Nerves have been tense for too long, and suddenly returning to a relaxed environment where there is no need to guard against, it seems unreal at all.
Ji Cha took off his clothes and stood in front of the mirror. The young man's chest was thin, and the boundary between the abdominal muscles could be seen on the lower abdomen. There were no scars on it. His complexion was fair and his skin was tender because he had not experienced excessive labor. Even the look on his face revealed in the mirror at this moment is just surprise and doesn't see the exhaustion that can't be shaken off over the years.
If it wasn't for the end of the world, Ji Cha would still be just a young man with a lot of time to squander.
But if those ten years were just a long nightmare, why are the details of the dream so vivid? The despair and pain of succumbing to the pressure of survival, the numbness of death and the uncertainty of survival can almost drain a person's vitality in the blink of an eye.
In the five years after the end of the world, he and Wang Qinxue traveled around, almost risking their lives several times. After the near-instant annihilation of modern civilization, the equality and moral laws that people used to take for granted disappeared immediately. Those who are strong in combat, those who hold power, drive and slave the old, the weak, the sick and the young, rape women or men, all kinds of disgusting things are not uncommon. The few large bases in the country that still have order are scattered around, and the rest of the small places are scattered by armed separatists who can protect themselves. According to the wishes of the leaders, the form of the city degenerates into a slave society or a feudal society.
Everyone almost loses the bottom line in order to survive.
In the sixth year, the two finally found a place to stay in Ji Cha's former hometown, a large base in S City. Before the end of the world, there were troops stationed here. Although there was a period of wastage in the later period, it still maintained a better order than the outside world. At least here, casual killing is not allowed, and women still have dignity.
The two were assigned to the planting and breeding area of Base S, which was already considered very lucky. After all, they were not in any danger here, and they could still eat half full every day.
Ji Cha took out a T-shirt from the closet and put it on casually, walked to the desk and picked up the wallet on it, which contained a few red bills.
The summer vacation has already begun, and there are not many people in the school except the students who apply to stay in school.
Downstairs, the dormitory aunt was chasing dramas with her mobile phone in her arms. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Ji Cha coming down, quickly pressed pause, and said to him, "Ji Cha, you won't be staying at school, are you? Why haven't you left yet? Do you know if you're leaving tomorrow? If you don’t apply, you can’t live there, and the provincial school will find out and blame me.”
"Okay." Looking at the middle-aged woman in front of him, Ji Cha was still a little unreal. For Auntie the dormitory manager, he just slept in and went downstairs as usual, but for Ji Cha, it had been ten long-lost years.
"Are you sick? Why is your face so pale?" The dormitory aunt said while bending down to take out half a watermelon from under the table, and carelessly asked, "You have to go to see it in time if you are sick."
With a tap on the screen of the mobile phone, the plot that was suspended just now resumed, and the love between men and women was dotted in an ordinary day.
Ji Cha stepped out of the dormitory, the sun was scorching hot outside, just reaching the peak of the day, and the occasional people who passed by were in a hurry.
Five minutes later, in the school supermarket.
Ji Cha stood in front of the rows of shelves. Although he was holding money in his hands, he was a little clueless.
There is too much to eat, it is full of beautiful things, and the colors are different.
He subconsciously guarded against the alumni who passed him by. The trance he had felt since waking up was finally diluted. His stomach was not empty, but the feeling of hunger came from his brain, not from his stomach. .
This kind of wanton shopping, the experience of no one looting has been too long. Ji Cha picked up a shopping basket, it was difficult to forget the old habits immediately, and swept food into it almost without choice.
Someone next to him saw his appearance and vaguely felt strange, the two girls hid aside and whispered, "Isn't that Ji Cha from the Chinese Department?"
"What did he buy so much wahhaha...?"
Feeling suddenly... neurotic.
However, Ji Cha's attention was not on them. The social news was being broadcast on the high-hanging display in the middle of the supermarket. The scene of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dispute changed, and the host broadcast with a formulaic voice that the poaching activities were intensifying. In one month, dozens of carcasses of cherished and protected animals were found.
The rotten images on the screen were mosaiced, but it still made people feel vaguely disgusted.
"Oh, how pitiful, the whole family was killed by poaching!" Someone next to him discussed in a low voice, with an angry tone.
Because of this, Ji Cha's eyes slowly warmed up.
What kind of poacher's behavior is this? It's just a small harbinger before the end of the world. But so what? The end times are inevitable. At least even if Ji Cha is reborn at this time, the virus has already been lurking into the bodies of humans and animals through the air for an unknown period of time, and it will only wait for a certain concentration to cause a large-scale outbreak that cannot be prevented and resisted.
Although Ji Cha didn't know how he came back to this point, the end of the world has indeed come.
