Guardian of the Last Days

Chapter 14

The simple atmosphere came oncoming, Ye Man pushed open the door, and a burst of air filled with a faint earthy fragrance.

Abu ran out of the flower pot in twos and threes, rooted hard into the soil with one foot, and then slammed a large swath of soil towards Ye Man.

Ye Man leaned back, dodged the swirling mud, and begged loudly, "Stop making trouble..." Before she finished speaking, a cloud of dark red soil blossomed on her forehead with a bang, and slowly slid down , and drew a dark red stain on her fair face.

"Shusha..." Abu immediately made a high-pitched voice when he saw this, the rustling sound like a smirk matched with its swaying and trembling appearance, one can imagine the extent of its resentment towards Ye Man.

Ye Man viciously wiped off the dirt on his face, and stared fiercely at Abu, who was swaying left and right as if gloating about his misfortune. Well, even a plant is not easy to mess with his family these days!This stupid portable space.

Ye Man ran to the edge of the pool, carefully cleaning the stains on his face.Abu ran over with a towel wrapped around the spikes, and handed it to Ye Man.Seeing Ye Man took the towel, he quickly waved his hand, proudly raised his head-shaped breasts, which clearly meant 'Abu is very generous, I don't care about you anymore'.

Ye Man was immediately annoyed.

Go to Nima's fuss!What the hell did Ye Man do? RP is so bad that even a cactus can bully her!But after the event, the cactus still showed a magnanimous look!But she can't argue with Abu yet.Even the plants don't care about you anymore, you still care about it, aren't you so cheap that even the plants are inferior!In this way, can you still compare with a plant?Can you?
Abu didn't care about Ye Man's grief and indignation at this moment, he jumped into the pool with a plop, splashing and splashing everywhere.Ye Man's clothes were wet a lot in an instant.

"Abu!" Ye Man yelled angrily, shaking his wet clothes, Abu heard it but pretended he didn't hear it at all, the root system kept pumping water in the pool, and then raised the root system and suddenly sprinkled it towards Ye Manman!
Damn it, don't care about it!This cactus is simply a typical narrow-minded one, and its eyes are the same as the spikes on its body—thin and narrow, almost boundless.Even her ostensible master dares to bully her, hate it!

Ye Man cursed bitterly, and managed to avoid the oncoming fountain by running tens of meters.She glared fiercely at Abu who was rolling up water to water the zombies, then turned around and went into the bamboo building to change clothes.

After changing his clothes, Abu ran around the field, and the flexible and well-developed root system rolled up the soil from time to time. It seemed that according to Abu's frequent disturbances, the work of digging the soil was avoided.

In the field ridge, the apple cores that were planted at noon yesterday not only germinated, but also sprouted seedlings that were as tall as Yeman's calf.A few steps away, a zombie with milky white fruits was soundly asleep.The fruit exudes a jade-like light, dazzling like pearls and jade.It looks like a perfect work of art.

In fact, Ye Man was very curious, what kind of fruit would grow on the head of the zombie?She even fancifully suspected that the fruit would have some unexpected effects, such as cutting bones and washing the marrow, such as giving people special abilities, etc. Of course, she was just thinking about it, and she was not so unrealistic.Curiosity is real, though.

Driven by strong curiosity, Ye Man accidentally reached out to touch the milky white fruit.Almost the moment she touched the skin of the fruit, a refreshing coolness spread from her fingertips to the bottom of her heart.Ye Man retracted his hand reflexively, at the same time, the fruit seemed to tremble suddenly, suddenly rolled down from the top of the zombie, landed on the ground with a bang, turned into a milky white juice, submerged into the soil in an instant, and disappeared gone.

"Roar--"

Before Ye Man could react, a roar of excitement suddenly sounded in his ear, the zombie opened its eyes in fear, a blue-gray arm broke through the ground, it exerted a little force, the soil suddenly turned outward, and the whole body easily escaped from the soil.

