Tang Tang is afraid of water.
I especially don't like the feeling of not being able to touch the ground and not being practical. Once I accidentally stepped into a small river, and I couldn't sleep well for two whole days.
But that day she made a mischief again. The two were lying on the sofa, and Tang Tang suddenly wanted to see Jiang Zhu swimming.
It was the first year they were officially together. In summer, it was very hot, and the air-conditioned room was very comfortable, and there were cold drinks to eat.
Although Jiang Zhu always looked expressionless, and his tone was light, and he seemed not to care about anything, but he didn't even hesitate to agree to Tang Tang's expectant eyes. down.
His figure is really good.
Tang Tang also changed into a swimsuit, stood by the pool, and stared fiercely at Jiang Zhu, who was preparing for the action.
This is the private swimming pool in the villa. There are only the two of them in the huge venue. Tang Tang's gaze is too blatant, and finally attracts Jiang Zhu's side gaze.
I don't know if it's because her eyes were frustrated, but she found that Jiang Zhu blushed a little.
She bit her lip, so cute!
The vigorous posture, slender figure, and the arc of the water waves are also very beautiful. Tang Tang was lying on the edge of the swimming pool, holding his chin in his hands, fascinated by it.
When Jiang Zhuyou came back, he saw Tang Tang lying on the edge of the pool, and suddenly reached out to her.
Tang Tang didn't react for a while, blinked and looked at the hand: "What are you doing?"
"We are together." Jiang Zhu said.
Tang Tang's mind buzzed.
Not because of the excitement that can be brought by close contact, but—
"No, I can't swim..." She stretched her neck and looked into the pool.
Even Jiang Zhu stood inside with only one head exposed, so if it was her, wouldn't she just lose her head
That's another disaster.
Tang Tang flinched.
"I teach you."
Jiang Zhu came up from the pool, came to Tang Tang's side step by step, and then stood still. Tang Tang lay on the ground, looked up at him, showing a pitiful expression.
No, she doesn't want to learn! Please let me go!
"I think it's all right for you to swim, okay?" Tang Tang began to act coquettishly, Jiang Zhu is so kind, it is absolutely impossible to force her!
He really didn't force her, instead he squatted down and raised his hand to stroke the top of her hair.
Suddenly asked: "Are you afraid of water?"
"Hmm! Hmm!" Tang Tang nodded again and again, "I'm very scared!"
"Then what if you accidentally fall into the water and I'm not by your side?" Jiang Zhu asked suddenly, frowning, as if worried about it.
Tang Tang's heart throbbed violently because of his words, and then damn it, he agreed...
After the preparatory activities were completed, Tang Tang's heart still couldn't calm down, but the throbbing at this time had been annihilated, leaving only deep regret and fear of what was to come.
With Jiang Zhu's support, she lowered her feet, oh, the water is so damn cold.
It only takes three seconds to enter the water, but she struggled by the pool for half an hour...
Tang Tang was finally annoyed by himself, closed his eyes, and walked tremblingly.
The feeling of being soaked in water was not uncomfortable at all, especially when she stood at the bottom of the pool, Tang Tang found that her whole face was in the water, and it was painful to hold her breath.
The love for life prompted her to keep pawing at Jiang Zhu's body.
Then the next second, a pair of arms supported her, saving her head from under the water.
"Huh - I'm suffocating." Tang Tang wiped his face again and inhaled again.
"Take your time, don't rush."
However, after studying for the whole summer, Tang Tang only managed to go into the water without shaking...
So untalented!
I don't know where it is here, it feels like it is more lively than the school side, Tang Tang heard footsteps gradually coming from not far away, it seems that there are quite a lot of people, thinking.
She got up from the ground and shook the water off her body.
In just half a minute, the sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer. When Tang Tang turned his head, he found the group behind him - "people"
Tang Tang was shocked.
And she was shocked because the "person" she thought was a person was not a person.
The number is less than thirty. If it weren't for the bites and scratches more or less distributed on their faces and bodies, as well as the hollow eyes, judging from the stability of their walking and running, they would have It looks exactly like a human being!
In Tang Tang's impression, the footsteps of the zombies were still stiff and loud.
But now she is not allowed to be in a daze, because she found out in horror that the direction of the thirty-odd zombies was actually her!
She guessed that maybe the scent of the perfume on her body was gone, so she quickly replenished it for herself.
Things didn't get better, however.
The zombies just paused for a moment, sniffed carefully, and two seconds later, they raised their feet and ran towards Tang Tang again.
! ! !
Tang Tang really panicked this time.
I didn't have time to think about why the perfume suddenly stopped working, so I quickly hid in the big ball and ran away.
As a result, she ran in front, and the zombies behind also accelerated, and even ran faster than her? ! Tang Tang held his breath in his chest and almost died of anger.
