The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

The face beneath the mask of the leading man revealed no emotion; he simply raised his hand calmly and made a gesture.

Two soldiers immediately stepped forward and roughly but quickly dragged the girl up from the ground.

The rough handling left the girl's wounds nowhere to be hidden.

The bite wound was directly exposed to everyone.

The girl's calves were torn open, and the blood mixed with the dirt had congealed into dark red lumps.

One of the soldiers swept a metal instrument near her wound, the instrument emitting a piercing beep.

"Report: Infection confirmed."

The lead soldier took out a sealed syringe from his tactical vest; it contained a pale green liquid.

He unscrewed the needle cap and, without the slightest hesitation, plunged it directly into the girl's arm.

The cold medicine was injected into the blood vessels.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, you must come with us."

His voice came through the mask, carrying a metallic, dull quality.

"Where to? I'm not going anywhere!"

The girl finally snapped out of her daze and struggled agitatedly.

The soldier ignored her resistance and continued to state the facts in that flat tone.

"You have been infected with the zombie virus. Although you have been injected with a basic antidote, you are still at risk of infection if your wound is not thoroughly disinfected."

He paused, seemingly giving the girl time to process the information.

"So now you must come with us for wound cleaning and be isolated for observation for at least 24 hours."

isolation.

observe.

These words struck the girl's mind like a hammer blow.

She finally realized the seriousness of the situation, and her previous frenzied energy vanished instantly, replaced by a deep-seated fear.

"What if... what if I get infected?" Her voice trembled, choked with sobs.

The lead warrior looked at her; beneath the visor lay a bottomless darkness.

"Don't worry, you've already been injected with the medication. As long as you cooperate obediently, the risk of infection is almost zero."

He didn't give a direct answer to the "if," but that in itself was the best answer.

What does "almost zero" mean?

"Does that mean even if I cooperate, there's still a risk of infection?"

The soldier said coldly, "Please cooperate!"

Upon hearing this merciless explanation, the girl's body went limp, and she almost collapsed to the ground, but was held firmly by the soldiers on both sides.

Her thoughts were in chaos. Her survival instinct made her temporarily give up resisting, but another idea suddenly popped into her head.

She turned her head sharply and looked at her feet.

"My little darling... what will happen to my little darling if I get quarantined? It can't do without me."

The teddy bear that she was holding tightly was squatting on the ground, its little mouth quickly chewing on something.

It seemed to have sensed its owner's gaze.

Gudong.

A soft swallowing sound.

It swallowed what was in its mouth, then raised its head and wagged its tail ingratiatingly at the girl.

A hint of panic flashed across the girl's face, and she instinctively hid Xiao Guai behind her back.

It's as if this way, it can be isolated from this dangerous world.

"Could... I beg you, could you please let my little darling come with me?"

"Please, I beg you, it's very well-behaved and won't cause you any trouble."

Just then, a man wearing a white full-body protective suit and goggles walked over quickly, carrying a black sample collection box in his hand.

"Captain, when we were cleaning up the stray dog's carcass, we found that a piece of muscle tissue was missing. We suspect it was..."

As he spoke, the man's gaze passed over the girl and landed precisely on the trembling teddy bear at her feet.

The air seemed to freeze.

The girl's fear was instantly replaced by a sense of humiliation and anger; she reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her voice suddenly rising in pitch.

"Impossible! My little darling is very well-behaved and never eats random things! Don't try to frame it!"

She screamed hysterically, as if the louder she screamed, the more it would prove her innocence.

However, a soldier who had been silent all along had already pulled up the surveillance footage from the entrance of a nearby convenience store.

He turned the tactical tablet in his hand toward the leading soldier and the girl.

On the screen, the image quality wasn't very clear, but it was enough to see everything.

Just as the stray dog ​​was blown in the head, the teddy bear that the girl was protecting behind her took advantage of the moment when its owner was stunned and darted away like lightning.

It swiftly picked up a small piece of flesh from beside the still convulsing corpse, then quickly retreated.

The entire process takes no more than three seconds.

The girl's shouting stopped abruptly. She stared intently at the screen, the color draining from her face.

The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable.

Her worldview completely collapsed at that moment.

She couldn't accept that her precious, obedient little darling would go and devour the corpse of such a filthy monster.

"Dogs have strong digestive systems. Eating just one piece of meat will definitely be fine, right?"

She muttered to herself, as if trying to convince herself, or perhaps begging for a miracle.

"And besides, don't you have that kind of medicine? The medicine to treat the zombie virus! Give my little one one too! I can pay for it, five hundred, eight hundred! Even a thousand yuan is fine!"

The leading soldier withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at her.

It's a kind of indifference towards things that are unreasonable.

He raised his hand and slowly pressed it down towards the team members behind him.

"take away."

"No...don't..."

The girl's face was filled with terror and pleading, tears and snot smeared all over her face, mixed with splattered red and white filth, making her look utterly wretched.

She tried to break free from the two soldiers' grip, but their arms were like iron hoops, completely immobile.

In despair, she let out a sharp scream.

"You disgusting people, can't you even tolerate a tiny animal?!"

The leading soldier did not respond to her shouts, but simply turned his head to one of his teammates and gave him a wink.

The team member immediately understood, took out a small automatic injector from his tactical waist pack, stepped forward, and accurately injected it into the girl's violently swinging arm.

puff.

The sedative was injected instantly.

The girl's shouting quickly subsided, and her struggles became powerless.

My eyelids grew heavier and heavier, the world spun, and the sounds faded into the distance.

The soldiers' movements were so skillful it was heartbreaking.

This wasn't the first time they'd encountered such a unreasonable person; they were used to it.

In fact, anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't go out at this time.

Before sinking completely into darkness, she weakly raised her hand and grasped the corner of the lead warrior's combat uniform, uttering a final, almost inaudible murmur.

"No, don't..."

"Please, I'm begging you this once, please save... my little darling..."

"I promise... next time I will definitely... keep a close eye on it..."