I was attracted to the diary's owner's unique way of referring to himself, he rarely used the word 'I', but frequently referred to himself as 'gatekeeper', which made his record of what he saw and heard appear more objective.

It's as if he is just a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, and he doesn't have any subjective assumptions about what happens and who he meets.

After reading seven articles in a row, I found that this gatekeeper would do one thing every day, and the original words in his diary were 'door, normal'.

The gate of the farmhouse is an iron fence door, the door inside and outside, at a glance, using 'normal' to describe a door, there is an indescribable sense of disobedience.

Of course, the doorman is not called a doorman, but a gatekeeper, which shows that the owner of the diary has a unique preference in terms of subtext.

If the salutations and adjectives are free to use, and the diary is not meant to be read by anyone else anyway, then the recurring 'patrol' of the seven days is puzzling to me.

The patrol is carried out by survivor wheels, in pairs, once in the morning, noon and in the evening, along the façade of the farmhouse, and certainly the gate.

Why does the gatekeeper write the door separately and again?

Suppressing this question, I continued to scroll back, and the content of the diary was actually quite monotonous, that is, it recorded what the survivors did every day.

In fact, they didn't have much to do, and at the beginning of the disaster, they knew through the radio and mobile phones that there was a contagion outside, so they decided to stay away from the crowd and pickle the fresh greens that had not had time to be picked in the greenhouse.

The kitchen has thousands of catties of rice noodles and other kinds of food, which was originally prepared for customers and employees, and more than a dozen of them have saved money and finally used the existing resources to survive the winter.

They hadn't fought with zombies, and no one had awakened abilities, as if they were orphans forgotten by the world, until half a month ago, a guest came to the farmhouse.

Seeing that the contents of the diary were finally no longer what to eat, what to drink, and how many hours I slept on, I regained my energy and read carefully.

This guest is a stranger, he came to the farmhouse alone, saying that he was going to the black market to do business, but on the way he was attacked by mutant beasts, his sled dog was bitten to death by mutant beasts, he didn't dare to spend the night in the wilderness alone, he happened to accidentally find the farmhouse, he didn't expect that there were survivors inside.

The Ademalis spent two days at the farmhouse in exchange for a box of frozen corn that he was going to sell, telling the survivors that a widespread wave of corpses could erupt in the future.

The source of his information was the black market, and the survivors believed him, and after he left, they began to prepare for war, but unfortunately they still did not grasp the concept of 'large-scale'.

A few of the survivors are quite skilled, and they like to practice throwing knives or go to private shooting ranges, and they feel that this is enough.

They found a pistol from the mezzanine of the office drawer, as well as a box of cartridges, both of which were obviously illegal, but to them, they were a treasure.

They spent six hours a day practicing throwing knives and axes, and two of the survivors were particularly adept at throwing stones, and the attacks described in their diaries matched the images I remembered.

When the zombie tide broke out, they found a large number of zombies approaching, so they attacked with knives, axes and stones, but soon they realized that the number of zombies far exceeded their imagination, and they couldn't kill them all.

And the zombies are no slower than humans, and for some unknown reason, after the zombies broke down the door, they killed several of their companions, and the rest retreated into the bath.

Thinking about it darkly, the killer may have thought that a few dead people could stop the corpses for a while, but who knew that zombies were picky eaters, and people didn't eat dead corpses now.

If you think about the good, it may also be that they saw their companions being pounced on by zombies, and they couldn't bear to tear them alive, so they gave them a happy death.

Of course, the second half is just my speculation based on what I saw at the scene, and the content of the diary is only until they found a large number of zombies appearing, and a line is written on the last page: They are coming, I am going to guard the door.

"Yu, do you know why zombies don't go into the baths? The diary says that none of the survivors have awakened their abilities, so how could the corpses let the remaining ones go? ”

I read all the important information in the diary while reading it, and now I want to hear Gu Yu's opinion, and I already have a guess in my heart.

"First of all, it is not excluded that someone suddenly awakens the ability, you know that the ability sometimes needs stimulation, and the probability of awakening or advancing is relatively high when people are at the moment of life and death; Secondly, the baths, hot springs to be exact, conceal the breath of the living, making them invisible in the eyes of the zombies. ”

Gu Yu paused, "But when we went, there was no water in the pool, and the water marks at the bottom of the pool were not dry, indicating that there was water there not long ago, I'm not sure, maybe there is no relationship between the two." ”

I thought about it, nodded and said: "Maybe it matters, but we don't know, both of the scenarios you said are possible, but I think there is another thing that is quite strange, we can see the location of the farmhouse at a glance on the highway, but the stranger said that he found it by accident, is he severely myopia?" ”

After the disaster, robbery gangs have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the farmhouse has food, and the location is so obvious that anyone who comes and goes from this road should be able to see it.

