Chapter 98 Come On, There’s Meat to Eat

Chapter 98 Come On, There's Meat to Eat

"Where should we go first?"

Meng Ci and Shen Que were both wearing scarves, furry hats on their heads, and thick coats that only left their eyes exposed.

After leaving the building, they walked north.

Shen Que had his hands in his pockets, and every time he spoke, a puff of white mist emerged.

"To the building we entered before."

"Mm."

Thinking about what Shen Que said he needed to find, Meng Ci felt a surge of excitement.

He even swallowed, wondering if this meant he could eat meat soon.

A flash of yellow thoughts crossed his mind.

Looking at Shen Que, Meng Ci thought that since Shen Que didn't know anything, he wouldn't be too polite.

The security teams formed by the government were now in operation.

Every five residents formed a team, accompanied by two armed soldiers.

These security teams patrolled day and night, so there were fewer troublemakers these days.

Yun Jingcen and the others, except for Mao Xinyu and Ruan Qing, had all been hired by the security teams. However, they always split into two shifts when going to work.

Either Yun Jingcen and Fang Shurui worked the day shift, or Duan Yan and Cheng Yu worked the night shift, ensuring that someone was always in the house.

This was to prevent theft while everyone was out.

Two days ago, Yun Jingcen delivered walkie-talkies to Meng Ci and the others.

With the security teams patrolling outside, residents no longer dared to openly steal.

So the iron net leading to the seventeenth floor had been removed by Duan Yan, but the main entrance to the building was still locked as a precaution.

Now that they didn't need to fight together, returning the walkie-talkies was a good idea. Both families would live peacefully without disturbing each other.

The temperature had already dropped to minus forty degrees.

Meng Ci had seen several people lose their ears due to inadequate protection from the cold.

However, because it was so cold, they couldn't feel the pain right away.

So this time, Meng Ci had applied many warming patches.

During pre-apocalypse shopping, Meng Ci had accidentally come across a male celebrity wearing a temperature-regulating coat on set.

At the time, Meng Ci's eyes lit up, and he quickly searched for such clothes.

In the end, Meng Ci managed to buy ten of them.

Although they could regulate temperature, the current extreme cold made them less effective.

If not for the lack of electricity and internet, Meng Ci would have given them a one-star review.

Meng Ci and Shen Que walked silently to the front of the mall where they had previously looted.

The mall was buried under snow up to the fifth or sixth floor, with only a meter-high roof visible.

The snow on the roof had been shoveled aside, and a hole had been dug somewhere, with people going in and out through it.

Some went down full of hope, while others came up dejected.

Even though those coming up said there was nothing below, the ones going down still held a sliver of hope, hoping to find food that others had missed.

In this post-apocalyptic world, the government could only manage the living, as long as they didn't cause trouble.

As for scavenging, it was impossible to control.

Without hesitation, Meng Ci and Shen Que joined the crowd and went down.

When they had come here before, the second floor and below were flooded, but the other floors were intact.

Now, upon entering, they found the building in chaos.

Equipment on the seventh and sixth floors had been smashed and destroyed, with many people searching through everything.

Meng Ci and Shen Que had a clear goal and headed straight to the supermarket on the fifth floor.

The shelves were toppled over, and items like toothbrushes, bowls, chopsticks, and towels, which couldn't fill stomachs or keep one warm, were scattered everywhere.

Shen Que had a clear target and went to the cash register area.

Typically, supermarkets place condoms near the cash registers for easy purchase.

Now, these ordinary residents only cared about food and clothing, completely ignoring condoms.

Therefore, Shen Que quickly found several large condoms on the ground and stuffed them into his coat.

Though Meng Ci's mind was filled with yellow thoughts, he still felt a bit uncomfortable seeing this.

When Meng Ci read novels before, there was some description of condoms.

In the post-apocalyptic world, such items were scarce, and everyone relied on them for contraception. Therefore, many wealthy survivors who had managed to live through the ordeal paid a high price for these things.

But Meng Ci didn't pick them up.

Back at the pharmaceutical factory, Meng Ci had taken quite a few medicines.

Among them were a lot of contraceptives, even some injectable ones. At that time, Meng Ci had stuffed all of them into his space.

If he needed to trade these medicines for something else later, he could take them out then.

As for those condoms, Meng Ci cleared his throat and kept the ones that fit both him and Shen Que. They would use them as needed.

Shen Que found what he was looking for but didn't rush to leave; instead, he continued searching inside.

"What else are you looking for?" Meng Ci asked, following behind him.

Shen Que paused and looked at Meng Ci. "I'm looking for something to lubricate."

"Otherwise, you might get hurt."

"Oh!"

Meng Ci no longer wanted to follow Shen Que. Wasn't this just sending himself to the tiger's mouth?

So he told Shen Que and left the supermarket to explore other places.

Apart from the supermarket, the fifth floor had several restaurants.

Although he knew there was no food in these stores, Meng Ci still went around for a look.

He stuffed shelves, microwaves, and some unopened kitchen utensils into his space without hesitation.

Seeing a rice noodle shop, Meng Ci walked in without hesitation.

He wondered if the owner had left the recipe in the store; if so, he could take the ingredients home and make it himself.

Meng Ci had bought a lot of rice noodles before and had tried making them twice, but they didn't taste very good.

So he searched the kitchen of this shop more thoroughly.

Suddenly, a rustling sound reached Meng Ci's ears.

Meng Ci quickly took out a long knife from his space and cautiously approached the source of the sound.

Pushing open a door, Meng Ci was terrified by what he saw.

Squeak squeak squeak~

It was pitch black inside, and Meng Ci couldn't see anything.

Bang.

Despite the darkness, Meng Ci's ears were sharp. Feeling something lunging at him, he dodged swiftly and swung his long knife at it.

When he looked at the thing on the ground, he almost vomited from disgust.

A rat lay split in two, and its blood wasn't red but foul-smelling green.

Even the size of this rat was ten times larger than a normal one.

Several more rats soon emerged from the room, probably realizing that Meng Ci had killed their companion. They scurried toward him with a chorus of squeaks.

Meng Ci hadn't been training for nothing these days. Even though these rats were fast, they were no match for him, and he quickly dispatched them all.

"There's meat here, there's meat."