I sell Coke in the doomsday

But these thoughts made me hate myself even more.

This end of the world is such a boring farce.

Looking at Tongtong's fair little face, my heart beat faster and faster uncontrollably. I had an urge to drop the gun in my hand, run forward, hug Tongtong tightly in my arms, and tell her that I really missed her.

I am indeed not fit to be a savior.

When all human lives were weighing on me, what I really thought in my heart were still these insignificant personal feelings.

But I can't take that step.

He knows that he is so despicable and selfish, but he does not have the courage to admit it. He can only hold a gun without bullets and do stupid things.

If everyone has two completely different selves within their body, one is small and humble and the other is noble and great, then I may no longer be able to tell which side of myself is noble and which is small.

I looked at Tongtong, and my throat felt like it was burning with fire, and it was dry and unbearable. My lips moved and a hoarse sound came out, as if I wanted to say something to Tongtong, but in the end, I couldn't say anything and could only utter some meaningless syllables.

In the distance, Tongtong lowered her eyebrows, and a complex emotion flashed in her blue pupils. She looked at her feet, her fair little face full of loss, and spoke in a low voice as if she was acting coquettishly or begging.

"You... speak."

I stared at Tongtong in silence, and the fingers holding the gun moved slightly, but in the end there was no response.

At this moment, no matter what I say, it will be inappropriate and will make me weak.

Seeing this, the light in Tongtong's eyes completely dimmed. She forced a smile and spoke in a low voice.

"I understand."

After saying that, Tongtong stretched out her white little hand again and pointed forward. The next moment, countless green roots broke through the soil and surged towards me.

My face turned pale and I dropped the gun in my hand. I tensed my leg muscles and began to move my body quickly, dodging and moving among the dense roots.

Those green plants are very fast and powerful. If I get hit hard by one of them, I will definitely pass out, and there will no longer be any suspense in this bet.

However, those green roots were getting faster and faster, so fast that I couldn't dodge them at all. Finally, when I slowed down a beat, the green roots went up along my legs and wrapped around them.

My heart skipped a beat. Just as I was about to move my arms, two more green roots wrapped around my arms, completely imprisoning me and making me unable to move.

After my body was strengthened, I could lift a one-ton car, but now I couldn't break free from the green roots. No matter how hard I tried, it was like a drop in the ocean, and there was no reaction at all.

I finally despaired. Would this gamble end in such a hasty way? I really didn't dare to go with the flow last night.

Just as I was thinking this, a figure threw itself into my arms. I was stunned, but saw Tongtong putting her little face against my chest, with her brows lowered, and spoke in a low voice.

"do not speak."

As she spoke, Tongtong lowered her head, her voice became even lower, as if she had lost her confidence, and she spoke weakly.

"That's good... That's good."

My eyes flickered, and a familiar smell rushed into my nose, like the grass and sunshine after the rain, fresh and moving.

Tongtong hugged me and put her little ear against my chest, listening to my heartbeat. She seemed afraid to look at me and had no intention of raising her head.

Just a moment later, she suddenly chuckled. The laughter was clean, pleasant, and contained a hint of secret joy.

"Your heartbeat is getting faster and faster."

Tongtong seemed very proud of this and hugged me even tighter, with her soft body completely pressed against me.

I was a little dazed, as if I had returned to the past. I should have done something, but in the end I was just like a puppet, doing nothing and saying nothing.

……

After a long time, the green roots that imprisoned me disappeared, and Tongtong also disappeared. I looked at the messy ground and felt as if I was in another world.

The mist has long dissipated, but Tongtong's scent seems to linger in my arms. In my ears, I can still hear what Tongtong said to me before she left.

"I am a very selfish person."

"This must be a trait bestowed upon me by God in order to make this gambling game more exciting."

“I hate this about myself, but I can’t change it.”

"Perhaps, my feelings and possessiveness towards you are also one of the characteristics that God deliberately gave me at the beginning."

“But I don’t hate that.”

"Never."

I remember that when she said this, Tongtong raised her little face and gave me a bright smile, just like she always did.

Step, step, step.

I stepped on the mud under my feet, walking forward step by step with a dazed look on my face. But when I stepped on empty air and almost fell, I couldn't help shaking my head and laughing, and talked to myself while looking at my shadow.

"But……"

“I hate this kind of plot.”

Chapter 209 Food

On the way back, I couldn't help thinking about it.

Will this be the last time that Tongtong and I meet in this life?

Just like one day when we were children, we went out to play on bicycles with a group of good friends. Everyone was very happy, and no one knew that after this day, we would never see some of them again in this life.

I walked and walked.

The wind blew from the distant mountains, bringing a chill to my brows. In the long winter, the grass and trees withered and grew old, and there was only desolation on the vast plains, as if this planet had also reached its old age.

I stepped on the mud under my feet and my body became colder and colder. Traveling long distances in the cold winter was destined not to be a fun activity, but I had to accept the price of this occasional indulgence.

If I could have jumped out of the out-of-control car last night, nothing like what happened today would have happened. But then, I would not have seen Tongtong again.

Compared with the result, I gladly accepted the boring price and kept moving forward.

On the desolate plain, the traces of past civilization are becoming fewer and fewer. Even I seem to have forgotten the memory of that civilized society because of this gamble.

I no longer have any reverence for human life. I can kill people, dismember their bodies, and watch their brains stick to my palms.

If I really go back to the past, can I still live like an ordinary person?

I didn't think about it any further. I emptied my mind and continued walking forward. About an hour later, I saw a car on the side of the road.

