"Zi~ZiZi~" The noisy sound of electricity wandered in the humid basement, vague and unknown noises came from the darkness, and mold was churning happily in the air.
"Ha!" Li Fugui jumped out of bed in shock. Sticky sweat seeped out from his withered body, staining the hair on his forehead in patches.
Li Fugui lowered his head and looked at his hands, his expression dull, and his eyes filled with endless fatigue and vicissitudes.
"Zizi~ It's~Huadu time~Zizizi~twelve o'clock sharp."
From the TV, the intermittent voice of the host on the channel mixed with the sound of electricity came from the TV. It was not loud, but it seemed particularly clear in this crowded basement.
Hearing the voice on the TV, Li Fugui's eyes suddenly became confused, as if he heard a very familiar but impossible voice.
Then Li Fugui suddenly raised his head, his eyes widened, reflecting the faint light on the TV screen, and his face was full of disbelief.
"What's going on! I...I'm reborn?!" All kinds of crazy thoughts rushed into Li Fugui's mind like a tide, and for a moment it was as if his soul had been sucked out of his whole body.
"The next broadcast is ~ZiZi~ tomorrow's weather forecast!"
The host's rich voice came again, bringing Li Fugui back to reality.
He raised his head and looked around, and what he saw in his memory were the old and moldy furniture, the thermos, the urinal, and the clothes hanging on a clothes rack connected by a wire.
Li Fugui fixed his gaze on the TV in front of him. Through the blue light on the screen, he seemed to see himself.
Li Fugui stretched out his trembling hand towards the old TV, like a man who had lost everything, trying to catch the broken dream.
The warm touch spread all over Li Fugui's body along the palm of his hand, and he was sure of one thing:
He is no longer in that terrifying, dangerous, and turbulent broken era!
The endless night, and then the terrifying alien species all over the sky, the ferocious beasts that choose people to eat, human beings are trampled and trampled at will like fragile paper.
Li Fugui dug out his old smartphone and saw several large characters that lit up through the broken screen - 20xx.6.5.
Then Li Fugui turned off the screen, came to the TV and checked the time carefully, and finally determined the time, 0:10 a.m. on June 5, 20xx
Li Fugui lay back down again, thinking about all the memories he had experienced.
June 15th was a day he would never forget, a day that could clearly divide the era into two parts.
Darkness came that day, and everything was fine at first, but the sky suddenly turned dark in some places. People didn't care about this, but were just a little confused.
Then the area of darkness began to grow irregularly, and people began to feel that something was wrong. Finally, the area of darkness became larger and larger, until it finally swallowed up the entire world - the sun disappeared!
The whole world fell into riots, fear, fear, timidity, excitement, violence and countless emotions spread among the crowd.
At the beginning, the government could still carry out small-scale suppression to maintain order that was on the verge of destruction.
Until a more terrifying creature comes from all over the world - bugs!
Almost at the same time, a large number of humanoid creatures suddenly appeared all over the world, and humans were as fragile as rag dolls in front of them!
The hard carapace cannot be completely penetrated even by thermal weapons, and no traces can be left unless heavy weapons are used.
Humanity's defenses were destroyed almost instantly by the Zerg offensive. Fear and despair permeated the entire world. Under the high pressure of darkness, human nature began to gradually distort, and finally collapsed.
In order to survive, Li Fugui did everything, including eating cockroaches, maggots, and even excrement. Steal, loot and kill!
The only thing I haven't done yet seems to be cannibalism.
Perhaps in Li Fugui's heart, this is the final bottom line for human beings. Even if he dies, he wants to die as a human being, not to eat the same kind of beasts alive.
Li Fugui took a deep breath, and the moist and rotten air rushed into his chest.
He felt that his entire brain suddenly woke up, and countless brain cells were beating actively in the skull cavity.
"I will start collecting supplies tomorrow." Li Fugui exhaled the breath in his chest, his eyes becoming more determined.
Li Fugui was not sure whether he had been reborn in a peaceful world and whether the bloody era would come in ten days.
He didn't dare to gamble, he was too afraid of death, and the only wish in his heart was to live.
It seems very easy in this golden age of peace, but once the bloody age comes, survival will be difficult!
He must seize the time to collect supplies. The more he can collect, the better.
