16

At first, I didn't notice it.

Until one day, my sister told me in horror that at noon, she had a sudden urge to paint a realistic painting.

As a result, when she was checking the photos she had taken that day, she actually found a strange figure behind the curtain of the villa behind us looking at us.

As she said that, she hurriedly found the photo she just mentioned.

Because the photo was taken from a distance, the villa in the back row was a little blurry.

However, when the photo was enlarged, based on the general outline above, it can be vaguely judged that this is a man. Unlike the two on the surveillance camera before, this man is tall and strong. At first glance, he can beat the four of us alone.

No, to be precise, if the number of people being beaten is sufficient, he can beat ten people alone.

For this reason, our family also held an emergency meeting. Finally, after discussion at the meeting, it was decided that the four of us in the family would take turns to stand guard and observe 24 hours a day.

After a few days of observation, the expressions of our family members were solemn, and the results of the observation suffocated our family.

The situation seems to be a little bad, we seem to be surrounded.

The four villas around me seem to be occupied by people, and they are all watching us secretly.

I feel that we are coveted like delicious fat sheep at this moment. They are like a group of hungry wolves staring at us in the dark. Once they find the right time, they will pounce on us immediately.

How could this happen? In a sudden panic, I remembered the doubts about how Lyra and her friends entered the villa before. Is there any connection between being surrounded this time and the last time?

I told my doubts to my family, because I still don’t understand how Lyra and her friends entered the villa, just like how they occupied the villas around me this time.

"Is it possible that they opened the door with the key."

My sister hesitated to say her guess.

Key?

But how could they have the key?

Could it be the property?

The property kept the key privately, and they took it from the property.

I think about it carefully and feel that it is very likely. Because the house I rented was also handled by the property.

In this way, our whole family spent two days in peace under a highly tense situation.

During these two days, the group of people did not seem to have any intention of attacking us.

Just when we thought that the group of people would not do anything today, the outermost door of the villa made a sound that night.

Creak!

Creak!

This was the sound of the door being shaken, followed by several intermittent hoarse curses, which sounded particularly creepy in the silent night.

Because I was far away, I could not hear what they were saying clearly.

So, I was brave enough to put my ear against the wall closest to the outer door of the villa, and then I roughly heard their conversation.

"Fuck, I can't open it. They must have changed the lock. None of the 'master keys' I prepared can be used."

"Don't waste time. See if you can pry it open. Try to keep the noise as low as possible to avoid attracting zombies."

"Brother Wang, it still doesn't work. How about we go to the next store to see if there is any stock?"

"What do you know, kid? My eldest brother said that this store has a lot of stock. If we pry it open, we brothers won't have to starve."

"But... I can't pry it open."

"Forget it, forget it. Let's go next time and see if there are any supplies in the villa in front."

I still put my ear to the wall, my heart pounding. I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until I was sure they were all gone. I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead with my hand.

I turned around and looked at my father and sister who were ready to die with maces, and my mother who was trembling with a kitchen knife. I waved to signal them to put down their weapons, and then pointed to the stairs, meaning to go upstairs first.

17

"Sister, what should I do?"

As soon as we reached the third floor, my sister ran over and grabbed the corner of my clothes tightly. Her face turned pale and tears had already slid down her pretty face.

I felt sorry for my sister, but I didn't know how to respond.

After a long silence, I adjusted my emotions, wiped away the tears from the corners of my sister's eyes with my fingers, and whispered to comfort her.

"Shushu, don't be afraid. It shouldn't be so easy for them to open the door of the villa. Didn't they fail today?"

"But..." My sister wanted to say something, but was interrupted by my father.

"It will be fine." My father patted my sister and my shoulders to comfort us, and then he supported my mother's arm and tremblingly returned to the room.

I looked at my parents who were going away and my sobbing sister, and a sense of powerlessness surged in my heart. If they really broke into the door, my family would probably be like fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.

After all, there were so many strong men on the other side, and we couldn't handle even if only one strong man broke in.

Since that night, we could hear the sound of prying the door on time every night, but they didn't dare to make it too loud or stay too long.

This went on for more than ten days.

It is estimated that the outermost door of the villa has been broken by them. Although the door outside the villa can still hold up, it probably won't hold up for a few days.

During these ten days, the climate changed again, and the temperature actually rose.

The warm weather finally dispelled the slight chill, but it couldn't dispel the despair in our hearts.

After another three days, the voices outside the villa finally stopped cursing, but were more excited than ever before.

"TanND, after so many days, I finally managed to pry the lock open."

"Keep your voice down, open the door as soon as you pry it open, don't waste time."

"But... Brother Wang, it still won't open."

"Didn't you say you pried it open? Why can't you open it again?"

"Brother Wang, I didn't expect there was a door blocker on this side."

"Fuck, I'm so pissed off. If there's no big stuff in there, I'll ask Brother Long to take turns to kill that Shen woman when I get back."

This time, after they left cursing, I felt a little exhausted. I wiped the sweat off my cheeks. This time, I finally captured two useful pieces of information.

First, a woman named Shen told them that there were a lot of supplies in this villa.

Second, their eldest brother is called Brother Long.

