This is apocalyptic

Chapter 75: The Truth of Migration

The fire in front of him gradually went out. Bai Xiao didn't add more firewood, nor did he say anything. He just leaned against the wall to rest.

This corner was dark, with only a fire on the stranger's side.

Bai Xiao closed his eyes. With the harpoon, the zombies' sharpness and the need to rest, he was not afraid of any stranger except for the gun.

time is limited……

The countdown has begun.

Bai Xiao suddenly remembered something, "Did you place the paper in Linchuan City?"

"Hmm?" The stranger who was still eating meat raised his head. "Are you from Linchuan? My fellow villager, where are you from in Linchuan?"

"… in the flood peak area."

"There are only scavengers and zombies in the city, no one will say that, next time I will set up a village." He shook his head and laughed, "Don't be afraid, young man, I won't hurt you, I'm also from Linchuan... My name is Zhang Tan, what's your name?"

"Bai Xiao." Bai Xiao did not move, but closed his eyes and said, "If someone finds that piece of paper, what will you do?"

"Of course we should live together. There is strength in numbers and we can live longer." Zhang sighed.

"Aren't you waiting for destruction?"

"We have to wait alive." Zhang sighed, "I won't take the blame. The doomsday was not caused by me. I was just watching from the sidelines. Why do you, young man... from what you said, it seems like we created the doomsday. You are alive, and we are alive too. What's the difference?"

"It is the same?"

"In a disaster, everyone is equal, there is no difference."

Bai Xiao closed his eyes. Yu Ming was right. What a bunch of bastards.

"You young people are the best. You are energetic and hopeful." Zhang praised.

"Where did the former shelter in Linchuan City move to?" Bai Xiao suddenly asked, "Do you know?"

"Linchuan's shelter... relocated?" Zhang Tan was stunned for a moment and didn't react to this sentence.

"You don't know?" Bai Xiao felt something was wrong. Lin Duoduo's father had found a shelter before.

"This... who told you about the relocation of the shelter?" Zhang Tan had a strange look on his face as he looked at Bai Xiao.

"Hmm? I heard from someone on the road that there used to be a shelter in Linchuan."

"Hahaha... they really know how to beautify themselves."

Zhang Tan fiddled with the fire in front of him. Amid the crackling sound, flames were reflected in his cloudy eyes.

"What do you mean?" Bai Xiao was surprised.

"I was in that shelter back then... Oh, to be precise, I was in the observation area and was not qualified to go in. If I had gone in, I would not be alive today." Zhang Tan was poking the fire seriously. There was no relief on his face, only a strange smile.

"Did a crazy...extreme person sneak in and stab people with zombie blood?" Bai Xiao asked tentatively.

"Revelers?" Zhang sighed. "You young people are always easy to believe... It's hard to explain to you if you haven't experienced it." He sighed, "People who grew up after the disaster are so lucky."

"I'm all ears." Bai Xiao said.

Zhang Tan just fiddled with the fire and threw a few dead branches into it. After a while, he said, "The disaster had just started... I don't know if your family has told you that not only will you turn into a zombie if you are bitten, but some people will also suddenly turn into zombies. To enter the fortress, you need to be tested. Only if the test is fine and you will not turn into a zombie, can you enter. At that time, a small box was used, this big." He gestured with his fingers to indicate the size, "When there is no such small box, there is no way to test, and you can't go in. You have to stay in the observation area and wait." What is the observation area? It's so chaotic. Some people will turn into zombies. Some people can't stand it, so they take their wives and children away and isolate themselves. In order to get into the shelter as soon as possible, we wait there. Anyway, the defense is very strict. If someone turns into a zombie, someone will deal with it immediately. It's scary. But some people can get in directly with a permit through connections, without any testing."

The firelight reflected on Zhang Tan's tired face. Zhang Tan smiled and recounted that period of history, "Guess what happened later? When they were focusing on guarding the observation area, zombies broke out from inside the fortress, and they broke out faster than outside. Hahahaha... cough cough..."

He couldn't help laughing, he laughed while coughing, tears welled up in his eyes and there were sparkling sparks in his eyes.

Bai Xiao watched quietly.

"Trust them...you still want to find shelter...hahaha..." Zhang Tan hunched over, holding back a cough, his body shaking constantly.

"I can laugh until the day I die, or the end comes."

Bai Xiao thought of Lin Duoduo's father. Lin Huayou found the shelter, but only Lin Duoduo could enter, and Lin Huayou could only stay in the observation area. He was worried about Lin Duoduo because she was too young, so he took Lin Duoduo away first.

So escaped disaster?
Bai Xiao didn't know whether Lin Huayou had noticed something at that time and that's why he took Lin Duoduo away decisively.

"If you have a child, where do you think his hope lies?" Bai Xiao suddenly asked.

Zhang Tan's laughter stopped, his body still trembling slightly. After a moment, he said, "If I had not believed in the shelter and left the observation area, my son would be the same age as you now."

Bai Xiao was silent.

"Believe them? Do you know how zombies come about? From eating zombie movies." Zhang Tan has calmed down. There is no smile or sadness on his face. He just looks tired and numb.

In twenty years, all kinds of sorrows have been healed.

"Where there is hope there is despair. Keep hope in your heart and go back. This is the best choice. You just asked me where my child's hope would be if I had one. I'll tell you, it's in the heart. If you were my child, I would advise him to keep hope in his heart and find a place to live a good life."

"But the disaster is coming." Bai Xiao said.

"Everyone is guilty, except the young people. You shouldn't die on the road before the end of the world."

"It will be different." Bai Xiao said.

"It's all the same - at the end of the world, all beings are equal."

Zhang Tan took off his shoes and put them next to the fire to warm them. From a distance, he glanced at the young man.

“It’s a party for everyone, we’re just waiting.”

Bai Xiao didn't say anything else. He was wondering whether Lin Duoduo's father also knew about these things back then.

But Lin Huayou did not leave a single word in his notes, only leaving hope for Lin Duoduo, letting her believe that there was rescue, civilization, shelter, and many things to pay attention to in the distance.

"Chenjiabao is a shitty place. You'll be doomed if you mix with them." Yu Ming also said this, with contempt in his eyes and tone.

"What does it mean to eat zombie movies?"

"It used to be a kind of medicine." Zhang sighed.

Bai Xiao didn't say anything else. There was wind in the dark night. The growling sound of zombies came from somewhere. He wrapped his clothes.

The fire in front of Zhang Tan gradually died down, and the unfinished building became dark and quiet.

(End of this chapter)