This is apocalyptic

Chapter 189 188: Premise

In a building like this, observing zombies in the distance with a telescope gives you the feeling of going back many years.

The extreme safety in the house forms a sharp contrast with the extreme danger outside.

The layers of protective nets are so tight that not even a little finger can pass through. Once the windows are closed and the curtains are drawn, the security becomes even tighter.

Lin Duoduo likes sitting by the window very much. It is just like when she is in a zombie's coffin. It is clearly a dead end, but she can watch the danger approaching without being able to break through the defenses.

“This is what a shelter feels like,” she sighed.

What we expected in those years has now been realized in this way.

"Well...the old shelters might have been like this, when they were first used to protect against zombies." Bai Xiao said.

"Didn't it later?"

"Later, we started clearing out the zombies in the surrounding area, and there weren't so many zombies around anymore."

Bai Xiao also squatted beside the stove, warming himself by the fire with this human, with his little hands and big hands placed on the stove together.

"The shelter will continue to expand. At the beginning, it was just the scale of a shelter. When it was used to protect against zombies, it was probably a high wall with barbed wire and electric fences to separate an area, just like this community now."

The Zombie King said slowly, "Then there are large bunk beds for ten or twenty people. After all, at that time, all we had to do was save our lives and fight against the disaster."

Lin Duoduo tilted her head and leaned on him, "Twenty years ago?"

"Yes, once the situation stabilizes, we will expand according to the population. The first step in the expansion process is to absorb refugees from outside. For example, during the great migration in the ruins, the shelter here collapsed, and those who received the news took the risk to go to another shelter far away. In addition, there are also a steady stream of lone survivors looking for the past.

"The second is to improve living conditions. We can change the bunk beds that accommodate ten or twenty people into rooms for six or two people, or into rooms with separate doors and windows. This also requires expanding the shelter area and increasing the carrying capacity. The carrying capacity is what I just mentioned. If a large number of survivors are suddenly rescued or relocated, then the two-person room can be turned into a three-person or four-person room. As long as there are enough supplies such as food and water, the carrying capacity of the shelter can be greatly increased, so that the survivors who come here will not be blocked outside due to insufficient space."

"It would be too tragic to find the shelter but be blocked outside the door." Lin Duoduo said and glanced at him. The Zombie King had found it before, but he was a zombie, so he came back... He didn't intend to go in alone from the beginning.

Bai Xiao also turned his head to glance at her. She was not aware of what happened to Lin Huayou.

He retracted his gaze and continued, "Then we need to resume production. These people cannot be idle. The shelter will provide them with a safe production environment and allow them to start production.

"As long as they have the manufacturing capacity, start the industry, and have relatively complete basic social functions, they will no longer be a shelter - but a safe zone. At this time, all threats in the safe zone will be eliminated, and there will be no need for walls and barbed wire, because the threats will be eliminated far away from where they live, so large-scale production is possible."

He said, "It's the place I saw a few years ago."

"You talk as if you've really seen the development of the shelter." Lin Duoduo narrowed her eyes. She almost believed it.

"How many people can our building accommodate?" she asked.

"Three or five people is the limit. If there are more people, food and water will be a problem. A dozen or twenty people can't achieve ecological self-circulation and self-sufficiency." Bai Xiao said, "Unless we return to the mountain village."

"Didn't you say that if we expanded... we would become a safe zone?"

"The premise is that there are only zombies." Bai Xiao rubbed her head. "If there are only zombies, we can expand... But now there are more than just zombies, so the safe zone is also blocked outside the ruins. We can only solve the urgent problem first."

Lin Duoduo sighed. If there were only zombies, she wouldn't have to hide in the coffin or in this building.

"From the beginning of the disaster to the time when the zombies grow old, this period is about ten years. If it is a period of rapid expansion of the safe zone, then when the environment deteriorates to the point of being inhumane, it is a period of contraction. It will become more and more difficult day by day, and we may even move underground." said the zombie.

Lin Duoduo warmed her hands by the fire. "So it's going to transform back into the original shelter?"

If there were really only zombies, the ruins would probably have been cleared and the doomsday would not have come.

"Probably." Bai Xiao said.

When he was still in the mountain village and Aunt Qian had not left yet, he had thought many times whether the safe zone was a way out.

If everyone is going to die in the end, he will take Lin Duoduo for a walk and a look before she dies, or live her favorite, ordinary and contented life.

The water in the pot boiled, and Lin Duoduo stood up, "Do you want a cup of milk powder?" "I'll make coffee." Bai Xiao said.

Lin Duoduo stared at the zombie and asked, "You drink something so bitter, why don't you drink the human flesh soup?"

It makes no sense at all. He has corrected all the zombies' habits.

"Foot washing water is not okay, but breast milk washing water can be considered." said the zombie.

Lin Duoduo kicked him.

The stinky zombies were also picked.

"I know you want me to be happy because zombies like to eat people, so you want me to eat some foot skin and drink some soup, but I am a civilized zombie, different from those old zombies."

"You are so civilized."

Lin Duoduo scooped some hot water for him.

A cup of coffee was poured down my throat, but unfortunately there was no sophora japonica flowers, red dates, elm seeds or other random things to throw in and shake.

"You are a barbaric zombie, and I am a civilized human." Lin Duoduo said.

"But zombies who drink coffee are civilized." The Zombie King held the cup of coffee, "This was also recorded before the disaster, but you, my human, you don't drink coffee."

"Bad habit!"

Lin Duoduo looked around, put the iron helmet on him, and then knocked on him with a spoon.

“Who’s civilized?”

"I recognize your civilized identity." Bai Xiao said.

"Then is it uncivilized for me not to drink coffee?" Lin Duoduo asked, holding up a spoon.

"civilization."

"Would you like to drink human flesh soup?"

"That's totally unnecessary."

"Let you go."

Lin Duoduo rolled her eyes at him, scooped some more hot water with a spoon, and drank it after it cooled down.

snort!
"What's so good about coffee?" She took a sip and found it bitter.

"It reminds me of some old times."