This is apocalyptic

Chapter 113: Cold Current (Thanks to ArcherX112 for the leader)
"In the past, people had a device called a heater, and it would be very warm if you stepped on it."

Although Bai Xiao couldn't enjoy the heating, he could still share it with Lin Duoduo, who grew up after the disaster, "It's the pipes connected to the houses in the city where you can pick up scraps."

"Just like you?"

"Well... you can say that."

There's nothing wrong, Bai Xiao looked down and saw that this ferocious human was using a zombie as a heater.

It is also a clean energy source of low-cost biomass.

"This is a method of exploitation that even the Zombie King has never thought of." Bai Xiao said, "If old zombies can also emit heat, we can grab a room full of them and tie them to the wall, and they will become zombie heaters."

"You always come up with strange things like this." Lin Duoduo said.

"But it's you who's using it, I just got some inspiration from your usage."

As Bai Xiao spoke, he was thinking, if he had been eating meat like crazy from the time he was infected until now, perhaps he really was the zombie king.

The sun came out outside, and Lin Duoduo finally took her feet out of the zombie-style heater. She blew some air into her hands and went outside to take a look.

For the next several days of sunny weather, she took their mattresses, including Bai Xiao's three-layer quilt, outside to dry in the sun. She patted them, and they would be very soft and warm when she slept at night.

Bai Xiao went to let Friday and Uncle Cai out to bask in the sun, but he only saw Friday carrying a basket, while Uncle Cai was gone.

He and Lin Duoduo walked around the village several times but couldn't find it, and the courtyard wall was not destroyed.

"Where can an old zombie go?"

Bai Xiao looked at Friday again. Friday was there with the basket on his back. He pushed Friday into the yard. Because of the snow and the wolf pack, Lin Duoduo was sniping the leader wolf from a distance and could not be disturbed by them, so he was locked up.

It hasn't snowed in the past few days, and there are already many messy footprints on the snow, making it difficult to find the footprints by following the traces.

Lin Duoduo looked into the distance and said, "I'll go ask Aunt Qian."

More than half an hour later, Lin Duoduo came back and brought the news that Aunt Qian had taken it home and would not let it wander outside any longer.

"This should allow me to live longer." Lin Duoduo said.

Bai Xiao didn't know whether she was referring to Aunt Qian or Uncle Cai. If another old lady died in this village, Lin Duoduo would be the only human left.

I sat outside with Lin Duoduo for a while, basking in the sun and looking at the white sky in the distance.

Bai Xiao was wondering whether Yu Ming and the people in Chenjiabao were also saving money and eating less to get through the cold winter.

Although winter is cold, it also has its advantages. It is not that dangerous because many animals are in hibernation. If the animals that should hibernate do not, it is probably because they are infected.

"What is Chenjiabao like?" Lin Duoduo asked.

"Not so good. It's a scaled-down version of a safe zone. We can stick together and live longer. Some places are pretty rough." Bai Xiao said.

"Oh."

"You don't ask what the safe zone looks like?"

"You didn't go in again." Lin Duoduo said.

"That was considered a stroll outside. I saw some cars, those scrapped cars outside. Theirs were still good and ran very fast."

"I know. I've seen it in pictures and heard about it."

Lin Duoduo tucked her things into her sleeves, looked at the Zombie King, and then looked away.

“Do they have heating?”

"should have."

"Just like you?"

"Of course it's different." Bai Xiao said, "You're probably the only one in the world who uses zombies as heaters."

"Then I am better than them." "Well, you are the best."

Bai Xiao looked at the green smoke coming out of Aunt Qian in the distance. With the wolf meat, Aunt Qian should be better off.

This is a real ruin, twenty-two years after the apocalypse, far away from civilization.

Lin Duoduo is also twenty-two years old.

The twenty-two-year-olds before the disaster would have graduated and were sending out resumes everywhere, or had jobs, but this human twenty-two-year-old warmed his feet with the zombies' bellies, then squinted his eyes and hummed comfortably.

Using zombies as a heater... Bai Xiao wrapped his clothes, and Lin Duoduo had already stood up.

Tired of eating wolf meat, she cut some bacon, which had a smoky smell and she liked the taste a little. Bai Xiao refused. He liked chewing wolf tendons, which were very chewy and he could eat one piece for a long time.

"Aren't your teeth tired?"

She saw the Zombie King chewing there all the time. Lin Duoduo also ate it once and her cheeks felt sore.

"This is also a kind of exercise. It will make you more powerful when biting people." Bai Xiao said while chewing on the wolf tendon.

Lin Duoduo's eyes moved.

"Oh, I'm going to bite you again. Don't be afraid. In fact, the pain from zombie bites won't last long."

"You're trying to scare me into going to the safe zone."

Lin Duoduo pinched the bacon. Actually, bacon was also hard, but she just needed a change of taste.

Over the years, her stomach has been honed to the point where she can cook and eat infected animals. Bai Xiao suspects that she is even healthier than she used to be when she ate takeout.

He had eaten infected animals on the road, and they were not even cooked well, the meat was very tough and dry.

It got a little colder when the snow melted.

"Do you feel that this winter is much colder than previous years?" Lin Duoduo suddenly asked.

Bai Xiao couldn't answer. He had only experienced last year's winter, but compared to the winter before the disaster, it was very cold and came early.

The water well was frozen and we had to boil water to pump out water. The water tank wrapped in hay was also frozen and cracked. No water flowed out and all the water in the tank was frozen.

Last year, there was thick ice in the water tank, but it did not freeze into a large lump of ice. The temperature at night this year was too low.

Bai Xiao wanted to find a house with a kang in the village and move there, but that old thing had long been outdated and abandoned. He looked around but couldn't find one, and he didn't know where to start if he wanted to build one himself.

In previous years, people were lucky to be alive. Lin Duoduo heard from her family that when the disaster first happened, people were chased by zombies and had nowhere to hide. Many people froze to death. Later, it was good enough to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain to survive.

Another cold wave arrived, the sky was gloomy, time seemed to have stopped, the cold earth was dead silent, and even a few sparrows could be seen.

Even with three layers of quilts, Bai Xiao was still too cold to rest. In the middle of the night, Lin Duoduo came and knocked on the window. She was too cold to sleep, so she lit a fire.

"It's indeed colder this year." Lin Duoduo confirmed this.

It was impossible to do anything in this kind of weather, but fortunately there was still enough supplies. In the back room, there were salted fish and smoked meat hanging, mountain products and wild wheat harvested in autumn, as well as dried vegetable leaves and flour, dried locust flowers and elm seeds...

There was some uneaten wolf meat in front.

She had never felt so at ease.

While drying the dried meat on the stove, Bai Xiao went to the back and took out a bottle of wine he had found while scavenging. He gave it to Lin Duoduo and said, "Drink some. You'll be fine after these few days."

Lin Duoduo took a small sip and stamped her feet. The fire had not yet heated up and thick curtains were hanging at the door and windows. She had to wait for a while.

"Not stepping on it anymore?"

"You must be cold too." Lin Duoduo said. Such a cold night was not the time to sit around and warm yourself by the fire.

She huddled by the stove, waited for the kettle on the stove to boil, poured two bottles of hot water, and gave one to the Zombie King to hold for warmth.

(End of this chapter)