This is apocalyptic

Chapter 24 Chapter 024: Traces

While remaining rational, Bai Xiao would not touch the bottle beside him.

And once he loses his mind, the bottle will inevitably fall to the ground no matter whether he walks or crawls.

The rooftop was very large. Lin Duoduo was in the other corner, lying on a foam board, covered with clothes and resting.

Bai Xiao sat against the wall. The wind on the rooftop was a bit strong and very cool.

Dark night.

The dead silent city was devoid of the light pollution from Bai Xiao's original world. Apart from the sparse stars, there was only darkness.

"If there were no apocalypse and no zombies, this would have been a very romantic thing." Bai Xiao suddenly sighed.

Night, rooftop, starlight.

A couple was watching the stars on the rooftop at night, and they placed a circle of glass bottles to make a gentleman's agreement.

But the occasional roar of zombies coming from the distant street is not so beautiful.

"Are there any survivors living in the city?" Bai Xiao asked.

"Even if there are any, they are rare," Lin Duoduo said. "Scavenging for survival in the city is OK for a short period of time, but it is very difficult to survive all year round. It is possible that some people have mastered the skills and are suitable for living in the city, but I have never seen them."

Bai Xiao suddenly missed that small courtyard. The empty city was really not a place for people to stay.

"Go to bed early." Lin Duoduo's voice came from a distant corner.

"Well, I shouldn't ignore any disturbance." Bai Xiao said.

There was no movement from Lin Duoduo. Bai Xiao was tired after a whole day's journey. He hugged his helmet and closed his eyes.

Eating and drinking for free in a small courtyard is a completely different environment from riding a tricycle all day. He is also trying to feel whether there are any changes in himself in the different environments.

He was still not sure whether he was asleep or in a very light sleep, which was very similar to the habits of zombies. Even if he was motionless, he could hear the sound suddenly at any time.

The night went from dark to light, and when the sky was just getting light, Lin Duoduo woke up, and the fatigue from yesterday had been relieved a lot. She opened her eyes and saw Bai Xiao standing in the circle of glass bottles, stretching his muscles.

Lin Duoduo sat down and drank some water, then stood up, stretching.

"You seem pretty stable," she said.

Like Bai Xiao, she was unsure whether the infection would change if she was tired. Although Bai Xiao usually jumped around and did radio gymnastics, compared with running around in the city, the mental and physical exhaustion was far less.

"Well... we still need to observe." Bai Xiao exhaled and stopped his actions. He looked healthier than her, a human.

"Drink water, eat, be careful in the city, and if you happen to meet other scavengers, just put on your helmet and stand there."

Lin Duoduo put on her coat and came over, looking at Bai Xiao. She was surprised to find that Bai Xiao was quite intimidating with a helmet on. As long as the zombie features were covered up, the tall man standing aside with a helmet on looked much more imposing than some skinny scavengers.

If she met such a strange scavenger wearing a helmet on the street, she would keep her distance from him, because she could not get any information from his eyes. It was unknown whether he was crazy or calm, cowardly or fierce. She could not see clearly, so the best way was to stay away from him.

Lin Duoduo bent down and picked up the bottles that were placed in a circle on the ground. Bai Xiao saw it and asked, "Are you going to put it away?"

He looked at the bottles around him, still not knowing what she was going to do with this pile of junk. It wasn't possible that she had known that this day would come and the glass bottles were prepared for him.

But Lin Duoduo took two bottles to the edge of the rooftop, waved her arms, and threw them far into the street.

Soon, two crisp cracking sounds were heard on the street.

"Let's go." Lin Duoduo said.

I went downstairs from the shopping mall and pushed the tricycle out.

Bai Xiao turned his head and looked behind him. The old zombie who had been wandering nearby following the sound of the tricycle last night had just been lured away by the landing of the two glass bottles. When he heard the sound of the tricycle, he turned around and wanted to come back, but was limited by speed and distance.

“Picking up scraps is a science.”

Bai Xiao tried hard to learn from humans' experience in scavenging.

Although the two bottles also alarmed the zombies that were not originally wandering nearby, the noise they made when pushing the cart could not avoid it. As a result, at least the zombies at the entrance of the mall were lured away, and the ones that were alarmed would be disturbed anyway.

In just one day, Bai Xiao realized that Lin Duoduo's survival in the apocalypse was by no means a fluke.

"Here." Lin Duoduo found a knife from the car. Bai Xiao took it and looked at her.

"Besides zombies, there are other dangers in the city," said Lin Duoduo.

"for example?"

"Cat and dog."

Lin Duoduo casually uttered two words, which should have been the epitome of cuteness, but they made Bai Xiao hesitate for a moment.

"By the way, I don't know if the zombies will bite you again. Why don't you try it?" Lin Duoduo suddenly said when she saw Bai Xiao holding a stick and preparing to hit the zombies coming towards her not far away.

Bai Xiao rejected such an unreliable suggestion: "This is not a good idea. What if I get bitten again?"

"They are all old zombies. Why don't you go around behind it and see if it will turn around?"

"Try again when there's a chance."

Bai Xiao felt that even if he had to try, he should try it on the old zombies near the village.

Lin Duoduo shrugged, identified the direction, and walked towards the city center.

The further in she went, the more zombies she encountered. If she was alone, she would not go there directly with the tricycle, but would first find out the safe way, make sure there was something to gain, and then come back to find the car.

The last time she met Bai Xiao was when she was looking for the way.

"Look, that's where I caught you." Lin Duoduo pointed to the intersection in the distance.

"It's to save me." Bai Xiao was still looking around vigilantly while wearing a helmet. He had long forgotten what the street looked like. The fever after being bitten made him not quite clear-headed.

"Grasp."

"save."

"Grasp."

"save."

"Is it different?"

"For zombies, I only capture them. For humans, I save them. Obviously, I am a human."

Saving a human being sounds much better than catching a zombie.

The once glamorous building has long been dilapidated and stands at the end of the street.

Bai Xiao saw the bank. If he wasn't worried about zombies hiding inside, he would have wanted to experience the experience of robbing a bank.

"The bank's vault should be absolutely safe." said Bai Xiao.

"Well, it's hard to get out if you're blocked."

Lin Duoduo didn't look at the bank, but at the pieces of paper scattered on the ground not far away. Those pieces of paper looked very new.

"Other scavengers have been here recently." Lin Duoduo said slowly, "Could it be your lost friend?"

"I had no friends before I was bitten, I'm sure of that," said Bai Xiao.

"Didn't you get betrayed and bitten?" Lin Duoduo asked.

"No, I know that withholding information can lead to many unpredictable dangers. You don't have to worry."

"Ok."

Lin Duoduo walked up and picked up a piece of paper, looked at it twice, and prepared to throw it away.

"What's written on it?" Bai Xiao saw some words.

"Here."

Lin Duoduo handed over the paper, which contained only a message.

(End of this chapter)