BC Chapter 68

Lu Ziming, after leaving the Jiang family, realized it was already dark outside, another evening. The Jiang family area was in a wealthy district of Qingshui City with villas, sparsely populated even before the virus outbreak, so there were hardly any zombies on the streets. Although Lu Ziming didn’t know where else she could go, she figured as long as she stayed away from Zhou Yuanyuan, she wouldn’t be a threat to her. So, she headed towards the city center, in the opposite direction from the Jiang family. Although there would be more zombies gathered there, relatively speaking, there would be more places for Lu Ziming to stay.

When she was testing her speed at the Jiang family, she learned that her physical fitness had been greatly improved due to the virus infection, but she didn’t know exactly how much. Now, traveling in the dark, she noticed that she had already crossed several blocks without feeling tired at all, only feeling thirsty and constantly wanting to eat something. Although not as strong an appetite as when facing Zhou Yuanyuan, it still made Lu Ziming feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Lu Ziming was passing by a small supermarket with a 24-hour convenience store sign, so she opened the door and went in. The store was darker than the street. Lu Ziming took out the hand-cranked flashlight that Zhou Yuanyuan had given her from her backpack.

“Click.” The moment the flashlight was turned on, a dark figure suddenly pounced from the innermost part of the shelf. Lu Ziming was startled. Before her brain could issue an instruction, her body moved first, kicking out.

Because Lu Ziming’s body flexibility was quite good, she kicked the dark figure directly in the head. There was a cracking sound of bones breaking, and Lu Ziming’s kick directly broke the dark figure’s neck.

Lu Ziming didn’t expect her subconscious kick to have such power. She stood still, a little shocked. The dark figure that had suddenly pounced was already lying straight on the ground in front of her.

She swallowed hard, squatted down slowly, illuminating with one hand and poking the dark figure on the ground with her weapon. Now it was clear that it was a person wearing a black top, but they must have already turned into a zombie, otherwise they wouldn’t have done something so abnormal just now.

Lu Ziming poked the guy on the ground a couple of times, confirming that he was indeed motionless, and then moved closer, reaching out and flipping him over.

Sure enough, a somewhat rotten and shriveled face was revealed.

It was a man, judging by his clothes, not very old. The wound was on the outside of his upper arm. He probably got bitten on the street and hid here, only to turn into a zombie here.

Lu Ziming walked around the convenience store with the flashlight, confirming that there were no other zombies present, then threw the guy she had killed outside. After resting in the chair in the store for a while, she tidied up the store that had been messed up. The light of the flashlight swept across the store, and when it hit the lollipops hanging at the door, Lu Ziming paused. She had never liked sweets, so she rarely bought candy, but at this moment, for some reason, she suddenly craved those candies.

Could it be because of the high physical exertion, a spontaneous reaction from the body?

She hesitated, walked over, tore off a lollipop, and put it in her mouth. Sure enough, the uncomfortable feeling subsided a lot, and her appetite seemed to be under control.

She was happy, didn’t expect to find a way to suppress her appetite so easily.

However, she was also clear that this method was only temporarily effective. It was unlikely that she could rely on sugar for a long time to alleviate her increasingly expanding eating desire.

The most ideal solution was to hope that the place that created this virus had simultaneously researched a drug to control and eliminate the virus. Even if it wasn’t completely effective, as long as it could have some effect on suppressing the side effects of the mutated virus, it would be a godsend for Lu Ziming. After all, no matter how things developed, her bottom line was not to cannibalize, but if she was accidentally induced by the mutated virus, she couldn’t be sure whether she could keep this bottom line.

What she wanted to do most now was to find the place that researched this virus, and try to find drugs related to this virus. Even if it was useless, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would be willing to try. When she was at the Jiang family, she heard Jiang Juncheng say that she seemed to know the specific location of the institute where the virus leaked. Unfortunately, she had left in too much of a hurry and didn’t ask her where the institute was before leaving rashly.

But now, it was impossible for her to go back.

Lu Ziming took a small mirror from the counter, used the flashlight to check her face for any abnormalities. Fortunately, she had completely returned to normal. She sighed and pushed the mirror aside. She knew very well that even if she had no symptoms now, if she came into close contact with Zhou Yuanyuan, she might completely lose her mind and attack her.

So, she couldn’t go back to the Jiang family, so she could only hope to meet normal people who knew the location of the institute later.

As a result, she had just tied the convenience store door with electric wire when she heard shouts from outside.

The voices seemed a bit noisy, as if there was more than one or two people. She approached the glass door of the convenience store and looked out, but because the store door was narrow, she could only see about ten square meters outside.

Someone was calling for help? Lu Ziming tightened her grip on the doorknob.

So, to save? Or not to save? In the past, she was used to being alone, so according to her previous personality, she would avoid such troubles as much as possible. But since she met Zhou Yuanyuan, Sun Tai, Dai Qianya, and Jiang Juncheng in this extreme environment, she gradually realized that in the current situation, only by finding partners who help each other can she achieve what she wants to do. Whether it was to escape or survive, the remaining people could only overcome the crisis if they held together with kindness and faced all the difficulties together.

So, she stood at the door and thought about it, listening to the voices getting closer and closer, finally made up her mind to take out her backpack and weapons from inside, swept all the lollipops on the shelf into her bag, reopened the door, and stepped into the slightly lit darkness.