Chapter 64—Making my way downtown

by Bocchan13

Wu Ding looked 10x better than how he appeared last night. After the zombie blood, dust, and dirt was taken away, he was quite the looker. The hotness of their group grew. Wu Ding looked around the group and unconsciously blurted out,

“Are you guys an idol group? How can 6 people all be handsome in the apocalypse?” Yu Ci spit out his water while Lan Zhou laughed happily.

“We were all just second generation wealth’s, that’s all.”

“That’s quite hard. Although a lot of the rich people fled to overseas and stuff, I heard they were the first to go because they couldn’t fight and their bodyguards turned on them.”

Lan Zhou had no comeback for that and just helped Song Yu into the car. The car was newly cleaned from last night and had been refueled this morning. Lu Jingxiu once again took the wheel with Yu Ci in the passenger seat and Xiao Zi, Lan Zhou, Wang Cheng, and Song Yu in the back.

When seeing this, question mar ks flew in the air. Wu Ding looked that there was no space in the backseat.

“Uh…is there a place I can sit?”

Lan Zhou side-eyed him, “There’s no space in the backseat. Yu Ci will hold you.”

Yu Ci turned to stare at Wu Ding, his face devoid of emotion. It seemed that Lan Zhou had already told him. Wu Ding wanted to cry.

I’m a grown ass man! I don’t want to be car-seated by a human meat seat!

Wu Ding had no choice but to go sit down. Hesitantly, he slid in the passenger seat, his body nestled snuggly in between Yu Ci’s legs. Yu Ci awkwardly put his hands around Wu Ding’s waist and became his seatbelt.

Wu Ding hadn’t been this close to another person in a long time. He snuggled himself, trying to find a good position. Fortunately, Yu Ci was meatier and felt much better to sit on. He caught a whiff of Yu Ci’s smell. Yu Ci smelled very woodsy, giving a calming effect. A breath tickled the back of his neck…quite…hot. It just became apparent that Wu Ding was now feeling this overwhelming feeling of…comfort and safety.

 Like that small cubicle in the research facility. Safe and secure.  Wu Ding relaxed somewhat and muttered to himself.

“You’re very comfy.”

Yu Ci who had been trying his best to be respectful couldn’t help but tighten his arms. He didn’t feel anything when Wu Ding sat between his legs. It was only when he started grinding; trying to find a good position that Yu Ci had felt something. In less than a second, a blush covered his cheeks.

Everyone felt uncomfortable for a brief second. Why did they feel that they were fed dog food?

…

By the time they reached N City, the sun had moved from the east to the west. Song Yu couldn’t help but stare outside. A Country was mountainous with lush valleys and hills, so many cities in A Country were either built in valleys or flatlands. N City was the former, so in order to get there; you had to traverse through spiraling roads through the mountains.

But unlike the lush mountains where Song Yu lived, all the beauty of the mountains had disappeared. The foliage had turned into dark green and brown, there had been a wildfire within these two years and the trees had all died. It was completely barren.

Song Yu couldn’t help but want to purify this place.

It was a reckless thought, but it appeared and disappeared as soon as he thought it. The outside world didn’t matter anymore.

The entrance to N City was just a small sign greeting people into the city. Lu Jingxiu silently drove through the abandoned streets. It was eerily quiet. Since it was the afternoon, zombies should have been roaming the streets, but they hadn’t encountered a single one.

“Is there a base here?”

“There shouldn’t be. The entire city was engulfed in a zombie hoard a while ago.”

Song Yu took out his heat detector and shivered.

“I think…they are underground.” Song Yu turned the screen and the heat sensors showed that their car was currently on top of a giant heat source. Hundreds if not thousands of zombies were where they were right now.

“They might have been buried down there by someone…or they went there willingly.”

“Keep a close eye out. Just get the things that we need, nothing else. Let’s start at the downtown district. There are fabric and clothing shops there. If you see anything of value, give it to Song Yu and Wang Cheng.” Everyone nodded in agreement, so Lu Jingxiu continued driving in the zombie-less city.

