This is apocalyptic

Chapter 18: This Land Will Finally Welcome a King
"It's quite difficult to find living people in such a vast land, and there haven't been any fresh zombies in a long time."

Lin Duoduo glanced at Bai Xiao when she said this.

"Some people stick together, some people go it alone, and some people form communities of survivors."

"You're a loner."

"I guess so." Lin Duoduo said.

Bai Xiao had split the bamboo strips, but he had no idea how to weave them into a basket, so he had to return them to Lin Duoduo.

"Why aren't you wearing sunglasses?" She felt strange. Bai Xiao was very happy when he first got the glasses and wore them like a treasure. But now he took them off again, revealing his red zombie eyes.

"If you wear it all the time, it will wear out, and there's no need to wear it here," said Bai Xiao.

If this kind of industrial product breaks down, you don’t know where to find it.

Besides, who would he wear it for? He had already drooled over Lin Duoduo so much that it didn't matter whether he wore it or not.

Therefore, he put it away carefully. If he wanted to go out or leave in the future, sunglasses would be an indispensable item for him as he had the characteristics of a zombie.

"Can you help me check if my eyes are flexible now?" Bai Xiao stared at Lin Duoduo, wanting to know the restorative effect of the eye exercises.

Lin Duoduo took a look and turned her head away in disgust, "I don't know, it's pretty scary."

"I think it's okay. Please help me find a mirror so I can observe it more conveniently." Bai Xiao said.

"it is good."

Lin Duoduo agreed, and after a while said: "It's not a bad thing actually. If you can keep it up and be a solitary zombie, maybe you won't have to worry about being bitten by zombies."

"Well... zombies don't bite zombies." Bai Xiao thought about it and it made sense.

Then wouldn’t I be the Zombie King?
Bai Xiao's heart surged slightly.

"Has anyone predicted that a zombie king will eventually appear in this land?"

"Um...I don't know."

Lin Duoduo glanced at him and said perfunctorily without telling him that even if there really was a zombie king, his people were so old that they could break their bones if they fell.

The mention of the zombie king from Bai Xiao's mouth and the anxious look on his face that afternoon when he was frightened by the old zombie outside the wall made Lin Duoduo couldn't help but laugh, which was inexplicably funny.

"What are you laughing at?" Bai Xiao was confused.

"Well...come on!" said Lin Duoduo.

Bai Xiao finally found a sense of destiny, retained his sanity, and gradually recovered. Isn't this the development of the Zombie King?
The zombies wandering on this land will eventually welcome their king, and then...

Bai Xiao had no idea what to do next.

"Embrace the glorious evolution?" Bai Xiao rubbed his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Lin Duoduo asked.

"Is it possible that what is infected is not the virus, but a higher-level life form?" Bai Xiao fantasized.

Lin Duoduo looked at him without saying anything.

"Is it hard to imagine?" Bai Xiao asked.

"Just evolve on your own," Lin Duoduo said, "If you want me to evolve too, I'll beat you."

"That must be it!"

Bai Xiao stood up with full motivation and did radio gymnastics.

"Aren't you hot?" She saw that Bai Xiao did not hide under the shed, but was exposed to the sun on the edge.

"I don't want to stink in the corner. Sunlight can increase my energy." Bai Xiao said, "The Zombie King must be different."

"Oh."

Lin Duoduo was very deft with her hands. She sat at the doorstep holding a large bundle of bamboo strips and weaving a bamboo basket. The Zombie King was exercising in the shed. She looked up by chance and saw a large patch of red clouds in the sky. She looked for a moment and inexplicably felt that the sun was shining brightly today.

There are very few people living in the end times like Bai Xiao. It is an indescribable feeling.

The iron chains rattled. At night, Lin Duoduo put down the basket with a woven bottom and stretched. She felt like she had forgotten something. She went back to the room and found a mirror for Bai Xiao. She still felt like she had neglected something.

After Bai Xiao reminded her, Lin Duoduo slapped her head. She always forgot that this zombie also needed to take a shower. Bai Xiao also liked to jump around, which would stink in such weather.

It's normal for zombies to stink, Lin Duoduo thought as he pressed the water from the well to fill his basin.

Then she went back to her room to rest and lay on the bed. After a while, it became quiet outside.

It seems that the Zombie King is taking a rest.

"Do you need to sleep too?" Lin Duoduo asked as she opened the window.

The stars are not bright tonight, and only vague outlines can be seen under the shed. In the dark environment, the infected people always have a dangerous aura.

"I didn't need to sleep all night before, but now... I seem to be able to rest as long as I close my eyes." Bai Xiao was a little uncertain, "I'm not sure if I'm asleep. I can hear you when you move, but when you don't talk, I seem to be asleep."

Lin Duoduo found that as soon as he opened his mouth, the dangerous aura disappeared. Things that can communicate are always safer than mindless beasts.

"Maybe my red eyes are partly due to staying up late." Bai Xiao can always find reasons for his zombie transformation from a normal perspective, as if this could make Lin Duoduo relax her vigilance against him.

"It's an illusion. If you look at the zombies more often, you will know that your eyes are the same as theirs."

Lin Duoduo ruthlessly shattered his fantasy.

Bai Xiao didn't say anything. Just as Lin Duoduo was about to close the window, he suddenly asked, "You brought me back because you wanted to do research, didn't you?"

Lin Duoduo looked at the silhouette in the darkness and said, "No."

"Really?"

"I just want to observe." Lin Duoduo paused and asked, "You still remember that your name is Bai Xiao, and you remember a lot of things before you were infected, right?"

"Well, what happened?"

"No, I'm fine." Lin Duoduo said. After a while, she asked again: "How do you think you were able to retain your memory and rationality after being infected?"

Bai Xiao thought for a while and said seriously: "I don't know. Maybe it's just like what you said. The mutation direction of the virus is unpredictable. The toxicity of the mutant strain is weakened, and coexistence can be achieved... probably right."

"Oh, I see." Lin Duoduo said softly.

"You don't look like a doctor." Bai Xiao said.

"Well, I'm not."

"So...what do you want to observe?"

"My father is a doctor." Lin Duoduo said.

"Your father..."

"He turned into a zombie."

Bai Xiao didn't say anything, but Lin Duoduo heard the sound of chains.

"Has it been a long time?" Bai Xiao asked.

"It's been a long time." Lin Duoduo said.

"……Feel sorry."

"Nothing." Lin Duoduo shook her head. "You became like this because you retained your sanity during the infection, right?"

"Probably." Bai Xiao said. He thought for a moment and added, "Not necessarily. I definitely don't know as much about the virus as you do. It's just... I accidentally retained my memory."

Bai Xiao couldn't help but think of the most difficult days when he had a high fever, and said, "Thank you."

"Yeah." Lin Duoduo responded.

She stood at the window for a moment, then closed it.

(End of this chapter)