[Chapter 209: Survivors of the Doomsday World]
“Hello, I’m David, the Lord of Winter Town.”
“Hello, I’m Rick, Rick Grimes.” The man in police uniform introduced himself to David, and looked at David in front of him with a magical look: “Should I call you Baron? Or Mr. Mayor?”
David smiled and said that Rick could choose the title he could accept. After shaking hands with Rick, he was carefully mobilizing the holy light to check himself.
He soon came to the conclusion that he should not be infected with any strange virus.
Yes, David has recognized who Rick Grimes is: the protagonist of the Walking Dead series, Rick Grimes, comes from the doomsday world destroyed by the zombie virus.
He remembered that all humans in that world have been infected with the virus, so even people who died normally will be transformed into zombies after death.
In other words, Rick should also have that virus.
This is why David didn’t react when he saw Leon, but instead carefully checked his condition when he saw this person. After
a few simple chats, David took the opportunity to lead the topic to Rick’s world.
Not long after Rick said he woke up in the hospital, he learned that the whole world seemed to be in chaos and there were zombies everywhere. David took the opportunity to ask Rick to do some tests.
“Check?”
“Yes, to prevent you from carrying that virus.”
“I shouldn’t be infected, right? Otherwise, I would have become a zombie long ago.”
“Carrying the virus does not necessarily mean being infected, and there may be a latent period for infection… Don’t you want to be sure of your condition?”
David easily convinced Rick, because Rick also wanted to be sure whether he was infected with that terrible virus.
“What do I need to do?”
“Don’t worry, it’s not a big deal!”
For Winter Town, it is not difficult to judge Rick’s condition. There is an ambulance parked in the garage not far away! Let the ambulance scan, and Rick’s physical condition will be clearly displayed in front of everyone.
When Rick saw the legendary “Transformer” ambulance, he was stunned and completely forgot what Laura said to him before, “This place has many people from different worlds…”
Although he had accepted this magical thing, he did not expect that these people from other worlds also included Cybertronians!
Even though there were two legendary elves beside him, he didn’t think about Transformers.
Now he realized that this place called Winter Town was even more magical and weird than he thought!
At this point, Rick came back to his senses and paid attention to his own situation: “How is it? Am I infected with that terrible virus?”
“No unknown virus was found in you.”
The ambulance compared Rick’s information with the information of humans on Earth and the virus data stored in its database, and found no trace of any unknown virus.
“It can be confirmed that you are ‘clean’.”
Rick breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. He didn’t want to become a monster that was like a living dead and would attack others.
At this time, David was secretly thinking, Rick had no trace of the virus on his body. Did he not have the virus in the original plot? Or was it some kind of magical power that cleaned the virus from his body when he came to Winter Town?
No matter which possibility it was, David didn’t have to worry about the sudden outbreak of the zombie crisis in Winter Town.
“I’m sorry to welcome you in such a special way.”
“No, actually I’m very grateful that you can help me check.” Rick sincerely thanked David and the ambulance next to him, but there was always a sense of wonder in his eyes when he looked at the ambulance.
“Anyway, welcome to Winter Town.”
David originally wanted to ask Tony about the agricultural robot, but because of Rick’s arrival, he decided to put it aside for a while.
Rick’s appearance reminded David of another thing: he just happened to be short of a sheriff, and Rick himself was the deputy sheriff of the town. He was quite experienced in public security management.
Of course, Rick might not be willing to stay in Winter Town permanently, because he still had things in his own world that he couldn’t give up.
But it didn’t mean that Rick couldn’t help David, because Rick was in a world at the end of the world.
Although that world was full of zombies, there were still many survivors struggling to survive. Those people were very good targets for David’s Winter Town.
The living environment is bad, there seems to be no future in their own world, and they just want to survive.
At the same time, because they have experienced the end of the world and the hard life, these people are easier to manage than those in the ordinary world. As for some people who don’t want to be managed, they can be expelled directly.
When Rick is moving around in that world, he can help David “recruit” those ordinary people in trouble. Remember that Rick has met many survivors in the plot, and these are all potential targets.
Thinking of these things, David decided to take Rick around Winter Town in person and talk about his “future”.
