45. Extra
The sixtieth year of the new century.
"Sixty years ago, we humans suffered a devastating blow, all because of some crazy scientists' wanton research on viruses.
When the virus leaks, the infected human beings will be damaged by the central nervous system, memory area and language area of the brain, etc., and this kind of infected person who no longer has feelings and likes to devour human flesh and blood to obtain genetic evolution is called zombies.
The wonderful thing about genes is that there are countless possibilities. Zombies may suddenly evolve into a new species that can think simply and have a long-term memory, and they already have the conditions to replace humans as the masters, and at that time people called them 'special zombies'······"
"Chen Xixi, what are you doing?"
The teacher on the podium accurately hit a child who was wandering with a chalk head.
The child was taken aback and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, teacher! ”
"Look at the children now, if they had been eaten by that time. I am telling you the history of that period now to make you remember that without the blood of our ancestors, we would not have been able to live in such peace, and you should not want to sit here and attend classes easily! The teacher said bitterly.
One of the bolder children said, "Tell us about those heroes, teacher." ”
The teacher glanced sideways at the child, "My lesson plan······ Forget it," he said, closing the lesson plan, "you don't like these terms, nouns, either." I'll tell you a story. ”
The three words "storytelling" stimulated the children, and they all became excited, sitting up straight one by one, and Chen Xixi was even more serious.
"At the beginning of the apocalypse, human beings were almost powerless in the face of zombies, during which a few brave people organized survivors to resist the zombies, and also established some glorious bases, but there were more and more special zombies, shelters were destroyed one by one, and the only remaining heads of state began to consider the use of nuclear weapons.
At this time, Tan Long, the deputy captain of the special forces, brought back a girl, who is our legend, Lord Chen Xiaosong, the savior of mankind······! Let me slow down, Lord Chen Xiaosong is my idol······ Well, there is a serum in the adult body that can resist the zombie virus, and the person who has produced antibodies can be 'invisible' in front of the zombies, and the human race has since entered the era of reconquista, and the outbreak of the apocalypse is only four months, but it took four years for the human race to recover.
And in the reconstruction project, there are also many responsible people, such as Chen Xiaosong's sister Chen Xi, such as Chen Xiaosong's follower Qiu Yang, and Beihe Nanqi, all of whom are well-known heroes, and I want to tell the story of Chen Xiaosong······"
Chen Xixi listened very carefully, but her brows furrowed more and more, and the teacher's praise for Chen Xiaosong without scruples made her can't help but speak: "But didn't the adults say that she was just an ordinary person?" The real hero should be a woman named Wei Shengqing. ”
His idol was questioned, and no one would be happy, and the teacher scolded: "What do you know, my lord is humble!" ”
Chen Xixi stopped talking.
The teacher continued to spit on the podium about Chen Xiaosong's legend, and kept preaching how compatible Chen Xiaosong and Qiu Yang would be.
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"What else did the teacher say?" The kind old man touched Chen Xixi's head and listened to her complain about her teacher dotingly.
Chen Xixi tilted his head and said, "He also said that Qiu Yang and the eldest grandmother should be together." ”
The old man smiled, "They, it's impossible. ”
"Why?"
"Because, Sister Xiaosong has been waiting for someone to come back."
"Is it Wei Shengqing?"
The old man just smiled and touched the child's head, "Let's eat, your grandfather has cooked you your favorite dish." ”
Chen Xixi's eyes lit up, and he ran to the restaurant as soon as he slipped away.
"Da, da, da."
Slow, but crisp, footsteps came down from upstairs.
"Sister Xiaosong, it's time to eat."
The person the old man called for turned out to be a woman who looked to be in her twenties.
The woman looked out without any expression, walked slowly to the table, and picked up the bowl that someone had already served her with a meal.
"Grandma, you're getting more and more beautiful." This is a bit weird, but no one around looks strange.
Chen Xiaosong smiled at Chen Xixi.
"Today's teacher said that there is no such person as Wei Shengqing in history, and he has not even heard of Shen Qing's name." The child remembered it again and spoke up.
The old man next to her patted her, and she looked at her grandmother blankly.
The old man peeked at Chen Xiaosong helplessly.
"Grandma, could this person be your hallucination?"
Chen Xiaosong propped his head, and his expressionless face, which was customary, suddenly became gentle, "Even if I forget all my glory, I will not forget her." She's the real hero. ”
"Why, didn't she do nothing?"
His eyes became misty, and Chen Xiaosong's low voice was just like when Wei Shengqing told Chen Xi a story.
"She destroyed the institute, she took out the equipment of the institute, and destroyed all the zombies in the three cities around city B, she ······ Created zào for me. ”
Chen Xixi stared at Chen Xiaosong in astonishment.
