Doomsday city

The twentieth floor is a challenging number. When Esses and Vinoa boarded the corridor on the twentieth floor, they were already exhausted.

Vinoya was so tired that she didn't even want to talk, she walked straight forward, and to their surprise, the scene here was intact, without any blood or broken internal organs, the velvet carpet was still white, and the curtains were hung on the iron railings in good condition , as if the time had been reset, the scene was exactly the same as the last interview.

"You're very capable, Johnny," Vinoa said as she walked into the cell, staining the carpet with dirty soles, "to make the prison guards obey? Ha!" She picked up the letter paper from the table, and the signer was Mabel Jean Ni.

—Dear Doctor York,

- I believe you have a way to reach my cell

- and I do give you security

——But the warden Maduo said: It would be dangerous to wait any longer.

— so I can only leave with the guards,

—But we did not leave the island,

——Please go to the port outside the prison after reading this letter,

— we shall greet there,

— I wish you all the best, MJ.

"Successful? How is it satisfactory! Nothing has been satisfactory since entering this damned place!" Vinoa threw the letter on the ground angrily, and said irritably, "Let's go, Eli, we have to get outside by ourselves, Joanna The woman has left under the guard's protection." She rummaged through the cell, but Mabel didn't leave a single weapon behind.

"Outside the prison?" Esses picked up the crumpled letter and read it quickly, "How do we get out? The Hellship is strictly guarded, we definitely can't..." The Hellship is surrounded by four buildings, like a fortress, and they are going out The gate had to go through the atrium to get to the front door, and she didn't even remember what the front door looked like.Vinoa's stare made her tighten her lips. Esses knew she shouldn't question Vinoa, but she couldn't help but blurt out.

"You don't want to survive, why don't you just get bitten to death?" Vinoya took a deep breath, found a pair of scissors from Mabel's drawer, and threw it directly at Esther's feet, "You can also commit suicide , anyway, your fear is already driving you crazy, what's the point of living like this? I have to remind you, the world will only get worse, are you sure you want to continue? Or should you just call it a day here? Eli."

Esther looked at the scissors at her feet, and then looked up at Vinoa.

The world will only get worse, what are you going to do with your life?Don't want to become a monster, just kill yourself?

Esther tremblingly reflected on Noah's words, yes, why did she have to work so hard?

On the verge of collapse, it seems that someone is whispering in her ear, it’s easier this way, anyway, your life has never been glorious, only darkness and pain, you are not as good as your brother, spurned and hated by your mother, a troublesome figure at school, and a silent element at home , Oh, Esther, why are you still alive if you are such a scum?

Did you see that?Those prisoners who died by the side of the road may be better than you.

How long ago was she praised?Oh, that was her participation in the kidnapping case. In order to win her father's approval, she became a despised prisoner, but the revenge plan put her in prison. What did she get?She has been rewarded by hell to have fun with the dead walking monsters.

Esther covered her ears, trying to shake off the voice in her head.

There was a shrill, flute-like thing roaring and laughing, and she asked: What's the point of living?

The weight of the scissors is very light in the hand, as long as the knife is cut down, it is over.

As if hypnotized, Esther picked up the scissors, and everything slowed down as the sharp blades slid across her wrists, bleeding from the shattered wound.Esses lowered her eyes, the pain was more severe than she imagined, she felt that life was being lost, and it was passing away at a speed that could be felt.

Death is the end of life, she is gradually going to perish, disappearing bit by bit, bit by bit...

"...uh...ah..." The pain tormented her, life was pulling away, Essers felt dizzy, the world was spinning, she looked at Vinoa, not too close or far away, as long as she stretched out her hand, maybe she There is still a chance of being saved, but once she survives, what she has to face is the cruel reality and a world full of monsters and blood.

The imminent end of her life made Essers panic.

She is afraid to face the ugly world alive, she doesn't want to coexist with those monsters.

"Uh... woo..." she cried, transparent tears dripping down her dirty cheeks.

However, death scares her even more.

The lost blood was like an invisible hand, gradually pulling her into the darkness.Will her erratic existence make things better, or worse?She didn't dare to extravagantly hope to live under the sun, as long as there was a little space for shelter, Esther felt that it was enough.

"...Please..." She was lying on the velvet carpet, the red-stained down was spreading.

Vinoya squatted down in front of her, tearing the curtain cloth to stop Essers' bleeding. Her actions were not rude, and the process of hemostasis was quite professional, just like a doctor treating a patient, not Vinoa's identity to Esses.She was not angry, but bandaged her calmly and peacefully.

"I must be crazy." Esses closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Vinoya looked down at her, and covered her forehead with his palm for a while, just like a mother comforting a child.

