Ch9 - Teach A Zombie To Shoot A Slingshot

Perhaps it was because of the decline in IQ when he was imitating the walking of zombies. Wei Xuan’s brain went astray for a while and then quickly turned back to the right path, leading Du Hang to continue walking forward. Du Hang, who was dragged away by Wei Xuan, suddenly paused, and his mouth covered by the mask let out a low growl, which made Wei Xuan come back to his senses immediately, and subconsciously held Du Hang’s hand forcefully: “Calm down, don’t go!”

Wei Xuan is very familiar with Du Hang’s behavior. Du Hang is a half-zombie with the instinct of zombies, and his perception ability is stronger than that of ordinary zombies. He can smell and feel the human ‘breath’ from pretty far away. His perception range might not be as strong as it is later, but in any case, his reaction now showed one thing, there was someone nearby.

Looking in the direction of Du Hang’s roar, Wei Xuan roughly judged that the discovered human should be behind the corner… Could it be that the survivor targeted the supermarket?

This is very likely and quite normal.

Holding Du Hang’s hand firmly, his other hand tightly hugged his shoulder and patted his back, Wei Xuan comforted him again, regardless of whether he could understand or not: “I know you can control it, don’t be nervous, those people are not on your menu, I will find you more delicious food…”

Although the instinct pushed Du Hang, but because of the faint obsession, because of the person around him, even Du Hang couldn’t help making threatening and roaring voices, but still obediently followed Wei Xuan’s side, and didn’t let go of his hand and rushed to the target. The power of zombies couldn’t even be compared to that of humans who had not undergone high-intensity physical training, even if Wei Xuan’s physical strength has increased while stimulating his abilities, he is still not Du Hang’s opponent. If Du Hang really wants to get rid of Wei Xuan, he can definitely do it easily.

The two walked to the corner, and Wei Xuan quietly looked at the sidewalk. He didn’t need to go any closer to see that although there were still many zombies wandering around, there were at least a dozen of them gathered together by the opposite side of the road. Outside a pharmacy, waving their fists tirelessly pounding on the door there.

The glass doors have been closed long ago, but one of the glass doors has been broken. There is also a metal protective door made of metal pipes outside the store’s door, which is now the one that will be closed. Now the footsteps of these zombies are blocked outside the gate.

Farther away, there is a supermarket built at the corner of the big intersection. Although there are many zombies wandering there, it is temporarily impossible to tell whether there are people.

After carefully looking at Wei Weixuan, he judged that the zombies on this side of the street should not be attracted by the ‘human smell’ in that pharmacy, but because the situation between himself and Du Hang is too special, if he walks directly from here, they might be noticed which is not good either. So he simply turned around, dragged Du Hang back to a path he had passed before, and continued walking towards the big supermarket.

It’s not that he is unwilling to save people, but even if he steps forward to save people now, he will never be able to send them to the west. The base near T City has not yet been established. Although he himself will not be attacked by zombies, the people who can be rescued are delicious in the eyes of zombies. What’s more, there is a zombie beside him, let him take Du Hang to save people? Hehe, God knows if Du Hang in the early days of the end of the world can control his instinct not to bite when he comes into close contact with humans? What if those people were bitten by Du Hang? It’s better to let them stay in the store to be safe.

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Wei Xuan thought about it for a while, and decided to go in and have a look – this supermarket is really big, there are two floors in total, and there are some other shops in it. Considering the time span from the end of the world to the present, even if there are survivors hiding inside, they should never hang around in the supermarket on the first floor. Instead, they are likely to hide upstairs, in some relatively safe rooms and shops, it should not affect the actions of the two of them.

After walking into the supermarket, the nearby zombies looked a little different from the zombies outside.

Most of the zombies here were either wounded or stained with dried and blackened blood. There are also many zombies carrying backpacks like Du Hang, among them. The backpacks on some zombies’ backs were pulled open, or they were not closed at all, revealing the packaging bags of instant noodles, rice, flour, etc. inside.

There are also quite a few zombies still holding a few plastic bags in their hands, wandering around while shaking the things in their hands, as if they are unwilling to let go of their own possessions even if they become zombies.

Wei Xuan walked to a zombie and carefully looked at the bag in its hand, and found that there were some daily necessities in it besides some ingredients, so he could tell that this one must be shopping in the supermarket on the evening when it was snowing heavily. The zombies here are not the survivors who came here later.

Ignoring the equally valuable supplies carried by the zombies, Wei Xuan dragged his own zombies straight to the cold and fresh section of the supermarket but thinking of the monitoring equipment in the supermarket and the possible survivors, Wei Xuan still pulled Du Hang while imitating the movements of the zombies, wandering leisurely all the way. He checked the positions of the cameras, and then hid in a covert place that would not be captured by the cameras, and took out a metal-modified slingshot.

That’s right, a large metal slingshot.

Wei Xuan held Du Hang’s hand directly because his injury hadn’t healed completely, and asked him to hold the handle part with one hand and pull up the bottom bracket twisted with several layers of cowhide bands (found in the hardware store) with the other hand. Plugged in a large metal screw and pulled his hand back.

Zombies are much stronger than ordinary people. Although Du Hang still couldn’t understand Wei Xuan’s words, he obeyed Wei Xuan’s orders very much because of the two days of being together day and night.

It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand, but he will follow the action that Wei Xuan took his hand to do. For example, Wei Xuan asked him to bend his arms to hang a bag, basket, etc. No matter how heavy the weight of the things inside, he can still hang those things in that position for a long time without moving for a while.

