Contact was lost, and An Nuan and Luoluo blinked.
"It seems we're not alone."
"I don't understand this, is Black Smoke two people? The hacker who's amazing is definitely the one from today, so who is the other one?"
"Maybe they're also a team combination like us."
An Nuan thought of the fangs and Adam's apple from that day. If Black Smoke was a team, then who was he...
An Nuan thought for half the night, leading to insomnia, and also to Fu Yunlei being beaten by his brother.
The next day, the weather was excellent, rare sunshine since entering the apocalypse.
An Nuan got up before five, and she and Luoluo ate something simple. Taking advantage of the fact that the girls across the way weren't up yet, they left the villa area on their silent electric bikes.
When they reached the deep water, they immediately switched to an assault boat and headed for their destination.
The situation at Junhua Building was worse than they had imagined.
The water had already flooded to the fourth floor, and bloodstains were sprayed on the outer walls of the building, with decaying limbs hanging in some places.
Luoluo first used the satellite infrared scanner to scan the building. Indeed, some zombies were found, but no abnormal variants.
Juanzi also showed no unusual reactions.
If it were only zombies, things would be easier.
An Nuan first climbed onto the sewer pipe on the fifth floor, followed closely by Luoluo.
The two of them, without even panting, easily climbed to the thirteenth floor.
As soon as they entered the apartment, they were hit by a strong smell of blood and various other foul odors.
Luoluo, having never experienced such a dirty and chaotic environment, immediately felt nauseous and almost threw up.
An Nuan was fine.
The shelters in her past life weren't much better than this.
Even small shelters had thousands of people. The kitchen waste from so many people eating, the refuse from daily life, the waste generated by people themselves, and the smell of not bathing for over a hundred days – that was truly overwhelming.
Shelters built on the ground were better, with good ventilation and not too strong odors.
Underground shelters were life-threatening.
Luoluo covered her mouth and nose, forcing herself to adapt to the smell of the apartment building.
They walked towards apartment 1325.
Along the way, they saw many doors with dents hammered into them, as well as countless smaller dents.
"Xiao Nuan, we're here."
Luoluo knocked on the door, "Lan Mi, are you inside?"
As soon as she spoke, half the corridor echoed with her voice.
An Nuan shushed her and pointed to the doorknob.
Luoluo nodded and hacked the electronic lock.
The moment the door opened, a pair of scissors lunged towards her forehead. An Nuan, with quick reflexes, kicked out at the attacker's abdomen.
"Wait a minute!"
Luoluo immediately used her vines to entangle them both.
If that kick had landed, Lan Mei would have been severely injured, if not worse.
"Luoluo? President An?"
Lan Mi's eyes were unfocused, her pupils bloodshot, and her hair disheveled.
Upon seeing familiar faces, tears instantly streamed down her face.
She quickly pulled them inside, closed the door again, and barricaded it with several chairs stacked on top of each other.
"Lan Mi, your room is spectacular!"
The studio used to be very clean, always giving a comfortable feeling.
Now it was completely transformed, with piles of garbage heaped in the corners like small mountains, filled with foul odors.
On the other side, a small nest was made of towels and similar items, along with a yellowed long down jacket.
An Nuan smelled a strange odor upon entering.
"What's that pungent smell?"
"It was too cold a few days ago, so I used hair products to make a simple heating device to warm myself for a while. Luckily, I thought the shop's items were old and bought a large batch of towels. I also stuffed last year's down jackets in the corner without washing them, which saved my life for now."
Warming herself with chemical products explained why her current physical condition looked so poor.
An Nuan saw the packaging of small bread buns and various biscuits scattered everywhere, as well as empty bottles of small mineral water.
These were likely purchased to be given to customers.
Fortunately, she had these food and water, otherwise, she wouldn't have survived until now.
Lan Mi was both excited and thrilled to see familiar faces and brought out the last few bottles of water to share with them.
"I'm so sorry I almost hurt you just now, I thought someone was breaking in!"
An Nuan asked, "I saw some doors were smashed open and some were broken through, was it done by zombies?"
Lan Mi shook her head.
"It was those frenzied people. At first, everyone refused to go out. Later, someone with children and elderly people knocked on doors seeking help. I didn't open it, but the family across the hall did, and then many people rushed in and... "
Lan Mi felt like throwing up remembering that scene.
Later, they even pressed their eyes against her peephole to look inside.
Lan Mi was so scared she didn't dare to move.
It was likely that many people knew this was a studio, unlike other residences, and that she had more food and supplies.
Furthermore, since she had recently installed a high-security anti-theft door, others didn't waste time trying to break into her unit.
Lan Mi said with a choked voice.
"Later, screams and sounds of madness could always be heard in the building. Then there were monsters. No one dared to open their doors, and now I don't know what the situation is outside."
"Have you been here the whole time? What about your employees?"
Luoluo remembered there were other employees here, and none of them were in sight.
"We get every Monday off. That young couple went out to play, and it happened to be the day it started pouring rain. I was returning to take inventory when the heavy rain hit, and I was trapped for more than half a month. I don't know how they are now."
Lan Mi took a deep breath and swallowed her tears.
Luoluo patted her shoulder, "Everyone has their own fate. Perhaps they are living very well!"
"That's true, maybe we'll see each other again in the future."
Lan Mi forced a smile and generously took two bottles of mineral water from the remaining five bottles to give to them.
"You must be thirsty too. I don't have much water, so please take it."
An Nuan and Luoluo exchanged a look.
Lan Mi was a good person, reliable.
Lan Mi: "How did you two find me? This place isn't safe. There are dozens of households on this floor. What if someone attacks you halfway? You should find a safe place to hide!"
"We've found a relatively safe place, but we're missing a Tony teacher, so we're here to invite you to join us. Are you willing?"
"What?"
Lan Mi didn't understand.
An Nuan didn't explain. She conjured a lot of food out of thin air and then put it back into her spatial storage.
Lan Mi stared, dumbfounded. "What is this? It's like a magic trick!"
"This is my spatial storage, it contains a large amount of food and supplies. If you're with us, you won't have to eat bread every day."
Luoluo also said, "Thanks to Xiao Nuan, we have meat and rice every day, as well as clean water and electricity. State your position, are you coming with us or not."
Meat, rice, electricity, and now such a place, it was paradise.
Why hesitate to go to paradise? Charge!