That is why ah! Could it be that zombies have evolved, and their noses can selectively smell things?
But the dog system said that this setting does not exist!
Tang Tang took the time to look back and found that she was only three meters away from the front zombie in the rear. And this distance is still shrinking.
Tang Tang: ...
Am I being given a donkey by the system! !
Zombies run faster than her, and it is basically impossible to get rid of them. Tang Tang observed the surrounding situation while running, and found that there seemed to be an abandoned, half-built building in the fog not far away. …
It is definitely not allowed to go there, the cover is not covered, in case it collapses.
Tang Tang saw that the distance was shortened to within two meters, took a breath, and thought, why not go back to the water? Anyway, she has a big ball and can float on it. It is impossible for a zombie to be coordinated enough to swim, right
I just don't know if her ability can keep the big ball alive, if she doesn't persist until the end, she falls into the water...
Before Tang Tang made up his mind, he suddenly heard another footstep from the opposite side, that is, directly in front of him.
She twitched her eyebrows, feeling bad.
When I looked up, I saw a bunch of zombies running towards me. It's really blocked now, wait!
Tang Tang squinted his eyes and found that the front of the group of zombies running across was still chasing two people. Yes, that's right, two people!
Suddenly seeing someone, Tang Tang was pleasantly surprised.
The two people on the opposite side also saw her while they were busy.
One of them waved desperately at her and shouted, "Come on, turn around! Turn around quickly!"
Tang Tang thought about it too. The zombies behind him couldn't handle it. If the two piles of zombies fit together, it would be okay. He made an emergency turn, headed towards the big river beside him, and jumped down with a plop.
The two people on the opposite side were shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "I didn't tell you to jump into the river, the water is deep!! Come up!"
Then in the next second, a big ball floated up.
Two people: ...
Tang Tang found that the two were being chased by zombies. Although they looked very embarrassed, they were not too panicked on their faces, as if they were used to this situation.
As she thought, the zombies really couldn't swim. They followed her scent into the water, but after thumping twice, they actually sank.
Those two people didn't seem to have thought that there was such a method, they looked at each other, and jumped into the river.
In the end, the three of them worked together and returned to the river bank.
"My name is Chang Ding, my elder brother, his name is Chang Sheng, what's your name?"
They are twins, and Chang Sheng is a few centimeters shorter than Chang Ding. At this moment, they are looking at her with a hearty smile on Mai Se's face.
"My name is Tang Tang."
After getting to know each other, Tang Tang asked a question about the zombie's nose.
"Don't you know? Zombies have evolved, and now they have crystal nuclei in their brains. Do you know the crystal nuclei? It's the one in the movie. After eating it, the supernatural beings can improve their abilities." Chang Sheng explain.
Of course Tang Tang doesn't know, how long has it been since the end of the world, how can there be crystal nuclei
"When did evolution happen?" Tang Tang asked.
"Just in the past few days, some of the original zombies have suddenly evolved, and their combat effectiveness has improved significantly. We all thought of ways to avoid the zombies, but now they are useless at all." The two were helpless and spread their hands.
The last few days
Tang Tang listened and frowned. Didn't this happen when she was at school
She asked calmly, "I don't even remember how long it has been since the end of the world after the electronic equipment became useless, do you guys still remember?"
"It's been almost two months, alas!"
Tang Tang was shocked, two months? No way, isn't it only about half a month
She quickly settled down, maybe the time of the end of the world is different in each place. Thinking about it, she suddenly heard Chang Sheng ask again.
"It's summer, why are you still wearing a coat?"
Chang Sheng just asked casually, but it made Tang Tang feel cold. How could it be summer, it should be spring
"Afraid of being caught by zombies, take an extra layer of protection to comfort yourself."
Tang Tang smiled reluctantly, and while he was confused, he felt a little bit lost. She thought that she stayed in a black space for a while before, could it be that the short time inside was the long time outside
Is this place far from the school...
Later, Tang Tang asked a lot of questions, and learned from the two brothers that this is also a suburb, but there is no school nearby. They originally came here to travel, but they did not expect to encounter such a thing. The delay stayed here for more than two months.
There were not many people here, and those who had awakened their abilities ran away overnight, leaving only those who had not awakened their abilities and zombies.
The two of them also ran away overnight, but after going out, they found that there were more zombies outside. After thinking about it, they withdrew again.
"By the way, Tang Tang, are you alone? It will be very difficult to be alone in the last days. Do you want to go with us? The abilities of the two of us attack and defend one by one. It feels pretty good."
Chang Sheng seemed to like communicating with people very much. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "It's just that we don't have a fixed place to rest, and we may have to run around."
Tang Tang glanced at them.
