novelsite Chapter 177 Case Studies
Chapter 177 Case Studies
"Xiao Luo, how's it going over there?" After finally dragging her backpack into the stairwell, Xiao Luo heard Li Miao's voice.
"My bag is full, I can't carry it! What about you, Brother Li?"
"Not bad, found some food. Wait here, I'll come help you!" This old-fashioned building is more similar to a Western-style row house.
So Xiao Luo simply dragged his backpack to the top of the stairs. The backpack was almost entirely filled with rice, flour, and cooking oil, making it very difficult for him to drag.
Unfortunately, his sequence enhanced his spirit, but did not improve his physical body much.
Soon after, Xiao Luo heard hurried footsteps coming downstairs; it was Li Miao.
"Quite a haul!" Li Miao hurried downstairs, took the heavy backpack, weighed it in his hand, and grinned. He had searched several rooms but found nothing.
The only harvest they had didn't even fill half of their backpack.
"I haven't searched the first floor yet! By the way, have you seen Brother Bing?" Xiao Luo asked.
"Brother Bing seems to have a good haul, but he's searching room by room!" Shao Bing has a fire axe, so even if the door is closed, he can use brute force to break it open.
They were both too slow, which is why Li Miao was able to finish searching so quickly.
After briefly explaining the situation, the two headed to the first floor to search.
The doorway on the first floor was darker than those on the other floors, but it also seemed to have a stronger sense of life.
Xiao Luo cautiously pushed open a half-closed door.
The room was even more cluttered than the upstairs room, with piles of various odds and ends, most of which were completely rotten, clearly indicating that it was used as a storage room.
He glanced at it once and then turned to leave; there was no need to waste time there.
Most of the rooms on the first floor were occupied, and it seemed that most of them were elderly people.
So the two of them had a pretty good haul; at least both backpacks were full.
Fifth floor
Shao Bing was using a fire axe to break open a particularly sturdy security door.
All the other doors in this building are ordinary wooden doors, but this one is a thickened steel plate door with a combination lock, which is quite uncommon in 2035.
Although mechanical locks have rusted after prolonged exposure to humid environments, they are still much more robust than ordinary electronic locks.
"Squeak—"
The ear-piercing sound of metal scraping echoed in the corridor. Beads of sweat appeared on Shao Bing's forehead, and his arm muscles bulged.
His "Mastery of All Weapons" trait makes him adept at using the axe.
Therefore, he completely destroyed the mechanical lock in just a few moments.
"Click!"
With a crisp click, the door finally opened.
Shao Bing took a deep breath and cautiously pushed open the door.
The flashlight beam swept into the room, and the scene before him stunned him.
This doesn't look like an ordinary resident's home.
Instead of sofas and televisions, the living room was filled with rows of metal shelves, neatly stacked with various bottles, jars, and sealed bags.
Detailed weather and geological maps were hanging on the wall. Although the paper was damp and blurred, various symbols marked with red and blue pens could still be seen.
Shao Bing walked into the room, his boots making a slight "creaking" sound on the floor.
He picked up a can from the nearest shelf; he could barely make out his own reflection because it was taped shut.
Fluorite – produced in Yunnan Province in southwestern China.
Rose quartz – sourced from the Ale River Valley in Xinjiang Province
Trilobite fossils – found in Henan Province
……
"Is he a geologist?" Shao Bing muttered to himself.
No food was found inside, but a perfectly intact outdoor backpack full of items was discovered.
"Brother Soldier! How are you?" Fortunately, Xiao Luo's urging voice rang in my mind at this moment.
Without hesitation, Shao Bing grabbed his geological research bag and hurried downstairs.
"Brother Bing, what did you find?" Xiao Luo asked curiously, looking at the two bulging backpacks on Shao Bing's shoulders.
"Besides food, this is the backpack. It must be outdoor gear!" Shao Bing shook his head, put the backpack on the ground with a dull thud, and it was obviously quite heavy.
"But this bag is quite sturdy; the contents should be useful."
"And you?" Shao Bing asked.
"Hehe, our harvest is pretty good too!" Xiao Luo had the largest harvest of grains, and they were all refined rice and flour.
"That's good! Where's Mr. Xu?"
"Brother Dao has found a medical station and will be back soon!"
"Let's go!"
Without further delay, the three of them shouldered their heavy backpacks, with Shao Bing still carrying the geology bag in one hand, and quickly walked towards the parking area.
Xu Si also stumbled upon a community health station nearby.
Although the team has a little girl supporting them.
However, medical supplies still have considerable trading value in the post-apocalyptic world.
The roller shutter door of the community health station was half open.
It was cleaner inside than Xu Si had imagined.
Although some medicines in the cabinet were tilted or leaning, most of the medicines, which were well-sealed, were intact.
He quickly scanned the area, his perception of the star veins spreading out like mercury, instantly "reflecting" the outline and details of the entire medical station into his consciousness.
The innermost storage room.
Pushing open the door, an even stronger musty smell hit me. The storage room wasn't large, and several white plastic boxes with red crosses printed on them were piled against the wall.
Xu Si lifted one of the lids, revealing neatly arranged syringes, IV tubing, tourniquets, and a large quantity of unopened saline and glucose injection solutions.
All items are individually packaged and in perfect condition.
Moreover, there were several boxes of each item, which were clearly the health center's stock, and these were all hard currency in the apocalypse.
However, when he reached out to move it, he suddenly felt an extremely subtle, unnatural vibration at the edge of his star pulse perception.
It wasn't the sound of rain.
It wasn't the wind.
more like...
Something heavy was rhythmically pounding the ground in the distance, each tremor traveling kilometers away, faint yet clear.
Xu Si stopped moving, his scarlet star-like eyes suddenly contracting in the darkness.
"Brother Dao?" Xiao Luo's voice rang out directly in his mind through the shared spiritual senses, carrying a hint of unease.
"I think... I felt the ground shaking?"
"Stop the search and return to the air-raid shelter immediately. Now."
Xu Si instantly put the boxes of medicine into his cloak, then flew into the air on his sword and looked toward the source of the sound.
"It's not an illusion. In Xing Tong's vision, a giant about the same height as Lou Mi is hugging the neck of a Lou Mi, and the Lou Mi is petrifying at a visible speed."
"Tashan?"
Only when he extended the star veins could he see clearly that it really was Tashan facing off against a [Lou Mi], and that the Lou Mi seemed to have been dealt with by Tashan very quickly.
The other passengers on the bus were sheltered within Jiang Li's barrier and were not harmed.
However, after observing for a while, Xu Si did not find the [Lou Mi] group, so it seemed that they did not need his support.
"Mr. Xu, hurry!" In the rain, Shao Bing, Li Miao, and Xiao Luo had already stuffed the supplies they had found into the trunk and were anxiously looking around. When they saw Xu Si's figure, Shao Bing was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted.
"Get in the car." Xu Si jumped into the driver's seat himself.
With a low roar, the Conqueror's dark red body tore through the rain and sped toward the air-raid shelter.
"Brother Dao, what just happened?" Xiao Luo asked.
"It seems like your brother Shan has gotten into trouble with the weirdo!" Xu Si said.
Aren't these guys supposed to like living in groups?
Why are there so many cases?
Could it be that the increased concentration of humans makes the supernatural more attractive?