#202 - Chapter 202 Meaty Smell
In a dark room.
Only a window let in a faint light.
Gao Sheng, thin and emaciated, was imprisoned here with two women beside him.
Their hands were tied behind their backs, rendering them immobile.
The weather was cold, and the clothes they wore were insufficient to keep them warm, so they could only huddle together for warmth.
Relying on the faint body heat of others, they managed to avoid freezing to death.
They felt weak all over.
They had long been so hungry that their stomachs were numb.
They had no idea how many days they had been locked up here.
After following Brother Long and his group from Shenzhen to Longmen County, they were trapped here by heavy snow.
Because he had said a few words for these two women some time ago, offending Brother Long, he was stripped from the small group, kicked out of the team, and locked in this dark room.
He hadn't eaten anything for many days.
Only occasionally would he reach the window, use his face to push open the unlocked pane, and lick the fallen snow.
“Gao Sheng, you didn't have to speak up for us back then.”
“This is our choice. In these times, only by catering to them can we survive.”
One of the women leaning on him said in a numb voice.
The two of them were survivors from Shenzhen. They barely survived for a month, but ultimately succumbed to reality.
Relying solely on the efforts of the two women, they couldn't survive, so they chose to seek out other survivor groups, which led them to encounter Brother Long and his gang.
“No! You shouldn't be like this! People can't do such things!”
Hearing the woman's words, Gao Sheng seemed to be stimulated by something and shouted loudly.
The two women gave a helpless, miserable laugh, unwilling to explain any further to him, only when you are in the situation can you understand what women face.
This man named Gao Sheng was too simple-minded.
No one spoke.
The room fell silent again.
After a long while.
Gao Sheng, who had been looking down, fiddled with the watch on his wrist and spoke in a low voice, seemingly talking to himself, yet also chatting with the two women.
“You might think I'm stupid, and I am stupid!”
“I just can't stand Brother Long and the others treating you like this. It reminds me of my sister!”
“My sister is the same age as you! If she were still alive, how difficult would her life be now? I can't even imagine it!”
“And my brother! I don't even know if he's still alive. He's in Fenghe County! We originally had a chance to go find him this time!”
“What on earth is wrong with this world!? Wouldn't it be better if everyone just lived well!?”
The women had heard him say these words many times, so they didn't respond, treating it as his own venting.
Gao Sheng stopped talking, and the room fell silent again.
He didn't know how long had passed.
Suddenly, footsteps came from far to near outside the door!
The three people in the room looked towards the sound, their bodies tensing.
Were they coming again?
Bang.
The iron door of the room was opened, outside was daylight, and the faint light in the corridor shone in, increasing the brightness of the room again.
Several men appeared at the door.
“Get out! You bastards! You're not allowed to touch them!”
Gao Sheng suddenly went crazy, and he didn't know where the strength came from in his weak body, but he actually wanted to stand up and bite those men!
“Gao Sheng, don't be like this! We are willing! As long as they give us something to eat, we will do anything!”
The two women behind him couldn't help but shout at him.
They were indeed willing.
Hunger can sometimes strip a person of their dignity.
“Hehehe, everyone look! These three have such a good relationship! You must have already done some things here yourselves, right!? Don't be shy, what kind of world is this? It doesn't matter what you do.”
“Right? It doesn't matter what you do.”
The speaker was a yellow-toothed youth, his first sentence was addressed to Gao Sheng and the women in the room, but the last sentence was addressed to his companions beside him.
It also seemed to be saying to himself.
Gao Sheng glared at them, standing in front of the women as if to protect them.
“Hey, Gao Sheng, you misunderstood, we didn't come to find them this time.”
“We came to find you.”
The yellow-toothed youth and the others beside him grinned, and stepped towards Gao Sheng. In a short while, they controlled Gao Sheng, whose hands were tied and whose body had little strength.
They ignored Gao Sheng's shouts and slowly escorted him out of the room.
Before leaving, he glanced at the two women inside, and left a sentence.
“Wait for us, we'll come back to play with you when we're full and have the strength~”
He grinned, revealing his mouth full of yellow teeth, and gave a strange smile, then closed the door and escorted Gao Sheng away together.
Leaving the two women in the room looking at each other.
“They said they'd find us when they're full?”
“Did they find food!? Then will we get a bite to eat too?”
One of the women swallowed and couldn't help but say expectantly.
Only the other woman seemed to have thought of something, revealing a fearful yet deeply hidden desire.
*****
Time finally entered January.
There were no special holidays like New Year's Day.
Life in Green Source Base continued as usual.
The weather outside was too cold, and no zombies had come to harass them for the past two weeks.
Seeing this, Qin Jin agreed to lower the base's defense level, leaving only a few people on duty in the哨所, and no one was left on the walls at other times.
In this temperature, even zombies would be frozen stiff and unable to move, so there was no need for security guards to suffer.
The surveillance was always on anyway.
During this time, the personnel were concentrated indoors and were not idle.
Most people could do some handicrafts, such as sharpening wooden arrows, polishing knives, modifying weapons, etc.
In short, everyone had to have something to do.
Combat team members and other security guards also frequently did some combat training in the indoor training ground.
Or they did some shooting training with guns or bows and arrows in the newly organized indoor shooting range.
Their combat power was steadily increasing even without going out.
Inside the leader's office.
Qin Jin sat upright at the table, reading a biology paper on the computer.
After this period of tireless study, he had made rapid progress in related disciplines!
He was like a dry sponge, frantically absorbing all kinds of knowledge!
Even Zhou Qihang, his mentor, couldn't help but sincerely praise President Qin as a genius.
Although only Qin Jin himself knew his own affairs.
As a reborn person, although he didn't have the awesome cheats of others, he also had some compensations that were considered "decent."
He felt pretty good now.
After studying for a few more hours, he stood up and stretched, feeling stiff all over.
He glanced at the window, the top of the outer wall was dyed white by the snow.
It's January.
I wonder how many survivors outside will die in this cold winter?
*****
On this day.
Smoke rose in many places outside.
Starving survivors stared at the boiling pieces of meat in the pot, their eyes, green with hunger, revealed their desire.
It was the smell of meat.
(End of this chapter)
