October 28, 2180.
I bit off Hachi's tentacles, and although they grew back, I'll bite them off again next time. Sigh, when will my brother wake up?
June 5, 2185.
The boss ran away, and the people at the lab are furious. Brother, I'm in so much pain today.
The diary wasn't kept by day; it often spanned a period of time. Yu An flipped through the pages quickly.
In 2185, the eldest son ran away, and in the following years, the second and third sons also ran away one by one.
April 1st, 2190, the last two pages of the diary.
Xiao Wu wanted me to leave, but I didn't want to. I wanted to stay with my brother.
Xiao Ba told me he has a way to wake my brother up. I want to go with him and see. Brother, wait for me to come home.
The diary entry ends at this sentence; the rest is blank.
Yu An placed the diary close to his heart. Just as he turned around, Meng Han, covered in blood, fell near him.
Blood was flowing from Meng Han's mouth and nose. He coughed violently, and the more he coughed, the more blood flowed.
Upon seeing this, Yu An rushed over to stop the bleeding.
Meng Han pushed him out directly: "Don't stay with me! Go find Brother Pei!"
A small piece of flesh had been gnawed off Meng Han's right cheek.
He suppressed his physical and psychological fear and pushed Yu An next to Pei Si. Of the team members who were fine just moments before, only three remained alive.
Of the three, Meng Han even had his face bitten.
Pei Si quickly pulled Yu An behind her, her breathing heavy.
His hand holding the gun was stained with blood, and the force of firing so many shots made his hand unsteady.
“Brother Pei, this little monster can eat too much.” Meng Han was also wearing a watch; they were all in a hurry: “There are only ten minutes left. If you don’t leave now, you’ll be too late.”
The noise was so loud that waves of zombies were drawn in and surrounded the area.
Pei Si's expression was uncertain. He stared at the small deformed creature still gnawing on the corpse, his hand reaching for the innermost pocket.
There was a miniature bomb in his pocket.
He doesn't plan to use this unless absolutely necessary.
This is a world-leading research base for biological and medical research, and the military attaches great importance to this place.
Once it's destroyed, how can you come back...?
"I want to eat more! I want to eat more!" The little deformed creature swallowed a finger and rushed straight to bite Pei Si's face.
In a flash, Pei Si's expression darkened, and she made a decision.
"Retreat!" he commanded. The little deformed creature eats everything; most of the life forms in this room have likely already been consumed!
All he needs to do now is blow up this gluttonous monster, and his mission will be complete.
Yu An was once again thrown out the door by Pei Si, who escorted her as she ran outside. There were zombies outside, and Pei Si used them as natural punching bags to block the deformed creature.
The injured Meng Han was carried by Pei Si and they ran outside together.
A few minutes later, at an exit, Pei Si suddenly stopped. He raised his hand and ruffled Yu An's hair vigorously.
"Yu An, get out of here alive."
After saying that, he looked at Meng Han again: "Meng Han, before you lose control, end it yourself."
Meng Han's face was bitten, but he showed no symptoms of infection yet, so Pei Si wouldn't kill him at this time.
After briefly leaving two sentences, Pei Si turned around and went back without any hesitation.
He had barely started running when Yu An, realizing what was happening, followed right behind him like a burden. Meng Han, supported by his teammates, couldn't be pulled back even if they tried.
A few minutes later.
An explosion rang out, and the only remaining teammate fell to his knees with a thud. Beside him was Meng Han, who had just been infected and had blown his own head off.
"Brother Pei, Yu An."
His teammate choked up, realizing that in just a few minutes, everyone around him was gone.
The aftershocks of the explosion were still lingering. The evacuated teammates cried out into the pager, "Boss Xie! Brother Pei is gone! Brother Pei is gone!"
"Oh no, my little lucky charm is gone too."
Author's Note:
Anzai: Thanks for the invitation, I'm not dead yet QAQ!
Chapter 3
Just as his teammates were grieving, the aftershocks of the explosion in the No. 1 biome slowly subsided.