They made their way downtown, got out of the car and prepped their weapons. Although having abilities in the apocalypse was fine and dandy, it didn’t guarantee life. Physical weapons were still utilized and carefully tended to. Song Yu had his bow and arrow alongside his dagger, Lan Zhou and Yu Ci were more comfortable with guns so took those, Wang Cheng liked dual swords and Xiao Zi with his small stature held a giant glave.

Wu Ding looked at everyone’s get up in their rubber infused suits, badass cosplay (Song Yu) and mouth masks (also courtesy of Song Yu). He looked down at his still dirty shirt, blood encrusted jeans, combat boots and leather jacket. He was also weaponless…

“Um…can anyone be kind enough to give me a weapon?”

Song Yu smiled and took out a pistol and a 12 inch dagger. Wu Ding smiled happily as he fastened it into his waistband.

“Thank you comrade, hey haven’t we met before?”

Song Yu hitched a breath, and was completely off guard.

“Oh, yeah! I saw you at the bar. You were really cute and I wanted to get your number but…” He motioned to Lan Zhou, “This guy glared at me so hard I didn’t have the heart to.”

Song Yu couldn’t help but laugh a little and look to see Lan Zhou’s reddening ears. So cute!

“So…you also like guys?” Wu Ding laughed.

“I like both. Girls and boys are all the same to me!” Song Yu nodded his head. Looking at the group right now, he had to wonder if all gay and bisexual people congregated together. Xiao Zi and Lu Jingxiu were a couple, Song Yu and Lan Zhou were a couple, making five out of seven that were into men.

Yu Ci who was a few meters away also heard Wu Ding and Song Yu’s conversation.

So…he also likes men.

Song Yu was given an earpiece and receiver from Lan Zhou for easy communication.

“It’s frequency is only a few hundred meters. Anymore and it won’t work so stay by me, okay?” Song Yu nodded. Lan Zhou briefed everyone on the area once again, and every dispersed into three groups.

Song Yu and Lan Zhou, Lu Jingxiu and Xiao Zi, lastly Wang Cheng, Yu Ci, and Wu Ding. For the most part because Song Yu and Wang Cheng couldn’t be in the same group because of their spaces, and Xiao Zi was a healer for Lu Jingxiu.

“Reconvene to the car in three hours. If you are in trouble, let us know right away. This downtown street is easy to navigate, so any zombies coming in and out can be dealt with.” Lan Zhou easily commanded everyone. This was Song Yu’s ever first raid, so he followed to the best of his abilities.

Each group went in different directions leaving Song Yu and Lan Zhou to a large avenue. Small mom and pop shops lined the streets with small boutiques. They weren’t the only people to come to N City after the zombie hoard. There were broken windows and opened doors along the street.

The lucky thing is that break-ins like this only took what was on the surface of the store. Song Yu saw a fabric store and nodded to Lan Zhou. They entered quietly, Song Yu slowing his breathing down. His heartbeat dulled as his ears listened carefully for any signs of zombies. Lan Zhou had his gun prepped as he also surveyed the area.

The fabric store was basically a craft store with rows of lace, buttons, sewing kits, zippers and bolts of fabric. People in the apocalypse at the very beginning didn’t care about clothing, they were too afraid for their lives. After, there was a boon for rubber infused clothing and clothes became a necessity for survival.

Although the fabric store was broken into, not much was taken. Seeing the rows of buttons and pins, Song Yu swept them into his space. He simply took everything and would categorize them later. He felt the rust from some needles dissipate as his pure space brought them back to newness.

“Keep an eye out while I take everything.” Lan Zhou nodded and watched Song Yu as he waved his hand and magically put everything into his space. The bolts of fabric weren’t that many and in questionable patterns, but Song Yu didn’t mind. There would always be a need.

Lan Zhou led the way to the back of the store and saw that there were still inventory boxes. Song Yu took those as well. In less than 30 minutes, the entire place was cleaned out.