The zombie blinked its scarlet eyes, and shrugged a little unresponsively, shaking the dirt all over its body.Immediately afterwards, it took a step to the left, as if suddenly stunned, its eyes slowly fell on Ye Man's body, it suddenly lit up, raised its head and made a gurgling sound in its throat, and flew towards Ye Man suddenly. Come!

Oops……

At the same time, Ye Man was startled suddenly, and he froze in place like a stone sculpture.

She looked at the approaching zombies without tears, her mind went blank, and she quickly closed her eyes almost subconsciously as if escaping, unable to bear to see the horror of her dead body on the spot.

Huge force struck heavily, under inertia, Ye Man, who was defenseless, was suddenly crushed to the ground, and a scent of earthy fragrance invaded his nostrils.The zombie's rough claws clasped Ye Man's slender shoulders tightly, and the sharp metal nails pierced her clothes at once, barely touching her skin, as long as the zombie exerted a little force, It can easily pierce her shoulder.

At this time, Ye Man hated his curiosity very much in his heart. Curiosity killed the cat. The ancients did not deceive me.Let you be cheap, let you touch the fruit, now the retribution is coming, right?

Gulu Gulu's voice excitedly spat out from the zombie's throat and echoed in her ears, Ye Man's whole body was stiff, and he couldn't even move.

Quiet.

Eerie silence.

The body is already stiff and numb.

The sharp claws did not scratch her body mercilessly as expected, if not for the weight still on her body reminding her of the existence of zombies, Ye Man almost thought that everything just now was just her illusion!
A gust of wind blows head-on, and the fine leaves flutter and dance with the wind. Not far away, Abu laughs and rustles, and the sound is full of gloating.

Ye Man, who suddenly sensed something was wrong, opened her eyes suddenly, and the next moment she opened her mouth wide in horror, she was startled, and almost jumped up on the spot!

Almost the moment Ye Man opened his eyes, he met the zombie's magnified face and those horrible red eyes that seemed to be dripping blood!
The zombie's blue-gray head was pressed tightly against her forehead, blinking a pair of scarlet eyes. Seeing Ye Man open his eyes, he immediately grunted excitedly, stuck out a long bright red tongue, and then suddenly snarled. , the tip of the tongue rolled into a ball strangely, frightened and fast... across Ye Man's face!
The wet, greasy touch made Ye Man startled suddenly, she stared blankly at the blue-gray face that was close at hand, her body was as stiff as ice, and her eyes widened mechanically.However, the next moment she suddenly came back to her senses, almost exhausted all the strength in her body and let out a scream like "Ah", and hurriedly pushed away the zombie pressing on her body, a sharp voice came through the air, Almost want to break people's eardrums.

God, that sound is just too scary!Abu covered his head with a snap, and rooted out a big hole in the field with all his hands and feet, and instantly rolled himself into a ball and buried himself in it, his body still trembling uncontrollably.

The zombie was caught off guard by Ye Man's strong push and fell to the mud floor. It blinked blankly and blankly, looking at Ye Man who was running around in a panic, a look of grievance suddenly appeared in the red eyes.

When eating that night, Yu Zhi worriedly looked at Ye Man with a weak expression and frivolous steps.

"Manman, what's wrong with you? Have you had a nightmare?"

The daughter escaped from the pile of zombies after going through all kinds of hardships, and she must have left a shadow in her heart. Why didn't she, a mother, think of it before.It was all her fault, if Manman hadn't been allowed to enroll in the university in city A, otherwise how could she have encountered such a terrible thing?Thinking of this, his eyes immediately turned red.Han Yuan sighed and put his arms around his wife, knowing that she was thinking too much.

