Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

When Qianqian came back, she found Ma Yuanyuan and Xiao Jiao were talking about something. They were holding a bundle of tape and some cardboard in their hands.

Qianqian was confused looking at the cardboard boxes all over the floor, so she curled up on the sofa, holding her stomach and asked softly, "What are you doing? Why are you making so many cardboard boxes?"

Another male colleague named Afang was busy cutting the cardboard into the designed size. Without even looking up, he said, "Let's prepare some self-defense weapons for everyone. When you left just now, we discussed that we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to make some self-defense equipment. If the zombies rush in and bite us, we'll be screwed."

Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then asked, "How could a zombie possibly rush in? Isn't the door of our company made of explosion-proof glass? Ten men may not be able to push it open. Besides, I remember that when this door was first installed, the boss had someone come to test it."

When the explosion-proof glass was first installed, the boss had two security guards hit it with hammers. In the end, the explosion-proof glass door was intact, with only a scratch the size of a fingernail left on it.

Only after that did the boss feel at ease to pay the balance to the decoration company. The company was robbed several times afterwards, but in the end they all failed because of this glass door with a high security factor.

Moreover, although the delivery zombie outside kept banging on the door over the past two days, the glass door remained motionless.

Qianqian believed that as long as they could stay in the company, they could wait for rescue from the base. There would be enough food, and they could last another ten days if they ate sparingly. She had no idea that zombies could break in.

But Ma Yuanyuan and Xiao Jiao don't think so. If the base really started the rescue, it wouldn't have taken so long. Five days is not a short time. Since the disaster broke out, there has been no movement. Except for the occasional banging sounds downstairs and the growls of zombies at night, no other sounds can be heard in this building. This is enough to show that the situation outside is more serious than they thought, and the entire base may even be in crisis.

In fact, just as they guessed, the outer circle and the inner circle had been completely isolated and blocked.

Originally, Jiangcheng Base had a total of six gates planned in the early stages of construction, four of which were the main gates for entering the base from the east, west, south and north directions. Each gate was made of the most sophisticated materials. The gate alone was more than three meters thick and weighed nearly a thousand tons. It was said that even if a cannon was fired at the gate, the most that could be left was a dent, and ordinary bullets and collisions would have no effect at all.

In addition to the four outermost gates, there are two more gates from the outer circle to the inner circle. The gates are made of the same material as the base gates, but they are not usually activated. They are only used when the base activates an emergency alarm. On a daily basis, only the first steel gate is closed. There are about six Self-Defense Force members on duty at each entrance, three shifts a day, and each member is fully armed. In recent years, except for the occasional people who try to break into the gates by relying on their power, no one has ever been able to break into the base.

But this time, on the second day after the zombie virus outbreak, the second gate to the inner circle was activated, which completely cut off the connection between the two circles, and the whole city began to be under martial law. During the martial law, no matter whether it was humans or animals, not even a fly, could fly out of the inner circle.

The current situation is that the zombie virus has not yet broken out in the outer circle, but the inner circle has already fallen completely. The number of zombies has accounted for one-tenth of the population in the inner circle. This number is very scary, which means that among the nearly 100,000 people in the inner circle, 10,000 have been infected with the zombie virus. The top leaders of the base chose to completely isolate the inner and outer circles in order to prevent the situation from further deteriorating. You must know that there are nearly 400,000 floating populations in the outer circle. If the zombie virus breaks out in the outer circle, it means that the entire base will fall completely. For this reason, the top leaders of the base will never allow such a situation to happen.

Ma Yuanyuan saw that Qianqian didn't look very well, so she asked with concern: "Qianqian, are you okay? Are you sick?"

As soon as they heard Ma Yuanyuan's words, Xiao Jiao and A Fang also looked over.

You have to know that getting sick at this critical juncture means dragging down the entire team. First of all, once you are sick, you will need someone to take care of you, and then you may have to consider whether it will affect their next actions.

The people here have all experienced the end of the world. Even if they are colleagues, what they care about most is still their own interests, so they naturally have less empathy.

Qianqian immediately shook her head, then replied in a low voice: "No, that one is coming."

Ma Yuanyuan, who was also a woman, immediately understood what Qianqian meant, so she asked, "Then drink some hot water. I'll make it for you. Wait a minute."

Because of the power outage, if you need hot water during this period, you can only use a portable gas stove.

Previously, the company boss decided to organize a spring outing after the Chinese New Year. The location chosen was a park near the outer circle where there was a small river. The company's vice president had been there and was full of praise for the scenery. So, with the boss's approval, the purchasing department purchased a batch of outdoor supplies to facilitate dozens of people in the company to go out for picnics. These included a portable gas stove and two boxes of explosion-proof gas cylinders.

