Dangerous Survival in the Apocalypse Chapter 40

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The man stood behind the counter, his short hair covered half of his eyes, and the bulging backpack behind him was particularly eye-catching.

His body was tense and full of alertness. After seeing the child in Shen Shian's arms, his alertness was slightly lowered. After seeing Shen Shian's appearance, his alertness lowered again. He had to admit that being good looking has its advantage, people are more likely to be less vigilant with beautiful things.

But his gaze turned to the long sword behind Shen Shian, and the alertness that had came down doubled back in an instant.

Shen Shian quickly looked at him, and looked at the blood of the two zombies lying on the floor outside the counter.

"My surname is Shen," Shen Shian said voluntarily, "It's getting dark, and then I think it will be dangerous if I continue to go forward to the center of the town. I'm going to settle here with my kid. If you find it uncomfortable, I can move away."

The other side was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "No." He paused and added, "My surname is Chen."

Shen Shian asked, "Are there any other zombies?"

"No, I've checked."

Shen Shian put the child down, "Then let's throw these two zombies out."

The other party nodded and walked out from behind the counter. They saw each other more clearly after approaching. The man's face was sharp and angular, and he seemed to be the type that is not fond of talking. Shen Xun followed his pace and turned his eyes halfway, suddenly sniffing the air.

Shen Shian cooperated with the other party, lifted the zombies and threw them out, then they cleaned the place. The display style here was similar to the most common large pharmacy, with glass cabinets of equal  height standing against the wall, and packets of seeds inside. The shelf in the middle was supposed to contain agricultural products, but it has been ransacked and moved to the sides, leaving a large area free. There was also a small space behind the shop, which should be the place where the boss or salesperson rests.

"The zombies here were solved by you alone," Shen Shian said, "You collect materials first."

The other person's expression eased. He nodded, walked around the back room, and walked back quickly with a slightly disappointed face. He probably didn't find any food. He said to Shen Shian, "I'm fine."

Shen Shian walked directly to the glass cabinets and counters where the seeds were placed, and checked carefully from left to right. Unexpectedly, there were obviously traces of being collected, and a large area was empty in many places, so Shen Shian couldn't help but think of the man's bulging backpack. But what does the other party want to do with the seeds? Is he ready to settle down and farm?

Since the other party said that he had already searched, Shen Shian was not polite. He took a backpack from the car and packed all the remaining seeds into it. He also packed the two bags of white radish, who knows if the mutant geese would like the white radish that neither he or the child like to eat.

After putting the seeds back in the car, the sky was completely dark. Shen Shian found a bundle of firewood nearby, and when he entered the building, he found that the child was staring at the man's backpack.

"Xun Xun." Shen Shian said and apologized to the other party, "Sorry, my child is not sensible."

The other party shook his head and said nothing, but pulled the backpack closer to himself.

He occupied the end of the shop near the door, and Shen Shian took the child to the other end of the shop. The two sides were diagonally opposite to each other, and each lit a bonfire. The iron fence was tightly closed, and the gate was closed, leaving only a ten centimeter gap as a vent. The orange light reflected on the wall and the glass cabinet was bright.

Because there is another person, they could only eat instant noodles tonight. Shen Shian took the pot and water from the car. After the water boiled, he put tomato sauce, Laoganma, noodles, eggs, ham and sausages. The orange-red soup was boiling with bubbles, and the rich aroma quickly filled the entire store.

Shen Shian's hearing has improved significantly due to his spiritual power. Although he hasn't measured it carefully, he could probably hear a subtle movement 20 meters away. For example, he could clearly hear the voice of a young man swallowing saliva from the other end of the shop.

The other party was obviously struggling to suppress their desires, turning their backs away from looking here. But when Shen Xun started holding the bowl and slurping the noodles, he was finally unable to bear it. He hesitated for a long while. He seemed determined and took something out of his backpack and walked slowly towards Shen Shian, "Sorry to bother. I want to ask, can I exchange a pack of instant noodles with you?"

Shen Shian looked at the thing in his hand, it was two big potatoes.

The other party apparently realized that this exchange was somewhat unequal, and his face was slightly red. With a little pleading tone, he added, "I know that two potatoes are a little bit less, but tomorrow you will be leaving right? Then I will give you two potatoes tomorrow." He stopped abruptly before he finished speaking, as if he had accidentally revealed some important secret. The man hurriedly stopped the conversation, and he was slightly annoyed.

Shen Shian did not understand the meaning of his words since if he could give him two potatoes again tomorrow, why not just give them all now to exchange with instant noodles?

