I sell Coke in the doomsday

If you don't look carefully, I, whose body shape is so different from that of the mutant zombies, would be the easiest thing for them to ignore at first glance.

After the car overturned, I lost my means of transportation and could only walk slowly out of the city.

I didn't try to find a new car. It was too big, too conspicuous, and made too much noise, making it easy for the mutated zombies to discover my whereabouts.

Although walking is a bit slow, if you can avoid them and be ignored by those guys, it is actually a more cost-effective route.

I am now about twenty miles away from the city exit. If I want to avoid the mutated zombies along the way, it will probably take me two hours.

When I thought of this, I looked up at the sun above my head. Fortunately, it was still early and not yet noon.

I have to get to the edge of the city as quickly as possible and find a car that can start. After all, it would be a waste of time for me to walk all the way back to the shield stronghold on foot.

I haven't eaten anything properly since last night, and I just had an exciting chase, which made me sleepy, tired and extremely exhausted.

I reached forward and grabbed a handful of Coke ice cubes out of thin air and stuffed them into my mouth.

The cola ice cubes melted quickly in my mouth, and a hint of sweetness began to linger on the tip of my tongue. The sugar in it finally restored some of my energy.

Taking advantage of this energy, I moved quickly, hiding in the shadows, and moving quickly.

As I expected, no other mutant zombies chased me. I must have kept quite a distance between myself and them, or maybe I was just really lucky.

The two mutant zombies with enhanced physical strength only attracted away one mutant zombie with enhanced speed.

I walked to the edge of the city safely without any conversation along the way, but luck was not on my side and I couldn't find a car that could start.

Yes, the edge of the city has been plundered countless times by the surviving humans, so there is no car that can be started.

Under the scorching sun, I looked into the distance, wanting to cry but without tears. However, after a moment of silence, I had no choice but to set out on the road back to the Shield Stronghold.

Chapter 242 Existence (I)

How far is the shield outpost from the city? I can't remember all these things anymore. I can clearly remember what happened in that long cycle, but I can't think of a more accurate number for this distance.

But no matter how you think about it, this is a very long way to go.

It has been a long time since I walked such a long distance. I even forgot how long I had been walking on this land step by step relying only on my legs.

After walking out of the edge of the city, it was already past noon. The sun in the sky passed the midpoint and began to move towards the west.

The original asphalt road was already full of cracks, like a spider web, densely packed and spreading to the end of the sight. Stubborn weeds forced their way out of the cracks and moved with the wind.

The long-awaited hiking trip also gave me enough time to observe my surroundings carefully.

In my memory, I have walked this road countless times, and everything has been engraved deep in my mind. However, at this moment, I find that the scenery along the way is slightly different from what I remember.

The rush of the past has made me see everything blurry, and all the unreality is filled in by memory.

The scorching sun made me wonder if it was summer. I walked on the road sweating profusely, taking out a bottle of Coke from time to time, but after drinking just a few sips, I casually threw it on the side of the road.

The unfinished Coke quickly flowed out of the bottle, forming a pool of black water.

When I looked back, I found that a lot of flies had gathered near the water stains.

After a long, long time, I gradually deviated from the original route and broke into a patch of grass.

The grass was very tall, almost covering my head. The soil under my feet was soft, making it extremely difficult to walk. However, the tall grass could block the sun from above my head.

Moreover, this is a shortcut. Although it is a little difficult to walk on, in order to return to the shield stronghold as soon as possible, I can only grit my teeth and keep going.

As I was walking, it suddenly occurred to me that this wasn't the longest hike I'd ever taken.

A long, long time ago, so long ago that I didn't even know I would meet Tongtong, I spent several years walking back here, step by step, to my hometown.

During that hike, I met many, many people, but when I think about it now, their faces are as blurry as if they were in the fog.

A lot of things happened at that time. Many people walked a long way with me, but in the end they either parted ways or killed each other.

In this reincarnation, they did not meet me, and I don’t know if they are still alive.

Is it still the same as I remember?

Suddenly, I belatedly understood a very common truth.

The world is not as big as we imagine.

The sea, the Milky Way, the starry sky, the universe, these things, when we cannot see them, are just nouns and have no special meaning.

To ordinary people like us, the size of this world seems to be only what our eyes can see.

Those great and vast concepts, if not passed on by word of mouth, are like insects drowning in a puddle.

It must exist, but it has no meaning.

I started my crazy thoughts again. It’s funny, but it seems that only when I think about these slightly childish questions do I feel like I’m a special person.

While thinking, I pushed aside the weeds blocking my way, and when the weeds fell to the sides, the view ahead suddenly became clear.

There was a clear lake ahead, the water was so clear that you could see the bottom, but when you looked down, you could see countless corpses gathered at the bottom of the lake.

The huge green rhizomes entwined the corpses and tied them to the roots. This scene was quite bizarre and made me slightly dazed.

Among the corpses piled up at the roots, humans only accounted for a small part, and most of them were corpses of other animals.

I looked carefully at the root of the huge plant, moved my sight upwards, and finally arrived at the lake. At the top of the plant, there was a huge white night-blooming cereus with its petals spread out, quietly blooming.

It was not until then that I realized that there was a young girl sitting on the huge Epiphyllum. She was wearing a white dress, her bare feet soaking in the lake water, and her amber eyes were quietly reflecting my figure.

昙。

When the number of organisms that Epiphyllum parasitizes reaches a certain number, it will act like a network, gathering all the information together and giving birth to Epiphyllums with normal intelligence.

In the last reincarnation, Tan was humanity’s biggest opponent, but in this reincarnation, the girl in the white dress in front of me is the second Tan I have met.

When our eyes met, I felt clear hostility, which made me a little strange. In this reincarnation, Tongtong has decided to go with me, and Tan is no longer hostile to humans. Why would the Tan in front of me be hostile to me?

