"...I just remembered, according to the regulations, we shouldn't have a kitchen here. Open flames are not allowed in ancient buildings!" Liu Quanyou didn't actually smell anything, but Hong Tao and Sun Jianshe said there was, so there must be.

Now that the smell is gone, I suddenly thought of a problem. In the past few years, the municipal government has been committed to cleaning up the chaos of operating in ancient buildings, and indeed drove away many businesses. But some were still left, like this company closely related to the Garden Bureau.

But even though they were left, they must still comply with various regulations, especially in terms of fire prevention. The fire department would come over if they had nothing to do, and having kitchen equipment definitely wouldn't be allowed.

"Isn't it here?" Sun Jianshe had been sniffing all along, but still couldn't find the source of the smell.

"Hehe, you two probably forgot what's behind your house!" As expected of a hutong dweller, Hong Tao didn't need to look at a map. He could mentally visualize all the buildings near the south gate of the park, and suddenly laughed.

"Behind the building is a theater... Oh right, Jindingxuan Restaurant!" Liu Quanyou was actually quite familiar with this area, maybe too familiar that he overlooked what was near his own home. It was only when Hong Tao reminded him that he slapped his forehead and said the answer.

"Leader, if there are still people inside, when you saved us on the bridge, you stayed there for quite a while. Why didn't they make any noise or call for help?" Sun Jianshe also remembered, but still had some doubts. This old man had been chased by survivors before, so he definitely didn't want to experience it again. His vigilance must be particularly high.

"Hard to say. That restaurant is quite big, and all the private rooms are on this side facing the main street. If the people inside don't want to expose themselves or be discovered by zombies, they might have hidden on the other side. Here's the plan, Sun Ge, you stay here and guard the car. Old Liu, you hide in the parking lot and don't expose yourself. I'll go in and investigate. If there's a problem, you can provide backup halfway."

Hong Tao thought Sun Jianshe made a valid point, but the possibility was not very high. This was not a residential area, and the only people who would stay in the restaurant late at night were either waiters or chefs. Even if there were some unscrupulous individuals, there wouldn't be many. In that case, going in alone would be enough.

"Master Hong, you're the leader of the group. It's not appropriate for you to always take the lead. If something happens, we won't have a backbone. Let me go... With this, there shouldn't be a problem!" Liu Quanyou raised an objection and patted the gun holster on his waist. They say alcohol emboldens the cowardly, but who would have thought a gun could have the same effect.

"Stop arguing, I'll go. Your gun, even face to face, might not be able to kill someone, and it's easy to attract zombies. When it comes to risking our lives, this thing is more effective. One shot and there's a bloody hole. Leader, I'll take the handheld radio, you provide backup. Let's go!"

But no matter how brave one becomes, a coward is still a coward. Even if the mental state was resolved, the body's response was useless. Sun Jianshe put the fire hook in the car and took off the ice axe from his belt, weighing it in his hand, and walked briskly towards the outside of the park.

"Master Hong, where did you get these two things? These past few days, when we were cleaning the courtyard, some people complained that their weapons were not effective, but no one said the ice axe was ineffective. If we knew where to find more, we should get some. It's lightweight and sturdy, much better than Jiao Qiao's big knife. By the way, you don't know yet, Jiao Qiao and Zhang Tao made a bet to use a long knife to chop the ice axe, and the blade broke directly. There was only a shallow mark on the ice axe. He had to hold up the shield in front of him for the whole afternoon."

Watching Sun Jianshe's figure disappear into the distance, Liu Quan started praising the ice axe. This wasn't flattery, especially in the courtyard. Weapons that were too long were not easy to use, too short lacked power, and too heavy couldn't be swung. Only the ice axe was the right length, had astonishing killing power, and was durable.

If everyone could be equipped with one, and also wear a metal arm guard taken from the police station on their arms, even in a one-on-one situation with a zombie, they could resist for quite a while. If they were quick and nimble, they might even win without any damage.

"Alright, I'll keep that in mind and look for it when there's a chance. You be careful too, observe the surroundings more, and listen to the sound from the radio in the car!"

These ice axes weren't bought, they were left behind by two foreign tenants. They liked sports, cycling, mountain climbing, and left their bicycles and some equipment to the landlord when they returned to their country.

