The second lion
The soldier was dead. The horns inserted straight into his abdomen tear a terrible crack in the soft muscles from bottom to top. The broken organs, bone pieces, and minced meat flowed out irresistibly under the erosion of body fluids and blood. The most basic part of life was folded away without any delay. Only a broken and cold corpse that could hardly be distinguished even in the face.
Lei Cheng only stared at the dead soldier for a moment, then pulled out the bayonet from the eyes of the bull, wiped off the blood and turned to run towards the supermarket. It was not because he was born cold-blooded and had no feelings, but because he had seen too much such a tragic situation. So the excitement and crying that he deserved had long been replaced by a faint indifference and confusion.
The supermarket door was not locked, just sealed by a goalkeeper. Lei Cheng flexibly drilled through the gap and sneaked into the big house that he had been waiting for for several days.
Cosmetics, mobile phones, TVs... on the slightly chaotic shelves, there were various expensive goods. Lei Cheng hurriedly passed without even looking at them. At this moment, in his mind, even tons of gold, there was no small piece of bread that was important.
In the second floor food sales area, he found something he desperately needed.
Boxes of mineral water, cookies, potato chips, candies filled with shelves... Of course, there are also various snacks and bread on the pastry shelves next to it, but they are already covered with mold spots, turning into pieces of green fluffy.
Lei Cheng seemed to be crazy, opened his hands and hugged the entire row of biscuits in front of him to the ground. Then he grabbed a pack of Taiping combs wrapped in beautiful foil and tore them open. He grabbed a thick stack of them with his trembling fingers and stuffed them into his mouth. After chewing desperately, the scattered biscuit crumbs caused a stimulus in his mouth. Several biscuits that fell into the trachea even brought a violent cough under the sudden contraction of his muscles. He choked Lei Cheng so much that he rolled his eyes, and had to quickly unscrew the lid of a bottle of mineral water, tilted his neck and poured it into his mouth.
After a few packs of biscuits, the soreness in the stomach suddenly eased a lot. Lei Cheng then turned to the opposite side of the shelf, took a box of braised pork cans, took out a dagger from his waist, drew a cross on the surface of the iron box, and put two fingers in and took out a piece. With an indescribable sense of comfort, he stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it.
Two canned food, three packs of biscuits, and six bags of vacuum-packed instant roast chicken, this hard-won supper is really hearty.
Even though so much stuffed in his stomach bag, Lei Cheng was still not fully fed. He could at least eliminate the Siting Can. You know, it was almost three days before he had just eaten a biscuit the size of a finger.
But he didn't do that. Reason told him: I can no longer eat.
Once a person who is hungry for a long time gets enough food, he is easily overwhelmed by eating too much and too fast. Eating too much will also lead to temporary indolence in physiological functions, and the fatigue caused by slowing down the blood circulation speed will reduce the normal movement ability of the human body at this time. At the same time, a considerable number of brain cells will participate in the control of the digestive process, which will cause a short-term slowness in thinking. Although these are normal physiological reactions of the human body, it is a fatal threat to Lei Cheng, who must always be vigilant.
All kinds of unknown monsters are wandering around this city, and no one knows that they will pounce from the dark and bite off their necks.
Lei Cheng looked at the delicious canned food on the shelf in front of him with regret, swallowed his saliva secretly, suppressed the most basic look in his heart that he wanted to eat enough, took off a strong military paratrooper backpack from his waist, and strode towards the candy shelf opposite.
Chocolate, concentrated milk candies, and various types of fruit hard candies... These cute little things with considerable calories, and a few candies can supplement the normal needs of the human body in the day. Most importantly, they are very small in size and cannot occupy much space in the backpack.
Sugars can replenish energy, but the physiological feeling of hunger cannot be eliminated. Naturally, there are a few more vacuum-packed pickled dried meat in the backpack.
He did not choose those dry convenience foods that were large and lightweight. A piece of marinated meat as big as a fist is enough to match the instant noodles that are nearly ten times its size.
If possible, Lei Cheng really wanted to completely empty the entire supermarket. But he knew that this was just a joke-like unrealistic fantasy.
The backpack was full, and if nothing unexpected happened, the food stored inside was enough for 20 days. However, Lei Cheng did not rush to leave. Instead, he turned around and walked towards the other counters upstairs.
Weapons, he needs a handy weapon.
The thrown away "May 7" pistol was left behind by the first soldier eaten by the white cow. Coincidentally, when the man died, the weapon in his hand was shaken away due to the impact of the white cow, and it happened to fall beside Lei Cheng who was lurking behind the ruins. If it weren't for this gun, Lei Cheng would probably be hungry until now.
In addition to the tiger-tooth dagger on his waist, there was also the slightly curved triangular military spear. Lei Cheng could no longer find anything that had lethality on his body.
With these alone, Lei Cheng was really not sure to get out of this abandoned city.
Of course, weapons such as guns with powerful lethality cannot appear on the counters of supermarkets. Despite this, Lei Cheng still found several available items from them.
A shark shooting gun about two meters long, a sharp "Wang Mazi" kitchen knife, and several short-handled knives with blades about three or forty centimeters long.
He carried a backpack full of food and picked up the shark shooting gun that had tightened the spring at his hand. Lei Cheng took a deep breath of the slightly cold air, carefully pushed open the bent and deformed metal door frame of the supermarket, and slowly walked to the hard cement platform outside.
The sky is already dark. The winter with long days and short nights is eager to occupy the time when the sun should have appeared. It uses boundless darkness and the cold that pierces the bone marrow to press on people's hearts. Almost, I can't breathe.
