Wang Lan and Sun Muchen were both stunned by this scene.
As the ripples spread further and further away, they also faded more and more until they finally disappeared. The sky returned to calm and turned into a blue sky that was turning into night. But the black dot that the bullet had shot out was particularly obvious.
"This sky is fake too."
Old Zhang said, "This seems to be where the final fortress inhabitants live. They have used various technological products to replicate the world before the mutation. There is moonrise and sunset, blue sky and white clouds, and the flowers, trees and plants are unchanged. Everything you see is colorful and you feel warmth. It's exactly the same as before!"
Wang Lan and Sun Muchen listened with a mixture of curiosity and envy.
So... the world before the anomaly was this wonderful?
They were born into darkness and gloom, never knowing that colors could be so dazzling, that sunlight could warm the heart, or that flowers could be so beautiful.
What they felt was not just the coldness of the temperature, but also the coldness of people's hearts. The opposite heat came from the scalding heat of the blood, and the extreme red color of the blood seemed to be the only hue besides the darkness.
Wang Lan and Sun Muchen walked toward a house.
They discovered that in addition to flowers, there were many green plants in the garden in front of the house. Sun Muchen said that they were called green vegetables, which were very different from wild vegetables and tasted much better.
Wang Lan nodded, but his manner was rather perfunctory, because he didn't care much about food. Whether it tasted good or bad, as long as it filled his stomach, that was fine. So, compared to that, he was more interested in seeing what the brightly colored and beautiful house looked like inside.
The moment Wang Lan pushed open the door, she was stunned.
The clean and tidy house exudes an understated luxury. In the center is a bright yellow table with several kinds of fruit and a few cups on it. On the other side is a large sofa with various cooking utensils and a stove.
This house is hundreds or thousands of times better than their little shack!
Wang Lan walked to the sofa and sat down. As his buttocks pressed against the sofa, he leaned back, and an indescribable feeling of being enveloped made him involuntarily let out a low groan.
Sun Muchen was startled and asked, "Brother, are you alright?"
"No, it's nothing..." Wang Lan replied, but the feeling of being so relaxed was so comfortable that he couldn't help himself.
Seeing Wang Lan's blissful expression, Sun Muchen was genuinely puzzled. With a knowing look on his face, he turned and left.
She discovered that the house actually had two floors, so she went upstairs.
There is only one door.
After pushing it away.
Sun Muchen's heart was filled with excitement.
Although the room wasn't large, its all-pink decor immediately touched Sun Muchen's girlish heart.
Especially the several adorable plush toys by the bedside, soft and cuddly, made Sun Muchen love them dearly, while the pink-framed mirror beside the bed made the girl's heart flutter.
Gunshots rang out from outside, startling the brother and sister.
Wang Lan was the first to rush out.
Then they saw several infected corpses lying on the ground.
On the other side, Old Zhang was pointing his gun at the corpse on the ground, with wisps of smoke rising from the muzzle. After Wang Lan came out, Old Zhang put the gun away.
Wang Lan asked, "Where did these infected people come from?"
“They came after me,” Old Zhang said, taking a black bag out of the car and putting it on the ground. “I went over there to find some food, but these infected people found me. I guess they got separated and followed me here.”
Wang Lan walked over and looked at the black bag, asking, "What's this?"
"Food, didn't I tell you?" He opened the bag, revealing all sorts of delicious food and drinks inside, including fried chicken, bread, roast duck, and more—all things Wang Lan had never eaten before, leaving Wang Lan dumbfounded.
Old Zhang introduced the names of the foods to Wang Lan one by one, and finally took out a bottle of red liquid and said, "Have you ever drunk alcohol?"
Wang Lan shook her head.
His mind was entirely on the food!
Old Zhang explained, "This is red wine. I checked the date; it's from 2022. There's also a bottle of baijiu, also from 2022. We'll have some tonight."
Wang Lan was taken aback. "2022? That's even earlier than the anomaly, over a hundred years ago. Isn't that terrible?"
"What's so bad about it?" Old Zhang rolled his eyes at him and said, "The longer the wine is stored, the better. It's rare to find a house here with wine and food, and not many infected people. Let's experience how people lived in the world before the mutation!"
Wang Lan was taken aback, but then a smile appeared on her lips.
He was looking forward to dinner.
It got dark.
Or rather, night has fallen on the fortress.
Above them, a dazzling array of stars shone brightly, obscuring the dead pixels fired by the sniper rifle.
A full moon hangs high among the stars, radiating its bright light.
Several people leaned against the window, looking outside.
The flowers in the garden are covered with ribbons of light, emitting colorful glows.
There were also light strips hanging from the branches, the light flickering on and off, as if the radiance was flowing and falling.
The streetlights are on.
It fell to the ground, illuminating patch after patch of light.
The streetlights were the same color as the lights that illuminated the safe zone from the final fortress, but at this moment, the light appeared soft and warm.
A figure slowly walked through the darkness and stood under a streetlamp.
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