The weather was not bad, the sun was shining. If it was in the past, Fang You thought that he should have met her, at that fork in the road.

But now, even if he saw the sun, Fang You still felt that the clouds were thick.

The fifth uncle walked over and patted Fang You's shoulder, "It'll be fine, everything will pass." ”

Fang You smiled, nodded, and then pinned the fruit knife in his hand to his waist. In the current situation, my grandfather asked each of them to carry a weapon at all times, just in case.

Fang You sat by the fire, thinking about the phone call, why didn't she answer her phone, would something really happen to her, but if something happened, why didn't she feel any mood swings.

In the past, whenever a relative had a misfortune, his heart would tremble, but this time he didn't.

So he believed that she should be okay and should be fine. But this afternoon, he was really uncomfortable, every minute and every second.

It quickly darkened, and he couldn't help but make another call, still beep, beep, but before the third one, it was connected.

His heart tensed up suddenly, and he hurriedly said, "Hey, are you okay?"

A familiar woman's voice came from over there, "Ah, you're Xiao Fang, right? Look for Nie Mei'er, she's washing her hair, just got up." ”

He let out a sigh of relief, and then sighed, it turned out that she had slept all afternoon, so she didn't return his call. But in front of her mother, she still has to maintain a good demeanor, "Oh, oh, that's it." It's okay, I'll just ask, how are you doing?"

Awkward and blunt questioning, the same is true over there.

After a few sentences, everyone is going to fight for their own survival.

At this time, any kind of affection and love seems to be unseasonable.

Especially at night.

Those infected have become extremely afraid of sunlight for some special reasons, so they are generally nocturnal.

At night, their sense of smell, hearing, and vision have been greatly improved, including their physical abilities, which have been strengthened like never before.

Someone saw that an infected person actually climbed a 30-story building with his bare hands under the moonlight, and killed seven or eight families, including a dozen strong men.

These things, they've completely changed, they're no longer human. Therefore, after receiving these news, the state issued a notice to deal with the infected people who have lost their humanity, and they can be killed on the spot.

But it is very difficult to kill these infected people, not only are they agile, but their physical resilience is quite amazing, and some flesh wounds can be recovered at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

So to kill them, you have to kill them with a single blow - break your heart, or expose yourself to the sun.

Both of these require a high level of skill, which is simply not possible for ordinary people, even for well-trained soldiers, at night.

The good news, however, is that the country has begun to develop drugs and weapons, a device that can heal or kill them.

However, at present, resources and talents are very scarce, so the state issued a notice at the beginning to prepare the people for a protracted war.

Everybody, all families understand this, and so does their family.

At night, they had to prepare a lot, not only with two or more people on guard, but also with some traps around the house—devices that would be spotted if anyone approached.

These devices are simple, the most basic levers, and although they are simple, they are very effective. The other day, a cat tried to steal meat and was caught.

Of course, its fate was miserable, and the uncle killed it and boiled it at noon the next day.

The meat was sour, but warm.

However, the first half of the night was very calm, and the fifth uncle and grandmother who were on guard with him were not very nervous. It's just that he was a little worried, and he wondered if the village was as peaceful as they were.

Is their home so peaceful?

Fang You picked up her mobile phone and was about to dial it, but she was afraid of disturbing her family. During this special period, any wind and grass at night can scare people to death.

So Fang You's fingers were put up and retracted, and in the end he could only send a message, "You guys are okay, be careful." ”

Fang You really couldn't speak, including love words, so all the emotions were only sent with these few words.

However, she replied quickly, which surprised Fang You. She said, "Uh-huh, you too." ”

Knowing that she was fine, Fang You was much more relieved. I thought that there should be nothing to do on this day, so Fang You was bold and sent again, "I love you, if this level can be passed, I will definitely go to ...... without fear of difficulties and dangers."

The last few words were not typed, and then a sudden change occurred.

There's a power outage!

Since the national grid was erected, except for the most natural disasters, there has been no power outage in this place, but now it has suddenly stopped without warning.

My grandmother was anxious to find my grandfather and asked him if there was something wrong with it. My grandfather picked up his mobile phone and began to inquire in his fluent official dialect.

Soon there were results - an infected person had a fight with a resident of a house in Changping, and an infected person touched the institution. But the agency was an electrical agency, and because it was looking for maximum current, the family connected the wires directly to the grid.

And they forgot to add an insurance, so that the infected person died, but the power grid was also burned out. Since Changping and below, there has been a power outage.

The family who got the result began to scold, and the uncle took the lead in attacking the family's ancestors for eighteen generations, scolding them from beginning to end, and the grandmother also scolded, not caring that there were two underage children here.

