Chapter 63 Receiving Blessings
Unexpectedly, the top trending topic on Weibo was not "Yunxiang Zombies," but the word "zombie" still appeared.
The top trending topic was "Wuzhou".
Zombies appeared in downtown Wuzhou, almost mirroring the events in Nanhua, where zombies appeared in densely populated areas on a weekday.
However, unlike in Nanhua, people had learned to run away the moment they saw a zombie, and companies that heard the alarm dismissed their employees without hesitation.
Some tragedies were averted, but the casualties were still severe.
Yunxiang is ranked below Wuzhou.
Zombies appeared in two locations simultaneously.
Netizens far away in a safe zone have been making various speculations:
"Wuzhou is very close to Nanhua. Could it be that the zombies from Nanhua have slipped into Wuzhou?"
"Impossible! The military has cleared Nanhua three times, and they can't detect any zombies with their equipment."
"It's possible that it was discovered in Wuzhou a long time ago. Did the military only test Nanhua and not Wuzhou?"
"Even if zombies or infected people have escaped to Wuzhou, why have zombies appeared in such a remote place as Yunxiang?"
"Going back upstairs, perhaps the infected person had a long incubation period and only mutated after returning to Yunxiang?"
"I'm more inclined to believe that someone released the virus."
"Who's so antisocial! Do they want humanity to go extinct?!"
"Don't make wild guesses. The cause of the zombie outbreak hasn't been determined yet. The zombies in Nanhua back then might not have been infected by a virus."
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In short, Lin Xi and netizens shared the same question: How could zombies appear in Yunxiang?
While the surrounding areas were safe, zombies first appeared in Yunxiang, a remote and underdeveloped place.
Lin Xi couldn't find the answer in her memories of her previous lives, because after the zombie outbreak in Nanhua in those lives, it was completely out of control, affecting surrounding areas one after another, and later spreading throughout the country, which must have included Yunxiang.
The Nanhua riots ended prematurely in this lifetime, and many things have changed, making it impossible to summarize them using past experiences.
Based on various accounts, it is highly likely that the infected person had a long incubation period and that the virus mutated after arriving in Yunxiang.
But none of that matters. What matters is that the zombie outbreak has occurred again, and it's very close to Lin Xi.
Lin Xi couldn't help but think to herself: When she was in Nanhua, a zombie outbreak occurred there. She returned to Yunxiang, and the Nanhua riot ended early, but now zombies have appeared in Yunxiang.
I can't help but wonder if this matter has anything to do with me.
Lin Xi took out his binoculars and looked out from his house to check on the situation in the village.
All the doors and windows of every house were tightly shut, and there was no sign of any living person.
Several swaying zombies were scattered in the countryside, wandering aimlessly without any living people to attract them.
Several of them were villagers who had been caught and bitten while watching the bus at the village entrance and did not have time to escape.
I wonder how their families feel when they see this.
Lin Xi's surveillance alarm kept ringing. The footage showed a zombie wandering in Zhang Xiulan's field, trampling the seedlings that Zhang Xiulan had just planted.
Zhang Xiulan must have been both terrified and furious at home.
Lin Xi didn't turn off the alarm; she needed to know immediately if either a zombie or a person appeared near her home so she could take appropriate action.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi suddenly came to her senses:
What should I do? My solution is to hide in a "birdcage," where no one can break through.
This fortress is much sturdier than the one in Nanhua in my previous life, and it has been reinforced with fireproof materials, so she wouldn't be afraid even if bombs were thrown at her house.
Unless an atomic bomb were to blow her up and vaporize her on the spot, Lin Xi couldn't think of any other danger she might be in for the time being.
But she needs to know what's going on around her.
Looking at the scattered zombies, Lin Xi had an idea:
The zombies are so scattered now that they should be easy to take down one by one. If a group of people cover each other and work together, it shouldn't be difficult to clear out the zombies in the village.
But who will do this? During the day, the village is full of middle-aged and elderly people. Everyone is terrified of the zombies, and no one dares to go out.
Realizing this, Lin Xi suddenly felt a weight in her hand. Looking down, she realized she had instinctively picked up a baseball bat.
Subconsciously, she wanted to fight zombies.
Lin Xi shook her head violently, banishing the thought—
Impossible, how could she dare?
No need, she's perfectly safe.
Eliminating the zombies outside was merely a contribution to the villagers, and those were people who were already hostile to her and had no good intentions towards her.
The apocalypse is here again. Who knows how these people's selfishness will be catalyzed in the apocalypse? Kindness under the apocalypse may very well bring disaster upon themselves.
Lin Xi locked the doors and windows tightly.
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At 5 p.m., the zombies in Yunxiang were still wandering around.
Lin Xi couldn't help but wonder why no one came to clear out the zombies when someone had clearly called the police.
This is also being discussed on Weibo, with some analyzing the reasons:
Yunxiang is located in a remote area with a sparse population and relatively weak police force. Without sufficient armed forces, it would be unwise to rashly clear out the zombies.
Even Wuzhou did not launch a clearing operation immediately after the zombie outbreak, but instead mobilized military forces before taking action.
However, due to missing the optimal time, the number of infected people surged, making the eradication more difficult.
Just as Lin Xi was about to close her phone, she received a message from Sweetfish. The customer who had bought her instant food had requested to cancel the order and sent her a message:
"I heard there's been a zombie outbreak in Yunxiang. You need this fast food more than I do right now. I hope you get through this difficult time."
Lin Xi read through the words one by one. This was the first blessing she had received from someone since the apocalypse, and it came from a complete stranger.
Having witnessed so much ugliness in people's hearts during the apocalypse, Lin Xi felt a warmth in her heart and readily agreed to cancel the order.
She felt she needed to have a small celebration, whether for the good fortune of the day or for receiving blessings.
Lin Xi picked a head of lettuce in the yard, took out beef balls, meat rolls, bean curd sheets and vermicelli from the refrigerator, and carried the pot to the second-floor lounge. She finished her hot pot meal while watching a movie on the projector.
After dinner, Lin Xi nestled on the tatami mat and opened her online store account. Due to the renewed zombie outbreak in both locations today, orders for instant food and compressed biscuits had surged.
Lin Xi processed each of the dropshipping orders.
If the zombie outbreak isn't cleared in time and a full-scale outbreak occurs, hopefully these packages can be delivered to everyone before the outbreak.
If the zombies are cleared out quickly, she can withdraw all the commission she earns from each order she places now after the apocalypse ends, preparing for a new life.
That night, Yunxiang was not at peace.
Several vehicles drove back to the village one after another. They were able to move slowly even with their lights off, which showed that the people in the vehicles were not infected and had some knowledge of zombies.
Knowing that zombies are less mobile and have poorer eyesight at night, they turned off their car lights and risked their car overturning into the lotus pond to quietly return to the village. They probably communicated with their families by phone, and someone quietly opened the gate to welcome them back.
Lin Xi also saw people carrying supplies back from the vehicle through the night vision binoculars.
The three cars that returned were filled with young people, including Lin Xi's cousin, Lin Jie.
It seems they plan to take their supplies and families to seek refuge in a less densely populated rural area.
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