30.8 per cent for option one, 7.7 per cent for option two and 61.5 per cent for option three.

……

[Option 3]

【Lookout】

……

"Yes. I used to be in charge of watching the wind in the city. ”

Zheng Zhuo nodded.

Lookout post. He thought, the self who has [identification] and the young woman who has [exploration]...... Rhubarb can play a greater advantage in this position.

"That's good."

Yan Futi nodded and said.

"After a night's rest, we set off to return. Ha, it's rare for me to be a 'vulture' once. ”

He leaned heavily into the RV and sighed.

"Vultures?"

"Don't the people in the city say that? It's those who specialize in looting items from people who have been attacked and killed by zombies. ”

Yan Futi said.

"The 'Vulture' doesn't have a very good reputation. Because a lot of them are not content to wait. They will allow the lives of those who can be rescued to lose their lives, and even worse, they will deliberately create dangerous situations to loot supplies. ”

Deliberately creating a dangerous situation.

This sentence flashed through Zheng Zhuo's mind.

"Uncle." He said, "You said there was a wave of corpses in the city...... Could it be that these 'vultures' did it? ”

Yan Futi was stunned for a moment, and then began to ponder.

"Vultures it...... ......"

"Indeed, the presence of a corpse influx from the center of the city is suspicious. However, it was never heard of a 'vulture' attacking such a large city. ”

He said.

"Just as if a colony of large animals were infected with the plague, those who flew in the sky could easily starve to death in a short time. If the 'city' collapses completely, the vultures will only be able to loot for a while, and soon, due to the lack of manpower and too many zombies, they will have to abandon the defenses they have built and move to other large gathering areas that are not known how far away. ”

"Even the most experienced 'vultures' can't guarantee that they will make it to this long journey alive."

Yan Futi made a "cheers" gesture with the soup bowl.

"I don't think they'd do that. Who knows, though? ”

"Maybe some of them went crazy because they ate human flesh."

Yan Futi said lightly about "eating human flesh", which made Zheng Zhuo a little surprised.

He knew it was the end times. But there is still a lack of understanding of the cruelty of the details.

……

It's getting late. The sun sets and the moon rises.

Two men and a dog ate some bread by the fireside. During this period, Yan Futi babbled about what he had experienced in the past.

When Zheng Zhuo chose cards in the pure white world, he thought that this old man was a person who didn't talk much. But after actually getting in touch, he found that he actually likes to talk to people.

Maybe it's too long to travel alone in the last days. Everyone will want to talk to someone.

"Three years ago, when I first came out. That tide of corpses is a hundred times more powerful than what we saw yesterday. I took a hoe ......"

Yan Futi's favorite thing to talk about is what happened when the corpse tide first broke out.

Was this subconscious world originally a zombie world? What was the world like three years ago?

Zheng Zhuo thought while listening to those suspected exaggerated martial arts legends.

"There weren't three years ago here."

Zheng Zhuo turned his head.

Rhubarb looked at him. The dog's eyes sparkled in the light of the campfire.

The young woman heard him and was talking directly to him.

No matter how long it took, it was hard for Zheng Zhuo to get used to it.

(What does it mean not three years ago?) He asked.

"All consciousness in this world has entered in the three years of this world time. So, strictly speaking, it didn't exist three years ago. ”

(It was ...... three years ago.) ）”

"There is no such thing as this world. The birth of the subconscious world is always done in an instant. In the second moment, countless new subconscious minds are thrown into this place, and they begin to recognize themselves as part of this place. ”

This description reminded Zheng Zhuo of Guo Qian.

(I met a person in reality who came out of the subconscious world.) Zheng Zhuo asked the young woman in his head, "(He doesn't remember the past at all, but he has a black suit.) When he saw the black suit, he remembered that he once belonged to some medieval world. ）”

"Ah...... Yes? ”

Zheng Zhuo thought that the young woman would calmly say "I know", but unexpectedly, the other party was quite surprised.

The Golden Furry rose from the ground.

"What?"

“（…… Didn't I say that? ）”

In this way, Zheng Zhuoxiang didn't seem to have said it.

"Oops. Fu Xi...... What is that guy up to? The professor's team is starting to pull people again? No way, I've closed all the passages......"

Rhubarb spun in circles, fidgetably walking around.

"Hey ......"

"They're starting to bring people back again. It's just that it can be remedied. I'm afraid they're trying to find a way to re-enter the [Pure White Space]......"

“…… Gotta hurry up! We've got to get the Magician and the cards fused and get out of here! ”

Woof! Woof!

Rhubarb screamed. It scurried into the car, screaming.

(I can't ...... it for a while!) I still have to rest first......! ）”

Zheng Zhuo hurriedly dissuaded.

And Yan Futi, who was drinking coarse tea, didn't understand the reason, but only found it interesting.

"Haha, doesn't it feel cold outside?"

He smiled as Zheng Zhuo argued with Rhubarb, who was biting his trouser legs.

……

In the end, Zheng Zhuo and the others spent the night in the same place.

After all, Yan Futi is already an old man (he says he is 70 years old). He is also responsible for driving the RV, and Zheng Zhuo is worried that he will not rest well and there will be big problems the next day.

The young woman seemed to have a hard time accepting this. But in the end, she relented.

Including the idea of leaving the next day, and the fact that she was given the thinnest mattress.

……

The next day.

Yan Fu brought it up early. As soon as it was dawn, Zheng Zhuo was awakened by the sound of him washing.

It's time to go.

Zheng Zhuo also woke up the young woman. He thought that the young woman who was in a hurry to set off must be more satisfied with the early departure time.

However, Rhubarb only raised his hazy sleepy eyes and looked around.

(Why did you call me so early?) Now there is no work that needs to be done by dogs. ）”

It fell asleep again.

Zheng Zhuo was speechless.

He gradually understood how resilient the "standard of resilience" of a person who was willing to be a dog without any resistance could be.

Buzzing.

The engine starts. The RV slowly drove back towards the road it had come from.

At first, there was nothing on the moor. After driving some distance, Zheng Zhuo saw some scattered zombies.

This was the first time he had seen a zombie since he left the city. Looking at their movements, Zheng Zhuo thought that they should have walked out of the city and walked all day to get here.

It's hard, but there's no need to care about the zombies' hard work.

Yan Futi drove the RV around them. Some of them had a strong desire to attack, and they were directly smashed by the front of the roaring RV.

The spoiler nails installed by Zheng Zhuo are very easy to use. Yan Futi's evaluation is: "Clean and neat, no residue." The feel of hitting zombies is much better than before. ”

It went on for a short while. Zheng Zhuo, who was in charge of watching the wind, saw a black steel jungle appear in the distance.

Meanwhile......

"There are some vehicles!"

Zheng Zhuo saw that some vehicles were also approaching the city. There are a variety of vehicle models, and they are gathered into a convoy.

Yan Futi heard Zheng Zhuo's words and poked his head out to look.

"Oh. Whatever the hell is it, those are the vultures. They have their own intelligence network, probably hearing rumors of an accident in the city. ”

"They are the least trustworthy group on the land. Their intelligence, though, is the most trustworthy thing here. ”

“…… Do you want to exchange information? ”

Yan Futi picked up his tobacco leaf again, which he had been biting for an unknown amount of time. He muttered to himself.

……

【Question】

[Do you want to give Yan Futi advice on how to act? ] 】

[Option 1]

[Contact the vultures and exchange information]

[Option 2]

[Take a long detour, so that the "vultures" do not find themselves, and enter the city through another entrance]

[Option 3]

[Ignore the "vultures", or enter the city in parallel with them as originally planned]

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