Passing through Castle Glamorgan and walking out of the main gate of Winter Fortress, Rick still couldn’t control himself and looked back at the “familiar” building again.
David understood why he had this reaction, and explained casually: “This house was built not long ago, and the person who proposed the design is a physicist living in Los Angeles.”
“Oh!” Rick immediately understood why the lord’s residence was exactly the same as the house he remembered. It turned out that someone from the same country as him provided a ‘sample’: “This… is a really good design.”
“I know what you are thinking, I have been to that country.”
“Hahaha!” Rick smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
Fortunately, David did not continue to talk about this topic, but started the next topic: introducing Rick to Winter Town, and asking Rick what his plans were?
“Me?” Rick looked at the clean and tidy streets, the beautiful houses around him, and the fresh air, which made him feel comfortable.
If possible, he really wanted to live in this place called Winter Town, but he had to confirm some things first.
“I want to find my wife and children.”
Whether his wife is alive or dead, he hopes to get a definite answer.
If his wife and children are still alive, then of course he will do his best to reunite with his family, and then he can bring his wife and children to live in Winter Town, away from the world destroyed by zombies.
If his wife and children have unfortunately died… he doesn’t know whether he can start a new life, and he doesn’t even dare to think about that possibility.
He hopes that his wife and children can escape smoothly when the crisis breaks out and are living in a safe place at this time.
“I hope you can reunite with your family as soon as possible.” David gave Rick a blessing, and at the same time introduced to him what great advantages Rick will get if he can travel freely to and from Winter Town.
You can run to Winter Town for refuge in times of crisis; you can get weapons and supplies in Winter Town, and even if you are injured, you can immediately go to the Cathedral of Holy Light and find a priest in the church to treat him.
“Priest? Treatment?” Rick was already very excited after listening to the first few sentences. Of course, he could realize what it meant to him to be able to come to Winter Town at any time!
What’s more, the mayor also clearly stated that he could replenish weapons, ammunition, food and clean water in Winter Town. You can also come to Winter Town to rest when you are tired!
What does it mean that only this priest is responsible for treatment? The priests in Winter Town are also part-time doctors?
“The priests in the Cathedral of Holy Light believe in the Holy Light and can use the magical power of Holy Light to treat injuries and diseases.” David raised his hand and demonstrated to Rick: “That’s the power.”
“…” Rick felt that his body had become much healthier, and then he realized that there was a magical power like magic in this world.
“Liadrien, one of the elves you saw earlier, is the current bishop of the Cathedral of Holy Light.”
Liadrien didn’t want to be a bishop, but after the Cathedral of Holy Light was built, there were only two priests in the entire Winter Town, she and Sally Whitemane, so she reluctantly took over the position of bishop.
Listening to David’s introduction of the situation, looking at the surrounding houses along the wide road, Rick gradually began to have doubts in his heart: “I can get so many benefits, so what do I need to pay for this?”
“Help me recruit residents.”
David likes such clear-headed people, who are much more likable than those who only know how to ask for things without knowing how to give back.
He told Rick about his plan, and Rick had no resistance to David’s request.
After walking along the road for a while, he noticed that there were indeed a few residents in Winter Town. At the same time, he didn’t think it was a bad idea to bring the survivors from his world that was being plagued by zombies here.
Besides, the mayor, Mr. David, had explained to him clearly: he wanted civilians, not slaves! The people Rick brought could become official residents of Winter Town, and then earn money through work as they did in the past, buy their own houses, etc.
This is a win-win situation for Winter Town and the survivors of the end of the world!
Rick certainly wouldn’t refuse, and he accepted the task very happily.
“Welcome to join Winter Town.”
When Rick agreed to help David recruit people, he became a member of Winter Town. David said that Rick could choose one of the houses that had been built, or find a vacant lot that he liked and build a new home that belonged to him according to his own ideas.
In addition, in addition to receiving weapons as needed, Rick could also learn all kinds of knowledge that Winter Town currently has.
“Including holy light, arcane, shaman, etc.”
Listening to these words David said, Rick seriously doubted that he was not cut out for it, but it didn’t hurt to try, just in case he learned it!
(End of this chapter)