This is apocalyptic

Chapter 31: I once dreamed of traveling the world with a sword

Lin Duoduo took out the opened bottle of wine and washed Bai Xiao's wound.

Regarding the issue of zombies being infected again... it is too complicated. The surviving humans can't figure it out, and the zombies wearing helmets can't figure it out either.

"The chance of infection from scratches is still very low, and if you are not bitten, you may not get infected." Lin Duoduo poured the wine bottle.

It was the first time for Bai Xiao to use aged Moutai to wash his wound, and he felt a little weird.

"What are the symptoms of being infected by an animal?" he asked.

Lin Duoduo hesitated for a moment. That was too cruel. "Just... I will observe you."

"Okay, if I die, you take this thing." Bai Xiao took out a gold bar from his arms. Lin Duoduo was a little confused and didn't know why he picked up this thing.

This was picked up by Bai Xiao when he was scavenging in that building. Even if it is useless, just looking at it can make people happy. Lin Duoduo will not understand.

"It was originally useless, but you just said that your grandfather once speculated... If a few human cities were really rebuilt in the future and you went there, it might become useful."

"You can survive being bitten by a zombie, so you must be fine."

"Yeah...I think it's okay too."

Bai Xiao hasn't noticed any adverse reactions yet. "Then I'll just keep it myself."

Gold has a natural attraction to people. I wonder how Lin Duoduo can regard it as dirt...

"Is there a possibility that I am the normal person and you are the infected person?" Bai Xiao said.

"Ok?"

"You don't even like gold."

The tricycle squeaked as it moved on the road. Lin Duoduo didn't want the zombie to die.

"My father once said that if the conditions are not met, white sugar can be used to sterilize wounds." Lin Duoduo suddenly looked back and she remembered this.

Bai Xiao was stunned for a moment. Based on his limited common sense, he said, "...isn't sugar an environment for growing bacteria?"

After a pause, he continued, "I remember you said your father is a doctor?"

"Ah."

"Well... forget it. I'm fine now. Don't make me suffer." Bai Xiao hesitated for a moment. Now he felt good, so he decided not to make trouble.

After he finished speaking, he felt a little conflicted again. To have been able to help Lin Duoduo survive and grow up in the apocalypse, her family must be capable. Maybe he should really give it a try?

The tricycle slowly left the city.

Compared to when he came here, Bai Xiao's mood suddenly became relaxed. Although there was no one living outside, the silent city only brought depression to people.

Lin Duoduo's powerful legs stepped on the tricycle, which squeaked and twisted.

Bai Xiao touched the helmet, and it was good, still no adverse reaction. He said: "I should modify this helmet with spikes."

With this kind of transformation, that thing just now would not be my opponent.

"Can this kind of transformation be done?" Bai Xiao asked.

Lin Duoduo glanced at him and said nothing.

Bai Xiao held a stick and helped her push the cart from behind, then slowly followed her.

There are a lot of things in the car, so it's impossible to keep up with the speed when the car is empty by walking.

"You can sit on it." Lin Duoduo looked back and sorted out the things on the truck bed. "You can get on by lying down. I can handle the zombies if we encounter them."

"No need." Bai Xiao said, "If it's infected, it won't make a difference if it's a few hours faster or slower."

"Um……"

Lin Duoduo thought for a while and said, "Maybe you can hold on until we get back to the yard. You can take a shower and leave in a decent manner. After all, you have always paid attention to this." You have to wash your hands and face even when it rains.

"Is it possible that I won't die?"

"I'm just talking about a possibility." Lin Duoduo said.

"Thank you. I'll ride the bike." Bai Xiao looked at his people. If they killed a few less zombies now, they might not have to go to hell after they died. "I'm not tired yet. It's best not to do strenuous activities during your observation period." Lin Duoduo refused.

Bai Xiao shrugged. Lin Duoduo was only startled at first, but when he told him to leave with dignity, she regained her usual calmness. She was probably already used to death.

He was also a little calmer, not as panicked as the first time he was infected by zombies. Maybe it was Lin Duoduo who infected him, not the virus, but the attitude towards life that touched him.

Try to live, but don't be afraid of death.

——I don’t know if it’s the same for everyone who still lives on this land. When disaster strikes, there aren’t many choices.

"I don't want to fight zombies anymore. Let me kick for a while." After walking a long way, Bai Xiao said while carrying the stick.

"There are fewer zombies ahead." Lin Duoduo said.

After leaving the city, the scenery became more and more desolate. Even the number of old zombies decreased significantly. Seeing that Lin Duoduo insisted that he reduce strenuous activities, Bai Xiao could only help her push the cart and speed up a bit so that they would not be unable to return to the town before dark.

"Why did you bring this thing with you?" Bai Xiao saw the deformed guitar in the car. He hadn't noticed it before, but now a corner of it was sticking out of the bag due to the bumps.

"What?" Lin Duoduo asked him as she couldn't see anything while riding her tricycle.

Bai Xiao pulled it out and plucked the string to make a sound.

"It doesn't take up much space. If you can take it, take it. If you can't take it, throw it away. You can't just take some food back and sit in the house in a daze. I also took several books and the jumping stick."

"what book?"

"I forgot what it was called, I just took one look and put it on."

She only remembered that it was a novel, but it didn't matter if it wasn't, because she could read any book anyway.

My father said that if order is to be restored, books are one of the most important things.

He also said that if it could not be rebuilt, it would be one of the most useless things, even less useful than a fruit knife.

Bai Xiao looked at the road in the distance. The sun was rising slowly. There were no living things under the sunlight. It was as desolate as ever.

"If I'm going to die, I'll sing a song for you. I guess no one has ever sung a song for you before?" Bai Xiao asked while holding a deformed guitar.

"You sing." Lin Duoduo said.

"I guess you won't hear anyone singing again. You'll probably remember it for a long time."

"of course."

"You work so hard to stay alive. If I get infected by that cat, I'll just give you a gift as a survivor of the disaster. I have nothing else."

Bai Xiao was a little sad. He really liked Lin Duoduo's tenacious attitude towards growth. It was always good to be able to survive.

Lin Duoduo pedaled hard. She didn't want the zombie to die if she could avoid death, but this kind of thing was never decided by anyone.

"You can leave the gold bar to me," she said.

"Oh, too."

Bai Xiao smiled. It wasn’t as if he had nothing, as he still had a gold bar he picked up from the trash.

He touched the string and recalled. He had learned this in school, but he never thought that after being bitten by a zombie and not being sure whether he would die, he would give it as a gift to this survivor who was living alone in the apocalypse.

"Actually, it's not too bad." Bai Xiao suddenly said.

"what do you mean?"

"All of this is much better than dying directly on the day I was bitten."

"Oh, that's right."

"Nice to meet you, my last friend."

Bai Xiao plucked the strings of the guitar.

On the desolate road in the apocalypse, zombies are singing and humans are riding tricycles.

(End of this chapter)