Chapter 55 The Zombie Outbreak Has Ceased

May 20, 2025.

Yunxiang is blessed with gentle breezes and sunshine, making the transition from spring to summer the most comfortable time of year.

With temperatures around 26 degrees Celsius, even doing farm work in the fields doesn't feel strenuous.

After getting up, Lin Xi first tidied up the fish tank in the backyard, adding oxygen and feeding the fish.

Before 9 a.m., Lin Xi drove out.

If nothing unexpected happens, this will be the last time I go out before the end of the world.

Yunxiang city center was not lively at 9 o'clock, and since it was a weekday, there were even fewer people wandering the streets.

Lin Xi withdrew all her bank savings. Because of the good income from running an online store in this life, she still had about 120,000 yuan left after filling her house with supplies.

He put 20,000 yuan in cash into his bag and exchanged the rest for small gold coins.

At 10 a.m., a zombie outbreak began in Nanhua District B. There was no news about it online yet, and the trending topics and Xiaohongshu were all about Valentine's Day, May 20th.

Lin Xi went into a fresh food store and stocked up on products with short shelf lives:

Fresh milk, yogurt, and all sorts of rare vegetables that you can't grow yourself:

Examples include asparagus, broccoli, celery, and alpine mushrooms.

Then, indulge in the fruit section: buy all the fruits I love, including durian, jackfruit, mangosteen, and watermelon, no matter how many days they might rot.

After putting the fresh seafood in the car, Lin Xi had a meal at Shanshanglao. The chicken soup, made with fresh and fragrant mushrooms, was rich and flavorful. Just drinking the soup made her feel light and carefree.

On Valentine's Day at noon, even on a weekday, people were out on dates, and several young couples carrying flowers entered the restaurant one after another.

Lin Xi couldn't hear what they were talking about, but she could see smiles on their youthful faces.

What an innocent and sweet smile.

Unbeknownst to anyone, South China was in the midst of a riot, with most of the population of Block B already infected and turned into zombies.

Lin Xi opened Weibo, but there were still no related terms about Nanhua or zombies in the trending searches.

A search for "Nanhua" in the search bar yields results primarily related to GDP rankings and urban development.

Lin Xi couldn't help but wonder, could the course of this life have changed, and the zombie outbreak didn't happen today?

She added two keywords to the search bar to make it "Nanhua B District", and the results were still positive news about the city.

When I checked the location, I saw mostly young people sharing their experiences on May 20th.

Lin Xi rubbed her eyes—

That shouldn't be the case. In my past life, news about zombies was everywhere on social media, including WeChat Moments and Weibo. Even if it wasn't trending, you could easily find related information by simply clicking on it.

In this life, she didn't work in Nanhua after graduation. She didn't have many contacts in Nanhua, and it was understandable that there was no news about Nanhua zombies on her WeChat Moments. However, she could see everyone's updates on Weibo, so there shouldn't be no news.

Lin Xi finished her hotpot in confusion, ignoring the news online, and went to a nearby restaurant to get some of her favorite snacks to go.

On the way back, Lin Xi filled up the car with gas and also filled the gasoline container she had prepared in advance with gasoline.

Although she decided to hide in the sunny little farm in this life, who knows if she might suddenly need a car? Anyway, she has plenty of money, so she'll stock up on some, just in case.

Lin Xi didn't wait until 5 o'clock; she went back around 2 PM.

Even if a zombie outbreak occurs in Nanhua, it will enter a state of emergency alert, and it will not spread to the surrounding cities so quickly. It will take even longer for the outbreak to spread to Yunxiang.

So Lin Xi was still wandering the streets after 10 o'clock, the "zombie outbreak point".

The village was peaceful and quiet. The young people had all gone out to work, leaving behind mostly middle-aged and elderly people with nothing to do.

Around 2 PM, some people had already finished their afternoon nap and were visiting each other's homes and chatting.

People couldn't help but point and whisper when they saw Lin Xi's car drive by.

Lin Xi had long since ignored it.

After parking the car in the garage, the fresh produce was sorted and placed in the cold storage and refrigerator.

Lin Xi closed and locked the garage fire door, and locked and secured the courtyard gate.

