[Hunter] How to kill a zombie

In exchange, they and those close to them will be guaranteed a year's worth of life for the next year.Although it was a very strange request, it didn't seem to be harmful, and several people accepted it, but they didn't know that they would all become walking dead after this, and there was no such thing as "a year to come".

Zooey's head was in severe pain, and the dazzling memory made her cry out.She was in so much pain that she didn't notice that the three of them had been knocked unconscious, and a blond boy was untying her.

"Zoe?" There was a rare worry in the knight's voice, "Zoe? What did they do to you?"

Zooey opened her eyes and found that she met the knight's gaze.

After a while, the boy staggered his eyes and handed her a coat.

Only then did Zooey realize that there were not many clothes left on her body, and a large area of ​​pale skin was exposed.So she silently took the coat and put it on.

"……thanks."

"I have controlled the guards outside, you have to get out of here before other people find out what happened." Xia Ke said.

Although Zooey was dizzy, she still gave the knight a look inexplicably.

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?" she asked, "Obviously you arrested me."

The knight had no expression on his face, nor did he speak.Zooey looked at his appearance and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Forget it, it's not important... Anyway, I won't forgive you."

Hearing Zoe's words, Xia Ke finally smiled again: "Well, I know."

With the help of knights, it is not very difficult to escape from the jurisdiction of the elders of the East District.He seems to know all kinds of shortcuts like the back of his hand.On the road, the knight returned to his usual lively and cheerful, muttering a lot about how he cleverly tricked everyone to rescue Zoe and so on.Zoe listened silently until near the periphery, the knight suddenly stopped, pointed to the front and said, "Go straight in this direction, and you will be able to exit Meteor Street."

"Aren't you together?" Zooey asked.

"Huh?" Xia Ke made an exaggerated surprised expression, "Do you want me to come with you?"

Zooey immediately showed an expression as if she had eaten a fly.

"Haha~ Look, I know." The knight said, "Sister Zoe, it's a pity that you have to continue alone."

"You only call me sister when you do something bad," Zoe commented dryly.

"How can there be?" Xia Ke just wanted to refute, but he shrugged his shoulders and gave up. "In short, I still have things I want to do here, and I am from Meteor Street, so I must be much better at surviving than you."

"..." She was already dead, so where did she have the ability to survive? "Then I'm going," she said. "Hope never to see you again."

"I can't guarantee this." The knight replied with a smile.

Watching Zoe leave on the way, Xia Ke murmured something to her back.

"If we meet again...next time...definitely..."

Encounter

On the letter Arthur left on the table, there was an address.Next to the envelope is a bunch of keys.The letter told Zooey to take these two things. At that time, she didn't understand what they were for, but now she felt that she had guessed something.

She couldn't remember the process of walking out of Meteor Street.The clouds in the sky indicated the coming rain, the familiar scenery gradually faded away, and the memories belonging to others still lingered in my mind. For a moment, Zoe forgot who she was and why she was here.By the way... She is from Meteor Street, and was born here since she was a child, isn't she?

But no, she doesn't belong here.This land does not welcome her, nowhere can truly accept her.How should she deal with herself after that?

When she saw that the garbage was gradually decreasing and there was an orange desert in front of her eyes, she found that she had finally walked out of Meteor Street.

The climate in the desert is very harsh.The scorching sun during the day made her feel a stench mixed with the sour smell of garbage and corpses.Fortunately, she is immune to the smell.Zoe walked aimlessly in the deserted desert, the exaggerated roasting during the day and the bone-chilling coldness at night, but fortunately, as a zombie, she didn't need to eat or drink, and the temperature had no effect on her body. The impact is not too big, otherwise it must have become a pile of bones in the desert long ago, right?The only problem is dryness and sandstorms.Days of dryness made her feel that the skin on her body was gradually becoming as fragile as thin ice, and wounds appeared soon after being blown by the wind and sand.After walking through two sandstorms in succession, Zoe felt that she no longer had a piece of complete skin on her body. Now she must be as scary as the most classic zombie on TV.She thought amusedly that maybe in a few days she would not be a zombie, but a mummy.If there is no flesh and only bones left, wouldn't it become an army of skeletons?

