Chapter 86 - Chapter 86: Suburbs (1)

Chapter 86: Suburbs (1)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The snowmobile left the neighborhood. Ye Xingchen had already put on the thermal night vision goggles since he had left early today. It was to prevent someone from secretly ambushing him.

After all, even if he could still see things in the grayness outside, he could not be sure that he would see anyone hiding quietly in the distance.

The snowmobile drove out of the residential area, and the huge noise attracted the shadows hiding behind the windows.

Their gazes were complicated. Some were excited, some were envious, some were jealous, and some were hateful.

Ye Xingchen ignored them. He thought about Little Black, who had more or less recovered over the past few days and was thinking about when he could bring him out to help him.

Ever since he brought the dog home to wash up, Ye Xingchen had never brought Little Black downstairs. Today was an exception because he would only return home at night.

There was enough dog food, and Ye Xingchen even gave a few pieces of raw meat to the dog.

After spending a few days together, Ye Xingchen realized that Little Black was not a pampered pet dog. Instead, it was more like a stray dog.

The scars on Little Black’s body were all caused by other animals, and he was not picky with food. There was no trace of pampering on his body. He thought that his previous idea might be wrong. The corpse the dog was guarding might not be his owner, but the person who had fed him before.

After discovering that Little Black was most likely a stray dog, Ye Xingchen was even happier!

Initially, he thought that it would be nice to bring a pet home to relieve his boredom at a time like this, but if it was a stray dog… Perhaps when he went out to do something in the future, he could bring him along and he could help him.

Jinghai University’s location wasn’t considered remote, but it wasn’t in the city center of Jinghai City either. Those who lived here usually did so for the convenience of going to school, or because there were fewer people here and it was far away from the downtown area.

Ye Xingchen didn’t want to go to the city center because there were many high-rise buildings and ancestral homes there. There was probably nothing left. It was better to go directly to the suburbs.

At least there were a few large supermarket chains in the suburbs.

The journey was smooth and unobstructed. Other than the sound of Ye Xingchen driving the snowmobile, there was no other sound.

The temperature dropped suddenly in the apocalypse. In the suburbs, other than a few high-end residential areas, there were only large imported supermarkets. They were the kind that operated on a membership basis. They were basically opened to serve the rich.

There were no residences near the supermarket. Ye Xingchen carefully scanned the surroundings before piling up the snow on the ground to cover the front of the snowmobile. Then, he quietly put the snowmobile into his space.

Just like last time, Ye Xingchen walked through the window.

The snow was almost as high as a three-story building. Small-scale grocery stores or small supermarkets with only one or two floors were basically buried under the snow by now. Only the supermarkets that were either opened in a mall or large supermarkets were left.

Taking out the window-breaking hammer, Ye Xingchen successfully climbed in through the window on the third floor.

Unlike the previous supermarket trip, Ye Xingchen took out his flashlight after he scanned the surroundings and found no living people.

The third floor sold clothes. Along the way, there was not a single corpse on the ground. Ye Xingchen waved his hand and directly put all the clothes and shelves into the space.

The second floor was filled with all kinds of toiletries and small appliances. There was still a corpse on the ground. The things were arranged neatly as if they had not been touched. Ye Xingchen directly put everything into the space with a smile.

Then, it was the first floor.

After Ye Xingchen removed the lock of the heavy iron door at the staircase, something blocked the door.

He used the thermal night-vision goggles first. After making sure that there were no living things outside, Ye Xingchen took out the flashlight again and shone it there.

It was corpses.

Several corpses that had turned white from the cold were stuck together, blocking the door.

Upon closer inspection, they all seemed to have frozen to death. They were all wearing the employee uniforms of the supermarket.

Ye Xingchen thought about it and suddenly felt that it was reasonable.

When this extreme weather first appeared, the temperature dropped very quickly.

Often, the temperature difference between morning and night would be 30 degrees, which meant that the temperature drop would slow down only after it had already dropped a lot.

From the looks of it, they probably froze to death on the first day of the blackout. Perhaps it was too cold for them to withstand, but the blackout happened again. The automatic sensor door couldn’t be opened, so they thought of taking the safety passage up.

However, they probably didn’t expect that the safety passage would be locked, causing them to shrink at the door in despair and freeze to death.

Ye Xingchen raised his hand and pushed the door open, pushing the bodies to the sides.

Fortunately, the temperature was extremely low now. Otherwise, with so many corpses piled up here, it would be very smelly.

There were all kinds of food on the first floor, including snacks, staple food, seafood, and cooked food. The preservation here was much better than the previous supermarket. There was no mess on the ground at all. There were only a few corpses here, and they were all wearing the uniform of the supermarket staff.

It had to be said that the rich cherished their lives more than ordinary people. Ye Xingchen looked at it and saw that the only ones who died here were the corpses in the workers’ uniforms.

Ye Xingchen had moved the entire supermarket into his space. Fortunately, he had enough space, so the goods in the supermarket did not take up much space.

Ye Xingchen didn’t rush to go back through the window. Instead, he strolled around the third floor.

Walking out of the supermarket’s door, Ye Xingchen realized that there was no living thing on the entire third floor.

According to Ye Xingchen’s experience, he found a small warehouse in the supermarket and took the things inside too. He also went upstairs.

This building was not entirely a supermarket. The supermarket only occupied the first, second, and third floors of this building, while the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors were filled with various restaurants and cinemas.

“Sigh, what a pity.”

The once prosperous place was now in ruins. The supermarket was closed, and there were only a few restaurants upstairs that were open. Ye Xingchen walked around with a flashlight. He was too lazy to pick the locks one by one, so he simply left the little supplies in those shops for the next survivor.

Passing by the movie theater, Ye Xingchen thought for a moment and put the popcorn machine into the space. Then, he took out a chair and a battery-powered lamp from the space. Then, he sat down and ate a burger that was frozen in such weather.

Ye Xingchen took out his Coke and took two sips, but the Coke froze immediately. He pursed his lips and put the Coke back into the space. He ate the burger that was slowly getting cold and frozen.

“Sigh, home is still the best..”