The streets are very wide and quite chaotic. The tall buildings that were originally neatly arranged on both sides of the asphalt road have long become dilapidated. Some surfaces are covered with thick cracks that are deep and reachable, and they may collapse at any time. Some have been broken into two pieces, and except for the several bases connected to the ground, the originally towering floors can no longer be seen. Others are vertically cut from them in half. The thick gap that runs through the entire building is like the most obvious entrance to hell.
The cars parked on the roadside look like square iron boxes. They have lost their power, and they are simply a pile of scrap iron that is useless. Various cement fragments falling from the buildings next to them have smashed them beyond recognition. Several large buses even rolled over directly in the middle of the road, becoming terrible obstacles that are insurmountable.
The wind blew across the empty streets and rolled up a few dirty and ragged old newspapers. It seemed like big butterflies on the verge of death, doing their last lonely performance on a bloody stage without any audience.
There are no street lights, and no emitters from any light source. The dense clouds block the faint light emitted by the moon and the stars. The entire city is completely immersed in a confusion ruled by darkness.
Lei Cheng leaned his waist and walked slowly towards the street intersection along the ruins of the ruins of the building. The shark gun in his hand never deviated from the warning position that he could control in front of him.
Darkness is always the best companion closely linked to fear. In places where light is lacking, evil is always the absolute protagonist over justice. Just as this city that has become a ruin has long become a city of death with a rotten smell.
In the corner of the ruins, there were probably survivors. Of course, this was just Lei Cheng's guess and there was no actual basis for it. But no matter what, he had never been so eager to find a companion like he is now. The huge fear that came from the bottom of his heart because of loneliness, loneliness, and helplessness had completely occupied all the thinking of his brain. This feeling was so terrible that his body trembled inexplicably without being controlled. It was not because of coldness, nor because of tension, but because of fear, loneliness and loneliness.
Suddenly, Lei Cheng stopped his cautious steps and tightly clamped a wet and cold wall beside him with his right hand. He bit his teeth, which were still fighting, and tried to control his trembling muscles. Only in this way can he calm down the tension from the heart in the shortest time.
He heard a strange sound. It was small, but very clear.
This is the impact sound of gravel rolling behind from a high place. The conditions for its production must be caused by some driving force.
Could it be a survivor?
The sudden accident made Lei Cheng feel a little surprised. There was also an urge to run out of the hidden way to see the truth. However, just as he wanted to raise his foot and step over the low cement wall in front of him, he unexpectedly heard another sound accompanied by the rolling stones.
Chewing is the touching sound of food being stirred by saliva in the mouth, and the teeth are bitten and squeezed. There are also waves of crisp sounds that appear as if the object breaks under heavy pressure.
Lei Cheng felt a stern in his heart, and the sharp spear tip of the shark gun in his hand was aimed at the direction of the sound through the wall. He squatted down carefully and slowly, gently moved the gravel at his feet to free up a small space for movement. This series of movements was very light and did not make any slight noise. He even stroked the sand with his fingers carefully aside with his fingers. In order not to step on the soft soles of the travel shoes, it made a sound of friction and crushing each other.
After doing all this, Lei Cheng slowly stood up from the ground, half-squatting body nervously and carefully took away the stones on the low wall that blocked his sight, and gently placed the shark gun in his hand on the cold and wet groove between the walls.
Following the guide of the gun tip, Lei Cheng easily saw the source of the sound.
It was a corpse lying across the middle of the street 100 meters away. Judging from the torn clothes next to it, it should be a woman. Although Lei Cheng could not see some details on the other party because of the light, he knew that the woman had been dead for quite some time.
Next to the corpse are three animals chewing. They are quite large in size and even longer than the female corpse on the ground. Judging from the thick fur on their bodies and the thick mane on their necks, they seem to be very similar to...a lion.
Lei Cheng gritted his teeth secretly and slowly took the shark-shooting gun back from the wall. Although he didn't know what the monster in front of him was, he had a deep understanding of the terrible abilities they had. Without absolute certainty, he would have no benefit except turning himself into a delicious meal in their mouths.
Suddenly, several "little ones" stopped eating. They raised their bodies from the ground and turned their heads to look towards the next street entrance. It seemed that there was something that attracted their attention.
Just as they turned, Lei Cheng clearly saw the two monsters buried deep in their manes. They were three faces, three faces with exactly the same characteristics as humans. However, the two pairs of "human eyes" emitted the light of a beast. There were also black and smelly corpse blood and rotten minced meat between the fine lips and teeth.
"Sphinx"?
For some reason, this strange noun suddenly appeared in Lei Cheng's mind. In ancient Egyptian myths and legends, the Sphinx, which was regarded as the guardian of the pharaoh, was called this name.
Lei Cheng didn't know whether his judgment was right, so he felt cold. One of the human-faced lions opposite him was holding a breast torn off the chest of the female corpse. Only half of the bra was hanging alone on it, shaking, like a pendulum made of rag.
Obviously, something came from the intersection.
Lei Cheng, who stood there, did not dare to move at all, also discovered that a slight and obvious vibration came from a distance, and this feeling was very familiar. It was like... a car.
That's right, it's a car. A car that drives at an extremely high speed.
As if to confirm what he was thinking, a military jeep with a strong light lantern flew from far to near from the end of the road. He slapped the direction at the entrance of the street. With the sharp sound of the tires and the ground, the front of the car drove away from its original direction of travel and rushed towards the direction of the street where Lei Cheng was.
"K20043"
Although Lei Cheng couldn't open his eyes with the sudden strong light, he still saw the white military sign hanging in front of the jeep through the slightly opened gaps of his eyes with the reflected lights. Even the 7.92mm rapid-fire machine gun that was raised high on the roof.
Chapter completed!