Chapter 5 I'm Just Passing By
Seeing the mutant rat rushing towards her, Yao Tao raised the fire shovel in her hand, and the shovel head rushed down. The sharp edge of the shovel head accurately cut the mutant rat's neck.
The cervical nerves were instantly severed.
The mutant rat squeaked and screamed, its limbs twitching. The other mutant rats heard its screams and immediately ran away in all directions.
The four survivors looked at Yao Tao in shock.
A middle-aged man came over and asked, "Are you here to rescue us?"
Yao Tao shook her head: "No, I was just passing by."
Middle-aged man: "..."
Yao Tao used a fire shovel to completely "send away" the mutant rat that was still twitching under her feet, then carried the shovel over the middle-aged man and continued to move forward.
"Thank you so much for what you did just now. If it weren't for you, we would have been in danger." The middle-aged man caught up and expressed his gratitude.
Yao didn't want to get involved with anyone else and said calmly, "Don't thank me. I didn't mean to save you."
Her attitude was very clear: I'm just passing by and I'm not familiar with you.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, realizing that the other party obviously didn't want to walk with them, but he still kindly reminded: "You're going the wrong way, the exit is behind you. I'm an electrician here and I'm very familiar with this place."
Hearing this, Yao Tao stopped and asked, "I want to go to the basement. How do I get there?"
The middle-aged man immediately said, "There's an escalator after turning the corner, but the wall has collapsed and you can't get through. You have to go around from the other side..."
Yao Tao was originally testing the other party, but she didn't expect that what he said was quite right, and his words were clear and accurate.
It seems that he was just giving a kind reminder.
In the end times, you have to be more careful, otherwise you will be sold like in your previous life and have to help count the money.
"Thanks. We're even now. No one owes anyone anything." Yao Tao walked forward.
The middle-aged man looked at Yao Tao's back with mixed feelings: This girl only looked to be in her early twenties, and she was so cold and aloof for such a young age, as if she was afraid that others would owe her a favor...
"Uncle... let's go quickly." The three survivors urged the middle-aged man.
"Why call me uncle? You're calling me old. I'm only 39... Just call me by my name. My name is Li Lin."
"My name is Zhong Huaiming." said the boy with narrow eyes.
"I'm Qin Jiang, and she's Song Lianqiu." Another boy pointed at the girl in her twenties next to him.
Li Lin walked while lighting the road ahead with a flashlight, "Be careful, the top has collapsed. Be careful not to get hit on the head by falling rocks."
Song Lianqiu trembled under the protection of Zhong Huaiming and Qin Jiang. "What if we encounter a big rat again?"
Zhong Huai's face showed understanding, and he asked Li Lin, "How far are we from the exit? Why don't we go with that woman? She'll have to go out sooner or later anyway, so it'll be easier for us to keep an eye on her."
"We're almost there. There should be a staircase in front, and the exit is up there... Oh no! It collapsed here!" Li Lin was very upset when he found that the original exit was blocked by a pile of rocks.
"The woman who came over here just now must have known that the exit was blocked, but she didn't tell us. She is so mean." Song Lianqiu complained in a low voice.
Li Lin frowned, "You can't say that. Don't forget who saved us just now."
He was not familiar with Song Lianqiu and the other three, but he brought them along because he was older and more familiar with the terrain.
Song Lianqiu's words made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Song Lianqiu snorted, "She said it herself, she was just passing by and had no intention of saving anyone. If she really had such good intentions, why didn't she stay to protect us and send us out?"
"That's right, Lianqiu is right. That woman doesn't look like a good person. It's a good thing we didn't go with her." Zhong Huaiming nodded in agreement, looking like a real bootlicker.
Song Lianqiu was not happy that Zhong Huaiming agreed with her. Instead, she glared at him with disdain and said, "Are you stupid? What if we encounter a big rat again if we don't go with her? She seems to be quite skilled and can protect us if we encounter danger."
Zhong Huaiming was a little confused by Song Lianqiu, "...So what do you mean? Should we go back to find that woman?"
