The little girl walked up to them, said nothing, just looked at them quietly for a while, then turned around and left with the doll in her arms.
No one moved, but all looked at Tan Yan.
Tan Yan let out a long sigh and slowly caught up with the girl who was not walking fast.
Liang Xian knew that Tan Yan was still soft-hearted. They could have ignored the girl. This was not their world, and they could not take the girl away. Moreover, the girl's appearance was too strange. In such a world, in a sewer full of corpse stench, how did she survive
Even with so many problems, Tan Yan may still hope that there is still a human base in this world, and hopes to take the little girl to a safe place.
They followed the little girl for about half an hour and saw her searching the pipe wall until she found a crack that was only wide enough for one person to pass through. The crack was very rough, and it seemed that someone had deliberately dug this passage so that the little girl could enter the sewer.
The little girl walked easily in the cracks, but it was difficult for the grown men. Fortunately, there was no unknown meat paste on the wall, so it was very clean. For the first time, everyone felt that the smell of dust was so fresh. Walking here, it seemed that they had also become clean.
After walking in the crack for a while, I entered a basement, which looked like some basements for rent in City B. The environment was average, but very cheap.
After everyone entered, the little girl used the simple wardrobe next to her to block the crack.
Although the basement was dark, it was very clean and well furnished. This environment made Ah San's nerves, which were tense from the tentacles, feel better. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief, "There are no sticky things here, right?"
Everyone has a soft spot. It seems that Asan can't stand tentacles and slime.
The basement seems a bit cramped for nine people, but it is better than the sewer. It is more like a home where people can relax.
Although the basement is small, it has everything you need, including a kitchen, bathroom, living room, and bedroom. The bedroom door is closed, so I don't know if there is anyone inside.
"The closet is full of women's clothes, both adult and child's," Yan Yongfeng said, "a mother and daughter should be living here."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the little girl ran to the bedroom door, knocked on the door and said, "Mom, I brought some uncles back."
"Okay, you entertain the uncles first. Treat guests well like mom taught you before. Mom is putting on makeup and will be out soon." A woman's voice came from the bedroom. It was not sweet, but sounded very capable.
The word "entertainment" made everyone nervous, as they didn't know what kind of unpredictable things they would encounter.
But the little girl just pulled out a box of instant noodles from behind the cabinet, and took out nine bottles of mineral water, and slowly placed them in front of everyone. In fact, it was really hard for a girl to do these things, but no one dared to help her, for fear that the strong and lovely girl would open her mouth like a huge abyss.
After placing the food and water in place, the little girl pulled over a small stool and sat quietly. If she were cleaner, she would definitely be the most popular girl nowadays who is quiet, well-behaved, obedient and as cute as a doll.
The overly ordinary food made everyone relax a little. If the little girl brought out a plate of fresh fruit, it would be suspicious. On the contrary, instant food products such as instant noodles and mineral water are the storage materials for disasters. They have a long shelf life, are easy to eat and carry, and can resist hunger.
Qiu Qizheng looked at the production date, which was April 2018. The electronic calendar on the table was still powered, showing that it was November 9, 2018. If the calendar was correct, the instant noodles had a shelf life of 180 days, so they had already expired. The mineral water was also in April, but the shelf life of water was 12 months, so it was still within the shelf life.
It is such expired products that make people feel more at ease. In such an environment, the factory may have stopped working, and slowly all the food in the supermarket will expire.
"She's still giving birth in April... which means the end of the world hasn't happened for long." Liang Xian said.
There was one thing he didn't say, which was that after 7 months, there should still be survivors.
There is no doubt that the little girl is a survivor, but what is the woman in the bedroom doing? She even needs to put on makeup? This is very suspicious.
They know very well that no matter how normal it looks, they cannot believe it easily. No one wants to have a layer of slimy tentacles in front of them.
Yan Yongfeng relied on his good eyesight to look around the room, and finally found a diary next to the simple wardrobe that the little girl pushed past, so he walked over and picked it up.
This is a locked diary, but the lock is broken now. When the cover is opened, there is a pile of shredded paper inside. The diary has been torn up. Yan Yongfeng spread the shredded paper flat on the coffee table, looked up and down, left and right for a while, and his face changed.
"What's written?" asked Tan Yan.
"I'll read it in order." Yan Yongfeng glanced at the little girl and slowly began to read the diary to everyone.
“On March 19, 2018, the teacher announced the results of the pre-school test in the parent group. Xiaotian ranked first in the class. I was very happy and took her to McDonald’s. My daughter is really excellent and I love her very much.
On March 20, 2018, I got up and kissed my daughter as usual. When I sent her to school, I met that scumbag. He wanted custody, saying that it was too hard for a woman like me to live in the basement with a child, and my daughter would have a better life with him. I would not agree. I heard that he was going to remarry. If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. I want to give my daughter the best life by my own efforts.