Fang You leaned against the window, didn't listen to the scolding, just thinking, since some of the infected people have gone to Changping, there must also be people who have gone to the Leech Dam, I heard that those people have spread out of the big city, and if they go to Changping, there should be some people who go to the Leech Dam.

Fang You quickly deleted the message that was not sent, and then typed out a line of words, "Someone in Changping has been killed, presumably you are also very dangerous there, be careful, they may be coming!"

It seemed like a nonsense text message was sent, and in the end, no one replied.

Things started to get serious, she was still there just now, but why didn't she reply to the message in a blink of an eye?

Although she often does, what time is it now, and how can she ......

Won't she be there......

Thinking of this, my whole body was like an ant on a hot pot, as if I had stared at her as dry as I heard her say what had happened to her a day ago.

Pain, worry, anticipation, sadness, guilt, frustration......

All of them came to mind.

Fang You picked up his mobile phone and was about to dial it, but suddenly his grandfather exclaimed, "No signal!"

The power grid and the signal tower are not connected together, and it stands to reason that the signal will not be affected if the power goes out. But now.

Someone vandalized the signal tower.

Fang You couldn't help but ask, "What kind of things did this, and they have such wisdom?"

Originally, the notice was sent saying that this kind of thing was not organized and communicated, let alone joint action.

But now, it seems to be a little different.

It is true that they have lost much of their humanity, but all they have in their heads is knowledge.

Knowledge is power, and strength is a sword, but swords are double-edged.

In the past, education focused too much on the inculcation of knowledge, and it seems that the attitude of how to use knowledge correctly is not very concerned.

And now these infected people have taught everyone a lesson.

There's a fire on the hill over there, and that's where the base station is.

There is no doubt that those things have evolved.

They are organized, they have brains, and they have communication.

They may have become more or less like us, except that we eat other animals and vegetables, and they eat us.

It is hard for humans to imagine that one day we too will become cattle and sheep to be slaughtered.

The third grandmother screamed, but the one-year-old child was still distressed, and the eleven-year-old girl was just in a daze. She was unusually calm, or perhaps unaware of the seriousness of the problem.

Most children are like this, and if it weren't for the knife hanging from their necks, they would have thought that the knife would never come at them.

The fifth uncle was so angry that he stomped his feet, but for his son, he could only comfort him now.

What do children know?

My grandfather and grandmother were calm, and the fourth uncle and uncle were also discussing solutions. It is not easy for a person's mind to come into play, and it is not easy to anticipate various possibilities while also preserving life.

Fang You listened and thought about it, and after connecting the previous situation, Fang You finally came to a terrible conclusion.

Everybody — it's hard to survive.

Negativity took over his brain, so he collapsed to the ground, no longer guarding against it.

If you want to come, you can come, and death is not too terrible anyway.

People like me shouldn't have lived this long.

However, human passivity is actually a kind of selfishness and deprivation.

Why do you use such a justifiable posture to hurt those who worry about you?

The light of the fire on the top of the hill attracted everyone's attention, where there was already a forest, and now it was burning, and it burned to the side at a great speed.

The fire was fierce, and Fang You couldn't help but think of koalas in Australia. I wonder if there are any "little guys" here who are as pitiful as them.

Looking at it, my grandmother said worriedly, "Do you know if you will burn people?"

The uncle immediately replied: "It will definitely be astringent, and it is not that there are no people there." With such a big fire, how can those people run? Even if they do, what about the?"

The name of the infected has been changing, from the infected at the beginning, to the mutants later, to those people, then to those things, and now to ghosts, and I don't know what will become of them.

It's just that I don't really have much sympathy for them now, after all, in a way, they are not like people anymore.

They are a new species – the sick beast.

It's a very straightforward name, a beast mutated because of the virus.

Fang You thought that the person who took this name in the first place must have been in great pain, otherwise who would want to treat his own kind as an outlier.

This is a huge disservice to us and to them. It's just that now it has to be like this.

"Whatever they do, as long as they don't burn us. The fourth uncle muttered, and then stopped talking.

Now no one is disgusted by him for saying such things, after all. During this period, everyone is a mud bodhisattva, and it is wise to protect oneself first. Any kindness, sympathy, benevolence, mercy...... It's all vanity.

Perhaps, in a period of time, including friendship, family affection, love, those qualities that poets and literati are willing to praise and praise, will become full of holes.

It is not clear whether the moral code will always be as strong in the natural world as it once was, but one thing is known is that it will be as bright as it has ever been.