Zhang Ning looked at himself in the mirror as if he were looking at a monster. His scarlet eyes, the black blood vessels on his face were winding and bulging, and his neck was covered with dark scales. He looked like a terrifying ghost from hell in the world. …
"What's wrong with me?" Zhang Ning held his head in fear and shouted. Suddenly, scattered footsteps were heard in the originally quiet corridor.
"Pap, tap, tap, tap..." The footsteps came closer and closer. Zhang Ning heard the footsteps and ran out of the toilet quickly.
"I'm here..." He was half-sent when he was swallowed back. What appeared in front of Zhang Ning was not a normal human being, but zombies with gray eyes, half-open mouths, and blood stains all over their bodies.
There were four of these zombies in total, one each tall, short, fat and thin, dragging their feet and moving forward bit by bit.
The zombie was wearing a security uniform and looked like a security guard at the funeral home.
They didn't seem to sense Zhang Ning's presence, and just walked forward dully.
Zhang Ning obviously discovered this as well, and stood motionless on the spot, not daring to make a sound.
He saw zombies passing by him one after another. The strong smell of blood from the zombies did not make him feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, he found it quite pleasant.
"Roar!" A roar like a lion's roar came from outside. Zhang Ning was startled and reflexively looked for the source of the roar. The five zombies who passed by him also trembled and turned around to face the roar. The source moved slowly.
It was as if something was calling them.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Ning hurriedly followed behind the four security brothers. Anyway, he was confused now. These four zombies wouldn't hurt him, so he might as well follow them and see what happened.
"Being bitten, dying, waking up with strange things growing on my body..."
Zhang Ning pondered in his mind while following behind the four security brothers. He has recovered from the initial panic. As an avid movie enthusiast, he is familiar with the common plot in movies such as the zombie outbreak and the end of the world.
Based on the current situation, Zhang Ning quickly concluded that he had been infected.
"But why do I still have memories of my life and can still control my body freely..."
Although his whole body ached, Zhang Ning was certain that his current state was definitely not that of the mindless, bloodthirsty zombie in the movie who wanted to eat other people's brains. He could still think!
"I won't be the protagonist!"
Such a guess instantly popped into Zhang Ning's mind. It's no wonder he thought so. The current scene looked like a scene from the zombie crisis in the apocalypse.
And he himself was indeed infected with the virus, but he still maintained 100% self-awareness. In ordinary novels, such a setting is the setting of the protagonist!
Looking at the four slow-moving security brothers in front of him, Zhang Ning tried to speed up his pace and aimed a kick at the butt of one of the fat zombies.
Although this violent movement caused pain all over his body, at the same time, his right foot also kicked hard on the fat zombie's big butt.
The fat zombie was kicked to the ground, struggling to get up, roaring slightly, looking like an imbecile who had no idea why he was lying on the ground.
"It seems that the four security brothers are normal weakling zombies..."
Zhang Ning murmured in his heart, becoming more convinced that his situation was special, but the pain all over his body caused by the strenuous exercise still made him grimace. He could no longer make other strenuous movements, so he followed the zombie silently and walked forward slowly.
Following the four security brothers out of the gate of the funeral home, Zhang Ning found that the streets that used to be bustling with traffic were now deserted, with only a few crashed cars crowded crookedly on the roadside.
One of the street lamps on the street was also broken, and the exposed wires were crackling and sparking, and a desolate apocalyptic scene came into view.
But Zhang Ning had no intention of sighing, because in the middle of the intersection, he saw a shirtless bald man, casting a stern gaze in his direction.
This big man is 2.5 meters tall, with a pair of red blood pupils and a body of knotted muscles, which makes him look like a powerful warrior from ancient times.
I saw the big man inhaling fiercely and roaring to the sky again. The sound was like a lion's roar, rumbling.
After hearing the roar, the four security brothers stopped their progress, raised their heads and sniffed forward, and subconsciously took two steps back, showing fear.
"Why are you shouting so loudly? I am the protagonist..." Zhang Ning secretly cursed in his heart.
The big man narrowed his red pupils, as if searching for something.
Suddenly, the big man seemed to have discovered something and rushed towards the direction of the four security brothers and Zhang Ning.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Ning quickly dodged, but his whole body ached, and he was caught by the big man with one hand before the dodge was completed.
The big man held Zhang Ning's head with one hand and lifted him up from the ground. The whole process was as easy as lifting a chicken. His scarlet eyes were filled with the greed of a hunter when he is looking for prey.
But when he saw the black scales on Zhang Ning's neck clearly, he seemed disappointed and threw Zhang Ning away without giving it another look.
"Holy shit!" Zhang Ning cursed in the air.
The big man just threw Zhang Ning into the trash can on the roadside. The severe pain in his body made Zhang Ning's eyes darken and he fainted.
"Xiao Ran, would you like your parents to take you to the amusement park?"
"Yeah, Xiaoran likes mom and dad the most! Long live mom and dad!"
Xiao Ran was like a happy little pony, cheering and cheering around her parents.
"But you need to review today's homework. Only after you review it will Dad agree to take you to the amusement park."
Mom patted Xiao Ran's head lovingly and looked up at her father, who was pretending to be serious next to her.
