Doomsday city

This is a shorter winter than expected, Esther thought so.

When Charlotte removed the sealed wooden strips, the falling sunlight made everyone confused for a while.Sunshine, Esther had never liked being exposed to the sun, whether it was the glare of the seaside or the summer beams pouring through the cracks in the leaves, but she now felt that the sun brought peace, if only for a short time.

The blizzard shutdown means that the journey is about to begin, and the face of unknown ogre monsters after the harsh winter.

"Will you continue to do the experiment?" Esther followed behind Charlotte. In fact, she followed the doctor upstairs like a fugitive after being stared at by Ingrid intensely. She closed the door nervously to make sure that Ingrid did not follow. , "I mean inhibitors and zombies, will you continue to study?"

Charlotte raised her eyebrows and glanced at Esses, dragged out the suitcase from under the bed and began to pack the equipment, "I think you're overreacting a bit," she shrugged, and carefully put the microscope into the shockproof bag, "Look Ingrid's eyes and attitude are a bit 'dramatic', you know, after all she's not a stern professor or weight loss coach, right? You shouldn't avoid her."

Esther took the glass jars from Charlotte and packed them one by one under the instructions.

"As for the experiment, for the time being... no, we will make a decision after careful consideration," Charlotte paused for a few seconds before sighing, "I'm sorry, Esther, I'm sorry about Ingrid's transformation into a zombie." Sincerely sorry." The experiment failed, even now Ingrid looks like a normal person.

But still failed.

Esther continued to pack quietly until Charlotte came to her and handed her two vials of test tubes, and said softly: "But thanks to Ingrid, we discovered some prerequisites, about whether we can maintain 'humanity'." part," the liquids in the test tubes were red and black, with two names on the labels—Ingrid and Charlotte.

"What is this?" Esther frowned, she felt that Charlotte and Vinoa were hiding some secrets.

"Hush..." Charlotte lowered her voice and whispered, "Before conducting experiments on Ingrid, she once told us something about herself," Charlotte noticed Esther's probing gaze. Coughed a few times in embarrassment, "You'd better ask her yourself about that part, and we only heard some of it, the point is that she reminded us about the deadly virus incident in [-], which is the second mutated Heno. "

Esther breathed slowly and nervously.

"That's Ingrid's blood, and this is mine. The same dose of inhibitor and zombie blood was dripped into it, and the result is what you can see. Ingrid's serum was not contaminated, but mine turned black." , "Charlotte squinted her eyes excitedly, and said, "The result of this depends on the infected person!"

"Infected?" Esses repeated in a low voice, puzzled.

"Yes, infected person, you must have had the Henovirus once, and you must have been infected when the first wave swept the world in [-], and Vinoya also said that she used her own virus to study the virus later. I tried it, so you are all infected, but I," Charlotte put the black test tube in front of Esther, "I'm pretty sure I wasn't infected, even in the [-] sweep, I wasn't affected , so my blood is pure blood, there is no pure blood that Heno ever existed!"

Esther's chaotic memory plays broken fragments. Biology teachers or TV commercials urge people to buy healthy food, and they always mention the immune system—cells invaded by viruses will produce immunity, and human beings can be tenacious only by relying on immunity survive.That's right, immunity, her body had unknowingly developed antibodies to Heno, even though it was just the Heno virus that was like the flu many years ago.

"...If it's a pure-blooded person..." Esses gasped.

"It will immediately become a zombie! No matter whether there is an inhibitor or not," Charlotte carefully kept the test tube, the corners of her mouth curled up in a strange arc, as if humming softly at herself, "This is like a bad joke, isn't it?" Is it? When Heno broke out, everyone prayed not to be infected. Half of the infected people died and half survived. Now that the zombies broke out, the once healthy people can only die, but the infected people have a chance to survive."

Esther immediately thought of her mother and brother.

"So there is one more condition for the person who was beaten." Charlotte returned to her usual scholarly appearance, and covered the packed luggage, "It must be the person who brought the original, and I am very glad that before this blind spot was discovered, you and Vinoya is a carrier, otherwise you would be the ones outside the window now... Well, you know."

They couldn't forget the walking corpses outside the door, whether they existed or not after a winter.

The departure time was faster than Esses expected, and she even felt a bit like fleeing, especially when Charlotte was swearing to carry the two suitcases into the car, the chaos and noise made her feel uneasy.Benny came downstairs with his nylon backpack on his back, followed by Doreen with red, swollen eyelids, looking very reluctant.

