What caught Chen Ye's eyes was a large gatehouse erected at the entrance of the town, which said" "Welcome to Xinghua Town!" "
The mottled red paint of the gatehouse looks very desolate.
Past the gatehouse is a long street, which extends into the distance.
It was obviously three o'clock in the afternoon, but it made people feel that there was endless darkness hidden at the end of this road.
There are rows of merchants on both sides of the street.
The uniform black background and white characters on the billboards make people look very uncomfortable.
The streets are overgrown with weeds, the walls are mottled, and even the black and white billboards are mostly damaged.
It's only been a few months since the weird outbreak.
And this town looks like no one has been here for decades.
A smell of rotting moisture came to his face.
As long as it is not a person with a brain problem, you can see that there is a problem in Xinghua Town.
Many people's faces were pale, their legs and bellies had already begun to cramp, and they retreated.
Chen Ye's face was not very good-looking either, and he held the crossbow from his waist in his hand.
Although the crossbow is useless to humans, it can at least provide some psychological comfort.
Just when everyone was hesitant.
A rough voice sounded:
"Mother-in-law, Lao Tzu went first! "
Everyone followed the voice and saw a strong man who was two meters tall and weighed more than three hundred kilograms squeezed out of a modified off-road vehicle.
That's right, it was squeezed out of the car.
When the man was standing on the ground, Chen Ye knew how outrageous the man's size was.
He is more than two meters tall, extremely burly, and his arms are almost the waist thickness of an adult man.
The strong man ignored the gaze of others and rushed to the supermarket billboard in the distance like a giant elephant.
Strong man, no, it should be the direction the giant man is heading. Obviously there is a big supermarket.
Supermarkets often represent extremely rich materials.
"Hey, big fool, wait for me! "
There was a curse from the off-road vehicle, and the off-road vehicle started and followed the strong man.
The others looked at each other, and soon a second off-road vehicle followed, targeting the supermarket with the huge billboard.
"Damn it, the bold starve to death the timid! "
An old man around him started his own old man and followed.
"You group of young people are not as good as my old man! "
"When the old man and I come out, you will watch the old man and I will eat and drink spicy food. "
The old man left such a taunt before he left.
The faces of the others on the scene flushed.
Cursing was endless for a while, and a lot of people were stimulated by this sentence to keep up.
But many people stood still and hesitated.
Chen Ye also followed these people on a tricycle.
It's just that Chen Ye's goal is not the distant supermarket.
The supermarket is too far into the town, in case something happens, you can't escape if you want to escape.
Chen Ye's goal is the shops on both sides of the street.
The materials in the shops may not be as rich as supermarkets, but they are better than safety.
And there is sunshine on the streets.
According to the experience summarized by the survivors, when they are chased by the weird, as long as they escape to a sunny place, those weird will stop chasing.
There are not a few people who plan the same as Chen Ye, and several people around are also eyeing these shops.
Fortunately, there are really many shops here, and it's okay for one person and one family.
Chen Ye came to the door of a tobacco, alcohol and sideline restaurant. Through the glass door, he could still see the furnishings in the shop. A pack of cigarettes was placed naked on the glass counter.
In a slightly darker place next to it, there are rows of shelves, and there are still some small snacks on the shelves, but because of the light problem, it is temporarily invisible.
Although this kind of small side food shop may not have as many supplies as a supermarket, it is still enough for Chen Ye to collect.
Especially the cigarettes in the glass window, they are very greedy.
Chen Ye has been smoking for more than ten years, and the days without smoking are really difficult.
Moreover, in the end of the world, in addition to food, cigarettes and alcohol, as well as medicines, they are also in short supply.
Even if some people don't smoke by themselves, they will use these cigarettes to exchange needed supplies with others.
Chen Yegang was about to find a brick to smash down the glass door, but found that the lock of the shop had been corroded out of shape.
With a gentle pull of his hand, he pushed the lock on the glass door away.
The glass door made an unpleasant sound of "squeaking", and even the hinges of the glass door were rusty, as if they could be disconnected with a push.
Chen Ye glanced into the shop.
At this time, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon and nearly four o'clock, the sun was slanting westward, and the sun shone into the shop from the door.
The location of the doorway in the shop was illuminated, just in time to hit the cigarette counter.
The other directions that were not found were a little dark, which was in stark contrast to the light at the door.
Raising his crossbow, Chen Ye cautiously walked into the shop and looked hard into the shop, but did not find any strange shadows or anything.
Chen Ye sped up, quickly carried the backpack behind him to the front of him, and began to sweep the food on the shelves.
Although he wanted to get those cigarettes very much, he still restrained the desire in his heart.
