Chapter 3-5 The End of the World/The Man Next Door/Li Chengyi

Bai Zhi spent a week of regular training.

During this period, the screams and cries coming from the downstairs and surrounding residential buildings gradually increased.

A week later at noon, just after lunch, the news channel on TV broadcast a new announcement.

"Fellow citizens, it is very sad to inform you that in the past two weeks, the number of vicious assaults around the world has increased sharply.

"Through quarantine observation, it was found that the bodies of the attackers began to decay over time, and there is currently no way to restore their sanity.

"Some of the victims of the assaults have become rotting beings like the attackers, with no reason and only the ability to injure others violently. The international community currently defines them as 'zombies'.

" "Another part of the surviving victims have developed abilities described in historical legends as 'as strong as an ox, with a thousand-mile hearing, the ability to turn stone into gold, and the ability to call the wind and rain'. The international community currently calls them 'superpowers'.

" "So far, the international community has not reached a consensus on the causes and solutions to the zombie incidents.

"The situation in China is no longer optimistic. Although we are deeply saddened, the Chinese government hereby warns all citizens that zombies have lost their vital signs and rationality and are no longer your relatives or friends.

"Please pick up weapons, protect yourself, stay away from the zombie group, and do not hesitate when facing life threats.

"The zombie's weakness is in the head. Punching a zombie's temple or cutting its neck can make it lose its mobility and attack power. Zombies have poor eyesight and mainly identify directions through sound. This feature can be used when attacking.

"Being bitten or scratched by a zombie may turn you into a new zombie. If the victim does not turn into a zombie immediately, but becomes unconscious or has a fever, he or she may become a mutant.

"The mutants currently observed in the international community include those who have enhanced their strength, vision, and hearing, as well as those who can create water, wind, and fire out of thin air.

"The Chinese government hereby calls on all capable citizens and people with special abilities to join the government's search and rescue team, assist the national army, rescue ordinary people, and deal with corpses.

"Please protect yourself, find daily necessities nearby, and go to temporary resettlement sites according to the arrangements of the government army. No matter what kind of environment you are in, please do not give up hope, the country will not give up any citizen.

"Citizens who cannot save themselves are requested to send their trapped locations through the police phone, police text message message, and government social account message, and hang distress signs on the roof, windows and other outdoor places, and insist on waiting for national rescue.

"Please unite, help each other, fight back bravely, and never give up! "

It is indeed a zombie!

But the government's announcement was much faster and more comprehensive than Bai Zhi had imagined.

In two weeks, not only was there basic information about zombies and superpowers, but also instructions on how to effectively attack zombies. They also established rescue channels and temporary shelters so quickly.

This was much better than she had expected at first.

Just when Bai Zhi was feeling lucky, on the third day after the government's announcement, the community lost power, and that afternoon, the water plant also stopped supplying water. Although

Bai Zhi had stored some water in advance, she planned to use it, and it could only last for another three weeks at most. By then, if the government The army has not yet evacuated or rescued this community. Even if she has not finished her food, she cannot stay at home.

And she cannot live off her savings. When the time comes, she has to keep the last piece of mineral water as equipment to go out and find a new water source.

On the fourth day of the power outage, Bai Zhi was exercising in the living room when she heard the sound of her neighbor going out.

She quickly walked to the screen of the video doorbell.

From the figure and dress of the neighbor next door, it feels like a young man. He is wearing a hat and a mask, so his face is not very clear. He is over 1.8 meters tall and should have a body that works out regularly. , muscular but not big.

Bai Zhi noticed that since the first day after the national announcement, he has been going out early and coming back late every day with an axe. Most of the time, he carries a bag of supplies when he comes back in the afternoon. His clothes and axe are clean, so he should

be quite skilled. He also changes his sportswear every day. Under such conditions, he still attaches so much importance to cleanliness. He should be a bit of a germaphobe.

The other party should know that she is at home, but he would rather go out to find supplies by himself, and did not break her door to rob or threaten her to provide supplies. He should not be a poor and vicious person.

Bai Zhi This is fortunate. She does not expect others to lend her a helping hand, but she also does not want to have bad intentions. It would be best if everyone keeps to themselves.

But human nature is not always what she expected.