Chang Sheng was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he quickly said: "It's okay if you don't agree to us, just because you are very thin, I am afraid that you will be chased by zombies like today, after all, there is only this river nearby, and it is not easy to jump in other places. ... I seem to be getting more and more crooked the more I say it."
Tang Tang was amused by his appearance, it is really difficult to be alone in the last days.
But she still rejected the kindness of the brothers.
After all, the first time we met, as they said, she was so thin, if the two brothers were not as friendly as they appeared on the surface, then she would be the real danger.
Tang Tang said goodbye to the two and walked along the river bank to the other side.
The two looked at the back of the girl who had gone away, and Chang Sheng scratched his head, "Brother, did I scare her?"
"Yes, you are too enthusiastic, you look like a liar." Chang Ding said unceremoniously.
"Then what should I do? She's alone, so she won't be in danger, right?" Chang Sheng was anxious.
Chang Ding shook his head, "It's possible to be chased by zombies, but it shouldn't be very dangerous. She also has supernatural powers. Since she can live till now, she is definitely not a weak person."
Chang Sheng nodded, at this time Tang Tang had completely disappeared into the mist.
Tang Tang walked along the river bank for a long time without reaching the end. She didn't dare to leave the river bank, and always felt that water was her greatest life-saving thing now.
I don't know what happened to Jiang Zhu and the others.
The few people in the warehouse are certainly not to be feared, and they must have been completely cleaned up.
But now more than a month has passed at once, Tang Tang panicked when he thought of this.
Gradually, it got dark.
I don't know if Tang Tang is lucky. Since the two groups of zombies appeared before, he has never encountered a zombie again.
The fog here is very heavy at night. Relying on the pure white phosphorescence on the big ball, Tang Tang can barely see things within half a meter. She is afraid that she will accidentally step on the water while walking, and finally stop down.
In this situation, it is impossible to put away the big ball.
Tang Tang sighed, sat by the river, closed his eyes to check the status of the abilities in his body.
Unexpectedly, she found that the supernatural energy in her body was still quite sufficient, as if it hadn't been consumed at all.
It can be considered a comfort, she thought, retracting her hand into her pocket, and then called out a small bag of instant noodles from the hidden space.
Night is the time to rest, even though Tang Tang is not in the mood to sleep at this time, but in order to maintain his spirit, he still hides in the big ball, squinting his eyes and closing his eyes to rest.
She didn't fall asleep, and in the middle of the night, she suddenly heard footsteps not far away again.
Tang Tang opened his eyes in an instant, came, came again.
She was ready to jump into the water in the next second. Then a voice was heard.
"Help—help—"
Those voices were very mixed, including immature child voices, rough male voices, and women's terrified screams. It sounded like a group of people were being chased.
Tang Tang was a little embarrassed.
She didn't know much about this place when she first came here, and she only had a big ball to defend herself, so her attack power was basically nothing except for wielding a big knife.
Those people don't know who they are, so why don't you go over and help...
After hesitating, those people had already run over, and of course the zombies followed.
Some sharp-eyed people in the group saw the faint pure white phosphorescence here, and they were pleasantly surprised, "Save us! Save us!"
Tang Tang froze and was suddenly touched.
The voices of those people desperately yelled with a crying voice, as if they were afraid of being abandoned, and the sound was almost broken. Tang Tang could feel the despair in it, just like when he realized that he really couldn't go back. .
But going forward and throwing her head and spilling blood, she still couldn't do it, so she could only shout at the top of her voice: "If you can swim, jump into the river! Zombies can't swim!"
When those people heard the voice, they seemed to hesitate for a moment, but soon one of them ran up to him and jumped down with a plop.
Tang Tang found out that someone really listened to what she said, and was relieved.
Immediately after, the second and third people also jumped down, and in the end only a little girl was left standing on the bank of the river.
"I, I can't swim." As soon as she finished speaking, she burst into tears.
And the zombies behind him had already run over.
Tang Tang looked at her very anxiously.
Even if she brought the girl into the big ball, the big ball would not protect her. This was tested when she was with Jiang Zhu and the others. The defensive ability of the big ball was only effective for her alone.
At this time, a man's voice came from the water: "It's okay, I can swim well, come down quickly, I will support you!"
After his words came out, several people immediately responded, urging the girl to hide in the water.
Tang Tang's heart warmed up.
When the girl was supported by the people in the water, Tang Tang also jumped into the water quickly, and of course the zombies also jumped down following the human taste.
Tang Tang stared closely at the zombies that entered the water. Although she already knew that these zombies could not swim during the day, but now the people in the water only jumped in after listening to her words. It was inevitable that she was very nervous.
I was worried about what to do if some zombies could swim!
Fortunately, this was another batch of zombies who couldn't swim.
While Tang Tang breathed a sigh of relief, he heard the sudden burst of cheers from those around him.