However, the gatekeeper and the dozen or so survivors actually spent the whole winter peacefully, no zombies harassed, no robbers came to the door, and the only visitor was when he was fleeing for his life, and accidentally discovered their existence.

"When the spring water is there, the mountain villa is invisible to people and corpses, and after the spring water dries, it returns to normal?"

"Huh? Maybe that's the case, the spring can't disappear in the blink of an eye, but it's possible that as its number decreases, the invisibility effect becomes weaker, and finally it only shrinks to the size of a bath, and when the water runs out, the corpses are gone, and the rest of the people escape. ”

"Why is the spring gone?" Gu Yu is like a kind teacher, guiding me to use my brain to come up with the right answer.

A bold thought flashed through my mind, this idea was too bizarre, I didn't rush to say it for a while, and paused for a few seconds before saying: "The gatekeeper is a data controller, and there will be no verbosity and repetition in his diary, so the 'gate' he mentions every day should not refer to the gate that survivors must pass through when patrolling." ”

"Judging from the wounds of the deceased in the courtyard, the survivors are the ones who are good at throwing knives, axes, strings and firearms, and the dead are all young people with no skills, and the gatekeeper is an old man, so either he left the farmhouse with the other survivors, or ...... Before he started fighting, he went to the 'door' alone. ”

I breathed a sigh of relief, and finally said, "If he left after the corpse flock, there's no reason not to take this diary with him, unless, he's never left the farmhouse." ”

I think Gu Yu understands what I mean, not leaving does not mean that people are alive, and the diary stopped three days ago, indicating that the gatekeeper has not returned to the office in the past three days.

What does he have to do with the disappearance of the hot springs? What exactly is the 'door' in his writing?

"Don't think about it, just read a novel." Gu Yu's voice interrupted my thoughts.

"Okay~ I'm idle and bored anyway." I rubbed my eyes and placed the diary on the roll of my sleeping bag, but the material of the sleeping bag was slippery, and the pen fell to the floor, and a folded piece of printer paper fell out from between the last page and the back cover.

I picked it up and unfolded it, and when I saw the content clearly, my fingers tightened, and I almost crushed it, Gu Yu saw my strange appearance from the rearview mirror, and asked with concern: "What are you looking at, are you okay?" ”

I asked him to pull over and handed him the printer paper, "Look, isn't this your jade!" ”

Gu Yu took it and glanced at it, nodded and said, "Yes, the content of the text is also the same." ”

The paper is drawn with an enlarged version of the jade, so the words on it are very clear, Gu Yu has seen the enlarged jade, and he must also remember the words on it, he said that it is consistent, and there will be no mistake.

"Turn around?" I think this is a clue, we know too little about Gu Yu's life experience, we can't imagine that we can find information related to his life experience in a small farmhouse, it is better to seize this opportunity and hope that the gatekeeper knows something.

"We searched all the places and didn't find the gatekeeper, now there are two possibilities, one is that the door he went to guard is not in the farmhouse, and the other is that there is a secret entrance, which is difficult for outsiders to find."

Gu Yu analyzed: "No matter what, it's too wasteful of time to find it, the purpose of this trip is to search for supplies, and the family is still waiting." ”

I was a little anxious: "But your life experience, haven't you always wanted to know?" This is a rare opportunity! ”

Gu Yu turned his head and smiled at me: "Although the past is important, it is not as important as the present and the future, whether it is the present or the future, I hope that our parents and Long Tao will live a better life." ”

It wasn't sweet talk, he smiled sincerely, his tone was firm, and that's what he was thinking, and my eyes couldn't help but redden, and I pulled back the printer paper, folded it carefully, and clipped it back into my diary.

As long as he lives, as long as there is a future, we will definitely have the opportunity to trace his past, he is right, if we delay time because of other things, my parents and Ah Ying will be worried, thinking that we have an accident.

"Captain." I screamed softly.

"Huh?"

"I love you."

Gu Yu was stunned, then the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a gentle smile mixed with joy, "Keep it up." ”

"Alas~ Can you follow the script? You should say you love me too! ”

"Yes."

"Drive!"

"Yes."

Outside the car window was a green field, a speeding off-road vehicle, a string of cheerful laughter, the warm wind blowing my broken hair, the sun was just right, and our car was driving on the empty road.

Without the occasional bouncing block, without the messy marks and bloodstains left behind by the horde of corpses, we're more like we're on a road trip.

My good mood lasted only half an hour when I was spoiled by a stopper in the middle of the road, which was flanked by a deep ditch and could not be detoured, and in the middle of the road stood several women and children side by side, seeing the approaching car but not having the slightest intention of avoiding it.