Chapter 26

System: "And then?"

Xu Zhou: "There is no more, it's the end."

It’s still sad to think about it now. The reversal had just begun, and then the end came. It seemed as if God was on the side of evil.

The van kept moving forward, seemingly never stopping until it reached its destination. Xu Zhou had felt tortured by driving for long periods of time, but he hadn't expected that riding in someone else's car would also be a form of torture, comparable to the experience of sitting in a hard seat on a long-distance train for more than ten hours.

Xu was so tired from squatting that he just sat on the ground and waited quietly for his fate to decide.

After spending a few days of peaceful days in Loujiang Town, her heart had already wandered.

Being caught in a van was completely unexpected. She hadn't expected anyone to climb the mountain and carry drugs, and she hadn't expected zombies to be knocked unconscious.

Xu Zhou felt increasingly uncomfortable as he pondered: "System, is this scientific?"

System: "This is apocalyptic."

At this point, there was nothing he could do. Xu Zhou could only leave it to fate.

She didn't know how long it had been, but it must have been a long time before she heard someone's stomach growling in the car. Then, rustling sounds came from all directions, not loud enough to be drowned out by the hum of the van's engine.

At a glance, five young men were eating quietly.

Xu Zhou had no food on her. The food she had taken yesterday was no longer with her. Even the knife she used for self-defense was missing. It seemed that someone had searched her.

Seeing this, she joked with the system, "You see, zombies do have their advantages. The good thing about them is that they don't need to eat or drink. Even if they're captured for a few days, they still have the energy to escape."

System: "Congratulations, you are the chosen one to be captured."

Xu Zhou's mouth twitched: ...Congratulations are not really necessary.

Xu Zhou was looking at the roof and chatting with the system, not noticing the actions of the people next to him.

The short-haired girl moved over and pulled out a damp biscuit from her pocket. It wasn't big, only half the size of her palm. Without any preparation, she stuffed it directly into Xu Zhou's hand and whispered, "You haven't eaten in a long time. Eat something to replenish your energy."

Without waiting for Xu Zhou's answer, she moved back. The curly-haired boy took out some cookies from his pocket and shared them with the short-haired girl.

Xu Zhou stared at the cookies in a daze.

Through the light coming through the glass window, she just saw the small red dots on the back of the short-haired girl's hand. They were marks left by countless needle holes and looked a bit scary.

A little girl of fifteen or sixteen must have gone through so much to have so many needle marks on her body.

She looked at the short-haired girl, who was listening to the curly-haired boy with a stubborn look on her face.

She guessed that he was talking about the short-haired girl giving her cookies, because the curly-haired boy glared at her in the middle of talking.

She turned her head silently, trying to reduce her presence.

The system also saw the needle marks. It clicked its tongue at the culprit and said, "This little girl is very patient."

"Maybe I can't help it." If I can't resist, I can only endure it. Xu Zhou was depressed. This was even more uncomfortable than the zombies that didn't leave a complete body.

"What are you going to do?"

"Just act improvisationally. I don't even know if I can escape." The four people in front of her were all armed with hot weapons. She was no match for them with her two fists. If she relied on the system's protective shield to escape, it would be too scary. She would be caught, disemboweled and studied. Besides, how could her legs outrun a four-wheeled vehicle?

Xu Zhou just felt that the road ahead was long.

Back to the topic of the eye of the needle.

Xu Zhou had observed more than just the short-haired girl. She had also observed four other teenagers, all five of whom knew each other. They were in a similar state to the short-haired girl, thin and withered. If she was right, they also had many needle marks on their bodies.

These traces were not formed in a few days, but over a long period of time, at least in the order of years.

Under what circumstances will people continue to have needle holes?

Xu Zhou couldn't help but think of the new sequence.

Their hypothesis about the New Sequence is that it's a bad organization, potentially doing bad things to both humans and zombies. So, could these needle marks be among its evil deeds?

They had only heard from the woman that the Doomsday New Sequence was bad, and were completely clueless about other organizations. Such speculation was obviously too hasty. But Xu Zhou had a sixth sense that the two were connected.

In addition, she has seen a total of six people of this age group, including Xunyou, and none of them looks like they are experiencing the doomsday normally. No matter how hard and difficult the doomsday is, it is not the case that zombies will stab everyone with needles.

etc--

Is Xunyou related to these five teenagers? Is the thing he is hiding related to this?

The more Xu Zhou thought about it, the more it made sense.

"System, what do you think?"

The system applauded her imagination: "Is your imagination so wild? Could such a coincidence happen?"

"So do you think what I've been going through these days is normal?"

"Hmm... I think your guess is right. Maybe Xunyou escaped from the New Sequence, and he wants to find someone to kill the New Sequence in one fell swoop." The system made a bold assumption.

"What you said makes so much sense."

Xu Zhou secretly took out the card with the new sequence, which she had hidden very well. She planned to find an opportunity to drop it in front of the four people in front of her. If they knew her, she would borrow their identity according to the situation. If not, it would be another matter.

System: "It has to be you, but why do you think they know the new sequence?"

