Not far from the N district, in the courtyard of a two-story house, there is a headless zombie with black and purple skin lying upside down, and the door of the convenience store is open, which seems a little out of place compared with the panic in many places, and the low and deep voice of a young man comes from time to time in the room on the second floor, which makes people feel very safe.

"That's right... Sister..."Leaning on the door, Wu Zhou glanced at the ashes on the left, pursed his lips, and said, "I seem to have an ability..."

"What?" Wu Liu was stunned, thinking that he had misheard.

"Just now... A red ball came out of my hand... Stool... It's burned," Wu Zhou, who didn't know how to explain, said incoherently. After saying that, both sides fell silent.

Red balls... Stool... Burned....!!! Wu Zhou's words were replayed in his mind, his eyes widened unconsciously, Wu Liu, who had read a lot of novels, occasionally looked at romance texts dressed in zombie films, and naturally knew that the word ability appeared in many apocalyptic texts, and he also understood what the ability was, Wu Liu, who had once fantasized that he had a ability, knew that in the current world, what it meant to have a ability.

But thinking of the inhumane things that some people do in many novels in order to study the ability, I anxiously asked, "When did you find out?" Where was it found? Has anyone seen it? At the end, his voice became sharper, and his body trembled even more.

"Sister, just now, no one saw it... Now you're the only one who knows..."

"Don't use it! Hear no!! ”

……

"Wu Zhou, mom is still waiting for you at home, you have to go back safely, you can't have anything, do you know." Wu Liu's voice was pleading.

"I know. Sister, don't be afraid..."After the silence, Wu Zhou agreed.

Although he knew that such a request was excessive, Wu Liu was even more afraid of losing his younger brother, knowing that his younger brother would be safer if he had a special ability, but he asked his younger brother to promise that he would not use it.

"Don't worry, sister, since I have all the abilities, it means that I will definitely not be the only one, I will be very careful."

“…… At least... Before most people use it....you're going to hide it... Quietly..."

"Okay." Sister's concern made Wu Zhou smile and squint, fortunately there is no one else here, otherwise, people will see a person who is embarrassed, with black and red blood and rotten liquid all over his body, sitting on the ground and laughing so happily, he will definitely think that he has encountered a pervert.

"Sister, don't go out over there, stay at home, I'll go back to pick up my mother first, and then go to X County to pick up..."

"No way!"

"Sister, X county is not far from L city, and it will take 2 hours to arrive... You..."My sister's refusal made Wu Zhou anxious.

"No! No way! No way! Gasping violently for a while, "You go home first, Mom will be afraid when she is home alone... I... I'll come back on my own..."

"But, sister..."

"Two days!! If it's okay, I'll be able to get home in two days. If I don't come back in two days, you can take your mother to City C, where there is a military region, try not to expose your abilities... If... If... I'll go to C City to find you..."After speaking, Wu Liu bit his lower lip tightly and suppressed his crying.

"Sister, I can..."

"No!! Obedient! Tears fell one by one, Wu Liu clenched his fists, obviously his whole body was trembling, but his voice was very calm. Why did you come to me alone with your mother? Mommy needs you to take care of it, I'm going to be fine... Even if I don't come back two days later, I may be delayed on the way, well... You and Mom are going to be fine..."

“… Sister... Definitely coming back. Wu Zhou couldn't control his crying anymore.

"yes, definitely." Wu Liu nodded affirmatively.

After cleaning up his mood for a while, Wu Zhou remembered what he had forgotten before, and hurriedly took out a transparent crystal from his trouser pocket and said, "Sister, I got a transparent crystal from that zombie's head just now, I picked it up, and I can feel the energy in it." ”

“… Don't mess around until you know what you're going to do. ”

"I know."

"Take care of your mother, you have to be careful and protect yourself."

"You too, be careful."

……

After silently admonishing him, Wu Liu hung up the phone, the hand holding the mobile phone fell weakly, and the whole person nested in the sofa, quietly looking at the ground in a daze.

The sky gradually brightened, a pile of traces on the ground became clearly visible, and the corpses of rats that had been deliberately ignored entered Wu Liu's eyes, and the pile of corpses like mud had long been unable to see the prototype of the mice, and the red and black piles were paralyzed on the ground, coupled with the rancid smell that had been stored between the snorts, Wu Liu's stomach churned.

