This is apocalyptic

Chapter 83: Living with Zombies (Thanks to the leader Yang Yang Yang yyy)
"How many safe zones are there?" Bai Xiao asked curiously.

"There were dozens at the beginning, but then some were merged and now there are only nine left, and those are all very far away. Do you want to go somewhere else?"

"No, just curious."

"Curiosity is a good thing. Those who have turned into zombies will never be curious again."

Zhou Xu took out a map from his backpack and drew a circle on it to mark the location of the safe zone.

Seeing Bai Xiao also took out a map, he pointed to the location on the map.

"The safe zone is right here. This is a large area."

"It seems to be not much different from the place I originally planned to go." Bai Xiao looked at the place he circled. It was not too far away from the reservoir, nor too close.

This strategic location cannot be given to any settlement or group and can only be controlled by the shelter itself, which is a guarantee of energy.

"It seems that you can find it even without my guidance." Zhou Xu said.

"The elders in my family have speculated that even if there is no safe zone in a strategic location, there will be people guarding it. We will definitely find it by following the clues." Bai Xiao said.

Zhou Xu looked at his tattered clothes and sighed, "If you weren't in Linchuan, you would have died long ago..."

Bai Xiao shook his head, a little absent-minded.

If Lin Duoduo had not been in Linchuan City, with Lin Huayou's ability, their family might have been living in the shelter long ago, and Lin Huayou would not have turned into a zombie.

Places with safe zones and places without safe zones are separated into two worlds.

"Why do you always wear sunglasses?" Zhou Xu had been holding back this question for a long time and finally couldn't help but ask.

"I have a disease. I cry when I look directly at any light. I gradually get used to it. It's better at night, but worse during the day."

The sunglasses Bai Xiao brought with him had been broken on the way, so he picked up these new ones.

"When we get to the safe zone, someone can treat you."

Zhou Xu always felt that the gaze behind the sunglasses gave him an indescribable feeling.

"Are you a doomsday theorist? One of those revelers?" he suddenly asked.

"Me? I'm not." Bai Xiao said, "I'm just looking for hope after the disaster. There is no future in the ruins."

Zhou Xu had a strange feeling, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't tell what was wrong.

He had also seen young people coming out of the ruins. Some looked confused, some were surprised, and some were taciturn. But this young man always had a sense of... like stability, but not like that. It was as if he was facing a person who lived before a disaster, but the questions he asked were all questions that only people after a disaster would have.

Bai Xiao also felt that he had changed along the way, maybe after bidding farewell to Yu Ming, or maybe it was when he saw those people who lived alone, or when he met the revelers.

He became indifferent. He did not feel excited or thrilled when he saw the people in the shelter, even though he knew that the safe zone was just ahead.

After learning that the infection had not been resolved in the safe zone, Bai Xiao felt that he could go back. There was no way he could go in because a physical examination would be a must. If he did, it would be fine as he could go back and bring Lin Duoduo over. But now that the infection had not been resolved, this zombie of his might be a treasure.

In this life, perhaps I have to learn from Yu Ming or someone else, hide my identity as an infected person, live alone, live outside of human civilization, outside of settlements, and in the ruins after a disaster.

It's just a zombie after all.

If everything was uncertain and there was still a lot of hope before departure, then now most of it is known. Bai Xiao saw something familiar in Zhou Xu. Zhou Xu had a smell that was not found in revelers or people living alone. That smell was called the overall situation.

The revelers in the ruins were not his enemies, but the lone survivors whom he hated.

Bai Xiao believed that Zhou Xu came from the safe zone.

"You don't seem very happy?" Zhou Xu asked, "The further you go, the safer it will be. When you can't see any zombies anymore, you'll know that the safe zone is near."

"Can you tell me what the safe zone is like? What can someone like me do if I go there?"

"There are a lot of things you can do. You can learn to read while working... Do you know how to read?" Zhou Xu asked.

"I know some."

"That's great. Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't know them. There will be cultural classes there." Zhou Xu said, "There will also be food, order, and protection. You grew up in the ruins, so you may not have experienced this. The safe zone is not comparable to the settlement. There are many people there. They will teach you what to do, and you don't have to worry about how to survive every day."

Zhou Xu laughed as he spoke.

Many people who lived before the disaster always had a kind of confidence that humanity would win, but those who grew up after the disaster did not have that confidence.

People who grew up in the end times are accustomed to such desolate ruins. This is normal for them. Things in the past are more like a story that only exists in the mouths of others. They have never seen it, so they have no way of imagining how prosperous and brilliant the original world was.

They don’t know how developed industry once was, nor how powerful humanity once was.

A lot has happened in the past twenty years since the end of the world.

Young people after the disaster can only imagine the past from the ruins, which is one-sided and fragmented.

"You are the hope of the future." Zhou Xu said, "The safe zone needs young people."

"You have a child." Bai Xiao suddenly said.

"Yes, I do. She is living well in the safe zone," Zhou Xu said.

"very nice."

There were fewer and fewer people along the way, and Bai Xiao guessed that they had all gone to the safe zone.

"Let's talk about the ruins." Zhou Xu said.

"In the ruins..." Bai Xiao murmured.

Only he knew how dangerous this journey was. There were only ruins and scattered survivors, and no orderly organization except for the revelers.

"That's all you know. It's a simple place with almost no people. Occasionally you can see a few survivors. Some of them missed the previous migration information and missed the opportunity. They can't go on the road alone, and some don't want to leave. The rest are just the revelers who gather together, trying to stay alive and wait for the day of doom."

Bai Xiao lowered his head and looked at the map in the firelight. Looking at the map now, he understood that Linchuan was not a ruin back then. After the shelter fell, the safe zone here sent out messages and broadcasts, and the survivors migrated in groups. In the end, what was left was a pile of ruins, and the subsequent doomsday carnival of Chenjiabao, and sporadic survivors.

Lin Duoduo's radio may have been out of power, or it may have been because someone in her family had an accident. When most people left, the two women had no ability to leave and could only be trapped there.

Live with zombies and occasionally go into the city to scavenge.

She picked up a zombie while scavenging, and the zombie came to find out everything and went back to tell her.

(End of this chapter)