Chapter 13:
“Attention, all teams. The missing people have appeared!”

The group were all proactive. After reaching an agreement, the old woman directly found a plastic bag for food packaging, carefully scratched off a piece of blood on the giant axe, then delicately wrapped and sealed it, and finally placed it in her reading glasses case.

The foreigner tried to pick up the blood-stained axe. However, after trying hard, he could only shake his head and give up due to the axe’s weight.

Gold Chain Brother couldn’t help but frown, “This axe is too heavy.”

After all, everyone could see the muscles on the foreigner’s arms. If it took him so much effort to pick up the axe, they could only imagine how heavy it was.

Recalling the scene last night where the ‘security guard’ wielded a giant axe while trying to break down the door, everyone suddenly became frightened.

Old Xiao broke out in a cold sweat again. He was frightened and his face turned pale. He muttered to Jing Qizhen, “Fortunately, you had a good idea last night.”

Jing Qizhen smiled and then suggested, “I’ll go to the supermarket and get a shopping cart. The supermarket shopping cart should be able to carry the giant axe’s weight!”

The cashier girl nodded first, “It shouldn’t be a big problem. The maximum load-bearing capacity of the shopping cart in our supermarket is 200 kilograms. When the rice, flour, grains and oils are brought in, they are carted directly from the warehouse with a shopping cart.”

However, before Jing Qizhen could make a move, Yun Shuanghua had already walked over and picked up the giant axe with one hand. He was just about to take it away but thinking of how hard the foreigner struggled to pick it up just now, he quickly changed to hold the handle with both hands. Then he lifted it slightly from the floor. Now it looked like he used a little more effort than before.

The foreigner’s eyes widened in an instant: !!!

Based on the size of the giant axe, the others could only guess that the giant axe was very heavy. However, the foreigner had tried carrying its weight personally, so he naturally knew what level of strength Yun Shuanghua must have to lift it!

Gold Chain Brother immediately asked Yun Shuanghua, “Is it really okay to carry alone?”

Yun Shuanghua nodded, “No problem, let’s go directly.”

Seeing this, the others no longer hesitated and immediately walked into the supermarket.

Jing Qizhen looked at Yun Shuanghua seriously. When he saw his bright smile, he suddenly thought of Yun Shuanghua’s words when he disregarded the female ghost Ms. Li Jiangli’s fighting ability. Suddenly he had a new understanding of Yun Shuanghua’s physical fitness level.

Yun Shuanghua didn’t show any sign of difficulty, and the group quickly moved from the duty room to the supermarket.

However, as soon as they got closer, the smell of blood that had not yet dissipated wafted over.

Jing Qizhen reminded in a low voice, “It’s the corpse of the monster that was torn to pieces by Ms. Li.”

Old Xiao wiped away his cold sweat again.

The Earth, which had been offline for a night, suddenly appeared and lamented, “I feel like Li Jiangli is very easygoing even after she turned into a female ghost who – ah, no, she’s a lady! Who would have thought that she could be so cruel?”

Jing Qizhen stayed silent, not saying a word.

The Earth: “Hello?”

Jing Qizhen said quietly, “If you’ve been greened (cheated on) and the person who greened you also wants to kill you, you will become cruel. This is human nature.”

The Earth said subconsciously, “Eh??? I’ve been green before! 455 million years ago, primitive plants similar to today’s bryophytes first landed on land from the ocean. The plants absorbed carbon dioxide and changed the warm climate on Earth into an ice age. Ah!”

After a pause, the Earth suddenly realized, “Oh oh oh, you are talking about you humans’ green grassland, the prairie where horses can race above your head hahahahaha! I accidentally thought too far and only remembered the color green. It’s quite beautiful!”

Jing Qizhen: …when a ball says this, what else can he say?

After approaching the supermarket, Gold Chain Brother took the initiative to take a few steps forward and pushed the supermarket shopping cart that Old Xiao had brought over before. “Shuanghua, put the axe on it.”

In the supermarket that has experienced the passage of time, the supermarket shopping cart has long been overtaken with rust and a thick layer of dust.

The cart Old Xiao brought over was already torn apart by the female ghost. Although the metal was still new, it was inevitably stained with a lot of blood stains and its frame wrecked.

Yun Shuanghua put the giant axe up ‘gently’ as he was told. He was worried that the weight of the giant axe would crush the shopping cart, so he deliberately held the end of the handle.

Originally, when they entered the supermarket, they avoided the monster’s body parts and blood stains on the floor. However, after arriving at the supermarket, Jing Qizhen suddenly remembered and said, “That’s right! Should we also take out some of the monster’s blood samples? Considering Ms. Li’s hatred for the monsters, I think–”

On this matter, Manman, a girl, said more bluntly than anyone else, “You also suspect that the monster’s identity is actually the mistress?”

Jing Qizhen blinked, “Well… the word ‘also’ is very subtle.”

Manman’s boyfriend was stunned for a moment, then he understood with an ‘ah’ sound.

Jing Qizhen summed it up directly, “It’s just a guess. Ms. Li hated this monster, and there might be some problems in her marital relationship. On the other hand, the ‘security guard’ was afraid of Ms. Li, but Ms. Li dismissed it. You see, there seems to be a missing link in this relationship.”

