I was about halfway through when I decided to jump off the stop. I arrived at where the metro goes underground. Now I was on a deserted highway with crashed cars and dead bodies scattered left and right.
"Web novels said that they smelled bad but holy shit this beats every description I could make. Even worse than when my chest was burnt crisp."
The sun was setting at this time, I didn't think it would take this long.
I made a long groaning noise before quickly shutting myself up incase anything notices me. was this why nature was so quiet?
To my surprise, there weren't any monsters around me. I walked forward with as low a profile I could keep. This is such a pain in the ass. Music would make this so much better.
I went unnoticed for maybe one kilometer before I heard a small scurry inside a broke down car. I took my spear out and approached it. to my surprise, a person stared at me blankly before gulping down the food they stuffed in their mouths. They seemed didn't have any injuries, nor blood on their visible body. Could they have run away? They were quite dirty.
"are you alright?" I asked
They nodded slowly as they watched my spear and asked: "who are you?"
The thought of saying 'your long-lost daddy' crossed my mind but ultimately came out as: "your da- you can call me Petra" I smiled to them. "yours?"
"you can call me Zhou" the man left the vehicle.
His hair was short, enough to think he just grew out of balding. He appeared to be around 30 years of age and was quite frail. He would be difficult fight with, but easy to subdue. In that sense, how is he alive? Did he just get lucky and run away? He wore trousers and a shirt that was too big for him with lots of dirt on his arms.
He looked at me suspiciously, scanning me head to toe, starting with my staff, then the wing I had by my waist, then the bandage by my chest.
"How did you get the staff?" he seemed obnoxious as he asked.
I didn't like him. I made a disgusted face and said: "I beat the shit out of something and harvested its organs."
His body seemed to shrink at my bluntness. Now I wanted to play with him.
"im looking for a human spine to make a whip, maybe you could help me?" I approached him with a large grin on my face. Eyes locked into his. "Maybe some other human organs... you know, eating brains increase intelligence?"
He shrieked like a monkey and ran to the other side of the car. Also like a monkey. He also looked like a monkey. And acted like a monkey. Im going to refer to him as a monkey from now on.
"Calm down monkey" I yelled over the car. "I'm going to wangjing. There are survivors over there. Come with me"
"h-how can I trust you!" monkey Zhou squealed. "y-you just threatened me!"
Of course, the first person I met was one of these people. I sighed in disappointment. Though, I would like some human interaction since I haven't had any besides that dead kid for a week.
"2 people are better than one" I spoke "we can defend each other." "I consider myself with a fighting chance"
"I-Im hungry!" he said, as if expecting me to feed him.
"this fucker" I leapt above the car and landed on his side.
"w-what are you doing??" he squealed and wet himself when I landed.
"Eating your ass" I preached with sarcasm I thrust the spear beside his head as his urine stained the concrete. I threatened "you're coming with me, please" with a smile.
he got up without words
"There are Gas stations on the way. Follow me and we should be able to eat food" I tried giving him some hope. Despite my actions, almost no one should be in a situation like the world is in. except for the fuckers that scam old ladies. Fuck those guys. They should be eaten right the fuck out by a bunch of goblins. If they exist. Complete goblin behavior. And rapists. If I find one I'm forcing a dragon dick up their asses. Especially child rapists. No fucking way they're going to stay without monster cocks destroying their buns. Reap what you sow assholes.
I smiled at him and offered a hand up. "Come along now"
***
He managed to calm himself down after walking a couple kilometers without words. He stayed a couple meters behind me at all times. Maybe out of fear? Or it could be something else. I really want to talk to someone.
"Monkey guy" I spoke at him "what made you start scavenging in a car?" I probably knew the answer, but I wanted to make conversation.
I felt him tense up at my words. "That…" and in the same moment, he sulked down again.
"its ok if you don't want to talk about it" I wanted to change topics. "what's your favorite food"
"food?" he was confused
"yes food."
"uh… I like noodles"
"Oh! Noodles are really nice" I responded. "unironically, my favorite noodles are cup noodles"
"---" he didn't respond, he seems uneasy. But like a care; I'm talking to him. But if he stays uneasy il shut up.
"they're both cheap and taste nice. And you can get them almost anywhere in China" i added cheerfully. "but, I do love myself a good Udon once in a while"
"Chicken broth Udon is nice" he said in a quiet voice. Finally got this guy to talk. Maybe he's just bad at talking to strangers?
"right?" i poked fun again "have you ever tried udon with human thigh instead of chicken? That's delicious" I could feel him tense up behind me
"n-no" he added timidly. Honestly, I was surprised at a response at all.
"No? I haven't either, and hopefully i never will." I paused and pointed "look, there's a gas station."
He lit up at my words and his pace quickened like a child
"Wait!" I yelled for him "there might be monsters!"
He didn't listen, he just kept walking towards the gas station until he reached the window which then he yelled out a very loud shriek. Monkey guy fell on his ass again and scuttled away from the window. He held his hand out and trembled, pointing at the window.
I ran up to him and stared in the window. Tiny green people with branches covering their cocks and a large stomach roamed the inside of the store.
"fuck man, I can really feed scammers to goblins now"