Zongman: The End of the Universe

Chapter 32 32. Yuansheng, I am very happy

The night was dark.

On the quiet streets, scattered zombies were wandering around in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a roar of an engine in the distance, followed by a high beam coming from the end of the road.

In an instant, the zombies on the street turned towards the oncoming vehicles as if they were wound up, and ran towards them with stiff steps.

"Yada... I finally got rid of those zombies. It was really terrifying just now."

In the car, Shizuka Marikawa glanced at the rearview mirror with fear, patted her heavy chest with lingering fear, took a long breath, and yawned sleepily.

"Saya-chan~ The zombies won't chase us, right?"

"probably."

Saya Takagi frowned and massaged her eyebrows. She had been tense all day and was now very tired.

But she couldn't sleep peacefully until the vehicle found a safe stop. Thinking of this, she looked silently through the front mirror at Hirano Toda and Komuro Takashi in the back seat.

At this moment, the two of them were sleeping soundly, leaning against each other, shoulder to shoulder. Perhaps because of the comfortable feel of Hirano Toda's thighs, Alice closed her eyes unconsciously. Her small body curled up, her sleeping face frowned, looking pitiful.

Forget about Alice, but how come you two grown men fell asleep too?

Really!
Saya Takagi glanced at the two of them with dissatisfaction, her eyes couldn't help but look behind their seats, her brows slightly frowned.

When did this guy Busujima become so close to Miyamoto Rei?
Looking at Miyamoto Rei sleeping soundly on Busujima Saeko's lap, Takagi Saya always felt that something was wrong.

Liu Yuansheng sat calmly in the front seat, wearing a vest. The strong muscles in his upper body made the vest outlined with clear edges and corners.

"Shizuka, just park here and find an alley to park in."

"Eh? But there are zombies coming!"

Shizuka Marikawa was really scared. What if everyone fell asleep and zombies rushed in?
"These are just six or seven. I'll just go down and kill them."

Liu Yuansheng looked through the car window at this small commercial street. As the car drove by, there were quite a few shops on both sides, including coffee shops, ramen restaurants, auto repair shops, internet cafes, etc. Logically, there should be a lot of zombies in this area, but the fact is that there are very few zombies here.

There was a 24-hour convenience store on one side of the street. Although the street was empty, the store was still brightly lit, except that the glass door at the entrance was covered with a pool of splattered blood.

It looks a bit eerie.

Shizuka Marikawa drove into an alley and slowly stopped.

"Gao Cheng, is there a hardware store or something nearby that sells knives?"

Liu Yuansheng was about to open the door and get out of the car with a knife in hand, but suddenly turned around and looked at Takagi Saya.

Gao Cheng Saya glanced at the iron blade in Liu Yuansheng's hand, snorted lightly, and said in an unhappy tone:
"How does this lady know?"

On the other hand, Shizuka Marikawa put her index finger on her chin, with an expression that looked like she was reminiscing about something:

"Genji-kun, are you looking for a hardware store? I seem to remember there's one on this street. Rika brought me here before."

"Oh! That's right! I remember it was in an alley next to a convenience store! There were cold weapons everywhere, it was so eerie!"

Liu Yuansheng raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he remembered that there was indeed an alley to the left of the convenience store he had just seen, and nodded:
"Then I'm going down."

"Well! Gen-kun, have a safe trip~"

……

Because it is near the sea, the night wind in Qingzhu City always carries a fishy smell from the sea when it blows out of the alleys.

The brightly lit convenience store in the distance is particularly eye-catching. To the left of the convenience store, across an Internet cafe, is an alley about five people wide.

Liu Yuansheng cleaned up a few zombies that rushed over and walked in.

With a little moonlight, a half-open single-leaf aluminum alloy door appeared on one side of the wall.

There were neither signs nor lights around the aluminum alloy door, and it did not look like a so-called cold weapon store at all.

But the more this is the case, the more likely it is that the door in front of me is a cold weapon store. After all, this is a store that Nan Lixiang often visits, and it would be a bit low-class to show off.

Seeing that the door was casually open, Liu Yuansheng did not hesitate. He knocked on the door politely and then walked in.

"excuse me."

As soon as he entered the house, a strong smell of rust oil hit him in the face. Although it was pitch black in front of him, Liu Yuansheng adjusted to the light for a while and was able to see the general appearance of the room.

There is a glass counter on the left side of the entrance, and the wall behind the counter is lined with various hunting rifles and shotguns. On the right side is a display wall with various knives, which looks quite formal (the sale of firearms is legal in Japan, but a relevant license is required. However, only shotguns, hunting rifles, and semi-automatic rifles are allowed to be sold. Pistols and sniper rifles are prohibited from being sold).

Liu Yuansheng fumbled on both sides of the door for a while and finally found a square switch. With a click, the light bulb above his head flashed twice and then lit up completely.

Various guns and knives gleamed with a well-maintained luster under the light, with labels and prices carefully hung under each gun. There was a closed door at the end of the room.

Liu Yuansheng looked around in amazement, then turned his gaze towards the glass counter.

As expected, the slender, transparent glass display case was filled with piles of various types of ammunition, boxes of bullets lay quietly in the cabinet, and the lid of the top layer was thoughtfully opened to reveal the yellow ammunition underneath.

However, there was a large gap in the center of the display case. Someone had taken it away.

