This is apocalyptic

Chapter 103 102: Like a Zombie

It was already dark. The two of them finished their meal with candles. Lin Duoduo fetched water to flush the yard to dilute the smell of blood.

She turned around and poked Bai Xiao with a finger. Bai Xiao frowned when she poked his shoulder. Lin Duoduo lifted his clothes and saw a bruise.

"Stop poking." Bai Xiao said.

Lin Duoduo went back to the house and got some medicinal wine, poured it on her hands, and rubbed them together until her palms were warm. She then placed her hot hands on the bruises and rubbed them.

Bai Xiao's body temperature is higher than hers, so he always feels that her hands are a little cold. This is the first time he feels that this human's hand is also warm.

"And here." Bai Xiao lifted up his clothes and saw a large bruise under his ribs. He was pushed by the wild boar, but fortunately he was not poked by the fangs.

Lin Duoduo took a look, poured another cap of wine, rubbed her hands until they were hot, and then covered them with the wine, rubbing the bruised areas of the skinny zombie.

If I don't massage it, it will feel sore and painful after tonight. Bai Xiao has experienced this before, so he just sat there obediently.

Hearing the gurgling sound coming from Bai Xiao's throat, she looked up at the zombie.

Her longer hair covered her face, and in the dim candlelight, Bai Xiao found that she looked like a female ghost.

"I'll deliver that piece of meat to Aunt Qian tomorrow." Bai Xiao said.

"Ah."

"That's about it. You should take a rest and walk around. Don't get indigestion."

"Only by not moving around can you gain weight, which will make winter more bearable." Lin Duoduo and Bai Xiao hold opposite opinions. She thinks that if you eat and don't move, you will gain weight, while Bai Xiao thinks that proper exercise will help you gain weight better.

Bai Xiao stood up and moved around. The bruised area felt warm. The medicinal wine was taking effect and it would probably feel much better tomorrow.

Lin Duoduo put away the medicinal wine and put it back into the house, then came out and washed her hands. Seeing Bai Xiao exercising there, she watched for a while and went back to the house.

Before taking a break, Bai Xiao stuffed two pieces of unfinished meat into his mouth. The zombie training program had already begun, and the target of the training was himself.

The lack of a weighing scale was a problem. Bai Xiao thought about it for a while but couldn’t think of any good solution.

The next day, Bai Xiao took the piece of wild boar meat that he had pointed out last night, put on sunglasses, and went to Aunt Qian's place.

She was very alert and did not recognize Bai Xiao. However, she felt that Bai Xiao looked familiar with his sunglasses. She tried to identify him for a moment before she was a little confused. "Is it... you?"

She remembered that he was a tall and strong young man who carried a zombie and a fish basket by the river, and who brought a ladder to help her repair the roof.

"Well, I'm back." Bai Xiao said, Aunt Qian's white hair has become thicker again.

"Didn't you leave?" Aunt Qian looked him up and down in surprise.

"I left to find a safe area."

"You...found it?"

"Finally found it." Bai Xiao said.

Aunt Qian stared at Bai Xiao straightly. After a moment, she nodded slowly, "It's rare that you come back. Are you going to take Duoduo with you this time?"

"Maybe." Bai Xiao said.

"Is there something wrong?"

"It's too far." Bai Xiao looked towards the large field outside the village.

After walking a familiar road once, it would be much safer to walk it again, and many dangers could be avoided in advance, but he was still not completely sure and brought someone to ensure safety.

Aunt Qian let him in and looked at the young man who had changed so much. "You are amazing, more amazing than many people."

"The zombies outside are less dangerous now, not as dangerous as before." Bai Xiao said to the woman who survived the disaster. "No, even if the zombies are old, they can't travel far easily. Although I haven't been out, I can imagine what it's like now." Aunt Qian said, "I really didn't expect you to come back, and I can't recognize you."

“I’m just looking for an answer.”

Regardless of whether Lin Duoduo goes to the safe zone or not, she will eventually find an answer along the way, an answer for herself and for the survivor - there is a shelter in the distance, but it is very far away.

"Can you take off your sunglasses and let me see them?" Aunt Qian said.

"Ok?"

"The more I look at you, the more you look like a zombie." Aunt Qian frowned.

"How can a zombie talk?" Bai Xiao smiled and shook his head. "Lin Duoduo and I live so close to each other. If it were a zombie, she would have shot me to death long ago."

Aunt Qian looked at him and said, "Yes, you have become thinner."

Bai Xiao said: "It's a long way."

"Did you really find it? I can't believe you'd come back after finding the shelter." Aunt Qian whispered, "Looking at you like this, it's hard for you to go back again, right?"

She didn't expect that this young man would be so courageous. After finding the shelter with great difficulty, he chose to bring back the news of the shelter and returned to the small mountain village.

Bai Xiao smiled.

Whether it was when he was first bitten and was pulled back by Lin Duoduo on a tricycle, or when a few bowls of porridge helped him survive when he was first infected, or when he was still conscious and could only help him when he was drooling, or when he took him to teach him how to scavenge, and spent the first winter, and gave him most of the stored food.

That human... If it weren't for that human, he would have turned into a zombie long ago, or would have been killed by the scavengers from Chenjiabao who were scattering paper in the city at that time.

Lin Duoduo said that he was just sick.

If Lin Duoduo wants to go to the safe zone to try his luck, he will send the human there, then come back and live a good life in this small mountain village, or go find Yu Ming.

"What's the situation outside now?" Aunt Qian asked. "There are still shelters."

Bai Xiao was silent for a moment. He looked at the old woman, who had lived from before the disaster to the present day. It was impossible for her to go anywhere in her life and she could only be trapped in this ruin.

"Do you want to hear good things or bad things?"

"Listen to it," said Aunt Qian.

"The safe zone has restored order and restarted the pre-disaster industry. There are many people there. It is no longer called a shelter, but has been expanded into a safe zone. I saw thick smoke coming out of the chimney. People there are working hard for the future, working together, not caring about personal gains and losses. Some people put their lives aside and entered the ruins alone for a better future."

"That sounds good." Aunt Qian nodded slightly. "There is hope there."

"Yes, if there is hope, it must be there."

"Our place is in ruins," said Aunt Qian.

"……Yes."

“Too many people died.”

Aunt Qian looked up at the sky. Too many people had died. After a long time, there were only two people left in their village.

Bai Xiao looked at the yard where she lived. It was gloomy and he thought Aunt Qian would not live long, but he did not expect that she had survived another year. Anyone who could survive in the ruins until now must have some ability.

"Are there many people who survived this journey? You have been out there to take a look," Aunt Qian asked.

"There are some." Bai Xiao said.

(End of this chapter)