Just as Song Lianqiu was about to answer, she heard a rustling sound in the darkness, which frightened her so much that her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.
Zhong Huaiming and Qin Jiang's faces also turned pale, and they moved closer to Li Lin.
Li Lin was actually very nervous. He was holding a mop in his hand and leaning against Song Lianqiu and the other three.
The flashlight illuminated the target object.
Two large rats, each the size of a dog, were lying on a corpse, feasting on it.
Li Lin felt his hair was about to stand up. Song Lianqiu grabbed Zhong Huaiming's clothes tightly, and the four of them retreated.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" A mutant rat suddenly turned its head to look at them and pounced on them.
"Help!" Song Lianqiu couldn't bear it any longer, screamed and turned to run away.
Zhong Huaiming and Qin Jiang followed closely behind.
Li Lin originally thought that with the presence of two young men, Zhong Huaiming and Qin Jiang, he would be prepared this time and would not be as embarrassed as before. He would be able to kill a big rat at least.
In the end, the two of them abandoned him and ran away before it even started.
Li Lin had no choice but to run away as well.
The mutant rats were chasing closely behind.
Li Lin used a mop to block the rat's bite, but even so, Li Lin's arm was bruised.
The bite wound was burning with pain.
The four people fled to the underground floor in a hurry.
At this moment, Yao Tao was happily shopping in the basement: "I'm the stockpiling queen! Am I proud?"
Yes, I am proud!
She found generators, diesel generators, solar panels, batteries.
Solar panels alone cannot be used directly; they must be equipped with an inverter and a power supply.
At another stall she found tents, sleeping bags, hammocks, chargers, binoculars, life jackets, waterproof bags...
She packed all the supplies she could gather into the space.
Plant mutations are just the beginning of the end.
There will be a second plant mutation tomorrow, and by then plants like trees will grow taller than buildings. In a few days, the roots of the mutated plants will emerge from the ground and destroy the original road.
Underground optical cables and pipelines burst, forming rivers on the ground.
Vehicles will be unable to pass through, and the originally flat road will become a hilly area that is difficult to cross.
The huge root systems of various plants are intertwined together, like floating bridges...
After collecting the target objects, Yao Tao did not even let go of the things scattered on the ground.
Fire axe, knives, carpenter's tool set.
What surprised Yao Tao the most was that she actually found two air guns and three small boxes of air gun lead bullets and spherical bullets.
She originally collected gas nail guns as weapons, and now she has one more weapon available.
She raised the air rifle and tried to aim.
In her previous life, she learned shooting from Zhu Hua. In addition, due to the cruelty of the end of the world, she didn't want to cause trouble for Zhu Hua, so she was particularly strong-willed and took everything she learned very seriously.
Later, her shooting skills even surpassed Zhu Hua's, but she didn't let Zhu Hua know.
Suddenly, a flashlight appeared in front of her, and four people ran towards her.
The person running in front was a woman, her gait was twisting and turning, and it was obvious that she was wearing high heels, so she was not running very fast.
There were three men following behind her, and they were in trouble.
They could have run very fast, but the woman in front blocked the road, and the three of them could only scream and be attacked from time to time by the mutant rats chasing them from behind.
"Lianqiu, can you run faster?" Zhong Huaiming begged from behind.
"My feet hurt so much, don't rush me, I'm trying my best to run..." Song Lianqiu panted, "Hey, look, that woman is right in front." She saw Yao Tao in front of her and waved excitedly.
Yao Tao's flashlight shone over, and Song Lianqiu squinted his eyes. "She seems to be holding something in her hand, pointing at us..."
"It looks like a gun." Qin Jiang said softly from behind.
"She wants to kill us!" Song Lianqiu screamed and stopped abruptly.
She stopped, causing Zhong Huaiming behind her to bump into her back, and Qin Jiang bumped into Zhong Huaiming.
Li Lin was the most unlucky. After he bumped into Qin Jiang, the two mutant rats behind him were about to hit him...
Yao Tao tilted her head slightly and aimed the air rifle at them.
In the bright light of the flashlight, she looked like a marble statue, with no trace of mercy in her cold eyes.
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