From her appearance, this woman looked to be in her twenties, alone, curled up in a corner.
In front of her were designer bags and cosmetics, similar to what Shen Wanyue and her husband had, completely ignored.
You might as well have put cash out; they're all useless junk anyway.
Lin Dong observed while eavesdropping on others' conversations, and he roughly gathered a few useful pieces of information.
The first was that the toxins in the snow could only be transmitted through skin contact and were not airborne.
This was good news.
Otherwise, who would dare open their doors for ventilation? Even if they didn't starve to death, they'd suffocate.
The second piece of good news was that some people, unable to bear the hunger, had conducted a bold experiment: as long as their skin was covered with waterproof material, like wearing plastic bags inside their clothes, and using an umbrella to block the snow, they could walk in areas where the snow wasn't too deep.
The only problem was that the snow on the community roads was too deep, over 6 meters, making it impossible for people to go out and find supplies.
Of course, many people were discussing modifying vehicles with available tools at home, hoping to see if they could drive out.
Lin Dong thought this was all nonsense.
With this snow depth, even an excavator would struggle, let alone a car.
This also showed how scarce people's supplies had become.
The third piece of news made Lin Dong somewhat worried: the bodies of those poisoned by the snow all had white pupils, and each body was frozen in an extremely twisted posture, looking very eerie.
"These bodies, will they all turn into zombies later?" Lin Dong couldn't help but wonder, and the more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
Once the weather warmed up and these bodies thawed, they were very likely to "come alive."
It seemed that from now on, whenever there was an option to improve his strength, he should choose it without hesitation; the stronger he was, the greater his chance of survival.
"Handsome, do you... have any bread or instant noodles? These designer bags of mine cost tens of thousands; can I trade them for something to eat?" Ling Xue, seeing a young man lost in thought slowly approach her, couldn't help but ask.
Lin Dong came back to his senses and raised an eyebrow slightly.
This woman's voice was clear and melodious, with a hint of charm; it was very pleasant to hear!
"These things of yours are useless. Can you offer something more practical?" Lin Dong brazenly scrutinized Ling Xue's pretty face.
Ling Xue bit her lip. She actually knew that at this point, designer bags and such were all ephemeral. Everyone was bundled up like a zongzi and starving; who had the mind to dress up with bags?
She just couldn't give up hope.
She lived alone, with no man to rely on. In such a cruel period, her only valuable asset was her own body.
But she didn't want to give herself away so easily.
"Handsome, then... will this do?" Ling Xue pondered for a moment and pulled a black plastic bag from her pocket.
She didn't notice that her ID card had fallen to the ground.
Lin Dong clearly saw that the woman's name was Ling Xue.
Taking the plastic bag, he was instantly speechless.
Inside were all kinds of stockings.
Thigh-high, knee-high, pantyhose, garter, fishnetâeverything imaginable.
Damn it!
Calling him handsome, but actually treating him like a pathetic loser?
Ling Xue lowered her voice: "Handsome, these are all worn and unwashed by me, you..."
"Get lost!" Lin Dong threw the plastic bag back and pulled a piece of bread from his own pocket.
"I live at Building 5, Unit 301. If you want something to eat, come to my place.
We're all adults; you should understand what I mean."
After saying that, he gave her a look, put away the bread, and turned to leave.
Ling Xue's pale lips were almost bleeding from biting them. If it were before the apocalypse, she wouldn't have even glanced at such a pathetic loser. She never thought that with the apocalypse, a pathetic loser would actually ask her to accompany him?
Although she was furious, what could she do?
He had food!
Lin Dong continued to stroll for less than two minutes when suddenly, three burly men rushed out of the safety passage of Building 7.
The leader had a rough face and clearly looked like a ruthless character.
Moreover, all three of them held kitchen knives.
Liang Meng waved his hand: "Rob them!"
With that, he took the lead and rushed to the nearest stall. The vendor was an old woman, and on her stall was a can of elderly milk powder, which Liang Meng snatched away.
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you stealing my stuff?
Help! Someone's robbing!"
The old woman desperately clutched Liang Meng's arm, trying to get her milk powder back. This was her only hope of exchanging for food.
"Damn you, you're looking for death!" A cold light flashed in Liang Meng's eyes. He raised his kitchen knife and chopped down hard.
Thud!
Blood splattered.
The old woman's head, with the kitchen knife embedded in it, fell limply.
"Ah!!! Murder!!!" Someone screamed, and in an instant, everyone panicked and scattered.
Lin Dong watched coldly, slowly walking towards Building 5 with the surging crowd.
After so many days, order was finally beginning to collapse.
In the face of survival, all kindness and human decency would completely dissipate.
And this murder today would be the beginning of chaos.
"What are you staring at? Rob them!" Liang Meng was also killing for the first time, but as a hooligan, his psychological resilience was still good. He roared at his two subordinates and chopped at the nearest person.
He was purely going insane, not caring if the person had food or not, just chopping them to death first.
The two subordinates, encouraged by their boss's momentum, also began their killing spree.
Ling Xue, upon seeing Liang Meng kill, immediately ran home, not even having time to pick up her designer bags and ID card from the ground.
Wang Sheng was pulling Shen Wanyue and running frantically, but everyone was running, and the pampered couple were quickly knocked down.
"Husband! Husband!" Shen Wanyue was terrified, her legs too weak to get up.
"Wife! Get up!" Wang Sheng desperately tried to pull her up, but also starving, he couldn't move her.
Seeing Liang Meng already rushing over with a knife, Wang Sheng gritted his teeth: "Wife, wait for me, I'll go find someone to help."
With that, he let go and ran without looking back.
"Husband! Husband, save me!" Shen Wanyue was stunned. She never dreamed that her newlywed husband would abandon her. Seeing the assailant rushing over, she burst into tears.
Upon seeing this, Lin Dong immediately rushed over and helped her up. This was his prey; she couldn't die like this.
"Come with me!"
Feeling the strong, powerful arm, Shen Wanyue finally saw that it was Lin Dong who saved her, and she was incredibly moved.
Liang Meng's killing was purely indiscriminate; he chopped whoever was closest until everyone in the underground garage had fled. Only then did the three brothers stop.
Looking at the seven or eight bodies lying on the ground, and people wailing while clutching severed arms and legs, Liang Meng, his face covered in blood, sneered and chopped them to death one by one.
"Hahaha, Big Brother, awesome! This trick really works!"
The two subordinates quickly searched the underground garage and obtained a lot of food.
Their plan was simple: come down, kill people, and rob. Others would definitely be scared and run away, leaving their stall items behind, which would then benefit them.
Liang Meng estimated that the food they had robbed this time would be enough for the three of them to eat for two days.
But it would be difficult to rob after this; these people would surely be scared and lock their doors, so to get food again, they would have to find a way to break in.
"Let's go, let's head back first!"
At this moment, another subordinate suddenly ran over with an ID card, a lewd grin on his face.
"Boss, I found something good~"