This is apocalyptic

Chapter 144 143: Skills

The Zombie King didn't come back until four days later.

When he came down from the mountain, his clothes were tattered, he smelled sour, and there were bloodstains on the corners of his clothes and trouser legs.

When he took off his helmet, he saw the human holding the chain, which surprised him greatly.

"Are you a pervert?" Bai Xiao saw that there were chains on her feet.

Lin Duoduo's expression sank. She put on gloves and checked the zombie to make sure he had no serious injuries. She took off his tattered clothes and flushed him with a water pipe at the well.

"Why did you go for so many days?"

“I went a little deeper.”

"Is the situation very bad?"

"Ah."

Bai Xiao pondered for a moment, and then told Lin Duoduo the bad news. "It was better last year... but this year the streams on the mountain dried up and stopped flowing. The originally continuous streams became isolated pools of water. The few water sources were polluted, exacerbating the decay in the mountain."

"So that's it."

The marks on the zombies' bodies were not severe, they were just scratched by thorny tree branches. They had been hiding in the bushes for a few days, and it was inevitable that they would feel pain and itchiness when washed by water.

Rinse it clean and rub the chewed grass on it, and he will feel much better.

"Are you ready to be locked up?" Bai Xiao asked, turning his head, with the chain still hanging on her ankle.

"I accidentally touched it and it can't be opened. The key broke inside. I'm waiting for you to help me break it open." Lin Duoduo said.

"careless?"

Bai Xiao didn't know how he had been so careless that this happened. He looked down, picked it up and took a look.

Lin Duoduo cooperated by lifting her foot and opening her hand to show him the broken key in her palm.

"Do we need to smash this?"

Bai Xiao bent a piece of wire and moved closer to tinker with the keyhole. Lin Duoduo was sitting on the ground. The zombies came too close, and their breath sprayed on the back of her feet. She always felt that the zombie king would suddenly not be able to hold back and bite her.

Suddenly there was a click and the chain was removed. Lin Duoduo stared at the wire in the zombie's hand.

"Never seen it?" He waved his hand, looking a little proud. When he was a kid, he often envied the thieves in TV shows who could open any lock with just a click of something. He had tried to imitate them, but of course he couldn't learn it.

Later, as short videos became popular, he remembered his childhood dream when he saw someone explaining the principles. He finally figured it out by following the explanation. Although he doesn't usually use it and this skill seems useless, he has an indescribable sense of accomplishment when he occasionally encounters unexpected situations... He can even open many doors with one card.

At this moment, it feels quite satisfying to show off my skills to this barbarian.

"You... already knew it?" Lin Duoduo blinked and asked hesitantly, "Why is it still locked up?"

"Uh……"

Bai Xiao was also stunned.

"Oh, you wanted to eat for free." Lin Duoduo remembered.

"…No, I was just worried that I would go berserk and turn into a mindless zombie, so I just stayed there and observed." He was drooling every day at that time, which was very disgusting.

"You just want to eat for free, otherwise you would have run away long ago."

Lin Duoduo completely understood why the Zombie King was so content to stay there with the iron chain and do radio gymnastics. Firstly, he didn't have to sleep in the open air and had a place to shelter from the wind and rain. Secondly, someone would provide him with food and shelter, so all he had to do was work hard to recover.

If humans have any bad intentions, he can also open the lock and run away.

Just to get free food and drinks.

Lin Duoduo looked at him expressionlessly, as if this could help her avoid the question of why she ended up hanging the chain on her feet.

"Well, I could have run away at any time. If you wanted to dissect me or do some weird experiments, I would have run away long ago." Bai Xiao admitted. "So you were locked up voluntarily." Lin Duoduo thought thoughtfully.

"This is not voluntary." Bai Xiao said.

"Then why don't you run?"

"I have food and drink, why should I run? I'm not stupid."

God knows what it's like outside, whether zombies will chase him and bite him, or humans will shoot him with guns. It's pretty good to be locked in this broken yard.

"..."

Lin Duoduo blinked and turned her head away. "So can I put my feet down now?"

His saliva was dripping down her legs, so disgusting.

"You haven't told me why you got the chain on your leg." The Zombie King stood up awkwardly.

"It was just accidentally locked." Lin Duoduo went to the well and washed her legs with water.

"You refused to lick me when I asked you to, but you were secretly drooling over me."

"The human part refuses, and the zombie part doesn't listen to me." Bai Xiao said.

Lin Duoduo knew that he was hungry and could control himself well when he was full.

"Aunt Qian wants you to help dig a hole." She stood up and said.

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment.

"she……"

"Maybe there's not much time left." Lin Duoduo said.

"Oh, then I'll go over and take a look after I finish my meal."

It has been a long time since he last appeared in front of the old lady. Bai Xiao felt that she should have died a long time ago. Perhaps it was because he and Lin Duoduo had no shortage of food these days, and they would often give some to the old lady. Also, when he was transporting supplies in the city a few days ago, he had been borrowing guns and would share some of the things he brought back.

It was afternoon when he got there, and the scorching sun was not suitable for work. It was only in the afternoon when the sun moved away that Bai Xiao carried a shovel and came to the yard.

Uncle Cai, who used to wander around the village as a village guard, was lying quietly under the eaves in front of the door, motionless. He was covered with a sheet, hiding his emaciated zombie appearance.

Aunt Qian was getting older and older. She didn't show any surprise when she saw Bai Xiao. Perhaps at this time, there were few things that could surprise her. She just sat there leaning on a stick, looking at the man whose appearance had changed several times over the years.

After deciding to dig the pit next to the small grave mound in the corner of the yard, Bai Xiao started to work. This was a trivial matter for him now. He was even worried about breaking the shovel by using too much force.

Uncle Cai didn't need a too big pit, just one and a half meters was enough. The withered zombie that had wandered in this world for so many years finally got peace and a quiet place to live.

Aunt Qian stared at the corpse in the pit, as if the rest of her life was buried in the soil.

"Do you want to bury it?" Bai Xiao asked.

The old lady grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it in, saying, "Thank you for your help."

Soon, the dead zombie bones disappeared in the pit. Bai Xiao felt that Uncle Cai was undoubtedly lucky. Compared with the zombies that fell in the wilderness fields, city streets, and are still wandering now, after becoming a zombie, he followed Lin Duoduo's tricycle back home, wandered here for many years as a village guard, and finally returned here and was buried in the small courtyard where he once lived. This was the second home he found after the disaster.

As an old zombie, this is a perfect ending.

It was much faster to fill the soil back than to dig it up. Aunt Qian stepped around the pile of soil and thanked Bai Xiao.

Aunt Qian said, "Be careful of the shelter."

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)