This is apocalyptic

Chapter 261: Mountain God

When telling stories to the two humans, Bai Xiao felt like he was in a fairy tale. An old monster who had lived for a very long time was telling the two humans stories about the past.

He is obviously not old.

Holding a cup of warm water, he stopped talking when he got tired and leaned aside, closed his eyes and took a nap.

He drank up the water before it got cold, then Lin Duoduo picked up the kettle and filled it up again.

The water in the water tank will freeze at night, so if you want to boil some water, you have to thaw it first.

The flames in the fire were dancing. When the weather got cold, people couldn't move away from the fire, and this was true for both humans and zombies.

The coldest time in winter is not when it snows, but when the snow melts, especially on windy days.

The wind cut on my face like a knife, painful and hard.

It is not a pleasant thing to wash clothes in this kind of weather. The clothes of the two humans can be thrown away when they are dirty and then picked up in the building. The zombie king does not have many suitable clothes, so they cannot be thrown away like that. The sweater has to be washed when it is dirty, so I have to use some warm water to wash it.

If hung upstairs, it will become hard overnight, like stone, with icicles hanging on it. It will freeze at night and melt during the day, and it will take a long time to dry.

"When you become a zombie, I will take you to a place where spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and winter is not cold."

“Is there such a place?”

"Yes, anyway, you won't be afraid of being bitten by bugs or anything like that. I'll take you to the south, where there's a small town called Jiangnan and Guangkanda. You can raise a few more zombies to pick cotton."

The zombies were talking nonsense. Lin Duoduo knocked on the frozen clothes. The clothes were frozen and could stand upright when put down.

"There is no winter there, no snow, no ice."

"Aren't there still a lot of zombies?"

"Maybe……"

Bai Xiao didn’t know whether the old zombies would live longer or shorter in such a humid and hot place.

Lin Duoduo asked him to squat down and put the earmuffs on the zombie's head, making him look silly.

"In fact, you can make the top wider so it looks like a hat, and then I won't feel so cold when I wear the iron helmet."

"Then I'll change it."

It snowed for several days and the sun came out outside. The zombie and the two humans moved stools together and basked in the sun downstairs with their sleeves tucked in, like three salted fish, absorbing the gift from a long distance.

Thinking of salted fish, Bai Xiao felt a little greedy. He would cut a few slices, put them in water, and cook or steam them with dried vegetables. They would be fresh and fragrant. Unfortunately, he hadn't eaten fish since two years ago.

He should have kept more at that time. He remembered that salted fish could be kept for ten or eight years if preserved properly. No matter how bad the weather was, taking out a salted fish would be a pleasure.

"What are you sighing about?"

"I want to eat salted fish."

The zombie said with his eyes closed.

"Go catch it."

"Fish these days are so disgusting, they're only fit to be eaten by little monsters."

The little monster was also lying beside the nest basking in the sun, with its belly exposed and its scarlet eyes making it look like the Zombie King's biological child.

Monday was tugging at the chain, not quiet at all like the little monster, always so irritable.

The child was also restless. He shoveled the snow from corners into a small bucket, carried it to the vegetable field, piled it into a small pile, and then went back and forth.

Bai Xiao felt tired just looking at her slight limp.

But no one tried to stop it.

For some people, doing things is a joy. If they are not allowed to move, they will feel itchy all over. This is related to the growing environment. The more they can do, the happier they will be.

"Have I become stronger?" Bai Xiao asked.

Hearing this, Lin Duoduo reached out and touched his arm. It was too thick, so she reached into his clothes and touched him again. Bai Xiao always felt that this human was molesting him, but he could not find any evidence.

"I can't tell." Lin Duoduo said. It's hard to detect a slight change, but it feels like the zombies are more energetic - anyone who eats a full meal every day will be energetic.

The zombie pulled her hand away, looked down, and closed his eyes again.

Lin Duoduo saw his nose moving.

"What are you smelling?" She frowned. "I smell the scent of a human."

There is also a faint stench in the air and everywhere in the city, which is the stench of old zombies.

Even heavy snow can’t cover up the smell, but I’ve gotten used to it, so I don’t usually notice it.

The little snow left in the community was slowly piled up by Ge Xia on the vegetable fields, where it melted in the sun and became wet.

The two humans fiddled with it, and one day, Ge Xia also took out a pair of large gloves, and timidly wanted to give them to the zombies.

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment, then he took it and tried it. It was a bit rough, but he could wear it.

"Is it appropriate?" Lin Duoduo asked.

"It's OK. Not bad."

Bai Xiao wrapped his big hands in gloves, put on earmuffs and put on a helmet.

Well, at least it doesn't look like a wild zombie.

Anyone who sees him should have this as their first reaction. No wild zombie would be so fully equipped.

When the third snow melted, the Zombie King went out again. This time, the search range was much larger. He visited the surrounding towns and did see some human footprints, although not many.

Those are just scattered survivors, and there are fewer and fewer survivors left.

Apart from that, there are settlements. The area around the settlements is quite lively, with many footprints. In the cold wind, smoke is coming out of the chimneys. People have to light fires to keep warm in this weather.

When the wind and snow continue, few people will come out.

The earth was covered in white.

Apart from the hungry hyenas trying to find food on the snow and some zombie bones to gnaw on, there were not many signs of living things.

When Bai Xiao was about to leave, he killed two monsters. They were skinny and thin. There was no need to drag them back so far, so he thought about it and threw them far away, then turned and left.

There are fewer and fewer people living in the settlement, and many people die every winter.

Hearing the sound of a heavy object, Lao Song went out vigilantly. He was surprised to see the two monster corpses in the snow. He looked into the distance filled with wind and snow, and could not see anything clearly in the hazy white.

He looked up, then looked around, alertly. The monster's body was frozen hard, but there was still some flesh on it.

Old Song dragged the two corpses, bowed to the snowy sky and the surroundings, took them back and slaughtered them, and called the remaining people in the settlement.

"Where did it come from?" Lao Zhong asked. It was so windy outside that he might freeze to death if he went out for half a day.

"It was thrown by the mountain god." said Lao Song.

"Screw you……"

"Who knew, it would fall down with a bang. God couldn't bear to see it, so he gave us a full meal."

Old Song said with a smile, but the others were silent.

In the current environment, life in the settlements is not easy either.

Eating a steaming hot pot in the cold winter is a pleasant experience, so everyone was quiet and didn't talk much.

This may be the last meal.

Being able to have such a meal before death is a perfect ending.

"Why don't you talk?" Old Song asked halfway through the meal.

"I have seen the mountain god." said Lao Zhong.

"Don't talk about your broken dream. Now it's all your wish has come true." Old Song shook his head and smiled, "I remember when I first came here, you said that everyone would die. Now it's all right."

"Everyone is going to die...including me."

"Then why are you still alive?"

"Watch everyone die together."

The hot steam from the pot made the house warm, even though it was freezing outside.

The corpses of the two monsters were enough for them to have a full meal and a good night's sleep.

(End of this chapter)