Ch7 - Planning

When leaving this bloody pharmacy, Wei Xuan conveniently pulled out the zombie who was having a meal inside and threw that corpse into a corner on one side. After all, this is a pharmacy, and there will definitely be survivors who will need to use the items inside. Even if he is unable to save anyone, he can barely reduce the number of zombies in the pharmacy.

The two stopped by a water station along the way. Looking at the unoccupied room filled with many 5-gallon water jugs, Wei Xuan looked at his still-aching shoulder and then turned his head to look at Du Hang obediently following behind him.

“Du Hang, come…” He pulled Du Hang, who had no idea that Wei Xuan had already treated him as a coolie, to a pile of bottled water, he supported Du Hang’s arms and helped him bend down and to set up the poss, trying to make him hug a jug of water…

Du Hang was put into a hugging posture, and the target of his hug was the jug of water in front of him. If a regular person was made to do this, they would definitely feel embarrassed, but unfortunately, when Wei Xuan felt that Du Hang had “hugged” the jug of water and was about to let him try to carry it all the way back to their hotpot restaurant, Du Hang stood up straight by himself, the water jug remained in place motionless.

Wei Xuan was unwilling to give up so he tried twice more. After confirming that Du Hang could not carry things currently, he had no choice but to take the handle that was hung on the wall and was especially used for carrying water. He lifted a jug with his uninjured arm, let Du Hang stand outside him, tried his best not to be discovered by the survivors who might still be around, and carried it back to their temporary residence.

It needs to be said that the place Wei Xuan chose to stay at the beginning, that is, the hot pot restaurant they had stayed in for a whole week in the previous life, is in a really good location. 

This street is a commercial street between several residential areas. Although there are residential areas on both sides of the street, because the area is relatively old, the buildings don’t have too many floors and there are many planted trees giving cover so that Du Hang will not be noticed by other survivors.

Therefore, after spending a day and walking around the streets for a long time, he basically collected everything he needed.

Wei Xuan was not prepared to really regard this hot pot restaurant as a nest for himself and Du Hang to live in the future, so although he would collect some supplies, it was only the most basic of things.

But some items, once he sees them, will be collected as much as possible. At the same time, Wei Xuan, who is not afraid of zombies, also made a ‘feat’. While collecting things, he would also pull some wandering zombies to the vicinity of the hot pot restaurant, and even bring them to the first floor of the restaurant, to let them ‘watch the house’. In this way, even if someone notices the strangeness of the hot pot restaurant and wants to come and take a look, they must first weigh the lethality of these zombies and calculate whether it’s worth it.

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As he spoke, he tightly wrapped the string in his hand around another green leafy vegetable that had been scooped from the boiling water. In the bag beside the table is still a large pile of all kinds of vegetables, fruits, meat, etc. that he collected on the street during the day.

That’s right, the ingredients that Wei Xuan mainly collects today are all such things that will go bad quickly once left unattended.

It’s not that Wei Xuan is so environmentally friendly, nor is it that Wei Xuan has any special power such as a space to store these things, but – once these things go bad, he won’t be able to obtain them anymore.

After the end of the world, plants will mutate, and the plants that were edible before will no longer be edible. Even if the crops are grown from seeds by people with plant abilities, most of them may still attack humans like mutated plants and as for the others, the taste is not the same as before.

There are indeed crops that can be eaten by humans after the end of the world, but there are only a few that taste bad. Not to mention meat, even if there are mutant beasts that can be eaten after the end of the world, they rarely appear in places where humans live, and the chances of people seeing them are far less than the chances of encountering zombies and mutated plants.

Therefore, at the beginning of the apocalypse, Wei Xuan just wanted to store vegetables, meat, and other things that would soon go bad in a short period of time and could not be regenerated after the apocalypse, lest he would have nothing to eat. Even if he can grow edible mutated plants, it takes time for those things to grow, and he can’t stay hungry during the waiting period.

All the vegetables were tied with the rope and were dried on the roof of the two-story building. The things placed in this position would not be seen by passers-by or the remaining residents in the nearby community.

He cleaned the fresh meat and cut it into strips and slices. After thoroughly rubbing with salt, it is also hung on the rope and placed on the roof to dry. In addition, there are some deli meats, sealed sausages, tofu, etc., which are also cut into small pieces and put on the roof to dry together.

The time these things can be stored after being dried in the sun is enough to ensure that Wei Xuan can keep food for a long time.

After Wei Xuan tried his best to process the vegetables and meat he brought back, he began to silently mourn for those missed fruits. Things like watermelon can not be kept for too long. Apples, grapes, and other fruits can also be cut and dried, and eaten later. Some things that cannot be eaten even if they are dried can only be given up regretfully.

