“Pah.”
A sound of light footsteps came from a distance.
This is a young man with short hair, long beard, and covered in dust. The most distinctive feature of him is that he is holding a rice bag in his hand, which contains leaves from treetops, moldy flower rolls, and even rotten meat.
Before the end of the world, the man worked in a state-owned enterprise. He was young and promising, and was highly valued by his superiors. It would not be long before he was sent abroad for further studies, and when he came back, he would be able to take the position of director.
Parents are still alive.
My wife is gentle.
He also has a pair of children, a boy and a girl. It can be said that he is definitely a winner in life. But who could have thought that everything would change drastically after he woke up from a nap at home.
The streets were filled with countless monsters. He could see clearly from upstairs that the daughter of Zhang Ge next door, a lovely junior high school student, was always polite to him. He heard that she had taken the high school entrance examination and would soon go to the most famous high school in the city. But the end of the world had come...
A corpse beetle, as big as a calf, was crawling on her body. The lovely girl was bitten in two in one bite. Her schoolbag was placed aside, stained with the blood and internal organs of its owner.
panic.
The man was so frightened that he used tools to seal the doors and windows of his house while trembling. He spent more than ten days like this.
But today, he opened the doors and windows and tiptoed out of the room.
suicide
No!
He was too hungry. Not only him, but his wife and two children had not eaten a full meal for a long time. If they didn't find some food, they wouldn't even be able to survive two days and would starve to death.
Men are in this state now, and this situation will be even more common in the future.
Scavenger.
A profession at the bottom of the apocalypse.
In the wild, they roam around like rats, leaving early and returning late every day, making a living by scavenging.
In a sense, this is the most realistic portrayal of the survivors at the bottom of society. They have no homes and no power. Because of the remote location, even the troops and judges will not set foot there.
There is no safe land in this world. Even in the desolate wilderness, there are still countless insects and zombies. These monsters roam around and hunt humans for food.
In such an abandoned situation, one can imagine the life of the survivors.
Scavengers are the products of this cruel life. They go out early and come back late, using their hands to scavenge in the wild. Their food is mostly derived from plants and fruits.
No matter how good a man was before, now...
He was just a scavenger.
Rotten meat in a rice bag.
Monsters in the wild will also fight and eat each other. This is the remains of a blade mantis. No one knows how long it has been dead. Even the flesh has begun to rot and maggots have grown. But for men, this is also life-saving food.
He no longer cares about that.
The supermarket in the community was occupied by a group of zombies. He didn't dare to get close to there, and there were too many dangers outside. He could only try to find food nearby.
carrion.
Even if the meat cannot be eaten, the maggots in it can be cleaned and used as protein to replenish physical strength.
People are forced to do things. Those spoiled rich kids, who used to eat all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, find nothing tasty and are definitely the epitome of picky eaters.
But in this doomsday, food is definitely the most important supply. Not to mention delicacies from land and sea, even a moldy steamed bun may trigger a bloody battle.
What kind of despair could make a proud son of an emperor so ecstatic at the sight of maggots
Due to the harsh environment and low strength, the situation will only get worse. Some of the lower-class humans have even never tasted a piece of meat from birth to death.
Of course, there are some exceptions.
Pork, sheep, and cattle, these meats are monopolized by the upper class, and ordinary people cannot even touch them. However, there is one kind of meat that is extremely cheap and yet readily available.
That is…
Human flesh.
When despair descends, people become crazier than beasts.
"This food is almost enough. Tomorrow, I'll come out again tomorrow..."
A large-scale massacre occurred in the community. Scattered meat and broken bones could be seen in every corner. Every step, even every second, was a torment for him.
"Meow..."
However, just as the man was about to go home, a weak voice startled him.
The man pushed aside the grass, his body tense, his eyes full of vigilance. There was no danger around, so he slowly began to move and walked towards the depths.
What came into view was a red creature.
It looked like a cat, curled up on the ground, whimpering from time to time, and looked very weak.
"It's still alive. Can I eat it?" The man looked puzzled. He took a branch and poked it gently.
This thing was softer than the man had imagined. It was hard to describe why, but it was like it had no bones. With a slight touch, the branch collapsed into it.
A dying cat
The man's eyes lit up a little.
The cat tastes good. Although its texture is not as delicate as pork or as chewy as beef, it is much better than the maggots in the hand.
smell
In peacetime, as a cat lover, how did he know
Trapped at home, on the seventh day before the end of the world, he killed the Scottish Fold cat he had raised for four years and which had accompanied him through his loneliness. This was Patton, which was its name.
So sad!
There was a flash of sadness in the man's eyes. He clearly remembered that he was so hungry that he broke the cat's neck with his own hands.
Raised since childhood, Patton is very human-like. He doesn't make any noise or make any fuss. When he is busy with work, he always likes to lie quietly beside him, just like he is keeping him company.
When he broke Patton's neck, it was even rubbing against his trouser leg.
Skin and bones.
She cried and ate the flesh on Patton's calf clean.
Do you regret it
Regret it!
He crushed his beloved pet to death. That was Patton, the lovely Patton, who he watched grow up right before his eyes!
but.
"If I could do it all over again, Barton, I would still eat you!"
So hungry!
If you have never experienced hunger, you will never understand how painful it is!
If he doesn't kill Patton, his children, wife, and himself will all die. There is no other way. There is no other way!
The man's pupils had already turned red. He swallowed his saliva. Now, he didn't care whether the other person was dead or alive. As long as he could eat, everything was not a problem.
A scavenger who will devour anything that can fit into his mouth.
Even though the cat in front of him looked a little weird, the man didn't think too much about it. He reached out his hand, wanting to take it home and have a good meal.
The man stretched out his hand, and just as his fingers were about to touch the strange cat, it suddenly cracked...
split?!
“Crack.”
The cat's body suddenly split open, revealing the white flesh inside, filled with bile and white stuff that looked like brain matter or some protein that had been magnified countless times. What surprised the man the most was that there was a tentacle-like tip facing him.
Where is the cat
"call out!"
The tentacles suddenly straightened, and then something the size of a needle tip pierced into the man's chest.
"What the hell!"
The man was horrified and felt a sudden pain in his chest. He tore open his clothes and saw a sharp thorn on his chest.
Cold, numb, stiff, dazed...
The man's consciousness was slowly fading away. His vision was dark, like a dark night. All light disappeared in an instant. Fear was spreading. He hurriedly wanted to escape back home, but his steps were much slower than he had imagined.
His pupils gradually expanded, and after a moment, both eyes were completely shrouded in darkness. His skin became loose, and starting from his chest, his skin gradually became wrinkled as if it had been scalded by boiling water. Just a few minutes later...
His body was actually melting like a candle, his skin and blood all turned into a sticky red liquid, which slowly flowed into the cracked cat corpse.
After devouring the entire corpse, the red foreign object began to slowly wriggle. After a while, a dark red, human-like body appeared on the ground.
Dark red blood was flowing from the man's lips, and there was even half a maggot's body on it, but he ignored it and uttered weak words from his throat like a puppet.
"Huiyi, Xiaopeng, Xiaofei..."
The man was lying on the ground, mumbling some names. Shockingly, he replaced the previous corpse and became a new bait.
Unknown creature.
The man's fate, perhaps, came to a horrifying end the moment he heard the cry...
end.
In addition to some obvious dangers, there are also strange crises lurking in quiet corners.
Darkness falls.
If you want to live, you must be careful, and be more careful...