Chapter 8 The Zombies Are Coming
Lin Xi now lives in an old commercial building in an urban village. It was a 100-square-meter apartment on the third floor of the top floor that her parents bought at a cheap price when they came to Nanhua to develop their careers.
Later, the residents of the urban village came up with their own way to renovate the attic. Lin's parents also renovated their rooftop into a four-story attic, so Lin Xi's house can be considered a duplex.
As soon as she entered her home, Lin Xi locked all the doors and windows, drew the curtains, and then curled up on the sofa with her phone in her pocket to check her messages.
In her previous four lives, she was always in the epicenter of the zombie outbreak and had no time to study the process of the outbreak. Now that she has safely arrived home and has nothing else to do, she might as well study the information from various sources.
Messages scrolled extremely fast in a certain group:
-It has already spread to Zone C.
-【picture】
-I saw my classmate turn into a zombie /crying.JPG
- I can't believe zombies actually exist, am I dreaming?
I'm trapped in the electrical distribution room of the Huaxi Building, help!
At the same time, Lin Xi received a city-wide text message:
Dear citizens, our city is currently facing unprecedented difficulties. Please do not panic. Prepare sufficient food and water, lock doors and windows, and await rescue. In case of emergency, please call: xxxxxxxxx.
The company group chat exploded. The building had just been breached, and the employees upstairs, unaware of the situation, were still alive. They only knew that the stairwells were congested and they couldn't go downstairs, so they all asked in the group what had happened on the first floor.
My lucky colleague sent me a few blurry pictures of zombies with bright 24K eyes and mouths full of blood, looking extremely ferocious.
The thought of almost everyone in that building being wiped out sent chills down Lin Xi's spine, and she immediately left the group chat.
She got up and peeked downstairs through the gap in the curtains. People who hadn't gone home yet or were out grabbing supplies were still running around frantically, but soon the streets were deserted, and every household had its doors and windows tightly locked.
The calm continued until nightfall, when the crimson twilight enveloped the dilapidated buildings of the old town, casting exceptionally long shadows.
The once bustling urban village suddenly fell silent, the entire street deserted, prematurely entering a deathly stillness of the apocalypse.
Lin Xi watched nervously all afternoon, her stomach growling with hunger, and finally remembered that she was still a living person who needed to eat.
Opening the refrigerator, there was only a carton of fresh milk in the crisper drawer and a box of frozen dumplings in the freezer. Because she often works overtime and eats at the company, and on holidays she either goes out to eat or orders takeout, she almost never cooks at home and has very little food stored.
Lin Xi opened the frozen dumplings and took out four.
She was so stressed today that she skipped lunch. Even though food is scarce, eating four frozen dumplings for two meals in a row is just too heartbreaking!
So I took out two more and put them on the plate.
Then she thought, if the zombies really spread to District D, she would have to stay at home for a long time. How many days would her little bit of food last?
So they put the three back.
Three dumplings were bubbling and churning in the pot. Lin Xi drew back the curtains and looked out. She could see a few lights on in the house, and it was gradually becoming more lively.
Because the zombies haven't reached Zone D yet, the area is calm and peaceful.
After eating three dumplings to barely ward off her hunger, Lin Xi took a shower, changed into clean pajamas, and went into her room.
It's exactly 7:00 PM now. Usually at this time, she would still be working overtime at the company, waiting to go home and snuggle up in bed watching TV shows.
But she's not in the mood right now.
She opened the Big Eyes blog, which had been down for an afternoon due to breaking news, and was now back online, with various videos and pictures that hadn't had time to be censored spreading.
The comments below expressed fear and anxiety, hoping the government would send troops to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Several other comments also included stories of relatives and friends who had tragically died.
Lin Xi suddenly realized that her parents were no longer alive. They had died so many times before, and she probably didn't even have anyone who cared about her anymore.
Lin Xi's parents passed away early, leaving her two houses. One was a house in the countryside with a detached yard, but it had been uninhabited for many years and was in a dilapidated state. The other was the old commercial housing in the urban village of Nanhua D District, where Lin Xi now lives.
Lin Xi lives alone on the third floor of this house, including the attic. The space is huge, and if she had started stockpiling supplies earlier, she could have stored a lot and survived for several years without any problem.
But now prices have skyrocketed several hundred times, and Lin Xi spent almost half of her savings to buy that little bit of food.
Lost in thought about these regrettable things, Lin Xi drifted off to sleep in a state of bewilderment.
In the middle of the night, a scream pierced the sky above District D.
Lin Xi was startled awake. She tiptoed to the window as quietly as possible and looked down through the gap in the curtains.
Only a few scattered people were seen walking on the main road, or rather, those weren't people—
They move slowly and have stiff bodies; they are zombies.
After half a day, the zombies have finally spread to Sector D!
Lin Xi was suddenly wide awake and anxiously watched the situation through the gap in the curtains.
The number of zombies on the street gradually increased, growing from just a few to a huge line that almost filled the street below Lin Xi's building. The number was astonishing!
Lin Xi closed the curtains and retreated back into bed.
In her previous lives, her activities were limited to the vicinity of the company building in Zone B, and she was unaware of the situation outside. She never expected that so many people would be infected with zombies in a single day.
The news on Green Bubble never stopped, with videos and images of zombies circulating in various groups. "The hashtag #NanhuaZombie has been trending on social media and never left."
The casualties in Nanhua were heavy in a single day, and many netizens said they had lost contact with their relatives and friends in City A and did not know if they were safe.
But in this era of advanced communication, everyone is inseparable from their mobile phones. To let others know that you are safe, you just need to send a message. If you can't get in touch, the worst is probably to come.
Lin Xi also received greetings from friends who were not in Nanhua. Even acquaintances who never chatted and only liked each other's posts on social media sent her greetings out of curiosity and asked about her situation.
Because people find it hard to believe in the existence of zombies, even after seeing many zombie images, they still need to ask acquaintances for confirmation.
Lin Xi did not reply, and like any other weekend spent at home, she lay in bed watching dramas and variety shows, occasionally checking online news.
It is said that the first place where the zombie outbreak occurred was Hongwen Hospital in Zone B. Because yesterday was a weekday, the population density in the office buildings in Zone B was extremely high. Not only were people caught off guard, but they also did not have enough time to escape, and the entire Zone B fell.
Lin Xi was both relieved that she had survived with an hour to escape and grateful for the choices she had made in her previous lives—
Even if she doesn't turn into a zombie, she'll die at the hands of most zombies like everyone else, so it's better for her to die sooner and be reborn sooner.
However, there is an exception, and that exception is Lu Wei, who took three lives from her corpse.
Not only did he not turn into a zombie, he also successfully killed countless zombies single-handedly, scaring a nobody into obediently going home to take refuge, too afraid to turn into a zombie.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi gritted his teeth in hatred. Although zombies were ugly, they didn't have to worry about hunger like they do now.
What kind of days have I been living these past few days?
Suffering from hunger and insufficiency, she lost 6 pounds in just one week.
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