Chapter 1: Zombie Mutation
July 27, 2016 was a harmless and calm day for humans and animals. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In previous years, this time was the hottest time in the imperial capital, but this year, instead of being an exception, it was even hotter and more terrifying. The Meteorological Observatory has issued a red warning for high temperatures, and according to the national regulations on paper, this kind of weather should be a holiday for all people. But how can a city like the imperial capital afford the consequences of everyone taking a day off? Therefore, if you should go to work as usual, you still have to go to work.
It's just that the weather is too hot, and there is not even a living person on the street during the day, and only in the evening, when the sun is about to set, and only a few afterglows are left, and the people who walk are only walking out in twos and threes with their fans.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Xiaobai continued to follow the rhythm of the past, put on short-sleeved shorts, went to the park to run three laps, sweated profusely, and saw that the pedometer on the iphone showed that he had run 10 kilometers, so he slowed down with satisfaction, and walked to the residence step by step, passing through a small alley on the way, the wild cat nest by the garbage can was still there, and it was not cleaned by the sanitation workers, he bought a few ham sausages at the commissary next door, fed these poor cats, and then continued to walk home.
Walking downstairs, Uncle Zhang, who was guarding the door, was shaking a pu fan and drinking tea, and there was a small shabby square table in front of him, and the wood texture on the table had been eaten into a flower face by insects. Xu Xiaobai said hello to Uncle Zhang, and the old man looked at him with a smile: "What? Going crazy again? It's a hot day, and I'm not tired. ”
Xu Xiaobai smiled and didn't reply. He's not a man of many words. Behind him, Uncle Zhang's loud voice sounded again: "I have to pay the rent tomorrow, three thousand, remember to give it to me!" Uncle Zhang's voice is still echoing behind him, Xu Xiaobai has already stepped into the corridor, the dark corridor is lit up with his footsteps, and a bad damp smell is still coming from the corridor out of nowhere, this is an old house, about fifty years old, but there are many residents, all of them are tenants who work outside, and the real owner of the house has already moved to a clean and bright new city. The reason why this house is not demolished is that it is rumored that it is about to be demolished, and everyone is waiting for the demolition compensation, but after so many years, the demolition is still not moving, seeing that Chaoyang District, Fengtai District, and even Shijingshan District have been developed, there is still no movement here, and then the owners no longer care about this matter, so they rent the houses to the Beipiao family to collect rent, the price is OK, and office workers like Xu Xiaobai can afford it. Uncle Zhang, an old emperor like him, is old and doesn't like to live in a new building, so he still stays here, he has two sets of small houses in this tube building, each set of more than 30 square meters, one is rented to Xu Xiaobai, and the other is lived by himself, with a monthly rent of 3,000, which is not expensive, nor can it be said to be cheap, it is a fair price.
He climbed to the fifth floor with the foul smell of the stairs, took out the key and slowly opened his residence, took off his shoes and walked barefoot inside. Turn on the air conditioner, turn on the computer, turn on the water heater, boil water, take a bath, cook noodles, surf the Internet, everything is the same as in the old days.
The 9-to-5 work allowed him to develop a very regular rhythm of life, changing into sportswear at the unit after work every day, taking the subway to the park with a bag on his back, and then running ten kilometers, and then walking home to have dinner and surf the Internet, this is Xu Xiaobai's life day after day, with a salary of 6,000, no need to work overtime, because the company can't afford overtime pay, no girlfriend, because no one wants to follow him, although the guy looks good. Settle in the imperial capital? It doesn't seem that there is a need, the hukou can't be solved, not to mention, according to his current salary level and the housing price level of the imperial capital, he will need to work for about 500 years to pay off the full price of the house price in the North Sixth Ring Road. In five hundred years, Sun Monkey will come out of Wuzhi Mountain.
Time ticked by, at eight o'clock, through the glass window came the sound of whirring wind, the wind rose, Xu Xiaobai muttered: "It's going to rain...... "It's good to rain, it can make the imperial capital a little cooler for a few days, and save some electricity bills for air conditioning." After a while, the rain poured down, mixed with the sound of lightning, and it turned out to be a heavy thunderstorm.
Xu Xiaobai clicked the mouse casually, listening to the rumbling wind and rain outside the window attentively, and comforted himself in his heart: Although I am not in the imperial capital, I also have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and I can comfortably eat instant noodles and nets. Contentment, contentment.
Pop, the whole room fell into darkness, only the screen of the laptop was still on, glowing with a blue light, which looked a little scary.
No way! Xu Xiaobai said a dirty word: "It's tripped!" ”
This building has been around for many years, and the aging of the line is inevitable, but it has always been okay, and I don't have a temper with the residents, probably because the thunderstorm caused the short circuit of the line, Xu Xiaobai looked at the computer screen with a dissatisfied face, thinking that the battery of his Lenovo notebook should be able to last another hour and a half, but there is no power, and the network is broken, so what's the point of a notebook that can't access the Internet.
He sighed and stood up dumbfounded, wanting to check the line and see if there was any chance of fixing it himself. A single family, and a North Drifter, the skill of repairing circuits has been honed some, although it is not a professional, but there is always an idea that may be feasible.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door three times, and there was a knock on the door.