In fact, if Wei Xuan can find a place that is absolutely safe and can be guaranteed to be completely free of people, he wants to take all the surrounding things that may rot, such as some food, corpses, garbage, etc., and throw it far away, otherwise, when the coming June and July arrive, there will be a very strong smell in this city where sanitation workers no longer work.

However, it is a pity that the city is too big and his strength alone is too small. Besides, if he was really in the mood to take care of the garbage in the city when the survivors in the whole city were trying their best to survive and escape… then it would be an act of death worthy of being struck by lightning.

It took a whole day to find some quilts, clothes, and other things that can be used here temporarily from the nearby shops. After Wei Xuan processed all the ingredients he brought back, he dried them on the roof and the windows. He was sitting at ease in the small nest piled up with quilts, frowning and looking at the map on his phone.

Beside him is Du Hang who is more familiar with him after going out all day and is used to following him. At this time, he seemed to be some kind of obedient creature, squatting quietly beside Wei Xuan.

With an oversized pillow behind his back, a blanket covering his body, and a soft and clean quilt under his body, the second day after the apocalypse in Wei Xuan’s life is obviously easier than any days he spent in his previous life, really cozy. 

Wei Xuan was thinking about something, looking at the map in his hand over and over again in thought, and after a while, he looked in the direction of Du Hang in a daze: “Our city is not small, just like the small stores that in vegetables we visited today, there are many more meat shops, not to mention there are many large supermarkets and other places? It would be a pity not to go to those places, but if we really pass by, we can’t bring a lot of things here…”

Because of his good luck, Wei Xuan took Du Hang out for a whole day today without encountering a single person. This street is also relatively quiet, and no survivors pass by here. Of course, this is also because the most daring group of people all left their hiding places and left the city on the first day when the apocalypse started, and the remaining, less courageous people will stay in their respective homes and not wander.

Today, he dragged Du Hang around the street the whole day to gather supplies without being found, but if he went out every day and carried things back with big bags, someone might spot them and it would bring a lot of trouble. 

So, what to do with the fresh vegetables, meat, etc. that he wants to collect, which are bound to be discarded by other survivors?

“How about… why don’t I just carry something like a rope with me, and deal with the things there every time we go out?” Wei Xuan’s eyes suddenly lit up, he didn’t want to fight for food with other survivors. After all, even if those bold and organized ability users could enter the urban area to collect supplies, they would definitely miss something. They generally enter urban areas and mostly target large supermarkets, grain storage points, and such places.

But Wei Xuan is different, because of his ability, he can wait until there are no living people in the city, and go through empty houses to collect stored food. Although it was a bit troublesome, he was definitely faster, simpler, and safer than those people in finding food.

What’s more, such food can only be eaten at the beginning, and would soon spoil. Although sealed foods can still be eaten till next year, they can’t be counted on for a long time. Therefore, no matter how many of those things are collected, it is useless. It is better to leave those food cans and the like to the lucky and courageous survivors to make ends meet.

On the contrary, if he tries to handle the fresh vegetables and meat, he can collect as much as he wants and put them in a relatively hidden place. He can collect dried vegetables and meat after the urban area is gradually abandoned by the survivors. Even if some of the food is discovered and taken away by others, it will not have much impact on him.

“Although it’s a bit troublesome…but it’s not a bad idea.” Thinking of this, the corners of Wei Xuan’s mouth slightly curled up. Now that he has decided to live in this city, although he will also worry about some survival and food issues, he is much more relaxed and leisurely than others. What’s more, after the crops that can be germinated and cultivated that he deliberately left today really germinate, he can use the green belts in the city to plant crops that can be eaten.

In the early days of the end of the world, when it is impossible to attract the attention of others, it would be safer to take such a relatively hidden action. What’s more, wouldn’t it be more troublesome to hide all the things in one place, what if someone accidentally found his place?

Contrarily, if he can treat the whole city as his own land to store and grow things… This idea is wonderful, but it is a pity that it is too troublesome to actually deal with it, so Wei Xuan plans to select only a small area to take control of and collect from. His future life will be just fine.

With such a decision, his mood became relaxed again. He turned his head to look at Du Hang who had been obediently squatting beside him, looked left and right at his face, and then touched his chin: “We’ve been out for a long day today, let me at least wipe your face.”

Du Hang, who has become a half-zombie, does not sweat or secrete anything. But after a day of walking around, it is time to help him clean up. After all, who knows when the water pipes will fail? If the water supply is cut off, they can only collect rainwater and bottled water.