The annoyance in his expression became more apparent, and he gave up to exchange for the instant noodles anymore. He turned his back to return.

"Wait a minute." Shen Shian shouted at him and took out a pack of instant noodles from his backpack, plus a sausage and a drumstick, "I'm willing to exchange it with you. In addition to these two potatoes, if you have seeds, then it couldn't be better."

The man's eyes lit up, and after a moment of hesitation, "I have."

He squatted down to put the potato next to Shen Shian, quickly returned to his position, and took packets of seeds out of the bag with his back to the two. Shen Shian noticed that after taking these seeds out, his backpack was still bulging. Suddenly, the child who was eating was now staring at the backpack while eating noodles. Shen Shian raised his hand and rubbed the child on his head, "Don't look, what's so good." These days, strangers were on guard against each other. Staring at someone's backpack was always a problem, and they would get a misunderstanding with the other party.

The child leaned into his ear and whispered, "There is something in his bag."

Shen Shian was helpless and reminded him with his eyes that they had eaten enough.

While the two were whispering with each other, the man had returned with the seeds. Shen Shian looked at it. Most of them were tubers such as sweet potatoes, taro, radishes. Although it was not the grass he wanted most, it was equally precious.

He counted the packs and the total was seventeen packets, "How about a pack of seeds for a pack of instant noodles, or a ham?"Shen Shian said.

The man was unable to believe it, "Really?"

Shen Shian nodded, "Instant noodles and ham are fine, you can choose which one to exchange with."

The man considered for a moment, "Fifteen packs of instant noodles and two hams."

Shen Shian told the child to stand up and they walked out. After a while, they came back to a box with exactly 15 packs of instant noodles and two hams. As for the drumsticks which came in the initial packet of the instant noodles, "It's yours too. Exchange with your two potatoes." It was an apology for the child's behavior.

The man carefully picked up the box and turned around. Before he returned to his place, he said to Shen Shian, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." After thinking for a while, Shen Shian decided that the value of the seeds was much greater than that of instant noodles. Not only that, in the face of a person of the same age who does not seem to be strong and carrying a child, the other party did not show any evil intentions from beginning to end. In that case, he did not mind being kind, "Do you need a pot and water? I have them."

The man shook his head, he was not alert anymore, "There is a pot and running water in the back room of the shop, I just saw it. Thank you."

As the other party went to the back room to wash the pot to get water, Shen Xun was staring at the backpack again. Now even Shen Shian was curious, "What the hell are you looking at?"

Just after looking at the child's eyes, he noticed that the bulging backpack suddenly moved.

The sound of the man's footsteps sounded back in his ears, and Shen Shian quickly pinched the child's chin to turn him over and to "eat well." Perhaps the man had a pet in his backpack. It's not impossible, Yun Feiyang took away only Ruibao when he left. Less trouble, and there was no one to bother.

While thinking about it, he held the potato exchanged by the man for instant noodles in his hand. He originally only looked at it. But after looking longer, it seemed that the potato was newly harvested. Even the stained dirt was still moist.

He was thinking for a long time before stopping, everyone had their own secrets in the last days. Maybe the other party just found a vegetable field with potatoes growing near the town. As long as he was not threatening to himself and his child, he had no reason to investigate.

The water was boiling in the pot, and the aroma of instant noodles soon wafted from the shop. While the other party was holding the pot to eat the noodles, his backpack suddenly jumped up and fell back again, as if there was something struggling violently in it, and the movement was so heavy that it was impossible for Shen Shian to pretend not to see it.

The man panicked and his face was all white. He coughed violently with the soup and dropped the pot on the ground. He quickly reached out and patted the bag, "Hush, hush."

His hand was stuck on the bag for a long time, and the backpack was quiet again.

Shen Shian thought, so it's a pet.

The atmosphere in the shop was tense for a while because of the sudden disturbance. It happened that he and Shen Xun had finished eating. He put out the bonfire, carried the pot and backpack, and walked out with the child. He told the man, "We will rest in the car tonight."

The man stood up, and breathed a long sigh of relief, "Okay, I'm in here. If there is anything wrong, just call me."

Shen Shian nodded. He was carrying the pot in one hand and the bag in the other. The child walked out behind him, and he was walking badly. While walking, he kicked small stones to the left and right, and suddenly kicked it to the man's backpack. .

The backpack fell to the ground. The bag that was originally tightly closed was opened by half, and a human head rolled out from the inside. 

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