I've Come Back After Being Reborn

Jiang Heng's interest changed again.

But in general, there are not many anymore, and I still like to chat with Fang Yuan every day, and I still like to talk about all kinds of things in the end.

It's just that the current topic is not so rambling, but has become a very central idea-have you found the fate of leaving without saying goodbye today?

As if he had forgotten long ago, his goal at the beginning was not to find Fang Yuan in the memories he woke up every day, but to find the crux of his heart disease.

The things he said every day are no longer just new and impressive things, but some very iconic events for the timeline of the end.

"Do you remember that year, a certain town full of zombie corpses?"

"Remember, it was done by a team of supernatural beings. It is said that they don't bring anyone who has no combat effectiveness. The team is small, but they are very powerful. Wherever they go, they will wipe out many zombies."

Upon receiving a response like this, Jiang Heng would laugh happily, "When the news spread, we happened to be nearby to help clean up the corpses of the zombies."

Fang Yuan lowered his head and peeled macadamia nuts, "I was far away from that. When the elite team cleaned up the zombies in the town, I hid in one of the basements."

This is the fifth year after the end.

He happened to have no team to accept him at the time, so he could only follow behind such an elite team, for fear of being discovered, and even more afraid of following too far and straying into a place with too many zombies.

Later, Jiang Heng remembered something new,

"Do you remember that there was a vision in the sky one spring?"

"Remember, the total solar eclipse is just a total solar eclipse. If it is placed now, it probably won't cause so many people to discuss it nervously."

Jiang Heng cut a bowl of watermelon for him, and handed it over, "I was in the room at first, and I didn't notice it. My teammates called me, so I went to see it."

Fang Yuan took it, ate a piece, and nodded, "I saw it directly. At that time, I was on the roof of a building without a flashlight, so I was very impressed."

This is the sixth year after the doomsday.

He went to the top of the building just to see if there was any remaining rainwater that could be filtered and drank, but it suddenly became dark and he didn't dare to move for several hours.

"Do you remember one winter when it snowed so heavily?"

"Remember, the blizzard lasted for several days, and it was completely impossible to see where the road was."

This is after the end, the seventh year.

Fang Yuan fell silent. The seventh year was the last year of his life.

It was also in this year that he was trapped in the cave and wanted to wait for the snow to stop to go out, but he never got the chance to go out.Beyond the slipping mud and sand, there is an ice layer of unknown thickness.

Fang Yuan smiled and changed the subject, "I also dreamed about the past last night."

Jiang Heng showed a slightly surprised look, "Really? Didn't you say that your dreams are always the same scene, which is very boring?"

"It's not anymore." Fang Yuan said honestly, "It's starting to change, it's not the same as before."

"What?"

"How should I put it, it's quite noisy." Fang Yuan recalled the previous dream and shook his head, "Just like when I usually sit outside at the tea stand, I can see all kinds of scenery, and the scenery is different every day .”

"That's pretty good too," Jiang Heng nodded approvingly, "Maybe one day, we'll all be able to sleep without dreams. It's said that this is the sign of a real good sleep."

A night without dreams.

Fang Yuan thought about it seriously, if he could bid farewell to that dream from now on——

If it could, it would indeed be great.

"I never thought..."

He thought that the nightmare in the cave would accompany him for the rest of his life no matter how it changed.

"So, what kind of scene did you dream about?"

"Hmm..." Fang Yuan looked into Jiang Heng's eyes, and put on a trick again, "If you find me later, I'll tell you."

"I've been looking for it for three years..."

Jiang Heng sighed for a long time, chased after him and begged for mercy, coaxing him to speak directly with all kinds of benefits and good words.

As a result, this time, Fang Yuan did not let go.

"Tell me first, what happened to your team after that?"

There was no way, Jiang Heng had no choice but to return to the previous mode and report the new routine every day.

He said that in the seventh year, their team was trapped in heavy snow for a week, and the weather warmed up before moving on, and then returned to D Capital.

Also, in the eighth year, the number of zombies has been greatly reduced, but there are still a lot of strong ones that are difficult to eradicate. But the good news is that after the heavy snowfall, shelters for the whole people in various cities have been built.

This time, the refuge is different from the previous ones. As long as they are alive, they can enter to seek help, and they will no longer select people to move in, or refuse to accept people because they are worthless.

In the ninth year, Jiang Heng still did not stop searching, but he visited all the shelters in the country, and there was still no trace of Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan returned to the original dream, waiting alone in the quiet, dark and cold cave, without hearing any sound, without waiting for any rescue, approaching death step by step.