"Mom, I'm fine." Ye Man hurriedly stated that he was fine.She has killed a lot of ordinary zombies, what's so scary, what she can't stand is the mutant in the space, it scares her if she has nothing to do, since she met it till now, Ye Man has been frightened all the time , I haven't lived a day of dark life, this cheating portable space!
"Mom, don't worry too much. There's nothing scary about zombies. One shot to the head will kill you. When I go out with the troops to collect supplies, I can often kill a lot of them." Han Chu picked up his chopsticks. Said, "Manman, being able to escape shows that she is powerful." Then, he turned his head and put a chicken leg into Yeman's bowl and said, "Manman, mom just loves to worry about it, don't worry about it, eat." Sister-in-law Zhu Lin looked at Yu Zhi's obviously frightened look, and pinched him hard on the waist, "You don't say a few words, Mom is scared by you."

Han Chu joined the government-organized material-collecting force as early as when the zombie virus broke out, and traveled between several neighboring towns every day to collect food, seasonings and other necessities for life.As for those big cities, because of the dense population, millions of zombies, and the current need for supplies is not so urgent, small troops like them generally would not go there.Safety can be guaranteed.

Han Chu laughed cheerfully, stopped talking, and kept putting rice into his mouth.

"Manman, take a good rest at home these few days, don't go out." Han Yuan looked at Ye Man and said slowly, "Recently, the city has been a bit uneasy."

"Dad, I see." How can there be any peace in this world today?

Ye Man smiled and picked up the dinner.

Everyone was not talking, and there was a warm atmosphere at the dinner table.

In the next few days, Ye Man completely lived the life of a house girl.

Due to the outbreak of the T virus, many cities that were heavy on food production were abandoned and abandoned, and the price of food suddenly increased to a terrifying figure.The back garden at home has been turned into a vegetable garden, which is full of various vegetables.

Apart from doing some housework, Ye Man usually goes to the vegetable garden to catch insects and weed weeds, while Abu often follows Ye Man when people are not paying attention, running around happily.It can be seen that it likes to take care of plants, so it simply takes root in the vegetable garden, learns from Ye Man to catch insects, turns over the soil from time to time, or draws some water from the pool to water the plants.It's just that Abu never weeds, and he doesn't allow Yeman to weed. Every time he sees Yeman pulling weeds secretly, he will lose his temper.

Needless to say, although the water in the space is of no use to humans, it has an obvious effect on plants. Since the water in the space was watered, the vegetables have grown by nearly ten centimeters in just one night, and the branches and leaves are green. A week later, green fruits and vegetables were produced, fluttering in the wind and growing gratifyingly.

Yu Zhi looked at the fruits and vegetables that were obviously about to ripen in surprise, praised Yeman's talent in planting, and then tactfully raised the question of weeding.Because the grass in the field is almost as tall as a person's calf.In this regard, Ye Man could only pretend not to know.She wanted to weed, but because of the narrow-minded Abu, she could only stay intimidated.And Han Yuan also praised Ye Man vigorously at the dinner table, and even said cheerfully that Ye Man will be responsible for the fruits and vegetables at home in the future.

The peaceful days passed unconsciously, and it was golden autumn and October in a blink of an eye.

Although it has already entered autumn, the temperature has become more and more abnormal. It is still as high as [-] to [-] degrees during the day, and it suddenly drops to about [-] degrees at night.The weird weather has taken a toll on some delicate vegetables in the backyard.Fortunately, Ye Man's quick response, coupled with Abu's help, set up a simple greenhouse and plant cold protection measures early on, and was able to keep most of the vegetables.

Climate change has made the already severe situation worse, and the newly built grain base in City A has been severely affected by this abnormal weather.The food supply is getting tighter and tighter. When this batch of food is mature, it can only satisfy more than 60.00% of the citizens of City A at best. City A is not an important city for the food production of the citizens. Now, it is estimated that nearly [-]% of the citizens will die of hunger this winter.

Han Yuan quickly learned about the food shortage in winter through special means, and when he came back that night, he had a serious expression on his face.