On March 24, 2018, I worked overtime and my daughter was home alone. Even though I knew she would be well behaved and not run around, I was still worried. The manager touched my butt, which was disgusting, but he said that if I was willing, I could get a promotion and a raise, and the company could also help me rent a bright and spacious one-bedroom apartment so that my daughter could live better. I didn't know what to do.
On March 27, 2018, the manager gave me a room card and said I didn't need to stay overnight, just at noon. He smelled bad, and took several showers when he got home at night, otherwise he didn't dare to hug his sweet daughter.
On March 28, 2018, I was in a bad mood at night. My daughter had piano lessons, so I went to the bar and had two drinks while waiting for her to finish the get out of class. The cocktails were white and tasted weird, but I felt very happy after drinking them.
Up to this point, the diary was normal, a diary of a single mother's difficult life. But when the bar appeared, everyone felt something was wrong.
Yan Yongfeng took a breath and continued reading: "March 29, 2018, what happened? I don't hate the manager anymore, and I even think he smells a bit good. Am I crazy? He only smells of sweat and cigarette oil. The most fragrant one is Xiaotian. She smells really good, and her arms are so tender. I couldn't help but bite her arm today, and it bled. In the past, we would play like you bite me lightly and I kiss you, but today I bit too hard, and Xiaotian was very angry. She didn't talk to me all day. How can my daughter be so cute?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help rubbing their arms. They looked at the little girl. She was indeed very well behaved, but this kind of well behaved looked very strange at this time. They were reading her mother's diary, but the little girl didn't react at all.
“March 30, 2018… What’s going on, what’s going on, what’s going on, what’s going on! What did I do, what did I do, what did I do!”
Yan Yongfeng picked out these pieces of paper and showed them to everyone. The handwriting was very messy, showing the owner of the diary was in a panic. Something must have happened that she could not accept.
"On April 2, 2018, the manager didn't come to work. At lunch, everyone was guessing if he was tricked by someone on April Fool's Day. Now he doesn't dare to come? I didn't eat, so I didn't feel hungry. The spareribs at noon were so bad. They were cooked. I like to eat them raw. I went to the supermarket in the evening to buy some snacks, water and meat. Raw meat tastes better. As usual, I hugged Xiaotian to sleep in the evening. She smelled so good.
April 3, 2018, Xiao Tian smells so good.
April 4, 2018, Xiao Tian smells so good. "
Until April 10, there was no record in the diary except "Xiao Tian Hao Xiang". Everyone knew what happened, but the girl was still alive and the bedroom door was still closed.
"On April 11, 2018, a voice appeared in my head, saying that she wanted to eat the freshest and tenderest meat and asked us to send it to her. I couldn't refuse this voice. What could be more fragrant than Xiao Tian? I chiseled a crack in the wall and let Xiao Tian hide in it. When the same kind came, they asked where my daughter was. I said that they had eaten it. How could they resist such a delicious smell? They believed it.
On April 12, 2018, I went to the supermarket again, but I didn't have to spend money to buy anything this time. I became very strong and brought back a lot of food, which should be enough for Xiaotian.
On April 13, 2018, Xiaotian could no longer go to school, but if she had to stay in the house with me, the fragrance would be too much for me to bear. I chiseled open the cracks in the wall a little more. The sewer had a bad smell, and we didn't like to go in, so we wouldn't find Xiaotian.
On April 14, 2018, Xiaotian was dirty and smelly. I didn’t let her take a shower because she would become fragrant after taking a shower. It’s good to be a little smelly.
On April 17, 2018, Xiao Tian unexpectedly... "
"That's the end of the diary," Yan Yongfeng said. "We all know what happened to the mother. Although she was parasitized in the bar, she still retained her human consciousness and has been protecting her daughter. I just don't understand the last sentence. What happened to Xiaotian? She didn't continue recording and tore up the diary."
"Can the infected still have human consciousness?" Tu Zishi clenched his fists involuntarily. "Are we killing humans or monsters? What are they thinking now?"
"Don't think about it," Tan Yan said, "It's useless to think too much. Even if they still retain human consciousness, they are just a group of cannibalistic monsters who have killed people."
He was right. The monsters in the bar were obviously not normal people, and they definitely did not target ordinary people.
But this girl...
As everyone was thinking about it, the bedroom door opened and a woman in a business suit walked out. She was not particularly beautiful, but she was pretty, thin, and looked very capable.
"So many people?" She exclaimed in surprise when she saw them all. "No wonder Mommy smelled such a nice smell in the room just now. I thought you took a bath. Sweetie, be good and listen to Mommy. Don't take a bath."
When Xiao Tian saw her familiar mother, she said her first words: "Yes, Mom, I will be good."
She hugged the woman's waist and rubbed her face against her mother's body, looking very happy.
The woman picked up Xiao Tian, kissed her on the face, then put her down again and bit her tongue hard. "No, no, Xiao Tian's face is too tender. I can't kiss her when I'm not full, otherwise I will bite her accidentally."
