Chapter 27 (1/2)

Chapter 27 Wound

“Son of a b*tch…” Seeing the danger from the prey in its mouth, Chang roared the sky to release the rage and unwillingness in his heart.

Chang lighted up quite a bit after he shouted; his mind slightly relaxed. But now, the pain that was suppressed by his nerves had become sharp and obvious.

He looked down to his left chest – there were three long b.l.o.o.d.y scratches inflicted by the stray dog.

Fortunately, although the scratches were long, they weren’t deep. They were painful as if a fire was lit on his chest, but they weren’t fatal wounds.

Chang stood in the gra.s.s bush feebly. He felt like his body was completely drained. The intense hunt and that brief tension between the cat and him while facing extreme hunger made him feel particularly weak right now.

“Why…” He sat down as if he had lost all of his strength. Chang noticed small puddles of blood on the ground around him. “These might attract other predators…” He rested for a bit and immediately went back to look for Jing.

Chang found Jing still standing where she was.

“Are you okay?” She smiled when Chang showed himself from the bushy gra.s.s.

“I’m fine, but the dog was taken by another animal.” His face looked frustrated.

“Thank G.o.d, at least you’re still alive. We should head out from here as soon as possible.” Jing held his hand and trotted back towards the camp.

“Are some other monsters approaching?” Chang followed her and asked.

“I won’t say they’re monsters; there’s a ma.s.sive amount of level 0.003 organisms coming. They might be small bugs.” Jing replied, “We should be careful anyways.”

“Okay.” They walked out from the b.l.o.o.d.y scene where they hunted the dog. The two found a small abandoned house. He found a basin to rinse off the blood on his hands. Then, in the other room he sprayed some strong scented perfume and hair spray to cover the smell of blood on his body.

Chang finally felt a slight relief after he did this.

“Should we keep going?” Jing dropped down beside Chang, with her weary little body curled up on the couch as she asked. “You were scratched by the dog; we should go back to the base to disinfect your wound.”

“These things happen all the time, don’t worry. Human resistance to bacteria and viruses is an evenly matched compet.i.tion. If one prevails but doesn’t destroy the other completely, any subsequent infections would be less intense. Since I didn’t die from the last infection, I won’t die from this infection either,” Chang said determinedly. “Just to be safe, I’ll still take some antibiotics, but there’s no rush for it. I’ll take them once we go back.”

“So we will keep on hunting?” Jing rubbed at her ankle, then asked the question again.

“Yes, both of us are in a fairly good condition right now, if we don’t get anything today, it will be even more difficult tomorrow.” Chang looked up to the ceiling, “I’m a little bit dizzy from hunger. If we go back to the base right now and only get that half pack of biscuit, it’ll definitely not be enough. My reaction speed and fighting ability will be significantly reduced by tomorrow; it will be almost impossible for us to get anything.”

“I though Mr.Li and Pangzi went out to find some edible plants.” Jing removed her shoes and socks while she spoke. She stretched out her ankle so that she could keep up with Chang in the next hunt. However, blisters and blood covered the bottom and sides of her feet. Seeing this made Chang upset.

Continuously walking for six or seven hours wasn’t something a skinny and thin teen girl could bear, not to mention that the path she walked didn’t have flat roads at all. The world returned to its natural state; the ground was filled with cracks, and it resembled a dense forest. Luckily though, there weren’t any rocks, concrete blocks, nails of any kind or industrial waste along the pathway. The roads in the city were completely shattered, and the ground was covered with all these obstacles. Even Chang himself had a hard time walking on it, while Jing was just a small girl.

“You can go back first, you must be tired. I can look for small animals by myself around here.” Chang sighed as he glanced over her blistered feet.