It was a jeep, overturned on the ground by the roadside, with black blood stains on the body of the car. I was alerted and walked over quickly to check the car.

The car was not new, but it was not covered in dust. There were signs of zombie attacks on the car. The seats were covered in scratches. Leftover human bones were scattered all over the car, and a shotgun fell on the seat.

I opened the car door, got in, threw out the human bones in the car, and when I checked the shotgun, I found that the bullets were empty.

It is not difficult to guess what is happening here. Such a long winter with no temperature rise should make the people in other small strongholds anxious. Naturally, they will send people to the city to collect supplies.

However, cities nowadays have long become the territory of short-lived ephemeral creatures. It goes without saying what the consequences will be if one goes to the city to plunder supplies.

The owner of this car must have managed to escape from the city, but he was probably seriously injured. The car overturned on the side of the road and was eaten up by the zombies that rushed over.

The car looked relatively clean, so all this should not have happened too long ago, perhaps five or six days ago, or maybe just yesterday.

Whether they like it or not, the remaining human beings have been drawn into this boring gamble, with their living space being gradually compressed and heading towards extinction.

So...how long can we last?

I threw the shotgun out of the car, turned the key, and the car's engine roared. Although it didn't sound much better than the broken car last night, it was at least much better than walking back on my own two feet.

After a puff of black smoke, the car started up crookedly. The steering wheel was not very stable and it felt a bit top-heavy when driving, but fortunately it managed to start successfully.

After last night's experience, I tried to step on the brakes when the car's speed was not so exaggerated.

Sure enough, it didn't work at all, only the accelerator worked.

My luck recently hasn't been very good.

Fortunately, the car did not completely lose control, the speed was maintained within a normal range, and the steering wheel did not fall off.

So, after a bumpy ride, I finally returned to my small greenhouse base at noon.

There were just some minor problems, and the broken car flipped over into a pit, which made me dizzy. When I climbed out of the pit in a mess, I happened to see the busy situation at the greenhouse base.

One car after another, fully loaded with supplies, stopped in front of the greenhouse. The young people were loading and unloading the supplies, looking very busy.

I frowned, a little puzzled. Compared with the bustling appearance in the past, there were obviously fewer people in the small greenhouse today.

What did everyone else do?

Confused, I walked quickly towards the small greenhouse. Before I got there, I saw Zi Su lying comfortably on the chair I used to sit on, and giving orders slowly to the other young men who were unloading supplies.

"Handle it with care, there are good things in it."

"If it spills, the boss will fight me to death when he comes back."

Looking at Zi Su's bossy look, I couldn't help laughing and felt a lot more relieved.

As I walked slowly towards her, Zi Su had already seen me. She was startled and quickly sat up from the chair. But just as she was about to get up, she rolled her eyes and lay back down again.

I quickly walked to Zi Su's side, looked at her careless appearance with a displeased look, and asked.

"Where are the people? Why are there so few people here today?"

Upon hearing this, Zi Su snapped his fingers at me and explained slowly.

"Well, I asked everyone to go to the Shibayama base to organize supplies."

"By the way, transform the zombies trapped in the Chaishan stronghold."

I was stunned when I heard that, and then I couldn't help shaking my head and chuckling.

These days, I seem to look down on other people a little too much. Without me, everyone knows what to do without my instructions.

I let out a long breath and laughed softly.

"It sounds like I can take a break."

Upon hearing this, Zi Su immediately sat up, pushed me down on the chair in a panic, and said nervously.

"Don't be like this. What should I do if you become a hands-off boss?"

Looking at Zi Su's appearance, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but then I found a comfortable position, lay down again, closed my eyes, and asked softly.

"How's Ajie?"

Zi Su paused for a moment, then sighed and said helplessly.

"Brother Jie's illness is not serious, but we don't have the means to cure him now. We can only watch as his condition gets worse."

"Moreover, the people in the Shield Stronghold advised him to rest, but he refused to do so. He went to bed late and got up early every day."

I sighed in my heart, without opening my eyes, and spoke softly.

"Ajie is just like that. This is the most comfortable state for him. If you let him have a good rest, he will be at a loss and depressed."

"He is destined to spend his life in the Shield Stronghold."

Hearing this, Zi Su hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and spoke to me softly.

"Brother, there is one more thing."

"If we continue at this pace, we may not be able to sustain our food supply."

I frowned slightly. I was not surprised by this. Although there was a lot of corn stored in the Shield Stronghold, as the number of zombies transformed into humans increased, food consumption could no longer be compared with the past.

"Although many greenhouses have already planted crops, it will take at least three months for the crops to mature."

"We found a lot of food in the Chaishan stronghold, as well as a lot of...meat."

When Zi Su talked about meat, his voice became noticeably unnatural. I slowly opened my eyes. I knew very well what the meat found in the Corpse God Cult's territory meant.

At this time, Zi Su also asked me softly.

"Brother, what are you going to do with that meat?"

I lowered my brows and answered in a flat voice.

"Bury them all. Eating that kind of stuff is bad for your health."

Chapter 210 Five Years

Human flesh, a word that makes people feel nauseous and physically uncomfortable just hearing it.

However, we seem to have lost that feeling nowadays. Many people in the stronghold are not opposed to cannibalism. They would even give me examples. Even in the peaceful times, there were individual cases where people survived and were acquitted in extreme circumstances by eating the flesh of their dead companions.

Three months after the incident at Chaishan Stronghold, this kind of argument became more and more frequent. Every time I returned to Weidun Stronghold, I would hear similar words, hinting at me intentionally or unintentionally.