Boom——!
With a dull thud, Lei Zhennan pulled down the heavy metal shutter door with all his strength, instantly isolating the outside heat wave that was almost scorching people, as well as the restless roars of countless zombies and mutant piglets.
The inside of the supermarket is not a pure land.
There were a few zombies scattered here and there, staring at them with their cloudy and violent eyes.
"Get rid of it!" Lin Rui shouted and took the lead in raising the fire axe in his hand.
He didn't need to say much. The team members who had experienced countless life-and-death battles had already dispersed like a conditioned reflex, and attacked with their weapons without mercy.
“Puff!” “Crack!” “Ouch——”
After a few muffled sounds of sharp weapons piercing flesh and the short cries of zombies, the supermarket finally returned to a temporary silence, leaving only the strong smell of blood and mildew mixed together, irritating everyone's nasal cavity.
After doing all this, everyone began to breathe heavily, sweat rolling down their foreheads and necks, soaking their already tattered clothes.
It wasn't because of the short and intense battle just now, but because although this underground space was a little cooler than the ground, it was still suffocatingly hot.
Every breath of air you inhale carries a scorching temperature and sticky humidity, making your chest feel stuffy.
"Everyone sit down!" Lei Zhennan wiped the sweat and blood from his face. "Save your energy! Wait until it gets dark, or the temperature drops a bit before going out!"
The team members followed their instructions and slumped to the ground, leaning against the cold shelves or walls, breathing heavily, trying to draw a bit of vitality from the thin and scorching air.
However, time passed by minute by minute, and every second felt like being tortured by an invisible iron.
The terrifying heat wave on the surface seemed to be constantly penetrating the thick soil and concrete structure. The temperature in the underground supermarket not only showed no signs of dropping, but instead continued to rise, becoming even more stuffy and unbearable.
What was even more desperate was that the drinking water they carried with them quickly ran out due to the extreme high temperature and intense consumption.
After the water in the last water bag was carefully distributed to the two most physically exhausted members of the team, it completely dried up.
"Lei Zi, there's no water!" A team member licked his cracked lips and reported in a hoarse voice, his eyes full of anxiety.
"Separately search!" Lei Zhennan gritted his teeth. "This supermarket is so big, it's impossible that we can't even find a bottle of water!"
The team members immediately gathered their strength and spread out in the dim supermarket. With the faint light coming through the cracks in the door and the vents, they began to carefully search every corner and every shelf.
The result is disheartening.
Most of the shelves were empty. Occasionally there were some well-packaged goods, but they were all daily necessities such as shampoo, soap, and toilet paper, which could not quench our thirst at all.
There was not even a trace of food or water left!
"This place has been searched clean a long time ago!" A team member threw an empty plastic bottle on the ground.
Obviously, before them, more than one wave of survivors had visited this place and swept away all valuable supplies.
Helpless, Lei Zhennan could only give the order again: "Stop the search! Everyone, rest where you are and absorb the crystal core! Reduce all unnecessary activities and conserve your energy!"
The team members silently took out the crystal cores they had obtained from hunting zombies before, held them in their palms, and began to absorb the energy contained in them, trying to relieve the intense discomfort and fatigue caused by extreme dehydration and high temperature.
For a moment, the only sounds in the entire underground supermarket were heavy breathing and the faint light emitted by the circulation of crystal core energy.
Just when everyone's will was about to be worn out by this desperate environment -
"Lei Zi! Lin Rui! Are you in there?!"
A slightly hurried but extremely clear shout suddenly came from outside the tightly closed roller shutter door!
"It's Team Han!"
Lei Zhennan jumped up from the ground almost instantly, with an astonishing light flashing in his eyes, and he rushed to the rolling door.
"Captain Han! Is that you?!"
Han Yi's voice came next, with a hint of anxiety.
“It’s me! There are so many zombies outside!”
"I saw them gathered here, so I guessed you might be inside! I'll lead them away, and you guys are ready to rush out to help me!"
Before he finished speaking, a deafening thunder suddenly sounded outside the supermarket!
“Boom!”
Dark purple lightning bolts as thick as bowls were like angry dragons descending from the sky, tearing through the air outside the supermarket that was distorted by the high temperature, and fiercely striking the group of zombies that were in an uproar because of Han Yi's shouting!
“Ouch!!”
The zombies struck by lightning were instantly turned into charcoal, and more zombies were shocked and frightened by the sudden powerful energy, and let out terrified and angry roars.
Their attention was immediately drawn to this "alien" that was shining with lightning all over its body. They gave up their siege of the supermarket entrance and instead roared and stumbled towards Han Yi.
Han Yi's figure was looming in the violent lightning. Every time he waved his hand, several bolts of lightning struck down, plowing a bloody passage through the dense crowd of corpses!
"Now! Open the door!" Seeing this, Lei Zhennan's eyes flashed and he shouted angrily to the team members behind him.
The two team members closest to the door immediately understood, grabbed the handle of the rolling door together, and lifted it up with all their strength!
"Squeak--" The rolling door was lifted up to a gap half a person's height.
"Support Han Yi! Quick!"
Needless to say, the team members took advantage of the brief gap when most of the zombies' attention was attracted by Han Yi, and slipped out from the gap one by one like lightning.
He swung the weapon in his hand without hesitation at any scattered zombies that tried to approach, and quickly joined Han Yi who was fighting bloody battles.
"Quick! Back off!"
The group of zombies that were temporarily stunned by the lightning have begun to react. They let out even more violent roars, turned around again, and rushed towards the crowd like a tide.
A critical moment!
No one dared to delay for a moment. Under the cover of Han Yi's violent lightning, they returned to the underground supermarket as quickly as possible.
The moment the last team member entered, Lei Zhennan and another team member used all their strength and with a "boom", they smashed the heavy rolling door down again!
Outside, there were the crazy banging sounds and hair-raising roars of zombies, while inside the door, there were the heavy gasps of the survivors.
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