I don't know how long it took me to sleep like this, and when we came out of the infirmary, we were housed in separate rooms. I was almost dazed and buried myself in a soft mattress, not even seeing what the room looked like.

I had a lot of fragmented dreams at night, and I couldn't remember the content of the dreams, but I remembered that there were many faces overlapping each other, but in the dream, I closed my eyes, tried not to look or think, and before I knew it, I really couldn't see or hear anything. Then I woke up shortly after.

In front of me is a spacious bedroom, with gray-white curtains that block the sunlight from the window just right, and the brightness is very suitable. I stretched, struggling out of the cloud-soft mattress. There was a long fitting mirror by the window, and the young man there had messy hair, stubble on his hands, and his clothes were torn in several places.

I looked around and it was almost like a hotel, with spotless carpets and neatly arranged objects, as if someone was taking care of them. I saw the bathroom, so I rushed in.

I turned on the shower head with the mentality of trying my luck, but I didn't expect the hot water to pour on my body like a fountain. The pores all over my body were shrinking, and I was trembling with comfort. I opened my mouth wide and drank greedily.

Disposable toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash cups, razors and towels are also placed next to the wash basin. I brushed my teeth while showering, and finished shaving in the mirror. The body is still bruised, but as long as it is covered with a bathrobe, it is not a problem.

When I came out, I saw a hair dryer on the opposite side, so I plugged it into the electrical socket, and a magical whining sound was heard. I thought it would be hard to hear such a voice in my life. Enjoying the artificial warm breeze, I felt like a world away from home again.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

After opening the door, a strange aunt stood at the door with a smile and handed me a set of clothes: "Child, this is your clothes." With that, he left with a stack of clothes.

I was stunned, and patted my face vigorously to make sure it wasn't a dream before I changed into a new outfit and walked out of the room. I remembered that Xiaolin's room was next to me, so I knocked on her door, but no one answered, thinking that maybe I was going to the infirmary.

After passing through the red-carpeted hallway, I went downstairs and was even more surprised by the scene.

There were more than a dozen people sitting or standing in the hall downstairs, all of them were elderly people, and many of them were even in wheelchairs. They were all talking happily, and there was no sense of being in the end of the world.

"You're finally down?" Someone behind me patted me on the shoulder. The man took the last puff of his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground, and twisted it out with his shoe. "Come, I'll show you around here!"

He was the older middle-aged man who brought us in last night, and I followed him out. The sun was shining all over the verdant lawn, and the parts that I hadn't seen clearly last night were all in full view. It is a mix of East and West, with pavilions, pools and rockeries, sundials, brick paths and brightly coloured flower beds. On the road, a group of more than a dozen guards, all with assault rifles on them, jogged on the brick path.

"I don't seem to have introduced myself yet," the middle-aged man said, "My name is Zou Yiguang, and I used to be a police officer, and we met Lu Feng when he was very young. When you were tricked into going to the second police station, we went to your base, and Lu Feng accepted my advice and came to this place. ”

At this time, a man walked up, and I recognized it as the young man who had been with Officer Zou last night. He unconsciously put his feet together and saluted, "Team Zou!" He looked at me again, his eyes both curious and puzzled.

Officer Zou said: "Xiao Cheng, in this kind of world, we are no longer subordinates, but partners in life and death, so you don't need to salute or something, it feels weird." ”

Xiao Cheng smiled: "Yes, Team Zou!" After saying that, he unconsciously raised his hands again, but quickly put them down, talked to his old boss a few more words, and walked away.

It was still morning, but the air was cold, and a gust of wind swept through the air, causing ripples on the lawn, and the ripples swept over the flower beds, reached the pool, and blew the low trees on the edge of the mansion to sway slightly, as if the lawn, the flower bed, the pool, and the low trees were all one, which made people feel refreshed.

"Amazing, isn't it?" Zou said, "It's obviously the end of the world, but here is like an independent peach orchard, and there is no so-called survival oppression at all." ”

I nodded, and instead of existential oppression, it was almost like Eden.

The old police officer continued: "Mr. Fang and I have known each other for a long time. Many years ago, his baby daughter was kidnapped by kidnappers, and in the end, I solved the case and saved the child. But since then, he has built an impregnable city for his precious daughter......"

He looked around and said, "The power and hydraulic systems are independent of the civilian system, the roof is full of photovoltaic panels, there are huge underground water pumps buried underground, and there is a greenhouse and poultry farm behind the house, this is a mini-town." Coupled with the state-level security system, this is the secret that has remained so calm here since the outbreak began. ”

I looked around again, and I couldn't help but think that what he said last night to disdain Lin Yifei was not unfounded, and it was really solid here.

