Chapter 122 Zombie Siege (15) - Reasons for Mall Abnormalities
The girl placed the flashlight on top of a box hanging on the wall, laying it horizontally so that the light shone out horizontally, illuminating the corridor as much as it could.
The moment the light came on, Ning Shu also saw several figures in the corridor.
She assumed there was no one else there and was immediately startled.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was an elderly couple and three children. The elderly couple were supporting each other, presumably a married couple.
The oldest child is over 10 years old, and the youngest seems to be only 4 or 5 years old.
They were all huddled together in one corner of the aisle, watching the visitors with some suspicion.
Good heavens, these few old, weak, sick, and disabled people—oh no, not sick or disabled, but there's not much difference between them anyway.
Ning Shu didn't see any numbers above their heads, so they were NPCs.
The girl noticed Ning Shu's gaze was directed at the people beside her, and said with a smile, "They are the NPCs I rescued, they're fine."
Because the game has an automatic filter that removes game-related content from NPCs, the NPCs didn't react at all when the girl introduced herself like that.
Ning Shu: "Are you a player?"
The girl nodded: "Of course, my name is Zai Fu Meng. Zai is the 'Zai' in slaughter, Fu is the 'Fu' in father, and Meng is the 'Meng' in sprout. How should I address you, brothers and sisters?"
"Zaifu? And Meng? Is that her game nickname?" Ning Shu wondered.
Seeing Ning Shu's puzzled expression, the girl seemed used to it and added an explanation: "Zaifu is my surname, Meng is my given name, and my game nickname is Zaifu."
It means that "Zaifu Meng" is her real name.
Ning Shu was unaware of the profoundness of Chinese surnames and had no friends with such surnames. He was only puzzled as to how a surname like "Zaifu," which sounded so rebellious, had been passed down.
Where is the promised fatherly love and filial piety? It's not reflected at all. But given the Chinese people's reverence for their ancestors, let's just say we don't understand it, but we respect it.
Ning Shu: "Uh, I, my name is Ning Shu, and his name is Cheng Chuan."
After speaking, he made a point of explaining which words each one represented, since the other person had given a very detailed self-introduction, and he couldn't be too perfunctory in return.
The girl looked very young, seemingly underage, and since she kept calling him "brother" and "sister," Ning Shu couldn't resist asking, "How old are you?"
Zai Fumeng: "I'm 17."
As expected, the child was a minor, a full seven years younger than Ning Shu, who suddenly felt incredibly old.
Ning Shu: "We're a bit older than you, so it's fine to call you older brother or older sister." She gave a perfunctory reply.
These words made Cheng Chuan, who was standing nearby, laugh.
After exchanging pleasantries, let's get back to the main topic.
Ning Shu: "What's going on with this shopping mall?"
She felt that this shopping mall was quite unusual, unlike a normal shopping mall, at least in terms of the flow of people.
Zai Fumeng frowned, then sighed, "I was in this mall from the very beginning. I saw there was a supermarket in it, so I went to do some shopping..."
Of course, her so-called "shopping spree" actually meant pushing a shopping cart full of goods out of the supermarket.
Because she was armed, she threw a smoke bomb at the security guards who came after her and successfully escaped.
She pushed the cart down one floor, intending to find a place to hide, but the zombie outbreak hadn't started yet, and she didn't know where to go.
Unexpectedly, she stumbled into the corridor leading to the restroom and saw an elderly couple sitting on chairs in the corridor.
That's right, there are chairs in the restroom corridors of this upscale shopping mall, and there are also chairs outside.
However, because it was lunchtime, many people were queuing outside the restaurants. Since the restaurants didn't have enough chairs, many people sat on the chairs provided by the mall.
The elderly couple's children were queuing outside, leaving them to wait here. It turned out the restroom was quite a distance away, but the elderly couple didn't seem to mind.
Zaifu Meng asked the elderly couple to watch the shopping cart and told them that they could leave as soon as they wanted.
The old man didn't mind and agreed to help.
Zaifu Meng went to the restroom and disguised himself by taking off his coat and tying it around his waist, and then asking someone for a mask.
She slightly altered her appearance, then went to the supermarket again, staging another zero-yuan purchase.
After successfully escaping this time, she calmed down. If she tries again, she'll probably get caught; the risk is too great.
She didn't expect the elderly couple to still be there when she returned. The wait was quite long, and the elderly couple continued to wait.
Zaifu Meng didn't know what to do either, because she had no money.
She simply sat down, closed her eyes, and returned to her forging space. To outsiders, it appeared as if she was resting with her eyes closed.
I started using the materials provided by the system to manufacture some weapons that could deal with zombies.
She planned to hide in a restaurant after the zombies appeared, and because she needed to lock the restaurants, she made several locks in advance.
Zaifu Meng was awakened by the noise outside. After opening his eyes, apart from the old couple who did not move, everyone else around him was running outside.
She ran out after them, not for any other reason than to see what had happened.
Those who came out with her were actually just there to watch the show; it has to be said, watching the drama unfold is human nature.
As soon as Zaifu Meng came out, she saw a lot of people rushing upstairs from downstairs. She grabbed one of the people coming up from downstairs and asked him what was going on.
"There were people with guns downstairs, so they drove everyone upstairs."
No sooner had the other person finished speaking than Zaifu Meng heard gunshots coming from downstairs, and the sound was quite close to her.
She was so frightened that she immediately tried to run away, but then she heard the other person seem to be coming upstairs.
She quickly hid in a corner by a claw machine against the wall. To avoid being discovered, she moved the green plants next to the claw machine to block her hiding place.
Those people seemed completely unconcerned about whether their words would be heard, and they discussed things openly in public.
"Brother, Linzi has brought the people up from downstairs. It's going to be difficult for the people in the office building upstairs to get over, since the office building and the mall are not connected."
"It's alright, it's lunchtime now, most of the people in the office are here, let the brothers rush as many as they can."
"I'll seal this place off in a bit. You guys stay here and keep watch. The rest of the brothers and I will go to the school."
"Big brother is still the best."
At first, Zaifu Meng didn't know what they were doing, and she couldn't tell if they were players. She could only wait until they left before leaving herself.
Unfortunately, she lingered too long at the claw machine and missed the best time to leave.
When she returned to the shopping cart, the elderly couple's children came looking for them.
They were about to leave when they suddenly heard screams coming from outside.
Zai Fumeng looked outside and, lo and behold, the zombies were here.
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