I am in the last days, I can connect to reality

Having made up his mind, Qin Zhong turned down the stairs, took out a bottle of mineral water and fed the woman a few sips. He then checked her wounds and could see that the woman was just holding on forcibly and there was no cure at all.

After a brief hesitation, Qin Zhong asked curiously, "How long have you two been here?"

The woman drank a few sips of water, and her spirits lifted. She licked her lips and said slowly, "I fled here alone, and then I ran into her... She had already..."

Qin Zhong thought to himself, "It seems you are also an unlucky kid. You finally managed to escape here, but you are going to lose your life here again."

The woman continued, "When I saw her, she was already mad. She hurt me like this. I... I've been lying here for two days and two nights since I was injured..."

Qin Zhong raised his eyebrows and looked at the other woman. He was a little impressed by this woman. A woman could actually kill a zombie when she encountered it. Although the price she paid was a bit high, Qin Zhong still admired her.

The woman rested for a moment, then slowly said, "Actually, I know I can't survive anymore."

Hearing the woman's words, Qin Zhong fell silent and sighed: "You've been lying here until now, and you haven't encountered a single zombie?"

"Zombies?"

The woman's eyes showed a hint of confusion. "You call them zombies? So... Oh, I always thought they just had rabies and suddenly went crazy and bit people... Ouch, my body hurts so much..."

Qin Zhong didn't say much. He gave the woman another sip of water and asked her, "Where did you escape from? Are there any other survivors?"

"Hang Lung Building..."

As she spoke, a trace of pain appeared on the woman's face. "It's the building where someone started a fire a few days ago."

Qin Zhong was slightly startled, then said happily: "I also saw the fire and was about to go there. It turns out there are survivors there..."

But then Qin Zhong's voice became low, and a bad thought arose in his mind. Since there were still survivors there, why did this woman run out?

Could it be that something happened there?

The woman said hurriedly: "Don't go there, it's not safe anymore..."

Qin Zhong was confused by the woman's words and couldn't help but ask, "Why do you say that? What happened there?"

"I'm not so sure either……"

The woman continued, "Before, we had a dozen survivors hiding there. To gather more survivors, we lit a fire, and three or five survivors ventured over. Everything was going well, but..."

When she said this, a look of pain appeared on the woman's face, and her breathing became much more rapid. Qin Zhong quickly fed the woman another sip of water. The woman gasped for a while before her emotions stabilized.

The woman continued, "A few days ago, a shining five-pointed star suddenly appeared in the building. It appeared so abruptly in the sky. Some people tried to touch it, but couldn't. Although it was a bit strange, it didn't affect anyone. But as time passed, we discovered something unusual..."

"Mutated zombies and animals began to appear in the building. They started killing each other as soon as they met, seemingly trying to seize the five-pointed star. We survivors were also affected and attacked by both sides. Many people died, and some survivors fled. That's why I ran here."

Listening to the woman's story, Qin Zhong couldn't help but develop a strong interest in the five-pointed star. He had an illusion that anything that could be snatched away by zombies and mutant animals must not be a simple thing.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhong couldn't help but ask, "So, you don't know what that five-pointed star is?"

The woman shook her head slightly and said, "Some people tried to touch it, but it didn't work. It was like... like a projection, or a mirage. You can only see it, but you can't touch it."

Qin Zhong thought silently. He didn't think that this five-pointed star was untouchable. It must require some special method, but they just didn't find it.

Just as Qin Zhong was thinking, the woman seemed to be out of breath and struggled hard, "You...you must not..."

By this time, she was already exhausted. Before she could finish a sentence, her eyes suddenly rolled back, her head tilted to the side, and she stopped breathing.

Seeing the woman die, Qin Zhong watched silently for a while, sighed, and continued to walk up the stairs without encountering another zombie or a living person.

When they reached the top floor, Qin Zhong gently pushed open the fire door. There were indeed very few zombies on the top floor. On the spacious terrace and circular corridor, there were only seven or eight zombies dressed in shop assistant uniforms, walking around aimlessly.

As for how many zombies are in the mall, it is still unknown at this time, but judging from the deserted scene, there shouldn't be too many.

……

On the wall outside the fire door, there was a map of the shopping mall. Qin Zhong took a few glances and realized that this large shopping mall was called Tianwang Shopping Mall. It had a total of nine floors and covered all aspects of leisure and entertainment, shopping and catering.

According to the mall distribution map, there is also an aquarium on the first floor of the mall.

To put it a bit exaggeratedly, before the end of the world, as long as you have enough money, you can live comfortably for the rest of your life without having to leave the mall. You can have everything you need for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Qin Zhong was secretly calculating in his mind that since he was injured, he could recuperate here. It would be best to wait until the next thunderstorm came so that he could talk to Sun Xiaoyan and have enough supplies.

After finding a place to sit down, Qin Zhong checked his injuries. As he checked, his brows furrowed. Although they were not serious, it was still quite dangerous to continue exposing the injuries in this way in the apocalypse.

Because, until now, Qin Zhong still doesn't know why a healthy person suddenly turned into a zombie overnight. If it wasn't transmitted through the air, it would be impossible for it to happen so quickly.

Therefore, if the injury is left exposed to the air like this, it would be terrible if it got infected. Thinking of this, Qin Zhong struggled to stand up and checked the distribution map again. There should be a pharmacy in the mall.

As one of the top first-tier cities, shopping is no longer the only function of Shanghai’s super-large shopping malls. Dining, entertainment, leisure and health care are also included as standard features by savvy merchants.

Sure enough, just as I expected, I saw on the mall floor plan that there was a pharmacy called "Dayang" not far to the right of the fire door.

At this moment, there were only seven or eight zombies in the corridor and on the terrace, and they were about a hundred meters away from him. Qin Zhong thought that at such a long distance, these guys probably couldn't tell whether he was a human or a zombie.

As long as you don't make any big noise and walk over quietly, there shouldn't be any problem.

So, Qin Zhong plucked up his courage and imitated the zombies' slightly slow walking posture, dragging his feet one step at a time, and walked towards Dayang Pharmacy according to the location marked on the map.

As he walked, Qin Zhong also glanced at the movements of the zombies. As expected, the zombies did not notice him. But when Qin Zhong walked into the pharmacy, he still had shortness of breath and his hands and feet were weak.