Zhang Yang gripped the sword he had just grabbed in the chaos, his palms sweaty. His expression was slightly grim as he said with some worry, "This is going to be tough. Are we going to have to deal with another one? This one is hard enough, and now another one is coming?"
Jiang Ruan didn't say anything. She hadn't expected such a coincidence, but now that it had happened, being afraid wasn't in her nature.
But now, Zhang Yang obviously can no longer continue the fight, and as for himself, he may not necessarily have a chance of winning.
She casually stuffed the crystal into her pocket, looked up at the rare moonlight, and suddenly remembered something.
"Zhang Yang," she whispered, wiping the blood off the sword with a piece of paper.
Zhang Yang turned his head and saw her focused expression. If he hadn't heard his name, he would have doubted whether she had called him. But he still walked over. He walked so fast that he aggravated the injury on his leg and hissed softly.
"What are your plans?" Seeing her composed expression, Zhang Yang knew she had a plan.
Jiang Ruan sheathed her sword, pointed to the moon overhead, and asked, "Do you know which day the moon is the biggest, roundest, and brightest?"
Without even thinking, Zhang Yang blurted out, "Naturally, it's the 15th and 16th of each month."
Jiang Ruan smiled and continued, "Then do you know what zombies are most afraid of right now?"
"What are you most afraid of?" Zhang Yang thought for a moment. Of course, it was the sunlight during the day! But what did that have to do with moonlight? Nevertheless, he answered first, "Sunlight!"
“That’s right, it’s sunlight.” Jiang Ruan nodded, circled the dead zombie, and clearly saw its skin gradually disappearing under the moonlight.
Zhang Yang peeked over after she pointed at him, and when he noticed, he was completely stunned.
"Is its body disappearing?" he asked uncertainly.
“Yes, it’s disappearing, but not completely. Only the areas illuminated by the moonlight are disappearing. So, do you understand?” Jiang Ruan looked at Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang felt his brain wasn't working properly, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Understand what?"
Jiang Ruan suddenly wondered if it was a mistake to save Zhang Yang and keep him around; this guy was a bit silly.
She's a very stubborn person. Once she saves you and you're willing to come with her, you're her friend for all eternity. She'll never abandon you unless you leave on your own.
So, after a brief sigh, Jiang Ruan explained, "Zombies are afraid of sunlight because light stimulation slows their movements and weakens their strength, making them unable to deal with even a weak ordinary person. Therefore, their survival instinct tells them that they cannot appear in the sunlight and become 'fish meat' to be slaughtered. This is why you can only see them at night."
Zhang Yang nodded. "I know this, you mentioned it before, but this moonlight is..."
Jiang Ruan glanced at the zombie whose body had been mostly gone and continued, "Similarly, moonlight is even more effective. These zombies are mostly from underground. The construction workers were infected with the Y-shaped alien virus and became zombies. Sunlight slows them down, but moonlight will kill them outright."
"For injured zombies, drinking human blood and eating human flesh will neutralize the toxins in their bodies, thereby accelerating their own upgrade. However, moonlight contains a factor called 'Puhua,' which will have a fatal effect on a zombie if it shines on it for more than half an hour."
"Whether it is injured or not, it cannot escape. It will be severely injured until it disappears completely, along with the virus on it."
After saying so much in one breath, Jiang Ruan comforted Zhang Yang, who seemed to understand but not quite, "You don't need to worry. Just know that the two hours from eight to ten o'clock on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival every year are the hope of our human race."
"Okay, I understand. I hope so." Zhang Yang looked up at the moon and nodded heavily.
"No, does that mean all the zombies will disappear today because of the moonlight!" Zhang Yang suddenly thought of a possibility.
Jiang Ruan smiled, her deep dimples making her look very gentle. "How could that be? I knew there wouldn't be many zombies after looking at the moon, but there are always some adventurous ones who don't know their own limitations."
Perhaps there's something that has a fatal attraction for it, otherwise they wouldn't be acting so recklessly. There's probably someone manipulating things behind this.
"Here we go again!" Zhang Yang touched his neck and looked around warily. The zombie that had just roared had disappeared without a response, perhaps sensing the danger and not daring to approach.
In any case, the crisis was averted.
Seeing his nervous look, Jiang Ruan joked, "You really need to protect yourself. Your blood is too attractive to them, just like the relationship between drugs and addicts. It's so dangerous."
"Don't be like that, sis. Can't I just call you sis? Don't scare me. I'm a dreamer, and I'm already suffering enough knowing how horribly I died in my previous life. Don't frighten me anymore; my fragile heart obviously can't take it."
After saying that, Zhang Yang ran back, disappearing as fast as he could without looking back.
Seeing his flustered escape, Jiang Ruan's smile gradually faded.
She looked up at the moonlight, then at the zombie whose body was mostly gone, and a wave of melancholy washed over her.
Moonlight isn't always useful, but what is useful is often irreplaceable. In the previous life, I used up all my supernatural abilities and sacrificed countless lives to achieve final victory.
Now, everything is starting all over again, but Jiang Ruan is happy because the regrets will be made up for, and the possibilities for the future will be reshaped.
She stood quietly in place, motionless, gazing into the distance with the unwavering determination of a statue, contemplating what would happen next.
Because of the bright moonlight, the city was unusually quiet at this time. Everyone was watching and guessing whether the zombie horde had passed and whether humanity's hope had arrived.
But the widespread outbreak the following day shattered their hopes.
The next morning, Wanmei, Zhang Yang, and Li Ming went to pick up Li Ming's parents from the hospital, but they didn't return for a long time.
An Xia checked the time; it was already nine in the morning. Considering the time and distance, they should have been back long ago. She couldn't help but ask Jiang Ruan, since she was the only one who had all three of their contact information. "Ruan Ruan, what happened? Did something happen?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruan turned her gaze back to the phone screen she was clutching tightly in her hand, but the messages she had sent seemed to be swallowed up by an endless abyss, receiving no response.
Every slight vibration stirred something within Jiang Ruan, but when she eagerly unlocked the screen, the empty chat interface filled her with worry.
Suddenly, the cell phone rang; it was Jiang Ruan who had specially requested it for Wan Mei.
She immediately pressed the answer button, but the voice that came through made her heart clench: "Ruan, Jiang Ruan, help!"
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