Who? Xu Xiaobai is puzzled, he usually has no other social activities except for work and running, and the friends he knows are all related to the company and business, no one knows his address, there should be no friends to come to him, express delivery? I haven't bought any express delivery in the past two days.
Scratching his head, Xu Xiaobai walked to the door and opened the door, just as a lightning bolt crossed the sky, and by the light of the lightning, he saw clearly the person at the door, it turned out to be Uncle Zhang downstairs.
"Won't I pay the rent tomorrow, I won't be in arrears." Xu Xiaobai complained dissatisfiedly, this Uncle Zhang is a very good person, warm-hearted, and very thoughtful, only one, he has always kept an eye on the rent, no matter what your situation, no matter how embarrassing the situation, the rent can never be delayed, fortunately, although Xu Xiaobai has no money, his monthly salary is stable, and he will never be in arrears of rent, so the two have always gotten along well. But Uncle Zhang never comes to the door without anything, Xu Xiaobai's room is on the fifth floor, Uncle Zhang's legs and feet are not good, it takes too much effort to climb these five floors, even if there is something, he calls Xu Xiaobai.
When Xu Xiaobai was muttering, Uncle Zhang didn't speak, Xu Xiaobai looked at Uncle Zhang curiously, there was no light, the light was very dim, and he couldn't see Uncle Zhang's expression clearly, but he could vaguely hear his panting heavily, and he was snorting and drinking in his mouth, as if he was not very comfortable, and he was probably tired of climbing the stairs.
Xu Xiaobai said again: "What's the matter with me, Uncle Zhang?" ”
The other party still didn't reply, just stood in place. Xu Xiaobai thought to himself that it was better to let him in first, and then let go of the body and invite Uncle Zhang in.
Suddenly, Uncle Zhang moved, and he slammed forward and pounced on Xu Xiaobai's face. At this moment, another lightning bolt flashed, and with the light of lightning, Xu Xiaofei saw Uncle Zhang's expression clearly, and was suddenly frightened!
In Uncle Zhang's mouth, there are actually two fangs that are half a foot long! His eyes were blood-red, and there were still a few pieces of minced meat hanging from the corners of his mouth, and the flesh was dripping with blood, obviously bitten off the body of some creature!
Xu Xiaobai has only seen such a terrifying scene in horror movies in his life, and he was a little dumbfounded, but fortunately, he keeps exercising all year round, running ten kilometers a day, and has been practicing sanda for a few days before he has nothing to do, so his movements are so faster than ordinary people, when he was frightened, his body still instinctively moved, his right hand suddenly pulled the door that opened half, and slammed the security door shut with all his strength!
Uncle Zhang's fangs hit the anti-theft door, and there was a tooth-sore friction sound, and I don't know if the anti-theft door was harder, or Uncle Zhang's fangs were harder.
Xu Xiaobai locked all the triple doors of the security door, sat on the ground, and listened to the sound of Uncle Zhang outside as if he was scratching the door with sharp nails and fangs, his mind was blank, and he only thought of one sentence repeatedly: "This is a dream, this is a dream, this must be a dream!" ”
With a ding, a voice came to mind that was very mechanical, as if it was a voice made by a computer program, and said: "The host's body has the ability to be immune to zombie viruses, and the host can choose whether to install the zombie world survival exchange system, please confirm whether to install it?" Please nod your head when you install it, and shake your head if you don't install it. ”
Xu Xiaobai's mind was blank, and when he heard this emotionless voice, he didn't have time to think about what was said in the voice, so he subconsciously nodded his head slightly.
The voice immediately sounded again: "The host agrees to install the zombie world survival exchange system, and the installation begins......"
A slight clicking sound similar to a disc drive sounded, as if some program was being installed in Xu Xiaobai's brain, he finally recovered from the blank state, and didn't care about Uncle Zhang, who was scratching the door outside, and hurriedly asked in his mind: "What are you installing for me?" ”
However, the voice did not respond, but after a few seconds, the click disappeared, and the voice finally sounded again: "The zombie world survival system has been installed, please host open the system." ”
Zombie? Survive? Weapons?
Xu Xiaobai was stunned, but immediately he reacted, the fanged Uncle Zhang outside the door is not a zombie that often appears in novels and movies!
Caring about anything else, he hurriedly asked to open the system in his mind, and sure enough, an interface appeared in his mind, he looked intently, and saw the top line of characters flashing: host level, level 0, exchange point 10 points.
Looking further down, there are rows and rows of cells, only the first one is in green font, with a picture of a large knife, and it is written next to it: Decapitation knife, 10 points are needed to exchange points. The rest of the cells are gray, and there are no pictures, so I don't know what they all correspond to.
A total of 10 exchange points? But the name decapitator is pretty cool. Thinking about Uncle Zhang, who was scratching the door outside the door, he didn't know how long this anti-theft door could last, and now it was really more important to have a decapitator to defend himself than anything else, so he hurriedly chose to exchange it.
The next moment, a white light flashed, and a knife appeared out of thin air in his hand.