A week after the power outage, the neighbor man once again climbed up the stairs from the emergency passage with a large bag of supplies, opened the door opposite and went into the house. As

soon as he closed the door, the iron gate of the emergency passage was opened.

A burly man with a fierce face and holding a kitchen knife, followed by two thin men holding wooden sticks, one of whom looked timid and the other had a sharp-nosed and monkey-faced expression that looked very cunning.

"Which door is it?" The strong man in front asked the thin man with a sharp-nosed and monkey-faced face.

"Brother Liu, I don't know either. I was afraid of being discovered by him, so I just left the door open. But there are only two households on one floor, we can just pick one at random." The pointed-mouthed man smiled flatteringly.

Bai Zhi's heart skipped a beat when she heard the conversation between the two.

It seems that the neighbor man has been going out every day recently, which has attracted their attention. Now seeing him coming back with a large bag of supplies, they are greedy.

Through observation during this period of time, the neighbor man opposite always goes out alone. Either he is alone at home like her, or no one else has the force to go out and protect themselves.

Seeing the three people outside the door coming towards her door, Bai Zhi quickly picked up the hammer and kitchen knife placed beside the door one by one.

She didn't know if this door with a combination lock could withstand the knife attack of the strong man.

If they really broke in by force, she would definitely not end well.

The supplies would be lost. Secondly, in an environment like the end of the world, people's desires and malice will be infinitely magnified by the freedom without order and legal sanctions. For

a woman like her who has some beauty but no self-protection ability, it is too difficult to survive and live with dignity in this end of the world.

Bai Zhi felt a bit of sadness and chill in her heart. In the past two weeks, she has been doing her best to exercise her physical fitness every day, from arm strength, running speed, to endurance. Except for eating and sleeping, she exercises from morning to night every day.

But she also understands that without hot weapons, it is simply a dream to rely on the results of her training in the past few days, and the kitchen knife and hammer in her hand to fight back against the three adult men outside the door, including a strong man holding a kitchen knife.

Bai Zhi was calculating what would happen if the three men outside the door forced their way in.

She should hide somewhere first, or attack from a certain angle, and unexpectedly injure the man in front.

If she was lucky, she could run through the three men before they could react, and then run downstairs through the safe passage she had studied before. Then she could

hide somewhere else in the community.

"What's the matter?"

Bai Zhi watched the three men approaching the door, and suddenly a deep and calm male voice came from the doorbell microphone opposite.

The three men walking towards Bai Zhi stopped in their tracks and turned to look at the opposite side.

The man with the pointed mouth who was walking in the front immediately raised his voice and questioned in a powerful tone, "It was you who went out to look for supplies just now?"

"Well, so what if it was me?" His tone was flat, as if no matter how angry the person outside the door was, it didn't matter to him.

"Don't you know that this building is now under the jurisdiction of me, Brother Liu?" The man with the pointed mouth said, taking the lead and walking towards the opposite door, vigorously patting the security door opposite with his hands.

The sharp-mouthed man: "If you know what's good for you, just hand over all the supplies you just found. If you cooperate, Brother Liu will naturally protect you in the future. Of course, you have to hand over two-thirds of the supplies you find in the future to our Brother Liu!"

"Oh, what if I don't cooperate?" Jian's voice was still light, as if these choking words were not deliberately provocative, but he was really curious.

The sharp-mouthed man: "If you don't cooperate, don't blame us for being rude! This is the end of the world, and there's no way to repair the door you broke open. Brother Liu likes your things because he's giving you face, so don't be shameless!"

The sharp-mouthed man got louder and louder as he spoke, and his tone became more and more angry.

It was as if the person in the door, if he didn't cooperate, would be the one who was disobeying him, not the burly man named Brother Liu who was following behind him.

"Oh, then you don't have to give me face." The man in the brief voice used a gentle and calm tone, as if he was going to argue to the end.

As soon as he said this, Brother Liu, who was standing behind the sharp-mouthed man, felt that his dignity was challenged and his self-esteem was provoked, and he pushed the sharp-mouthed man standing in front of the door away.

Brother Liu: "So much nonsense, you don't want to drink toasts, you want to drink punishments, I wonder how long you can keep being stubborn!"

