Hyperthermal Hell || Apocalypse Paradise #1 [Complete]

10: Potential Growth Value And A Visitor

"You don't know this, but a supermarket is a place full of resources, and most mishaps happen in such places."

Luther and Lin Sanjiu walked carefully along the aisles of dark shelves, watching each other's back every so often. They each held a red wine bottle in one of their hands. They had no choice since it was the only thing near the entrance that could be used as a weapon, the other items all being pretty much useless. A red wine bottle was not a reliable weapon to use against a duoluozhong, but they could at least throw the bottle at it and run.

They had purposely let Marcie lie flat between two dead bodies at the entrance. At first glance, she looked no different from a corpse. They could not tell if she would wake up unhappy, but that was a problem Luther had to deal with...

"Let's go to the Ready-To-Eat section..." Luther whispered. Just when he wanted to suggest that they eat starting from the Ready-to-Eat section, he smelled a strong, rancid smell. Unwilling to accept this, he reached out to grab a box of potato salad. Just as he held it, he threw it away. "They're all spoilt! They're all in this putrid state!"

"Isn't that obvious?" Lin Sanjiu asked rhetorically, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

After they had spent at least twenty minutes, the two of them managed to explore the entire supermarket while groping around in the dark. Other than the few bodies that were found further inside, nothing else was out of the ordinary. They no longer had to be on alert. Both of them put down the red wine bottles and continued walking. It was tiring to hold a bottle while walking around.

"Even though there is no sunlight, it is really too dark in this basement supermarket... Do you know where we can find some flashlights?" Luther felt a little annoyed. "Ever since we came to this Hyperthermal Hell, I've only ever been in the dark."

"Let's look for some later. I'm not sure if they sell them here, since this is a high-end import supermarket." As they exchanged conversation, they quickly reached the food section. Each of them grabbed a few packets of food items and carried them in their arms, even though they were unable to read the labels to see what they contained. "I remember that they did sell lavender scented candles... It should be fine as long as we have some light."

As they chatted quietly, Luther managed to open the packet in his hands.

"Oh, these are chips..." He called out, pleasantly surprised.

Suddenly, a voice reverberated through the quiet supermarket, "Luther! Come out now!"

It was Marcie's voice.

"Marcie? Marcie, you're awake!" Hearing her voice, Luther quickly pulled Lin Sanjiu along as he ran, and they reached the entrance very quickly. Under the light that seeped down from upstairs, he noticed that Marcie was standing in-between two dead bodies, and her face was filled with resentment. Her darkened expression contrasted starkly with her bright red hair.

Luther explained himself cheerily and offered the potato chips to her, trying to appease her. Only then did she make a "Humph" and decide to overlook the matter. Subsequently, she turned to look at Lin Sanjiu and hesitated for a moment, not saying a word.

Lin Sanjiu did not know why, but she suddenly felt a little anxious. She put down the tidbit she was eating and asked Marcie, "Is there something wrong with my stats?"

"I wouldn't call it a problem... Maybe I just haven't collected enough samples." Marcie smiled in a consoling manner, "Your stats are a little different from those I have collected before."

"What do you mean?" Lin Sanjiu quickly asked.

"It isn't easy to explain. Why don't you see for yourself?" Just as she said this, Marcie's nails grew out again, but they were different from before. This time around, there was a faint golden glow on the tips of her nails.