These gas cylinders are enough to last a whole month, so they don’t have to worry about not having hot water to drink or having open flames to cook instant noodles.

While boiling brown sugar water for Qianqian, Ma Yuanyuan once again praised and bowed to the boss in her heart. If it weren't for the boss's original decision, it would have been difficult for them to have a sip of hot water during a power outage.

After handing the brown sugar water to Qianqian, Ma Yuanyuan continued with her work.

Ah Fang couldn't help but spit when he heard the banging on the door outside: "Can't these monsters be quiet? Why do they seem to have endless energy? Logically, they don't have much to eat, and they don't sleep at night, so how come they still have so much energy?"

Ma Yuanyuan shrugged: "Who knows, maybe it's because of a genetic mutation. Anyway, they are no longer human, so it's not surprising that their physical and mental strength are abnormal."

Qianqian huddled on the sofa holding a cup. Although the pain in her lower abdomen was relieved after drinking, she still felt a little frustrated when she saw other people busying themselves and couldn't help.

"I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling well. I'll do this together once I'm better."

Ma Yuanyuan smiled and said, "It's okay, it's not a big deal. If you don't feel comfortable, just take a nap. Anyway, we have nothing to do and we can just do these to kill time."

"Yes, Qianqian, just take care of yourself. If you think we are quarreling, you can plug your ears with cotton." Xiao Jiao also comforted her.

Qianqian shook her head: "No, I will feel even less safe if I stuff it with cotton." What if the zombies rush in while she is still sleeping? In this situation, she still has to maintain some sense of crisis.

When the others saw her lying listlessly on the sofa, they stopped talking to her and instead immersed themselves in various preparations.

"Okay, let's stop here for today. Are you hungry? I'll go cook some instant noodles." Ma Yuanyuan stood up and stretched, then looked at the two men sitting on the ground.

"I want the Kangshoufu spicy beef flavor with a sausage, thank you." Xiao Jiao tied the last cardboard with tape, then put it on his arm to try it out. When he found that the effect was good, he nodded with satisfaction.

Ah Fang smiled and said, "I want the old hen soup flavor, with more soup. I'm too tired tonight, and I want to drink some soup to warm my body and relieve my fatigue."

Ma Yuanyuan looked at Qianqian who had fallen into a deep sleep, and thought that it would be better not to disturb her for the time being and let her have a good rest during her menstrual period.

While unpacking instant noodles, Ma Yuanyuan sighed that it was a good thing that her period just ended last week, and her period would usually be delayed by a week, so she wouldn't have to worry about her period for at least a month, and it would be convenient for her to move around afterwards. But at the same time, she was also worried about Qianqian's condition. She and Qianqian entered the company at the same time, and were in the same project team. They had a good relationship in private and would occasionally go out for dinner and shopping. She didn't want any accidents to happen at such a critical moment.

After eating and drinking, Ma Yuanyuan took a look at her mobile phone which had only 30 percent battery left.

At 8:30 in the evening, there was still no network or communication signal on the mobile phone, which meant that the signal tower of the base had not been repaired yet. It might have been damaged by zombies, but it had not been repaired for so many days. It seemed that the situation outside was not optimistic.

Thinking of this, Ma Yuanyuan used a hand-cranked flashlight to shine towards the window. They were worried that the zombies would sense the breath of living people from outside, so they tried to close the doors and windows as much as possible during this period, and even drew the curtains.

Through observation, they found that zombies are not only sensitive to smells and sounds, but also to light sources. At first, they didn't know that the lights were on as usual on the two nights when there was no power outage. As a result, after hearing the roar of zombies coming from downstairs in the company, they realized that dozens of zombies had gathered downstairs and were frantically banging on the door.

At that time, Ma Yuanyuan recognized that one of the zombies was the security guard who ran up to check the situation that day. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape the disaster. He even lost an arm and the flesh on his face was almost bitten off.

Ma Yuanyuan lifted one foot of the curtain and saw that the street lights outside were still on. Seven or eight zombies were wandering on the road. They were wandering aimlessly but repeating the same behavior, walking from the street side to the convenience store in front, and then returning. They repeated this dozens or even hundreds of times, as if they were never tired.

Qianqian woke up at some point and felt something sticky under her body. The heavy amount of menstrual flow made her uncomfortable, so she decided to go to the bathroom to deal with it.

She asked Ma Yuanyuan for a flashlight and tiptoed into the bathroom. Just as she was throwing the changed sanitary napkin into the trash can, she was frightened by a loud noise and almost jumped up on the spot. The source of the sound came from the glass door!