No one would find him, he thought.

When I looked up, even the small hole where birds would pass by was blocked by weeds and mud.

This is how he ended up.

"I will definitely find you."

In the early morning, Jiang Heng was as sure as ever. He seemed to have realized, or rather guessed, something, his smile was less, and his mind was often distracted.

Fang Yuan persuaded him, "In that era, even the Internet hadn't been fully restored, so it was of course difficult to find someone in a sea of ​​people, not to mention that we didn't even have names..."

"I know your name!"

"..."

"Although you... walked away in a hurry at the time, in order to find you later, I asked someone for your name."

Jiang Heng bowed his head, and finally told the truth that he had been hiding for a long time, "I already knew your name, I used your name to find you, name, appearance, height, I didn't just search randomly, so I will definitely find you."

In the tenth year, people gradually recovered from the blow of the apocalypse, and the population was much smaller, but there were no longer a large number of people dying of infection.

They began to count those who lost their lives, count the numbers, and write the names of all the victims on stone tablets everywhere.

Fang Yuan woke up at five or six o'clock. Since a while ago, he has been sleeping very little. After waking up, he has nothing to do, so he sneaks into the warehouse and counts the items in stock one by one.

Food, water, daily necessities, first aid, weapons...

Waking up and looking at them is probably much better than reminiscing about the feeling of dying in a dream.

He looked at the wine on the shelf, was stunned for a while, and then started talking to himself.

"If only I could forget about it..."

He should forget that memory and let everything go well.

He should really live in the modern society, in the peaceful age, instead of allowing himself to stay in the shadow of the end times.

For example, get out of this house and look around, for example, meet some new people, get in touch with new things, update your mobile phone, install a broadband for the house...

Like the day he walked into a musical instrument store to replace a broken string.

Fang Yuan picked up the violin, saw that it was still early, went out to the backyard, and slowly pulled the strings.

Hurrying footsteps sounded from behind, Fang Yuan just pulled out the second syllable, turned around, and saw Jiang Heng running all the way, panting.

"Did I wake you up?"

Jiang Heng looked at him, walked over step by step, stood in front of him, and shook his head.

"Did you find me?"

Jiang Heng's eyes were red, and he opened his mouth, almost speechless.

Fang Yuan put down the piano, raised his head slightly, and looked at him seriously, "Where is it?"

"...Mountain." Jiang Heng's breathing was unsteady, and he pronounced it with difficulty, "In the cave, there is a person."

"Isn't it ugly and scary?"

"No, it's much better than mine, it looks like I'm asleep." Jiang Heng said, his voice getting lower and lower, and finally couldn't help it, pulled him into his arms, and hugged him tightly, "I'm sorry ……Sorry for the waitting."

"The entrance to the cave...is it open?"

"Ah."

Fang Yuan suddenly became sleepy.

It seemed that the sleepiness accumulated for many days rushed up in an instant.

Jiang Heng took him back to the house, and there was a drizzle outside, with the sound of pattering on the awning.

This kind of weather is very suitable for a good night's sleep.

When turning over, Jiang Heng was still guarding beside his bed, sitting quietly.

"I dreamt of you……"

Jiang Heng leaned close to his ear, carefully lowered his voice and asked him, "What did you dream about me?"

Fang Yuan stopped talking and fell into a deeper sleep.

In the dream, the hole was finally opened, and a man wearing a mask came in and said he kept you waiting.

Fang Yuan stood up, as if he had expected this, grabbed his hand and walked out together.

Under the sun, the ice and snow melted, his withered and cold fingers returned to blood, and his body was no longer cold and thirsty. Jiang Heng beside him took off his mask, revealing a smooth and fair face without a trace of scar.

"Fang Yuan, you're home."

"How do you know my name?"

……

The rain stopped.

Fang Yuan opened his eyes, raised his hand, and touched Jiang Heng's face.

"You haven't said anything today, and you remembered something from the past."

"Today... I don't want to talk about the old things in the apocalypse," Jiang Heng held his hand, "let's talk about the future."

"future?"

"Well, for example, my sleep problem has been solved, can I stay here in the future?"

"Solved? How did you solve it?" Fang Yuan opened his eyes slightly and sat up in surprise, "Tell me in order."

"I think it should be more than a month ago. After I was reborn, I finally found you. When I saw that you were still alive, my insomnia was cured."

The author has something to say: the end of the whole play

From then on, Fang Yuan and Jiang Heng lived happily together.