"If you know the truth of that incident, you will know that the so-called heroes are just the spiritual support created by some people who hold authority, and they need to be able to control people who can be obedient.
If someone is beyond their control, they will choose to destroy that person. ”
"It was also a long, long time before I learned that the special forces had missiles ready. Anyone who came out that day would be shot on the spot. It's just that neither of them reappeared. ”
Chen Xiaosong's face was calm, but his tone was getting more and more sad.
"A real hero has long become a piece of loess, how can he wait for honor?"
Chen Xiaosong put down his rice bowl and walked to the door.
"However, Wei Shengqing is not dead yet."
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On the third day after Chen Xiaosong woke up, Wei Shengqing's request was rejected again. The middle-aged man told Chen Xiaosong that she needed absolute silence.
They drew blood from her, and the heat in their eyes was like looking at a huge amount of chips.
In addition to the lack of freedom, Chen Xiaosong is very good.
"Wei Shengqing didn't join any organization, he was purely alone······" The soldier reported her information, and this person appeared like a mystery, and did something unusual.
Chen Xiaosong hated her at that time, why did he send himself to such a place as a puppet.
Until that day I saw her letter.
By that time, she had already destroyed the zombies in three cities.
The service life of the institute's instruments can only go so far.
Chen Xiaosong knew that she and Li Ying had entered a fallen death place together, and Chen Xiaosong was uneasy, but he didn't persuade her, or even look at her.
"My lord, Shen Qing and Li Ying finally met outside City B and disappeared."
From then on, the only evidence that proved that Wei Shengqing had ever existed was that handwritten letter.
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Chen Xiaosong slowly went upstairs and stroked a sandalwood box, which was some years old, but the surface was smooth, and it was obviously often touched.
Taking down the key hanging around his neck, Chen Xiaosong opened the delicate lock on the box.
There was just a letter lying quietly in the box.
"That's the last memory I have of you."
Chen Xiaosong could remember the contents of the letter with his eyes closed. There are no sensational words in the letter, but the content is concise and clear, like her style.
She didn't have a word of explanation.
"There is a secret that belongs only to me and her, Xiaoxi, and now you should know it too. Your mother is a great ······ Person? ”
Chen Xiaosong said to Chen Xi who was following him.
Chen Xi was stunned, she only vaguely remembered her mother, who seemed to be a zombie.
Sixty years is too long, so long that if it weren't for Chen Xiaosong's frequent staring into the distance and waiting for her to come back, Chen Xi would have thought that "sister" was his hallucination.
"Your mother is one of the most powerful special zombies, and even her ability can not be afraid of the rule that 'zombies can't see people with antibodies', Wei Shengqing told her the day before she disappeared: Peace is coming soon."
Chen Xiaosong looked at Chen Xi, Chen Xi's body trembled slightly, "She committed suicide." ”
Chen Xi turned his face away, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Wei Shengqing wants me to take care of you, and she also said that if there is a hero's skin, at least I can live well in a peaceful world."
"I still haven't forgiven her."
"She should have taken me with her then."
"She shouldn't have injected me with the reagents."
"She shouldn't have given me the name of a hero."
"She should survive, the real hero."
Chen Xiaosong covered his face and cried, "Sixty years, sixty years, where did she go?" If she doesn't come back tomorrow, I'll never forgive her again. ”
Chen Xiaosong said this sentence for 60 years.
The ending is still unchanged.
The sandalwood chest is locked again.
Chen Xiaosong did not say the last two sentences of the letter.
"You will be the last zombie.
I'm sorry, cherish.
- Wei Shengqing. ”
The seven generations of reagents are made of immune, but the first immunized person must be infected.
After breaking and standing, one's natural enemy is oneself.
Chen Xiaosong will be examined every month, and the zombie virus is buried deep in his body, obediently without a trace of movement.
Chen Xiaosong is the last zombie in the world, the last outlier.
An outlier who becomes a hero.
There used to be a book called "I Am Legend".
The protagonist is the only human being, and the people infected with the virus are regarded as gods and demons and burned at the stake.
And now, he is the only zombie and has become the savior of mankind.
Fate is sometimes so joking.
Replace loneliness and desolation with peace and stability.
"You are cruel, you love the world more than you love me. You love me more than you love yourself. ”
"I may have a long time to live, you asked me to take care of Chen Xi, because you want Chen Xi to live, and I don't want to be lonely."
"However, how humble your identity is, you are lonely without you."
"If you don't come back tomorrow, I'll never forgive you again."
“······ I forgive you, will you come back? ”
There is a story of one person that can only be stored in the heart of another person, becoming the last memory and leaving the last legend.