Chapter 99 A family of three is gone
Perhaps because the temperature was too low, the boy's body was well preserved. Apart from turning black and purple, there was almost no other change.
Before he died, he was only wearing a thin sweatshirt. When he went out, he even felt hot, probably because he was anxious.
The whole thing was frozen into a sculpture.
He was seen tilting his head back, one hand reaching upwards with all his strength, while the other hand was tightly holding a plastic bag.
The bag was frozen into an ice block and it was impossible to tell what was inside.
But when he saw the bag in the boy's hand, Yu Anfu spat out a mouthful of blood.
His already weak body looked even less vibrant.
Yu Anfu stroked the boy's cold face and said with a smile, "You have been close to your mother since you were little. Maybe you found out she was gone and you were afraid she wouldn't be able to look after you, so you followed her. That's good, it's good this way. You two are together, and Daddy feels relieved. Come on, Daddy will take you home now. Mommy is waiting for us at home."
As he spoke, he could no longer hold back and burst into tears, hugging the cold child in his arms.
The crying was desperate and sad, and everyone present was moved.
Even Xu Sichen, who had seen and heard much worse in his previous life, couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when faced with such despair and grief.
Guo Jianhua wanted to step forward and say a few words of advice, but in the end he was choked with sobs and couldn't say a word.
The sudden drop in extreme cold is most dangerous for those who are unprepared and still working hard outside.
The extreme cold will eat away at their defenseless and unprepared bodies.
Before their brains even realize it, their bodies begin to lose temperature rapidly and become stiff.
After they realized what was happening, they tried to escape with all their strength, but their limbs were stiff and they moved slowly.
If you are lucky, you may be able to find shelter in the nearest house. As long as you leave this water area, there may still be a glimmer of hope.
Unfortunately, this body of water is a burial ground. If you fall into the water, there is almost no chance of survival.
At this moment, countless corpses must be frozen under this turbid and unclear ice layer.
Those who go out at night for various reasons, especially frogmen who work at night, almost all die in the water.
When the ice is broken and this ice area turns back into water, countless corpses will float to the surface...
Xu Sichen was even a little reluctant to recall that scene.
After a long time, the crying gradually stopped, Yu Anfu was raised up, and everyone heard a slight tearing sound.
When I looked up, I saw that his face was covered in blood.
It turned out that his cheek, which was pressed against the child's face, was frozen tightly without him noticing. When he raised his head, the skin on his face was torn off by the coldness from the child's body.
It was just that it was too cold, and the blood on his face had seeped out of his body, so he froze.
"Lao Yu, you..." Guo Jianhua was startled.
Yu Anfu seemed to feel no pain at all. He stood up and was about to pick up the child. While he was turning his hands back and forth, the cold ice tore off another layer of flesh from his gloved hands.
But the frozen child became heavier and harder than before, and no matter how many times he was picked up, he still couldn't be lifted.
The people present finally couldn't bear to watch it anymore and stepped forward to help.
But Yu Anfu refused.
"Thank you, I can do it myself. I can do it. I promised my son that I would bring him home myself."
But obviously he can't.
He used all his strength to pick up the child, but before he could move forward, he fell down heavily.
The child's body was about to fall to the ground, but Xu Sichen reached out and held it up first. However, the hand holding the bag broke when it touched the ground.
"Ah! Xiaohui, my Xiaohui!" Yu Anfu threw himself on the child, crying loudly, "Xiaohui, I'm sorry, it's Daddy who is useless. Daddy is a waste. He couldn't take care of you and your mother when he was alive, and he can't protect you after he dies. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
As he said this, he raised his hand and was about to slap himself hard.
But as soon as he raised his hand, he froze.
Several people came forward and surrounded them worriedly.
"Old Yu! The child is gone, you must..." Guo Jianhua just put his hand on Yu Anfu's shoulder, and saw Yu Anfu fall straight down.
He fell on his son's body.
"Old Yu!" Guo Jianhua shouted, but Yu Anfu was already dead.
Several people were immediately frightened and looked at the bodies of the father and son in silence for a long time.
In just one day and one night, the family of three was gone.
They were a little sad, but more of them felt empathy for the disaster.
Yu Anfu's family died, and more people they knew and didn't know were also gradually dying.
In this apocalyptic purgatory, how long can those who are still alive hold on?
"Is there anyone else in their family?" Xu Sichen's clear and calm voice woke up the few people who were still confused.
Guo Jianhua murmured, "Old Yu was transferred here a while ago for work reasons. His wife is a local, but I don't know if there's anyone else in his wife's family."
In other words, after the death of their family of three, there was no one to help them deal with their afterlife.
Although it won’t be long before more and more people die, no one will care whether there is anything after death.
But now, everyone is still in a state of fear of life and death, and has not yet realized the horror of the end of the world. They really can't bear to leave people here.
Forget about hospitals and funeral homes.
We can’t even take care of the living now, let alone the dead.
It's not realistic to dig a hole and bury them. The soil is probably frozen solid now and can't be dug.
After discussing it, they decided to send Yu Anfu and his son home so that the three of them could be reunited.
After all, it's freezing cold and the corpse won't rot.
As for what happens next, it depends on whether Yu Anfu and Yue’s family will come looking for him.
Several of them helped send the family back home.
It's in the community, not too far away.
When they entered Building No. 1, they heard crying sounds coming from many people's homes. Thinking of what Guo Jianhua said, that most of the elderly people in Building No. 1 died at night, they became even more silent.
The door was opened using Yu Anfu's fingerprint.
The temperature inside and outside the room is almost the same.
They found Yu Anfu's wife lying on the bed in the master bedroom, and then placed Yu Anfu and his son side by side next to her.
If this happened in a peaceful and prosperous era, such a scene would definitely be terrifying and appalling.
But now, all they have in their hearts is sadness and worry.
Worrying about what more terrible disasters will befall this man-eating apocalypse.
Worrying about how far I and my family will go in the future.
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