This is apocalyptic

Chapter 53: Hunger Strike
Putting away the thermometer, Bai Xiao looked up at the sky, wondering if it would rain again. There was no sign of clearing up at the moment.

What Aunt Qian said about finding a way out was exactly what he had tried not to think about after he moved into this courtyard and found that things were not going right.

The future that seemed to have no end was too depressing. He suddenly understood why Lin Duoduo was content to live in this village.

Without hope, there is no despair.

Aunt Qian's words gave him hope again. At least Lin Duoduo's father had found an organization and a shelter, although the shelter was later moved.

The power of various cities is gathered together. Is there a huge shelter in the distance?

Bai Xiao looked at the vast sky in the distance. He knew that there must be a large-scale shelter on this land that could actively cope with the future, but few people knew where it was.

"I plan to go on a diet for a few days and see how it goes." Bai Xiao suddenly said.

"What? You want to go on a hunger strike?" Lin Duoduo was shocked. Did the zombie intend to starve himself to death?

"I'm going on a diet. Repeat after me, diet."

Bai Xiao looked down on the human's ear and said, "See if the infection gets worse, if it's more resistant to starvation, or if there are any other adverse reactions. If I can't control my urge towards you, I'll stop it immediately."

It would be good if you could resist hunger, whether you need to find a way out or not, it would be a good thing.

If you go crazy if you're hungry for a day or two, then forget it. The outside world is so big, if you go out rashly and can't find food...

Maybe one day when Lin Duoduo went out to scavenge, she would see him wandering around skinny and irrational, and then he would be attracted back by her and become another zombie wandering in the nearby fields after Uncle Cai and Erdan.

"It is very important to fully understand your physical condition." Bai Xiao said seriously.

"Should I lock you up with chains?" Lin Duoduo asked. "People can go crazy when they are hungry. I don't think you can still keep your sanity."

"Dieting is not fasting." Bai Xiao emphasized again, "There are always unexpected situations. It is important to understand the status of various environments in advance. If I really can't resist hunger, I will stop in time, but I may have to be more careful in the future."

"for example?"

"When you go scavenging or go out, you must prepare enough food. Don't go too far unless necessary. The area around Linchuan City is the limit."

This determines whether he is able to travel far.

Lin Duoduo didn't quite agree with his actions. It was so hard to have a neighbor, what would he do if he went crazy with hunger?

Seeing Bai Xiao's determination, she sighed, "Okay, don't force it then."

Not too busy these days, just right.

The rain made the remaining parts of the dead tree that had not been moved back wet, and they had to wait until the weather cleared and dried for a few days before they could be moved back.

The wild wheat in the fields is green and it will take some time for it to turn yellow.

So Bai Xiao went to Lin Duoduo less often. He only ate a little bit of food, then endured the hunger and tried hard not to smell Lin Duoduo's delicious chicken leg.

But the chicken leg would occasionally poke half of its head out from the top of the wall, furtively trying to see if he could bear it any longer.

It seems that Lin Duoduo cares a lot about this zombie neighbor.

"It's only the second day, you don't have to worry." Bai Xiao drank a bellyful of water and stayed in the yard, his stomach rumbling.

He took the thermometer out from under his arm and it was still a little over 39 degrees.

"How many days do you plan to go on a hunger strike?" Lin Duoduo asked.

"Let's see what the situation is. Three days will make it safe, but if you can endure hunger for a longer period of time, it will be a good thing. This will be a more advanced life form. I suggest you evolve as well."

"How do you feel now?" "Right now... my body is frantically reminding me that I need to eat, but my mind is fighting back. If you weren't hanging on the wall like a chicken leg, I think it would be much better."

Bai Xiao carefully felt the changes in his body, as if he could sense the hunger of the cells, but he knew it was an illusion.

Lin Duoduo added a lot of difficulty to his will, which was also a necessary link.

The figure on the wall disappeared.

"Are you leaving?"

She suddenly asked from the other side of the wall.

"No." Bai Xiao said.

"You are just getting ready to leave." Lin Duoduo was very sure.

The zombies are planning to leave the village and are now making final preparations.

Bai Xiao felt the hunger in his stomach. He sat in the middle of the yard and looked up, but did not see Lin Duoduo. She was hiding under the wall on the other side and did not show up.

"I'm not planning to leave, I just...you saw the deer the last time we went into the mountains. This mountain will become extremely dangerous sooner or later. Staying in the village is not a long-term solution. We have to find a way out eventually." Bai Xiao explained.

Perhaps when Lin Duoduo's parents first came to this village, they did not expect that Lin Duoduo would still be here 20 years later, and there would only be two living people left in the village.

One is old and unable to go out, and the other is young and extremely unfamiliar with the outside world.

Bai Xiao sometimes thought that if the people in the village were still alive, Aunt Qian was still young, and Lin Duoduo's father was still alive, in this age when the zombies are getting old, they could probably go out together in a mighty force, clearing out those old zombies along the way while looking for rescue.

But Uncle Cai wandered around the fields all day, her father turned into a monster, and Aunt Qian had grown old.

"If we were the same age as Aunt Qian, we could stay here, but we are still young. This place can be safe for three, five, or even ten years, but what about after ten years?"

Lin Duoduo didn't say anything. Bai Xiao knew that she actually understood the situation. She just went to the city to scavenge and watched the zombies decay day by day and the number of people decrease day by day. She was familiar with this place and didn't want to leave.

"So it's not me who wants to leave, it's us all who will leave sooner or later." Bai Xiao said.

"You are obviously a zombie." Lin Duoduo said.

Bai Xiao: "How about I bite you and we don't have to leave."

"I can give you some foot skin to taste."

"Thank you, I don't want it."

Bai Xiao touched his stomach and observed himself in the mirror. There had been no accidents in the starvation experiment so far. On the second day of dieting, he was still very stable.

This was the worst summer he had ever experienced in his life. Not only was there no air conditioning or Coke, but people kept wanting to eat people and there were zombies outside.

Lin Duoduo didn't say anything else. She was wiping the old helmet with a piece of cloth. She remembered that before they went to scavenge last time, they agreed to find a new helmet, but later they forgot about it and still used this broken helmet.

There were old marks and new wounds on it, which could not be wiped off with a cloth. She suddenly sighed.

"The books say that there will be a Batman, or some other hero, who will step forward to save the world in times of danger. But I've never seen it."

"Have you heard of the Helmet Man?" Bai Xiao asked.

"Should it be called Zombie Man?"

(End of this chapter)