"I'm just guessing. Remember those guys with women we met at the beginning? I think they look quite similar." Xu Zhou said indifferently, "It's not a bad bet. If all else fails, I'll just drive away with the protective shield on."

She is a zombie with a way out.

The system was silent for a few seconds: "Wow."

system:?

It seems that our entire retreat depends on it.

"Yes, system, you are awesome!" Xu Zhou praised.

She finished the cookie in one bite; it was a bit sour.

"System, these cookies are so moist." Xu Zhou curled his lips.

"Impossible. Whatever a little girl gives you is good. It's your sense of taste that's wrong."

…

Dong Xuancai had originally planned to leave Loujiang Town overnight, but he fell asleep while thinking about something. When he woke up, it was already the next morning. He was lying on the ground of the small balcony, covered with a coat that had come from nowhere and had a strong smell.

Xunyou was awake. He sat on a chair on the small balcony, looking into the distance.

Dong Xuancai slept on the floor all night and woke up feeling tired and weak. His eyes were empty, and he moved his neck to stretch his body, thinking that he might as well not have slept at all.

Xunyou heard his voice, greeted him, and then moved closer to him and asked, "Should we set off? I've been observing for a long time, and I only saw one or two zombies passing by in the distance."

"Where did you sleep last night? You look so energetic."

Xunyou's voice was full of energy compared to Dongxuancai's. The latter looked at Xunyou and found that he looked fine and not tired at all.

He still looks so energetic after sleeping on the floor all night. Are young people so tough?

He is not old.

Dongxuancai was a little doubtful of herself.

"In the room on the third floor."

Dongxuancai: “?”

He paused twisting his neck, as if he had misheard, and asked again: "Where did you sleep?"

Xunyou didn't think much about it, just pretending that Dongxuancai didn't hear him, and answered again: "It's in the room on the third floor. Go in and turn left and take the first room."

As a partner who will soon be on the same journey, is this right?

He slept on the bed while I slept on the floor.

Dong Xuancai was incredulous and knocked on the hard floor, making a crisp sound: "When you see me sleeping here, don't you have any other thoughts in your mind?"

"Yes, I got you a coat, fearing you might catch a cold at night." Xunyou nodded, his tone sincere.

Dong Xuancai didn't give up and continued to ask: "...Have you ever thought of waking me up and letting me sleep in the bed too?"

"You slept so soundly, and you told me not to disturb you, otherwise you would hit me." Under Dong Xuancai's gaze, Xunyou spoke more and more quietly, and the latter part of his words could no longer be heard by the former. "And sleeping on the floor is the same, I've slept on it before..."

hiss--

He did say this, and when Xunyou was talking to himself, he told him not to bother him. He never expected that he would fall asleep unexpectedly.

After tracing back to the source, it turned out that I had cut off my own way to sleep in a bed.

"...Thank you." Dong Xuancai was speechless.

Putting aside last night's forced suffering, the zombie swarm had returned to its previous tranquility. So the two of them packed up and left Loujiang Town for the nearest Beijiang base, which was also the base Dong Xuancai had originally intended to go to.

Dongxuancai led the way in front, and Xunyou kept watch behind.

Dong Xuancai drove out of the Tianhe base and parked his car at the edge of Loujiang Town. Now their target was the location of the car.

After going around the last rockery, the two arrived at where Dongxuancai parked his car.

There, there was a person standing.

…

When Xunchun found that Xu Zhou was not there, his mind went blank in an instant. Overwhelmed by emotion, he spread out his mental power and directly swept across the entire group of zombies in Loujiang Town. Countless voices suddenly clamored in his mind.

The leaves in the yard rustled in the windless air.

“Pah.”

There was a short and crisp breaking sound, and he realized belatedly that a string in his mind seemed to have broken.

The noisy waves buried him layer by layer. He leaned against the door frame, barely able to steady his shaky body.

It wasn't until the flowers exploded that his sanity returned.

It's okay, it's safe to continue the day.

The fact that she can still explode flowers means that she is currently safe.

Xunchun withdrew his mental power, and everything returned to calm. The zombies' sounds disappeared, and the leaves in the yard stopped shaking.

Xunchun closes his eyes and meditates.

He currently had no idea where Xu Zhou could be.

If she was still in Loujiang Town, she wouldn't have not returned home. The greater probability was that she had already left, and she most likely didn't leave on her own initiative.

If it's not active, then it's passive. If it's passive, without a target person, finding her is almost impossible.

Xunchun sighed deeply, feeling a little worried.

Even though she had reported that she was safe and that there was a system around her to protect her, he was still worried. If something happened, he wouldn't even have the chance to know...

'people'

'It's a human'

'It's a human'

…

Suddenly, the message conveyed by the zombies was like waves, one after another, leaping and wandering in his mind, with only one central idea: they found humans.

Although he didn't know why the zombies would still convey yesterday's news after a night, Xunchun still reacted immediately. He put Xu Zhou's matter aside and tried to give orders to the zombies in his mind.

After what happened yesterday and just now, he could vaguely feel that his abilities had been further enhanced. He could command more zombies and find designated zombies in his mind to convey orders.

You have to find one of the zombies and humans first before making any plans.