Chapter 55.2 [Lin Ai] Part Two
“No, the road ahead is completely blocked by cars, and the back…”
“Is that so?”
As expected, when something like this happens, everyone is thinking about escaping quickly…
As a result, the only highway out of the city was blocked.
The main reason is the sheer number of people.
For a super-first-tier big city like Song Hai, if it happens to be at the epicenter of a zombie virus outbreak, it’s practically as good as dead.
What was the source of infection…? Right. Dad’s text message. Now, several messages are quite strange, like urging me to leave the city immediately, not to talk to strange people, and not to drink tap water or locally produced mineral water.
Perhaps these warnings were to prevent me from turning into a zombie?
Did my dad already know this would happen? Did his work even have something to do with this?
“It seems we can’t go any further today,” Lin Jie.
There are too many zombies outside, and they don’t seem to be leaving anytime soon. Besides, it’s very late…
“…? Hmm, then let’s stay here for the night.”
It took me a while to realize that “Lin Jie” was calling me. A few days ago, when I met Xiao An, I used a fake name, so he’s been calling me ‘Lin Jie’ ever since.
“Fortunately, these zombies are not as fast-moving and don’t climb walls like the zombies in ‘Road to Survival 2’, and they’re all blind. So we can still hide and run.”
…Sigh.
Looking at that small, but surprisingly reliable back that gave me a sense of security, I felt a genuine emotion in my heart.
It’s hard to imagine that this smart kid is only in the fifth grade this year.
Originally, I thought that as an older sister, I would definitely protect him well, but after a series of subsequent events,
Instead of me protecting Xiao An, whenever a sudden situation arose, it was Xiao An who grabbed me and we immediately escaped.
It was the same just now. Faced with the encirclement of zombies, when I thought it was the end, Xiao An threw his mobile phone. The alarm set on it rang three seconds later, the zombies all moved to the other side, and Xiao An grabbed my hand, and we ran out through the gap created by them.
Instead, I felt like a burden.
And even now.
Xiao An is busy with this and that. First, he blocked the doors on the first floor of this building, then he blocked the stairs leading to the second floor, and finally, he made a rope out of bedsheets before finally settling down.
Then, he took out a few chocolates from his backpack and handed them to me, while I was still in a daze.
“What’s wrong? Sister? No appetite? Even if you don’t have an appetite, you should still eat a little at this time!”
“I’m so useless… I actually need a child to encourage me.”
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“Hmm? Scared? Of course, I’m scared. But even if I’m scared, I still have to do what needs to be done. Moreover, I have more important things to do right now, so I don’t have time to be scared.”
“More important things?”
“Yeah, my younger sisters…”
My younger sisters… The day the incident happened, I happened to be out and came here, and I didn’t expect to encounter something like this. If Dad…
Xiao An is different from me. He still has family. Because he has people to care about, he can find the courage to overcome his fear.
That’s right, family is the most important thing…
“I see, your sisters… that’s indeed very important! Let’s set off now!”
So, should we take Juncheng’s family too?
“No way, it’s too dangerous to go out now. It’s almost dark. At night, zombies can locate us by sound, but we have lost our sight, which is the only way to confirm the situation.”
“Also…”
“Besides, my home is in District Six, and this is District Eight. It takes more than three hours to get there by subway…”
District Six… that’s quite far.
Although District Six and District Eight have similar numbers, District Eight is actually a newly developed area, and the distance between each district is not close. The farthest are District Five and District Six, which are on opposite sides of the city.
The distance, at this moment, seems truly desperate.
“Since your home is in District Six, why did you come to District Eight alone?”
“I don’t know. Dad sent me. He said a relative wanted to see me, so he asked me to come to District Eight, and he said he would give me the address when I arrived, acting all mysterious… What the heck was he doing.”
Xiao An, in a rare display of his childlike nature, pulled his legs in, scratched his head, and complained impatiently.
“As a result, when I arrived in District Eight, at the intersection, people started biting people… At that time, my intuition told me that something big was going to happen.”
“So I immediately ran away. And look… how is this a big deal, it’s completely screwing over your son!”
“…Hehehe.”
“What are you laughing at, Lin Jie? This isn’t funny at all. I had to fight my way out of the crowd back then. Their spread rate is so fast, even the flu virus is left in the dust…”
Surviving from the center of the incident, I increasingly feel that Xiao An is incredibly amazing.
If this world were a novel, Xiao An would be the one to become the protagonist. He’s already so reliable at this age. I wonder what he will become when he grows up… If I start instilling the idea “Sisters are good” in him now, maybe I can raise him to be a sister-con?
Hehe, a little boy development plan.
Imagining Xiao An as a handsome young man when he grows up, my lips involuntarily curved up. Damn, I shouldn’t have revealed my true intentions.
Snapping back to reality, I quickly looked at Xiao An and found him dozing against the wall. He must have been exhausted these past few days.
I slapped my cheeks to wake myself up.