"If you really want to die, you will do it before I instigate you to commit suicide without me reminding you." Vinoya's movements were gentle, her tone was no longer harsh, but she spoke to Esses calmly, " Everyone suffers from different levels of mental stress. I don’t panic when I see those walking ‘things’, but it doesn’t mean that everyone is as calm as I am. Your slack expression and highly tense nerves are on the verge of collapse. When you cross the critical point, you will not be you, but a real madman, and I will not be able to help you at that time."

Esther opened her eyes slightly, her blurred vision made everything quiet, "Why do you help me?"

Hellship Pass is full of felons, they must have committed terrible crimes to be here, and Esther is not worth saving by anyone, she has no ability to earn a living, no mobility and wisdom, such a weak person will only drag down her accomplices, Esther didn't understand why Vinoa was willing to save her instead of leaving her like Frieda?

……why?

"Because you are a 'normal' person," Vinoa said as she ran through Esses' short curly hair, her soulless eyes were more focused than anyone else's, "Hellship has all kinds of scum, but I saw You knew from the beginning, no matter how 'normal' you are, although I don't know why you were imprisoned, but your weakness and humbleness are not found in all prisoners, which should exist in ordinary people, so Eli, if you survive, you must It will bring some peace to the horror world, which is your characteristic."

Being too calm, brave and dazzling is 'not normal' in a ruined world.

When you are sad, you cry, when you are happy, you laugh, and when you are sad, people who are not normal laugh like crazy, and laugh brighter than anyone else.Esther will be afraid, despair, and collapse, but Vinoa and Frieda will not.

She understood a little bit what it meant.

——"An extremely normal person like you appeared on the Hellship?"

Frieda had said so, and now Essus understood that by 'normal' she meant 'ordinary'.

Esther was an ordinary person, nothing more ordinary.

"Maybe you don't believe me, but I'm a doctor, at least I was a legal doctor before I went to prison. I rescued you out of a doctor's instinct and spirit." Vinoya stood up again, "Of course I have some selfishness, at least I think it's bad. In a world that can't be worse, there should be more people like you alive, at least that world won't be distorted to the point of being disheartening."

"But I don't have the ability to survive, and I will even be defeated by despair." Esses sat on the ground, she looked at the bandaged wrist, and felt that the pressure would crush her, maybe she would soon be dead, because she was too soft fall.

Vinoya stretched out his hand to pull her up, and the two looked into each other's eyes.

"Then I will bandage you, whether you cut once, twice, ten times, twenty times, I will help you, I promise." Vinoa's words may be harsh, but she is honest, without vain jokes or flamboyance Words, always only tell the truth, so her guarantee is more effective than anyone else, at least Esther trusts her.

"Thank you, York." Esther was glad to meet such a calm and clear-headed person in the last days.

"Very well, since you choose to survive, stop complaining about survival, you should learn to face problems instead of running away," Vinoya took a deep breath, "I'll give you 30 seconds to reorganize Thoughts, if you dare to cry or hesitate after 30 seconds, believe me, those scissors will go straight into your heart."

Essers was taken aback, and the stern Vinoa came back again.

However, the plan could never catch up with the change, and there was another strong shaking in less than 30 seconds. This time, Esses and Vinoa could clearly hear the blasting sound. The deafening sound made them cover their ears. Concrete blocks were constantly falling, and the iron railings were deformed due to extrusion. Even without looking at it from a distance, they could feel that the building was seriously tilted. Such angles would definitely not be able to withstand the third blast.

"Damn it!" Vinoya thumped the floor hard, stood up and pulled Essers past her, and said, "Go!"

The two ran into the escape ladder and went downstairs quickly. During the period, the shock continued, the main structure was damaged, and it was only a matter of time before it collapsed.

"Do you still remember the 'things' that appeared after the explosion?" Vinoa panted while running, limestone continued to fall from the collapsed ceiling, "the last batch of 'things' obviously only had a few minutes of activity, but the second explosion may release There will be more of that creature, and it will live longer and be more dangerous."

"How do you know?" Wiping off the ashes on her face, Esses narrowed her eyes and struggled to follow Vinoa.

"Herno virus has the ability to evolve rapidly. If those 'things' are caused by mutated Heno virus, then I'm sure that the 'things' that will appear in the next wave will only be more adaptable to the environment and more ferocious." Vinoya's speculation made Ai Circe was extremely nervous, she looked around carefully, the damaged aisle was soaked in blood, but those 'things' hadn't appeared yet.

Mabel once mentioned the loss of contact with the outside world, the recent spread of flu by the Hellship, and the hospital beds in the laundry room she saw with her own eyes, and Frieda’s testimony, whether these are related to the Heno virus, or are related to the Hellship’s secret research institute ?In any case, Esther only knew that things would be trickier and more complicated.

With a flash, Esses tripped over a stone and fell out, lying on the ground in embarrassment.

Vinoya turned her head quickly when she heard the voice, and then froze in her footsteps.

"I'm fine." Esses wrinkled her face in pain, she propped herself up to let Vinoa not worry.

But the other party's expression didn't seem to be concerned, but - shocked!