Gu Shangse finally looked at Jiao Jiao. His eyes were indifferent as he looked at her, "I don't like dealing with people."
After dropping this sentence, Gu Shangse looked at Wang Qiang and the others, "Let's go in."
Wang Qiang, with a cigarette in his mouth, looked at Gu Shangse, "You go first. Once you confirm it's safe, we'll go in."
This act of pushing others out was extremely selfish.
Yet, the person involved felt it was justified and saw nothing wrong with it.
If Su Ling were here, she would only find this normal, just a glimpse of the icebergs in the apocalypse, hardly worth mentioning.
Clearly, Gu Shangse understood this.
Gu Shangse glanced at Wang Qiang. He said nothing, but checked his car, ensuring all windows were tightly closed. Then, under everyone's gaze, he stepped towards the department store.
His legs were long, and he quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
After Gu Shangse left, he appeared inside the department store and found it very quiet, with no signs of zombie activity.
Instead, there were zombies lying all over the floor, their heads split in half, brains splattered everywhere.
Looking at the wide-open doors of the department store, Gu Shangse thought of Su Ling and walked into the potentially unsafe supermarket without hesitation.
Half an hour later.
Liu Yang leaned against the car with his arms crossed, looking at Wang Qiang, "Brother Qiang, this Gu Shangse, he wouldn't have run off, would he?"
"Impossible!" Jiao Jiao immediately retorted to Liu Yang. She looked at him and defended Gu Shangse, "His car is still parked here, where could he have run to? Don't attribute your own petty thoughts to a gentleman."
Before the burly Liu Yang could retort, Jiao Jiao continued, "Instead of maliciously speculating about him here, why not go in and see for yourself?"
Liu Yang looked at Jiao Jiao. A good man wouldn't argue with a woman, so he couldn't be bothered with someone who only reached his chest.
Wang Qiang looked at the still and silent entrance of the department store. He threw his cigarette on the ground and crushed it with his foot, his eyes filled with fierce determination.
Wang Qiang was also afraid of those monsters that pounced and bit anyone they saw, otherwise, he wouldn't have moral-jacked Gu Shangse into escorting him and his wife to the safe base after meeting him.
He also wanted to go in with his wife himself, but the thought of the unknown danger inside made him cower.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Qiang declared fiercely, "Let's wait another half an hour. If he doesn't come out by then, we'll go in and settle the score."
An hour later, Gu Shangse had not returned.
At this point, even Wang Qiang himself was unsure.
Gu Shangse's disappearance made him worried that the department store had already been occupied, waiting for people from outside to walk into a trap.
He glanced back at the scorched, unrecognizable corpses not far away, and Wang Qiang hesitated.
If they didn't go in, they had no transportation.
The car keys to the car behind them were still with Gu Shangse.
If they went in, they had no idea what the situation inside was.
After a period of internal struggle, Wang Qiang spat on the ground, gritted his teeth, and said, "We're going in."
***
The journey from the department store to Xuyang Police Station, Su Ling fought her way through.
She was a whirlwind of destruction, unstoppable.
On the path she took, zombies lay everywhere with their heads split open and brains flowing out.
During this process, Su Ling also discovered other survivors.
They stayed in their homes, afraid to go out, or stood or crouched by their windows, witnessing Su Ling's every move.
Su Ling wore a mask on her face and a hat on her head, only her eyes exposed, so she wasn't worried about being recognized.
After fighting her way through, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and she successfully arrived at Xuyang Police Station.