Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Ma Dazhuang ran out breathlessly, the bottle of rice wine in his hand swaying from side to side, and even bumped into a young man in the middle. Under normal circumstances, Ma Dazhuang would have stopped and apologized, but at this moment he could not care less. He only knew that he could not stay in this place for long. The look in the woman's eyes was too creepy, and he still felt physically uncomfortable.

"Uncle, you don't have eyes or brains when you go out, how do you walk? Sand coin!"

The fruit in the hand of the young man who was hit fell to the ground. He glared at Ma Dazhuang's back and cursed him, but he saw that the other party had already run away, so he could only consider himself unlucky and squatted down to pick up the fruits one by one, cursing in his heart that the other party was going to reincarnate. Just as he was muttering in his heart, more screams suddenly broke out from the opposite side. At some point, several men and women with strange movements and dull expressions lay on the ground and kept twitching. Some of them even had their body joints twisted into angles that humans could not do. Others around them began to scream.

The man who bit someone earlier had been pinned to the ground by several sturdy men, and even had a cloth stuffed in his mouth. The woman who was knocked down was not so lucky. Because the bite was on the aorta, the woman soon fainted, and someone nearby began to frantically try to stop the bleeding.

Several other people were bitten while trying to stop the man, and their wounds were temporarily bandaged with the help of passers-by.

Those people on the ground with strange movements finally began to stand up in a very strange posture. People who were closer could even hear the crisp sounds of their joints when they stood up, just like the bones were broken and then reassembled.

At this time, some people around had already noticed that something was wrong and began to step back, while others, because they were seeing something new, picked up their phones and started recording the scene.

"What's wrong with this guy? I don't think he has rabies. Could it be that the virus has mutated and he's going to become a zombie?"

One of the young couples had already retreated to another rice shop. Mainly because the girl was scared, she kept pulling the boy back.

The boy smiled disapprovingly: "You've watched too many movies, how could there be zombies?"

The girl stared straight ahead, her voice trembling, "But this is the end of the world. People with special abilities and mutant animals have appeared, so why can't there be zombies? And look at the movements and reactions of these people. They have obviously lost their minds. Let's get going."

The boy's sleeve was pulled hard by his girlfriend, and the smile on his face suddenly changed because a man in front of him was knocked down, so he pulled his girlfriend and ran back.

Not only the young couple, but also a small number of people with a strong sense of crisis at the scene realized that something was wrong. They hurried to leave the market after the second man started biting people indiscriminately.

This seemingly accidental biting incident was finally put to a temporary end by the violent suppression of the market security who arrived late, but more than a dozen people were bitten or scratched. These people were finally arranged by the market manager to go to a nearby health center for virus screening and treatment.

At this time, Ma Dazhuang had already run back to the store panting, while his wife Liuyang was sitting at the cash register eating melon seeds. There were several customers eating in the store. It was only 11 o'clock in the morning, and the store would be the busiest at 11:30, so Liuyang simply relaxed a little before things really got busy.

I was engrossed in watching TV when I saw a familiar figure running in hurriedly not far ahead.

She saw her husband Ma Dazhuang running back breathlessly, and even kept turning his head to look behind him, as if there was a ghost following him, and his whole face was terrified.

"What's wrong? Is there a dog chasing you, or did you run away without paying for the things you bought?"

Faced with his wife's teasing, Ma Dazhuang would have definitely retorted an angry word or two under normal circumstances, but at this moment, Ma Dazhuang was filled with uneasiness. After seeing several people in the store giving him strange looks, he realized how exaggerated his behavior was. But he couldn't care less at the moment. Ma Dazhuang said to the diners who had not finished their meal: "I'm sorry, everyone. I have something going on at home today, so I have to close early. Please pack up whatever you haven't finished. This is my treat, it's free, but please leave immediately." After that, he pulled out a few plastic bags and handed them to the diners.