I stood up, looked at the girl in the white dress, and asked politely in a low voice.

"Hello, what should I call you?"

Although the girl was hostile to me, she did not attack me. She jumped directly off the huge white Epiphyllum. In an instant, a huge green rhizome broke out of the ground at the bottom of the lake and appeared exactly under the girl's feet.

Carried by the green rhizomes, the girl stepped directly on them and moved towards me quickly. The rhizomes crossed the calm lake surface, causing ripples.

After a while, the girl stopped at the shore and looked at me coldly. I waited for a long time before I heard her first words.

"I do not like you."

I could see that her disgust for me was almost leaking out of her eyes.

Faced with the sudden and inexplicable disgust, I could only reply with a wry smile.

"I think... I'm not here just to be liked by you."

The girl had a blank expression on her face and cold eyes as she spoke to herself.

"Information between Epiphyllums can be transmitted to each other. After the self-aware Epiphyllum is born, the self-aware Epiphyllum will receive orders from our leader."

"I couldn't disobey the leader's orders, but I knew she was doing something stupid."

The leader can only be Tongtong. Before leaving, Tongtong must have given some orders to these Tans. This may be the reason why the Tan in front of me hates me.

I thought about it lightly and didn't intend to delve into it. I smiled at the girl in front of me, ignored her, turned around and let her pass, then walked to the side of the lake, intending to bypass the lake and continue on my way.

The girl in the white dress didn't stop me. She didn't have the authority to do so.

However, just as I turned around, the voice of the girl in the white dress sounded faintly in my ears.

"Humans, what do you think we are?"

Damn, why do so many people like to ask this question.

Chapter 243 Existence (II)

I wanted to avoid the girl in the white dress, not wanting to have anything to do with this abnormal-looking Tan. However, as soon as I moved my feet, a huge green rhizome broke out of the ground, blocking the way ahead.

The girl in the white dress stepped on the green roots and moved to my side again. Her eyes were slightly cold and she said in a deep voice.

"Answer my question, human."

This is a posture that must be explained.

I sighed secretly, put on a smiling face, and spoke softly to Tan, whom I met for the first time.

"We should be allies. I need your help, and now we should have a common enemy."

Whether it is the nebula body or the mutant zombies, they will not allow these Tan to continue to live. We have common interests.

The strange girl in the white dress seemed dissatisfied with my answer and kept asking.

"Please tell me, what is an ally?"

I couldn't figure out what the girl in the white dress in front of me was going to do. After a moment of hesitation, she spoke softly.

"Allies have common goals and no conflicts of interest, and they help each other within a certain range for a win-win situation."

"If I put it this way, you should understand?"

Hearing this, the girl in the white dress's eyes flashed with an extremely complicated emotion. She stepped back slightly, stepped on the huge green rhizome, and said lightly.

"According to what you said, we cannot be considered your allies."

I couldn't help but frown and carefully looked at the girl in the white dress in front of me. In my past life, I didn't have much experience dealing with Tan.

But I also vaguely remember that they seemed to have always been imitating humans, the way they spoke, the way they expressed their emotions, and in many cases, they could be regarded as creatures like humans.

The guy in front of me seems to have a lot of complaints about me.

"Why do you say that? Aren't we allies now? After all, your leader thinks so too."

The expression of the girl in the white dress remained unchanged. Her fair face seemed like an ice cube that could not melt. She maintained the same expression from beginning to end, but her amber eyes were unusually lively, as if the real her lived in those eyes.

“We don’t have a common goal.”

The eyes of the girl in the white dress became darker. She looked at me and spoke slowly.

"We don't have common interests either, on the contrary we have had conflicts of interest from the beginning."

Just as the words fell, the lake behind the girl in the white dress suddenly surged, and the roots that were originally rooted in the ground suddenly grew countless tiny roots, which rolled up the countless corpses and moved upwards.

Wow…

The roots broke through the water surface, rolled up several corpses, and floated in the air. She had specially selected them, and all those that floated to the surface were human corpses.

"See? We couldn't have common interests from the beginning."

"From the beginning of our existence, our purpose has been to reproduce, to occupy the flesh of other creatures and use it as nourishment."

"See? You humans are the most suitable choice."

"Do you really want to call this predatory relationship an alliance?"

Hearing this, I looked at the girl in the white dress in front of me with sudden enlightenment. Did this guy want to say this from the beginning?

When I thought of this, I lost interest, spread my hands perfunctorily, and said softly.

"At least, we all have a common enemy, don't we?"

Bang! I don’t know if my words angered the girl in the white dress, but a huge green root suddenly swung and hit the lake surface hard, splashing water everywhere and drowning out other sounds.

There was a hint of anger in the eyes of the girl in the white dress. She stared at me and said coldly.

"No, never."

"They are coming for you. If you are not here, there is no need for us to be dealt with."

I was a little stunned, and the look in my eyes when I looked at the girl in the white dress also changed slightly.

She shouldn't have known all this. Tongtong would never tell these Tanhuas those things. Why did she know them in such detail?

"As Tan, I am a collection of consciousnesses that parasitize countless creatures, including humans, birds, and beasts."

"When you are not paying attention, there will be mice and birds hiding in the corner not far from you. Their memories of their previous lives will be summarized in the consciousness aggregate."

"So, I know what you guys are doing?"

The girl in the white dress raised her hand gently, and several green roots broke out of the ground around me, surrounding me.

"I know that if you win in the end, we, Epiphyllum, will be completely wiped out as if we had never appeared."

"I can't accept this."

I looked at the green roots surrounding me, and I was not anxious. They had no ability to do anything to me. Tongtong was their owner, and she would not give these epiphyllums the authority to do anything to me.