This is apocalyptic

Chapter 117: 116: Long

A heavy snowfall further strengthened Bai Xiao's determination to take Lin Duoduo to the shelter.

Faced with the terrifying power of nature, no one can defeat it alone.

After this catastrophic snowfall, we can only rely on our supplies to survive. Looking at the vast expanse of white snow in the wild for too long will make our eyes hurt.

A slight change in climate change in doomsday would be enough to freeze many people to death.

We cleaned up the village during the day and roasted a fire at night. It was still cold even after the snow stopped. It was okay when there was no wind, but when the wind started, people could not stand outside. No matter how thick your clothes were, you could still feel the biting cold and tried hard to get into your sleeves and collar.

Those survivors living alone in the ruins who have insufficient supplies will probably have a hard time surviving the winter. Chenjiabao may not be doing well either and will need to tighten their belts and tighten their diet. However, those who have survived to this day have enough experience to deal with unexpected events.

The road leading to the outside of the village was blocked by heavy snow. Even going into the mountains became a luxury. There would be no gain from going into the mountains at this time. Bai Xiao didn't know whether the infected animals would be buried.

But he could probably guess that this was just the beginning. When the snow melted and the temperature difference between day and night became large, with constant freezing and melting, that irrational zombie-like monster would probably be buried by nature.

The snowfield is now blank, and the earth and the world are silent.

Hugging each other for warmth, Bai Xiao could feel his body was covered with human scent. He had been hanging out with humans all day, and sometimes when it was cold he would have to curl up in her coat to sleep. He felt that if he went to the city now, the zombies would mistake him for a human and chase him.

This winter is exceptionally long.

Staying indoors, eating his food and warming himself by the fire, he had almost gotten used to the wind, snow, and cold that seemed to never change.

Occasionally the sun comes out for one or two days, but it seems fake. There is not much temperature. It just hangs alone in the sky, and I don’t feel any warmth when it shines on my body.

The sun was getting hotter and colder, so Lin Duoduo moved the stool back into the house, found the basket, and scattered some grains on the ground, hoping to catch a few sparrows. She had caught some last year and used them as fresh blood food for the zombie king, but she didn't see any birds this year. She waited for most of the afternoon, but no birds that couldn't find food were attracted.

She had no choice but to go and pick up the millet again. She bent over and picked it up on the ground for a long time, not wasting a single bit. She was a thrifty and good girl.

Bai Xiao was watching from a distance with her sleeves tucked into her sleeves. This was something a child should do, not something a woman holding a rifle and shooting wolves should do. The way she squatted on the ground seriously looked a little funny.

He remembered that he had played this when he was a child, also in the yard, and he didn't know which grade he had read about it in a textbook, so he was like a possessed person, setting up a basket in the middle of summer and excitedly going to catch birds, but of course he failed and caught nothing. It was only much later that he realized that it would be easier to catch birds when it snowed, as the heavy snow blocked the birds' way of finding food.

Those old memories always flashed through her mind inadvertently, until Lin Duoduo finished picking up the things. She looked at the sky and sighed, then turned around listlessly and saw the Zombie King standing there. She was surprised to find that this zombie looked much better than before.

Although he is still very thin, there have been some changes compared to last year when he looked pale and listless.

Last winter, she was always hungry, and neither was she nor the zombies. Catching a sparrow to feed them was a small luxury. The zombies ate meat and she ate heads. In all the years she had lived in, she had rarely had meat to eat every day like this winter. It turned out that the zombies still needed to eat meat.

"Getting stronger."

Lin Duoduo pinched his face. Bai Xiao was not used to being touched by a human being like this, without any sense of distance at all.

The sunlight was chilly and the temperature was barely noticeable, so he had no choice but to go back into the house. He lifted his coat and motioned Lin Duoduo to come over.

Two people can keep warm better than one person. You don't even need to light the stove during the day, which can save some firewood. Just sit in the corner, and the heat of your body is trapped in your clothes. "How long will winter last?"

"When the snow melts, spring will come." Lin Duoduo said.

Snow doesn't melt easily, at least it hasn't changed much until now, like an eternal ice field. The white world outside the village reminds him of the Ice Age he had seen before. The land covered with heavy snow is clean and quiet.

No one knew when spring would come, so they stopped eating to their heart's content. Lin Duoduo planned the food consumption. She gave the meat mainly to the Zombie King, and she ate some dried fruits and drank more soup, hoping that this winter would pass quickly.

What Lin Duoduo said was not entirely correct. When there was still thick snow piled up in the wild, Bai Xiao accidentally discovered that in the swept yard, there were light green buds at the base of the outer wall of the room.

This discovery surprised him a little, and he called Lin Duoduo to come out and see.

The snow has not melted yet, but the vitality of the wild grass has already sprouted. Grass seeds have sprouted near the houses, adding a touch of green to the desolate land.

It's still cold though.

Lin Duoduo made a wolfskin mattress and put it in a pot to cook, along with the crushed bark, until it was soft and tough. In the end, there was a piece of skin peeled off from the head wolf, the color didn't match, she processed it and used it to cover her legs when she was roasting fire.

You can live more comfortably before the end of the world.

She had never dared to think about hunting wolves before. They were ferocious and their eyes would emit a faint green light at night.

Touching the wolf's skin, Lin Duoduo closed her eyes and dozed off. The temperature was rising day by day. She no longer had to sit by the fire at night because she was too cold to sleep, nor did she have to curl up in the arms of a zombie to conserve some heat. But she still liked to take time to step on the zombies and put her feet in their hot hands, as if her whole body was warm.

"The climate of Doomsday has changed. I don't know if it's an unexpected situation this year or it will be like this in the future." Bai Xiao did not resist her actions. He leaned against the stove waiting for the water to boil while holding her cold feet.

"It's a surprise, right? I've never seen such heavy snow before. It will be much better next year." Lin Duoduo said in a low voice without opening her eyes.

"If the reserves are insufficient, it will be very difficult to survive next year. This is not a solution."

"Okay, you can shut up now." Lin Duoduo said. She didn't need to open her eyes to know what Bai Xiao wanted to say.

The black leather notebook was still lying quietly on the table in her bedroom.

"This is also good." Lin Duoduo said.

"We can give it a try. After the heavy snow, at least the nearest section of the road will be much safer. This is an opportunity," said Bai Xiao.

The ruins are a cage that isolates hope.

Danger and opportunity always coexist. Spring is not far away. Looking at the white mountains in the distance, Bai Xiao feels the budding of life.

(End of this chapter)