In the golden October, on a day when the leaves had not yet fully turned yellow and fallen, Wei Xuan, a very wealthy man, turned on all the refrigerators and freezers in almost the entire building of twelve households and filled their freezer compartments to the brim.
The things that were stuffed inside were, of course, the meat of the two mutant birds that Du Hang had chopped down by leaping into the air.
Before that, Wei Xuan had lamented that the mutant birds had too many feathers and that their meat was not that much, but after he cut out all the untainted and edible meat and stuffed it into the refrigerators one by one, he realized that – the meat was scarce compared to the apparent volume of the birds at first glance, but in reality, those two birds were indeed not small!
He filled all the refrigerators in the rooms of the entire building with meat, excluding the bird bones, wounds, and internal organs, which goes to show just how exaggerated the size of those two birds was.
“…But now the headache is how to deal with the remains of those two birds.”
Wei Xuan realized this headache-inducing problem only after he had become excited.
Just the bone structure of the two bird corpses was enough to give someone a headache, and it was not possible to leave their bodies in the community to wait for them to decompose and become fertilizer. It would be better to dispose of them further away.
But then again, with fewer and fewer living people in the city, if he rashly set fire to the bird corpses, the smoke would be too thick and it could even alert the remaining survivors or passing teams.
It was really a headache to figure out how to deal with the bodies of these two birds…
“No, there’s something else to worry about.”
Wei Xuan had just suffered a headache from the two huge bird skeletons, but suddenly he remembered another thing and couldn’t help but glance out the window – from this angle, he couldn’t see the broken window caused by those two guys.
“What should we do about the window? What about the window frame… and what would be a good weapon to give them?”
Rubbing his throbbing temples again in frustration, he felt that today’s events were just too much. Not only did he have a lot of busy work, but there were also many places that required him to use his brain…
“Wait, and there’s that blood! I should at least clean it up!”
Otherwise, the whole community would be filled with the smell of blood. Even if those bloody smells were just from bird blood, it wouldn’t be good to attract more zombies!
After finally connecting all the refrigerators to solar power, dividing and freezing the meat, Wei Xuan had to once again drag Du Hang downstairs to the building where they had to face the mutated birds. As they passed by the zombie horde, Wei Xuan couldn’t help but twitch his mouth as he saw many of them with broken glass fragments sticking out of their heads.
These zombies were not like Du Hang, and Wei Xuan couldn’t guarantee that they wouldn’t mistake him for attacking them while he tried to remove the glass from their heads and start clawing at him.
So, the safest method, for now, was to pretend not to see them!
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Before the mutant birds attacked, Wei Xuan was carrying Du Hang downstairs to move rainwater, preparing to purify and store it.
Now, the remaining rainwater didn’t need to be purified, and Wei Xuan used a lot of it to wash away the bloodstains from the scene.
For this, he once again felt lucky. Fortunately, this rain was heavy and lasted a long time. He had already started to collect and purify water during the rainfall and had saved a lot of it. So he didn’t feel too bad about wasting it.
After roughly cleaning up the bloodstains at the scene, Wei Xuan pulled out the small car that he had pushed back home from the supermarket earlier and stuffed the mutant bird corpses inside, then dragged the car to the site of the previous fire.
As it had just rained, it was almost impossible to burn the bird carcasses. Therefore, Wei Xuan temporarily piled them up in an inconspicuous place.
Of course, before taking away the two bird bodies, he deliberately left most of the feathers under the wings, on the belly, and around the neck.
These feathers were quite soft and, although Wei Xuan did not lack clothing or other things, they were excellent for keeping warm. In winter, they could be put into bags and used to plug leaks in doors and windows.
After removing the bird carcasses, the destroyed vegetable garden was exposed underneath.
Fortunately, Wei Xuan had just harvested all the mature potatoes and carrots a few days ago. Because it was about to be winter and there was no time for another harvest, he had not planted anything else in the ground.
The number of vegetables destroyed was not large.
Moreover, the potatoes and carrots were still underground, and even if the leaves on top were flattened, it would not be a big problem. At most, the harvested tubers would be a bit smaller in size, but they were still edible.
After going through all of this, Wei Xuan was already too tired to do anything else. He just walked past the room where the two guys were and looked up to confirm that they were still looking out the window and hadn’t jumped out of the hole-like opening. Then he went back to his own room with Du Hang, hugged him, and fell asleep without any energy to do anything else.
“Can we really eat this thing?” A group of people, looking disheveled, stood around a giant mutant bird that they had just killed. They looked at each other uncertainly.
