The third basic ability that suddenly emerged last night came just in time.
In the darkness, Lin Sanjiu dodged a kitchen knife thrown out from the staff room with a quick flash, secretly thanking the heavens in her heart. If it weren't for this all-round physical ability enhancement, not to mention the swift and mysterious attack of the green vine, she might not even have been able to dodge this stinky kitchen knife that Wang Sisi suddenly threw.
The kitchen knife landed on the ground not far away with a clatter. Taking advantage of the moment when Wang Sisi's attack missed, Lin Sanjiu nimbly jumped back and closed the door with a "bang", blocking its offensive. Only then did she hear a dragging sound coming from the other side, followed by the faint voices of Lu Ze and Mace.
Even through two doors, the anxiety in Mace's voice still couldn't be hidden: "Sanjiu, are you okay? Hurry up and leave. We can't get in without the key!"
"I'm fine! I'm already out!" Lin Sanjiu quickly replied loudly. "The little mummy just pulled out the knife on her mouthparts and threw it at me, but I'm not injured!"
Wang Sisi let out an angry scream. Lin Sanjiu immediately felt the door she was leaning against shaking violently, as if it was being hit hard one after another. It should be Wang Sisi's mouthparts. She quickly stepped back a few steps from the door and locked it again with the key. Listening to Wang Sisi's unwilling screams, she took out a lighter from her pocket and lit it.
Since she had the physical ability enhancement, her ability to see in the dark had also improved a lot. Even without light, she could see about six or seven out of ten clearly, and she didn't have to search for a light source like a blind moth anymore.
However, precisely because of this, she had been so eager to get back to the supermarket just now that she didn't have time to check her surroundings. When she saw a door, she went in, and that's how she came face to face with Wang Sisi's shriveled and deformed face.
Since she couldn't go back to the supermarket for a while anyway, she might as well explore the terrain by the light of the lighter. With a sweep of her gaze, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but hold her breath.
About ten steps away from her, there were rows of shelves that were as tall as two people. These shelves were obviously different from those in the supermarket. They almost reached the ceiling, and each layer of the shelves was piled with well-packaged cargo boxes. It could be seen that beverages and food occupied the majority of them.
She suppressed her excitement and trotted to the shelves. She couldn't help but gently stroke the boxes of mineral water.
— After she evolved her ability last night, the three of them went back and took stock of all the food and water in the supermarket again. After all, it had been looted. Although there was still a lot of stock in the supermarket, after the three of them had eaten and drunk for a few days, the remaining supplies could only last for two weeks.
"I said why I couldn't find the warehouse anywhere..." Lin Sanjiu smiled with her eyes shining brightly and scolded softly to herself: "So it's hidden here, and there's a mummy guarding the door for you."
It seemed that after going back, she had to find a way to collect all the things in the warehouse.
The pink hard plastic shells wrapping bottles of the source of life were silent under the light of the lighter. Looking at the full shelf of mineral water, Lin Sanjiu, who was just thirsty, simply opened a box, took out a bottle, and drank it.
At this time, the voices of Mace and Lu Ze came from the other side of the staff room again: "Sanjiu, how are you now? Can you find a way to come back?"
"I'm fine! I found the warehouse of this supermarket..." Lin Sanjiu replied and sat down at the door of the staff room, planning to adjust and rest for a while. There was a strong confidence in her voice:
"I'm sure I can find a way to go back. Don't worry about me."
There were a few indistinct words from the other side of the staff room, as if the two of them had told her something, and then there was no sound.
Lin Sanjiu snapped the lighter shut, and the warehouse returned to a silent darkness again.
At this time, I'm afraid Wang Sisi behind the door is also thinking of a countermeasure, right? Lin Sanjiu took a sip of water, feeling the cool liquid slide down her throat and into her body, while thinking secretly. This little mummy really couldn't be underestimated. Just now, when she was in a hurry to take out the key and open the door, she made a lot of noise. But Wang Sisi held her breath and didn't make a sound at all, so Lin Sanjiu didn't expect that she was opening the back door of the staff room. If it weren't for the stench of a dead body that rushed out when the door opened, making her alert, I'm afraid she really couldn't have avoided Wang Sisi's attack.
Now, there is a stumbling block firmly blocking both ways back to the supermarket. In the hall, there is a strange and unpredictable forest of plants; in the staff passage, she has to pass through Wang Sisi.