At first, she felt a little discomfort when the skin broke.She couldn't tell if it was a tingling sensation, but that feeling was more like a vague discomfort, and all the feelings were as blurred as if separated by a layer of gauze.But gradually she found that she no longer had these feelings, as if all the worldly feelings were going away from her, and the only thing left was a sea of ​​yellow sand in front of her eyes.

Fortunately, Zooey doesn't need to sleep theoretically, so she keeps walking during the day and night.As she walked, she felt as if she had lost her way, because the desert looked the same in any direction.

After walking for an unknown number of days, Zooey finally saw a village in front of her. She couldn't believe her eyes for a while, and wanted to hurry up and walk to the village.But just as she was about to raise her leg, she stopped.She looked like a living monster that came out of a horror movie. Walking into the village in broad daylight might scare people half to death.

And there is a great possibility of being attacked by villagers.

Zoe hid at a distance from the village. At night, she would steal a horse or other transportation equipment. It would be best if she could find a map and tell her how to get there. that address.

The carrion and wounds on her body have dried up, so there is no need to worry too much about it polluting the crowd and causing zombie disasters.She also dared not wash herself in the nearby lake, also because she was afraid of polluting the water source.Fortunately, maggots rarely breed in the desert environment, so she doesn't have to endure the problem of having worms parasitizing her body for the time being.In fact, there is a very good solution to these problems, and that is to eat a fresh human being.Human life energy can help her restore her own body.But Zoe wasn't ready to kill an innocent human being and eat him.

Although it's not something she hasn't done.

She thought of her parents' entrails spilling all over the floor.

As night fell, Zoe carefully sneaked into the village.There are small houses with pointed roofs on both sides of the road, and the surroundings are silent.Zoe could feel the throbbing life in every house with her eyes closed.There are three people here, four there, and there should be a dog not far ahead.

Zooey carefully avoided the direction of the dog.Maybe it's because the vitality in her body is exhausted, she is now extremely sensitive to living things, as if she can hear the sound of breathing and the beating of the heart when people are in light sleep.An irresistible urge emerged, and Zooey suddenly felt very, very hungry.

She had to stand still, struggling to walk into the village.After what seemed like a century, she finally found the stable.

The horse was obviously afraid of her, stomping uncomfortably, snorting hot and humid.

Zoe walked into them as if possessed, thinking, if people can do it, can animals do it too?

Life knows no species...

"I wouldn't eat them if I were you."

Suddenly, a man's voice sounded behind Zooey.

She turned around in surprise and found that it was a man wearing a cloak.A head of black hair stood straight up, and his bright black eyes looked at her quite calmly, as if the person standing in front of him was not a bruised zombie.

"Huh? Don't you understand human language? This is troublesome..." Seeing that Zooey hadn't spoken, he scratched the hair on the back of his head with one hand and said, his tone didn't seem so distressed.

There was no life in this man, Zoe thought, that's why she didn't notice him approaching.His whole body blends into the surrounding environment like an object.This seems to be called "extremely", she remembered what Arthur said, it is an applied skill of "Nian", which can completely hide one's aura.

She opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but found that her throat and vocal cords had been completely damaged due to the dryness in the desert these days, and she could only make some hoarse and incomprehensible noises.

"A moving corpse. Although I have heard similar things in the legends of some remote villages, this is the first time I have actually seen them." He continued, since Zoe couldn't answer him, he could only be talking to himself Said, "Speaking of which, this kind of thing is also written in "Journey to the New World". If this is the case, it will be troublesome. I hope you haven't caused too much damage."

Zooey looked at the person in front of him, wondering if he should interrupt his soliloquy.But after he finished speaking, he stopped suddenly, stared at her, and concluded: "You can understand."

Zooey really wanted to roll her eyes, but obviously she might not be able to tell that she was rolling her eyes even if she turned the other side.

"You're rolling your eyes." The man nodded and said, "Interesting. Really interesting. You haven't done anything else since I stopped you. Do you still have self-awareness?"

Zoe nodded.

"Hmph..." The other side seemed to be caught in a