Then, upon returning home, I turned on all the abnormal alerts from the monitoring system.

The screen displays eight views from four directions outside the courtyard: the garage entrance, the fish room, the main gate, and the sky.

After doing all this, Lin Xi breathed a deep sigh of relief, went into the bathroom to take a shower, and then chose a set of loungewear from the closet to change into.

Her wardrobe for spring and summer mainly consists of loungewear and long-sleeved sun-protective clothing.

Every morning, I wear sun-protective clothing that can block out the sun and sturdy jeans while tending to the fish tank and crops. After finishing my work, I change into clean home clothes.

Anyway, she'll be spending the rest of her days at home, and her house and yard are covered with one-way privacy film.

She could observe the outside from inside, while outsiders could only see the reflective glass and the bars of the "big birdcage" in her house.

There's no need to worry about etiquette issues related to being seen by outsiders while wearing loungewear.

Autumn and winter clothing mainly consists of down jackets and warm loungewear.

She bought many down jackets with a sturdy outer layer and high down filling. Although these clothes were not beautiful, they were warm and durable, and she didn't have to worry about them getting dirty while doing farm work.

After cleaning herself up and changing into clean loungewear, Lin Xi took the milk tea and braised food she had just brought back to the second-floor lounge.

After turning on the projector to play a lighthearted variety show, Lin Xi nestled into the comfortable tatami sofa before lazily taking out her phone to check messages.

Surprisingly, it's almost 4 a.m. now, and there are no words related to "zombie" on WeChat Moments or Weibo.

Even when Lin Xi specifically searched for it, she couldn't find it.

In previous lives at this time, Weibo had already crashed several times, and rumors about zombies were flying everywhere.

It took a lot of effort from relevant departments and Big Eyes Company to restore Big Eyes and block some entries in an attempt to suppress the news.

But no matter how much suppression there is, there will always be some words and related pictures that leak out. But now, not a single trace can be found.

Lin Xi sprang up from the tatami mat, repeatedly confirming that today was May 20, 2025.

She wouldn't have misremembered the time.

But the reality is that there hasn't been a zombie outbreak, at least not online.

She tossed and turned, growing increasingly anxious.

If you can't find it online, you can ask someone you know.

Lin Xi's WeChat Moments includes people who are currently working at Nanhua University, such as most of her high school classmates, like Yu Shiyun, Gu Yixuan, and...

Lu Wei.

Lin Xi's hand unconsciously slid to Lu Weileng's gray WeChat profile picture, but she didn't dare to open it.

Instead, she searched for Gu Yixuan's name, skipping the awkward opening remarks, and Lin Xi went straight to the question:

How are you doing in Nanhua?

Gu Yixuan quickly sent over a photo of a stylish coffee shop.

Gu Yixuan: The newly opened N coffee is very nice.

The picture also inadvertently shows off vibrant roses and her designer handbag.

Lin Xi pressed further: How is Nanhua doing now?

Gu Yixuan: What kind of question is this? Are you asking about Nanhua's GDP?

Lin Xi sighed and asked, "Are you in a coffee shop right now? Is it crowded?"

Gu Yixuan: Yeah, it's Valentine's Day today, it's crowded everywhere. Don't these cows and horses go to work?

Lin Xi: Are you in Zone B?

Gu Yixuan: There's also this store in Zone B. I just saw a lot of people there, so I came to the store in Zone A.

Lin Xi closed the chat window and rubbed her temples.

In the afternoon, the coffee shops in Nanhua's B and A districts were still packed, which meant there had definitely been no zombie outbreak.

how so?

Lin Xi felt as if she were dreaming.

To be precise, I just woke up from a nightmare.

The zombie outbreak didn't happen. Could it be that her memories of dying time and time again were all nightmares?

She couldn't distinguish between reality and the past for a moment.

Looking at the meticulously decorated "doomsday fortress," Lin Xi had a terrible headache.

It's a good thing that there hasn't been a zombie outbreak.

But if there really was no outburst, then what exactly was the point of everything she did?

Who would decorate their home like a birdcage with a "pure prison vibe"?

This confirms that she has a "mental illness".