Chapter 534 The Snatch Begins
After the initial panic, even if people don't want to believe it, they have to admit that the world has changed.
After the noise, everyone came to their senses and immediately thought of something. Suddenly, the whole building fell silent.
Xiao Jin had never felt so quiet.
No, it’s more like dead silence than quietness.
No one dared to speak, as if they were worried about something!
Soon, Xiao Jin's prediction became reality.
Today was the day for the distribution of supplies, but the survivors waited anxiously but didn't hear even the sound of a car.
"Damn it! Why hasn't the supply truck arrived yet? It's not coming!"
"Dad, are we going to starve to death?"
"It hurts so much, give me medicine, give me medicine..."
There were wailing sounds everywhere, of fear, hunger, and pain!
Suddenly, Xiao Jin seemed to hear some sound.
She slowly walked to the door and put her ear close to the entrance, trying to catch any movement outside.
In the corridor, the originally silent air was torn apart by a sudden burst of hurried footsteps.
The voice was rapid and heavy, like a wild beast fleeing in the night, carrying endless panic and anxiety.
Then, a voice with almost desperate cries hysterically knocked on the door of the neighbor's house on this floor.
"Aunt Wang! Aunt Wang! Please, lend me some medicine! My son... my son has a fever, and it's burning hot!" The voice was full of despair and anxiety.
Listening to the woman's voice, Xiao Jin could feel that there was no protection on her face at all.
One can imagine what kind of mentality she had when she came to ask for medicine.
However, the ending disappointed the woman. She was met with only deathly silence. The entire building seemed to have been muted, and all her cries for help fell on deaf ears.
The door she knocked on showed no signs of moving, and the air around her was suffocatingly oppressive.
Xiao Jin walked away silently. The real chaos was about to begin...
At 3:17 p.m., the entire apartment building fell into an eerie silence.
There were no crying children, no quarrels between husband and wife. Xiao Jin sat in the dark, playing with the shadow spear in his hand.
But if she listened carefully, she could hear the couple next door arguing in a low voice:
“…There’s only half a bottle of water left…what should I do?”
"...You stay home and don't open the door. I'm going to check on Teacher Zhang's house downstairs..."
“You’re crazy! Get out now?”
Then there was a long silence.
"You have to go even if you don't want to. Otherwise, are you going to wait for death at home?"
This was followed by soft sobbing.
"But if something happens to you, what will I do alone..."
Such conversations are still happening in every household. Without supplies, they can only place their hopes on their neighbors.
The fog outside the building was too thick. If they just walked inside the building, they might not be infected.
Of course, this is just talk. When it comes to infection, there is no escape anywhere.
………………
At 1:48 in the morning, Xiao Jin was awakened by a scream.
“Ah—don’t come over here! Please!”
The sound came from above my head. First there was the sound of a door being smashed, followed by the dull thud of a heavy object falling to the ground and the sound of glass breaking.
There were roars and screams in between.
Xiao Jin woke up instantly, with the long sword in his hand.
There was a creaking sound from the bed next door, and the couple there were apparently awake too.
"...It's robbery..." The woman trembled and grabbed her husband's arm.
The man lowered his voice: "Bring me the kitchen knife."
"what--"
The screams were like a sharp blade, instantly tearing apart the thin disguise of civilized society and exposing the true human nature hidden beneath the calm.
The cry was sharp and desperate, echoing in the narrow corridor and shaking people's minds.
Then, the noise of looting spread like wildfire, not just in one place, but quickly throughout the apartment building.
The residents whose doors are smashed would discover it if they got close to the peephole.
The neighbors outside who once greeted us with smiles were now holding sticks and knives, with beast-like ferocity and greed in their eyes.
The face had completely lost its former gentleness, leaving only a crazy desire for survival resources.
Many people were still hoping for a lucky break and did not join in the chaotic robbery.
However, as the roars and desperate cries that came one after another continued to hit their eardrums, their hearts began to waver.
Some people held tightly onto their only valuables, hesitating; others began to look around, looking for other robbery teams to join.
"It's all chaos anyway." A middle-aged man muttered in a low voice, his eyes flickering in the dim light: "The most important thing is to survive."
These words were like a spell, instantly breaking down the last line of defense in his heart.
The middle-aged man stood up suddenly and joined the group of people who were looting crazily.
As more and more people were engulfed by this madness, the whole scene became increasingly chaotic and bloody. Screams, curses, and the dull sound of heavy objects falling to the ground were intertwined.
And Xiao Jin could also feel that the commotion downstairs was getting closer.
"boom!"
The door of a household on the fourteenth floor was violently broken open, and the commotion spread to Xiao Jin's floor.
"Where is the food hidden? Tell me!"
"No...really no..."
"ah--!"
The screams stopped abruptly, followed by the sounds of rummaging and smashing.
The footsteps moved from the stairs to the middle.
"Brother, the door is locked!"
"Bump it!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The heavy impact made the whole floor shake.
“Fuck! This door is really solid!”
"Third brother, bring the crowbar!"
The woman inside the door cried out in despair: "Please leave! We really have nothing to eat!"
She was answered by a stronger blow.
In the face of such crazy knocking, within five minutes, the lock of the security door of the house was completely destroyed. A group of thugs rushed straight in, and the hiding residents were dragged on the ground at will.
"Help, help!"
Xiao Jin quietly entered the glass partition, came to the entrance, and leaned on the door to look out through the peephole -
I saw a dozen people rushing into a house far away, and soon they came out with a pile of scattered food.
Some people even left half a roll of toilet paper unused.
Soon, only muddy and bloody footprints were left on the ground at the door.
When one wave leaves, another wave comes.
Not long after, several families around Xiao Jin were also targeted.
Opposite her were the brother and sister, and to her right was the young couple. Only on the left, Xiao Jin had never heard any sound from inside, as if no one was staying there.
'Boom! '
Five masked muscular men were kicking the door of the couple next door, holding fire axes and steel pipes in their hands.