Novel Full Chapter 47: Strange Phenomenon
Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Strange Phenomenon
Zhong Xiaoshan patted Zheng Xinyu on the back and said, “I really admire Brother Su for guessing that Skinny Monkey would cause trouble. By the way… Sister Xinyu, it’s been days since I last had a shower, and my head’s itching like crazy. How are you all dealing with this?”
Being asked about something else, Zheng Xinyu’s mood slightly improved and she said, “I’m the same, I just wipe with wet wipes. There’s no choice, water is too scarce.”
“Sigh, I’ve been away for three or four days, my popcorn must have run away…”
Zhong Xiaoshan pouted and swung the iron plate in her hand to help scrape the wall.
“Popcorn? Is it a puppy?” Zheng Xinyu asked curiously.
Zhong Xiaoshan seemed to recall some amusing memories, a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, and nodded, “A big orange cat, over three years old.”
“That’s nice…” Zheng Xinyu showed a longing expression and then pouted, “I wanted to have a pet dog myself, but… the landlord, who is Brother Su, said I couldn’t!”
“Speaking of which… Sister Xinyu, what exactly was your relationship with him before? I could tell you guys weren’t sleeping together before, the bedrooms were separate.”
Zhong Xiaoshan asked curiously.
Having survived hardships together, their relationship had become much closer, and their conversations gradually delved into more private matters.
Zheng Xinyu’s hands didn’t stop as she rolled her eyes, “Zhang Su is the landlord, and he pretended to be a tenant to share a place with me. I didn’t know at first and got schemed by him all the time. He’s so stingy and mean. Before the disaster exploded, he even wanted to raise my rent!”
“Pfft…”
Zhong Xiaoshan couldn’t help but burst into laughter, then quickly covered her mouth and listened upstairs. After hearing nothing, she continued, “You young folks are really funny. You’re so beautiful, and he never made a move on you?”
“He said he changes girlfriends every few months outside, who knows. But indeed, he never did anything inappropriate, I even suspected he was gay at one point.”
Saying this, Zheng Xinyu lowered her voice, her still-red eyes showing a mischievous glint.
“Brother Su is so manly, there’s no way he’s gay, eh…”
Suddenly, Zhong Xiaoshan’s expression turned serious, and she frowned, “Sister Xinyu, have you noticed something? Supposedly, there should be quite a few people in this community with pets, so why haven’t we seen any pets escape?”
Being the same gender, Zhong Xiaoshan’s abrupt topic switch was easily accepted, and instantly got into the rhythm, frowning and thinking for a while, “Now that you mention it, it does seem like there aren’t any cats or dogs, alive or dead, not even turned into zombies, that we’ve seen.”
The two looked at each other, showing puzzlement.
Sitting in the room, Zhang Su, hearing the two women’s conversation, also frowned. It was getting dark, but he could still see downstairs. He quickly moved to the window, lifted the curtain, and took a peek. Indeed, not a trace of animals was seen. Recalling the past few days, he seemed not to have seen any animals.
“Even the downstairs lady’s dog hasn’t barked. Could it be that pets were all bitten first or is there some other reason…”
While pondering, Zhang Su saw Zhong Xiaoshan entering through the door, and as expected, she shared her discovery with him.
“I don’t care if those cats and dogs are dead or ran away, I’m just worried if they could also turn into zombies. Anyway, it’s something to be cautious about. Be more careful in the future!”
Zhang Su said.
“Yeah, yeah, we thought the same. So… Brother Su, I’ll go help Sister Xinyu.”
“Mm, go ahead.” Zhang Su nodded.
Zhong Xiaoshan smiled sweetly, turning and heading outside.
While waiting for the two women to finish with the wall and the bodies, Zhang Su wanted to conduct a straightforward hearing test but found it hard to quantify.
Human senses are like this, whether it’s hearing, taste, or smell. Even though there’s an eye chart to measure vision, in actual use, vision is influenced by environmental factors, leading to various changes.
Zhang Su just did a rough test with his phone. When separated by two doors, he could hear sound at three volume levels but couldn’t make out the content, guessing most of it.
Eventually, Zhang Su concluded with a vague range. If two people engaged in normal conversation, it could penetrate three standard apartment walls and not exceed thirty meters. In a normal environment, he could hear the sound of zombies’ footsteps about seventy to eighty meters away.
He had no concrete idea how much it improved compared to before, but this ability gave him a strong sense of security. Even without hearing Chongzi and Brother Xiang’s plans in advance, he wouldn’t have fallen for it, but dealing with it would be more complicated.
By the time Zhang Su finished his research, Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan had finished their work outside and returned home. The three of them then started to carefully tally their loot.
“No wonder those two guys had the nerve to resort to robbery!”
Zheng Xinyu emptied the contents of the black mountaineering bag onto the ground. There was hardly any food or drink, just a bunch of odds and ends, indicating the two were genuinely out of supplies.
“So many households are empty or have turned into zombies, if they searched randomly, they’d find something, yet they insisted on troubling me…”
Zheng Xinyu said very annoyed.
Zhang Su shook the empty pack. Although there was no food or drink, there were still some useful tools. Hearing Zheng Xinyu’s words, he laughed and said, “In their minds, you are much easier to bully, much easier than zombies.”
“Hmph, let them find out the hard way, they don’t even have the chance to regret it now!” Zheng Xinyu clenched her fist, not that afraid anymore, realizing her own life was more important.