The room was a mess, but the walls were undamaged. The gluttonous little deformed body was blown to pieces, and hordes of zombies lay on the ground, missing limbs and looking bloody and disgusting.
"Cough, cough cough."
A coughing sound, as if choked, came from under a mangled zombie, followed by a slightly dirty hand reaching out.
It is Yu An.
He struggled to climb out, and he didn't just climb out alone; he also dragged Pei Si out with him.
Pei Si had blood on her chest and arms, and was unconscious. In this situation, it was undoubtedly necessary to go out and find a doctor as soon as possible.
Yu An tried her best to support him and walk him outside.
"elder brother."
Suddenly, the small, deformed mass that had been blown up spoke again, and it called out directly to Yu An: "Why won't you take care of me?"
Yu An: "..."
Yu An was stunned.
He turned to look at the little deformed man and said blankly, "I've only seen you once."
Upon hearing this, the little deformed creature's voice rang with delight: "If you had met me much earlier, would you have raised me too? Just like you raised those ten deformed creatures?!"
Yu An thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe."
If it were a very, very long time ago, and this little deformed child had asked him to take care of him, he probably would have agreed.
The little deformed boy took this possibility as a certainty, and he cheerfully began to sing again: "Come pick up my brother, let's go home and play, come pick up my brother, let's go home and play..."
The nursery rhyme was filled with the joy of children, but the tone grew softer and softer.
Finally, the little deformed boy called out "brother" and then fell silent completely.
The deformed mass of rotten flesh, after losing its last bit of vitality, turned from bright red to gray.
He died.
Yu An looked at him, then thought of her lost child, and felt a tightness in her chest.
He needs to hurry; he needs to find his baby quickly.
The area outside the door was cleared by bombs. Yu An woke up quickly, and the zombies from all directions had not yet arrived.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he half-carried Pei Si on his back and rushed out as fast as he could.
Pei Si woke up halfway through the rush.
"Yu An".
He called out in a hoarse voice, "Don't carry me anymore, I can walk."
Pei Si was extremely proud and naturally wouldn't let a child carry him out. He had received the most rigorous training under Xie Chi, and his physical abilities were superior in every aspect.
After recovering slightly, Pei Si broke free from Yu An's hand, went down to lead the way, and led Yu An to escape.
Before escaping, Pei Si, panting, had a brief chat with Yu An.
Yu An started the conversation by asking, "What year is it this year?"
"Are you out of your mind?" Pei Si laughed, gesturing with numbers: "It's August 18, 2190 now. I wonder when this awful period will end."
Yu An didn't talk much; he was afraid that if he said too much, he would reveal too much.
Pei Si was probably afraid that he would be scared in this environment, so even though she was sure he couldn't hear her, she would still chat with him casually.
"If it weren't for the sudden outbreak of infections two months ago, I would still be on vacation and going on blind dates right now."
Pei Si has a youthful appearance and regular features. Unfortunately, he spends most of his time in the military, and besides carrying out missions, he also has to take care of his rebellious younger brother, so he really has no chance to meet women.
Yu An listened to his regret over the failed blind date.
Pei Si planned to get married before he turned 35.
He murmured, "If a man is still single after turning thirty, it will be difficult for him to find a partner later."
In today's increasingly advanced and developed world, human lifespan has generally increased compared to the past, with some living to as old as three hundred years. Because of this increased lifespan, governments have mandated that citizens receive more education.
Experts recommend that the ideal age for marriage is 38, and the ideal age for childbearing is 40.
Pei Si is only 28 years old this year, but he already wants to get married early.
Ignoring Pei Si's eagerness to get married, Yu An silently calculated his age. After his 18th birthday, he fell asleep inside the capsule.
That sleep lasted for ten years.
He glanced at his face as he passed by the glass doors and windows outside the research institute.
Just like before I went to bed, she's still so tender, she hasn't aged at all!
I am eighteen years old.
With a straight face, Yu An solemnly announced, "I only ate my eighteenth birthday cake."
He didn't even get to eat the cake when he turned nineteen.