My Days Running a Supermarket in the Apocalypse

The sun sets in the west, and the sky gradually darkens.

But the temperature is still very high; it's still over 40 degrees Celsius outside.

Outside the city, a mother and child were running with difficulty towards the city; their clothes were already soaked with sweat.

"Mom, I can't run anymore..."

With a thud, the little boy fell to the ground.

"Come on, let Mom carry you!"

Yang Liu helped her six-year-old son up, squatted down, quickly carried him on her back, and continued running forward.

I've been running for over an hour now.

She was also running out of time, but a zombie dog was still chasing her and her child, so Yang Liu dared not stop.

She could barely handle the slow-moving low-level zombies, but she was truly helpless against the zombie dogs.

After all, she didn't have any special abilities, and the zombie dogs were too fast; she could easily get bitten. Since she was with Xiao Hang, she had no choice but to run away.

A week ago, her family ran out of food again, and her husband decided to join a small team to come to the city to find supplies.

Three days ago, only two members of the team returned; her husband was not among them.

It is said that they encountered a large wave of zombies along the way, and some died, some were injured, and a few got separated from the group, so the team disbanded.

Yang Liu waited for two days but still didn't see her husband. Anxious and worried, she decided to take her child out to find something to eat, hoping that she might run into her husband on the way.

It is already three years after the apocalypse.

It's difficult to find usable supplies outside.

Yang Liu had been walking with the child all day, her legs were weak, and she had even encountered zombie dogs. Her vision was getting increasingly blurry, and her steps were becoming more and more unsteady.

She hadn't eaten for two days, and even gave the last small bag of compressed biscuits to her son.

'Plop.'

Exhausted, Yang Liu collapsed to her knees. She glanced back with difficulty and thankfully, the zombie dog had stopped chasing her.

"Mom, what's wrong...Mom..." Xiao Hang nudged his mother who had fallen to the ground, feeling both scared and worried.

My dad used to say that if he wasn't home, he was the man of the house and had to protect my mom!

Thinking of this, Xiao Hang tried to drag his mother forward, but he couldn't move her no matter how many times he tried.

He looked around anxiously, hoping someone would come to save his mother.

Not daring to go far, he wandered around the area, but by chance, Xiao Hang seemed to see a storefront sign lit up.

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. His father had told him that electricity was a rare thing, and that it could only be generated in special ways.

But he was now certain that there was a brightly lit sign not far ahead.

He ran back to Yang Liu's side, a little excited, "Mom, wake up... there's a light on up ahead, is someone there?!"

Xiao Hang kept calling out to the person lying on the ground.

Yang Liu wasn't completely unconscious; she was just too tired and hungry, and collapsed from exhaustion.

As a mother, she heard her son's anxious calls and feared that zombies might appear. Yang Liu struggled to open her eyes.

"Xiaohang, don't be afraid, Mom is fine." Yang Liu struggled to get up.

The ground was very hot after being exposed to the sun all day.

In just a short time, half of her body was burned.

Yang Liu followed her son, walking forward with difficulty, looking in the direction he was pointing.

And... there really was one shop with its storefront still lit up.

It’s incredible!

This discovery immediately brought Yang Liu to her senses.

Regardless of the situation, she decided to go and see, since they had already exhausted all their options.

Yang Liu pulled her son toward the shop.

As she got closer, she could finally make out the sign above the store; it really was a small shop.

"Lucky Supermarket, Mom! Look, there's someone in there! Alive!"

Xiao Hang ran to the door first, looked up at the doorway, and then peered through the glass door at the backs of the figures walking back and forth inside. He was thrilled.

Yamana had just changed into her new clothes when she heard a sound at the door. She turned around and exclaimed, "A customer has arrived!"

She quickly tidied herself up and went to open the door, after all, he was the first guest, so she had to be dignified and proper.

"Ding-a-ling~" The glass door was pushed open, and the wind chimes on the door rang out crisply and melodiously.

"welcome."

Yamana smiled, squinting her eyes, and struck what she thought was a perfect smile.

But she was a little nervous. "System, system, is this okay?"

Hmm, perfect.

Xiao Hang stared in disbelief at the beautiful woman standing in the doorway. "Mom...Mom, look! This woman is so beautiful, she's alive! A living person!"

Yang Liu also came over, grabbed Xiao Hang, and shoved him behind her, her eyes full of vigilance.

The girl wore a light apricot-colored fitted dress, looking clean and pretty.

This was Yang Liu's first impression of her.

But it was too clean and beautiful, which clashed drastically with the devastated scene of the street behind it.

The sight of this supermarket and the mountain worm made Yang Liu feel a little disoriented, as if she had been transported back to before the apocalypse.

The bright lights on the storefront sign didn't attract any zombies or monsters, which was quite bizarre.

"Don't be afraid, you two. My name is Shan Nai, and I'm the owner of this supermarket. We sell food and drinks here. Feel free to come in and take a look if you need anything."

Yamana tried to keep her voice as soft as possible.

The mother in front of me looked exhausted, and her lips were chapped; she definitely needed water.

"Food? Drink?" Yang Liu licked her chapped lips, somewhat doubtful.

At this point, would anyone still have extra supplies to open a shop? They must be scammers.

"Yes, the shop has just opened, and all items are 20% off for the first week!" Yamana turned to the side and made a "please" gesture.

She remembered that stores used to use this kind of promotional tactic when they opened, which was very effective in attracting customers.

Yang Liu glanced at her son, who hadn't eaten or drunk anything all day and couldn't help but tilt his head to peer into the store.

Perhaps because Yamana didn't seem like a threat, she took her son's hand and followed Yamana into the supermarket.

As soon as they stepped into the supermarket, the blast of cold air shocked the mother and son.

air conditioner!

Although Yang Liu doesn't have any special abilities, her husband does. He knows how precious electricity is in this apocalyptic world, yet this shop actually has electricity to turn on the air conditioning!

It's worth noting that even large bases don't dare to use air conditioning like this; they only turn it on during the hottest part of the day, around noon.

The supermarket wasn't big, but the shelves were filled with bottled water, biscuits, instant noodles...

"Mom, it smells so good! What's that?" Xiao Hang pointed to the food plate at the food station.

Yang Liu also smelled it. If she wasn't mistaken, the plate contained steaming hot dishes, and there were steamed buns on the side.

Xiao Hang was less than three years old when the apocalypse began, and he has never had a decent fresh meal in all these years.

"That's the cooked food over there. Today's meal is a big stew and steamed buns. You can buy a dish with steamed buns for 15 points, and there's a 20% discount."

The system said that the food in the prepared food section is refreshed randomly every day.

"Points? I don't have any points..." Yang Liu looked embarrassed and blushed slightly. She didn't understand what points were either.

"Yes, that's right. Guests can exchange crystal cores or rare items for points."

Shannai pointed to a round cat-head scanning machine next to the cashier.

Yang Liu touched her body and found nothing of value.

Crystal nucleus...

She did have two, which her husband had saved before.

But now her husband is missing, and she desperately needs the supplies sold in this supermarket. She never even dared to dream of being able to buy supplies in the apocalypse.

"Here you go!" Yang Liu thought for a moment, then took out two gray crystal cores and handed them to Shan Nai.

"Please come this way, customer."