“No, Nai, how can I think such inappropriate thoughts? We don’t even know if we can escape from here alive. The future is full of unknowns. And a little boy development plan…”
I also took off my clothes and got into bed, holding Xiao An in my arms, and lay down.
That night, I slept soundly.
For the first time in a long time, I felt, no, I remembered… the warmth of family.
When I woke up, I found that Xiao An, who was in my arms, was gone.
I immediately woke up, got out of bed, and searched the whole house for Xiao An’s trace. Then I found Xiao An cooking in the kitchen.
“Ah, Lin Jie, you’re awake? Hey, guess what I found? A portable gas stove! And instant noodles! Eat them!”
I rushed over and hugged him.
The heavy stone in my heart finally lifted.
“Um, Sister Lin… you’re not wearing…”
…
It was uncomfortable to sleep in pants and a bra, so I took them off before going to bed yesterday.
Xiao An’s face turned red. He awkwardly pushed my shoulder away and then sat upright, lowering his head.
Too, too, too cute!!!
Damn, I really want to hold him and rub against him again!
Ahhh! No, no, no!
I’m not a loli-con!
I’m definitely not a loli-con!
* * *
“Cough, I got a little too excited. Right, Xiao An, you don’t need to add a surname, just call me ‘Jie’ (sister).”
The main reason is that my surname isn’t Lin, so calling me “Jie” directly sounds more intimate.
“Ah, … well, thank you, Sister. Good…”
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My brother is the cutest in the world!!!
“Okay, Sister, come and eat quickly. The noodles are ready.”
“I’m full…”
Thanks for the meal.
After everything is done, I’m going to support this child! Just thinking about this child gives me the motivation to earn money! All the money I earn will be spent on this child!
In any case, I can’t just rely on Xiao An for everything like this! I need to step up. At the very least, I need to take this child back to District Six and fulfill his wish.
With such determination, I feel a new source of motivation, more active than when I lived alone.
After breakfast, we searched the villa again, but found nothing except some sausages in the refrigerator.
“As expected, there won’t be any firearms or anything like that.”
Not only are the zombies as numerous as a tide, but there isn’t even a single usable weapon for self-defense. That’s why a zombie crisis in China is considered hell-tier difficulty.
If there were, at least I would have a way to protect Xiao An.
“Even if there were, I wouldn’t use it. Besides, the sound is too loud, and it would only attract more zombies. It’s not worth it.”
“That’s true. Speaking of which, Xiao An, you don’t seem to have any intention of killing zombies, do you? When we searched for resting places before, you specifically looked for houses with no people and no zombies, and you always walked around those occasional lone zombies. Don’t you want to kill zombies?”
I didn’t expect Xiao An, who had been decisive before, to hesitate at this point. As expected, he’s just a child, so he can’t… kill them. But it’s fine, since Xiao An can’t kill zombies, I’ll…
“But in such a sudden situation, it’s unavoidable for self-preservation. Since Xiao An, you don’t want to…”
Leave it to me!
Before the “cool lines” from the older sister could be uttered, Xiao An interrupted me and said.
“Actually, there’s another reason…”
Xiao An took my hand and pulled me to the window, crouching down to observe the zombies outside.
“Sister, look at those zombies. If you look closely, aren’t they not that scary?”
“…They’re not scary?”
“Oh, look closely. Their skin is just a little grayer, their eyeballs are rolled back, and their mouths are half-open with saliva dripping. There are very few zombies with bloody and mangled bodies, right?”
“Well… there are indeed very few.”
Compared to the bloody scenes in movies, although these zombies were densely packed, as Xiao An said, there were few zombies with mangled bodies.
“Actually, I’ve noticed that these zombies are different from the zombies in movies. They don’t bite to eat people, but to increase their numbers… that is, to infect them.”
“Huh? What’s the difference?”
“The difference is that these zombies don’t excessively damage the human body. They just bite once to infect and then let go, instead of tearing off a large piece of flesh.”
Xiao An suddenly became energetic, clenching his fists and saying, “So, if someone can find a cure for the zombie virus, perhaps these zombies have a chance to turn back into humans!”
“Ah– so that’s why Xiao An doesn’t want to break…”
Even if a method is found, they are already dead and can’t turn back into humans… That’s why I don’t want to kill zombies.
So that’s the reason…
“But will someone really find a way to break the zombie virus…”
“Don’t they always have protagonists who save the world in manga and games? Maybe this time there’s a protagonist somewhere in the world…” “No matter what, we must have hope!”
Protagonist? Maybe this time there’s a protagonist somewhere in the world…
“You… you’re so dazzling.”
This child, Xiao An, is too dazzling, both physically and mentally.
Ah, Sister, I feel like as long as you’re by my side, I can do anything.
Just looking at you gives me courage and allows me to look forward to the future with hope.
“Alright, Xiao An, let’s set off!”
This child is now my emotional support.
No matter what happens, I have to protect him, even if it means sacrificing myself… I have to let him live.