But it wouldn't be too difficult to find these things if they wanted to. They were sold in slightly larger outdoor stores, even if they were of lower quality and from lesser-known brands, they would still be sufficient. It's just that there were no such stores nearby, so they shouldn't think about it in the short term.

"Leader, I found the people. Two girls, temporarily not in danger. I'm coming out, over!" After about twenty minutes, Sun Jianshe's voice came through the handheld radio. It sounded quite relaxed, and the result was good. There really were people.

"Received, I'm at the entrance, over!" Hong Tao lied again. He didn't actually go to the entrance, but hid behind the car in the parking lot, peering through the gaps in the branches, observing the movements over there.

If Sun Jianshe was being coerced, then the other party definitely wanted to capture him as well. But as long as they moved towards the entrance, he would discover them, and then he would have to decide whether to rush up to save him or turn around and run, depending on the number of people and weapons the other party had.

"Damn, these two girls are really well-off!" Sun Jianshe appeared not long after, followed by two girls wearing restaurant staff uniforms.

It was hard to see their faces clearly, but their figures were both curvaceous. Each of them was dragging a large suitcase, looking around as they walked, similar to illegal immigrants."Ah... Bang..." When Hong Tao suddenly appeared from behind the car, one of the girls dropped her suitcase and ran, only to collide with her companion behind her. The two immediately tumbled to the ground.

"What are you scared of? Didn't we just say, he's our leader, you should call him uncle!" Sun Jianshe was indifferent to Hong Tao's scare tactics, he pulled the two girls up and explained quietly.

"He...he...why is he dressed like a Transformer..." The fair-skinned girl pointed at Hong Tao, still not quite believing.

"I am a Transformer... Puff puff puff... Listen, impressive, right? Let's go, get in the car, we have to go somewhere else, we can't stay here for long!" Hong Tao looked at the chubby girl's trembling cheeks, and started to act silly again, knocking on his chest armor with the handle of his climbing axe.

"Liar, it's plastic!" The other girl, with better hearing, discerned it wasn't the sound of metal.

"Hahaha... This is protective gear for playing ball... My name is Hong Tao, what are your names?" Hong Tao took off his helmet, picked up the suitcase with a smile, and asked as he walked towards the car.

"Yang Ling... Yang Ping..." After seeing Hong Tao's true face, the two girls didn't dare to get too close, they always hid on the other side of Sun Jianshe, their voices were even softer than a mosquito's.

"Sisters?"

"I asked them, they are from Gansu, from the same village, everyone there has the surname Yang, any familial relations would be distant. Don't be afraid, our leader likes to joke. This is our deputy leader, when there's no trouble, he's the director of your neighborhood office, feel better now? Come on, Director Liu, this task is yours, do some ideological work!" In a blink of an eye, they arrived at the car, Liu Quanyou also came down, Sun Jianshe simply pushed the task of comforting the girls to him.

"Oh, you two are employees here... Does General Manager Li Haide know? What's the name of that thirty-something floor manager... Wang something, right?" Liu Quanyou was indeed good at this job, his words were very convincing.

"Is there no one left in the restaurant?" Hong Tao wasn't too concerned about the two chubby girls, he was just surprised that they could survive alone in the restaurant for so many days.

We are "pawread.com", find us on google.

"There shouldn't be many people, the dormitory isn't in the restaurant, that day these two kids' colleagues were lazy, they didn't finish washing the dishes the night before and ran off, so these two had to get up in the middle of the night to wash dishes, saying they couldn't delay the morning tea business, as a result, they and a cleaning lady were trapped inside. The cleaning lady mutated, but they managed to lock her outside the kitchen. The kitchen door is sturdy, they had food and drink inside, they just didn't dare to go out. Today they wanted to eat fried dough sticks, and you smelled it. When I went in, the woman was gone, probably like you said, went to sunbathe somewhere. Anyway, I checked all four floors and the basement, there was no one... It's a pity about the frozen goods in the freezer, there were thousands of pounds, all spoiled!"

After Sun Jianshe went in, he not only checked the four floors above ground, but also went around the restaurant's basement. What left the deepest impression on him were the two large freezers, filled with various meats and seafood. If they could restore power, it would probably be enough for everyone to eat for half a year or even a year, what a pity...