#774 - Chapter 774: Road to Survival 2

Walking down the road.

Yao Lei sighed inwardly, realizing how sheltered she had been back in Green Source.

From the very beginning of the apocalypse until now, their combat unit members had almost always used drones to lure out and eliminate the zombies inside before sending team members in to sweep the area during every resource search.

It was simply impossible to risk going in without clearing the area first.

It wasn't that their five-person team didn't want to use those good methods, but they couldn't.

Drones were not something ordinary three-person survivor groups could possess.

Even if a few lone survivors were lucky enough to obtain one, the battery power would have long been depleted after so long into the apocalypse.

And there was simply no place to recharge them.

Some larger factions might possess their own drones.

So, after ordinary survivors obtained a drone and used up its power, they would most likely trade it with other factions.

That way, they could at least get some food in return.

Exploring large shopping mall buildings like this also made it impossible to lure the zombies out using other methods.

They only had five people here, and even if they weren't afraid of death and used loud noises to attract most of the zombies inside, no one had the ability to kite the hundreds or thousands of zombies that might be present and lead them far away.

Even if they could outrun them, some zombies would inevitably be left behind and run back into the shopping mall to escape the daylight.

That way, their exploring companions would be surrounded inside.

Moreover, if the zombies inside were alarmed and wandered around, it would be inconvenient for them to search for supplies.

Only when these monsters stood quietly in place did they have a more secure exploration time.

So, after a brief discussion, the five of them decided to use this fastest method.

The moment they stepped into the shopping mall's entrance, the outside light seemed to be rejected, and the inside was filled with a dark, gloomy atmosphere.

Even the temperature seemed to drop a few degrees again.

The temperature in Yonghua City had recently dropped below freezing, and if it weren't for the lack of rain, it might have already started snowing outside.

This kind of weather wasn't friendly to the survivors, but fortunately, it wasn't friendly to the zombies either.

This level of cold could reduce the zombies' hearing and sense of smell, but it couldn't freeze their movements, only slow them down.

But even that was good, at least they would have a better chance of survival when running away.

This was also the time when the peak of the cold disaster was approaching, and survivors everywhere were exerting their strength to find and hoard supplies.

Facing zombies that they could outrun and whose sensitivity was reduced, as long as they didn't get surrounded, they now had a greater chance of breaking into forbidden areas that they wouldn't dare to enter in the past to find some necessities.

"........"

The five of them didn't speak and began to communicate using sign language.

Several beams of light cut through the darkness inside the shopping mall, revealing the scene inside.

As veteran survivors, most people had found some solar-powered flashlights or battery-powered flashlights and other lighting tools and equipment.

Zombies mainly relied on hearing and smell to track prey, and the most important sense of sight when they were human had almost been lost.

Some people had tried shining a flashlight directly at a zombie during the day without causing it to wake up.

Only those who didn't want to live and kept waving the light in front of its white, degenerated eyeballs might awaken it.

Not to mention the night, when the strengthened zombies would be even more sensitive to light.

Inside the shopping mall.

Xiao Fei pointed to the front and made several gestures to the people behind him, signaling everyone to follow.

Then, the five survivors, who had wrapped their feet in cloth to reduce the sound of their footsteps, walked inside.

The first thing that came into view was a wide corridor, with many shops on the side, especially a fast-food restaurant with the "M" symbol was particularly eye-catching.

This fast-food brand, which had branches in all the more prosperous areas of the city during peacetime, appeared prominently not far from the entrance of the shopping mall.

However.

After the light shone over, a scene of messy seats and a kitchen bar was visible.

Needless to say, this restaurant located at the entrance must have been looted by countless waves of survivors.

It had no search value.

Don't have any wishful thinking that you can find food or useful supplies here.

Those fleeting survivors will tell you what professionalism is.

Even cockroaches would sigh and leave.

Even rats would shout MMP when they passed by.

Xiao Fei and the others only stayed here for a second before skipping it and continuing to walk forward carefully.

Along the way, they also cautiously avoided the debris that appeared on the ground from time to time, preventing them from making noises that would awaken the silent zombies.

Some survivors had noticed that after the zombies found places to hide during the day, they would enter a state similar to "hibernation."

In this state, their sense of smell and hearing would fall into a lower level of perception.

It was as if they could obtain energy for activity from other sources in this way, and they would only turn on the sensitive "switch" after nightfall or after being awakened.

If Qin Jin heard this, he would give a thumbs up in agreement.

The Green Source Laboratory had initially cracked the mystery of the zombies' immortality and knew that they did absorb microorganisms and water vapor from the air to replenish themselves during "hibernation."

In this state, their perception of the outside world would be much lower than when they were active.

Very scientific.

So, Xiao Fei and the five others didn't want to break the zombies' state.

As long as they didn't make too obvious noises or get too close to them and be smelled of "meat," these sleeping zombies wouldn't know that food had passed by not far away.

After a while.

The five of them passed through the corridor at the entrance, ignored the shops that had a high probability of being searched and had little exploration value, and came to a larger space in the shopping mall.

The electronics and clothing stores on the first floor.

The area of this shopping mall open to consumers is divided into four floors: three floors above ground and one floor below ground.

The second floor has some cinemas, furniture, bedding, children's playgrounds, and other places that are not very attractive to them.

The third floor has some brand stores, as well as small accessories, brand clothing, and video game entertainment areas.

Now they are located on the first floor when they came in, mainly selling cars, mobile phones, clothes, etc.

As for the last underground floor, it is connected to the underground parking lot and has the most targeted food street!

There are so many restaurants of various styles open there!

Moreover, located in such a deep location, it must not have been extensively searched by other survivors, and there is a great possibility that there are more useful things!

And there is a large pharmacy connected to the underground parking lot!

It is very likely that there are anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics that Yao Lei needs!

Everyone's goal is the underground floor!

After the five people determined the target staircase, they began to carefully walk towards it.

(End of this chapter)