Doomsday city

Esses hid in the car in a daze for two days. She didn't touch a drop of water and fell asleep from exhaustion. Fortunately, after two days of rest, her mental state has stabilized a lot. Although her body is weak, she is not unable to move.When the sun rose during the day, Esses decided to embark on an unknown journey.

She slowly climbed out of the car, and stood blankly on the empty street. Now she had to find a way to feed herself, her stomach was too hungry to make a grunt, but her body was constantly secreting stomach acid to burn her.Esses walked around several abandoned buses, taking every step with extra vigilance. Although the sky was bright, she wasn't sure whether the evolved zombies would forage for food during the day, not to mention that she didn't have any weapons on her body.

The door of the stripped-down ice cream shop was open, and Esses wandered outside the shop like a homeless person, until she was sure that there were no man-eating monsters inside before stepping in.There were bowls, plates and spoons strewn all over the floor, tables and chairs were pushed against the windows, a hollowed-out cash register stood on the counter, and several large bills were clipped to the glass door of the freezer.

Esther opened every cupboard and found open and damaged chocolate biscuits. She stuffed them into her mouth no matter whether they were expired or not, as long as they were not moldy or rotten. Satisfied, he gobbled it up until he burped, then stuffed the remaining biscuits into his pocket and walked back to the silent street.

The signboard of Heping Street No. 13 fell to the ground, Esses stepped on the iron plate expressionlessly, and walked towards the end of the street with empty eyes.Looking at each simple and warm house, she can imagine that there must have been many family parties on that lawn, a group of friends happily barbecued, children gathered to play on the swing, and the wooden house built by the father for his son, There used to be many people sharing happiness and sorrow, but now there is nothing...

Leaving dilapidated houses, pits of mud, and a deserted world with blood stains everywhere.

She once thought, what would it be like if she had the chance to return to society from prison?

Maybe the car will fly in the sky?Maybe the restaurant waiters are all robots?Maybe online purchases are delivered directly to your home?Maybe technology will be more advanced than it is now...

Return to origin.

Esses couldn't help but blinked, her eyes were blurred by the welling up of tears, she pursed her lips and wiped her cheeks with her sleeve, her rough behavior stained her skin with gray.Just as she staggered past a three-story apartment building, the sound of small footsteps attracted Esses's attention. She turned her head to look at the narrow alley, where a large trash can almost blocked half of the passage.

If it's not an animal, it must be a zombie.

She bit her lower lip and left stiffly. After taking two steps, there was a more violent commotion in the narrow alley.Esses walked around the apartment with lowered eyes, and when she turned the corner, she found that behind the narrow alley was an isolated iron fence. The source of the restlessness just now was indeed zombies. I saw two thin, rotting zombies constantly approaching the corner, and another zombie was blocked in the corner Can't move.

Although Esses didn't want to pay attention to it, it was the first time she discovered that zombies would interact with each other. She wasn't sure if they evolved to let them learn to think, but the strange sight still made her stop and stood far away from the iron net peep.

The two young zombies continued to roar in a low voice as if threatening, and the zombie stuck in the corner also walked forward in counterattack.Essers stood quietly behind the wooden box, watching wild beasts fighting each other through the iron net. Although the two young zombies kept humming, they did not actually attack. Walking to the bright open space, the sun shone on its rare short gray hair. Esses stared wide-eyed in astonishment, and opened her mouth wide in disbelief, making intermittent trills.

The zombie had short, messy gray hair, and bruises and bloodstains all over his dead white skin. It was wearing a baseball jacket, ripped jeans showing its scuffed knees, and fluorescent-colored sneakers on its feet.It was in a mess, with mud and scratches all over its face, but those eyes, which were like blue sea water, reminded Esses of a person who used to be crazy, always called her friend in malicious jokes, and had a smile on her face ...

"...Foli...Da..." Esses called softly, choking with sobs, her voice became hoarse after refusing to speak for a long time, and her words were also vague, but Esses kept repeating, "Folli... ... Da... Frieda... Frieda..." When she regained her senses, she had already climbed up the iron net and turned into the narrow alley.

The two zombies besieging Frieda immediately turned around. They may not attack the same kind, but when the fresh food was delivered to the door, the zombies immediately showed their true nature and attacked Esses with their festering mouths open.She grabbed the broom and slammed one of the zombies, kicked it twice when its center of gravity was unstable, and smashed another monster with a wine bottle.

"Go away! Go away!" Esses yelled in pain, and kept waving the broken broom to knock the two zombies to the ground, and pressed their legs with a giant trash can. Even though the zombies kept roaring, they couldn't move. Clutching the mud in vain, wriggling like a bug.