"Gross... Uh-huh..."

The stomach that had nothing contracted for a while, only spit out a bunch of acid, until the mouth was bitter, and he shook up and walked to the computer desk to get water, the water was poured last night, and it was already cold, so I drank the cold water, and the stomach felt slightly better.

Even if he deliberately controlled the pile that he no longer looked at on the ground, he always couldn't control it, but this time, Wu Liu was stabbed by a light. When I looked closely, there was a crystal the size of a date kernel in the pile of carrion, which lit up from time to time because of the light.

"It's... Crystal nucleus? When I was about to take a closer look, the phone lit up, and I saw that the caller ID showed Xia Yu's name, and I answered it without waiting for the phone to ring.

"Ah Yu, are you okay?"

"Liu Liu..."Xia Yu's voice was helpless and trembling. Outside... I saw Sister Wang next door... by her husband... Eat... Eat... Eaten... It's scary!! ”

Xia Yu's words reminded Wu Liu of the grandson opposite, and his body trembled again.

"Don't... Don't be afraid, it'll be fine..."

"Liuliu, I should... What to do? Calling 110 didn't answer... The streets are full of horrible monsters, and I don't dare to go out..."

Xia Yu is 10 years older than Wu Liu, divorced a year ago, has a daughter, was brought to M City by her grandparents to live with her brother and sister-in-law, because of the work relationship left in X County, and currently lives alone with Wu Liu, because the two are single, both of them eat together and go shopping together, although the age gap is large, the difference in personality and hobbies is not much, and the relationship is very good.

Xia Yu has the habit of getting up early, today, Xia Yu, who also got up early, was washing, heard someone knocking on the door, knocked very urgently, while knocking and shouting for help, the puzzled Xia Yu quietly walked to the door to look at the cat's eyes, and saw that it was Sister Wang of the next door, although she was not familiar, she would usually say hello and say a few words when she met.

Seeing that she was very anxious, she was about to open the door, but Sister Wang outside the door screamed, the cat's eyes became red, and Sister Wang seemed to be pulled back by something, Xia Yu saw that there was another person behind Sister Wang, it was Sister Wang's husband Brother Zhang, the red on the cat's eyes made Xia Yu unable to see Brother Zhang's appearance, but he was frightened by Brother Zhang's actions and froze in place.

I don't know what happened, Brother Zhang's mouth was full of blood and tore at Sister Wang's body, Sister Wang kept struggling, and her screams became weaker and weaker, until there was no longer a trace of life. After Brother Zhang left slowly, Xia Yu collapsed to the ground as if he had been awakened, and he didn't call Wu Liu until he was strong.

"Stay at home and don't come out... I'm looking for you..."Xia Yu is the best friend Wu Liu has met since he came here to work, and he takes care of her at work, so even if he is afraid, Xia Yu still wants to try to find Xia Yu.

"Hmm... Hurry up, I'm afraid... No... Don't come... There are a lot of man-eating monsters out there, dangerous, don't come..."

"I'll call you first when I come, you pay more attention, if I don't come, you... Be careful yourself. Regardless of what Xia Yu said, Wu Liu stared at the crystal nucleus on the ground and hung up the phone after saying to himself.

He stared at the crystal nucleus in deep thought, until his whole body stiffened to the point of pain, and then exhaled deeply. closed his eyes, and when he opened them, Wu Liu's eyes were already full of determination.

Wu Liu once made a joke with Xia Yu when he was reading a novel about zombies.

"Now, Ah Yu, what will you do if there are a lot of zombies at the end of the world?"

"You're thinking too much..."

"Well, if the end really comes, I'd rather become a zombie myself at the beginning, so that I don't have to worry about whether I will be eaten by others..."

But when the real end came, Wu Liu found that she was reluctant, even if she was afraid, she wanted to live well. It's just that I never exercise, how can I live? Not to mention going to find Xia Yu. When he saw the crystal nucleus, Xia Yu made a decision.

It was written in the novel that after being scratched by a zombie, he would not necessarily become a zombie, and he could also have an ability, after hearing about the ability and seeing the real crystal nucleus, Wu Liu was struggling, either, become a zombie, and then he didn't know anything, or, if he had an ability, he had the ability to find Xia Yu, his mother and his younger brother.