The sharp-mouthed man: "Brother Liu, show him some color! This kid is too ignorant!"

Brother Liu supported his left hand on the door panel, raised the kitchen knife high in his right hand, and gathered strength to chop the door lock of the security door.

At this moment, a strong white electric light flashed on the security door.

Brother Liu, who was so powerful just now, fell backwards in the blink of an eye and fell to the ground. His limbs were stiff and he kept twitching.

The kitchen knife in his hand also fell vertically.

The pointed-mouthed man standing next to him quickly dodged to the side when he saw the white light.

He avoided Brother Liu's falling body, and thus avoided the kitchen knife that almost hit his feet.

The timid man following behind the two of them, on the contrary, hurried forward to check on Brother Liu's condition.

Man: "Brother Liu? Brother Liu! Are you okay, Brother Liu?"

Brother Liu had already fainted, so naturally he couldn't answer him.

Man: "Brother Wang, what should we do now? Let's take Brother Liu back quickly!"

The timid man looked up at the sharp-mouthed man standing one meter away, wanting him to help lift Brother Liu who was lying on the ground.

The sharp-mouthed man looked at Brother Liu on the ground, then at the tightly closed security door. Although he was unwilling, Brother Liu, the most powerful among them, had fallen. He was just a person who was pretending to be powerful and pulling the tiger's skin to wave the flag. His fighting power was almost zero.

No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't do anything with the door that would discharge electricity.

So he reluctantly helped the other man and worked together to lift Brother Liu from the ground.

The two men struggled to carry him, and left through the emergency passage panting.

Bai Zhi, who was frightened, sat down against the wall in front of the video doorbell screen with weak legs.

Today's experience made her realize a fact clearly.

With her current strength and self-protection ability, it is a fool's dream to want to be a lone ranger in the end of the world.

A young and beautiful girl like her is just walking fat meat for those inhumane wolves and tigers in the end of the world.

When encountering a powerful bad guy, she is like a little lamb falling into the tiger's mouth and unable to resist.

If she wants to protect herself, she can't do it alone.

What she can do is to choose a teammate who has good strength and trustworthy character as soon as possible.

Judging from her limited experience and contact with the outside world during this period, the man who lives across the street is her best and only choice at the moment.

Just like she had observed before, he can find supplies every day when he goes out and come back safely, which shows that he has good intelligence and skills.

He would rather spend time and effort to go out to find supplies, and has never thought of taking the supplies in her house.

Today, he took the initiative to speak and attracted the attention of these three people with ill intentions.

This shows that he is at least a good person with conscience and principles for now.

Although her strength has not improved much through the exercise in the past few days, her running speed is much faster than before.

Although she has no experience and strength in killing zombies, she may not be of much help.

But she will not yell, nor will she hinder the other party's escape.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhi immediately went to the counter and got a bag of rice and a few bottles of mineral water, put them in a shopping bag, and prepared to go to the other party

's house to thank him as a thank you gift for helping her through the crisis. Of course, the most important thing is to use this as an excuse to propose to form a team with the other party, and take the opportunity of the other party opening the door to accept the thank-you gift to find a way to convince the other party.

Bai Zhi changed into sports shoes, took the thank-you gift, opened the door, and closed it.

She walked to the door opposite and rang the neighbor's doorbell.

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Li Chengyi always thought that there was no one next door.

He has moved here for three months and has never met his next-door neighbors.

It was not until one day after the apocalypse that he heard the sound of the door opening next door. Through the video doorbell, he found out that there was a little girl living next door.

Judging from her dress and the exposed skin, she should be quite young, probably a high school student.

He works in investment banking and just changed jobs from another place. The new company is quite busy.

Maybe they have different work and rest time, so they have never met.

At that time, watching the screen, the little girl wearing a mask with only a pair of big eyes exposed, opened the door lightly, looked around cautiously, like a meerkat, he thought it was a little funny. After

the government announcement, he stayed at home for a long time and found out that it was not because of the different work and rest time that he missed the time to go out.

It was because the little girl had never gone out.

He reasonably inferred that the time he saw the little girl peeking out might be the only time she went out.

After getting the superpower, although his hearing was not as good as that of people with hearing superpowers like Qianli'er, he could still hear the movements next door clearly.