Ten minutes later, under the amazed eyes of the cashier, he walked out of the supermarket with four shopping bags that were about to explode.
Ji Cha started to eat along the road, he couldn't wait to go back to the dormitory. And because of the habit I developed in the last days, I dare not eat with confidence in front of everyone. So I turned all the way to a small open space behind the school's music building.
He had to make a good plan on how to use the remaining two months of normal order. Ji Cha didn't want to live so tiringly, at least he had to ensure that he had a safe place to live, and at least he had to ensure that he wasn't hungry.
The two expectations seem so simple before the end of the world, but after the end of the world, they are the luxury of most people.
The music building was vacant two days earlier, and almost no one would come here if there were no performances, which was very in line with Ji Cha's expectations for safety.
After the end of the world, as long as the food is not rotten, it can be called a good meal. If it can be cooked with a treasure such as salt, it is almost equivalent to a big meal for the Chinese New Year. The seasoned food he is holding in his hand is almost dancing on the tip of his tongue!
Ji Cha took two mouthfuls and almost cried.
From a distance, a person sitting in a pile of snacks, holding a plate in his mouth and crying face to face, is a strange picture no matter men, women, old or young, beautiful, ugly, fat or thin.
Ji Cha's phone vibrated twice, a text message came, but he didn't pay attention immediately.
"Come back at this time just to see that yellow-haired boy?" A male voice suddenly sounded, with a bit of ruffian air. Judging from the source of the sound, it should be walking from the corner to this path. I don't know who would go to such a remote place at this time.
Ji Cha squeezed the crispy noodles and quickly hid back, consciously finding a suitable defensive posture for his body.
The habits of many years cannot be changed in a short time.
Another male voice sounded, with a bit of helplessness and regret, but he couldn't hide the deep and pleasant voice, "That's what I planned, and I thought we would meet again today. Who knew he was going to practice."
"Excuse me," the pissed voice continued, "Who cares about you, people know who you are, if you had listened to me two years ago, you would have taken him home to sleep, now you can go abroad Take the certificate."
Ji Cha didn't care to listen to what the two of them were talking about, and his body only shrunk further into the corner as they kept approaching. During the movement, he noticed that his mobile phone screen was on, so he quickly leaned over to hold it in his hand.
At the same time, the footsteps of the two people on the path happened to land beside him, and it was really hard not to notice the four shopping bags and a Jicha with red eyes on the narrow lawn.
One of the two people who spoke had dyed his hair blond, because of his fair complexion, he looked like a foreigner at first glance. The other was tall and well-dressed. In such a hot summer, the button of his shirt was still tied to the top one, vaguely covering his sexy Adam's apple. His hair is pure black, his eyes are deep, his nose is straight, and the corners of his mouth are slightly pursed, but it's hard to hide the gleam in his eyes when he saw Ji Cha for the first time.
In fact, just by looking at the appearance, it is already easy to distinguish the roles shared by the two when they talked just now.
"Oh, I'll go," Huang Mao was more surprised than Ji Cha, took a big step back, and then suddenly stepped forward to look at the man in the shirt with a playful look, "What is fate? This is it!"
The man in the shirt tilted his head and gave him a warning look, "Shut up."
While speaking, his hands in his trouser pockets trembled faintly from excitement.
"Student, you." He said, his throat was a little dry, seeing Ji Cha shrinking back defensively, the man in the shirt stopped what he was going to step forward to help him up, and then his eyes fell on Ji Cha who was holding On his mobile phone, and then moved to the corner of his red eyes, his thoughts turned, and his mood sank.
Ji Cha, however, felt very uncomfortable with the oppressive feeling emanating from his whole body, hurriedly picked up the half-eaten crispy noodles, stammered, "I, I'll go first." Then turned around and got up , and ran to the bedroom.
Huang Mao was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ji Cha's back and couldn't help laughing. He turned around and patted the man in the shirt on the shoulder and said with emotion, "Fuck, why didn't I know he was such a fool? Liang Jincheng, your eyes... can't be described in words."
Liang Jincheng patted his hand away, bent forward without saying a word, picked up the few bags Ji Cha had left behind, and followed Ji Cha's footsteps to the boys' dormitory.
the other end.
Ji Cha ran into the dormitory building out of breath, feeling an indescribable strange feeling in his heart, he didn't feel a little relieved until he returned to the dormitory and locked the door.
It was also at this time that Ji Cha had the time to look down at the text messages flashing on the phone screen.
It was an unfamiliar number, and the content was only a few short words, "I really want to kiss you."
Did you send it wrong? Ji Cha turned off the SMS interface expressionlessly.
There are only two months left in the apocalypse, kiss, kiss, you are paralyzed!