This is apocalyptic

Chapter 74 073: Countdown to the End

"If you want to die on the road, you should take off your helmet, take off these cumbersome clothes, and travel light. That way it will be easier." Bai Xiao gave sincere advice.

"It's better to go as far as possible." The stranger said, "Death is just the result. The result will not change. What's important is the process in between."

“What kind of process do you want?”

"Walk around and take a look."

"What are you looking at?"

“Look at this colorful world.”

Colorful?
Bai Xiao looked around, there was no extra color under the gray sky.

Without saying anything else, he remained silent, holding the harpoon and measuring the former highway with his legs.

The stranger was originally walking in front, but slowly, he was left behind by Bai Xiao.

"Together?" the stranger greeted.

"I won't wait for you."

Bai Xiao maintained his speed. He wanted to look for any bicycles that could be ridden in the ruins on the edge of the city.

There were zombies on the roadside following the noise, but Bai Xiao simply avoided them, and the man behind him did the same.

Now we are on the road instead of cleaning the environment where we live. It is better to conserve our energy than to kill these wandering old zombies.

If they really wanted to clear out all the zombies along the way, they wouldn't be able to reach the next town or village by tomorrow.

In fact, it would be better to walk at the back. If there was any danger, the people in front would always face it first. But the stranger walked too slowly, and Bai Xiao didn't want to wait, nor did he want to walk with him.

The outline of a city vaguely appeared in front of him. He took out the map to have a look. It was a large city surrounded by rural areas. Coming out from Linchuan, there were so many villages and towns on the way, and now he finally saw the second city.

Closer to the periphery.

As the sky gradually darkened, Bai Xiao did not go into the city, but instead rested under an unfinished building.

Only the main structure of the building has been built, and the interior is empty, without doors or windows.

The skinny wild dog that jumped out from the corner was stabbed to death by a harpoon. Bai Xiao stared at its corpse.

Lin Duoduo said that infected animals can be eaten after being cooked, but it is best not to eat animals that look like zombies.

Just like the difference between that big cat and the deer.

He hesitated for a moment, and did not bet on whether the Zombie King could do whatever he wanted. He touched the little dry food that was left, walked around to pick up some fire starters, poured some water on the iron box, grabbed a handful of elm seeds and threw them in, and also cut a small piece of salted fish and threw it in.

I always found something to eat along the way, but I really can't help but try it again.

The flames crackled and it quickly darkened outside. After a long time, when Bai Xiao was holding the iron box and drinking soup, the stranger came in from outside.

He did not go closer, but looked at Bai Xiao in another corner, took out some dry food and prepared to eat, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the dog's corpse.

"You don't want it?" the stranger asked.

Bai Xiao put on his sunglasses and shook his head.

The stranger watched him put on his sunglasses and suddenly became cautious. After making sure that he didn't want it, he went over and dragged the wild dog's body to the wall. As if he couldn't see the corpse spots and decay on the dog's body, he dug out thin strips of meat from it.

"Is it edible?" Bai Xiao frowned as he looked at it.

"It's the same even if it's overcooked."

The stranger grinned and went out to collect some kindling, then came back to cook the meat.

This is a good way to replenish his physical strength.

"Would you like to try one?" he asked.

"No." Bai Xiao refused.

The man stopped trying to persuade her. He stared at the fire, leaned against the wall to rest and recover his strength, waiting for the meat to be cooked.

"If you turn into a zombie, I will kill you." Bai Xiao suddenly said.

“No, if you turn into a zombie, run away quickly. You can’t deal with the new zombies alone.” The stranger said, “But I shouldn’t turn into a zombie. Once it’s cooked, it will be fine.”

Bai Xiao looked at the dog's tattered body, then looked at the stranger. Good, he learned another lesson.

It's okay for humans to eat it, and it should be even safer for the zombie king to eat it, but before that comes to the point, Bai Xiao still doesn't want to touch it.

