September 2, 2020.

Hui An walked alone on the rugged mountain road, while using all his power to open his eyes and ears, and extremely carefully captured every slight movement around him.

I can't complain that he is so careful. Ten days ago, an incomparably mysterious virus came out of nowhere, but it unbelievably covered the entire planet overnight. More than 7 billion human beings, who claim to be the masters of the planet, are vulnerable to the terrible virus named "Pandora S", with more than eighty percent of humanity infected.

After a high fever and coma that no amount of medicine could provide, the infected awoke as walking corpses with no human sanity and only a flesh-eating instinct. Their limbs are stiff and slow, but their strength has grown greatly, and with their eating instincts, they attack the uninfected humans around them almost as soon as they open their eyes.

Some people were torn apart and devoured on the spot by the infected; Some people escaped by chance, but they became the second group of infected people because they were injured by the minions of the infected; Some people can't accept the horror of hell and choose to end their lives; But there are still many people who use all kinds of means and best efforts to survive in this last days, and Hui'an undoubtedly belongs to the last group of people.

Hui'an was only twenty years old, but he was the presiding monk of the Bailu Monastery in Lushan, southwest of Jiayin County, Jibei Province, Yanlong State--in fact, he was the only monk in this monastery that was as small as a sparrow, and he was a veritable commander of the light pole.

Hui'an's real name is Zhao Yi, and he is originally from Pingliu Town at the foot of Lu Mountain. Thirteen years ago, both parents were killed in a car accident. Although there is a little industry in the family, it is not something that Zhao Yi, who is only seven years old, can keep, but in a few months, he was deceived by a group of so-called relatives and friends.

Seeing that Zhao Yi, who was lonely and helpless, had no roof and was penniless, was about to be sent to the humble orphanage in this small county town, the old monk who was cultivating in Bailu Temple on Lu Mountain, and who was quite prestigious, felt that he knew about it, and said that Zhao Yi was a child who was destined for Buddhism and was willing to include Zhao Yi in the temple as an apprentice.

Seeing that someone was willing to take over this burden, Zhao Yi's relatives were rarely enthusiastic, and completed the corresponding procedures with high efficiency, and sent Zhao Yi to Bailu Temple to be a little monk, and took the name "Hui'an".

Although it shows that the old monk Jue is a monk and is not young, his ideas are quite open-minded. After accepting Hui'an's apprentice, he did not lock him up in the temple and ask for his life, but sent him to study in a primary school in the town under the mountain, and only after completing his studies every day did he personally teach him Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist principles. Since then, a little monk with a shaved head, wearing a small monk's robe, and going in and out of school every day, has become a special scenery in Pingliu Town.

After finishing elementary school, Hui'an went to the county town to study junior high school and high school, according to the meaning of the old monk Mingjue, is to ask Hui'an to enter the Buddhist college to get a diploma back, and then inherit his mantle, and carry forward this small White Deer Temple.

It's a pity that Hui'an has just finished his sophomore year of high school, and Mingjue, who is over seventy years old, suffered from a serious illness, which was ineffective after treatment, and returned to the Western Elysium that he believed in and longed for all his life. Before his death, he naturally passed on the White Deer Temple to Hui An, the only disciple, who was only eighteen years old at the time, interrupted his studies and became the youngest abbot of the White Deer Temple since its establishment hundreds of years ago.

Although Hui'an is young, he is quite precocious in mind after experiencing the great changes in his family in his early years. And because of many years of studying, my horizons can be regarded as broadened. After he took over the White Deer Temple, he actually kept this small temple in good order, and it was even a little more prosperous than when Master Mingjue was there.

When the "S-type Pandora" virus came, Hui'an, who was alone in the mountains, was not infected, and he did not know what was going on in the outside world. It wasn't until the early hours of the next morning that Guo Feng, a close friend he had made while studying and who had been admitted to Xuanjing University last year, called and explained all the information he had seen with his own eyes and later learned about the great change from the Internet.

Hui'an was skeptical at first, but it was only after he went down the mountain to check the authenticity and witnessed the tragic scene of a group of infected people eating the three survivors alive in a small hotel built in the middle of the mountain, and finally believed that what Guo Feng said was the truth.

Although Hui'an has practiced Buddhism since childhood, he can't help but feel helpless in the face of such a tragic scene. Finally had Guo Feng's words in front, whether he believed it or not, he was a little prepared in his heart, so he barely kept calm and cautious, did not alarm those zombies, quietly returned to Bailu Temple the same way, and after latching the temple gate to death, he took out his mobile phone to contact Guo Feng, but found that the signal had been cut off.

Wandering in his heart, he didn't know how to be good, so he had to wait and see what was happening in the temple, because Bailu Temple was located on a platform near the top of Lushan Mountain, and there was only a rugged mountain road paved with mountain stones leading to the bottom of the mountain. What's more, he had raised funds to renovate the temple just a few years ago, and the brick and stone walls were towering, and the Atsugi temple gate was heavy and strong, so even if an infected person came up, he could not enter the temple.

After ten days of hard work in the temple, Hui'an, who lives alone all the year round, is not afraid of loneliness, but the food stored in the temple has been exhausted. Because it was difficult for vehicles to travel on the mountain road, in the past, Hui'an personally went down the mountain to purchase enough rice, flour, grain, oil and other materials for more than ten days, and then worked tirelessly to pick up the mountain. Before the disaster struck, Hui'an had consumed most of the food he had purchased last time, and although he had consciously saved in the past ten days, he would eventually run out.

Hui An had expected this, he had already figured out that he could not hide forever in the mountains, and these ten days were just a psychological buffer for himself and to make some preparations and plans. Early this morning, after taking out all the leftover food and feasting on it in a lavish manner, he went down the mountain to investigate the outside world and gather the supplies he needed.

These days, Hui'an naturally doesn't have the heart to shave his head, so a short layer of stubble has grown on his head. For the sake of mobility, he did not wear the somewhat cumbersome monk's robe, but changed into a sportswear-style school uniform issued by the school when he was in high school. Although the style is old-fashioned and ugly, the fabric is quite strong and durable. I also changed into a pair of cheap tourist shoes that I usually wear when going up and down the mountain on weekdays. This outfit is matched with a natural baby face, which makes him look like he has no appearance of a monk, and he looks like a high school student.

Hui An carried a large backpack used when he was studying, and a machete about 40 centimeters long was carried in his hand. The blade of this machete is wide at the front and narrow at the back, the back of the knife is about one finger thick, the blade is sharpened quickly, and the handle is a section of steel pipe connected to the blade by welding. Although the temple has been equipped with modern facilities such as gas stoves, it also retains the stove fire left over from the early years, and Hui'an usually has some firewood, which is used to chop firewood.

Hui'an walked on the mountain road, and could vaguely see Pingliu Town, which was bustling and prosperous on weekdays but was dead and silent at the moment, thinking about where the "S-type Pandora" virus that Guo Feng said on the phone came from. Since this virus is named "Pandora", it naturally uses the allusion of "Pandora's Box" in Greek mythology, but I don't know who opened the magic box and caused this catastrophe that destroyed the world.