Chapter 24 Shopping Malls
Ye Su led the team to a street fork and then began to distribute. Now there are only 39 scavengers left, while the Explorer and himself have 25.
In order to improve the efficiency of the operation, he divided the scavengers into four teams, each with five explorers responsible for cleaning and protection; he and Aina took three other people to the north of the city to rescue trapped survivors.
"Captain Ye, why should we separate everyone? Since we already know that people are in the north, isn't it more convenient for everyone to go there together?" Among the scavengers, a male player with the ID named Wu Meng Wei'an raised his doubts. The reason why he said this was that after seeing the other party's abilities, he felt that he was a very reliable person. If he acted with Ye Su, his safety should be guaranteed to the maximum extent.
"Although the news came from the north, it is not ruled out that there are trapped survivors in other places." Ye Su said lightly: "The scavengers' mission is only to assist us in action. Even if we encounter zombies, just hide farther. Don't forget, what is the main purpose of your visit this time? This city has not been scavenged yet, and the supplies should be quite abundant. Hurry up."
"Okay." Wu Meng Wei'an closed her mouth in disappointment and returned to the team.
Seeing Ye Su and others leave, the other teams also began to act separately. Jiang Li and others were assigned to the western part of the city. Under the leadership of the team leader, they walked along the streets, watching the collapsed billboards on the roadside, scrapped cars covered with unknown vegetation, and dilapidated shops on the street. Along the way, everyone was very alert, afraid that a zombie would appear from somewhere. Soon, led by the team leader, the team stopped in front of a relatively well-preserved building.
The person in charge of their team was a man in his early thirties. He had the temperament of a soldier: solemn and cold, calm and restrained. The man had short hair and his eyes were not big, but he exuded a murderous aura like a wolf. His name was Cheng Yuanqi, and he was Ye Su's trustworthy right-hand assistant.
The abandoned building in front of everyone was a commercial building with no floor height. One floor of glass had already broken all over the floor, the walls were covered with vegetation, and the plastic models in the window could be vaguely seen.
Cheng Yuanqi pointed to the building and said to everyone behind him: "Today I will be responsible for cleaning the place and try to select valuable materials to collect them. If someone falls behind because of greed for money, you will know the consequences yourself. Finally, once you hear strange movements, you must report them in time. Are you clear?"
"I understand!" Everyone in the team looked at the abandoned building in front of them, and their mood suddenly became nervous.
Cheng Yuanqi led the team to open the door of the mall. Facing the dark hall in front of them, they opened the flashlight on their bodies. There was a thick layer of dust on the ground of the mall. The scavengers shone the lights in their hands towards the surrounding counters, but were disappointed to find that the gold and silver jewelry that had been previously robbed in the end of the world had already been left with only some broken boxes and waste paper.
A scavenger stepped forward unwillingly and wanted to go to the back of the counter to search carefully, but suddenly stepped on some columnar and smooth object. The man's center of gravity was unstable and subconsciously supported the wall beside him. The foreign object under his feet rolled out, which seemed extremely abrupt in this originally quiet and empty hall.
Cheng Yuanqi turned around alertly, and the gun in his hand also aimed at the direction where the foreign object rolled far away. When the flashlight of others shone through, everyone realized that it was actually a piece of human leg bone.
Under the counter, there was a broken body, but the body was not a member of the previous Explorer team. It seemed that this person had been dead for more than ten years. The yellowed skeleton was only a head and upper chest cavity. There were some hard cloth pieces hanging on it. As for the lower body, it had disappeared. It was expected that it had been gnawed by zombies or other animals.
Cheng Yuanqi and other soldiers held guns and looked around vigilantly. After confirming that there was no movement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. He glared at the scavenger viciously, and the murderous aura in his eyes made the other party tremble unconsciously.
Knowing that he had done something wrong, the scavenger didn't dare to say anything, while Cheng Yuanqi looked at the others with a warning, and his eyes clearly said that if a similar situation occurred again, he would not be as easy as he is now.
"Damn it, silly" Lin Zhongyuanhe glanced at the scavenger angrily and cursed swear words. Not only him, but the others were also scared by the movement just now. If there were zombies lurking in the mall, then the other party's actions just now would undoubtedly reveal everyone's whereabouts and almost kill everyone!
In the lobby on the first floor, there are no shops except cosmetics and jewelry. Jiang Li stopped when he passed by the shopping mall floor plan and took advantage of the gap between the searches by others to quickly record the plan structure of the building and the location of the escape passage.
The second and third floors of the mall are shopping centers, most of which are clothing stores; the fourth floor is restaurants and supermarkets, and on the top floor, there is a cinema.
"Damn it. I thought I could find some gold, diamonds or silver jewelry, but after walking around this floor, I couldn't find a piece of jewelry except for some worthless things!"
"It doesn't matter, the first floor is not very dangerous. Before the zombie virus broke out, the refugees here probably came to search for it many times. However, I see that there are several gold shops on the second and third floors. Generally, the supplies on the upper floor will be more abundant, and there must be a lot of missing. As for the fourth floor... maybe you can find canned food! These things are hot and intimate goods in the black market, and you will definitely be able to sell them at a high price!"
At this time, Jiang Li suddenly heard the scavenger who had made a mistake whispering to his companions, and his attention was also attracted by the "black market" mentioned by the two.
"Didn't the two brothers say that all the collected materials must be handed over? After the scavengers return, they will undergo strict inspections and search them cleanly. How can we still hide things privately?" Jiang Li pretended to be surprised and asked in a low voice.
The man just now was excluded and disliked by everyone after making a mistake. He knew that he had offended many people and was already a little nervous. Now the young man in front of him was looked at by Ye Sugao for his excellent performance in the tunnel yesterday, and he was quite polite to him at this time. With the idea of winning over the people, he also explained to the other party with a pleasing tone: "Little brother, I think it's your first time participating in the scavenger picking operation, right?"
"Yes, I have no experience and want to ask you for advice." Jiang Li said softly.
Chapter completed!