This is apocalyptic

Chapter 169: No Strangers Allowed

Winter has come.

It snowed in the safe zone.

This year's winter came earlier. Zhou Xu held a cup of water. The dazzling sunlight after the snow made him dizzy. The biting cold wind made him feel that no matter how thick his clothes were, they could be easily penetrated. His figure looked a little old and lonely.

There was a thin cold mist between breaths and messy footprints on the snow. This was the entrance to the industrial area and everyone coming and going was wearing thick fur coats.

Thick smoke billowed out of the chimney and was blown away by the howling cold wind.

Behind him, a bright red banner was hung in the industrial area, which read "Labor is Glorious". It is not the work that needs you, but you need the work.

The words "Third Safety Zone" can be faintly seen.

White snow, bright red banners, and black smoke from industrial areas are the three main colors here.

Looking at the words "Third Safety Zone" on the banner, Zhou Xu remembered the skinny young man he met at the edge of the ruins, who walked out of the ruins looking for a safe zone.

He missed an opportunity then.

Then I missed it the second time.

Thinking about the buck-passing and wrangling in the meeting, Zhou Xu tightly gripped the water cup, his fingers turning white from the force.

At the very beginning he said that he would negotiate first and release goodwill instead of arresting people.

"Dad!" a young woman called out from behind.

Zhou Xu turned around, let out a long breath, and looked at the young woman.

Suddenly, he remembered what the report said, that 'that person' was suspected of keeping a young woman captive.

The scene of their initial meeting seemed to reappear before his eyes. For such a long time, he often thought of that brief encounter at the junction of the safe zone and the ruins.

And a brief conversation -

"Can you tell me what the safe zone is like?"

'You have children'

"Yes, she is doing well in the safe zone."

'very nice'

'It's hard to get in, you'll die on the way, bring more people with you'

...'

"——Good luck to you, and give my regards to Zhou Xu."

Walking on the snow, Zhou Xu stared in the direction of the ruins, squinting his eyes and thinking silently.

"Dad! What are you thinking about?" The young woman waved her hand in front of his eyes.

Zhou Xu's weathered face was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and looked at her without saying a word.

"Silly?"

"I'm thinking about something."

Zhou Xu shook his head.

The environment is getting worse.

Zhou Xu's expression became increasingly gloomy. Those old guys still held on to the ideas of the old times.

This disaster is far from over.

As for the Sixth Safe Zone in the distance, it is unknown whether there has been any progress in research and development - the personnel and equipment there are all top-notch and advanced.

He glanced at the dead industrial area in the cold winter.

"It's winter."

"Yeah, it's winter."

"Have the supplies for the fourth district been delivered?" Zhou Xu asked.

"It's here, not much. We'll give priority to the first district. District 1 sucks us away every day..."

"Don't talk so much." He waved his hand.
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floor.

tall buildings.

There were clanging and banging sounds coming from the tall buildings.

Commercial housing is either collapsed or dilapidated. It is easy to tell the quality of a house after 20 years of no maintenance. You don't have to carefully select and compare like when buying a house.

This building has no cracks and is not sinking, just some peeling of the outer wall. It is considered a very good house.

A place that has been uninhabited for many years is now being visited again.

Bai Xiao is reinforcing the anti-theft windows.

The top leaders don't need to worry about monster invasions, they just need to guard against threats from the sky.

On the entire floor, the extra windows were sealed, and the lighting areas were reinforced with dense anti-theft windows and iron bars.

The birds can't fly in.

There were a lot of dead branches and rotten leaves in the community. The wandering old zombies were attracted by the sound and slowly gathered here.

Even if scavengers set foot here, they will not make continuous noise.

This movement has great appeal to them.

The clanging and banging sounds were intermittent and had been going on for several days. The old zombies trapped in other buildings also became restless and kept banging on doors and windows.

"If this happened when they were fresh, even you, the Zombie King, wouldn't be able to handle it."

Lin Duoduo saw the unusual movement outside through the window. The zombies on the street were gathering towards this side.

Those undead corpses seemed to be the people summoned by the Zombie King.

Changhai City was originally relatively peaceful - before they arrived.

And now.

As far as the eye can see, the tall and short ruined buildings are dead silent, as if they were a group of dilapidated graves huddled together.

And those undead corpses, like evil spirits crawling out of graves, staggered out one after another from shops without doors, shadows, and buildings. Some of them could not even stand up, but still crawled on their hands, which was weird and terrifying.

They are the original source of disaster and the nightmare of the previous generation.

This city, which had fallen many years ago, was filled with zombies. After no living people were left, it had fallen into peace after years of wind and rain.

The city center was a restricted zone for living people in previous years. As long as peace remains, these rotten zombies will die in large numbers.

Now the peace is broken.

The two uninvited guests triggered terror in this restricted area, and emaciated zombies kept walking out of the mall following the sound.

Standing on a high place and looking down, the scenes on the streets on all sides are terrifying.

Lin Duoduo looked at the street for a while, then looked at Bai Xiao.

Now she really doubted that the zombie 'king' was not bragging, he was really a king.

The scene before us is the best proof.

I'm afraid this scene could only have happened 20 years ago, when she was just born...

Undead corpses appeared in large numbers and were constantly led out of shopping malls and subways. The originally clean streets turned into hopeless restricted areas.

No one would, and no one dared, to make such a noise in a restricted area for living people. Even now, when they don't have much killing power, it's still not easy to deal with such a large number of them being drawn out by the continuous noise. There are too many of them.

Like swarms of ants.

Even though many zombies have decayed and died over the years, there are still some zombies that can move. They are not affected by wind and rain and hide their bodies in the darkness.

They were awakened.

The rotten clothes on his body turned into rags and hung on his body. He staggered but determinedly towards the same direction.

Even in this neighborhood, zombies were walking out of other buildings. In the building opposite, there was a banging sound of windows. Through the blurry glass, one could see the scary and terrifying old zombie behind them.

This is something that can give people nightmares just by looking at it.

The sheer number of them, before they decay, would make one's scalp tingle even in a safe zone.

A thick group of undead corpses had gathered at the gate of the community, crowding together, trying to get inside and look for the source of the sound, or as if they were looking for their king.

At the front of the zombie group, on the rusty gate of the community, a wooden board was hung with wire. There were dark red bloodstains on the board, and on it were four strange words:
Strangers are not allowed.

It hung there at an angle, pushed and jostled by the zombies, and the old, patched retractable door made a creaking sound.

Deep in this deserted city, a neighbor who coexists with old zombies and monsters plans to move in.

A large number of old zombies came to celebrate.

(End of this chapter)