But what's strange is that there is nothing missing on the gun display wall behind the counter. There is a legal gun on each display stand.

There are fewer bullets, but there are still some guns.

Well, it's obvious that there are contraband hidden there.

Liu Yuansheng resisted the urge to look around for the "secret compartment" and walked towards the counter. He did not forget what he was here for.

He wanted to find a grinder to give the iron blade a slight edge.

The edge of the iron blade was too blunt, and every time he swung the knife it was more of a smash than a chop. So after each battle, no matter how careful Liu Yuansheng was, his body would inevitably be covered in blood. He had had enough.

Taking into account the purpose of chopping, Liu Yuansheng did not intend to sharpen the weapon. The width of the blade edge would be controlled at 3 to 4 mm. After all, an iron blade that is too sharp is not conducive to long-term combat, especially for a novice like Liu Yuansheng who has no experience in sharpening. If he sharpens the weapon rashly, coupled with a long-term combat, the weapon may even be at risk of breaking.

It was obviously impossible for the grinder to be in the store, so Liu Yuansheng pushed open the door at the end of the room and turned on the switch next to the door frame.

In an instant, a water-washing and polishing machine half a person's height appeared before our eyes.

Liu Yuansheng fumbled for a while and figured out how to use it before he carefully placed the iron blade on the slot of the grinder.

With the hum of a machine and the flushing of water, Liu Yuansheng slowly brought the blade closer to the humming grindstone.

There were no accidents during the grinding process. Although it was Liu Yuansheng's first time, it was not difficult for him to operate the machine. As long as he didn't stupidly put his hands close to the grinding stone, there was no danger at all.

Soon, as Liu Yuansheng moved the slot that fixed the iron blade away from the high-speed rotating grindstone and turned off the machine, the grinding of the iron blade was completed.

The three-finger-wide blade still had moisture that had not yet evaporated. Liu Yuansheng reached out and stroked the blade, carefully looking up and down at the edge of the blade. Although there were obviously a few places where the thickness was uneven, it was already excellent for the first polishing.

After the polishing was finished, Liu Yuansheng found a sack and began to search the store. As for firearms, Liu Yuansheng only took two shotguns. More would be useless. He looked for bullets in the guns in the car and calmly put all the bullets from the counter into the sack.

It is worth mentioning that there are 7.62mm caliber bullets specially used for sniper rifles in the cabinet under the counter. Well, take them away.

After a lot of packing, the sack was bulging and almost all the bullets in the cabinet were put into the sack.

Looking at the unusually bloated sack, Liu Yuansheng took a deep breath, and the next second he groaned and gritted his teeth and picked up the sack with both hands. The muscles on his arms bulged instantly, and veins throbbed. Liu Yuansheng suddenly picked up the sack, carried it out of the counter tremblingly, and placed it on the cart that had been prepared long ago.

boom!
The sack dropped with a dull thump.

Liu Yuansheng then breathed a sigh of relief. This sack weighed at least two hundred kilograms and it really exhausted him.

Liu Yuansheng picked up a Japanese sword of appropriate length and a dog-head knife from the wall, then threw the two shotguns on the sack and carefully pulled them out.

When Liu Yuansheng returned to the alley, more than half an hour had passed, and the cart was pulled to the trunk of the Hummer with a creaking sound.

With a click, the trunk slowly opened.

Just as Liu Yuansheng was about to move the sacks into the trunk, a tense voice suddenly came from inside the car:

"Original?"

"Well, it's me."

Hearing the familiar voice, Busujima Saeko seemed to be relieved. Using the moonlight, she saw that Liu Yuansheng seemed to have brought a lot of things with him. She carefully moved Miyamoto Rei away from her and whispered:

"let me help you."

Liu Yuansheng did not refuse. Considering the companions sleeping around him, Busujima Saeko moved gently, bent over and came to the trunk.

After seeing the items at Liu Yuansheng's feet, Busujima Saeko's eyes widened and she hesitated to say:
"Yuansheng...you..."

Did they loot the armory?
"I had the stock from a gun store, and I thought I could fit it in the car, so I loaded it all back."

As Liu Yuansheng spoke, he handed the two shotguns on the bag to Saeko.

Busujima Saeko took the shotgun with a silly look.

"I also picked out a samurai sword for you."

Seeing Busujima Saeko looking dazed, Liu Yuansheng couldn't help but smile.

A look of joy suddenly appeared on Busujima Saeko's face. She put down the shotgun, then took the long knife handed to her by Liu Yuansheng. She couldn't wait to grasp the handle and pulled out the long knife with a little force.

The blade is about three feet long, the back of the blade is jet black, and the blade surface is silvery white and translucent. When the moonlight shines on it, it emits a cold and chilling light.

Nice knife!

With just one glance, Busujima Saeko couldn't help but admire in her heart. The joy in her eyes was almost beyond words. The corners of her lips raised slightly, and her fingers couldn't help but brush across the blade, feeling the sharpness of the blade.

Based on her appreciation over the past decade, this knife is undoubtedly a masterpiece.

"I don't really understand. I picked the ones at the top of the shelf that were of moderate length and the most expensive."

Busujima Saeko casually sheathed the blade and carefully placed it aside. Then she looked at Liu Yuansheng with tenderness, her eyebrows curved, she smiled, and said softly:
"Yuan Sheng... I'm very happy."

(End of this chapter)