"Ahem," the usually busy father patiently cooperated with his mother's performance. He straightened his back and knelt down to ask questions.
"What did Xiaoran learn in school today?"
"Today we had the lesson "Nuwa Creates Man". The teacher said that in mythology, we humans were kneaded out of yellow mud by the goddess of creation, Nuwa!" Xiaoran answered seriously, fearing that she would miss something. A little detail.
"The teacher also asked us to recite a short paragraph that we like!" Xiao Ran rushed to add as if asking for credit.
"Oh? Then which section does our Xiaoran memorize?" Dad looked curious.
"What I recite is how Nuwa felt when she created a human queen for the first time."
Xiao Ran closed her eyes and began to recite: "Nu Wa is very satisfied with his work."
"So, she continued to do her work. She made many cute little people out of yellow clay that could talk and walk. These little people jumped and cheered around her, which made her mentally excited. Delight and comfort.”
"From then on, she never felt alone or lonely again."
Xiaoran shook his head and finished memorizing his favorite paragraph, waiting for his parents' praise.
Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes, he found that his loving parents' faces were now covered in blood, with black mucus slowly flowing out of their eyes, mouth and nose. Their mouths were slightly open, and their teeth had become sharp, making them look horrifying.
"From now on, Xiaoran will no longer feel alone or lonely."
The ferocious-looking parents murmured these words, opened their bloody mouths and rushed towards Xiaoran!
"Ah!" With a scream, Xiao Ran woke up from her dream, only to find that her hands and feet were tied to the bed, unable to make much movement.
Looking up, he found Lu Yu standing at the door watching him.
Seeing Xiao Ran wake up, Lu Yu hid the kitchen knife behind his back. "do you still remember me?"
"You might as well ask me more directly if I've ever turned into a monster."
Xiaoran responded calmly, the childishness in his tone had faded away, and instead it was a bit more teasing.
Lu Yu was startled. Xiaoran's words were definitely beyond his expectation. For a moment, he even felt that he was not talking to a 9-year-old girl, but was handing over work tasks to his colleagues.
But since Xiaoran can answer her own questions, it means that she still has self-awareness, which should be considered a good thing.
Lu Yu felt a little calmer after mentioning it. He took three steps at a time and came to Xiao Ran's bed. He reached out and wanted to touch Xiao Ran's forehead to see if he still had a fever. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran tilted his head.
"Your protective measures are very good, but you don't think things through. Aren't you worried that if you come into contact with me, you will become a monster like me?"
The voice is still full of childishness, but the content is down to the point of pragmatism.
Lu Yu's hand stopped in the air and slowly retracted it.
He felt that what the little girl in front of him said made sense.
"You've been in a coma for two days and two nights," Lu Yu scratched his head awkwardly, "I even thought you were going to turn into a zombie."
"It should be because I took this medicine that I didn't turn into the zombie you said."
Xiao Ran glanced at the aspirin beside the bed. She knew the words on the bottle, but she didn't understand what it meant. After all, her knowledge reserve was only at the level of a primary school student.
Comparing her memories before coma, Xiao Ran found that many fogs appeared inexplicably in her mind. What she thought was normal behavior now seemed so childish and ridiculous to her.
"Do you have any books at home? I want to read them." Xiao Ran seemed to be saying to himself, but also to Lu Yu.
She wanted to clear up the fog in her mind and unravel the fog that she would not have paid attention to originally.
The only way to unravel the fog is to read and gain more knowledge to unravel the fog in your mind.
"Book?" Lu Yu looked like a monk who was two feet tall and confused, "What do you want to read?"
"To pass the time." Xiaoran responded perfunctorily.
She felt that great changes had taken place in her body, but she did not understand the reasons for the changes, which made her very irritable.
"Okay." Lu Yu put the kitchen knife in his hand on Xiaoran's bedside table, turned and walked towards the study.
When Lu Yu came back, he had several fairy tale books in his hand, a glass of water, some chocolates and a few packs of compressed biscuits.
Looking at the water glass in Lu Yu's hand, Xiao Ran felt that his throat was burning like a fire. He quickly took the water glass and drank it, then tore open a piece of chocolate and swallowed it whole.
"I want to read some other books, not fairy tales."
Xiaoran tore open a piece of chocolate again, threw it into her mouth and chewed it. The sweetness of the chocolate gradually restored her mental state.
Although Lu Yu said that he had been in a coma for two days and two nights, he did not feel any other discomfort other than being thirsty and hungry.
Lu Yu fetched a few more literature books for junior high school students and handed them to Xiao Ran who was sitting on the bed.
Xiaoran took the book, flipped through it casually a few times, sighed like an adult, threw it aside, and began to untie the rope on his body.
After a while, the rope was untied, but Xiaoran did not throw the rope aside.
Instead, he came to the study and tied the rope to the table leg of the study. The other end of the rope was firmly tied to his ankle.
"I'm just going to stay and read. If you have nothing to do, don't disturb me."
After saying that, he took out a thick book from the bookshelf, sat down cross-legged, and read it with relish.
"So I wanted to read the encyclopedia." Lu Yu muttered in his heart, "You are a primary school student, you know all the words on it..."
At this moment, Xiaoran took down another "Xinhua Dictionary" from the bookshelf and started to look it up...
