doomsday seclusion

The face was still the familiar face, but the scars intertwined and criss-crossed, completely ruining the rough face.

The three of us sat on the ground, the camping lights illuminated the surroundings, but the reflection made the face of "Fang Lei" even more ferocious.

"Tell me, what's going on here?" Xiang Lvzhu couldn't hold back the words in his heart: "Why did you become a zombie?"

It didn't answer right away, but just glanced at us and asked quietly, "Do you know about parallel worlds?"

"Of course I know, because Green Bamboo and I are both reborn." I said.

"That's it..." it said, "No wonder, this time your trajectories are quite different from the past."

The so-called parallel worlds, or parallel universes, have always been hypotheses in physics before we became real positivists. Scholars believe that parallel worlds may be similar to each other, but they may also be different, but "Fang Lei"'s The arrival of the "truth" allows us to have a further understanding of the "truth".

"The formation of parallel worlds comes from 'choices'." It said slowly: "Every different choice may lead to different results, and these 'results' will create a new world."

"Sounds like the many-worlds interpretation proposed by quantum physicist Hugh Everett," I said.

Xiang Lvzhu looked blank.

"You mean... worlds are like a tree diagram?" she asked.

"It can be said that way," I said, "but some people think that each world is parallel to each other and has no intersection. It is just the branch points of each event to distinguish the difference between each world."

"God, how many choices a person has to make in his lifetime, not to mention how many parallel worlds there are in this world with so many living and non-living things!" she exclaimed.

"So, the parallel world is huge and endless." I said, "In addition, the branch points of events can be large or small, and some choices are innocuous to future changes, such as milk or boiled water for breakfast drinks, and Lemon or citrus, but it still branches out into new worlds, it’s just that the old and new worlds are so similar that they’re almost identical, right?”

Zombie Fang Lei nodded, "There is another point, that is, the closer the world is, the shorter the distance is, and the easier it is to cross."

"Nonsense!" Xiang Lvzhu immediately said, "If this is the case, then why is there such a big difference between the world I and Mr. Su Ling originally lived in and this place!"

"We are reborn after death, so it is naturally different." I said, "Besides, he said 'crossover', which can explain why there are two 'Fang Lei' in this world, can't it?"

"How did you 'cross' the parallel world? Why did you do it again?" Xiang Lvzhu asked.

"Do you know the original process of this world?" It smiled wryly, and immediately asked and answered: "If Su Ling hadn't been reborn, Su Ling would have gone to the Yuanshui Security Base, and then been imprisoned in the research institute; and you would still be like me, Stay at the Qingfeng security base, join a surviving team, go hunting in the urban area every few days, and try to earn crystal cores to make a living.”

"So what?" Xiang Lvzhu was not surprised by such a future.

"Then, one day, I will be abandoned by the team members because I was scratched by the zombies. You stayed for me. In the end, we lost to the tide of zombies and went to the underworld together."

Xiang Lvzhu looked stiff.

"It's familiar, isn't it? Because in your original world, you died for almost the same reason, right?"

"You...why would you know?"

"Because you are Xiangluzhu!" There seemed to be moisture in its eyes, "Whether it is zombies, mutated animals and plants, or various natural disasters, in the end you always die to protect me as an ordinary person, as long as I exist In this world, your choice has never changed, never.”

"So, I want to protect you. However, the time of your death is uncertain, maybe a few days, maybe months, or years later, I can't save you in every world in time, so I thought of a Method."

"That's to save Su Ling." Its black and gray pupils looked at me, "As long as I save you and don't lose your whereabouts in the chaos, I can ask you for the antidote for zombies. I will sell my favor to that The green bamboo of the world, she can be saved."

"So, the zombie attack on the Yuanshui security base is from your handwriting?" I was stunned, "The lightning-type or fire-type person who saved me..."

"That's a sham," it said, "just to divert attention away from the unusual concentration of zombies in the city."

"Third-level zombies can't have the ability to dominate." I said.

"Indeed." It smiled, and under the gaze of me and Xiang Lvzhu, its body slowly shrank to a height of 1.8 meters.

"Level [-] zombie?!" Xiang Lvzhu couldn't believe it.

"Don't worry, the fourth-level zombies don't have the ability to control them, but their appearance and actions are more like ordinary people." It smiled and said, "It's easy to gather zombies, just a little bait and driving away."