Eat well... That must be referring to the people in front of me.
However, there was only one monster, and it looked like a normal person. Although it was a bit weird, no one was too scared.
"Do you still remember your memories as a human? Do you still love your daughter very much?" Tu Zishi asked.
When he opened his mouth, Tan Yan pulled him back, not wanting Tu Zishi to ask more questions. Tu Zishi knew the reason why Tan Yan stopped him. The deeper he looked into this matter, the darker it would become. A more fragile person might not be able to bear it. But Tu Zishi wanted to know the truth. He wanted to know how cruel the end of the world after the "void" would be.
"I can't remember too much about the past, but mostly the Queen's voice," the woman could still speak like a normal person, "I heard an order today, saying that nine fresh meats appeared in the city, and they tasted very healthy. The Queen wanted to eat healthy living hearts, and the rest can be shared among everyone. Hey, 1, 2, 3... 9, you just happen to have nine?"
"You're wrong. There are ten of us." Liang Xian pointed at the deer tentatively, "There's one more. You forgot to count him. We're not the ones the Queen is talking about."
"That's useless," the woman said, not caring about the fawn, "You can't eat it, and it can't be used as a container. It will spoil once it goes in."
She had almost no intention of concealing any information. She seemed to have a low IQ but a clear goal. Except for when she was facing her daughter, she looked somewhat human. At other times, she was a monster.
"My daughter has done a great job, you are amazing!" The woman hugged Xiao Tian tightly, "You are worthy of being my daughter. You have always been the best student in the class. It is thanks to my daughter that my mother has been able to eat enough these days. There is less and less live meat, and everyone can only eat frozen meat. If it weren't for my daughter, I would have to eat frozen meat too."
Her words were unacceptable to everyone. They were a little touched before because she had not forgotten her love for her daughter even though she had turned into a monster. But what was this now? What had she done with her daughter
Trick the survivors from the sewers, feed them expired but seemingly safe food, and then... become food for women.
This girl is no more than ten years old. What is she doing using her own daughter
But at this moment, Xiao Tian hugged the woman contentedly: "As long as Mom is full, I want to be Mom's good daughter."
The morale of the superpower team fell.
Tan Yan also closed his eyes quietly, his expression sad but also with a hint of relief, this girl was beyond saving.
Even if there was still a base of survivors, she couldn't be considered a complete person.
"Let's go," Tan Yan said as he stood up. "Let's go find the teleportation point directly and don't stay in this world any longer."
Everyone agreed and they didn't want to hear any more things like this.
"Don't leave, you will become my meat!" the woman screamed, "I don't want to share you with others. I will eat your hands and feet and hand you alive to the queen!"
Tan Yan appeared in front of the woman, stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, and said coldly: "If you have the guts, try to attack me now."
The woman's eyes widened, and she seemed to want to spit out the tentacles, but Tan Yan somehow blocked her mouth tightly, and her face couldn't open. Her face was flushed, and her eyeballs were about to pop out.
Xiao Tian hit Tan Yan with her little fists and cried out, "Don't hurt my mom!"
Tan Yan couldn't say that this was no longer your mother. Even if she turned into a monster, the woman restrained her instincts and protected her daughter in such a ghost town.
But is this kind of protection really love
"Just shut your mouth." Tan Yan let go of his hand, but the woman's mouth still couldn't open.
"Let's go," Tan Yan said, "They can't leave the body they're parasitic on, so they can only attack through their mouths. I sealed her head with a protective shield, so she can't attack, and she doesn't dare to run out of the body."
The woman rolled violently on the ground, and Xiaotian hugged her and cried. Everyone just pushed open the makeshift wardrobe, crawled back into the sewer through the cracks, and left the mother and daughter in their own world.
Tu Zishi walked behind Tan Yan with his head down. The sound of water dripping could be heard from behind him. Tan Yan heard Tu Zishi say, "Our world... If the 'void' continues to spread, will it become like this? What will we humans become in the end?"
"I don't know," Tan Yan said calmly, "but everything we do is to prevent the real world from falling to this point."
"Yeah." Tu Zishi wiped away his tears and engraved the sadness and frustration firmly in his heart.
He doesn't want to forget this.
The author has something to say: The next update will be before 10pm. Seeing how diligent I am, won't I give you some nutrient solution? It's all sticky stuff_(:3∠)_
Oh my god, how did I write such a horrible and disgusting thing o(╯□╰)o
In addition, I want to popularize the issue of joining the party. There is a common misunderstanding now. People think that civil servants and policemen must be party members. However, this is not the case. Party members apply to join voluntarily, and the review requirements are very strict. The political status of ordinary police officers can be that of the masses. But if you want to be a full-time leading cadre, you must be a party member. Lao Tan is just an ordinary grassroots policeman, not a party member.