Therefore, he knew that the little girl was alone at home. He

also knew how she was scared and helpless at the beginning, muttering every day, "Zombies are so scary, how can I beat them!"

"Save me, save me, can you make the zombies unable to see me! Fighting face to face with zombies is too disgusting!"

How she spent time training and encouraging herself every day to grow to what she is now.

He led the three people outside to his door today, not to be a hero saving a beautiful woman, because the other party came for his supplies, and he just didn't want to hurt innocent people.

But he was not a kind-hearted person, and he didn't intend to take the safety of other people's lives on his shoulders just because the other party was weak.

The end of the world is cruel. If she can't be strong on her own, she has no value to become a teammate, and she is not lucky enough to get superpowers.

Then dying at the beginning of the end of the world may be the most merciful thing.

Girls of her age, the younger and more beautiful, the more fragile and pure they are, the more they can arouse the greed and sadism of those evil people.

So, when he heard the little girl next door open the door, walk to his door, and ring the doorbell, Li Chengyi had already decided not to get involved with her too much.

Turning on the microphone, "Hello, what can I do for you?"

Bai Zhi's heart skipped a beat when she heard the other party's calm and even somewhat cold tone.

It's over, Barbie Q.

The other party rejected your advances and turned on the difficult social mode.

Bai Zhi still wanted to fight.

"Hello, I live next door. I'm really grateful for your help just now. I prepared some food and water as a thank you! Although it's not much, I hope you can accept it."

"You're welcome, I just did what I should do."

Li Chengyi himself had no shortage of supplies, and he didn't want the little girl's things.

"No, I will feel bad if I do that. I just want to thank you in

person." This was the first time Bai Zhi did something so shameless. If it wasn't for this excuse to thank you, she really wanted to disappear into the cracks in the ground.

After Bai Zhi finished speaking, she waited for a while before the neighbor man opened the door.

The action was too sudden and he almost bumped into her!

Wait? !

Why is this perspective so weird?

No matter how short she is, she can't look up at his knees!

And the way he looks at her is so weird?

What is he looking for?

She is so big, can't he see? !

"Hey, what are you looking for?"

Bai Zhi just spoke, and saw the man's sharp eyes fixed on her.

Her back stiffened.

But after looking carefully, he felt that the other person's eyes and expressions were very calm, and the horror just now should be an illusion caused by her being too timid.

"...You, are a superpower?"

Li Chengyi was confused for a moment because the little girl on the video doorbell screen said something that he had to thank him in person, and then suddenly disappeared.

Moreover, she did not make any sound after she disappeared, not even the sound of breathing.

He was wondering if he had misjudged her dangerousness and deceptiveness, or maybe the door outside was a trap for her? He

was also worried that she just had an accident. He hesitated

for a while whether to meddle in other people's business and find out what happened, so he opened the door a little later.

In the end, there was nothing at the door except a piece of white paper.

He looked around, and there was no one in the corridor.

It is not impossible to disappear from the blind spot of the video doorbell, just stick close to the corner between his door and the corridor.

But when he opened the door, there was nothing.

Just when he was feeling strange, Bai Zhi's puzzled voice came.

Because of the enhanced hearing of psychics, he locked her position in an instant.

But something even more surprising happened.

The place where the voice came from was actually that piece of white paper!

What's going on?

Is this her psychic ability? This

is the first time he has seen such a psychic.

"Superpower?"

Who?

She?

Is she a psychic?

Is it true?

"I am a superpower? How do you know? What is my superpower?"

Bai Zhi didn't care about his rude behavior. Her mind was filled with "I actually have superpowers!!!"

Bai Zhi was thinking, could it be that the neighbor has the ability to see through other people's unawakened superpowers?

"... Don't you know?"

Li Chengyi was choked by her tone of surprise and doubt, which was even more surprising and doubtful than his.

He took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket, turned on the camera, switched to the front camera, bent down, and handed it to Bai Zhi.

At first, Bai Zhi was confused by his silent series of actions.

But when she saw the picture in the camera clearly, she was stunned!

Where is she? ? ? ? ? ? ?

What is this?

Is this a piece of white paper? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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