If the bloody era had not come, then he would just be a fool who would be treated as a laughing stock by others and spend all his savings.
Li Fugui didn't care. In that dark and bloody era, he could even kowtow and sell his dignity for a piece of biscuit.
He was just being treated as a laughing stock. In his opinion, only allowing himself to survive safely was the top priority.
And if the dark age comes, Li Fugui has prepared enough supplies.
At least the food shortage would not happen in the short term, and he would still have time to think about the follow-up plan, so that he would not be forced to be involved in the panic flow of people without any preparation.
After confirming the plan, Li Fugui closed his eyes again.
The noisy sound of electricity echoed in the basement again.
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Rice and noodles are foods that can be stored for a long time.
Cooking oil provides heat and can be used as a fuel when necessary.
Batteries provide critical vision in dark environments and may even save your life.
Drinking water is a necessary resource. Without water, people will die within three days.
drug……
Li Fugui counted the supplies piled in the room, and the pen in his hand marked the paper filled with dense writing.
For seven days, Li Fugui raced against time to purchase various resources. He did not dare to waste a moment even on eating. In this deadline, time was the most precious resource.
Dark times are coming.
"There are still compressed biscuits, clothing and weapons left." Li Fugui looked at the last few empty columns on the list.
"We need a lot of compressed biscuits and they won't be ready until tomorrow. There's no need to worry about clothes for now. You don't need to change clothes frequently after darkness comes. You just need to keep warm." Li Fugui rubbed his swollen eye sockets, "We also need weapons, no. I wonder if I can get a gun tonight.”
Li Fugui once remembered that there were people who sold guns in the dark ages. Although they did many evil things and were eventually eliminated or died at the hands of insects, their guns were Li Fugui's biggest life-saving talisman in the dark ages.
In the dark ages, the most dangerous thing is not the bugs that may appear at any time, but the humans who accompany them.
Under the high pressure of the sunshine era, once people taste the sweetness of breaking through the bottom line, they will fall into the abyss at an extremely fast speed.
You don't even know at what moment, a harmless-looking person next to you will violently beat you to death, and the reason may be just because he wants your shoes.
Having a knife and stick is not enough. Li Fugui knows his physical fitness. Without a gun, he is probably no different from a sheep holding a stick.
Even an adult strong man can easily subdue him and take his life.
"We didn't have much time, and the door was just reinforced casually. I don't know if it can withstand those crazy people." Li Fugui murmured, and took out a wrinkled cigarette case from his pocket.
"Huh~"
The thin white mist floated and quickly dissipated in the neon lights of the city, leaving only a solitary red stain in the night.
The evening breeze blows from an unknown alleyway, bringing with it a slight chill.
"Spending money turns out to be such a comfortable feeling." Li Fugui looked at the people coming and going on the street, and suddenly laughed out loud for some reason, "It seems like this is the first time in my life that I have spent money like this."
At this moment, Li Fugui thought of his long-dead parents, who had been working hard for him since he could remember.
The skinny persimmon tree, the lush pomegranate tree, and the eternal spring sweet-scented osmanthus.
The iron gates were broken and rusty, the walls were no taller than a person's height, and the ground was covered with moss and chicken droppings. Spiders were always weaving webs on the stinging iron trees, intertwined with wires.
Li Fugui is a child from a rural area, and his name was given to him by his uneducated parents. Very simple, but full of heavy expectations for his future.
Step by step, Li Fugui went from a dilapidated primary school to a junior high school in a rural integrated village and then to a high school in the city.
As for why he did not go to college, it was not that Li Fugui failed to pass the exam, but because his parents were seriously ill and the family had no money.
Li Fugui's parents didn't know much about computers or information. Li Fugui hid the news that he was admitted to college and dropped out of school to work.
Later, when his parents passed away, they kept saying sorry to him until they died. Li Fugui did not feel that they were sorry for him.
The uncle they had never met came and relied on connections to take away the small inheritance they left behind.
Later, Li Fugui met the person who entered his heart, and they confided in each other for the rest of their lives.
But because her family disagreed, she married another man, another richer man.
At this point, Li Fugui worked hard to make money and deducted himself like crazy.
Then, it’s now.
The smoke burned out quickly, and the hot temperature brought Li Fugui back to reality from his memories.
Li Fugui put out the burned cigarette butt in his hand and threw it into the trash can.
