Chapter 35 First Heart-to-Heart
When it got dark, two buses stopped one after the other in front of a small government office building.
There are not many buildings around here and few zombies, so they plan to spend the night here.
After the psychic zombies, their search and rescue operation went relatively smoothly.
They went to two more places and luckily found the families of three team members. Together with other survivors, the two buses were already filled with many people. The search and rescue team was also divided into two halves, and the driver of the front bus was changed from Li Hangyuan to Gu Chao.
After quietly clearing out the zombies in the building, the group set up their beds on the first and second floors.
There are two reasons for choosing to stay here overnight, besides its good geographical location.
The first is weapons.
There is a secret basement in a warehouse not far away, which is the trading base of a smuggling gang. This is the intelligence that Gu Chao and his team accidentally intercepted before, but they never had time to deal with it, and now it has become a good thing for them.
In the middle of the night, Lu Ming and Gu Chao sneaked out.
She looked at the boxes of guns and ammunition, various bombs, communication equipment, cold weapons, and three modified cars in front of her, her mouth wide open.
She didn't expect that they could even find such a place. They were directly copying someone else's hometown.
Given Qiao Sisi's precedent, Lu Ming had to pretend that she also needed to touch things before putting them into the space.
After their “hard work” in collecting the fruits, they drove to their next destination – a nearby Metro supermarket.
Although this place has been visited by countless survivors and troops, it is a warehouse-style supermarket after all, and the inventory must be extremely large. They definitely cannot reach the boxes placed at the highest point.
The only problem is that although Lu Ming's unremitting efforts have brought her space to "600 cubic meters", if she collects too much, she might still be suspected.
The two walked into the store in the dark. Although they had expected this, the scene before them still made Lu Ming very angry.
"Who did this? Don't they know that they will be struck by lightning if they waste things?" She was very angry.
The ground was littered with scattered items, a lot of food had been maliciously opened and thrown on the ground, and various milk and beverage liquids were flowing everywhere.
Broken glass bottles were everywhere, and large boxes were placed in a messy manner as obstacles.
Gu Chao patted Lu Ming comfortingly and told her not to worry about the loose goods and only collect those that were in order.
But Lu Ming refused and insisted on choosing carefully.
Gu Chao had no choice but to go in first to check if there were any survivors and clean up the zombies at the same time.
As soon as the two separated, Lu Ming gave a sly smile.
With a wave of her hand, she first took away all the intact boxes on the top few shelves, and then began to collect the goods on the lower shelves and in the aisles.
The mall was dark and messy, but this was exactly what Lu Ming wanted, as it made it difficult for Gu Chao to see how much she had collected.
She was very fast. If anyone looked carefully, they could see a dark shadow moving quickly between the shelves.
She didn't pick anything, and didn't collect much from the main aisle. She mainly collected things from the shelves that Gu Chao wouldn't be able to see when they went out.
All the furniture, home appliances, office supplies, bicycles that the survivors no longer needed were taken away; a portion of home textiles, hardware, clothing, food, beverages, tobacco, alcohol, and daily necessities were left behind to give the survivors some room to survive and avoid the appearance of empty shelves.
The fresh food area was basically not intact, and due to the power outage, it was filled with a strong stench that was nauseating.
But she still covered her nose and walked around, and found some vacuum-packed vegetables.
Gu Chao's voice came from the intercom. He said he wanted to go to the innermost office to take a look and asked Lu Ming to wait for him outside.
How could Lu Ming listen to her? She quietly slipped away to the farthest cold storage.
With the experience of the meat supermarket before, she had a hunch that this place would also surprise her, because such a large cold storage usually has an independent generator set.
The violent goal and the cold air that hit his face almost made Lu Ming cry with happiness.
This is a large cold storage with more than a dozen rooms in one corridor!
There are all kinds of vegetables and fruits, milk and yogurt, various meats, seafood, ice cream, semi-finished foods, etc.
After she finished collecting the items, her hands felt weak. She heard Gu Chao calling her on the intercom, so she quickly closed the doors and rushed back. On the way, she also collected a lot of plastic boxes, bags and shopping carts for storage.
Seeing that she was sweating profusely, Gu Chao told her not to go in if she was tired.
She felt a little guilty, as she had already collected everything...
Poor Gu Chao must have thought that she had to use her supernatural powers to collect things, and she silently complained in her heart.
But he still nodded cooperatively and said that he had almost finished installing it and could go back.
She turned and walked out, without seeing Gu Chao's slightly narrowed eyes.
On the way back, they came across a gas station. They found a lot of recharge cards in the store and rudely took away most of the gas in the station.
When the two returned to their temporary accommodation, Lu Ming was still too excited to sleep.
Great harvest!
I think what I collect tonight will be enough for me to eat and use for decades.
The two men lay alone on the bus at the back, waiting to replace the two team members in the front car to guard the second half of the night.
Gu Chao suddenly remembered what happened during the day. He looked at the energetic Lu Ming and asked, "During the day, didn't you enter the illusion?"
Luming shook his head, "No. What did you see in the vision?"
Gu Chao was silent for a while, "Seeing you suddenly disappeared, everyone else was killed. And..."
"what else?"
"...my parents."
"Ah, where are they now, are they okay?"
"They died more than a decade ago."
"Ah...I'm sorry." Lu Ming was a little surprised that Gu Chao would tell her about his family. She felt a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. "But, I don't think I've ever heard you mention your family. Besides Yan Wei, don't you want to look for other people?"
Gu Chao looked at her quietly, "Do you still remember our team name?"
"Ah, it seems like a wild wolf?"
"Do you know why it's called that?"
"Um...wolves in the wild?"
"Oh, that's one of the meanings. Wolves usually move in groups. Wolf packs exist in the form of nuclear families. Sometimes, they will take in homeless wolf cubs."
Lu Ming was confused at first, then suddenly realized: "So you are..."
"Yes, we are all wolf cubs taken in by the organization. So... we don't have any other family."
I didn’t expect it to be like this. Lu Ming felt sad for them.
She knew that the marriage system was the norm in the last era of Blue Star, and that only couples could legally conceive and have children, so children without families would definitely suffer a lot of hardships.
Unlike her, she had no family, so she had no desire for family, and she had never thought about knowing the past of this body.
She wanted to find something to comfort Gu Chao, but unfortunately she didn't know what to say. Should she say, "It's okay, I don't have any family?" "It's okay, fortunately they don't have to suffer anymore?" "Ah, your wife won't have to deal with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law anymore?" "Pah, pah, pah, what are you thinking?"
Lu Ming secretly complained that he had not studied hard and now he couldn't find anything to say.
Gu Chao looked at her eyes that showed pity, and her conflicted look as she wanted to say something. There was warmth in his eyes, and he wanted to tease her, "Why don't you say something to comfort me?"
Lu Ming was even more troubled after hearing this. "Ah, well, don't be sad. I think your teammates are pretty good now. I think you have a pretty good relationship, right?"
Gu Chao chuckled softly. Lu Ming could hear the vibration of his chest. It was a heavy and low laugh that made Lu Ming feel a little embarrassed. "You, what are you laughing at?"
Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Gu Chao's smile became even more pronounced, but he still kindly let her go.
"You said that zombie is a psychic. Its ability is to cause hallucinations, right? But she could have killed us directly, so why didn't she?"
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