Proofreader: Prof Zhu Yuan
As Yun Che said, all over the country and possibly even all over the world there would be a sudden and strange fall of heavy snow. As a result, the highway was closed and Yun Che was trapped on the highway for several hours. When the sun rose, the quiet world was instantly broken by the scream. Then, either in the street or in one"s home, the shrieks and shouts rang out one after another and the whole world was boiling up. The doomsday really came.
"Chenchen, don"t be afraid. Uncle will come to pick us up soon." In a house on the 8th floor of the Chaoyang residential district in the Jiang city, Yun Yao was holding the frightened child on her bed. Her face was pale; she should be ill. Her slender body could not help trembling. Even if the doors and windows were closed tightly, she could hear the screams from outside.
"Mom, Mom." Chenchen was scared, his two little fat hands tightly hugging his mother"s neck. However, his mother had already told him not to cry. He did not dare to cry out, though his big watery eyes were full of tears.
"Uncle will be here soon, Don"t be afraid, Uncle will certainly save us."
As early as before, she had already called her husband, but she didn"t get through. It was definitely a lie to say that she was not disappointed at all. When she was in need of her husband most, he was not at her side, and even the phone couldn"t be reached. But she did not have the time to feel sad. When she secretly opened the curtain and vaguely saw the "monster" chasing and biting people downstairs, she was nearly collapsing. Now her only hope was her brother. After the snow fell last night, she knew that her elder brother must know something. Perhaps only her brother could save them.
"Uncle, I want my uncle" Chenchen raised his head and held his mother"s nightgown tightly in his hands. Yun Yao thought for a moment and quietly wiped away the tears from his eyes. He reached for the phone on the bedside table and said, "Dear, let"s call your uncle."
"Mmm." Chenchen nodded; they both seemed to relax. Yun Yao dialed the telephone of Yun Che.
"Sister!"
"Che…" The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up. Hearing the voice of Yun Che, Yun Yao could no longer help crying. She was just a very ordinary and traditional woman. Seeing what was happening, she was already scared out of her wits. She could not get through to her husband; if her brother hadn"t connected with her and if she hadn"t needed to take care of her son, she would have collapsed.
"Sister, don"t be afraid. I will be downtown in a second and reach your house soon. Remember not to open the door no matter what happens!" Yun Che, who had been trapped on the highway for several hours, had now turned from the old highway to the city. Along the way, there were zombies biting people; shrieks never stopped. Cars were blocked everywhere on the highway. Fortunately, he abandoned the truck and took out the electro-mobile from his s.p.a.ce. With the air superfunction he owned not long ago, he had wrapped himself in air superfunction all the way. Zombies that could only rely on smell and hearing could not feel his breath. The noise of the new electro-mobile was also very small, the air superfunction was enough to isolate the noise. Though no zombie pounced on him, in order to get to the sister"s neighborhood as fast as possible, he still took out a long knife from his s.p.a.ce and split any zombie that might get in his way.
"f.u.c.k, man, why don"t they bite you?" The road was so blocked that Yun Che rode directly onto the green belt in the middle of the road. A man who seemed to be at Yun Che"s age jumped into the back seat of the electro-mobile without asking Yun Che. Yunche who was talking to his sister on the phone, frowned: "Get down."
He chose a lady"s electro-mobile deliberately for its noise was small. However, as soon as the man sat up, the speed slowed down decisively.
"Please, man, those monsters are too horrible. I live in Fenghuang Community. It"s just on your way. Please, give me a ride." The man sitting at the back folded his hands briefly, as if he was afraid that Yun Che would kick him down. Then he hurriedly hugged his waist tightly.
"Che, did anything happen to you?" Yun Yao was worried about her brother. Yun Che, who originally wanted to stop to get the man down, had to give up for the time being, "It"s okay, sister, I"ll be there in more than half an hour. You get something to fill your belly and later we"ll go find Xiao Cheng."
As the doomsday just came, the supply of water and electricity could still be normal. He must find something for his sister to do. He could not allow her to frighten herself.
"But, Xiao Cheng… I don"t know what"s going on with him." Thinking of another brother, Yun Yao couldn"t help worrying about him.
"It"s okay, elder sister, I inspired my superfunction. Zombies can"t hurt me for the time being. I will protect you. Don"t worry about Xiao Cheng. I have already let him hide."
Now, he did not want to conceal the truth and just hoped there would be nothing wrong with his brother. However, he remembered in the previous life, his did not find his brother until two years after the doomsday. At that time the wound on his brother was still very new which implied that his brother only turned into a zombie recently. So, even if he didn"t hide well, he should also be fine. Now everything was out of control, he could only hope for the best.
"Well, my cell phone is running out of power. I"ll recharge it first while cooking. Be careful, Che."
"Mmm." Hanging up the phone, Yun Che was also too lazy to argue with the man in the back seat; he sped up and ran toward the elder sister"s neighborhood. However, what he didn"t know was when Yun Yao was cooking, someone knocked the door of her home.
"Mom!" Chenchen who was drinking with the bottle, was frightened. He dropped the bottle and ran to hold Yun Yao"s thigh.
Yun Yao was scared too, but she patted her son: "Don"t be afraid and don"t make any noise. No one can come in unless we open the door."
"Mmm." Chenchen nodded, but he did not loosen his hand which held Yun Yao"s thigh tightly. The people outside seemed to be very insistent; they did not give up pounding on the door. Both the mother and son were very afraid. In case she might be out of control, Yun Yao lowered herself to hold her son in one hand, and covered her mouth with the other hand.
"Yun Yao, open the door, you b.i.t.c.h, do you want to kill us? Open the door! "
"Open the door!"
Outside the door, the knock and the familiar insult did not stop. Chenchen even shrank into his mother"s arms and sobbed tearfully, "It"s grandma, mom, I"m afraid."
"Don"t be afraid, lovely, don"t be afraid."
Yun Yao was also afraid, but she had to cheer up and went to the door to look out through the cat"s eye. There were many people standing outside the door. They were all in a mess and had blood on them. They were indeed her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and a pair of children of sister-in-laws.
After thinking, Yun Yao decided to open the door for her husband"s sake: "Mom, it"s you."
"Pa!" As soon as the door was opened, before Yun Yao said a word, her mother-in-law, Zhou w.a.n.g slapped her. Yun Yao and her son standing in the doorway were pushed to the ground by these people rus.h.i.+ng in. No one helped her. As soon as those people came in, they closed the door. Outside, the roar of zombies could be clearly heard.