Mohe, ten o'clock at night.
On the street outside the window, the sirens of ambulances and police cars could be heard from time to time, making the supposedly quiet night seem extraordinarily busy.
The three of Nie Xiao returned to the hotel, and then received a call from Duan Wenyu.
Duan Wenyu went straight to the topic concisely, sent the information he found to Nie Xiao, and said with a serious expression: "Boss, I just captured the latest photo of the target big fish, and it looks very strange."
"I suspect he may have some kind of virus."
Hearing this, Nie Xiao immediately clicked into the file sent by Duan Wenyu, and a rather weird and terrifying photo came directly into his eyes.
Wu Wenqi helped the pale-faced Xiao Yan to sit on the sofa, and took a blanket to cover her up. When he looked up, he saw Nie Xiao's dark eyes, his complexion was unusually serious, and he couldn't help becoming vigilant.
"Boss, what's the matter?"
"Look at this, what do you think it looks like?"
Nie Xiao turned the phone around and directly placed the photo in front of the two of them, frowning deeply. Wu Wenqi and Xiao Yan's eyes touched the photo, and they couldn't help but hold their breath.
In the photo, the mission target they wanted to kill had already changed beyond recognition.
Muddy and lifeless eyes, blue and white fangs dripping with yellow-green pus, the original plain face turned weird and disgusting, the whole person stood like a walking corpse in the snow soaked in blood, covered by a lot of blood Surrounded by broken limbs.
Creepy, chills down the back.
The phone didn't hang up, but Duan Wenyu's voice continued to ring from the phone, "The photo was saved in the phone of one of the deceased, and it was taken this afternoon."
"we know."
Wu Wenqi couldn't help interrupting, recalling the broken limbs that seemed to be torn apart by wild beasts he saw at the scene, and the scream from the police when he came back, Wu Wenqi suddenly had a bold thought in his heart. Guessing, his throat felt a little dry, "We just came back from the scene of the crime."
At this time, Xiao Yan's hands and feet were as cold as ice, and her lips became whiter. Her eyes stayed on the photo, and she directly expressed the bold guess in Wu Wenqi's heart.
"It's almost like a zombie."
Zombies, those who have seen end-time movies, know what they are.
—The walking dead, the living dead.
Hearing this, Duan Wenyu, who was sitting in the warm ward, suddenly felt a chill creeping up from the soles of his feet.
He didn't find it ridiculous at all, but immediately sat up straight, his fingers crackling on the keyboard.
"I'll check again."
Xiao Yan didn't wait for Duan Wenyu's investigation, as if she had decided on something directly, she pushed Wu Wenqi away suddenly, stood up and staggered back into the room, and locked the door firmly with a bang.
The sudden sound confused everyone.
Wu Wenqi was the first to react, chased after him anxiously, patted the door, and shouted loudly: "Ayan, what are you doing! Open the door! Don't think about it, what zombies are not zombies, we will take you to see a doctor first, open the door! "
Inside the door, Xiao Yan seemed to have been exhausted, and slid directly on the ground, panting lightly, feeling that her body temperature was being lost crazily. Hiding in for a while seems to have exhausted all her physical strength.
Xiao Yan looked at her cold and blue fingers, and couldn't help shaking her head, "Leave me alone."
Ning Feng was already a little dizzy from the fever at this time, and everyone's conversation could be heard intermittently, but he could still feel what happened. Hearing Wu Wenqi's shout from the phone, he immediately propped up half of his body and wanted to get up , asked with a worried face: "Brother Duan, what's wrong with Sister Yan?"
"Take care of yourself first and lie down!"
Duan Wenyu looked at Ning Feng's precarious appearance and flushed cheeks, immediately moved the computer aside, and quickly reached out to help him, but was startled by the scalding temperature in his palm.
"Why is it hotter than before?"
Hearing the movement from Duan Wenyu, Nie Xiao's expression became even worse. He cut the phone into the team's headsets and asked with a frown, "Wen Yu, is Ning Feng sick too?"
"Well, I suddenly had a high fever before boarding the plane, so I didn't get on that flight. Now I'm hanging water in the infirmary of the airport. It's obvious that a bottle of water is almost finished, but the temperature rises back."
While replying, Duan Wenyu told Ning Feng to lie down, brushed back the hair that had fallen on his forehead a little anxiously, and then found alcohol to physically cool Ning Feng, the corners of his mouth that were usually upturned, were pulled at this time below the horizon.
Wu Wenqi heard Duan Wenyu's answer in the headset, slapped the door, and couldn't help but swear, "Damn, hell, I'm usually fine, but today I fell down two at once!"
"Ayan, you also reply!"
An aura of impending wind and rain enveloped the heads of the three healthy men, and an inexplicable sense of crisis lay in their hearts, making their mood even more restless and depressed.
Their speculation about zombies has never been unfounded.
The premonition of danger comes from their beast-like intuition, which has allowed them to escape from death countless times without making mistakes.
It's just that they guessed too much this time, so they didn't want to believe it, and they didn't dare to believe it.
But soon, their guesses were confirmed.
A loud explosion suddenly came from the sky, shaking them all. It was as if the ground under his feet trembled.
Nie Xiao glanced at the night sky outside the window from a distance, then stepped forward in twos and threes, and turned on the TV in the living room. Then, an urgent news was inserted into the current program.
The voice of the news anchorwoman sounded on the TV.
"At 11:00 p.m. China time, this is Huayang Satellite TV news station. There is an urgent news broadcast. Flight c7263 from Harbin to Mohe Gulian Airport crashed due to unknown factors and caused a huge explosion. Beijing's x6... , the above-mentioned multiple flights all deviated from the track, the passengers on board suffered an emergency, and many crew members were injured for no reason... "
At the same time, Duan Wenyu's airport also broadcasted, because of the large-scale aircraft accident, all subsequent flights will be postponed indefinitely.