Frieda did not attack Esther from beginning to end. She did look like a zombie, standing by the wall with blank eyes, slowly shaking her head from side to side as if she was listening to violent movements.Esther covered her mouth and walked towards her, not daring to throw away the broom in her hand, but she had no intention of hurting her.

"Frida... Frieda..." Every time she shouted, Esses's heart was broken, and she burst into tears. She didn't expect to see her partner again like this. Strong pessimism swept through her heart, and she couldn't help it. Guessing what happened to other people, if even the mighty Frieda turned into a zombie, then other people must be in trouble, "Why... it became like this... no... why... Frieda... Frieda ..."

She threw away the broom tremblingly and backed away. Fear and despair made Essers unable to breathe. The figures that appeared in her mind──Vinoa, Ingrid, Mabel, Charlotte, Benny, I am afraid that all of them will be changed. Turning into a zombie, Essers clenched her trembling teeth and cried silently, covering her head.

"...Si..." Just when Esses was at a loss, the stiff Frieda slowly and vaguely uttered a syllable, "...Si..." It sounded between breath sounds and letters, the only thing that made Essus What Seth was sure that Frieda was still conscious was that she was 'looking' at herself, 'looking' at Esther with those dull blue eyes.

"...Frida?" Esses hurriedly wiped away her tears, approached Frieda cautiously, and said, "Do you still recognize me? You... haven't become a real zombie... right?" She remembered Vinoya once mentioned the mutation. Ingrid had a brief experience of turning into a zombie after undergoing the experiment, but she later returned to adulthood, relying on her blood to balance the virus.

"Don't be afraid...I will save you...I will save you now!" She pulled up her cuffs to expose her arms, picked up the broken glass on the ground and cut her skin, and the bright red blood flowed out, "Maybe my blood can help you, say Maybe you'll be back to normal soon, soon..." Esses pressed the wound with her right hand, and approached Frieda with warm blood on her fingertips.

It was like approaching a lion with a piece of meat in her own hand, and Esther wasn't sure Frieda would suddenly bite off her finger.

"I just want to help you, I just hope you can recover..." She held back her strong fear, and gently stroked Frieda's cold cheek, she stared blankly at Esther like an ignorant child, when When the fingers touched her, Frieda turned her head stiffly, and the tip of her nose brushed Esther's wrist.

"It's okay...you'll be fine...don't be afraid...everything will be fine..." Esses caressed a tear near her right ear. The long and narrow gash was very deep. Although it didn't ooze blood, the skin was ripped open. Maybe Frieda can't be called a stunning beauty, but she is indeed very beautiful, especially her pair of blue eyes that are as blue as the sea in a secret realm, always full of light and innocence, making people unconsciously want to get close.

Such Frieda has now turned into a lifeless zombie.

"I know you're still alive...I believe you're still alive, Frieda...you'll be fine..." Esses found that Frieda had no tendency to attack, and kept smearing blood on her wounds, except her cheeks , her shoulder was also severely lacerated, as if the flesh had been torn off abruptly, which made Essers very distressed.

Although she can quickly heal wounds by herself, it has no effect on others.Frieda's whole body was stained with Esther's blood, and she looked even scarier than real zombies.She shook her hands stiffly, and swung her head from side to side. When Essers spoke to her, those dull eyes would 'look' at her, and occasionally there would be a 'sisi' sound from her throat.

"We have to find a place to take refuge." Esses regained her spirits. While watching Frieda, she searched for something that could lead her in the alley. Finally, she found a bundle of ropes in the overturned wooden box. She wrapped one end around Frieda's waist, and held the other end in her hand, "I will protect you until you return to normal." Esther looked at Frieda calmly. She didn't dare to say that in the past, but Now Frieda needed her.

Frieda, who had turned into a zombie, didn't respond, and was still swaying her hands and feet stiffly from side to side.

Esther felt extremely heavy, and every time she took a step, Frieda followed her forward, and the two of them walked back and forth from the narrow alley to the empty street.She led Frieda forward continuously, but she didn't even know the direction herself. Sometimes when she passed through the large French windows, Esses caught a glimpse of herself holding the rope and walking along the deserted streets with Godless Frieda, and felt extremely ridiculous in her heart. , if someone laughs at her overreaching, Essus absolutely agrees, but if she wants to turn a blind eye and leave Frieda behind.

She didn't have the guts to do it.

At this time, Esther thought of Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Rosa, a couple who loved their daughter deeply and were willing to pay any price to save the child. Even if Ivy was resurrected and turned into a monster, they still loved her.Seeing Frida turned into a zombie, Esses laughed at herself. If someone pointed a gun at Frieda's head, Esses would rush forward to protect her, even if someone shouted that Frieda was a zombie It's a man-eating monster.

But to her, Frieda was the only friend, the only family in the world.