Chapter 25
Xunyou finally spoke. He didn't refute, but just asked: "How do you know?"
Dong Xuancai said in a heavy tone: "I encountered it." He briefly recounted what happened that day.
Xunyou was more curious than the zombies Dongxuancai had described so vividly, but he was also curious about the two kindhearted individuals he had mentioned briefly. Being able to kill zombies meant they were quite skilled, and perhaps they could help him.
It’s a pity that Dongxuancai didn’t know where they went.
Xunyou felt a little melancholy, but soon recovered. There were many people in the base, and he would definitely be able to find many talented people.
Xunyou: "What I said is related to this zombie, but not entirely about this matter."
Not exactly?
Are there other types of mutated zombies?
Dong Xuancai thought a lot. He was worried that the zombies might mutate in multiple directions, which would make things even more difficult.
Xunyou still didn't say anything specific, and Dongxuancai was also thinking about other things. However, he did agree to go with him, but instead of returning to Tianhe Base, he would go to another base.
It doesn't matter which base we go to.
It's good as a base.
…
Xunchun woke up and his head no longer hurt.
He stood up and patted his clothes, which were covered with dew. Looking at the sky, it was already the next morning. He had been unconscious outside all night, but fortunately nothing happened.
He didn't find Xunyou, so he didn't know how Dengdeng was doing.
Xunchun remembered the way and took a shortcut back home.
The gate was wide open, and the house was silent. Xunchun felt a sudden surge of panic, a feeling of something was amiss. He hurried inside, checking every corner. Xu Zhou wasn't there, nor was Xun You. The house looked exactly as it had been the day before he left.
The swing in the yard swayed gently in the wind, and Xunchun stood under the eaves.
In a flash, more flowers exploded before my eyes.
It is the continuation of the day.
He relaxed a little, and the flower exploded, indicating that she was now safe.
…
When Xu Zhou woke up, she saw the roof of the car. She closed her eyes, opened them again, and it was still the roof. She resigned herself to sitting up, but before she could get up, the car jolted and she lay back down, hitting her head.
"Hiss." She rubbed the back of her head.
There were five teenagers squatting near the rear of the car, and they all saw Xu Zhou's actions.
One of the short-haired girls came over and reached out to tug at the corner of her clothes. Seeing Xu Zhou looking over, the short-haired girl motioned her to be quiet.
It was then that Xu Zhou noticed there were five other people in the carriage: three men and two women. They looked young, about Xunyou's age, and all very thin. The short-haired girl who had tugged at her clothes had a dense mass of tiny red dots on the back of her hand.
Before Xu Zhou could see clearly, the short-haired girl withdrew her hand and squatted back.
Xu Zhou nodded to the short-haired girl, carefully stood up, and squatted like them. She craned her neck to look at the front of the van.
There was a door at the front of the van, locked from the front. There was a small glass window on the door, which was blurry and dirty. Xu Zhou looked through the small window and saw the front clearly.
At the front were the driver and co-pilot seats, and towards the back were a row of three seats. Four men sat in a five-seat car.
Xu Zhou's curious movements were reflected in the central rearview mirror and were seen by the man in the second row on the left. He knocked on the window and said in a stern tone: "What are you looking at? If you look again, I will dig your eyes out."
The man suddenly came closer, and in front of the glass window was his large face. There was a scar running diagonally from his left eyebrow to the right corner of his mouth, and his eyes were fierce.
The sight was so strong that Xu Zhou's pupils shrank slightly and she fell to the ground. The man knocked on the window again. She lowered her head and moved to the left of the short-haired girl.
The system in my mind that shared the perspective of the next day screamed: "Ahhhhhh why did he suddenly rush out? I was scared to death."
Seeing Xu Zhou behaved himself, the man pointed at the others and said, "Don't think I'm only talking about her. You too, behave yourself."
When they met the man's gaze, the others lowered their heads, hugged themselves tightly, and dared not make a sound.
The man then turned back with satisfaction.
The long-haired man sitting on the right patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Our third child still has such a bad temper. We should be gentler with children."
The long-haired man turned his head and looked towards the rear carriage.
Xu Zhou was a little curious, so he leaned against the car wall and glanced up quietly. He happened to meet the long-haired man's half-smile. He raised his left eyebrow, curled up the corner of his mouth, and smiled strangely, which made Xu Zhou feel uneasy and his hair stood on end.
Rubbing her arms, she quickly lowered her head, determined not to be curious anymore.
The system experienced another shock: "Oh my god, this smile is so ugly."
"Go away," the scarred man replied, "it's none of your business."
A gloating voice came from the passenger seat: "Old Five, you're being scolded again."
"You get out too." The scarred man shot indiscriminately.
"Hey, second brother, you can't do it either." Now it was the long-haired man's turn to laugh.
"Alright, Third Brother," the driver said, "You two too, keep quiet, we're about to go on a roller coaster."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a loud "bang" and the van shook violently. Xu Zhou lost her balance and leaned forward, with her left body hitting the front door of the van. Before she could come to her senses, the vehicle accelerated again, and she fell backwards due to inertia and hit the girl with short hair.
