This is apocalyptic

Chapter 96: Can't Pretend

Bai Xiao took a look and saw that the broken tricycle was full of yellow persimmons and dates. The basket on Friday's back was also full. She should have come back from the village far away and discovered the village of Friday.

"Aunt Qian and Uncle Cai, are they all right?"

Bai Xiao did not explain to her that even if she ate more, it would be impossible for her to return to her original appearance like blowing up a balloon. He just took a dried fish and chewed it while asking.

"Fortunately."

Lin Duoduo said as she helped the Zombie King sit down. Sometimes when she was scavenging, she would worry about seeing the Zombie King with a big hole in his stomach wandering on the street like an ordinary zombie.

The world outside is dangerous.

"I found the safe zone." Bai Xiao said again. He took out a map with the location of the safe zone marked on it. He handed it to Lin Duoduo. The map was already very torn and dirty.

Along with the map, there was also a tattered notebook, which contained his experiences along the way. Bai Xiao said, "I was worried that I would die on the road, so this notebook could provide some reference for those who came after me. After all, they were all survivors, so it was somewhat helpful. But later I found that there was no hope for those in the ruins, and those outside the ruins were not needed. Those who were able to leave had left a few years ago, facing the zombies, which were still dangerous at that time."

Lin Duoduo took the map and notebook. They didn’t weigh much, but they felt heavy.

"I said, I will find shelter." Bai Xiao propped himself up and tried to stand up from the mat. He breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. Only now did he really finish what he wanted to do when he set out. He propped himself up for a while, but did not stand up because he was too tired.

He didn't want this human to die in the mountain village, so he brought back the answer.

"Can you give me a hug?" The Zombie King looked up and said with a tired smile.

Lin Duoduo reached out and hugged his head. Bai Xiao wanted to say that this was not the case and that he should squat down, but leaning on her chest, which was soft and warm, he hesitated, thought about it, and said nothing, then closed his eyes.

Lin Duoduo didn't say anything until her clothes were soaked with saliva, and Bai Xiao smiled awkwardly.

"The shelter exists, and everyone outside hasn't died yet."

The Zombie King helped the human stand up. He wanted to go back to his house and have a good sleep.

After walking a few steps, he stopped again and took out a box of canned food from his backpack. He brought it back from the survivalist's storage point. He shook it in his hand, threw it to Lin Duoduo, and then returned to his side.

Lin Duoduo watched his back as he climbed over the wall, holding the box of canned food. She listened to the sound of the Zombie King closing the door, then she sat down and opened the notebook.

"We were far away from Linchuan City. I took a rest at a place that should be called 'Nongyuan Farm'. I didn't see any other surviving humans along the way..."

"On the elevated bridge of Linmao Expressway, I met an old man named Brother Yu..."

"Infected bats have appeared on the road. They are very aggressive and may be fatal to humans..."

"The reveler said he was going to die on the road..."

A lot of things were written down in the notebook. This was a habit Bai Xiao learned from Lin Duoduo's father. Even if it was just a few words, it could provide some reference for those who picked it up later.

Lin Duoduo looked at it for a long time, put it away, unloaded the things on the tricycle carefully, closed the door carefully, went out to pick up the fish basket from the river, occasionally she could catch some fish in it, most of the time they were loaches, eels and shrimps.

She looked at the wall. When Bai Xiao took out the can just now, she suddenly remembered what her father looked like many years ago.

It was getting dark. Lin Duoduo sat under the eaves, put the broken helmet that Bai Xiao had placed on the ground into the water and wiped it with a cloth. She also washed the clothes and shoes he had changed after taking a bath. Those were the ones he had changed into in Linchuan and were not damaged much. She also washed them and hung them on a rope in the yard.

The Zombie King is back and she has neighbors again.

Bai Xiao was lying in his little room. Only here could he relax completely. This seemed to be the first place where he could settle down after coming to this world. He missed this place countless times on the road. Zombies are born to wander, but he was a zombie who retained his sanity. The room was clean and did not need extra cleaning. The quilt was neatly folded at the head of the bed. There was no dull atmosphere in the room that had been vacant for a long time. It seemed that the window was occasionally opened for ventilation.

He fell asleep after lying down, but in his dream, he always felt that there was movement on the wall. He opened his eyes and it was already dark outside. He opened the window and saw a vague outline on the wall. It was the human.

"Why aren't you sleeping so late at night?" The Zombie King felt strange.

"Let me see if you're back."

Lin Duoduo's voice came, and the head disappeared from the wall.

As silent as a female ghost.

Bai Xiao couldn't sleep so he just sat up. It was quiet outside the window and he could hear the door closing next door.

When it was daybreak, Bai Xiao was still sitting in front of the window. He was still a little dazed, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar courtyard. He had been worried that he would not be able to come back on the road, but now he was really back.

The sun hadn't risen yet, Bai Xiao climbed over the wall to the next door to get a hoe. When he passed by the window, Lin Duoduo inside pushed open the window and saw him from the window. Bai Xiao greeted her and climbed back to hoe his own small vegetable garden. The wild pepper successfully survived, which made him a little excited.

The sound of washing up came from the next room, and Bai Xiao remembered that he hadn't washed up for a long time. He leaned against the wall and asked, "Have you seen the map?"

"I saw it." Lin Duoduo said.

"Do you want to go to the safe zone? There are a lot of people and crops there. All the survivors of Linchuan moved there. It's a ruin now. They don't have the energy to clean it up, and they haven't developed antibodies yet. But one day, the safe zone will be the only place with order. Hope lies there."

Bai Xiao said that even though Yu Ming did not want to go to the safe zone, the uncle also agreed that the safe zone was the only hope.

Lin Duoduo grew up after the disaster. He is an innocent young man, different from everyone else outside.

Lin Duoduo took a sip of water, raised her head and gulped it, then spit it out, wiped her mouth and shook her head, "It's too far, I will die on the way."

She looked at Bai Xiao. Even though he was the Zombie King, he had become unrecognizable after this trip.

"I can help you." Bai Xiao said, "Nail a cage and put it on the tricycle. If you encounter danger, you can hide in it temporarily and I will carry you away."

"What about you? Why don't you stay in the safe zone?" Lin Duoduo asked.

"I am a zombie." Bai Xiao said.

"You will die on the road." Lin Duoduo looked at his now skinny body.

Even if he was alone, the Zombie King suffered enough, and if he brought another person with him, he would also die.

"I can't. I'm a zombie."

"You will." Lin Duoduo said, "You shouldn't have come back, disguised as a human, hiding in the shelter."

"You can't fake it."

Bai Xiao suddenly realized that Lin Duoduo only knew that the shelter was a safe place, but she had no idea about its scale.

(End of this chapter)