[Hunter] How to kill a zombie

.She also thought that one day she would walk into the magical "Tomb of Forgotten Books" and meet the book that could determine her own destiny.In a sense, as she was growing up, the image in her mind of that mysterious labyrinth of old books in the book became the library at Barfour University.

And now, what Zoe found on the cabinet at the door of this small house was the "Shadow of the Wind".

Next to it was a nondescript post-it note that read:

Welcome home, Zoe.

In an instant, she seemed to have lost all the strength to support her body, and she fell to the ground holding the book, making an animal-like growl, but her eyes were still dry.

It turned out that this was Arthur's last gift to her.Zoe later discovered that the house contained everything she could possibly need - fake ID (Zoe Gray), bank accounts registered under namesake, birth certificates, title deeds...

For a while, Zoe couldn't accept so much information, but she knew instinctively that the free life she had been yearning for for so many years was right in front of her eyes at this moment.She has money, a place to live, an identity, and the ability to manipulate memories.She can do whatever she wants, and no one will ever control her.in various senses.

The house has three floors. The left wall of the ground floor has a large and warm fireplace, comfortable sofas and blankets.A reading chair stood by the fireplace, as in those popular detective novels of the turn of the century.The long bar counter divides the space into two parts, and the other side of the living room is a spacious open kitchen.Zooey thought that although she was unlikely to use the kitchen, it had to be said that the place gave off a very warm feeling.

There is an unexpectedly large study and a bedroom on the second floor.What Zoe was most amazed about was the study room—it was basically filled with rare books.The most amazing thing is that there is a patio separated from the corridor on the second floor, where you can see the fireplace on the first floor, and a window parallel to the height of the eyes, framing a small piece of green wilderness like a picture frame.

The third floor is an attic, and there is no room for anything to be arranged yet.Zoe thought, maybe we could set up a computer room here.Buy another telescope and point it at the window facing the sky diagonally...

Before I knew it, it was night.Zoe lay on the blanket in the attic, facing the starry sky on her back, and couldn't imagine that she was living among piles of garbage not long ago.Although the family, knights, and Arthur still hurt her like fresh wounds, and the other side of herself that she discovered after meeting Jin also made her feel uneasy, but she thought, here, if If it is here, maybe time will heal everything in the end.

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Life in the new home made Zoe gradually regain a little bit of human feeling.She has more time than ordinary people, because she doesn't actually need to sleep, but she still keeps herself in the habit of sleeping every day, because only in her dreams can she see people she can't see in reality.

That day she dreamed about something from her childhood.Lucas got a puppy for his eighth birthday, and that was the first time she saw him so happy, the next day Zoe started sneezing and running nose, nothing got better, a few weeks later They found out she was allergic to the puppy, so the parents gave the puppy away.

Lucas has been arguing that he would not keep the dog at home, but in the backyard. "But your sister is weak," Mom said, "Forget it this time. You can get a dog after you move out of the house." Zooey swore that Lucas looked at her with resentment. "You always have to be the center of events, right?" Zoe heard Lucas whisper to her as he walked past her.

Lucas disappeared the next day.The family searched for him for a long time but could not find him.In the end, Dad dispatched his "personal bodyguards" to search across the city and found Lucas in a corner of Central Park.Surprisingly, the puppy "sent away" by his parents was lying next to him. The two little guys huddled together in the cold night to keep each other warm, and they looked a little warm.

Dad called someone to wake Lucas, pulled the puppy away from him, and ordered the puppy to be shot on the spot.

Thinking about it carefully, Lucas stopped talking to his family from that time on.

Zooey didn't know what happened that night until later.During one of their chats, she inadvertently mentioned that Lucas could raise a dog after he went to college, and she thought of the puppy when he was eight years old, and said that she didn't know how it was doing in the adopted family. "Dead." Lucas said coldly, looked at her with a mocking smile, and then rejected her proposal.

That night, the night the puppy died, Zoe wasn't there.But in the dream, she saw the young Lucas helplessly watching the little life whimpering and dying after the gunshot. At that moment, his heart also died.

