On a hot and humid southern June day, Zhou Zhiyuan took a deep breath after coming out of the crowded subway car; Today is his last day of work in the company, after stumbling in his hometown society for ten years and coming to Nandu to work hard for several years, he is 34 years old this year and still has nothing to do, no house, no car and no daughter-in-law; I don't know how long I lost my interest in hiking and mountaineering.

Think about it, just after this resignation, I will meet with a few colleagues with similar interests to set off tomorrow in the southwest mountains, and think about the next step in my life by the way.

When he opened the door to his house, a familiar picture came into view, a gray dog with its tongue out, wagging its tail and looking at him with joy in its eyes.

"Luo Luo is so well-behaved~ I wait for my brother to come home every day," Zhou Zhiyuan gently touched the dog's head a few times

Lolo watched his master wagging his tail after enjoying his master's petting; Looking at those eyes that can express emotions, I can't help but recall the time when a man and a dog met.

It was raining heavily that day, and Zhou Zhiyuan, who had just arrived in Nanyidu and was looking for a house in an urban village, was standing in front of the door of an apartment that was neither new nor old, and was calling the landlord to contact him to see the house.

A wet greyhound ran over and sheltered from the rain under the roof at the door; Zhou Zhiyuan looked down, and the little greyhound looked up; After reading the doubts and curiosity in the puppy's eyes, Zhou Zhiyuan smiled.

He said, "If my brother finds a suitable house, would you like to eat delicious food?" The little greyhound had a glint of joy in his eyes, licking his mouth and wagging his tail at the same time.

Zhou Zhiyuan laughed: "Wait for brother" When he finished the rental procedures and returned to the door, the little greyhound saw him wagging his tail and licking his mouth twice, Zhou Zhiyuan smiled and waved his hand: "Go~ Go home with my brother, and my brother will raise you in the future"

Since then, he will see this heartwarming picture every day when he goes out or comes back.

When Luo Luo grew up, he found out that he was the earth dog, and it should be abandoned because the old thinking felt that the earth dog was gray and unlucky; This kind of dog is extremely loyal and obedient, and intelligent and understanding, and it never goes on a leash when Zhou Zhiyuan takes him to run wildly on the mountain behind the village, and will always go around the house every night before going to bed; Sometimes it is common to get up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, looking up at the owner and paying attention to the owner's every move.

After taking a shower and feeding Luo Luo, and lying on the bed to check the route information, Zhou Zhiyuan looked at the news website and muttered to himself: "It's strange, how could the Antarctic scientific expedition team go missing because of the mountain disaster if it doesn't have the most advanced equipment?"

After reading the international news again, he shook his head and said: "What's wrong with this world, there are a lot of strange things, and there are also strange things like people biting people; Multiple similar incidents in various places?! The Walking Dead has seen too much."

Suddenly, I felt a whirlwind of Venus in the blink of an eye, and my brain was buzzing; Shaking his head and saying, "It's strange, why do you feel groggy today" and fell asleep as soon as his body tilted.

I don't know how long it took, Zhou Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes, and after looking at the time of his mobile phone, he was suddenly shocked: "Nine o'clock in the morning? I slept for so long, and 12 hours passed at once!?"

I felt my body carefully, hungry and very tired, as if I had sprinted for thousands of meters with all my might; Soreness and tingling in the joints, I barely stood up and did a pull-up extension; After a beep sound of the bones loosening, I finally felt a little refreshed.

casually glanced at Luo Luo, who was sleeping next to the bed, and said, "It's strange, why is this guy still sleeping lazy today?"

After smelling a sour smell on his body, he decided to take a shower first and then feed his stomach, and then contact other people to set off after he was full.

After walking to the balcony on the top floor and taking off the clothes, I habitually looked at the roof of the opposite building, because there was a very good old couple living there, and they usually sat in a rocking chair together at this time to bask in the sun; Whenever Zhou Zhiyuan came up to dry clothes or take clothes, he would greet the old man with a smile.

When he walked over and was about to greet the old couple, the scene he saw in front of him made him creepy and unforgettable, the old gentleman was lying on the ground with a broken stomach, and the old lady knelt on the ground in her hand? The old gentleman's arm was on his mouth, as if he were eating; And the pool of blood on the side was scattered with what looked like offal and large intestines sold at a pork stall.

From the scalp to the soles of the feet, I felt a burst of soreness welling up from my stomach; Zhou Zhiyuan covered his mouth with his hand to prevent himself from spitting out, and at the same time took out his mobile phone to record a micro video and sent it to the group and @ all said: "Something is wrong, you guys hurry up and bring your equipment to my house to gather"

After a few tens of seconds, "I'll go, what's going on?" Is it filming on the scene?", "When did you start filming the walking dead in China?", "Brother Yuan, is your new job on the set?", "This special effect is okay! Not to lose the old beauty"

Zhou Zhiyuan typed angrily: "I'm not kidding you!" It's real! It's not a film or a prank, hurry up and bring things to my house, and watch out for anything strange on the way."