He looked at the stranger, who had taken off his helmet, revealing his messy hair and beard, and stared at the meat strips cooked on the fire with cloudy eyes. He was wearing heavy clothes, a bit like the clothes people used to wear when collecting honey, bloated and tight, and looked more like a lone traveler in the doomsday than him, the zombie king.

After looking at it for a moment, Bai Xiao withdrew his gaze, packed up the iron box after eating, took off his shoes, took out the insoles, and put them together by the fire to dry. Dry shoes are essential for long journeys.

"Where are you from, young man?" The stranger poked the fire with a branch out of boredom.

"Where are you from?" Bai Xiao asked back.

"Me? I'm from Chenjiabao and just got on the road." said the stranger.

"Chenjiabao?"

Bai Xiao pushed up his sunglasses and looked at him seriously.

"What's wrong with you, young man, wearing sunglasses at night?" The stranger was surprised. "Can you see clearly?"

"I can see it clearly." Bai Xiao said.

"..."

The stranger was speechless for a moment, then shook his head. "You really don't want to eat some meat? You're riding a bicycle, and the place you're going to seems to be very far away, and it's hard to resist."

"Do you know where I'm going?"

"As a young man, since you didn't stay in Chenjiabao, you must be somewhere farther away." The stranger said with a smile.

Bai Xiao discovered that "young people" was just a label in the eyes of these people.

——A young man walking alone on the road in the apocalypse, encountering a settlement but not stopping, could be due to a few possible reasons.

"What about you?" Bai Xiao asked.

"Me? Didn't I tell you that I would die on the road?" he said.

"But I heard that people from Chenjiabao..." Bai Xiao pondered over his wording.

“Revelers.” The stranger waved his hand and said, “Those people labeled us like that. In fact, there is no revelry at all. We didn’t do anything wrong. We just refused to accept asylum and lived a good life.

"He has never harmed anyone, nor has he ever poisoned anyone. You are really praising us useless people."

"The word 'reveler' sounds very extreme." Bai Xiao said.

"Yes, it was very extreme. They died later. There is a saying that if you want to destroy someone, you must first make him crazy..."

As the stranger spoke, he fished out a piece of meat, took a bite and realized it was not cooked through, so he threw it back and explained, "Oh, this is a common saying before the disaster, which means that the crazier the people, the faster they will perish. Those extreme people have died, and they have labeled us who are living well as revelers. How can this be justified?"

Bai Xiao leaned against the wall without saying a word, holding the harpoon. He neither disbelieved nor believed completely what the stranger said.

This actually confirmed what Yu Ming said, that the people in Chenjiabao were not extreme, they were just surviving. Yu Ming and this stranger didn't have much in common, it was more or less the same, the extreme people had died a long time ago, the rest were just surviving, and sometimes even saved people.

Bai Xiao leaned there, as if he had fallen asleep.

The stranger didn't say anything else and concentrated on cooking the zombie dog's meat. He looked up from time to time. The young man was wearing sunglasses and holding a harpoon. He always felt that the young man was looking at him, but he also felt that he was not.

Now he suddenly realized why Bai Xiao was wearing sunglasses.

"Young people nowadays..." He gave a thumbs up to show his appreciation.

It's hard to tell whether you're sleeping or not.

Bai Xiao was a little puzzled by his actions. After a moment, he said, "Living well and dying on the road seem to be contradictory. Why don't you continue to stay in Chenjiabao?"

"The time is almost here. I don't want to wait any longer. I'm going to die anyway. I might as well go out for a walk and die on the road. It's more interesting than just waiting."

"Is this the process you want?" Bai Xiao asked.

The stranger smiled without saying anything. He picked up the meat strip and took another bite. This time it worked. He ate the meat strip to replenish the energy he had consumed along the way.

There were two fires, one big and one small, burning in the unfinished building. Occasionally, there were crackling sounds. There were slight noises coming from downstairs, and it sounded like an old zombie wandering in.

"Where are the people from Chenjiabao?"

“They are still waiting.”

"What are you waiting for?"

"The countdown to the end."

(End of this chapter)