When Zoe woke up, the sky outside the window was dim, and the thick morning fog spread over the wilderness. One end of the fog was a dense forest, and the other end was the town where she now lived.She gets up and washes up.It is said that when a person wakes up in the morning, his mouth tastes like a dead person.She now wakes up in the morning with a real taste of death in her mouth, so keeping it clean is extremely important.in various senses.

The time Zoe wakes up varies, sometimes in the early morning and sometimes in the middle of the night.It all depends on when she fell asleep and what kind of dream she had.Last night's dream gave her the urge to call Lucas, but she backed off when she was actually standing by the phone.

Sometimes she would go for a walk on the moors, soaking her clothes in the dew. The climate in this place was cold and damp, and the swamp was not far away.Sometimes Zoe would also imagine that she would accidentally step into the swamp, then go down, down, until she sank deep into the ground, where she would spend countless years.

She spends more time reading and watching TV at home.In the past few months, Zoe has made up for the dramas and movies that she has always wanted to watch but didn't watch.Especially zombie movies.I don’t know why, but now she likes watching zombie movies very much. While empathizing with her, she can’t help complaining in some places, “Zombies are not like that.” But unexpectedly, she can learn a lot from them, but What she saw more was the fear of human beings about this outbreak...

Zoe would also fantasize that if the world is really occupied by zombies, there will only be some people wandering around on the streets every day, "living" aimlessly-it seems that there is nothing too different from some places now. big difference.

At moments like these, time seems to pass uncommonly fast.Unknowingly, it has entered the cold winter.The northern part of the Aizhen Continent has always been in a cold zone. Zoe's location is okay, but if she goes north, she will enter an area covered by ice all day long.There is snow all year round, and the climate is very different from other places.It is said that some other abnormal weather phenomena will appear every year, and climatologists can't fully understand why. Every year, there is news that the Institute of Meteorology sends people there to study it.

The cold is a good thing, Zoe thought.Many bacteria are inactive when it is cold, which means that her body will not rot easily even if she does not eat people for a long time.In the past few months, many people in the town have known Zoe, and some people said that there is no heating here in winter, and they could send her some firewood (because they saw that her house has a fireplace), but Zoe declined.She prefers colder climates.It's okay even if her body will be frozen stiff, she doesn't feel much anyway.Doing more is just a little inconvenient.

Soon, the scenery outside the window was covered with a thick layer of frost.In order not to be regarded as a weirdo, Zooey also changed into winter clothes according to the occasion.Soft sweaters and coats used to be her favorite clothes.In order not to look too pale, she would put on her makeup in the mirror before going out, and the people in the mirror looked as if they were really alive.

Zooey thought that this kind of life would last forever.In this corner of the edge of the world, she has a lot of time. She can read all seven "Reminiscences of Things Past" dozens of times, and watch all the new movies.At this time, she would feel that maybe...becoming a zombie is not a bad thing.

But one day she was on her way back from town to buy some cleaning supplies when she noticed a stranger wandering in front of her house.She stepped forward and asked what the other party was here for.

Even in such a cold winter, the stranger was only wearing a high-necked shirt and a peaked cap on his head. His long silver hair, like Zooey's, fell to his knees, and his sharp eyes made him look like an extraordinary person.

"It's you," said the man, "the monster that lives around here."

Zooey saw a clown-like thing materialize in his hand, but she was ready when she saw this man.

Strange persons are missing.Reports from townspeople.Hunter's Association.Task.

The other party's eyes widened in amazement: "This is... the ability to read." Then those eyes became vigilant, "So it is. You are the person Mr. Jin met."

"Kim...?" Zooey frowned, but it didn't take long for her to know. By checking this person's memory, she knew that his name was Kate, and he was Jin Fulishi's apprentice.It didn't take long for Kate to look confused.

"...Sorry," Kate froze for a moment, then smiled politely at Zooey, "Hello, I'm investigating the disappearance of people nearby, do you have any impression of these people?"