As the saying goes, when faced with two evils, choose the lesser one. I don't know how long she waited, but Lin Sanjiu finally made up her mind. She stood up silently in the dark and put aside all kinds of miscellaneous things like the lighter and the water bottle. Then she rubbed her hands and exhaled softly.
It was time to see how powerful this all-round physical ability enhancement was.
The key was gently inserted into the lock hole and turned to the right. The metal lock made a faint click.
This sound was incredibly loud in the absolutely silent environment. Wang Sisi definitely couldn't have missed it. Immediately, as if confirming her thoughts, a series of low cooing sounds suddenly rang out in the room. Lin Sanjiu could feel something approaching behind the door.
She didn't speak. She just silently turned the doorknob, and the door slowly opened a gap wide enough for a person.
The thick darkness remained silent, and even the air seemed to have stopped flowing.
In an instant, a slender black shadow suddenly shot out from the crack of the door and stabbed straight behind the doorknob. This speed was too fast. Even with the physical ability enhancement, Lin Sanjiu definitely couldn't have dodged it.
But this seemingly sure-fire attack still missed.
"Huh?" After a long time, Wang Sisi in the room made a human voice again. She swept the door with her mouthparts for a while and found that Lin Sanjiu seemed to have disappeared into thin air. She was nowhere to be found.
It seemed that she hesitated for a moment. Wang Sisi cautiously took two steps towards the door, and a sweet child's voice came from her mouthparts: "Sister, where are you? Sisi doesn't want to fight with you. Let Sisi go, okay?"
No one answered her. Outside the half-open door, there was still a dead silence and darkness.
There was no sign of Lin Sanjiu, and there was no sound at all, as if no one had ever been there.
A withered hand that almost didn't look human stretched out from the crack of the door, as if to push the door. But it paused and then put it down. After a while, a terrifyingly shaped thing squeezed out from the crack of the door quietly. It was Wang Sisi.
After not seeing it for a few days, it had become even more shriveled. Its skin was piled up just like that of the security guard. Because of the kick from Lu Ze, there was still a deep pit in its chest, and the last bit of its human shape had disappeared. The crack of the door wasn't big, but for Wang Sisi, it was enough.
"Sister, sister, I'm out. Don't hurt me, okay? Sisi just wants to go home and find her mother..." Its two white eyeballs scanned the warehouse back and forth, but there was still no sign of Lin Sanjiu.
The mouthparts waved restlessly in the air. It could smell the smell of the blood of the living in the air, but it didn't know which direction it was coming from. This made Wang Sisi, who hadn't eaten for several days, both impulsive and irritable. The child's voice from its mouthparts carried a thick sobbing tone: "Sister, if you don't come out, I'll take it as your agreement. Sisi is leaving now and going home..."
The voice of the little girl was still echoing in the darkness, and the mouthparts had already stabbed towards the back of the door. This was the only place where someone could hide!
The mouthparts shining with a metallic luster stabbed into empty air.
"...Are you going to suck your mother dry too?" A faint, mocking voice came from above.
Wang Sisi was startled and quickly wanted to look up. Just as it didn't have time to retract its mouthparts from behind the door, a black shadow swiftly pounced down, kicked back with the momentum, and the door slammed shut, clamping the mouthparts tightly. Before Wang Sisi could let out a scream, a white light flashed on its head, and it had been pierced through by a chef's knife. Suddenly, Wang Sisi, both its body and mouthparts, lost their support and fell to the ground with a powerless thud.
Seeing that the mummy on the ground didn't move anymore, Lin Sanjiu let out a sigh of relief. She had been squatting on the narrow door frame just now. Maintaining absolute silence and having to pounce down from the door to launch a surprise attack was really too difficult. Before the arrival of the New World, she had never imagined that she could do something like a ninja.
Pinching her nose, she carefully walked past the dead body and opened another door of the staff room.
As the door opened, the silver light of the ability polishing agent spilled out like moonlight, illuminating Lin Sanjiu's whole body. The shelves blocking the door had been pushed aside by the other two people together. Lu Ze and Mace, one standing and one sitting, were quietly waiting for her.
"Welcome back." Lu Ze leaned against the wall, holding the ability polishing agent in one hand and smiling.