"Don't take that to heart what he said last night," Zou said as if reading through my thoughts, "because he doesn't understand the horror of that kid...... But I couldn't be clearer, because I've been taking over Lin Yifei's case for several years. ”

We came to the back of the mansion and finally saw a transparent greenhouse and a fenced poultry farm, where a few people were tinkering with something.

A man dressed as a farmer greeted the Zou team. Team Zou nodded in return, then turned to me and asked, "I actually want to know what you experienced after returning to that mall?" What happened to the kid in the end? ”

So I recounted the cycle of torture, shocks, and pain that I experienced when I returned to the mall," I said...... Also, as I said last night, we didn't know what happened to the group at the time, so it's not clear if he was dead or not. ”

Team Zou nodded: "After you said this, that kid really used ECT to treat the victim......

“ECT？” I wondered.

"The full name is ECT electroconvulsive therapy, which is originally used to treat PTSD, which is to pass an electric current through the patient's head, and there is a high chance that a painful memory will be cleared, just like you have forgotten what happened before after being shocked."

PTSD, I've heard of it, is post-traumatic stress disorder, which is usually a mental disorder left on patients after a catastrophe or war.

Team Zou continued: "After Lu Feng withdrew from the 'Wave' organization, many of the original participants were disillusioned, and the organization split into several factions, which even led to brawls. It is at this point that a self-regulatory organization suddenly becomes a scattered mess, and if it continues to develop, it is likely to cause social problems, and this momentum dies down. ”

"What is surprising is that it was another teenager who led the change, and since most of them were minors, and the fact that the children were becoming well-behaved, the negative impact of this change did not attract attention. My investigation was also difficult to conduct, but I knew something had to be wrong. Rumor has it that he made those who refused to give in to him by electric shock, and I learned the details when you said that. ”

Then we came to the greenhouse, where cucumbers and spinach were grown, and the bamboo vines were crawling with tomatoes, and the sprinkler system was constantly delivering water. In such an apocalyptic world, the sight is simply staggering.

After passing through the greenhouse, at the end of the whole house, a tight fence stands in front of you.

On the way back, I asked Team Zou, "By the way, Officer Zou, how did you know that Lin Yifei and they would come to attack our base?" And you shouldn't know that Lu Feng will be in the mall, right? ”

He said, "It's a shame to say that we were hiding in an inn after the outbreak, but we were deceived by the same tricks you had. The fake couple was the bargaining chip he used to infiltrate other people, and I think they've tried it at least a few times over the years, and with great success. I didn't expect to come to you but didn't open the door, but forced him to do it himself. ”

He continued, "Xiao Cheng and I escaped from the hotel and came here, but thinking that the number of victims outside would increase, we returned to the vicinity of the hotel, and only then did we know that their target had turned to your mall. ”

We returned to the lawn and walked into the gazebo in the pool, where everything was so dreamlike that it was easy to forget all the suffering outside.

"If that young man hadn't died, he would have made a comeback," Zou suddenly raised his voice, as if to shake his sleepy self awake, "I know too well, once I went to the school to chat with him, he expressed his admiration for the first generation, that is, Lu Feng, but during the conversation, I found that his thoughts were completely different from Lu Feng's, extremely dangerous, if Lu Feng's thoughts were still part of creation, then his mind was only destruction." ”

"The worst thing is that he is as smart as Lu Feng," Zou said as if he believed in something, "we must take precautions as soon as possible, and we can't let this place fall as well......

The horror of that boy naturally went deep into my bone marrow, and I could only nod my head blankly.

At this time, a shadow walked into the gazebo. Dressed in a plain white lace dress, a long knitted sweater, with a small pink padded jacket on the outside, jet-black hair hanging down the waist, and clear eyebrows, people can't help but think of the word "everyone's girlfriend".

"Uncle Zou, are you discussing the doomsday game again?" A breezy voice like a yellow bird said, "By the way, do you know where Lu Feng is?" ”

Team Zou said kindly: "It's Xiaoyu, I heard your father say this morning that he wanted to discuss with Lu Feng in the study about expanding the territory." ”

"Oh hi, got to know the officer!" The girl put her feet together and saluted pretendically.

Just as I was about to leave, she suddenly approached me: "Who are you?" ”

"My name is Li Chen, who are you?"

"Fang Xiaoyu, my father's daughter." She turned away and waved at me, "Goodbye, big star!" ”

She is almost like the lawn, pool and gazebo here, and there is no sense of oppression in the apocalypse. I asked in confusion, "She is Mr. Fang's daughter?" ”

Team Zou nodded: "That's right, and she also has an identity, she will definitely scare you when she says it, she is Lu Feng's fiancée." ”

Needless to say, my jaw had dropped to the ground.