This is apocalyptic

Chapter 54 054: Man

Bai Xiao knew very well that he would not be the one to take part in the clichéd story of saving the world, because he had never heard of any superhero who drooled at people every day.

If there really was such a thing as saving the world, he would also be the villain.

Bai Xiao looked up and saw another uninhabited house next door. Some weeds were growing on the dilapidated roof, with vines climbing up. When it rained that day and the wind blew, the dilapidated windows made a clanging sound.

A great villain, a little girl living next door, an old lady in the distance... this story isn't right, he can only be considered a great villain if he eats them.

Hunger kept him in an anxious and restrained state, very similar to when he had just regained consciousness after being infected. If Lin Duoduo came close to him at this moment, he couldn't guarantee that he would not drool.

"Maybe my condition will become more stable over time." Bai Xiao suddenly said.

Lin Duoduo, who was scraping bamboo with a knife next door, thought for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I was careless. Maybe the test results would be better in a few months." Bai Xiao regretted it.

Lin Duoduo said: "Then let's try again in a few months."

Bai Xiao asked, "Then I was hungry for nothing these past two days?"

He decided to hold out for one more day.

If he can hold out for three days, the risk of traveling long distances in the future will be greatly reduced. It would be abnormal for a normal person to be hungry for three days. He just needs to make sure he doesn't lose his mind due to hunger.

The sky cleared up, the sun came out and the temperature immediately began to rise, and the air became heavy and stuffy.

After the third day of testing, Bai Xiao had a big meal. In the absence of any equipment or medical care, he had a general understanding of his current condition.

The probability of turning into an ordinary zombie due to hunger has been greatly reduced, while the body temperature is still maintained at a high level, which has become the norm.

Without more professional testing, it is impossible to determine whether the body temperature is caused by rapid metabolism or is in balance with the virus.

He applied Lin Duoduo's medicinal wine every day, but the effect was not obvious. It could promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis but could not remove the corpse spots. As long as he pulled up his sleeves, the wounds caused by zombie bites and the conspicuous corpse spots were still clearly visible.

"Don't waste it. It seems we need other methods." Seeing Lin Duoduo take out the medicinal wine again, Bai Xiao waved his hand to refuse it, thinking it would be better for her to keep it for herself.

Lin Duoduo didn't care. She had guessed that the corpse spots could not be removed, so she took the medicinal wine back into the house.

She took the time to weave two more fish baskets and gave them to Bai Xiao, asking him to take them to the river and throw them in.

Bai Xiao put on sunglasses, carried a fish basket and went out. He greeted Erdan when he met him. The old zombies wandering around in the village brought a bit of liveliness to the village, and it was no longer so depressingly quiet.

The river was flowing very fast, and he searched for a long time without finding a suitable location. After the heavy rain, not only did the water level rise, but the water quality also became turbid. It seemed that it would be better to wait until the water became clear and calm before going down.

Bai Xiao had no choice but to go back carrying the fish basket. If these two new ones were washed away again, he could imagine how the Zombie King would be scolded by Lin Duoduo.

"Why are you bringing this up again?" Lin Duoduo was a little confused.

"It just rained, let's wait a few days."

Bai Xiao poured out the bait, put the basket aside, picked up the saw and went out again.

Lin Duoduo looked at his back, wanting to say something, but finally held back.

Bai Xiao was just preparing to leave, not ready to leave. He had not yet mastered all of Lin Duoduo's survival skills. He was also unfamiliar with the outside world. He had only gone to the city with Lin Duoduo to scavenge once. If there was an advantage, it was that he would not be chased by old zombies, and he could survive being bitten by infected animals.

After a heavy rain, the weather was sunny for many days. It took him half a month to cut up the dead tree like ants moving house and brought it all back. When he was free, he chopped it into large pieces and built them under the shed for Lin Duoduo to dry in the shade.

If it weren't for the future speculated in Lin Duoduo's father's notes, this kind of life was actually pretty good. Bai Xiao gradually got used to strolling around the village every day, saying hello to the two zombies, occasionally going to the hillside to see if the traps he set had caught any prey, and observing the river water.

But when he was free, he would always wonder what the outside world looked like now, and whether the shelter in some distant place had already restarted some industries.

And where exactly the shelter is.

He went around all the old houses in the village, except for the collapsed ones and the yard where Lin Duoduo's father was imprisoned. He went into every room and looked. Some houses still retained traces of people who had lived there in the past, and some yards even had small grave mounds.

Bai Xiao finally found a few damaged maps in these old houses. The words were a little faded. They were originally nailed to the wall, and he accidentally tore some parts of them when he took them down - they were really too old.

The old map would fall apart when touched. Bai Xiao would never have imagined that one day he would be holding a pen and copying a faded map.

During the preparations, the wild wheat in the fields gradually turned yellow, and Lin Duoduo called him to go out and work together.

Reaping wheat is really hard work, especially when the wheat ears are not so full and only have a few grains, the effort and the harvest are completely disproportionate.

Bending over with a sickle in hand, after only one day of mowing, Bai Xiao understood why Lin Duoduo didn't concentrate on planting a few acres. Not to mention the trivial tasks of watering and weeding, which were not something two women could handle.

A very primitive way of harvesting. There is a reason why men were valuable in ancient times.

If it weren't for storage, what was collected would not be enough to replenish the physical energy consumed.

Lin Duoduo is very resilient. Even when she is rubbing her waist, she looks happy. It is the joy of harvest.

Autumn is a season of harvest.

There was no time to rest. He collected the wild wheat and dried it in the sun. After a few days, the green apricots he had tasted before were ripe and no longer sour. They hung on the trees one by one.

After working overtime in the company for several years and commuting to work every day to deliver takeout, Bai Xiao regained his old memories. He looked at the trees full of apricots and the word "fruitful" emerged in his mind.

I finally truly understood what autumn harvest means.

The most feared thing at this time is rain. Not only is the wheat being dried in the sun, but the apricots also have to be collected before they fall and rot, washed, cut, strung on strings, and hung in rows. Even Bai Xiao's yard is lined with them to dry.

Every evening, after taking a shower in the well in the yard, Lin Duoduo would sit on the doorstep in her cool clothes, fanning herself with a fan. Looking at the yellow color all over the yard, she would feel happy from the bottom of her heart.

It was a blessing to bring back the Zombie King.

The tea made from the locust flowers that had been collected and dried earlier was right at hand. You drink the locust flower tea together with the water, and chew the flowers a few times while drinking the tea.

Bai Xiao felt that she was so young, yet she just sat there holding a palm-leaf fan, and her posture was the same as that of an old lady, making it hard to look directly at her.

He should have learned it from the previous generation, but I don’t know whether he learned it from my grandfather or Aunt Qian, but the posture is very standard.

"Aunt Qian once said that it would be nice to have a man, but I thought it was all the same." Lin Duoduo looked at the yard, "It turns out it's really different. It takes me a long time to finish a job, but you can do the work of two of me."

After a tiring day, she didn't let Bai Xiao continue talking about Pan Jinlian. She just sat at the doorstep, enjoying the cool evening breeze.

(End of this chapter)