The short-haired girl had very little flesh on her body, all bones, and both of them were hit by bones. Xu Zhou was too heavy, and the impact was too strong. The short-haired girl couldn't bear it and was forced to fall backwards, bumping into the curly-haired boy next to her. The curly-haired boy hit the back door and let out a muffled groan.
Seeing this, Xu Zhou quickly moved forward and grabbed the protruding part in front of the door.
She apologized quietly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
The short-haired girl said in a hoarse voice: "It's okay."
"Something's wrong," the curly-haired boy obviously knew the short-haired girl. He glared at her and scolded her in a low voice, "You've bitten your lip and you still say it's okay."
"Ah," Xu Zhou felt even more guilty. She had nothing on her. "I'm sorry..."
The short-haired girl shook her head and told the curly-haired boy to stop talking.
Xu Zhou silently grabbed the protruding part and swore in his heart that he would never bump into the girl with short hair next time.
The bumpy ride was caused by encountering several zombies on the road. The van rushed over and crushed them, leaving a pile of body parts on the road.
The co-pilot praised: "Boss, your driving skills are really good. Not a single one was left alive. Everything was smashed into pieces."
The driver was nonchalant: "These zombies are nothing to worry about. They're slow to react when they see people, stupid, and can't stand collisions. And they have to be..."
Long-haired man: "Everything is easy for the boss."
The four men behind didn't say anything.
Xu Zhou was furious when she heard this. The zombies that died in the van were obviously zombies that would not attack humans. Not even a complete body was left. How tragic it was. As a zombie, she felt sad just thinking about it.
The system pointed out the facts: "Ally, you are a zombie, but they are not. In the eyes of humans, zombies did attack them."
Xu Zhou was startled by what he heard.
She realized too late that she had adapted to her zombie identity too quickly and had fallen into a misunderstanding.
"Why am I criticizing humans who are being attacked by zombies?"
"Because you've accepted zombies."
A sense of identity made Xu Zhou start to lean towards the zombies. Of course, it was also because she had never truly experienced the chaos of the apocalypse and had not felt the harm brought by zombies. In addition, she knew that zombies could be good or bad, so she naturally felt sad for the zombies that did not attack humans being hit by cars.
Kind nature.
The system gave earnest advice.
Xu Zhou didn't know if she'd heard it, but she remembered the system being frightened: "System, how could you be frightened too? Are high-tech products so timid?"
The system smiled: ...it doesn't need to bother with her.
Also, it was just a coincidence that those two people were able to scare it. Coincidence, understand?!
It is a high-tech product that has performed at least dozens of tasks and has become commonplace.
The system is disdainful.
The more the system thinks about it, the more concerned it becomes.
The system retorted: "You are the timid one. You were so scared that you sat on the ground."
Xu Zhou ignored the system and completed today's reward task first to report to Xunchun that he was safe.
Just now, through the small window, she saw the sky outside and the unfamiliar road. It was obvious that they had left Loujiang Town. She was in trouble. Not only did she not find Xunyou, she also didn't know where she would be taken.
This time it was really miserable.
The system checked the navigation: "This road goes west. The nearest city ahead is Chiusi."
Chiusi City.
Xu Zhou had heard of this city, but she had never been there in the old days.
I only remember that a school in Qiuxi City was in the news. A well-known charity organization donated 100 million yuan to the school in order to improve the living conditions of the students. Later, it was exposed by enthusiastic people that the school leadership had embezzled the donations. The living conditions of the students in the video did not get better, and even got worse. They also suffered inhumane treatment, and many students jumped to their deaths.
After the incident was exposed by public opinion, it caused widespread outrage. Information about the relevant leaders was all over the internet. They received countless threatening messages and received dead rats and other terrifying things in the mail. Even their families were not spared. Ultimately, the relevant leaders were dismissed and the donations were recovered.
The new leadership, in an interview with city reporters, said they had offered to return the donation, but the charity refused. The charity doubled its donation, hoping the new leadership would truly improve students' living conditions. The new leadership accepted the donation and posted a video online showing the improvements, showing the school's renovations and students beaming with joy.
The ending is happy.
Unexpectedly, two years later, the situation took a turn.
After the charity's first donation, the former leadership embezzled the funds. The dismissed leaders were recent appointees. They had previously led a school in an impoverished village in Qiuxi City, dedicating themselves to the students there. Their placement in a particular school was arranged by the city.
Just a few days after taking office, so-called philanthropists exposed the embezzlement of donations. With the push behind the scenes, they became scapegoats, suffered cyber violence, and repaid the donations out of their own pockets.
The new leadership colluded with the previous leadership and embezzled the initial donations and the subsequent donations in the next two years. The videos they filmed were of other schools and the students were from other schools.
The video exposed by enthusiasts shows the actions of the former leadership. All those implicated in this incident are accomplices, shielding the original evil from their power. This drama is also due to charities tracking donations.
Even more worrying is that a certain school, a special education institution, was led by its leadership and staff, who were complicit in the persecution, and the students with special needs there were all doomed. They did resist, but the school's original motto was to provide a warm home for students with special needs, so they admitted students whose families had no power or influence and were therefore unable to cause any trouble.
How could the evil of a certain school continue for so long?
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