Quick Wear: Host, are you playing here?

"It's a bit strange, don't go in yet." The boy walking in front raised his hand and said vigilantly.

Looking inside through the open door of the mall, warm yellow light is emitted from inside, the air is clear and exudes the enticing aroma of food being cooked.

The translucent tile floor reflected the chandelier above the mall. The clean ground was free of stains left by zombies dragging past, and even the dust left by living people walking on it was gone.

It's unreasonably clean.

Everyone held their breath for a moment before they heard sporadic noises coming from inside.

It was the sound of metal falling to the ground, and then, as if the silence was interrupted, the loud roar of zombies came from inside.

The sound was very slight, floating in the air.

The four of them subconsciously started to feel their heartbeats quicken. After being in a tense state for a moment, they unexpectedly heard no sound of the monsters moving except for the growls of the zombies.

There is sound, but no movement?

Several people exchanged glances, bowed, and walked forward slowly.

The warm yellow indoor light fell on the four people, clearly showing the fatigue on their faces.

The four of them walked to the middle, looked around at the surrounding scene, slowly straightened their hunched backs, and their dilated black pupils took in the situation in the mall clearly.

It's hard to imagine.

Gu Zhirou saw the scene before her and was the first to murmur, "How is this possible?"

Lights were on in every store in this mall, and some of the stores even had food being cooked in front of them. The aroma lingered throughout the space as the air flowed.

Not only that, there are "people" looking after each store.

Looking upwards, it seems to be the same on every floor.

This mall is actually open for business?!

Realizing this, everyone was in a trance, as if they had returned to the time before the end of the world, but now it had become a paradise.

As long as...as long as we ignore the fact that the 'people' guarding the mall are zombies.

Walking two steps forward, I saw that there were three or two more "employees" in the larger store.

Everyone was silent: "......"

Perhaps it was because they smelled the fragrance of a stranger, the 'shop managers' in front of each stall were very excited, and low growls of "ho ho ho" could be heard one after another.

The roar sounded extremely excited, as if it had seen something delicious.

Everyone formed a circle, vigilantly observing the surrounding situation while approaching a small shop selling boiled snacks. When they got closer, they could see clearly that the zombies were bound by a thick hemp rope.

The hemp rope was wrapped around the zombie several times, tying up its hands and feet and forming a big bow on its chest.

The bow was trembling, and if someone came forward and pulled it gently, the rope would come untied.

The four living people present were naturally not that impatient with life.

Looking again, next to the steaming oden stood a blackboard with several lines of words written in white chalk in a flamboyant style.

"Self-service payment: material exchange, do as you please?" Ji Cheng read out the words with doubt, and it sounded quite smooth.

Gu Zhirou, who was standing by, was even more careful. She pointed to the small words at the bottom of the blackboard and added: "PS: Those who steal chickens and dogs will be fed to the zombies~"

Everyone got goosebumps and fell silent after seeing the weird tilde with a wink expression at the end: "......"

It seems that this shopping mall has an owner who is quite powerful.

Who can clear out the zombies in such a large shopping mall?

As they exchanged glances, the huge chandelier above their heads suddenly flickered, and the lights on the floor and shops went out for a moment.

After flashing like this several times, accompanied by a snap, the entire mall fell into darkness.

"Unstable current?"

"The power is out?"

"Shh, don't talk, there's noise." Ji Cheng, who was a year older than these people, raised his hand to interrupt their discussion.

If the mall that was brightly lit just now seemed unreal like a dream, then the mall that was now completely plunged into darkness was like a man-eating hell.

The zombies around seemed to sense something and their roars became louder and louder.

In addition to the sounds made by the zombies, there was also an unusual movement.

There was the sound of metal items being dropped on the ground, the same sound they heard when they first came in, and... there was also a slight click of tongue that sounded like impatience.

Ji Cheng frowned, exchanged glances with everyone and shook his head. It was impossible to determine whether it was emitted by humans.

There was a sudden flickering light in the distance, and when everyone looked over, they saw that it was coming from a small compartment in the corner of the mall.

The light was faint, more like that from a flashlight.

Hearing the movement, Ji Cheng frowned and signaled them to wait where they were, while he walked forward quietly.

When I got closer, I could see clearly that this seemed to be a distribution room with square machines. At a glance, I saw a thin figure squatting with his back to him, as if tinkering with something.

This is a woman, wearing a loose sweater on her upper body, a skirt dragging on the ground, and long hair reaching her waist.

Ji Cheng took a deep breath and was about to say something.

The person in front of her seemed to have sensed someone behind her. She half-turned her body and turned her head to look at her. A bluish-white light shone from the flashlight in her hand, clearly illuminating the woman's entire face.

Under the light, a pale face appeared in Ji Cheng's pupils, long hair, white clothes and skirt, a grin, white eyes...

Ji Cheng's blood suddenly contracted, subconsciously.

"what!"

Hua Xia looked at the person who had disappeared in a flash, moved the flashlight away from her face, stood up and kicked the generator on the side, and said, "What the hell is that?"

250 Speechless: [Host, why are you scaring me? ]

Hua Xia didn't comment, walked to the door of the power distribution room, raised her hand and pointed the flashlight at the four people huddled together not far away, waved the flashlight and asked impatiently: "What are you yelling about?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the four people who were standing back to back on alert breathed a sigh of relief. It's a human, at least it's a human.

The light was so bright that the four of them covered their eyes and squinted at the light source. The angry female voice sounded again: "What are you looking at? Come here."

Then, the man with the flashlight seemed to enter the compartment again.

The four people looked at each other and walked forward stiffly. Before they got close, they heard impatient voices and a bang from inside.

They stood at the door and could see clearly.

The person inside squatted down and fiddled with the non-running machine for a while, then stood up and kicked the generator.

With a snap, the whole mall lit up.

The bright light illuminates the situation clearly.

The girl tutted and muttered, "It won't light until you get beaten."

I don't know if this sentence was meant for them.

For a moment, everyone was silent and no one dared to speak.

Hua Xia turned around and scanned several people, finally landing on the only girl in the team. She asked the system in her mind: "Is this the heroine of the world?"

250 glanced at the person hiding behind the three people: [Yes, host. ]