"Manman, tomorrow you, your mother, and your sister-in-law hurry up to get the food, and get back the food for next week in advance." Han Yuan sat on the sofa, smoking a cigarette one mouthful at a time, reflecting his heavy weight in the hazy mist. "Take out all the cash at home and go to the mall to buy food, don't worry about anything, just buy some with a long shelf life, and use up all the cash."

"Dad, you are..." Zhu Lin said in astonishment.

"Did something happen?" Yu Zhi frowned and asked.

Han Yuan sighed, stubbed out the cigarette butt, and looked at them silently.

Ye Man suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

"City A is about to change." Sure enough, Han Yuan's helpless and dignified voice sounded: "I know some sporadic news from Lao Fang. It seems that the government is going to take measures to solve the problem of food shortage. If I don't If you guess wrong, the money will immediately become a pile of useless waste paper."

"What?!" Zhu Lin exclaimed in shock. This sudden news made her heart beat frantically, "Money is worthless, so what will we use to buy food from now on? Are we going to be hungry?"

Han Yuan glanced at her slowly: "Hungry, that's not necessarily true. But it depends on one's ability. If I'm not wrong, after the banknotes are invalidated, the government will distribute food according to the individual's contribution. Those who contribute can only wait to starve to death."

"Food is in short supply now, and the government doesn't have so much spare food, and it's impossible to waste food to feed those who are useless. This is the reality of this world."

As soon as this statement came out, the room was shocked.

It is conceivable that the release of this decree will cause huge turmoil in City A. Once food and clothing cannot be solved, then what about morality, order, and law?Without the constraints of the law, under the social system of moral collapse, city A will become the Garden of Eden for criminals.This is the reality of the last days.

Yeman could fully predict that there would be endless crimes in this city in the future, and the most frightening thing was that these crimes would become the way and criterion for people's survival in the last days.As long as she thought of these, she couldn't stop trembling all over.

"Dad, how can I earn contribution points?" Zhu Lin couldn't help asking, trembling in her heart.

"There are naturally many ways to earn contribution points, but..." After a pause, Han Yuan looked at her meaningfully, "If you want to have enough food every day, in addition to cleaning up the zombies in City A, collect the necessary There is no other way than supplies."

"Clean up the zombies?" Zhu Lin repeated dumbfoundedly, gasping for air, with a frightened expression on her face, "Those monsters can eat people, if one of them doesn't care, isn't it..." There is no life to return.Even if he didn't escape the fate of being eaten by luck, if he made a slight mistake and was caught, it would be a big deal.It was a narrow escape.

"Otherwise?" Han Yuan frowned and asked back, "If you want to have a full meal, you have to pay the price. There is no such thing as something for nothing in this world! Not to mention the current crisis-ridden situation."

To be honest, Han Yuan didn't like this daughter-in-law very much. Zhu Lin was too delicate, making a big fuss and having no idea.It's not without reason that Han Yuan likes Ye Man and treats her like his own daughter. Most of the time, he can see himself in Ye Man when he was young. Ye Man's personality is very similar to his, with a The stock is ruthless, tenacious and unyielding, and the more frustrated it becomes, the more courageous it is.This can be seen from the fact that she went from being afraid of zombies to overcoming her own fear to fight zombies, and then escaped from city B alone.Compared with Han Chu, Han Yuan even felt that Ye Man was more like his own.

"You don't have to think too much." Looking at the frowning and frightened women on the sofa, Han Yuan comforted lightly, "These are just my guesses. It's getting late, everyone go to rest." Han Yuan Yuan stood up from the sofa, patted Ye Man on the shoulder, "Man Man, come with me to the study." After saying that, Zhu Lin, who was surprised and suspicious, walked out first.

"Manman..." Yu Zhi frowned and looked at Ye Man worriedly, "Is there anything your father can't tell us seriously? He insists on looking for you..."

"Mom, I'm going to the study. Don't worry, if there is anything important, I'll tell you when I come back." Ye Man smiled.

"Then you go, don't make your father wait for you." Yu Zhi said.

Ye Man nodded and followed.

(End of this chapter)