"Is this level the upper limit for the second moon change?" I asked.

If this mutation will make the zombie evolve, then he will also benefit from it. With the ability to cross the world, as long as he repeatedly bathes and changes the moon, he can continue to advance, and he will not remain at the fourth level until now.

"Orange Moon can only reach this level at most." It looked at its own hands that were between blue and white and skin-colored, "So according to my current level, I can only travel within a limited world distance."

"How did you become a zombie and still be conscious?" I asked again.

After ordinary people are infected with the zombie virus, they will only become zero-level zombies who lose their minds. If there is a way to maintain their consciousness, I am afraid that the current situation will change drastically.

"Before I became a zombie, probably out of resignation, I went crazy and swallowed the crystal nuclei of two second-level zombies who were killed by the green bamboo." It recalled, "One is speed, and the other is space system. , the ability is the "door".

"After eating it, I immediately mutated into a second-level zombie."

I was in a cold sweat hearing that. In my memory, there are not ordinary people who tried to swallow crystal nuclei in order to become supernatural beings, but they all ended up exploding and dying.If the method of letting the zombie virus transform the body first, and then taking the crystal core works, I am afraid that there will be many lunatics who seek power to take risks and directly join the camp of zombies.

"This method must not be spread!" Xiang Lvzhu also thought of this, and immediately said in cold sweat.

"So, the only one who has become a supernatural zombie is this 'I'." It said, "After becoming a zombie, I just have an endless desire for flesh and blood. Even though the higher the level, the more I can suppress my instincts, but the result is not the same as normal food. will change."

"I still have two questions." At this point, many questions have been answered, but there is one thing I still don't know: "When did you come to this world? Now that you have seen that Xiang Lvzhu and Fang Lei are still alive , why don't you leave, but observe us silently?"

"When I came here, it was already the first time after the full moon that mutated." It glanced at the green bamboo and said, "At that time I was located in Qingfeng City, but I couldn't find the green bamboo, so I had to go back to Looking for clues in her hometown, I found out that she moved to Yuanshui City with me in this world ten years ago."

"Afterwards, I infiltrated into the Yuanshui security base and posted a mission on the exchange, only to find out that she and I in this world both "died" in a mission, and there was no such person as "Su Ling" in the security base."

"And the reason why I didn't leave is because the "world" still rejects me, which means that the "Fang Lei" of this world is still alive in this world, and since he didn't die, he either became a conscious zombie like me, or He and Green Bamboo are still alive. No matter what the result is, I have to confirm it myself."

"When I finally found it, you had already lived in the mansion in Liulin District. With "Fang Lei" around, I couldn't get close, so I could only watch from a distance, waiting for you or one of the green bamboos to be alone. You explain the whole story and trade for the antidote.”

"You idiot, Mr. Su Ling has the vaccine, and I and ... Ah Lei in this world have already given it!" Xiang Lvzhu said angrily.

Zombie Fang Lei was stunned: "...Really?"

"Don't tell me nonsense like 'that's great, I can go to the next world with peace of mind'. Is your purpose in life to travel around like this and save me in various worlds? You think you are a superhero ah!"

"I just want to repay your kindness." It pulled up the hood again, "As long as Fang Lei in this world is still there, I can't stay in this world for a long time, this is limited by the law."

"Then find a world where you have ascended to take care of me!" she said angrily.

"There is no such world." It said with difficulty, "As long as it is the end of the world where I am with you, every time you sacrifice your life to protect me to the last moment, every time you take a step ahead of me."

Xiang Lvzhu: "..."

"So I must save you, this is my biggest obsession." Sighing, it stood up, and opened the "door" through the space with a wave of its right hand.

"I have to go, this is not my place to stay, I wish you and Fang Lei in this world happiness forever."

"Stop!" He was about to take a step, when Xiang Lvzhu behind him was smoldering: "I have saved you so many times, you owe me so much! You want to leave before you finish talking? Dreaming !"

"..." Zombie Fang Lei looked helpless: "Okay, what else do you want to say?"

"You idiot!" She roared, "You don't know how to cherish the pie that falls in front of you. Now that Mr. Su Ling is in front of you, won't you trade zombie vaccines with him to save me and you in other worlds?"

The zombie Fang Lei looked as if he had been struck by lightning.

This IQ... I coughed twice to cover up: "That... I think we can indeed trade."