“Of course we can eat it! It’s just a little bigger than normal. The feathers are still good, the blood is red and hot, and it’s no different from any other animal. It’s definitely edible!”
A man with a fierce expression suddenly stepped forward and stared at the giant bird, which had come and gone, as if he were looking at an enemy.
Because they lived in a high-rise building, they had noticed these flying birds heading toward the T city earlier. For safety reasons, they quickly moved most of the vegetables grown on the roof back into the rooms and hallways.
But some of these birds had still landed on the roof.
They didn’t dare to go back up to the roof in front of these birds and use the vegetables as targets. As it turned out, their caution was necessary. Even though these birds had not seen any live people, they had been attracted by the green plants and had prioritized landing on the roofs of these buildings, and two mutant birds had almost pecked the small door leading to the roof.
It seemed that although they needed to hunt, they were not too obsessed with human flesh. They had tried it out a bit and then gave up. Otherwise, if they had pecked open a few more windows and crawled in, it would have been enough for these survivors to have a lot to worry about.
The birds that left had almost completely destroyed the vegetables that these people had not been able to move away in time, making them feel heartbroken for a long time.
But not long after, the flying birds that had wandered around the city came back! And some of them were clearly injured!
Perhaps because they had rested here before and had eaten some fresh plants, one mutant bird actually separated from its companions and landed again.
The people in the high-rise base were already frustrated by these birds, so a few superpowers calculated and simply climbed onto the roof to directly attack this mutant bird. They actually managed to beat it to death!
But now… the bird was dead, can we really eat its meat?
After hearing the words of the fierce-looking man, no one dared to approach and examine the bird’s meat carefully. Instead, their eyes fell on Grandma Zhao, who was respected by the survivors in the base for her rich life experience, ability to trigger superpowers and kind temper.
Under the concentrated gaze of everyone, even Grandma Zhao, who had lived for more than fifty years, couldn’t help but twitch her mouth a few times. After thinking for a moment, she picked up a kitchen knife that someone had brought up as a hidden weapon and walked forward, pulling apart the bird’s feathers and cutting off a piece of meat from its thigh.
“It looks pretty normal, but we have to try whether we can eat it or not…”
As she spoke, she hesitated and turned to look at everyone.
The fierce man twisted his expression and suddenly stepped forward: “I’ll try it first! If I’m fine after eating it, we’ll split it among everyone!”
The bird was killed together by everyone, and with its large size, it naturally had to be shared among all households.
“I’ll try too!”
“And me!”
“Damn, I’ll eat it too! How long has it been since I tasted meat? Even if I die from eating this meal, as long as it tastes good, it’s worth it!”
“Yeah, yeah, I’ll try it too!”
Someone took the lead, and soon everyone made a decision. Then, the group of people began to divide the bird quickly with twisted expressions that were unclear whether it was resentment or pleasure.
“Huh? What is this thing?” someone suddenly dug out a white, irregularly shaped, long object with grooves from the mutation bird’s wound.
“…Why does this thing look a bit familiar?”
“White? So wide… there are grooves inside, what exactly is this thing?”
“It looks like it was broken off from somewhere, right?”
“Huh? Why does this thing look so much like… a window frame??”
“…It really is, huh!”
“…How did this thing get into its wound? It couldn’t have been someone who broke it open!”
“Hahaha, how is that possible?”
The group of people continued to dig out other parts of the “hidden weapon” from the strange bird’s wound, but eventually found out that it really was a window frame!!
But although the hidden weapon was very suspicious and strange, nothing could beat a delicious meal.
After the bird’s meat was brought back, although many people were hesitant to try it because they weren’t sure if the bird was infected with the zombie virus, Grandma Zhao and a few brave women cut the meat into pieces and stewed them with potatoes and carrots, even those who had previously refused to try it couldn’t help but salivate.
“…Let’s eat! Why not eat? This thing smells so good, even if I die after just one bite, I won’t regret it!”
“Exactly, let’s eat! The rice is ready too, if we don’t eat now, we might not have another chance!”
“Yes, give me a bowl of rice!”
“So fragrant! It really does smell like meat!”
“Mmm, it’s hot… and delicious!”
Thank you for the chapter!
Mm, I like how quickly they moved from afraid to hangry
Thank you for your translation 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you for the chapter! 🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚🤍💚
Smells like meat! Let’s eat! Me, I’d go a little slower on the possibly contagious bird meat… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🍗👀
Thanks for the chapter! Survive & adapt, lol.
Thank you for the update.