This is apocalyptic

Chapter 256: The Right Path

Being in the ruins, I don’t know how far the research on the safe zone has progressed.

Everything is unknown.

Bai Xiao did not put all his bets on one thing. He was always paying attention to the changes in himself.

Compared to last year, he has made many changes.

At least when that bowl of blood was left, he couldn't smell any very delicate odor.

But it seems to be stabilizing again. Changes still exist, but they are not as obvious.

He had only one goal from the beginning to the end, and that was to survive and keep this human alive.

Now, as I was hugging Lin Duoduo, I could smell calmness from her. She was not excited by hope, nor was she nervous because of death.

Although the zombies said that this might be the last winter for the survivors, she could see that it was getting quieter every year. Four years ago, she could catch sparrows to feed the zombies. Three years ago, the forest was very lively. Last year, there were cicadas chirping, but now there is none of that.

At the beginning of spring this year, there were frogs croaking downstairs. I don’t know when they disappeared and the earth became silent.

It was still a bit hot at noon, but as night fell, the heat dissipated. It was indeed autumn, and it got cooler every night.

The sky was higher and the wind was stronger. Before I knew it, half a month had passed and there were more leaves changing color on the treetops on the street.

The lotus flowers in the pond have also withered, leaving only crooked dead branches floating on the water.

Lin Duoduo sat by the pond and broke open the pomegranates that the zombies had brought back. Perhaps because there were fewer bees, the pomegranates were not big and not well developed. She stuffed a handful into the zombies' hands, and the zombies chewed the seeds and swallowed them.

It was almost dusk.

There were a lot of zombies outside, crowded together. In the community, Ge Xia was catching insects and searching in the corners. Centipedes and other creatures were most delicious when roasted, and zombies also liked to eat them.

Lin Duoduo sat by the pool, raising her legs to let the zombies have a taste. The girl's tender instep and toes were very sensitive, as if the zombies would bite them at any time. Look at Ge Xia, who was flipping over the stone slabs with his butt sticking out in the distance, and then rinsing his feet in the pool.

The sneaky look was amusing to the zombies.

No matter how delicious monster meat is, it can never compare to the taste of human flesh.

In the evening, Bai Xiao took the guitar he brought back from scavenging outside and sang for the two humans.

And also for the zombies outside to hear.

After all, they are the same kind. If they protect the peace of the community, scavengers will not come close and monsters will not squeeze in.

"We used to live far away, and he would sing for me." Lin Duoduo was a little proud. Seeing that Ge Xia looked like he had never heard it before, she couldn't help but smile.

"Wasn't he a zombie before?" Ge Xia asked.

"He used to be a zombie too."

Lin Duoduo never asked about the zombie's past, and Bai Xiao never explained it in detail. The past was meaningless, just like when Bai Xiao was singing, he was still very thin, and when he put on sunglasses, you couldn't tell that he was a zombie.

"Why is he different from those zombies?" Ge Xia asked in a low voice. She had wanted to ask this question for a long time.

"Because, because..."

Lin Duoduo blinked but didn't say anything. It was different from the very beginning. He was infected and sat at that intersection, humming a song.

That's why she captured the humming zombie and took him back to see what was going on.

"What are you whispering about?" The zombie glanced at the two humans.

"Say you're strong."

Lin Duoduo smiled and said, the zombies are really strong.

All the survivors in the ruins probably want such a strong body, and it doesn’t matter whether they are zombies or not.

In the evening, Lin Duoduo opened three cans of food, poured the juice from the cans on the beans, and mixed it with the meat brought back by the zombies, creating an aromatic aroma.

Now she is different from before. She has learned not to be stingy. In the past, she had a narrow vision and always felt that things were not enough. She didn't know how long she could live, so she saved everything and left it as a legacy to the zombies. Later, after she came out, she found that the zombies in the ruins could not starve at all.

And it is almost certain that it will be in the next two years. Time is running out, so there is no point in saving more.

"The stingy guy has become generous!"

"Eat yours. If it's not enough, there's more."

"I don't want to eat this."

"roll."

Autumn is very dry. Even without eating chili sauce, Lin Duoduo still gets a sore throat. Every day she soaks lotus seeds in water and drinks it. The zombies say it can reduce heat, but it seems to be of no use.

Ge Xia cooked the centipede, peeled off the skin to reveal the tender white meat, and gave it to the zombie. The zombie took a bite and found it tasted very good, rich in protein. However, the zombie would starve to death if it just ate this thing, so he just tried it for the sake of taste.

The child is not so skinny anymore, and his cheeks are a little more plump, but his legs are still a little unsteady, which is hard to tell unless you look closely.

"My second brother is a little fatter."

"is it?"

Lin Duoduo looked back and it seemed like there was a little bit.

“Is it possible that being kept by zombies is the right path?” she said.

"Zombies don't want to be raised, they just want to be eaten."

What's the difference between this and asking a man who has taken aphrodisiacs to give someone a massage?
It was because of his firm faith and integrity that he could endure the temptation of human flesh.

Anyway, Lin Duoduo, who followed the zombies, became fatter and whiter, and even Ge Xia recovered a little.

All this was unplanned. When he came here last year, Bai Xiao just wanted to find a place to survive the winter. Then, if he came back to the safe zone, he would take Lin Duoduo to the city where he used to live to see if there was the apartment he had rented or the company where he had worked in that city.

It is unexpectedly calm now, and the rate of environmental deterioration is accelerating.

And live...

Bai Xiao sighed. As a zombie, he was much more sensitive than anyone else in terms of perception of the environment.

He wasn't worried before because it hadn't deteriorated to that extent, but now as time gets closer, his mood can't help but become heavy, and he often stares into the distance alone.

Lin Duoduo would take a coat and put it on him, then squat beside him and lean against him.

This is the way the world is. It has been like this since she was born, and no one can do anything about it. What she didn't expect was that at this point, the zombies would be more difficult to accept than her.

There are many windy days in autumn, and the zombies on the streets are blown down, making noises.

The howling strong wind blew away the little monster's nest, and the little monster kept screaming. The next day, the zombie king helped it repair it, and it returned to its beloved nest.

Watching the little monster's growing body, it seems like a newborn after a disaster, adapting to the new world just like plants.

A skinny zombie squeezed in through the crack in the community gate, staggering, and his face couldn't be seen clearly. He looked like a little old man, hunching over as he rushed in.

When Bai Xiao turned around, Ge Xia had already walked over with a knife in hand. Before he got close, the zombie fell to the ground with a thud.

Ge Xia paused, lowered his knife, and said, "It died on its own."

They are too old, and the zombies keep dying.

Ge Xia didn't know whether to be happy or sad, she was a little confused. This should have been a good thing. She had seen zombies collapse on their own because they were too decayed.

But now, she felt inexplicably at a loss in her heart, she didn't know where the feeling came from, and it couldn't be shaken off.

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