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The days are so unsalty, but Allen always feels faintly uneasy.

Ann's uncle's family asked about Ann's situation several times, and Allen found a random reason to prevaricate.

Allen negotiated with the person in charge of the R&D base several times, but was firmly rejected.

No matter how worried you are, there is nothing you can do.

Allen was sitting on the steps of the playground as usual, the sky was divided into two halves, and a large cloud of dark clouds surged aggressively. This is about to change the sky...

April 26.

On Saturday night, when Allen was falling asleep watching a super boring movie, an unknown call came.

"Hey?"

The other side didn't speak.

Allen gave another feed, "..."

Did you make a typo?Allen looked at it, but still hasn't hung up.

not……

"Ann? Is that you?"

"Don't keep silent, I know it's you."

"Did something happen again? Is it serious?"

Allen asked a series of questions, but there was still no sound.

"I'll be by your side." Allen said softly.

"... Alan." The voice over there was trembling, but it was very clear in the quiet room.

"Today they vaccinated me, saying that tomorrow, tomorrow will be injected..."

"I've always wanted to resist, but I can't..."

"None of them came back...what to do..."

On this night when the stars collectively disappeared, Ann's sobs were like tiny pains ranging from numbness between fingers to heart.

"I'm so scared, so scared, I don't want to just die like this..." I still have many places I haven't been to, many songs I haven't heard, and many things I haven't realized.How could I, how could I be willing to die like this?Disappeared without a sound...

If, can, goodbye, your side, that's fine.

Allen still had a thousand words to say, but at this moment he became mute.

Ann gradually calmed down her breathing. She took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, "Alan, I may have spent my life's luck in meeting you. But, I'm very glad...really." If I die, you must You have to live well, you still have a bright future, I should only belong to a short episode of yours, and it's time for the curtain to end.

Allen tried to calm himself down, "Ann, can you tell me how many people have antibodies so far?"

"none."

"...I'll see you tomorrow, promise me, okay?" Allen buried his head in his knees, trying not to reveal his great sadness.

We are just at this age, why do we have to face such cruel things?

The Ann who has always been responsive to Allen, she didn't say "yes" this time.

The prompt audio at the end of the call is like the desertedness after the violent fireworks bloom.

We are really too small, like gravel, like dust; many people don't know that on such a quiet night, in an unknown place, there is a person whose life is like a meteor that is about to fall on the land, no one knows. Notice the track it glides on, no one wishes on it.And so it was forgotten.

Suddenly it began to rain outside, and the sound of raindrops splashing on the ground covered the crying of the person in the room.

April 27.

Allen went to the South District to visit Ann early in the morning, but was stopped again as expected.Allen refused to leave in the guard room.

12:38.

Allen looked at the message received on his phone, South District 2?This is... South District 4?

what sound?Gunshots?And it came from the building of the research base? !

The turmoil soon spread to this place, and the apocalyptic atmosphere burned people's reason. Many people rushed out, but there was no sign of Ann.

Allen took advantage of the chaotic situation and ran in effortlessly.

"Ann!" Allen yelled, but there was no answer.

Allen had no choice but to block the people coming down the stairs while looking at each floor.

Not here, not seen, not... Fuck.What about people?

Just as he was about to ask someone casually, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

"Ann!" Allen wanted to run over immediately, but accidentally bumped into someone, "I'm sorry."

The man didn't speak, lowered his hat, squeezed his lips tightly, and walked away quickly.

Did Ann not hear?It's so noisy around here.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!" Someone exclaimed.Smoke billowed from one of the floors above.

Allen grabbed Ann's shoulder with great effort.

"Alan? Why are you here?"

"It's too late to say, come down with me."

The two quickly ran to the clearing.

While taking a breath, Allen keenly noticed the abnormality.

The man's walking posture was very abnormal, he turned his head to see, white pupils!

There were screams at the door.

Shit.

Have you come here already, you have to escape from here.Allen motioned Ann to run towards the fence.

Fortunately, it is not very high, so it is easy to turn over.

