hit her head and the hen pounced towards her face.
The flapping of its wings scattered feathers all over the shop floor. Li Xin'er took a step back, and the hen landed on the ground. As if it had finally escaped, it ran away quickly without looking back.
It was just an ordinary hen, so Li Xin'er didn't stop it and instead focused her attention on the rooster.
The rooster's small, beady eyes darted around, as if it sensed that Li Xin'er was not someone to be trifled with. It didn't dare to be arrogant and shrank its neck, hiding its head under its wings.
Li Xin'er used the other shore to pry open its cage door and commanded:
"come out."
The rooster trembled, obediently and obediently, struggling to squeeze out of the cage.
Unfortunately, due to its mutated and swollen size, it couldn't be squeezed out no matter how hard it tried.
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