"Whew-"

The west wind is fierce, and the geese in the sky are called frost and morning moon!

The barrel-shaped clouds over the north gate of the red maple had dispersed, and a small crescent moon hung in the gray sky, making it impossible to tell whether it was twilight or early morning.

The ground was densely packed, scorched and crawling with blackened traces and gravel everywhere.

"Hmmm......"

Zhou Zimo's fingers moved, the muscles on his waist spasmed, and a slightly painful snort sounded in his throat at the same time, his eyelids trembled, and he finally opened them.

He struggled to sit up, his mind was dizzy, and the pain from all over his body couldn't help but make Zhou Zimo frown again. He held his head with his right hand and whispered, "Where is this......"

After sitting and adjusting for a while, Zhou Zi was a little more sober, looking around, there was a foul smell in the air, and the scorch marks all over him made him confused again, and he had no impression of what happened before.

Zhou Zimo's memory is still stuck in the time when he and his friends were desperately running away, and suddenly he only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he was already here when he woke up again!

Run away...... By the way, what about Xiaojie?

Zhou Zimo woke up suddenly, and hurriedly looked around, but he had already seen it just now, and he was alone nearby, and his companions were flying in the dark.

Standing up with difficulty, Zhou Zimo gritted his teeth and shouted, "Xiao Jin? Fatso? ”

There was not even an echo in the empty square, Zhou Zimo's heart sank, but he still didn't want to give up, took two steps, and shouted: "Xiaojie? Where are you? Cao Yijin? Tang Chengyu? ”

…… No response.

Zhou Zimo limped through the rubble, aimlessly, enduring the pain but also hoarsely repeating the names of his partners, but there was no response. Zhou Zimo's voice became more and more anxious, and there was obvious panic in his eyes, this environment was even more terrifying than when several people were trapped in the Science and Technology Museum by Li Miao!

By the way, what about Li Miao and his army of zombies? How could so many zombies all disappear! Zhou Zimo felt that there must be a conspiracy, and said in pieces: "Li Miao...... It must be Li Miao, it must be him, it must be, ah! ”

He was excited, he only cared about thinking about things but didn't notice the stone under his feet, and he tripped and fell to the ground, which made his already bad body unable to support it anymore, and the darkness struck, and Zhou Zimo fell into a coma again.

"I can't sleep, I haven't found Xiaojie yet...... they are" This was his last thought before he fell unconscious.

……

Red Maple's first underground living area, which is the deepest one dug and the largest one, is the focus of the Ark Project, and this living area is more complete than the other three.

It is more of the younger generation who have been placed here, and by this time, the evacuation process has long since ended, and they have no idea what is happening outside!

The plasma shock wave did not affect the underground, and the terrifying energy only paralyzed the energy supply system of the various underground living areas for half an hour.

But in this half hour, riots have begun to appear in the living area, after all, this is underground, it is already dark, and there is a problem with the energy supply!

Think of what kind of horror it would be if these tens of thousands of people were starved to death, trapped to death, or even trampled to death by fighting each other in the endless darkness, not to mention the struggle and howling of relatives and friends before they died...... It's going to be crazy!

Fortunately, the darkness only lasted for half an hour, and when the light came again, there was no riot in the living quarters, and as the energy supply was restored, the Ark Project continued, although everyone was complaining, but they also understood that extraordinary times were not going to happen.

The entrance to the living quarters has been automatically sealed, and according to the procedure, it will be closed until someone opens it from the outside with a special command or someone inside forcibly destroys it, otherwise, the people inside will never be able to get out, and the outside will not be able to enter!

Is this extremely risky? Absolutely!

The normal operation of the underground living area depends on the life support circulation system, whether it is food, light, breathing or excretion, all rely on this system, once the system fails or is damaged, the people in the living area have only a dead end!

But don't forget, the Ark Project is a mandatory measure, with a priority over all else, it was formulated to leave the last trace of fire for humanity, and once activated, it means that there is a catastrophe enough to destroy humanity, at this time, humanity is irrelevant.

Moreover, Red Maple has been preparing for the Ark Project for nearly ten years, and has been maintaining and improving the major life support circulatory systems every day, at least it will not fail for the next ten years, even if the terrifying plasma shockwave has not been able to cause any impact on it?

In the corner where no one noticed, Chen Xiaojie and Tang Chengyu both opened their eyes.

Like Zhou Zimo, the minds of the two were hazy, they couldn't remember everything that happened after they fell into a coma, and after a few minutes, Chen Xiaojie recovered a little, and at a glance saw the fat man holding his head next to him, and hurriedly asked weakly: "Xiaoyu, how are you?" ”

Tang Chengyu's whole body was shocked, and he frowned and looked up at the girl, even though the girl was covered in dust and hair, he still recognized Chen Xiaojie at a glance, and suddenly hugged her tightly in his arms and sobbed softly: "You're okay, great!" Great......"

The girl was startled by his sudden hug, but she didn't break free, Tang Chengyu was adopted by Chen Fei and his wife since he was a child, Chen Xiaojie has long regarded him as a younger brother, and he is also happy to call "Sister Xiaojie, Sister Xiaojie" every day, although he is one year older than her.

The girl gently stroked his hair and soothed, "Don't cry, be good." ”

The little fat man gradually let go, sobbed twice and asked, "What happened to Sister Xiaojie?" Why can't I remember anything? ”

Chen Xiaojie was also confused: "I don't know, I just remember running with Zimo, and then ...... Then it was dark in front of me, and when I opened my eyes, it was now! ”

As soon as she talked about the previous situation, Chen Xiaojie instantly remembered Zhou Zimo, and immediately turned her head to look around, but found nothing, it seemed that there were only the two of them here, "Zimo, where is Zimo?" Zimo! ……”

Chen Xiaojie's heart began to tremble again, and Tang Chengyu also remembered what happened before, but he didn't know why, unlike what Chen Xiaojie said, he seemed to vaguely remember that he seemed to have been to a strange place, a place he had never been to.

