Apocalyptic Paradise

Chapter 33

Xiaoyun lay on her mother's body and cried for a long time, until her voice was too hoarse to make a sound, and then slowly turned into a low choking sound.Chen Zhuxia walked back and forth slowly, and pulled her into his arms. The two hugged each other, weeping silently.

After a long time, Chen Zhuxia said in a low voice; "Bury her." Xiaoyun nodded blankly.Chen Zhuxia pulled out the bloody shovel from the beast's mouth, chose a place and began to dig a hole.Xiaoyun squatted down, adjusted her mother's clothes, and combed her grass-like hair with her fingers, and murmured in a hoarse voice while combing: "Mom, you can go at ease, I will definitely live well. I know you have been bullied a lot because of me and my brother..." Xiaoyun babbled.

An hour later, the pit was dug.The two carried Qi Ping'an down, and began to cover the soil one by one.Chen Zhuxia used a shovel, and Xiaoyun used his hands.

After filling everything up, Xiaoyun knelt down in front of the short mound with a plop, and couldn't help sobbing again.Chen Zhuxia also knelt down.

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Those who have gone will eventually go, and those who are alive will have to survive with difficulty.People in the last days have much thicker nerves than usual.After three days of grief, Chen Zhuxia and Xiaoyun began to cheer up again.Now, they can no longer go hunting. There are more and more large beasts in the jungle. They have even started to come out of the forest and attack the few survivors. How dare Chen Zhuxia send them to their tiger's mouth?
Hunting is not allowed, so the only thing left is to catch fish and dig wild vegetables.The vegetables in the space are basically enough for the two of them to eat, but Chen Zhuxia doesn't want to rely too much on them. Who knows how long the end times will last?Who knows how long her space can be with her?Relying on the mountain to fall, relying on everyone to run.Mastering the skills of survival is more important than all weapons.Treasures will be lost, but skills will not.

Xiaoyun has always lived in the countryside, and has a strong ability to distinguish plants, and her ability to survive is much stronger than that of ordinary teenage girls.Normally, Chen Zhuxia didn't need to take care of her at all.This place is an oasis in the Gobi, and the vegetation is much richer than other places.Therefore, it is basically no problem for the food of the two to come to the lake.

What is worrying is that there is still no news from Yuan Dingfang.Chen Zhuxia once had the courage to go to the depths of the forest to find him, but there was no trace of the mission.

A few days later, Chen Zhuxia finally decided to leave here.Due to the large increase of wild animals, residential houses are already very unsafe.The kind of wooden doors commonly used in rural areas, that section of the courtyard wall that was built hastily, zombies or wild beasts with a little attack power can push them down.Their immediate task is to find a solid cave.The next day, after eating and drinking, the two took dry food and set off for Tianshan Mountain.As soon as they walked to the front of the mountain, they heard a sound like the sky falling and the earth cracking, and the soil under their feet was also trembling.

"Run!" Chen Zhuxia pulled Xiaoyun and ran away.

The two ran as hard as they could, until they felt that they were far enough away, and then they stopped breathing heavily. Then they looked back up the mountain with lingering fear, and saw a mushroom cloud rising from the top of the mountain, which seemed to be spraying hot slurry.The stone rolled down from the mountain, crushing everything at the foot of the mountain with overwhelming momentum, including their former home.

The two of them gasped at the same time. If this happened at night, their lives would be sealed.

The home was destroyed, and the two had nowhere to go for the time being.Had to rest nearby.Fortunately, the weather is not too cold.The two found a private house that was a little far from the mountain and was not affected.The two of them ate some leftover dry food together, and leaned against the corner to rest.The night wind was whistling.The temperature is also slowly dropping.Xiaoyun curled up beside Chen Zhuxia, and asked in a low voice, "Auntie, will Uncle Fang come back?"

"Yes." Chen Zhuxia said firmly.

"Is that the relationship between you and Uncle Fang?" Xiaoyun hesitated for a moment and then asked timidly.Chen Zhuxia smiled and patted her head: "Don't ask children so much about adults."

"No, I'm not a child anymore." Xiao Yun replied stubbornly.

Seeing that Chen Zhuxia didn't speak, Xiaoyun said again in a serious tone: "I think Uncle Fang is a good man and a responsible man. There are too few such men."

"How old are you, and you speak in such an experienced tone?"

"Although I am not very old, I have experienced a lot. At the beginning of the disaster, our whole family escaped together. The uncle and the uncle gave my aunt, cousin and sister to others to spoil them in order to fill their stomachs. My dad did the same..." Xiao Yun's voice choked up as he spoke.Chen Zhuxia sighed, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Forget about the past and look forward. Compared with those who died, we are already considered happy." Xiaoyun wiped away her tears and nodded silently.

The two rested with their eyes closed, only the sound of the wind around them.Do not hear the mission sound.Chen Zhuxia was half asleep and half awake, and Yuan Dingfang's figure could not help appearing in his mind again. Will he really come back?

Thinking about it, she fell asleep in a daze.In the haze, she faintly heard a voice calling her name: "Zhu Xia, Zhu Xia—"

"Ah—" Chen Zhuxia woke up suddenly.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you?" Xiaoyun was awakened by her voice.

