The building directly opposite the hospital's main entrance was the outpatient building. As soon as Banxia and Nanxing stepped inside, zombies, attracted by the smell of human flesh, swarmed over them.
"Hehehe!"
Zombies that have been active in high temperatures for a long time will naturally lose their body moisture, leaving only a layer of gray skin clinging to their bones.
Aside from the obviously abnormal bluish-black fingernails and sharp teeth, it looked exactly like the mummified corpse Banxia had seen in the documentary.
With her mind on instant noodles, Yinzi nimbly rushed out, her claws rising to decapitate the zombie.
Not to be outdone, Jinzi slapped a zombie's head off.
Xingzi was only two seconds slower, but she found that there was no place for her to use her skills on the field, so she hurriedly followed behind to do logistical work.
— Use tree branches to pierce the heads of zombies and collect crystal cores.
Tuanzi, quite self-aware, clung to Nanxing's leg, content to be a large-sized accessory.
Seeing that Jinzi, Yinzi, and Xingzi worked together seamlessly, Banxia pulled Nanxing into the outpatient building.
The glass doors of the outpatient building were violently smashed open, and glass shards were scattered all over the floor. Banxia took out a broom from her spatial storage and swept the broken glass aside to prevent Jinzi and Yinzi from stepping on it and getting hurt when they came in later.
The hospital's medications were stored in the pharmacy and warehouse, and the pharmacy door was also violently damaged.
The shelves were ransacked, and many medicines were on the ground, trampled to pieces.
The two of them did a quick check and found that half a box of commonly used alcohol, iodine, Yunnan Baiyao, gauze, antipyretics, painkillers, and Huoxiang Zhengqi liquid was gone; the rest were all emergency medications.
Banxia picked up a box of very familiar antidepressants from under her desk and sighed softly, "In two years, a box of paroxetine will sell for an astronomical price. These people really don't know its value."
Living in a violent and bloody environment for a long time, coupled with hunger and cold, more than 90 percent of the survivors have suffered from or are suffering from varying degrees of mental illness.
Depression, anxiety, mania, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, PTSD... and so on.
In her previous life, Banxia overheard her neighbor's brother and sister arguing loudly in the middle of the night.
Sister: "I have depression and anxiety, can't you be a little more considerate of me?"
Brother: "I have bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, why didn't you make me suffer?"
In conclusion: What kind of person living in the apocalypse are you if you don't have some kind of mental illness?
Nanxing's eyes narrowed slightly, and she quickly changed the subject: "Let's go find the medicine storehouse quickly."
Banxia hugged his arm and comforted him with a smile, "Don't worry, I don't usually have an attack now."
Even when they have an episode, they won't commit suicide; instead, they'll kill others.
She enjoys blood and killing, which gives her a strange sense of security.
However, she didn't say those words aloud.
The medicine storehouse was on the basement level. The two walked down the stairs, their footsteps echoing softly in the empty stairwell.
The underground lighting was poor, so Banxia turned on her flashlight, and the white light instantly dispelled the darkness.
The medicine storehouse door was tightly shut, and the lock was covered with marks of knife cuts, prying with sticks, and burning, indicating that someone had been there before.
Banxia used her supernatural abilities to forcefully break the door lock, pushed the door open, and let the smell dissipate for a few minutes before pulling Nanxing inside.
The entire pharmacy covers an area of approximately 300 square meters and is divided into seven major areas: infusion storage, Western medicine storage, traditional Chinese medicine storage, cool storage, low-temperature storage, special controlled drug storage, and office area.
The infusion warehouse, traditional Chinese medicine warehouse, and special drug warehouse are skipped, as there are not many similar drugs in Banxia Space.
If the cool storage and low-temperature storage have been without power for a long time, the medicines inside are very likely to have spoiled. Taking out medicines that have not spoiled would only arouse suspicion and lead to further neglect.
The shelves in the Western medicine warehouse were about half empty. Banxia and Nanxing put on gloves and took out the free medicines one by one to fill them up.
It took about an hour to fill the shelves. The two locked the medicine storehouse door and went back downstairs to meet up with Jinzi, Yinzi, and Xingzi.
Over the next hour, the two of them, along with two trees and three hairy creatures, wandered around the inpatient department, administration building, dormitory area, canteen, and parking lot, but found almost nothing except for zombie crystal cores.
Xingzi handed the bag containing the crystal cores to Banxia, who estimated based on her experience: "More than five hundred first-level crystal cores, a good harvest."
The Devouring Tree couldn't help but worry: "It's too little. It's not even enough to get Apricot to level three."
Banxia reassured her, "I'll talk to Li Kongyuan and see if we can change the mission reward to crystal cores."
She has so many resources in her space that she could never use them all in several lifetimes. Taking more of them would just be a waste of time, so she might as well exchange them for crystal cores to enhance her strength.
She thought for a moment and added, "If we kill some zombies in our spare time, we'll definitely be able to collect enough crystal cores before the Black Rain at the end of the year."
As they were talking, the soldiers who were supposed to be there to meet them arrived in a truck.
The leader was named Duan Jia, the soldier who had told Banxia earlier that he would report the truth.
Banxia cut to the chase without beating around the bush: "There are quite a few medicines in the first-floor pharmacy and the basement medicine storeroom..."
He spoke as he led the way.
Looking at the overflowing pharmacy, Duan Jia's eyes reddened with excitement, and he choked out, "There's hope, there's hope..."
He turned around and bowed solemnly to Banxia and Nanxing: "Thank you!"
Just before he set off, Li Kongyuan received a message from the base that 321 out of 5,000 infected people had died yesterday, and most of them were elderly people over 45 years old and children under 10 years old!
How cruel!
Banxia said nonchalantly, "We get paid for our work; it's an equal exchange, so there's no need to be polite."
The extra medication was indeed her doing, but she did it not to gain anyone's gratitude.
If the plague were to spread, the sparsely populated and remote Miaomiao Mountain would undoubtedly become the preferred escape route for survivors who had not contracted the disease.
A large number of people means countless troubles.
She is satisfied with her current life, doesn't want to fight with people every day, and doesn't want to abandon her family and run away.
Duan Jia felt a surge of emotion. Although they were often misunderstood, there were still good people in the world!
If Banxia knew that Duan Jia thought she was a good person, she might not be able to help but laugh out loud.
A truly good person could never survive to the fifth year of the apocalypse.
After handing over the supplies to Duan Jia, the two drove back to the new base with a full load of supplies.
The new base is also located underground and was converted from three stations at the end of Metro Line 1. As long as the metro entrance is firmly guarded, the survivors hiding inside do not need to worry about their personal safety.
—This is on the premise that no massive earthquake of magnitude 8 or above will occur.
However, the earthquake is a long time from now, so there's no need to worry about taking out a loan.
The sound of the car engine attracted the zombies wandering on both sides of the street. Not wanting to waste the opportunity to collect crystal cores, Devouring Tree volunteered to get out of the car and kill the zombies. Xingzi happily said that she would follow behind and dig for crystal cores.
Banxia couldn't persuade them otherwise, so she had to let them off the vehicle.
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