At this time, Wei Xuan grabbed his hand, grabbed the rubber band and the metal screw, and Wei Xuan corrected his position, and then signaled him to open his hand holding the rubber band—this action was taught by Wei Xuan before going out today. Then, Du Hang opened his right hand in an instant, and the screw that was tightly stretched by the rubber band flew out instantly, made a “do” sound, and was actually nailed into a certain position on the ceiling, just like that!!

“Well, it should be a little more to the left.” Because it was the first time to cooperate, Wei Xuan was still a little unfamiliar with how to correct Du Hang’s movements. According to Wei Xuan’s order, Du Hang still held his left hand holding the metal handle, and his right hand also loosened and stayed in front of him.

He didn’t move, but it was convenient for Wei Xuan to adjust. After Du Hang grabbed the screw and the cowhide band again, he slightly adjusted the aiming position. There was another “do”, this time it was only a little bit short!

Three times in a row, the nearest camera was finally hit, and then several times in succession, when all the cameras in the hall on the first floor were destroyed, many zombies immediately swayed to the place where the sound came from, and looked around blankly, they looked around but couldn’t find the ‘food’. At this time, Wei Xuan had already dragged Du Hang to the counter where a pile of crushed ice was specially placed, and seafood of various colors was placed on the crushed ice.

There are indeed survivors in the supermarket Wei Xuan chose. He just doesn’t know if these survivors were stuck here as soon as they woke up, or if they were chased by other zombies when they came to look for food after the end of the world, and they had to go up to the second floor to find a place to hide.

At this time, some zombies who smelled the smell of humans were circling around the elevator entrance and the safe stairwell. The zombies on the first floor of the supermarket also smelled the smell of many living people there, they were circling and strolling constantly on the first floor not knowing where to go.

Even Du Hang, after entering the supermarket, would always look upstairs with longing eyes and make an affectionate “ho ho” sound with his throat when passing the elevator, indicating that he wanted to go up for a stroll. It’s a pity that he was pulled by Wei Xuan all the way, and he subconsciously didn’t want to be too far away from Wei Xuan because of the two days of getting along with him, so he honestly followed Wei Xuan and didn’t join the group zombie group.

Glancing at the environment on the first floor with some pity, Wei Xuan began to deal with the things he needed to take away.

In fact, this kind of large supermarket is also a very good choice as a stronghold in the apocalypse. This building has two floors and a spacious roof that is enough for him to dry a lot of food at the same time. There were so many zombies wandering around on the first floor, as long as the door was closed slightly, they would not want to go out and wander around without external stimulation, and they could stay here as bodyguards.

It’s a pity that a place like a supermarket, especially as the supermarket itself is an independent building now, has become a big goal for survivors, generally speaking, people who have the courage to go out to find supplies will definitely prioritize coming to these supermarkets to find what they need, even when they were besieged by many zombies.

Therefore, Wei Xuan could only reluctantly give up the idea of ​​using this kind of place as a stronghold. Compared with finding a foothold in a densely populated community before the end of the world, it is more reliable and more hidden.

Simply handle the strips of salted fish, rub them repeatedly with salt from the seasoning counter, and then throw them into the big white plastic box in the supermarket, and stack them in a hand-drawn cart. After a while, Wei Xuan had finished handling all the dead fish and live fish on the seafood side, and the cart was full of things.

Then he pulled another cart, put the handle of the previous cart into the hands of Du Hang who was in a good posture and asked him to pull it for him. Wei Xuan quickly took a stack of plastic baskets specially used in supermarkets and put in any fresh meat left in the cabinet, vegetables that can be dried and so can fruit, he filled the baskets and set them in a cart. After filling one layer, they continue to be stacked upwards.

Not long after, Wei Xuan was fully loaded with two cars. He and Du Hang pulled the two cars directly to the corner of the stairs next to the supermarket gate and put them away in a relatively hidden place.

The supermarket entrance is also the place where there are a lot of zombies wandering around. With these guys “watching the house” nearby, Wei Xuan felt relatively at ease.

Later, after confirming that there was nothing else to deal with in the supermarket, Wei Xuan dragged Du Hang around and took a rest in a relatively hidden place to wait for nightfall.

Although some of the power systems in the city can still function, most of these things need to be turned on manually, so the whole city is basically dark after nightfall. In the night, darkness will give people the illusion that they can hide, but in today’s apocalyptic world, it is even more synonymous with danger and terror.

If it is daytime, some people may dare to venture out to search for food, or even leave to find a way out of the city. But at night, most people will not venture out, and people in the wilderness will find a relatively safe place, get together and spend the night carefully, so as not to be attacked by terrifying creatures in the night.

Similarly, some ‘creatures’ will appear more excited and flexible at night than during the day. Once someone dares to go out in the dark, they will find that the zombies who seem to be a little stupid during the day, and who may not be able to find human traces if they are a little further away, suddenly become more flexible, and their senses of smell, hearing, and vision seem to be stronger than during the day!

At such a time when it is not suitable for human beings to go out, and in such a dangerous late night, Wei Xuan generously took his own family’s zombies to go out while it was dark and disguised themselves as zombies…

Wei Xuan glanced at the dark street with satisfaction. In the sky, the moon is barely visible, and there is almost no light to illuminate the situation on the street. The survivors in the monster city didn’t even dare to turn their heads when they heard the roar of the zombies on the street, and who could notice Wei Xuan and Du Hang, who were relatively stealthy, sneaking around with two carts full of supplies? 

At this time, it was officially the best time for Wei Xuan to act with peace of mind.