At 7:00 in the morning, explosions of varying degrees were suddenly heard in the camp. At first, people who were immersed in their dreams thought that it was another wealthy family setting off firecrackers. After all, there were similar sounds on New Year's Eve. But after about two minutes, everyone gradually realized that something was wrong. If it was the sound of firecrackers, the noise was too loud.

The only time to set off firecrackers in the camp is from New Year's Eve to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. After the eighth day, all fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited. Although some people ignore the ban and secretly set off fireworks, they are far away from the administrative center. Besides, it is impossible for the sound of firecrackers to shake the whole house, right?

Cai Guo and his family were originally asleep. After hearing the noise, Cai Guo immediately woke up his youngest son and daughter-in-law.

The daughter-in-law Chunhua was originally adding charcoal to the heating stove in the living room so that her father-in-law and husband could eat directly in a slightly warm state after waking up. She had just turned to the kitchen to get the plates when there was a loud explosion as if something had exploded near their house. Chunhua watched helplessly as all the tableware fell from the cupboard.

"These bastards, it's already the ninth day of the first lunar month, they're not going to stop, are they? They're such spendthrifts, they have so much money but have to spend it on those damn expensive things."

Cai Guo started cursing after he got up from the bed, and it was obvious that he thought there was a firecracker outside at first.

Chunhua looked at the mess on the ground in astonishment. Her woman's intuition told her that this was definitely not a firecracker. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a building explosion!

"Cai Jian, get up quickly!" Chunhua rushed to her bedroom and pushed up her husband who was still sleeping like a dead pig.

Cai Jian rubbed his sleepy eyes and was about to complain to his wife, but there was an explosion in his ear and he couldn't help but utter "Fuck".

Cai Jianren worked as a porter in a small company and had worked on a construction site for several years before the end of the world. He had seen many scenes of old buildings being demolished, and this sound was very much like the sound of an explosion using explosives.

"Cai Jian, this doesn't look like a firecracker. I think something is wrong." Just as Chunhua finished speaking, there was another noisy sound coming from outside. The sound was more like the sound of sheep or horses running.

Outside, Cai Guogang walked to the yard and opened the door. He heard a cry for help from the street from afar. More than a hundred meters away, a dark shadow was pulling a passerby. The passerby struggled desperately, but the cry attracted the attention of more mutant animals. Those mutant animals that had been dormant in the mountains for a winter and had not eaten much were like seeing meat when they saw people, especially when they instinctively realized that the humans in front of them were weaker than themselves, so they foraged for food in the camp more unscrupulously.

Cai Guo was so frightened that he shuddered and quickly closed the gate. He then stumbled back to his room and grabbed the weapon he had hidden under the bed - an old hunting rifle. He got it from someone he knew when they went hunting in the mountains together. It had been thirty or forty years.

Seeing her father-in-law take out his hunting rifle, Chunhua asked hurriedly, "Dad, what happened?"

"I don't know, but it's very dangerous outside. We must not go out."

Cai Jian wanted to go out out of curiosity, but was stopped by Cai Guo: "Didn't you hear what I said? There are mutant animals everywhere. They can eat people. Are you going to die if you go out now?"

At this time, the sounds of explosions and screams were heard outside. The three people staying in the house immediately felt that something was passing outside the yard.

"The mutated animals from the back mountain have entered our camp!" After a while, Cai Guo gritted his teeth and blurted out this sentence, then pulled the safety bolt on his shotgun.

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