In the end of the world, if you don't smoke, you won't die, but if you don't have food, you will really die.
At this moment, reason triumphed over sensibility.
Chen Ye's hands were fast, and everything that caught his eye was swept into his backpack.
This backpack was specially found by Chen Ye when he was collecting supplies before, so that it was at this time.
There is a lot of space in the backpack, but there is much less food on the shelves than imagined.
Many shelves are still empty.
The goods of this kind of township side food store are not as abundant as the kind of 24-hour convenience stores in the city.
Since the opening of a supermarket in Xinghua Town, the business of this small side food shop has become more and more difficult.
If it weren't for the end of the world, I'm afraid it won't be long before this side food store will be transferred out.
Everything that was seen by Chen Ye did not escape Chen Ye's sweep.
All kinds of spicy noodles, instant noodles, jelly, all swept into the backpack.
The sunlight outside the door is slowly slanting westward, and the area exposed to sunlight in this store is decreasing.
Chen Ye swept everything away, and only two-thirds of the backpack was packed. After pressing hard, the previous two-thirds have now become one-half.
Only then did Chen Ye turn his gaze to the cigarettes on the counter and swallowed.
This time Chen Ye's speed was faster, and he danced like a phantom with both hands.
Not only are there towers, but also a few packs of Huazi.
However, most of them are relatively cheap cigarettes, and there are only a few packs of Huazi.
There are not many lotuses, only two or three packs.
Chen Ye didn't dislike it, and all these cigarettes were swept into his backpack.
Even the cabinets under the glass counter did not let go.
Coupled with the previous food, a fairly large backpack was quickly filled with Dangdang.
Chen Ye put everything he could take away in his backpack. As for those daily necessities, as long as they were not necessities, Chen Ye gave up one by one.
Chen Ye also packed two bottles of wine.
Suddenly, a familiar shudder rose from his heart.
It's like standing at the entrance of the town just now and looking at the dilapidated town.
I also encountered it several times when I was in Jiangcheng.
Anyone who survives knows what this feeling represents.
A face that was whiter than the corpse that had been dead for three days was placed on the back of Chen Ye's head.
Chen Ye could feel a chill in the back of his neck, and all the hair on the back of his hands stood up.
You can still smell a cold and damp smell in your nose.
Goose bumps spread from the back of the hand to the whole body.
It's like an icy snake crawling across the back.
Chen Ye turned his face slowly.
It was the face of a child about seven or eight years old, very close to Chen Ye.
That pale skin, exaggerated blush.
The eyes and mouth are bent into arcs, forming an exaggerated and weird smiley face.
The whole child is like a piece of paper.
The child squatted in the dark like a monkey, staring straight at Chen Ye with a curious gaze.
Between the two of them, a line of alternating light and dark is formed.
There is still the remaining sunlight on one side, and on the other side it is extremely cold and weird.
I don't know that when this child came in from Chen Ye, he hid in a dark corner and looked at him like this.
Still just appeared.
"My grass! "
Chen Ye staggered over the counter and wanted to rush out.
Only to find that the glass door had been inserted with a wooden stick from the outside by a person.
This door was locked like this.
Someone targeted me?
At this moment, Chen Ye looked through the glass door and saw a man and a woman standing in front of his tricycle outside the door.
Chen Ye also knew these two people.
The woman in it was the yoga pants woman who had been rejected by herself before, and she remembered that her name was Jiajia.
That man is a fitness coach Hadron.
The two of them seemed to have sensed something, and turned their heads to look over, just in time to face Chen Ye's eyes.
As soon as the yoga pants girl was about to mock triumphantly, she saw the pale-skinned child in the dark behind Chen Ye.
That face suddenly became extremely panicked, and he hurriedly urged Qiangzi to leave.
"Hehe..."
There was a child's laughter.
"Empress Yue, take care of the coffin bed, my brother is waiting for sugar to cry heartbroken~~~"
If there is nothing in this sound, it seems to be far away or near.
This is "paper crying boy!" "
The Empress of the moon in that ballad probably refers to the moon.
In some parts of the south, the moon is often associated with the protection of children.
Coffin bed refers to the coffin.
Sugar was a rare commodity in the old days, so in some places, sugar was also used as a comfort food after children's funerals.
Chen Ye had met paper crying boy in Jiangcheng before.
Unexpectedly, there were paper crying children in Xinghua Town.
Chen Ye only felt his scalp numb.
"Whoosh! "
A crossbow arrow shot out and passed directly through the body of the paper crying boy.
Chen Ye just wanted to curse at this time.
"Empress Yue, take care of the coffin bed, my brother is waiting for sugar to cry heartbroken~~~"
"Hehe...eat sugar, I want to eat sugar!" "