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The sudden death of an infected person broke the hopes of all people in the world.
Although the virus has spread violently, since there have been no deaths, everyone felt that there was still hope.
As long as the person is alive, everything will be okay once the cure is found.
But at this moment, reality has dealt a heavy blow to everyone. Within half an hour, all the infected people in the world died, without exception.
There was no news being broadcasted on TV because the government didn’t even have the energy to report it. Looking at the mountains of corpses, the sad atmosphere made people unable to speak.
That night, in every part of the world, there was crying to be heard.
Chu Huai and the others were sitting at home, listening to the howls of the families in the community, no one could smile or laugh.
This kind of large-scale death dealt a heavy blow to humans. In the later stage of the apocalypse, whenever someone mentions this day, most faces would still show unspeakable sadness. In this disaster, every family had a relative who passed away.
Chu Huai was still in prison at this time in his previous life so he didn’t see and experience this kind of scene with his own eyes.
Therefore, his memory of the apocalyptic outbreak is even more profound on February 18.
Because in addition to the ‘temporary death’, among the remaining survivors, there are also a group of infected people who had no manifestations of symptoms.
After a few hours, these hidden infected people will instantly become zombies, and only then will these ‘dead’ people stand up again, making it hard to prevent the apocalypse.
“Everyone, go back to the room and rest- we’ll see what the news says tomorrow…”
Chu Huai sighed in his heart before letting everyone go back to the room to rest first.
The most helpless feeling in the world is knowing that something will happen, but being completely unable to stop it.
He knows that this disaster will come and many people will die, but he can only watch things happen, and sometimes it is easier to live without knowing anything.
Tomorrow is the end of human civilization as they know it and the beginning of a new era.
Blood and death knocking on their doorsfor the foreseeable future a day in human history that will never be forgotten.
Everyone went back to the house, but no one could fall asleep tonight.
Dean Jiang held his box in as he burst into tears.
Now that so many people died all of a sudden, society would definitely be in chaos. He couldn’t help but think of the life that he had led. He was born during a famine and in troubled times- this was his entire youth. After a few years of peace and a good life, he only encountered troubled times when he was old- what kind of luck…
There is also the coffin he has saved up for- he doesn’t know if he can keep it. In a chaotic world, burning, killing, and looting would be the norm. He had once been a learned man in his younger years, he was not completely ignorant of such matters.
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February 18th, at four o’clock in the morning.
Chu Huai heard the fierce sounds of a dragon’s chants that were loud and like a song of ancient times.
It wasn’t his ears that heard it, because no one in the community reacted to it, but something that his soul felt. Along with the dragon’s chant, he felt that the energy in the surrounding air had changed again.
The restoration of aura was as if the whole world was dry land that had been finally filled with water and turned into a vast ocean.
At the same time, countless screams sounded in the community instantly.
“Ah, what are you doing, husband, what are you doing? It hurts, ah—”
“Mom, you’re alive? Mom, why is your face rotten, ah, don’t come over—”
“My darling wife, please let go, don’t bite, don’t bite—”
“Dad, what is mom doing? Why is she biting grandma, ooh, Duo Duo is scared…”
The screams one after another woke up all the people who had just fallen asleep.
Chu Huai was holding his binoculars, and through the windows, he could see that the lights were on in each house. The hidden infected people had suddenly mutated and opened their mouths at the people around them to bite.
These people no longer have human sanity, they are only walking dead bodies full of ‘appetite’.
“What happened?”
Dean Jiang, Yuan Haolin, and Tan Xiaojie rushed out of their rooms when they heard the movement.
“Look.”
Chu Huai did not explain and passed the binoculars directly.
No matter how detailed the explanation is, it is not as clear as seeing it with their own eyes.
Dean Jiang was the most anxious- he was the first to take the binoculars and look through them. Although they were on the ground floor and couldn’t see the situation of the community, they could see the scene of the residents in the opposite window.
It doesn’t matter if he only looked for a moment, the old man’s legs were frightened at first sight.
He saw an old woman in pajamas biting an old man on the window of a tenant on the opposite second floor, swallowing the raw flesh on her husband’s neck, her rotten face was extremely terrifying against the incandescent light.
“Eat- she’s eating people, the wife of old man Liu on the second floor of Building 8 ate him…”
Dean Jiang was so frightened that his legs were soft and trembling, and his speech was knotted.
Yuan Haolin took the binoculars and looked- his face turned pale. Tan Xiaojie was so scared that he threw the binoculars on his hand away directly.
The calmest in the room were Chu Huai and Yu Ke.
Chu Huai had lived in the last days for three years, while Yu Ke was really bold.
The teenager grew up in a dungeon and was used to seeing all kinds of terrifying scenes. Although the zombies were terrifying, they did not scare him.
After Yuan Haolin and the others eased a little, Chu Huai opened his mouth to explain in a guessing tone.