Originally, the diners were very angry when they heard that they were going to be kicked out without finishing their food, but when they thought that they could have a free meal, they immediately became silent and could only mutter that Ma Dazhuang was a weirdo.

Liuyang looked even more puzzled. She had never seen her husband so generous on weekdays. Besides, she hadn't heard that there was anything important happening at home this morning that required closing the shop early.

"Hey, what are you doing? Why are you in such a hurry to close the store? Has something happened?" Liuyang pulled Ma Dazhuang's arm, his brows were almost twisted into a rope.

Ma Dazhuang called his daughter only after he saw all the diners had left.

Ma Yuanyuan's call was quickly connected. After learning that his daughter was still in the company today, Ma Dazhuang said anxiously, "Listen to me now. Close and lock the company door immediately. Don't care about what other people in the company ask. I will explain to you after I'm done with this. Also, calculate how long the snacks and food left in your company can last."

In fact, it’s not that Ma Dazhuang doesn’t care about his daughter, it’s just that his daughter’s company is dozens of kilometers away from the store. Not to mention the inconvenience of going back and forth, he is also worried that something might happen on the way there. He also remembers that his daughter’s company has a tea room. Because of the night shift, the company will prepare some food in the tea room. People in their company also have the habit of storing snacks. Moreover, the company’s door is made of thick bulletproof glass. If you stay in the company, it may be safer than at home.

Although Ma Yuanyuan was not clear about Ma Dazhuang's intention, she knew that Ma Dazhuang would not give her instructions for no reason. In addition, her father's tone on the phone was too serious, which made Ma Yuanyuan feel vaguely uneasy. She even guessed that something might have happened outside.

Ma Yuanyuan was originally at her workstation. After hearing Ma Dazhuang's call, she immediately ran to the company gate and closed the entire glass door. She even locked the door in the end.

At this time, there were only four or five colleagues from the same group in the company. Everyone ate, drank, defecated and urinated in the company during this period. The project at hand was too tight, and everyone in the company had their own folding beds. So when the first person chose to live in the company, the other people followed suit. This group of people had not left the company for the past two or three days, and even their three meals a day were either instant noodles or takeout from nearby restaurants. Occasionally, they would take turns going downstairs to buy fast food from a nearby restaurant.

Seeing Ma Yuanyuan locking the door, one of the colleagues thought it was a bit strange but still joked with a smile: "Yuanyuan, you are not worried that there will be thieves in our company. Why are you so cautious? When the takeaway arrives, the delivery guy won't be able to get in."

Ma Yuanyuan returned to her workstation after finishing all this. At this time, she found that Ma Dazhuang had not hung up the phone yet, so she lowered her voice and asked, "Dad, what happened?"

"Are all the doors closed?" Ma Dazhuang asked from the other side.

"It's locked. I locked it."

After hearing this, Ma Dazhuang finally felt relieved, and then told Ma Yuanyuan about the biting scene he saw in the market.

Ma Yuanyuan was worried that her colleagues might misunderstand her, so she turned her phone to speakerphone mode from the beginning, so everyone could hear what Ma Dazhuang said.

One of the colleagues immediately used his computer to search for related posts on the base forum. He first entered "zombies", but when he found nothing matching the search terms, he changed it to "bite". Several similar posts popped up at once, and all of them were posted five minutes ago. One of the posts immediately turned into a 404 error, while the other one was still viewable and had a half-minute video attached. However, the video was not taken at a farmers' market, but at a convenience store. In the video, one can clearly see a woman with a child suddenly fall down while eating, followed by a violent convulsion. A dozen seconds later, she pounced on the crying child next to her. The scene was very bloody.

These situations are exactly the same as what Ma Dazhuang said. One of the colleagues who likes to watch science fiction movies on weekdays and even bought related DVDs after the apocalypse shouted: "This is a zombie."

After this sentence was shouted out, everyone fell silent and the post was deleted within two minutes.