What a scene this happened when we got out of the street, horribly crashed cars, collapsed statues, destroyed fountains, dead people around, and broken limbs everywhere.

What's more, they seem to have become a feast in the eyes of zombies.

What can I do now?

Of course only - run!

Allen ran straight to the alley, and Ann followed closely.

A staircase appeared in front of him, and Allen stepped up without thinking about it.

An stepped on it with his left foot, but his right foot was grabbed by the zombie's hand.

"Ellen!"

"Ann?" Allen turned his head and quickly picked up the stick in his hand to greet him.

There are too many and it is difficult to deal with.

Ann felt a cut on her ankle, and the blood was very eye-catching.

After thinking about it for about a second, Ann yelled: "Alan, leave me alone, I'm hurt! Get in!"

Allen's movements paused, "Don't be stupid, you're going to die together!"

Catch nothing, An kicked away the guy who grabbed his foot, and Allen stuck the stick in the mouth of the zombie closest to him.

Allen took Ann's hand and ran towards the door without hesitation.

The key was still stuck on it, and the two quickly hid in and locked the door.

"Hoo, hoo." There was only panting for a while.

It was dark inside, and Allen fumbled for the switch.

The aging light bulb flickered a few times before it came on.

A space that can be seen at a glance, this is a storage room.Things are scattered on the ground in a mess, the people who came before should pack up their things and take refuge.

Allen sat on the ground as if he had lost his strength.There was silence in the cramped space.

Ann hesitated to get up, and Allen asked her: "What are you going to do, die?"

"I'm no different from a dead person now." An wryly smiled.

"How do you know you will be infected?"

"You saw it too, didn't you?" The person who was injured and fell to the ground would get up tremblingly, and the zombies would consciously stay away from him.

"..."

Neither of them spoke again.Allen seems to have heard the countdown of the "di, di." in his head.

"Isn't it very similar?" Allen said abruptly.

"What?" Ann was confused.

"Symptoms! Think about the one you saw before, who said he thought he was crazy and came out to bite people."

"That's right..." An Ru woke up from a dream.

"Did they give you an injection today?"

"not yet."

Then I don't know if I have antibodies...

This means that the sword of Damocles hangs over the two of them.

Time passed minute by minute.

"You should have let me out," Ann said.

"I know." Allen lowered her head, she held the palm of her left hand tightly with her right hand, hoping to suppress the unconscious trembling of her left hand.

"You still have family."

"……I know."

Ann could no longer stand the tormenting, restless waiting.She was very afraid, not because she was afraid that she would turn into an ugly monster in the next second, but because she couldn't accept that she would do something that would hurt the person around her.

An got up and walked to the door, "If there are zombies outside, remember..."

Allen blocked the lock with his hand, "Please, don't open the door..." Her voice was tinged with tears.

"I, I really don't know what to do now, but, if I let you out, I will regret it for the rest of my life... I don't want to lose it again."

Ann has seen this stubborn Allen, when he was robbing the basketball court, when he opposed the teacher's corporal punishment, and when he reported cheating.

But Ann had never seen her cry before, not once.

Ann stopped, she squatted down and held Alan's hand.

The next ten minutes or so were horribly long.

But the hands of the two never let go.

Ann had a fever in the middle of the night.Allen was in a hurry.

Before falling into a coma, An was still worried, and said in a daze, "If I become...a zombie, you must, must kill me."

Allen smashed the bottle of wine, swept the fragments aside with his feet, and walked to Ann with the pointed bottle neck in his hand, shaking it for her to see.

"I will."

Ann closed her eyes, and Allen helped her with her hair.

The first thing Allen did when he woke up was to reflect why he didn't see the familiar ceiling, and then raised the corners of his mouth, saying that he was still alive.Ann is still alive.

The fever went away.

Ann was woken up by the voice, she rubbed her eyes, "Who are you talking on the phone?"

"emergency center."

"Huh? Are they going to rescue us?"

Allen smiled and didn't answer Ann's question.

The person on the other end of the phone asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure. The first antibody owner is here."