The hundreds of thousands he had saved in the past few years, and the two hundred thousand he had borrowed from various channels, were all spent by him at an extremely fast speed in a few days, leaving only the last fifty thousand.
And the last fifty thousand was neatly placed in a backpack and used to buy the most important gun.
"Buzz~"
The phone vibrated, it was a message.
Li Fugui stretched and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.
Unknown number: 147.
"It's finally here." Li Fugui was greatly moved. This was the secret code between him and the gun dealers.
There is a saying that goes well: if my neighbor collects grain, I will collect guns, and my neighbor is my granary.
Only with weapons, you will have a little more protection when darkness comes, even if those light weapons pose almost no threat to bugs.
After quickly packing his backpack, Li Fugui put a close-fitting knife on his waist and pushed out the door.
Li Fugui rented a new house that was neither high nor low. Although it was only six floors, it was still a bit difficult for Li Fugui.
Half of his life was wasted by those years of hard work, and his physical fitness was no longer good.
Panting, Li Fugui stopped a taxi.
"Where are you going?" The taxi driver was a middle-aged man, who seemed to have a bald head due to hair loss.
"Donghe Hotel." Li Fugui reported a place name, which was the place where they had agreed to meet.
"Donghe Hotel?" The driver glanced at Li Fugui in the rearview mirror. His eyes seemed a little strange but he didn't say anything more. He stepped on the accelerator and started the car.
The scenery outside the car window slowly passed by and then slowly disappeared.
Li Fugui learned through his mobile phone that Donghe Hotel was in the eastern suburbs of Longcheng, while he was in the western district of Yuecheng. Although the two places are not far apart, there is no highway between the two places, so it still takes some time to walk through the town on a small road.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
Li Fugui took out his mobile phone, and a name named Xiao Yang was displayed on the screen.
Li Fugui remembered this name. He was a little boy with a great sense of justice.
But he died in the riots when darkness came, in order to save a girl who was almost raped.
A long time after darkness fell, Li Fugui learned from his only remaining relatives that the little boy with a sense of justice had died when darkness fell.
After answering the phone, an impatient voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Brother Li, nothing happened to you, right? Listen to me, this world is fucked up, but people should never give up hope!"
"I told you not to do stupid things. Do you know Ah Hua? It's the stray cat I showed you. Do you remember? She gave birth to a litter of five kittens yesterday!"
"By the way, didn't you say you wanted to see how much I weigh? My results will come out the day after tomorrow, and we agreed that if I get admitted to the First University, you will accompany me to Yancheng to study!"
"besides……"
Listening to the chattering voice on the other end of the phone, Li Fugui unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.
Even he himself didn't notice it.
Li Fugui did not interrupt in a hurry, but just listened quietly until the voice on the other end of the phone gradually calmed down.
"Hello? Brother Li? Where are you? Are you listening?"
Li Fugui took a deep breath and spoke slowly: "Xiao Yang, I'm going out to deal with some things these days."
"Dealing with things? I said Brother Li, you lied to a child! I asked the landlord, and he said that you vacated the house seven days ago! Is there anything that needs to be handled after vacating the house?"
"Brother Li, let me tell you, there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved. If you have any difficulties, just tell us and we will solve them together!"
Xiao Yang was still as noisy as ever.
"Xiao Yang, listen to me." Li Fugui said, interrupting the voice on the other end of the phone, "Nothing happened to me, and you don't have to worry about me."
"After so many years, I have survived no matter how difficult it is. Now I am living a good life. Do you think I can't let it go?"
"There are some things you won't understand now, but you will know them later." Li Fugui said.
"You always treat me like a child, but I am 18 years old after all!" Xiao Yang protested on the other end of the phone.
"Hey." Li Fugui sighed and looked out the window at the dark night.
"Many things cannot be solved by wishful thinking. Sometimes you will lose your life if you show off your strength." After Li Fugui said this, he paused and said, "Xiao Yang, things are going to change."
"What's going to happen?" Xiao Yang asked strangely on the other end of the phone, "Brother Li, why can't I understand what you are talking about?"
In the dark melon fields outside the car window, a faint light flickered in the dilapidated wooden house.
"You will understand later." Li Fugui hung up the phone and turned off the phone.
Donghe Hotel, here we are.
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