Hearing Chen Xiaojie shouting Zhou Zimo's name, Tang Chengyu also began to call Cao Yijin.

"Xiao Jin? Cao Yijin? Can you hear me? Where are you? ”

The two shouted with their mouths open for a long time, but they only heard their own echoes, and Zhou Zimo and Cao Yijin seemed to have evaporated out of thin air.

It's like a road, the two of them are sitting on the ground, not far from the corner in front of them, and behind them is a solid whole wall, Chen Xiaojie bet that she has never been here, strange and abnormal.

Tang Chengyu stopped calling and asked Chen Xiaojie, "Sister Xiaojie, where do you say we are, why haven't I been to this place?" Didn't we still run outside the red maple before? ”

Chen Xiaojie also realized that something was wrong, shook her head and said, "I don't know, I haven't been here either, ...... here"

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden burst of footsteps from the corner, Chen Xiaojie and Tang Chengyu were instantly alert, and the two quickly got up from the ground, leaned against the wall and stared nervously at the corner, for fear that some monster would come out.

Step, step, step......

An elongated shadow appeared around the corner and approached, but the footsteps stopped at the moment of turning. Chen Xiaojie and Tang Chengyu's hearts were beating wildly, although they guessed that this should be a person, but the experience of this time made them never calm, Tang Chengyu suddenly pulled Chen Xiaojie and blocked her behind him, although his voice trembled but was unusually firm: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you!" ”

Through the faint light, Chen Xiaojie saw that fine beads of sweat were oozing from his sideburns, but he still did not give up his responsibility as a man. Chen Xiaojie suddenly became less nervous, no matter what happened, there was a younger brother in front of him who could protect him, didn't he?

"Anyone?"

Suddenly, a thick male voice sounded around the corner, echoing in the corridor, and then a man came out, he was holding a flashlight and carrying the light, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but Chen Xiaojie and Tang Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief, it was a human being!

……

Cao Yijin should be the most comfortable when he woke up, because he was lying on the bed in the rescue center, and he moved, although he was a little sore, it did not affect his movements.

There was still a drip in his hand, Cao Yijin patted his faint head with his other hand, and looked at the room, which was quite tidy, there were four beds but only one patient, and the other three beds were empty.

Several windows on the wall were wide open, and the warm sunlight slipped in to drive away the cold, all of which were so calm, exuding bursts of warmth, that Cao Yijin couldn't help but wonder if everything he had experienced before was an illusion? Is it all my own dream?

In fact, I have never left, but I have a serious illness and a very real dream? Cao Yijin was confused.

By the way, what about Zhou Zimo? What about Chen Xiaojie? What about the fat man? Cao Yijin suddenly remembered his partner, these people are definitely not hallucinations, he has been friends with them for so many years, they will definitely be able to tell him the truth of what he experienced before!

Thinking of this, Cao Yijin couldn't care that he was still infusion, and opened his throat and shouted: "Zimo! Where are you? ”

The curtain at the door opened suddenly, and a stream of sunlight drifted in, Cao Yijin turned his head to look, and a figure walked in with the light on his back.

When she lowered the curtain, Cao Yijin saw that it was a female doctor, about thirty years old, with crisp short hair and a thick book in her hand.

She only came in when she heard Cao Yijin's voice, and she had been reading medical classics outside before, which was a very luxurious thing, since the zombies slaughtered the city, there were very few books left by humans.

"You're awake." The doctor's voice was gentle, with a soft smile on his face, which made people feel extra warm in the sun.

Cao Yijin was stunned, the doctor was like the sweetest spring water, moistening his wrinkled heart at once, even though she was not so beautiful.

"Ah, yes, yes......" Cao Yijin couldn't even speak.

The doctor pursed his lips, put the book in his hand on the table, moved a chair and sat on the edge of the bed and said to Cao Yijin: "You have slept for two days, can you tell me where you came from?" ”

Cao Yijin blushed a little, lowered his head and muttered, "I, I'm from the zombie...... Ah, no, I'm Red Maple's person. ”

The doctor didn't care what he didn't say, and nodded, "Hongfeng, then why did you come back to our Zizhu?" ”

Cao Yijin only now knew that he had arrived at the Zizhu Safety Zone, which was located on the other side of Yecheng, how could he run so far to get here!

He shook his head and looked at the female doctor and said, "I don't know, I seem to have a dream...... Sister, what about the people who came with me? ”

The female doctor was silent for a moment and shook her head gently at him: "You were the only one when we found you. ”

Cao Yijin was stunned for a moment, and shouted, "What?!" How is this possible! We are obviously four people, Zimo, Xiao Jin, Xiaojie and Fatty, how can it be just me! ”

The female doctor couldn't bear it, stood up and took out a medical cotton cloth from the bedside medicine cabinet, helped Koro wipe the sweat from his forehead, and comforted: "Your injury is not healed yet, so let's lie down first." We'll talk about it later. ”

Cao Yijin was in a hurry, but the female doctor's words were like sleeping pills, which made him feel irrefutable, and he fell asleep again when his eyes alternated.

The female doctor got up, a trace of worry appeared on her face, sighed softly, turned around and threw the disposable needle in her hand into the trash can.