Nick pulled open the Hummer's rear door and reached out to touch the two assault rifles stashed beneath the back seat, returning them to his Pocket Dimension. This was actually his main reason for coming out.
After reaching the town safely, everyone had relaxed a little after two days of constant tension, believing that returning to civilization meant they were safe.
So they had simply hidden the guns beneath the back seat and gone into the supermarket. Even Nick hadn't given it much thought.
His Pocket Dimension currently held only one cubic meter. Although it calculated capacity by adding up the actual volume of the items stored inside, with no need to arrange them and no "wasted" space, it was nearly full after he had stuffed a pile of gold bars into it.
He had originally planned to free up the space occupied by the two guns and put some food and water inside instead, but he had miscalculated somewhat: they had been trapped inside the moment they entered the supermarket.
After waiting beside the vehicle for a little while and confirming that no monsters had followed them, Nick put away the Combistick and walked toward the supermarket hand in hand with Lila.
Kurt and Jules had been guarding the entrance the whole time. Seeing the two return safely, they immediately sighed with relief and hurried to open the door for them.
"How are things outside?" someone asked nervously.
"Not good. We took that lady home, but we saw a body on our way back." Nick shook his head, making no attempt to give a vivid description of the monsters he had seen.
Lila added, "There are things in the fog. It's dangerous outside. Everyone had better stay here for now."
On the surface, this world was almost no different