"Hi, Essex," Benny greeted at the entrance, "Can I ride with you?"

Just as Esther was about to agree, Doreen quickly pulled Benny's arm away from behind, without even looking at her, as if avoiding some terrible pollutant, her reaction made Esser a little hurt.Ever since Doreen knew her, Vinoa, Ingrid, and especially seeing Ingrid 'zombified', the fragile girl was very resistant to them, and this resistance sometimes turned into hysterical rants or hunger strikes .

At least she was willing to walk out the door, Esther thought reassuringly.

"Esses," a gentle and sweet voice sounded from behind, Ingrid's left eye was still bandaged, and she said she was very sensitive to light, "Good morning, Esses, you still look beautiful today, She smiled and leaned forward, almost touching the tip of Esther's nose and took a deep breath, "It also smells like candy, which makes me want to lick it."

Esther backed away with a sneer. She felt that Ingrid became unrestrained after her rebirth, which was exacerbated by the 'Esther mania' that Frieda said. Li did become more and more exaggerated, sometimes she looked like a pervert.

"We'd better get in the car quickly, yes." Esses lowered her head and ran away in a panic. After entering the car door, Ingrid stuck up like a squire, and showed a perfect smile to Esses, if she had a tail , at this time it must be swinging from side to side like a loyal dog.

Fortunately, the embarrassing wait was not too long. Vinoa opened the driver's seat and saw Esses and Ingrid without expression. She fastened the seat belt and put on the wireless earphones, while the other person was 'thrown' into the passenger seat It was the miserable Red Scorpion after being severely tortured.

"Oh, damn it! Can't you take it easy?" During the time she was held hostage, she didn't have a good time. Judging from her bruised and purple cheeks, wounds of different sizes on her body, and the bandage wrapped around her head, Frieda Treat her dutifully, torture or not, and they're sure to have a fun time.

"Stop pretending, Red Desert Scorpion." Frieda kicked her butt hanging outside the door, and said with a smile, "You're a tough guy who snapped off his little finger with pliers and didn't make a sound. Now you beg for mercy after only bumping twice? Oh? , I know, are you seeking sympathy?" She lifted the Red Scorpion's foot into the car, and whistled: "To a ruthless doctor? A crazy female zombie? Or to seek care from Sweetheart Cake Sisi? Hey, friend , you'd better be a tough guy and don't pretend to be pitiful, believe me, the crazy female zombie will press your head on the concrete floor and grind it to pieces."

"You're too loud, Frieda." Vinoa gave her a headache-looking look.

"Look, doctors are the most unloving." Frieda smiled and raised her hands as if to surrender.

Esther leaned against the car door, and Frieda got into the car from the side door of Ingrid, patted her on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hi, buddy, very cool blindfold." Her smile is always full of summer It is as beautiful as a bay, and the warm sea light is dazzling blue.

Vinoya was not disturbed by Frieda's nonsense, she whispered "Let's go" and turned the steering wheel. The Red Scorpion played the role of guide and pass during this journey. According to the plan, she must lead everyone to " base' and introduced them to Jason Lehman.

If the two parties reach a consensus, they may still be able to share resources and live a comfortable life for a while.

... and the prince and princess lived happily ever after, and so on.

Esses propped her head and stared at the passing scenery outside the window, thinking wildly. A few days ago, the violent wind and snow covered the world with a white cloth, and now the scorching sun has melted the white snow into a pool of water, surrounded by broken icicles and wet firewood. , Occasionally there will be bones buried in the snow and beside the haystacks.

"Is there any smoke?" Red Scorpion adjusted to a comfortable position, her wrists and ankles were still tied with hemp rope.

The car fell silent, and after a few minutes, Red Scorpion cursed irritably.

"If we pass by the store during the break, we will look for it for you. Now, which way?" The leading car stopped at a rural crossroads. The sign was crushed by the heavy snow for days and lay alone in a puddle. They have no other rut marks, and they can retrace their path along the sunken soil from the rear-view mirror.

Red Scorpion raised his eyelids angrily, and said: "Go straight to the left, and you will see the sign I left before at the Wooden Nail Manor. Follow the arrow and you will be connected to the military underground tunnel, which will pass through a long tunnel. After you go out, you will belong to Inner Canada Territory."

Inner Canada, Esther said repeatedly in her heart, she had no experience of long-distance travel, if not counting crimes and moving prisons, she had never even been out of her hometown, now as the team is about to go to unknown areas, Esther Circe was somewhat excited.

However, she dreaded the journey after she saw something flash outside the car.