In this regard, Manman reacted very quickly and said directly, “No need to doubt it. It must be Ms. Li’s husband who has disappeared. Tsk, men!”

“Manman!” The boyfriend blinked when he heard her and gently shook Manman’s hand.

Manman raised her head and smiled at her boyfriend again, hugged his arm and whispered coquettishly, “I didn’t mean you.”

The boyfriend: “I know!”

Jing Qizhen: …the couple who love to murder the singles is here again!!!

While Jing Qizhen and Manman were talking, the old lady had already asked the cashier girl who was most familiar with the supermarket to help her get a few plastic boxes and brand new rubber gloves from the shelves, and then said to a few young people, “I’m going to take samples! After we take them back to the laboratory and test them, we’ll know everything.”

Of course, when she took the things from the supermarket this time, the old lady even took out the cash from her pocket and planned to put it in a plastic box later, together with the outer packaging of the rubber gloves with the price tag and barcode attached, and leave them on the counter.

Although they seem to have reached an agreement with Ms. Li, the ghost in charge of the supermarket, the money still has to be paid.

The taciturn Gold Chain Brother still held the mop handle in his hand, “I’ll go with you.”

Jing Qizhen also weighed the rolling pin in his hand and followed, “Yes. The closer we are to finishing this, the more we have to be careful of any accidents.”

When the old lady bent down to collect the samples, Jing Qizhen and Gold Chain Brother were standing on guard. The roof vents and other locations where there had been a sudden attack before were their top caution priority.

Fortunately, the surroundings were calm until the grandma finished sampling. On the contrary, there was a faint movement in the supermarket where they came from.

Jing Qizhen didn’t pay attention at first. When the three of them rejoined the others, he was shocked to find that these people actually pushed a counter for promotional tastings and wiped the surface of the counter with wet paper towels. At this time, a simple hot pot was boiled on top of the dusty counter!

Jing Qizhen: “…Okay, brother! But, what is the food’s shelf life?”

If they couldn’t live without supermarket food, then no one would care whether the ingredients were fresh or not. Life is the most important thing. However, based on what the female ghost Ms. Li said, if everything goes well, maybe they can return to the real world today, so Jing Qizhen asked more questions.

Manman pointed at her boyfriend.

The boyfriend explained, “In this pot, the mineral water, chopsticks and seasonings are from this supermarket, and the other ingredients are all from Xiao-ge’s shopping bag! I think that even if the water quality won’t be too fresh , it shouldn’t be a big problem after it’s boiled.”

Old Xiao looked at the simple hot pot and laughed. He waved his hand and said, “My family comes to the supermarket once a week to do shopping. It was not in vain!”

Manman also added, “I have put the money and barcodes at the cashier outside. Let’s just eat some hot food together. I don’t know when we can go back, so we have to keep up our physical strength!”

Jing Qizhen smiled, “That makes sense!”

He took the initiative to take apart the chopsticks and saw Yun Shuanghua standing next to him looking eager but hesitant to try this simple hot pot. He smiled and directly put the chopsticks into his hand, and also called the others, “Just in time! Let’s try Manman’s boyfriend’s cooking skills together!”

Manman’s boyfriend immediately took over, “My cooking skills are good! You better believe me!”

Everyone gathered around the counter, and Gold Chain Brother took the initiative to take two steps away and said succinctly, “You guys eat first, I’ll keep an eye on the surroundings!”

Jing Qizhen glanced at Gold Chain Brother and didn’t argue with him. He just stuffed two mouthfuls of lotus root slices and mushrooms into his mouth without restraint. He ate very quickly, then put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands. “I’m done!”

At this moment, a shrill, frightening howl suddenly erupted from the passage of the supermarket connected to the second floor.

Everyone was startled and looked towards the direction of the sound.

The chopsticks in the foreigner’s hand were not stable enough and he dropped the fish balls that were about to reach his mouth.

Across the shelves, Jing Qizhen could only see what happened vaguely.

A monster that looked quite similar to the previous monster but slightly taller was emerging from the ventilation duct, trying to touch the body remains of the first monster.

On the other hand, the female ghost Ms. Li had appeared behind the second, taller monster at some point. Even though she had turned into a ghost, her hands were still bloody, and she was holding a handful of broken glass shards full of blood. She stabbed hard into the back of the second monster.

The changes happened too abruptly and the departure caught them off guard.

Neither Jing Qizhen nor Manman had time to take a picture of the female ghost piercing the second monster’s heart from behind with their mobile phones. However, the bloody scene at that moment, the moment the female ghost raised her head and looked them over, and her originally translucent figure suddenly became extremely illusory, and the blurry surroundings that gradually disappeared, were clearly engraved on everyone’s irises.

In the next moment, they had completely broken away from the old supermarket area and returned to the real world.

Jing Qizhen raised his head and saw a large circle of police cordon.

The police staff staying nearby immediately shouted at the top of their lungs, “Attention all teams! The missing people have appeared!”

With a ‘crash’, heavily armed staff wearing isolation suits swarmed forward.

Jing Qizhen: …

The others: …

The Earth: “Wow! Cool!” 0.0