Brother Long?

This name sounds familiar.

Tsk!

I remembered that there was indeed a man named Brother Long among the group of people who bought me in my last life.

That Brother Long was a street thug before the apocalypse. He relied on his family's money to do all kinds of evil and finally spent several years in jail.

If the Brother Long they are talking about is the Brother Long I know, then the woman surnamed Shen must be Lyra.

18

On the 90th day of the apocalypse, the temperature has begun to rise slowly, and the number of zombies has gradually increased compared to before.

I can't help but wonder, could it be that after people become zombies, they unlock the hidden attribute of hibernation?

Otherwise, why can't we see the shadow of zombies when the temperature is low.

And after the temperature has risen in the past few days, the zombies have emerged one by one like bamboo shoots after rain.

However, the increase in zombies is not a bad thing for us.

At least since the temperature has risen, those people have come less frequently and stayed less time, but they say more dirty words.

Click! Click!

When I heard the door frame shaking violently, I knew they were here again, and they were well prepared. I'm afraid the outer gate can't hold on this time.

Sure enough, as soon as I got downstairs and put my ear to the wall, I heard their cheers.

"Brother Wang, it's open, the door is open."

"Good job!"

"Thank you, Brother Wang."

"Don't waste time, go in quickly."

"That... Brother Wang... Brother Wang, there's another door inside."

"TND, I'm so mad, let's go back."

"Brother Wang..., aren't you going to unlock it?"

"Open it, shit, if we open it, either we'll be bitten by zombies or we'll starve to death, let's go back and kill that woman surnamed Shen and her man for supplies."

They seemed to have left, but the outer door of the villa was completely scrapped.

Maybe after some time, they will open the remaining two doors. Is my fate in the end of the world to only live for 3 months?

...

Day 95 of the end of the world, they haven't come these days, but occasionally I can hear some sobbing at night, and when I wake up and listen again, the sound disappears.

In the early morning of the 97th day of the apocalypse, there seemed to be a conversation under my villa. I woke up suddenly and got out of bed to check.

I looked out through the window. With the help of the moonlight, I found four cars parked under the villa. There were probably one or two dark figures in each car. Because it was night, even with a telescope, it was not clear.

But why did they park under my villa? Are they plotting something? I saw a dark figure in the car looking at me. I was so scared that I put down the telescope and hurriedly avoided it.

"Brother Wang, let's go, don't look. There may be nothing in this villa. The woman surnamed Shen deceived us in order to live longer."

"But I can't swallow this breath."

"Forget it, Brother Wang, she also paid the price for this."

"Brother Wang, I just received a message from Brother Long. He found a large cargo in the Longze community ahead."

"Let's go, let's go, don't keep Brother Long waiting for too long."

19

After a long time, I heard the sound of a car engine starting outside, and then I heard that they seemed to throw something from the car, and then the sound of the car engine became smaller and smaller.

But I still didn't dare to act rashly.

Even though the windows of my villa were covered with one-way perspective insulation film, and the outsiders couldn't see what was going on inside, I still carefully opened the curtains to hide myself. After waiting for a long time, I was relieved and picked up the telescope again to look outside after confirming that there was no movement outside and that the group of demons had finally left.

In the northwest direction, I saw the remaining lights of their four off-road vehicles, which were faint and terrifying, like the ghost fire beside the grave.

I couldn't help but feel a sense of desolation in my heart.

Now in this villa area, I'm afraid that only our family is left alive.

On the morning of the 97th day of the apocalypse, 5 hours after the gang left, I found that the number of zombies around my house suddenly increased.

I was a little puzzled until I found two human-like skulls and some remaining broken clothes with a telescope.

I suddenly understood that the sound I heard yesterday should be the sound of them throwing corpses. They wanted to use this to keep the zombies and take the opportunity to drive away.

Wait, I stared at the floral and blue-striped fabrics through a telescope. If I guessed correctly, these fabrics were the same as the ones Camden and Lyra wore a few days ago.

So, the two skulls just now belonged to them?

In this case, I don’t know what my current mood is, revenge or horror? I don’t know.

The 130th day of the apocalypse.

Except for zombies, I have never seen any living people pass by our villa.

The 160th day of the apocalypse, we have completely adapted to the current apocalyptic life.

The 180th day of the apocalypse, it’s very strange today, the temperature outside is obviously very high, but there are fewer and fewer zombies.

Just when I was wondering, I heard the sound of heavy vehicles passing by the road outside, and I heard several gunshots at the same time.

A group of people came outside, and they had guns, my family and I immediately became alert.

We hid as much as possible and looked out carefully.

Outside the window, a group of people wearing green military uniforms, protective caps, and tightly wrapped bodies were capturing zombies in large numbers.

They were all very skilled, and soon all the zombies outside the villa were captured by them and locked in a large iron cage.

"Captain Chen, Xiao Zhou was just scratched." A young man in a military green uniform supported another young man with obvious scratches on his back.

"Arrange for Dr. Liu to give him an injection of antidote, and then isolate him for 14 days. After confirming that there is no zombie transformation, return to the team."

"Report to Captain Chen, there are currently no extra isolation cages in the camp."

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