This is apocalyptic

Chapter 112 111: Don't suggest it next time
The second snow falls during the Chinese New Year. Bai Xiao still remembers what Lin Duoduo said last year.

Lin Duoduo didn't have any special feelings about the Chinese New Year. To her, it was just living another year and growing one year older.

He wanted to chop some wolf meat into stuffing for making dumplings, so he directed Lin Duoduo to knead the dough. The dough made from coarse flour was black, and then he wrapped the stuffing in it.

"You've never eaten it?"

"I've never eaten it. It's too complicated." said Lin Duoduo.

"So how did you spend the New Year?"

"I don't celebrate Chinese New Year myself," she said. "In the past, I would just eat something good. It was nice to be able to have meat."

Bai Xiao knew that the past she was talking about was when her parents were still alive and the environment was still very dangerous at that time.

"The Chinese New Year is about celebrating another year of life," Bai Xiao explained, "so we have to eat something good."

"Makes sense."

Lin Duoduo thought it was extravagant and wasteful before, but now there is no shortage of food, so she can just eat it anyway.

We should indeed celebrate, just like people did before the disaster, and eat something good on this day.

"What did they do before the disaster?" Lin Duoduo remembered seeing it in a book. It was a very complicated process. Bai Xiao didn't know how to explain it, so he simplified it by eating dumplings.

But due to lack of skill in making dumplings, the final product was just a dark, coarse noodle soup.

But it was okay. Ignoring the fishy smell of wolf meat, after drinking a bowl of soup, she felt warm all over. Lin Duoduo thought that this was the way to eat it, and even praised the Zombie King for being so knowledgeable.

Bai Xiao shamelessly ignored the matter. Lin Duoduo can read books and knows about dumplings. When she realizes what's going on, she might despise him.

"Happy New Year." said the Zombie King.

"Happy New Year." Lin Duoduo drank a big bowl of meat soup and her stomach was bulging.

The second snow has ended. This year’s New Year came a little late, mainly because of the wolves.

Now that she had enough food and had been exercising for a while, Bai Xiao added weights to her at the right time.

"I plan to make something similar to a box. When you go out to find a safe area, you can hide inside when you encounter danger. Maybe you will have to carry the box occasionally."

Bai Xiao pinched her arm. She couldn't see any changes in her body shape through the coat, but at least she didn't look pale like in previous winters and didn't become thinner after a winter. She was still in good spirits, but she tended to doze off when warming herself by the fire.

"Once we get to the safe zone, people there will celebrate the New Year even more."

"Yeah." Lin Duoduo responded perfunctorily.

Seeing her lazy Bai Xiao stopped talking and thought it was good to just be quiet.

Bai Xiao took the book she had picked up and sat by the stove to read.

The human would move his shoulders and back from time to time. Yesterday he exercised his back.

"Your back hurts? Can I rub it for you?"

"It's okay." Lin Duoduo said.

"Will it feel better if I rub it?"

"Will you massage my chest again tomorrow?" Lin Duoduo said. After training the back, the next step is the chest, and then the shoulders.

"That's not the case."

Bai Xiao became obedient, staring at the flames, and after a while he couldn't help but ask, "Is it okay?"

"What?" Lin Duoduo was stunned for a moment. She thought the topic had passed and did not react for a moment.

"nothing."

"..."

Lin Duoduo came to her senses and looked at him without saying anything.

"Don't look at me like that. It's so cold and there's nothing to do." Bai Xiao said.

Besides warming herself by the fire, she slept and ate some dried fruits, fish and bacon that she had stored. It was too cold outside, so it was very comfortable to stay indoors with a cup of hot water. "Can I step on your belly?" Lin Duoduo asked, hugging her knees.

"Just step on it."

"Really?"

She tried to take off her shoes and put her feet on Bai Xiao's belly.

"Well……"

Lin Duoduo narrowed her eyes and placed her feet on the hot zombie, feeling warm and comfortable.

This kind of close warmth is more comfortable than warming yourself by a fire.

Zombies are just too good.

“Will it be cold?”

"Not bad." Bai Xiao wrapped her feet in his coat, and put her cold feet against his belly, feeling a little more energetic.

"How come it's cold if there's no fire?" The Zombie King was a little puzzled.

"My feet are like this, they are always cold," said Lin Duoduo.

“It would be nice to have a heater.”

Bai Xiao wrapped her feet through his clothes, missing the radiator before the disaster.

The place where Lin Duoduo was standing was not so hot anymore. She moved a little quietly, and then it was hot next to her again. She opened her eyes a little and peeked at the Zombie King. Seeing that he didn't react, she moved her feet little by little, and then changed them back after a while.

Gradually feeling a little sleepy, she leaned back in the chair, put her feet in the zombie's warm arms, and dozed off with her eyes closed.

Bai Xiao lowered his head and looked at the book, finding her little action amusing. After he finished reading the book, he sat on a chair and closed his eyes to rest for a while. Seeing that she was still dozing off, he warmed his hands and reached into her clothes to warm her feet.

Lin Duoduo hummed comfortably in her daze, curled up her toes twice, and tucked her head into the collar of her coat to continue sleeping.

This was the most comfortable sleep she had ever had. It was like being wrapped in a stove, hot but not scalding. She felt lazy all over. When she opened her eyes, she was still a little unresponsive. She moved her legs and the zombie king had already opened his eyes. "Are you awake?"

"It's so warm." Lin Duoduo said as she stretched lazily.

"My body temperature is much higher than yours, forty degrees zombie."

Bai Xiao touched the human's foot and found it was not so cold anymore, it had warmed up.

"Why didn't I find it last year?" Lin Duoduo said regretfully.

If this zombie had been around in the past winters, it wouldn't have been so hard to endure.

She didn't want to go out anymore, she just kept stepping on the Zombie King and felt warm.

"Isn't it time to move away?" Bai Xiao said.

"Step on it for a while longer. I never urged you to do that." Lin Duoduo said.

Bai Xiao thought about it and it seemed to be true. He wrapped his clothes and tightly wrapped the human's feet.

"I always feel that this is a bit ambiguous." said the Zombie King.

"why?"

"To give birth to little zombies."

"You can find a female zombie to give birth to baby zombies." Lin Duoduo gave him advice.

"Thank you, this is a good suggestion. Don't suggest it again next time." Bai Xiao said.

"Are other zombies this hot?"

"Probably not. Body temperature consumes energy. I have to eat a lot of meat to maintain my current form. Those skinny old zombies probably can't sustain much consumption. Only fresh zombies are so active." Bai Xiao has loaded baskets for Friday and learned some information about the old zombies. "This is also the reason why I am strong. I have enough energy to support strong consumption. Well... In some situations, you may be exhausted, but I can overdraw my potential. The price is to become the way you saw me when I just came back."

Bai Xiao's words reminded Lin Duoduo of how he looked when he just came back. He was so skinny that he seemed like he could be blown down by the wind, and he looked very much like an old zombie.

(End of this chapter)