747: Chapter 747 Exploring New Areas

Even after a period of "safe time," their caution did not decrease; it increased.

After stepping out of the safe zone, they became exceptionally cautious.

The four of them moved two in front and two in back, their eyes constantly scanning the surroundings. Whenever they passed corners or similar spots, they would widen their distance before moving forward, while the others remained on alert to ensure they could assist immediately if danger arose.

At the same time, they paid attention to dark places and various potential hiding spots.

They were just afraid of being ambushed.

There was no helping it; you only have one life, so you had to be cautious! (Except for Wang Quan).

However, as Wang Quan stood there, if it weren't for the System, he would have almost forgotten about his shelter.

But despite having so many supplies, the shelter showed no signs of upgrading, which was a bit of a headache.

Fortunately, he discovered that it seemed possible to upgrade it using source points from the Cross-World Group. Upgrading to Level 2 required 1000 source points, and he only had 109, so he was still a long way off.

When Wang Quan and his group walked past this area, Wang Quan received a notification:

[New Map: Jiefang Road]

[Added Evacuation Point]

Wang Quan saw an evacuation point appear in an alley to the side. It wasn't deep and seemed to be a "dead end," but since it was an evacuation point, it meant he could return to the shelter through here.

Then, from the shelter, he could return directly to New Town Street, meaning he could quickly get back to his living quarters!

Furthermore, there had already been a notification about the living quarters previously.

[Living Quarters discovered. You can bind the shelter here to add it as an accessible safe location after evacuation.]

This meant he could go through the evacuation point to the shelter, and then from the shelter go directly to the living quarters; this didn't count as "going out to scavenge and evacuate."

As for the New Town Street map, the exploration started from the place where he had previously appeared.

Or, after completing an evacuation point, he could start from the evacuation point, or by discovering more evacuation points and completing them, he could gain more "entry location options."

Jiefang Road was the place they were going to explore now.

Looking from afar, one could see scattered, wandering figures on the street.

Without needing to think, he knew those were zombies.

"Old rules: clear the area first," Wang Quan said.

He intended to take care of these scattered zombies.

By visual estimation, there were about twenty or thirty zombies, but they were very scattered. Looking down the entire street, plus the intersection ahead, given their strength, the four of them each had the ability to kill with a single strike.

Dividing and conquering them would be quite easy.

Even if they caused a "riot," they could handle it; although there were many zombies, they were too scattered.

If they tried to gather, Wang Quan and his group could eliminate them all before they could group up.

Walking forward, many shops along the street either had their doors wide open or their locked glass doors shattered.

They passed a few bubble tea shops, all in the same state; the supplies inside were likely all gone.

Further ahead, there was a Zhou Fu Jewelry store; similarly, its glass doors had already been shattered.

The glass on the various display cases inside was either shattered or scratched.

The entire jewelry store was a mess.

This must have happened during the Early Stages of the apocalypse; no one had likely come since then.

Because the floor was covered in a thick layer of dust.

Wang Quan and his group glanced at it as they passed by and then looked away.

Besides that, there was an Agricultural Bank ATM; it was a very small space with just two machines.

Surprisingly, it was still operating.

But... it was useless now.

Walking further ahead, there was a large telecommunications business hall.

Don't know if they had power generation or something else, but the lights inside were still on.

Wang Quan and his group couldn't use electricity on their side; it wasn't until later when they got a generator and connected it themselves that their rooftop living quarters had power.

As for bathing... it was basically just wiping their bodies, and the remaining water was used to flush the toilet.

There were a few zombies wandering ahead, and Wang Quan took the lead.

The zombies quickly discovered Wang Quan and immediately turned, dragging their legs as they shuffled quickly toward him.

Wang Quan stepped forward quickly, raised his hand, and slammed a steel pipe with a weighted head down hard.

Upgraded equipment is just fierce.

Much stronger than a crowbar.

The thick, hard, and heavy weighted steel pipe, under Wang Quan's great strength, slammed directly onto the zombie's head.

Bang! Crack!

A crisp sound combined with the sound of a watermelon breaking.

With the crisp sound of rotting flesh and bone shattering, the zombie's entire head exploded.

The powerful force sent the shattered flesh and bone spraying out, like throwing a handful of dust forward.

The headless zombie collapsed to The Ground, leaving behind a spray-shaped puddle of indescribable matter.

"Holy crap! That's brutal!" Xiao Bai couldn't help but exclaim as he watched the power of Wang Quan's strike.

However, they had seen plenty of scenes like this over the past few days.

After all, they had cleared all the zombies on the two streets near their living quarters.

Scenes like this were a piece of cake for them; they were used to it.

They used to feel nauseous before.

Now, although it was a bit more brutal, it was still acceptable.

The commotion here was loud and naturally attracted the attention of other zombies.

The dozen or so zombies wandering nearby immediately came toward them in various ways.

Some were fast, some slow; some still had good legs and ran faster than a human jog.

Some had bad legs and were like Parkinson's patients, trembling as they shuffled over.

And facing these zombies.

Wang Quan and the four of them, very experienced, retreated slightly to lengthen the distance, causing these zombies, who were moving at different speeds, to "derail."

This resulted in them only facing a small number of zombies at a time.

Divide and conquer.

Before long, they had eliminated all these zombies, leaving a long trail of headless zombies on the street.

"Let's go, keep moving forward," Wang Quan said, glancing at the trail of flesh carpet on The Ground.

Have to say, it was definitely a bit sanity-draining.

After they finished off the zombies, they continued moving forward.

Moving further ahead, they arrived at the intersection; turning left led to a department store.

Fifty meters down the street opposite was the Public Security Bureau.

"This place doesn't look like it was scavenged very thoroughly," Xiao Bai said, following Wang Quan into the department store. Looking at the items that seemed quite orderly—except for the things near the entrance which were slightly chaotic—the items inside appeared to be in good order.

It was as if no one had scavenged inside.

"Be careful; this orderliness is a bit excessive..." Wang Quan said. However, looking at the thick layer of dust on the floor, it seemed that no one had indeed visited this place.

"Logically speaking, a place like a department store, although it sells a wide variety of goods..." Wang Quan glanced around; there were basketballs, air pumps, staplers, pen holders, and a bunch of miscellaneous items.

It wasn't quite a stationery store, nor was it quite a hardware store.