This is apocalyptic

Chapter 26 026: The city center is a botanical garden

Lin Duoduo took out a piece of paper to identify the neighborhoods around the Civic Square.

There are three communities next to it. When she was still struggling, Bai Xiao pointed them out, "Over there."

When it comes to familiarity with the city, Bai Xiao feels that he has more say, even though it is an unfamiliar city.

The danger of zombies has only decreased in recent years. Lin Duoduo has never been to a place like this in the city center. In the past, she would wander around the houses on the outskirts of the city to see if there was anything usable or edible. As time went by, it became increasingly difficult to find things in the houses on the outskirts.

Away from the statue fountain, the gate of the community was open, and there were shriveled zombies wandering inside. It looked like a once high-end community, but now it was overgrown with weeds, ivy covered most of the walls, and trees grew wildly, giving it a scene of a primitive jungle.

"The greenery in high-end residential areas is so good." Bai Xiao looked up. Now is not a good season, and he wondered if there would be snakes or something like that hidden in those wildly growing green plants.

"There is a small grass growing on the zombie's head." Bai Xiao also discovered a magical scene.

It was swaying and clinging to the sliding door at the entrance of the community, and no one knew what it was doing.

Lin Duoduo also took a look.

"Let's go," she said.

"I don't think there would be anything worth picking up in a place like this." Bai Xiao had an instinctive fear in his heart, which naturally arose when he saw the ruins of a former civilization.

If it was a barren and barren ruin, it would be fine, but the closer he got to the city center, the more it looked like a botanical garden, with all kinds of grass and trees growing wildly in the spring, tall buildings covered in green, and it had rained a few days ago, a scene of prosperity. This prosperity was built in the remains of the buildings, which made him, a person from the civilized era, feel indescribable resistance.

Wild and vigorous vitality and ruins can coexist at the same time, but the human figure is missing.

"When there were more people in the past, the city was very dangerous and we could only wander around the edges. Now the zombies in the city center are not that dangerous, but there are fewer people. This place was still a restricted area about ten years ago, and not many people moved here."

Lin Duoduo had not experienced the era before the disaster, so she did not have much feeling about this scene. She just slowed down her pace a lot, as dangers were often hidden in those dense plants.

"Room 13, Building 904, Happy Home..."

She looked up and saw that the vines climbing up the building also caused a lot of trouble in identifying the building.

"This is Building 3." Bai Xiao was on guard against the zombie with a blade of grass growing on its head. It might be the most mentally retarded zombie as it kept clinging to the door and didn't come over. The lush green grass swayed in the breeze.

Many cracks appeared on the originally hard ground, revealing black tree roots.

There are many rotten corpses on the ground. Some zombies have fallen down in time and can no longer get up.

Lin Duoduo squatted down and observed a pile of dried feces. Bai Xiao thought that she could tell what animal left it by tasting it, but Lin Duoduo stood up after taking a few glances. Bai Xiao couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"Be careful." Lin Duoduo became more cautious, listened attentively, and walked forward slowly.

Counting the buildings, Bai Xiao found Building 13. The electronic door of the apartment building was not locked. He didn't know how to open it if it was locked and failed.

Lin Duoduo observed carefully with her gun. This kind of corridor usually becomes a place for animals to take shelter from the rain. Many people's cats and dogs are no longer pets after the disaster, but dangerous predators. She didn't want to be picked up before she could pick up the trash.

"It's safe, walk slowly," she said.

The elevator had long been broken, so the two found the stairs and walked up slowly step by step.

There are brown stains on the wall.

The ninth floor is not high, and some zombies may be locked in the house. Bai Xiao heard faint noises when he climbed the stairs. He was slightly absent-minded. Being locked in a room in the community, trapped for more than ten years, maybe it is better to die. The ruins are just ruins, and they have lost their former danger. When Lin Duoduo took great effort to open the door, a long-term decayed smell came to her face. It was not very smelly, but just old. No one has set foot here for too long.

The house has three bedrooms and two living rooms. The living room is covered with dust and is messy. The sofa cushions are thrown on the ground and there are some scattered clothes.

Bai Xiao looked around and saw that the house was neither big nor small. He observed for a moment and went to the kitchen.

The refrigerator in the kitchen had long been scrapped, with only a thin layer of traces inside. Food should have been stored there, but after the power failed, it rotted little by little over a long period of time and was decomposed by microorganisms, and finally only these were left.

There were still a few cartons of milk in the refrigerator, but they were only half empty.

After closing the refrigerator, there were some bottles and jars on the stove, which were all seasonings. Bai Xiao opened them and took a look. They were all clumped together. He rubbed them with his hands and found that they were obviously no longer edible.

There was also half a barrel of peanut oil, which was very turbid. It was the first time that Bai Xiao knew what expired oil looked like. He shook it with his hand and opened the cupboard again. There were some unopened MSG and salt in the cupboard, which looked relatively normal, but he was not sure if the salt from 20 years ago was still edible.

Lin Duoduo should have experience.

Lin Duoduo just glanced around the rooms and then sat down on the sofa to rest, not caring about the layer of dust on it.

Bai Xiao couldn't sit still, so he left the kitchen and went to the bathroom. He looked at the mirror and pressed the toilet twice. The tap system had stopped working for a long time and of course would not supply water. There was shampoo and shower gel on the shelf. He picked them up and took a look, and they were all clumped.

The toothbrush in the mouthwash cup was okay, at least better than the one that Lin Duoduo had used so much that it was almost worn out after retirement. Bai Xiaogang was a little happy. He picked it up and rubbed it with his hands, and a lot of the bristles of the toothbrush fell off.

It's been really too long.

Bai Xiao stood there and sighed, then walked out and turned into the bedroom. The master bedroom was not very messy. The quilt was neatly folded at the head of the bed. A photo of a young couple was hung on the wall, as if the owners had only left temporarily.

At this time, Lin Duoduo called him in the living room, and he responded and went out.

"Rope." Lin Duoduo said.

Bai Xiao then realized that he had been carrying the bundle of ropes and had not put them down yet.

Only a few households on floors high enough have installed anti-theft nets.

Lin Duoduo had already opened the balcony window and looked around. As she expected, she could flip over to the neighbor's house from here. Lin Duoduo took two cups and threw them next door, making two bangs. Then she listened for a while and found no movement. Then she tied a rope around her waist, climbed up the edge and prepared to flip over.

"Be careful!" Bai Xiao was frightened. If he fell from the ninth floor, he would be gone.

"Hold the rope!" said Lin Duoduo.

Then he lightly climbed over to the next door, entered the balcony, untied the rope and went in. After a moment, he said, "You can come in through the door."

Bai Xiao went out, and sure enough, the door next door had been opened from the inside.

He suddenly had the illusion that he was being robbed.

When I walked into the house, Lin Duoduo was walking around inside. There was also a thick layer of dust here, but the decoration looked better than the previous one, and there was even a treadmill in the living room.

"This floor, and the floors below, are all ours," said Lin Duoduo.

(End of this chapter)