After putting away his mobile phone, he rushed downstairs and returned to his house, only to see Luo Luo licking the water bowl; The large feed bag on the side had long since been bitten and was empty.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhiyuan exclaimed: "I'll go, you can eat all the portions for a week at once!?"

He had been hungry for a long time, and when he saw the bread on the table that was going to be eaten on the way to the southwest mountainous area, he couldn't help but take it out and eat it with water; When he swallowed the last bite and saw a pile of empty bags on the table, he paused for a moment: "I have eaten all the twenty or so old bread?" Before he could come back to his senses, there was an urgent knock on the door: "Brother Yuan, open the door!"

When I opened the door, I saw four colleagues and good brothers who lived nearby, all carrying large mountaineering backpacks, two carrying an equipment bag in each hand, and the other two each carrying a large rectangular box.

Everyone came in and put down their things, and each sat down on the sofa, and Luo Luo wagged his tail and arched his head one by one, arching everyone's feet and greeting.

Zhou Zhiyuan was the first to ask, "Did you see anything strange on the street when you came over?"

Liu Jianyu, who was only a few years younger than Zhou Zhiyuan, said: "On the way from me, I saw some people with blank eyes and empty eyes, walking slowly and swaying; I don't care if I call it."

Xie Dongcheng, who was sitting next to him, said: "Well, I also met a few people on the road or in the store as if they were sleepwalking; And the faces of those strange people are so pale; I can see the blood vessels."

Chen Guohao, who was sitting on the opposite side, said: "When I passed the grocery store around the corner on the way over, the boss couldn't wake up when he picked up the table and screamed, and then suddenly his whole body shook like a convulsion!"

Zhang Hongda, who was originally slightly fat, said: "When I passed by the noodle stall, I saw someone eating and eating their faces and stuffed them in the bowl, and then the frightened people who didn't move all ran away."

Xie Dongcheng said: "How do I sound like a corpse in an American drama?"

Liu Jianyu said: "I also think it's like a viral infection in a science fiction movie."

Zhou Zhiyuan thought for a while and said, "Do you feel uncomfortable?" Is there anything strange about your body compared to normal?"

Liu Jianyu patted his chest muscles and said, "No, I feel very good, but I feel so hungry when I first get up; Ate several times more than usual"

Chen Guohao suddenly exclaimed: "Huh~ Dongcheng, why don't you wear glasses?"

Xie Dongcheng replied: "After waking up today, I found that I couldn't see anything when I put on my glasses, so I didn't wear them, and I was also wondering."

Zhang Hongda also said loudly: "I'm also strange, I woke up with a circle of meat missing from my stomach; I was so hungry that I rushed downstairs and ate four catties of noodles and my stomach didn't rise!"

Chen Guohao touched Luo Luo and turned around and said: "After getting up today, I feel as if I haven't eaten for a week, and I only feel better after eating 10 baskets of xiaolongbao."

After listening to what everyone said, Zhou Zhiyuan thought for a while, raised his head and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the hardware store downstairs and the supermarket diagonally opposite?"

Xie Dongcheng: "No, the proprietress of the supermarket is still yelling at his husband to move the goods", Chen Guohao: "The hardware store is quite normal, but there are no customers"

Zhou Zhiyuan nodded and said: "Jianyu, you have a lot of strength, go to the supermarket with Hongda to buy water and food, buy as much as you want for the kind of high-calorie and long-term life, Guohao, you go to the hardware store with me to get some self-defense things; Dongcheng, your family studying medicine, went to the pharmacy to buy emergency medicine and equipment to deal with trauma. My house is too small, let's move things up to the top floor in a moment; The landlord added a two-bedroom and a living room a few days ago, and the key was kept by me" Zhang Hongda asked with some hesitation: "Brother Yuan, do you think it will become like what is shown on TV?" Is it a major large-scale disaster?"

Liu Jianyu frowned and said: "Watching the small video posted by Brother Gangyuan and seeing so many abnormal people on the road made me unconsciously believe in the scenes of those biochemical movies."

Xie Dongcheng stood up and said: "This situation has never happened in reality now, I don't think it's a bad thing to prepare in advance."

Zhou Zhiyuan replied: "If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and at that time, I saw that the old lady's eyes did not look like human beings... Okay, I feel like we don't have much time left; Hurry up and move as much as you can!"

Everyone went downstairs as fast as possible to their respective destinations, and as soon as Zhou Zhiyuan ran into the hardware store, he saw the boss falling next to the chair; He took five steel pipes about 1.5 meters long, cut them into bevels at one end with a grinding wheel, and instructed Li Guohao to take five steel pipes used to weld anti-theft fences, and one end was a round pipe steel bar with a sharp round cone; He also packed away the only few feature phones, LED flashlights and batteries on the shelves, and helped others carry food, water, gas canisters and other materials to the top floor after taking things upstairs; When everyone was almost finished, Xie Dongcheng, who went to the farthest place, ran up with a big bag in one hand and shouted step by step: "There are so many living corpses biting people along the way, and even the police are injured!"