Chapter 29 Negligence

It was already dawn when I returned to the supermarket

Although the sky is still so dark, the horizon has already shone with some dawn

After Yusuke confirmed that there were no zombies nearby, he opened the rolling gate at the entrance halfway upwards.

Then, after getting in, operate the switch box and let the rolling gate fall and lock it.

Because the lights were gone, the gentle slope looked pitch black

Occasionally, some of the surrounding areas where emergency lights are set are illuminated hazyly

Yusuke took out the strong flashlight and turned it on, walking downwards

I originally thought that once the car is ready, as long as I call Shenyue and the others, I can set off at any time.

Finally, I touched the truck parked at the unloading table. Yusuke took out the remote control of the car key and unlocked the car.

Then climb up to the driver's seat and turn on the headlights. The high beam extends forward along the cement floor like a tear-breaking darkness.

After confirming that the remaining amount on the fuel meter is very sufficient, Yusuke didn't turn off the lights and got off the car just like that.

At this time, Yusuke stopped moving

I just noticed that there seemed to be a strange smell in the ground

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It's the smell that keeps irritating the nose like a farmer's fat accumulation

(This is a problem with the sewer, which is also...............?)

The lights kept storming around looking for the source of the foul smell, but unexpectedly found the door that was just open.

When he drove the zombies wandering here to the ground, Yusuke clearly closed the door leading to the house.

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Take out your pistol without saying a word

There is no human voice nearby

After entering the door, I confirmed the surroundings

The passage in front of you extends toward the front and right

The nearby staircase leading to the first floor is blocked by the fireproof shutter door

(Zombies····················? It's impossible that Shenyue is here...)

Maybe there are still zombies here

If this is the case, those three people must take some action before they come down.

However, the smell is the most important thing.

After entering the house, the odor became even stronger

It seems to be floating from the passage directly in front of it

Yusuke recalled the floor distribution map here in his mind, and approached him while paying attention to the movements around him.

This path should lead to the electromechanical chamber and boiler chamber.

Yusuke kept groping forward with the strong light flashlight in his hand and the sparsely distributed emergency lights on the road.

Although he found many rooms along the way, they were all locked

But when he continued to move inside and reached the end of the road, he found that there was a double-open door just so open

The smell comes from here

(It's actually here... with the door open?)

After hiking into the door with questions, it was a place where kitchen waste was piled up

There are garbage troughs on the walls, and the kitchen waste that slides down on the first floor accumulates into a hill on the cart on the flatbed truck.

There are several carts that are already full of

Yusuke remembers that the process should be to pull these into the compost and mix them with the microorganisms to ferment, and then move them out after composting.

Yusuke recalled the information from the supermarket he had read on the third floor, and shot around with a light in his hand.

The ground that is filled with cement is very dirty due to its long-term deterioration and traces of garbage.

The shelves were all lying on the ground, and the bottles similar to lotion were also lying on the ground

It seems that this is the source of the stench

(Does the odor of garbage? No, if that is...)

Although this is mixed with the odor of rotten kitchen waste, no matter how it is, it should be like the odor of the sewer

The lights reflected on the ground, and he continued to walk inside

Then a composer reflected in the light

It has a stainless steel shape about one meter high and two meters wide, and there is a large entrance on it.

However, when he threw the light aside without caring, he suddenly stopped his movements

Next to the composer, there was a slightly dirt blanket along the wall.

There are corrugated boxes on the ground and the walls, which probably looks like the homeless person's residence.

Yusuke quickly approached and grabbed the blanket in his hand

Although the blanket has cooled down, you can still feel the residual temperature from the composer next to you

It seems that the fermentation heat generated during the composting process of the composting device is replaced by the heating.

With the anxiety that kept surging in his chest, he kept patrolling the room with the light

A lot of vegetable crumbs scattered from the side-falling corrugated boxes

Although it looks like waste, it is basically eaten in a mess, with only a few skins and buds scattered.

After careful look, there were also things that were searched from the kitchen waste cart

The wreckage was scattered all over the ground, and the rotten juice was splashing everywhere

Turning around, there is a cleaning place nearby, and the rubber tube connected to the faucet is hanging on the ground.

There is a drainage ditch dug against the wall, connecting to the drainage port in the corner of the room

The source of the stench is probably there

Lean over and lift the lid of the four corners, which was full of stench and feces.

This is obviously a sign that humans have lived here

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Yusuke turned off the flashlight and pricked his ears

There is no human voice nearby

If there was an ambush, I would have been attacked long ago

In this darkness, Yusuke's flashlight's light is as bright and conspicuous as a desk lamp

Yusuke is in the dark, constantly working his mind

(Not the intruder... Is it the staff who escaped late?)

From the time when zombies are wandering around here, the possibility of invasion from outside can be ruled out first

In other words, when Yusuke first arrived at this supermarket, he was already hiding here.

(No... If the staff member is, he will definitely run to the third floor and get contact from the outside world. Usually, he will not think of hiding in such a place...)

Inadvertently, I remembered what Shenyue said

On the way to the shelter, a large group of zombies were attacked, and then everyone nearby flocked to the supermarket together.

Although he initially adopted a trapping strategy, as the food gradually decreased, his anxiety increased, and more people wanted to see what was happening outside became more and more.

Then, no one came back

(No one came back...)

That's right, it's not confirmed that all the employees have died

If you have some brains, you will go to the monitoring room to confirm the images in each area when you walk out of the third floor.

The first and second floors are full of zombies, so I should understand that I can't escape from these two places.

If you try to run out there, you will only become a partner of the zombies.

If so, underground...

When Yusuke first came to this supermarket, he didn't find a zombie figure from the video footage at the entrance.

If anyone has watched the surveillance video, he will choose to escape from the ground.

However, the parking lot is full of zombies and it becomes difficult to escape.

In this case, you can only take the option of returning to the house

If there is a pile of kitchen waste here, there is everything, whether it is water, food or heating.

But sometimes I will be chased by the zombies walking down from the stairs connected to the first floor.

But no matter what, we can hide for a month in this place surrounded by the boiler room and the electromechanical room.

But that's only until the power outage

The composer stopped and the lights went out

Generally speaking, there is no way to continue to endure the darkness of the starvation and coldness.

So you will take action outside

All the zombies wandering around here were driven to the first floor by Yusuke, so there was no threat.

Thinking of this, Yusuke turned on the light and ran back to the unloading desk quickly

The rolling gate at the entrance cannot be opened except Yusuke holding the key.

The other party's destination should be to go up

Turning around, the elevator was showing 3F

(Fuck me)

Emergency power supply is still in operation

Yusuke kept pressing the upward button, waiting anxiously for the elevator

Yusuke suddenly remembered the radio phone, turned around and ran back to the truck

Because the communication distance is relatively short, it is always placed in the cab.

Holding the phone that was hanging randomly in one hand, calling at Shenyue

Hello, did you hear it? I am Wucun, maybe some survivors will come to you. Don't stimulate each other before I come

No answer

Put the phone on your waist and look at the slowly descending elevator, Yusuke thought

(It's not that the survivor must be hostile to us............... As long as he is given food, it should be fine)

After a long time, the lights were turned on all around, and then his eyes fell on the truck shelves

One of the corrugated boxes was flipped aside, and the smoked meat inside was scattered.

The packaging was caught and a lot of it was eaten

There is still an empty mineral water bottle on the other end

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With a tingling sound, the elevator arrived

Yusuke walked into the unmanned elevator car and punched the 3F button with one punch