"Xiao Yun, did you hear someone calling me?"

"No."

"I got it wrong. Go on to sleep." Chen Zhuxia said.Xiaoyun adjusted his posture and slowly fell asleep again.But Chen Zhuxia didn't feel sleepy anymore, she listened attentively, only heard the whistling of the wind, but no human voice.Maybe it was just an illusion.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and in the deep darkness, the tick-tick sound of the watch hands on her wrist could be heard very clearly.

At this moment, a howl of a wolf pierced the night sky and reached her ears.

Xiaoyun also woke up with a start.She unconsciously leaned against Chen Zhuxia.

After a wolf howl, more wolf howls followed one after another.Wolves are pack animals, they usually appear in packs.

The wolf's howl was getting closer and closer, Xiao Yun consciously covered his mouth tightly, for fear that his uncontrollable scream would attract the attention of the wolves.Chen Zhuxia's body was tense, she clenched the steel knife in her hand, and leaned against the wall, motionless.

The wolves seemed to know that there were living people inside. They howled around the courtyard wall for a while, and then began to stab and pull the wall with their claws.The voice seemed to be scratching their hearts, and every time they scratched, their hearts became heavy and irritable.

"Auntie, if a wolf comes in, run as long as you can, don't be too concerned about me." Xiao Yun said calmly.Before Chen Zhuxia could answer, she added: "My mother said before she was alive that although you and us are related by blood, you are not much different from strangers. In this world, you have no obligation to help us. That time at the base, she There is really no way, because the person who died belonged to a gang in the city, and if their people knew about it, they would treat us..." Chen Zhuxia had mixed feelings in her heart, and Qi Ping'an's voice appeared in her mind again. Smiling appearance, the situation before she died.

Before that, she had regretted accepting them, and her heart had been hesitating.As Xiaoyun said, although they are related by blood, they are like strangers.They are not Yuan Dingfang, they have accompanied her along the way, and have an unusual comrade-in-arms relationship.It is not her adoptive parents, who have nurtured her for more than 20 years.But when Qi Pingan used her thin body to pounce on that huge monster, something in her heart collapsed.No matter what she was like before, at that moment, she really regarded her as her own sister.Therefore, Xiaoyun, she must do her best to protect her.

"Don't think about it, save your energy quickly, there will be a bad battle to be fought in a while."

"Okay." Xiaoyun said with a firm voice that did not match his age.

As soon as the words fell, a loud noise was heard outside, and the wall collapsed.

"Come on, help me remove the bed board." Chen Zhuxia ordered.Xiaoyun hurried over to help.The two men used knives to remove all the wooden boards that could be dismantled, piled them together, and prepared to light a fire in the courtyard in a while.Judging from the screams just now, these wolves are still wolf-shaped zombies even if they mutate. This kind of animal zombies are different from human-shaped zombies. Although their attack ability has evolved, the nature of animals has not changed, and they are still afraid of fire.

Chen Zhuxia lit the fire, and the blazing flames were burning in the room, but the strange thing was that the wolves did not attack.Immediately afterwards, fierce fighting and howling were heard from outside.The wolves seem to have met a formidable enemy.

This situation lasted for a full 10 minutes, and the sound of fighting gradually weakened.

"You stay by the fire and don't move, I'll go out and have a look."

"Auntie, be careful." Although Xiaoyun was worried, he also knew that he could not be a burden to her, so he had to stay obediently.Chen Zhuxia clenched the steel knife, tiptoed out the door, and hid in the collapsed part of the yard. After her eyes got used to the darkness, she fixed her eyes on the outside.At this time, it was past dawn, and the outline of the scenery outside could be seen.

She saw a figure fighting nimbly among a small pack of wolves, wherever it went, it was like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

Chen Zhuxia's heart was pounding, who is that person?Is it Yuan Dingfang?No, although he has many skills, he is not so strong. So, he is a passerby with supernatural powers?Chen Zhuxia was full of doubts in her heart, but she didn't know the details of the opponent, so she had to stand still for the time being. She originally decided that if the opponent lost to the wolves, she would take advantage of the darkness to fight with him by using the space function.Now it seems that the other party can handle it without her doing anything at all.

The two sides fought for another ten minutes, and the remaining wolves, seeing that the situation was over, had the intention of fleeing.But the opponent didn't give them a chance to escape at all, and they raised their knives and fell, and they slashed and killed again like cutting melons and vegetables.

After the man dealt with the pack of wolves, he paused slightly and walked towards the courtyard.

Chen Zhuxia leaned against the wall, staring at this man.

He was getting closer and closer to her.

His gait and figure are very much like a person.

"Prescription—" Chen Zhuxia blurted out with excitement in his heart.

The figure froze, and he stood there in a daze.Chen Zhuxia thought she had made a mistake, so she hurriedly asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Zhu Xia—" He strode forward, holding her tightly with his steel-like arms, his voice filled with unbelievable ecstasy: "It's really you, I thought you——I just fell in love with you last night. When I got here, I saw that the place where we lived was washed away by rocks, and I searched for it all night—”

(End of this chapter)