Chapter 27: Mission Accomplished
Last night, the three of them slept, basically just hastily spreading a blanket on the ground, then lying down to rest.
Even with the blanket in between, the floor was still cold and hard, making Li Xin uncomfortable everywhere when she woke up in the morning.
Therefore, Li Xin decided to move the beds from other rooms in the supermarket to the basement.
She had observed carefully yesterday.
There were at least five beds in the entire supermarket.
Completely enough for the three of them to use.
The situation inside the supermarket is not worth mentioning for now.
But Bai Yin, who went out, had to start doing something productive.
He searched everywhere for the whereabouts of zombie dogs.
But it was difficult to even find human zombies on the streets, let alone dogs.
In the end, after searching for half a day, he only found a small zombie dog next to a fire hydrant.
It was a Teddy, doing something indescribable in front of that fire hydrant.
Bai Yin approached quietly from behind, then swiftly struck the Teddy's head.
Before the Teddy could even make a sound, its head split open and it became motionless.
"Phew..."
Bai Yin took out a pocket watch from his pocket, showing that it was half past ten in the morning.
He had been out for almost three hours, and all he got was one.
So, what would become of the remaining nine?
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Bai Yin continued along the road.
Halfway through, he came across an elderly couple of zombies.
If they were still alive, they must have been in their late seventies or eighties.
"Splat!"
The old lady stepped on a bottle while walking, lost her balance, and fell to the ground.
In her fall, some parts of her body fell off.
Bai Yin clearly saw one of the old lady's eyeballs pop out and roll several meters away.
Just as he thought this scene was somewhat nauseating and was about to turn away...
"Oops..."
The old man zombie squat down, helping the old lady back up.
In the next moment, the two of them continued aimlessly, walking toward the unknown.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yin's heart was filled with mixed feelings.
In his impression, zombies were basically instinct-driven emotionless beasts.
However, the scene between the old couple seemed to indicate a hint of emotion between them.
Was it evolution? Or was it the obsession from their past lives driving them?
Bai Yin couldn't understand.
He just turned around and walked away from the zombie couple that seemed like husband and wife.
Alone.
Continuing to search for his target.
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It was probably close to noon.
Bai Yin, lucky enough, found a pet shop.
This seemed to be the only pet shop in the entire Shajiang.
Anyway, aside from the animal corpses in the cages, there were quite a few dogs nearby.
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When Bai Yin arrived, several zombie dogs were feasting on the corpse of a zombie child.
As soon as Bai Yin approached, they bared their teeth and growled, trying to warn him.
The atmosphere became tense.
Even though being a fellow zombie might make zombies see each other as the same kind.
But in this world, hasn't the phenomenon of same-kind cannibalism happened?
Facing the outnumbering opponents, Bai Yin didn't dare to take risks.
He had to temporarily retreat and think of a more prudent solution.
Accidentally, Bai Yin's gaze fell on a manhole cover not far away.
He narrowed his eyes, coming up with an idea.
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He walked over and lifted the cover.
Looking down, it was deep inside, and the gaps on both sides at the bottom were not large.
If a dog fell in, the only way out would be to go in the same way they came out.
"Oops..."
Not far behind him, a strong adult male zombie was chasing a child zombie.
The child zombie had a mouse in its mouth, afraid of the food it just got being taken away by the adult behind.
Seeing this, Bai Yin walked over.
"Hey!"
He shouted behind the adult zombie.
The zombie instinctively turned around.
"Splat!"
And was immediately struck by Bai Yin with an axe.
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Bai Yin dismembered the zombie's limbs into several pieces.
Then used these limb fragments to form a line, leading directly to the hole in the manhole cover.
Finally, he threw the zombie's body, which had already been chopped into a stick figure, into the hole.
Then he left to find something useful.
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When he came back, the body parts on the road were gone.
There were only sounds of chewing and growling from the hole.
Bai Yin approached quietly and saw a group of zombie dogs devouring the corpse.
He quickly ran to the roadside, carrying a pile of firewood he had just found, and poured it into the hole.
At the same time, he brought a bucket of gasoline.
"Roar!"
The dogs in the hole were startled, but it was too late.
Bai Yin directly covered the manhole cover and stood on it himself.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The dogs below jumped, trying to push the manhole cover open, but to no avail.
Bai Yin simply opened the gasoline can and poured it all down the cracks of the manhole cover.
In the next moment, he took out a lighter and ignited a piece of paper.
Seizing the opportunity, he took a step back.
"Bang!"
As a dog jumped up and pushed the manhole cover open, Bai Yin kicked the dog down.
He tossed the burning paper down.
"Boom!"
Instantly, the entire area below became a sea of fire.
"Roar... Oops..."
The zombie dogs, engulfed in flames, made strange howls.
At the same time, there was a strange smell of burnt meat spreading in the air.
The fire below continued to burn.
For about ten minutes.
When the fire was completely extinguished, only several oddly-shaped black corpses remained in the narrow space.
[Ding!]
The voice of the system sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Mission accomplished: arrived in Changsha City by car and successfully killed ten zombie dogs!]
[Ding! Blackie has obtained the ability of Zombie Companion. From now on, zombies will see him as one of their kind.]
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After a three-day joint mission, it was finally completed.
Bai Yin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Compared to his own Zombie Companion, Black's mission was undoubtedly much more difficult.
But as long as the goal was achieved, everything was worthwhile.
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Bai Yin quickly returned to the supermarket.
At noon, while the three of them were dining around a larger, brand-new wooden table.
Bai Yin recounted what he had seen and heard that morning:
"It's very safe here, with very few zombies, and even if there are, they are mostly weak and elderly."
"There are deserted areas everywhere, which means we can grow vegetables. If you want to retire peacefully, this is undoubtedly a relatively safe haven compared to other places."
"That's great!"
"Let's settle down here, and forget about going elsewhere."
Li Huang was excited, and Bai Yin nodded, saying:
"It seems that, for now, this is our only option."
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However, despite the words.
Less than half an hour after finishing their meal.
Bai Yin packed his bag and took Black.
Taking advantage of the siblings going to the kitchen to prepare food.
He quietly left alone.
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The next destination was Hei Jiang, with a large river in the middle of the journey.
There was no bridge, only a boat could cross the river.
In other words, Li Huang, who could drive, was no longer useful.