This is apocalyptic

Chapter 95: Going Home (Thanks to the leader of Feihuayu)

Without a bicycle, the journey from Yu Ming to Linchuan is much longer.

It took more than two days to ride a bicycle.

Now when he goes back, the dog that once chased him so hard that he stood up and pedaled his bike has no longer appeared on the road.

It was not until dusk that the outline of Linchuan became visible in the distance.

No one there was afraid of him, no one was terrified of him, no one was scared to pee their pants, and no one would attack him.

No, there was a human knocking on his helmet all day long.

The human didn't treat him as an infected person, nor did he treat him as a human being. He even used a water pipe to make him take off his clothes. If he hadn't reminded him, there wouldn't even be a sheet to cover himself by the well.

He was not very familiar with this road, which he had only walked once. It was only when he arrived in Linchuan that he became truly familiar with the road. Bai Xiao suddenly felt uneasy.

That winter he had told Lin Duoduo that if he set out and there was help available, she could just leave. Now he knew that there would be no help here as this was just a ruin.

The population of the safe zone is just enough to sustain it. All the survivors in Linchuan have been relocated. This place is abandoned, a paradise for revelers and a grave for those who live alone.

Linchuan City remains desolate. Some buildings have collapsed in the past few months. It is more fragile than imagined.

It was still standing there when Bai Xiao was scavenging, but now it has become a half-collapsed ruin with steel bars and concrete scattered all over the ground.

It seems that cities made of steel and concrete are not that strong. In another ten years, more of them will collapse, waiting for future generations to rebuild them.

Walking through the streets of Linchuan City, this is the deserted place, with fewer survivors than other places.

He left the city before the sun set and continued walking towards the town. The road was safer than the first time he came out to scavenge, and there were fewer old zombies.

When the night was completely covered, Bai Xiao walked forward based on his memory. After walking for a long time, he finally reached the town in the dark. He turned around several times but couldn't find Lin Duoduo's temporary resting place. He was lost in the dark night and couldn't find the direction.

Finally, after lighting a few pieces of dry firewood and holding them in his hands to light the way, Bai Xiao finally found the dilapidated warehouse. He knocked on the door and listened, and only when there was no movement did he feel at ease to go in. He was mainly worried that Lin Duoduo might go out to scavenge and stop here, and suddenly break in and be shot, then he would be killed unjustly.

There were candles in the warehouse. Bai Xiao lit one and looked around the environment. It was obvious that the human had been here before. The environment was different from when he rode away on the bicycle. The bedding was replaced with newer ones, there were more tools, and a lot of junk.

That human is still trying to live.

Bai Xiao sat on the ground, took off his helmet and held it in his arms, leaned against the wall, touched the backpack he had taken off, took out the salted fish and cut a small piece. He was too lazy to cook it, so he just put it in his mouth and chewed it. It was very salty. He took another big sip of water, then blew out the candle and closed his eyes.

The night wind blew the old billboards in the town, making a clanging sound. It was already late autumn.

In his subjective consciousness, Bai Xiao felt that only one or two years had passed.

From the time he was bitten by the old zombie until now, he has gradually accepted his identity as a zombie and has lost interest in exercising his abdominal muscles to prove himself.

When it was slightly light outside, Bai Xiao got up from the warehouse, pushed open the heavy door, and went outside. He saw the billboard hanging diagonally at the intersection outside, which made a clanging sound when blown by the wind. He ran a few quick steps and jumped hard, grabbed the edge of the billboard with both hands, hung his body on it, and then pulled it hard, and it was torn off completely without making any sound.

Those noises would annoy a zombie, and unfortunately, he was a zombie.

The irritable Bai Xiao finally calmed down a little.

He turned around and walked towards the village. When he set out, the winter chill was still there, so the road was not so difficult to walk on. On the way back to the village from the town, some houses in the village were collapsing one after another.

This land is dying, or rather, the traces of human remains are dying.

The land does not die, it only grows more lush, and the plants cover every relic of what once was, devouring it.

The sun was shining brightly today. Bai Xiao quickened his pace and returned to the village around noon. Only Uncle Cai greeted him. The old zombie happened to be at the entrance of the village and came over following his movements. He did not see Friday and Erdan. Walking on the silent bluestone road, Bai Xiao walked quickly towards his own yard.

His yard was intact and still clean, without any weeds or dust, as if he had only been away for a few days. The wild pepper tree had produced many peppers, hanging among its branches.

"That human." Bai Xiao shouted on the wall, but no one heard anything.

He climbed over the wall and saw many golden persimmons drying on wooden boards in Lin Duoduo's yard, as well as some dried fish.

There was straw in the corner, piled next to the woodpile.

Under the eaves where the human often sat, there was a broken guitar and an unfinished fish basket.

Bai Xiao guessed that she might have gone out to find food, so he turned around and looked, but the tricycle was gone.

He was stunned for a moment. It seemed that the man went to scavenge, but missed him on the way. If he met him, he could help.

Recalling this, it would take less than a day to come back from the city after scavenging. If the truck was fully loaded, we could only go from the city to the town and then come back the next day.

Bai Xiao looked at the persimmon cakes drying in the yard and it didn't look like he was going on a long journey.

The bed sheet in the yard was missing, so he found it and hung it up again. He scooped a bucket of water from the water tank and poured it in. Then he pressed the broken well pole, and soon, cool well water came out of the water pipe.

As the sun was about to set, there was some noise outside.

Lin Duoduo rode her tricycle back with Friday staggering behind her. Then she heard some noise in the yard, slowed down her pace, picked up her rifle, and asked, "Who?"

She was used to living alone and could sense anything wrong at the slightest sign of trouble.

Then she saw the zombie and tightened her grip on her gun with some caution. Then she was stunned for a moment, looking at the zombie that had changed drastically, "Bai Xiao?"

"Can you still recognize me like this?"

Bai Xiao smiled. He had already taken a shower and changed his clothes, but his clothes were empty. He had lost a lot of weight and couldn't even hold up his clothes.

The wind blew her hair and moved the corners of her clothes.

She smoothed her hair and opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. She pushed Friday, who was approaching, aside with a stick and pushed the tricycle into the yard.

"You're back." Lin Duoduo said.

"Ah."

"When did you come back?"

"In the morning, I came back from town early."

"Is everyone outside dead? You still don't believe me," she said.

"I found the safe zone."

Bai Xiao said.

"Did they do anything to you?" Lin Duoduo glanced at his scarlet eyes, grabbed his arm, and touched his stomach. The Zombie King had really become very thin.

He seemed to have aged a few years, and his weather-beaten face was full of fatigue.

"No one can do anything to me. I am the Zombie King."

While Bai Xiao was still talking, Lin Duoduo had already turned around and left. She went into the house and brought out a bunch of food.

(End of this chapter)