"Or, let's go home first. It's better for us to hide in our homes before the virus breaks out completely."

"The place I rent has no security at all, and I have nothing to eat at home. I might as well stay in the company."

"Is the neighborhood definitely safe now? Will you get bitten if you go out?"

"I'll call my parents first and ask them to go home quickly."

Several colleagues had their own plans in mind. There were six people in total, including Ma Yuanyuan. Two of the girls went back first because they were worried about their families. The rest of them decided that it was safest to stay in the company. They also hoped that the two colleagues who left could get home safely.

Although Ma Yuanyuan is young, she is someone who survived the apocalypse with her parents, so she immediately asked someone to block the glass door outside with two desks. She then ran to the tea room to find all the eatables, and the other two colleagues also began to look for usable supplies in everyone's workstation drawers.

A total of two boxes of instant noodles, a box of compressed biscuits, a box of canned meat, a box of potato chips, three boxes of three-in-one coffee, two boxes of chocolate bars, a box of bread, and snacks were found on dozens of workstations. There were even six or seven boxes of self-heating hot pots. No one knew who spent a huge amount of money to buy them. This thing sells for at least a hundred points per box in the supermarket. It is indeed a rare item.

As for the water source, there are currently twelve barrels of 18L bottled water in the tea room, and as long as there is no power outage, hot water can be directly obtained from a water dispenser, so there is no need to worry about the water problem.

Ma Yuanyuan seemed to have thought of something and asked everyone to charge their mobile phones quickly, even those who had laptops or power banks charged them.

Although the base should not be without electricity or water, we still need to plan ahead and make preparations for everything, so that everyone will not be caught off guard when an accident really occurs.

After everyone had prepared everything, they started to put on their coats. However, the office was air-conditioned and the temperature inside was about 17 or 18 degrees, so it was not too cold. But perhaps because of the spreading fear, everyone still felt that their bodies could not warm up inexplicably.

Colleagues who were able to contact their families have already asked them to stay at home, while colleagues who have no relatives are staying in the company to weather the current crisis.

The four of them could survive four to five days with the remaining supplies of the company. If they were more frugal, they could at least hold out for a week. But if there was no rescue after a week, they would have no choice but to take the risk of going out or staying here and waiting to die.

No matter what, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one is willing to give up the chance to survive.

"The forum is no longer accessible." One of the colleagues grabbed the mouse and clicked it frantically, but no matter how he operated, the web page in front of him was just a blank page.

"No need to read on. I guess the country deliberately closed the forum temporarily in order to control panic." The IT guy in the group adjusted his glasses and stated the fact calmly.

Another girl said with some fear: "What if this zombie virus breaks out in the base? Will we..."

“Xiao Cao, stop thinking about it. Thinking too much will only make you more anxious. What we have to do now is to wait and believe in the country’s ability to respond to emergencies. I guess this virus may be man-made. Their ultimate goal may be to plunge the entire base into panic.” Ma Yuanyuan’s mentality was unusually stable, because she knew very well that the last thing that could happen right now was for the four of them to fall into this anxious atmosphere, as this would affect their mentality in the next few days.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, which made everyone look at each other in surprise. Who would knock on the door at this time?

"I'll go." One of the male colleagues plucked up the courage to stand up, but when he went over, he still held the golf club that was placed in the boss's office in his hand.

The male colleague was about 1.80 meters tall. He just wanted to show off his masculinity in front of Ma Yuanyuan, so he volunteered to go and check it out. But in fact, he was also worried. Who would come to the company at this time? Except for their team, everyone else in the company was on vacation today.

When I walked to the door, I found that the light in the entrance hall was turned off. I don’t know if Ma Yuanyuan turned it off, or maybe she turned it off because she was worried that the zombies would be attracted by the light source.

Through the darkness, I could see a figure swaying outside the glass door. The person knocked a few times and then shouted, "Delivery man, is anyone there?"