"We're fine!"
"Wow, I almost thought I was going to die!"
After confirming that there were no zombies on the shore, everyone supported each other and climbed to the shore. Tang Tang returned to the shore for the third time.
"Thank you!"
As soon as she landed, she heard a sudden chorus of thanks.
Tang Tang suddenly felt embarrassed, and she said a word, obviously did not do anything, "No thanks, no thanks."
She waved her hands again and again.
At this time, the sky was still dark, and all the people sat huddled on the bank of the river under the phosphorescent light of the big ball.
Through their self-introduction, Tang Tang learned that there were seven of them in total. After the end of the world, they only awakened a not-so-powerful ability. Before the zombies did not evolve, they could barely protect themselves. Later, the zombies evolved, and their abilities were no longer available.
In the end, in order to survive, he could only hide in an underground warehouse, but he didn't expect that the nearby zombies smelled human, so he had to run out in a hurry in the middle of the night.
Fortunately, I met Tang Tang, otherwise it would be miserable.
When Tang Tang heard it, she was going to praise her again, so she quickly changed the subject.
"Then what are you going to do next, are you going to find a new venue?"
The boy who shouted first in the water shook his head, "I don't know, I feel like there is no safe place here anymore."
Tang Tang nodded secretly. Indeed, except for the water, other places are really not safe.
"What about you?" Suddenly someone asked Tang Tang, "Are you going somewhere else?"
Tang Tang felt a little uncomfortable being watched by those people's eager eyes. Wouldn't these people regard her as a very powerful person
Tang Tang was a little guilty, "I don't dare to go anywhere else, just walk by the river."
When the sky was slightly bright, some of the seven people couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep.
Tang Tang didn't feel sleepy at all, and sat on the other side with her knees hugged. She is actually a bit defensive, especially when others seem to trust her, especially in the last days, and it is the first time they meet.
She can casually say that zombies can't swim, but she can't do it in a short time if she completely believes in these people.
But she was embarrassed to show her doubts so clearly, and the final result was a stalemate.
As a result of the stalemate, they ran into two brothers surnamed Chang again at noon.
But this is not accidental, brother Chang surnamed specially found him.
They saw that Tang Tang had been walking along the river bank before, and they guessed that she might not go far, and they ran into it.
What surprised the two of them was that there were other people beside her
Chang Sheng ran over and squatted directly in front of Tang Tang, "I guess you must not have gone far, sure enough. But who are they?"
Tang Tang followed Chang Sheng's gaze and looked at those people, "It's the person who was chased by zombies last night."
She then told what happened last night, and the two brothers nodded, expressing their understanding of the situation.
It's not that they didn't have hiding places before, but after being discovered by zombies more times, they felt that hiding here and there was not only frightening, but also useless at all, so they stopped looking for places.
"Do you have anything to do with me?" Tang Tang looked at the two brothers and asked.
"Hmm," Chang Sheng nodded, then reached out and took out a bunch of stone-like things from his pocket, and handed them to Tang Tang.
"Look, this is the crystal nucleus of the zombies who chased us yesterday. We took it out of the water last night."
Tang Tang heard the words and looked down.
I found that it was a pile of gray, irregular, small stone-like things.
This is the first time Tang Tang saw it.
A little surprised.
The crystal nucleus grows like this
"Come on, I'll give you this much." Chang Sheng held the crystal nucleus in front of Tang Tang again, but was blocked by the big ball.
"Give it to me? What for me?"
"Replenish your powers. If you eat the zombie's crystal core, you can replenish your powers, and you can also upgrade your own powers." Chang Sheng said seriously.
But Tang Tang was a little confused, "This crystal nucleus looks very similar to a stone, can it be eaten directly?"
"Yes, I'll show you!" Chang Sheng said, picked up one of the crystal nuclei and stuffed it into his mouth. Unexpectedly, after chewing for a while, he actually swallowed it.
Tang Tang watched, but still had no appetite.
"I can understand the supplementary ability, but how do you know that the crystal nucleus can increase the level of the ability, have you tried it?" Tang Tang began to change the subject again.
Chang Sheng shook his head, "No, that's my guess."
Tang Tang: ...
It's not good to brush off the kindness of the two brothers. Although Tang Tang is not interested in the crystal nucleus at all, he still puts everything Chang Sheng handed over into his pocket.
Then she stood up and said very seriously that she was going to survive independently.
The expressions of the seven people stayed, but Tang Tang still couldn't open his heart to believe these people, so he could only shake his head firmly, emphasizing that he wanted to survive alone.
This is her choice, and of course others can't force it. In the end, I can only wish her safety.
Tang Tang walked a certain distance, and could still hear the farewell voices of the people behind him, reflecting on whether he was too suspicious...