The five people who had faintly predicted what was about to happen fell silent for a while. Wu Wenqi couldn't help but say dryly, "It can't be such a coincidence."
As soon as the voice fell, ear-piercing cries and screams broke out from downstairs in the hotel.
"ah!-"
"Don't bite me!!!"
As time went on, Nie Xiao became calmer.
He strode to the door, locked the door, and blocked it with a cabinet, and at the same time calmly ordered Wu Wenqi who was standing at the door of Xiao Yan's room.
"Wen Qi, just break through the door."
"yes!"
Wu Wenqi wiped his face, took a deep breath, and kicked Xiao Yan's door open. As soon as he entered, he saw Xiao Yan lying on the ground. There was a click.
"Boss!"
Nie Xiao walked over quickly, pursed his lips, pulled the quilt from the bed to wrap Xiao Yan up, and then let Wu Wenqi hug her to the radiator, next to the heat source.
"It'll be fine!"
Nie Xiao comforted Wu Wenqi, thinking of Duan Wenyu who was still in the airport infirmary at this time, his face suddenly turned ugly, and he could only urge him from a distance through the headset.
Every word weighs as much as a thousand catties.
"Wen Yu, no matter what, take good care of Xiaofeng and yourself."
"Yes, boss."
A bead of sweat broke out on Duan Wenyu's forehead, and while the medical staff were leaving, he directly sealed the door of the entire infirmary.
Screams and commotions could be heard from the airport hall from time to time, proving that the order had already become chaotic in an instant.
However, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the chaos in the world.
Ning Feng watched Duan Wenyu seal the doors and windows, licked his dry and peeling lips, sat up weakly, panted and said: "Brother Duan, you can go alone, find a safe place with few people, I have seen For novels about zombies, people like me who have a fever and get sick at the beginning are most likely to become cannon fodder for zombies."
"So, brother, you'd better run quickly."
"You saved your brother's life, otherwise he would have died in the plane crash just now."
Compared with Ning Feng who had a high fever, Xiao Yan's physical condition was obviously more worrying.
Because zombies also have no temperature.
Xiao Yan looked at the heavy faces of Nie Xiao and Wu Wenqi, her purple and white lips from the cold evoked a rare smile, she was so weak that her mouth was breathless, but she still made a joke with everyone.
"Stay away from me, be careful I will bite you later."
"I'm really colder than a dead man this time."
The joke was not funny at all, Nie Xiao pursed his lips tightly, held the remote control and pressed it hard, and adjusted the temperature of the air conditioner to the highest.
"I can't kill it."
Listening to Nie Xiao's ruthless reply, Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, then she immediately rolled her eyes, feeling inexplicably relieved.
That's right, No. 1 and No. 2, the most powerful fighters in the team, are here. If you have to worry, you should also worry about herself.
Looking at Wu Wenqi, who was holding her and was silent without saying a word, Xiao Yan just wanted to take a few more glances, but her eyelids became heavier, "You have nothing to tell me?"
"No, we'll talk about it when you're better."
"Suffocate you."
***
Chinese calendar 2025, the tenth day of the first month.
0:00.
With the ringing of the midnight bell, a meteor shower of unprecedented scale and without warning descended on the whole world. Countless people all over the world looked up at the night sky outside the window.
Afterwards, the whole world was shrouded in a layer of black haze.
The meteor outside the window was dazzling, Nie Xiao got up and wanted to go to the window to see the situation, but the moment he stood up, he felt dizzy and dizzy.
Nie Xiao hurriedly supported the wall, and looked behind him.
Wu Wenqi, who was about to make a phone call with his sister, suddenly turned pale, and the phone slammed down on the ground, looking up at Nie Xiao in bewilderment.
"Boss..."
Before the words fell, Wu Wenqi and Xiao Yan fell into a coma.
Nie Xiao was in a bad mood, sweating all over his body, and forced himself to walk over to settle the two teammates.
There was no response to calling Duan Wenyu and Ning Feng. The two of them passed out in the ward without knowing when, only the noise of footsteps outside the door and the sound of falling to the ground one after another.
At this moment, Nie Xiao didn't know what would happen to the world in the end, but at the last moment of losing consciousness, he took out his mobile phone and sent the last command to his home.
***
Yuncheng, in the Fengshan villa.
On the bay window covered with velvet blankets, the milk-brown little dumpling was still squatting in front of the electronic screen.
A pair of clear and black eyes stared at the night sky without blinking, and the sudden and gorgeous meteor shower filled its small face with surprise and shock.
However, if Nie Xiao's video call cannot come, no matter how beautiful the meteor is, it won't make the little hamster happy for long. Seeing that the static sub-screen was not moving, the little hamster lay unhappily on the blanket, and its little claws kept grabbing the soft fur on the blanket.
And not long after, as the servants downstairs fell unconscious one by one, the little hamster's consciousness gradually became dull.
At this time, the door of the room suddenly made a "click".
— completely blocked.
The little hamster moved its ears, but there was no longer any response, and fell into a deep sleep.
***
Bright meteors streaked across the sky, but no one appreciated the beautiful scenery.
That night, people all over the world experienced coma symptoms in different situations. Some people didn't wake up for a long time, while some people woke up early but their temperament changed drastically. They stared straight at the relatives, lovers, and children who were taking care of them, showing their pale and blue sharp fangs.
Screaming, screaming, screaming, crying, ruthlessly tore up the supposedly peaceful night sky.
It seems that a terrifying devil came to the world quietly, shrouding the whole world in a thick layer of haze.
A catastrophic mutation of the end is quietly going on.