Chapter 42 How scary!

"Ah—chuh—!"

Cui Zhende sneezed and wiped the saliva on his palm onto his white coat.

Kong Liang, who was standing by, had an anxious look on his face. "Professor Cui, you didn't get infected with any virus from that green monster, did you?!"

The man in camouflage patted Kong Liang's round head and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, Liang?"

Kong Liang touched his head and said innocently, "Didn't Sister Tao tell us to be careful and stay alert at all times? Besides, I was just asking..."

It was getting dark, and six people were sitting around a pile of firewood. The woman took out six packs of biscuits from her backpack and handed one to each person present.

The place where they were temporarily stationed happened to be the construction site where Zhao Yunduo and the other two had been.

There are still some traces of construction at the site. A careful inspection shows that people once consumed rich food here.

There were apple cores and bread crumbs on the ground, and even a fork used to buy instant noodles in a bucket was found under the dirt.

It can be seen that the people who stayed here not only had food, but also had considerable wisdom, knowing to bury these things under the soil to cover up the traces.

As Kong Liang bit into the hard and unpalatable compressed biscuit, he couldn't help but think of the three people he met today and the fragrance he had never smelled before. Even the best chef in their base could not make something so fragrant.

"What kind of food is that... I'm confused by the aroma."

"It smells like a steamed bun."

"Small basket? What is that?"

Unfortunately, these guys in their teens and twenties have already lived in the apocalypse for five years, and their memories of the time before the apocalypse are very vague. They don’t know much about many of the foods that were familiar to everyone before.

Wu An, who is wearing camouflage uniform, is older than the younger boys. He has a deep impression of the food before the apocalypse and often dreams of delicious food before the apocalypse at night, including steamed buns.

"Xiaolongbao is a bun with a thinner skin and more delicious meat than a bun. It bursts with juice when you bite it. The juice just explodes in your mouth - it's simple."

As Wu An spoke, he couldn't help swallowing.

The three boys, including Kong Liang, were also fed up and begged Wu An to stop talking.

The woman listened to their conversation with a smile on her face, and she fanned the fire to make the flames burn longer.

She raised her head, wanting to see what time it was from the height of the moon, but to her surprise, when she raised her head, she saw the green giant shaking. Even though there was no wind, it seemed to be rustling in the wind.

"Tsk."

The woman placed her index finger between her lips, signaling everyone present to be silent.

When the surroundings became quiet, they could hear a "sizzling" sound coming from the green giant not far away.

Apparently, everyone heard it.

Cui Zhende immediately raised his head and looked at the green giant on the wall of the shopping mall. Sure enough, the thing seemed to have been electrocuted, and every leaf was shaking.

"What happened?"

Cui Zhende asked.

The other five people had no idea and their heads were shaking like wave drums.

"I don't know what happened, but it feels terrible..."

Kong Liang touched his arms and got goose bumps all over them.

Under the moonlight, the leaves of the green giant still reflected the moonlight, and those leaves looked like countless white dots, emitting strange light.

“It’s broken.”

Cui Zhende, who was wearing glasses, had better vision than the others. He could clearly see dark green branches extending towards them from the ground.

"Pack your things and leave immediately!"

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the well-trained people started to move.

Within just a few seconds, the flames were put out and the ground was cleaned up. They were ready to go, and at Cui Zhende's nod, they walked towards the exit in unison.

No matter how fast they move, they can't be faster than the branches that can move without legs.

In a moment, before they could reach the exit, the last person got his feet entangled by branches. He screamed, and before the others could react, he was dragged away by the branches of the green giant.

"Zhang Qing!"

Kong Liang shouted loudly and subconsciously turned around to pull the person back, but when he turned around, there was no one there.

He paused slightly, and was immediately pulled forward by Wu An.

"It's too late to save him. Get out of here and run."

The green giant seemed to have little appetite. After dragging one person, it stopped chasing them, giving them time to escape.

After they ran out of one street, they suddenly remembered that they first met the three men two streets away. Kong Liang was so nervous and scared that he stopped and felt his muscles were still shaking.

"How about we go to the next street? That's where we saw those people. Maybe it's safer there..."

This made the other four people turn around and look at the green giant that was still shaking its leaves.

Cui Zhende nodded, "Okay, let's go to the place where they stayed and rest for a night. Maybe they are still there, and we can team up to keep watch for each other, which is safer."

When they ran as fast as they could to the bottom of the milk tea shop, they found that not only had the three men disappeared, but there was even a smell of gasoline on the ground and traces of fire.

There was even a strange smell in the air.

It smells like burnt plastic, with a hint of burnt meat mixed in, and gasoline... it smells really disgusting.

Someone in the team had a more sensitive sense of smell and couldn't help but vomit immediately.

Cui Zhende put on a mask, took out an arm-sized torch from his backpack, lit it, and looked carefully at the burnt area. He found a one-meter-long object on the ground, which was burned as thin and long as a wire. Cui Zhende put on gloves, picked up the object, and carefully examined it for a long time, and found that it was probably related to the green giant.

He then asked Wu An to take out a sealed bag from his bag and carefully put the thing into the bag.

Just as they were about to shrink to the terrace on the second floor of the milk tea shop, they discovered a sound in the milk tea shop. It seemed that something knocked over a chair, making a clanging sound.

However, they had just confirmed that there was no one on the second floor, no one on the first floor, and even no one on this street.

The five people exchanged glances briefly, and then ran towards the end of the street at the same time.

“Run!!!”

Kong Liang has always been good at sprinting. When he runs as fast as he can, no one can catch up with him.

The woman and Wu An both have good physiques and can run fast.

The remaining boy and Cui Zhende fell behind, but Cui Zhende's bag was carried by Wu An, so he ran quite fast.

But the green giant was too fast and soon caught up with the two people at the end of the team.

Seeing that Cui Zhende was about to be entangled by the green giant, the boy closest to him grabbed the branch that was about to touch the back of Cui Zhende's neck, then stopped running.

"Run, Professor Cui, you must find a way to save everyone!"

Before anyone could react, the boy was dragged away by the green monster.