“This should be a mutation from the previous virus. The result of the virus is not death, but mutation, like the zombies in the movie…”
The mutated manifestation of the infected person is too obvious. People who have watched zombie movies for even a little can keep up with the trend. At this moment, seeing the situation outside, the first reaction is definitely to guess that it was zombies.
Chuai Huai intends to bury the secret of his rebirth forever. He can act as a ‘prophet’ to remind the world to deal with the apocalypse, but he will never tell anyone about his rebirth.
Rebirth is even more shocking than being a prophet. The prophet may be respected, but the reborn will definitely be used for research. He won’t underestimate the selfishness of human beings.
So no matter the character of Yuan Haolin and others, Chu Huai didn’t plan to take risks, after all, there may be times when he might be forced to do what he could to ensure his safety.
He didn’t need to explain the situation outside at this time as Yuan Haolin and others were able to react quickly.
Even for Dean Jiang, an elderly man, it is not uncommon to hear the term ‘zombie’.
To prepare everyone, Chu Huai often watched zombie movies at home during this period so everyone is familiar with what a zombie is.
But aren’t those just movies? Aren’t zombies human imagination? How could it become real?!
The old man’s heart was almost breaking down. He is already a few dozen years old. Just as he is close to dying, it is when he encounters this kind of apocalypse, isn’t this god just tossing him around?
“Then, is it a virus mutation, all that stuff happening outside?”
Dean Jiang was crying as he sat on the sofa while his legs were trembling non-stop.
Everyone knows how powerful the virus that has been raging for several months, and how many people have been infected in the world- these are also reported daily on the news network. It can only be described as countless.
If these cannibal zombies were transformed from being infected patients, would the remaining humans still have a chance to survive?
“I don’t know, but it is possible. But there is no need to be too pessimistic- the government has stationed troops in each city in batches. They will definitely send troops to clean up and establish safe areas.”
“City C is the headquarters of the military region of Province S. It will definitely be prioritized for clean-up…”
Yuan Haolin followed up.
Chu Huai nodded.
“Brother Yuan is right, but the situation is unknown now, and the government’s actions may not be so fast. Before the establishment of the safety zone, what we have to do is save ourselves…”
He doesn’t know the exact time of the establishment of the safety zone, but the scope of City C is not small, and it would not be easy to clear it out.
Zombies won’t be tired and they won’t sleep, they won’t be able to die as long as their heads aren’t destroyed. Soldiers in the army have to rest, and if they are accidentally scratched, they will die.
If they want to clean the zombies in City C, they won’t be able to do it in less than half a month.
Before this time, everyone had to rely on themselves if they wanted to survive.
The threat of zombies in the early stage of the apocalypse is not great. With only the advantage of great strength, they are very slow. If they have enough food and water, staying at home is enough to wait for the government to rescue them.
If there is not enough food at home, as long as they dare to go out and don’t go to places where zombies are particularly dense, they can also collect materials and set up their own base.
“I’ve been observing just now. In addition to the strength of those zombies, their actions are very slow and not difficult to deal with. What everyone needs to consider now is not the zombies, it should be food and water.”
Chu Huai analyzed the situation.
“That’s good, that’s good, we have enough things in our house…”
Hearing this, Dean Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They don’t have to worry about food at all. They bought a lot of things at home to avoid the spread of the virus.
They had many kinds of rice, flour, various convenience foods, and barrels of purified water that had long filled the storage room at home, enough for a few of them to eat for more than half a year.
At that time, he thought that these few young people were wasting money. How fierce can an epidemic be, when would they eat so many things?
A few young idiots were all fooled by those profiteers…
But now, Dean Jiang went to look at the boxes full of food in the house, and suddenly felt that he was an old idiot! These few young people are too prescient!
But before he was happy for too long, Chu Huai’s next sentence broke his happiness.
“The things at home are not enough. If the world becomes really messy, the currency will soon lose its effect. Food and supplies are the best reassurance in troubled times. We must collect more things while the number of zombies outside is still low.”
There will never be too many supplies, even if they already have space to spare, but before the apocalypse, the funds he had were limited and these many things were not enough.
For example, he only bought a small part of the equipment and feed for indoor fish and shrimp farming. He waited to collect them for free after the apocalypse had begun as those things were useless if they were held by others.
Dean Jiang didn’t know this. He was worried about going out now.
“If those things outside are the kind of zombies in the movies, won’t going out now get us killed? If we are caught accidentally, we will get infected. Chu Huai, kid, you can’t be aggressive this time. We have enough things in our house and don’t need to go out on an adventure with Hao-zi, listen to my words, and wait for rescue at home.”
Chu Huai and Yuan Haolin seemed to be relatively strong, and the rest were either too young or too old. Dean Jiang naturally thought that the two men were the ones going to go out.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Chu Huai curled up his lips and smiled at him strangely.
“Dean, you’re thinking wrongly, what do you mean me and Hao-zi?…”
The old man looked dazed and inexplicably felt a little uneasy.
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Thanks for the chapter! How scary…
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