Chapter 24: Grief
The night is as cool as water, and the evening breeze is miserable. The bright moon was also engulfed in the clouds, and darkness covered the land.
In the narrow alleys, messy wires cut the sky into pieces. Shattered glass slag spilled under the windows.
Occasionally, the arms of zombies stick out of a few steel fence windows, and the low roar of zombies can be heard.
Xiang Ningxuan took out the key, and with only the faint starlight, he found the corresponding one. turned back to Chu Jiangyue and the two of them and said, "You go to the village committee to rest first." I'll go find you tomorrow. After saying that, he went into the house without looking back.
"The zombies in this house haven't been cleared yet!" Zhu Qizhu said. Feeling that he was being pulled by Chu Jiangyue behind his back, he said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you pulling me?" ”
"......" Chu Jiangyue looked at him speechlessly, and said, "Didn't you see him take out the key just now?" ”
"What's wrong with picking up the key?"
"......" Chu Jiangyue didn't bother to explain. Let's go, aren't you hungry? Let's go eat. ”
As soon as he said to eat, Zhu Qijiao's stomach immediately cried cooperatively, and he went to the village committee first. Xiang Ningxuan had asked the survivors in the village committee to pack a large amount of food back.
It was dark in the room, and the starlight outside couldn't shine in, and I couldn't see my fingers at all. And there are rental houses separated inside, and people who are not familiar with it may get lost even if the lights are on.
But Xiang Ningxuan could clearly remember everything inside, stepped on the stairs without any mistakes, and walked up step by step.
12 steps, then turn, continue upwards, and walk another 12 steps. Xiang Ningxuan stretched out his hand and accurately grabbed one of the bars of the steel fence security door in the dark.
Touching a deep scratch on it, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
Closing his eyes and adjusting his breathing, Xiang Ningxuan stretched out the key that he had already pinched in his hand and opened the security door.
"Whoa!" The sound of the door opening elicited two muffled roars.
Hearing this voice, Xiang Ningxuan clenched his teeth in pain.
"Get into combat mode!"
The system prompt woke up Xiang Ningxuan, and the fishy smell was already blowing in his face. At this moment, Xiang Ningxuan's heart was like a mirror, even if he couldn't see it at all, he could clearly feel the exact location of the two zombies.
"Summon the Frost Sorrow Model!"
The long sword is in the hand, the cold touch brings deep sorrow, and the elegy seems to be sung in the ears. A strange feeling swelled up in Xiang Ningxuan's heart, as if his soul had resonated with the sword.
A familiar scene emerges before his eyes: the young prince returns with great glory, but stabs his sword at his father, the blood-stained crown rolls to the ground, and the mighty kingdom collapses. And the sword in the prince's hand is the sorrow of frost!
The endless grief did not slow down Xiang Ningxuan's movements. The darkness in front of you is brightness in your heart. A sword stabbed out, and the sword roared like a cry.
"Whew!" The tip of the sword was accurately pointed at the center of the eyebrows of a relatively tall zombie in the lead.
"-2, Crit!" A sword kills directly.
Xiang Ningxuan's right wrist flicked, and the tip of the sword hit the eyebrows of a zombie behind him at the shortest distance and the fastest speed.
"-2, Crit!" It's also a crisp and neat one-sword kill.
At the end of the battle, the Frostmourn model in your hand automatically turns back into a card and returns to your library.
At this time, the first zombie had not yet fallen. Xiang Ningxuan picked it up with his left hand, stepped forward, and held the other shorter zombie with his right hand.
Xiang Ningxuan hugged the two corpses and walked to the balcony.
The moon re-emerged from the clouds, shedding a silvery glow.
Placing the two corpses flat on the balcony, Xiang Ningxuan looked at their appearances. With their blue skin, cloudy eyes, fangs and claws, these two corpses seemed to be indistinguishable from other zombies.
But Xiang Ningxuan clearly felt an indescribable sense of familiarity. The gray and thinning hair, the wrinkles of the years, the calluses that still remain on the palms, the faded watches that have only been used for more than ten years, and the pair of jade bracelets with oil, all clearly indicate their former identities.
Xiang Ningxuan gently smoothed their eyes that had not been blinded, and found two more thin quilts to wrap the corpses.
In a trance, I saw that there were two soul shadows rising against the moonlight. Xiang Ningxuan wanted to reach out and grab them, but he was afraid of hurting them.
The scenes of the past flashed in front of me.
When I was young, I was busy in the farmland; When I was in middle school, I shouted and woke up every morning; When I entered college, the back of that farewell; There is also a marriage nagging after graduation.
Xiang Ningxuan found a photo album at home, which contained black-and-white photos from a long time ago, and some color photos that had been spent. At that time, both parents were young, with black hair and no wrinkles.
Time flies, I have grown up, and my parents are old.
The son wants to raise but does not wait.
The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place.
Many words that had no feeling when they were read before now deeply touched Xiang Ningxuan's heartstrings. At this moment, he is no longer the strong man who kills all sides, and he is no longer a master and a master. He was fragile like a child.
In a daze, Xiang Ningxuan fell into a half-dream, half-awake, as if he was asleep. My mind slowly turned from memories to questions.
"Why did my mother move out after a few words? If you were by their side, would the outcome be different? ”
"That's right, we'll live happily ever after."
"If I hadn't had that doomsoothsayer at that time, would the world still be like this fucking thing?"
"Maybe. It's all my fault that the world is the way it is. ”
Countless hideous and terrifying faces slowly emerged. They were all repeating the same words. At first, it was inaudible, but then it became clearer.
"It's you! It's all your fault! ”
"You're the one who made us like this!"
"Give me my life!"
All faces faded away, leaving only the banshee they had encountered on the second floor. Her dark eyes without the whites of her eyes looked at Xiang Ningxuan coldly, and she didn't say anything, but the sense of depression was even stronger.
Xiang Ningxuan, who was in a daze, couldn't help but breathe quickly and broke out in a cold sweat.
Gradually, the banshee's face changed to the appearance of her mother. She didn't speak either, but her eyes were bleeding and protruding, her skin turned pale and her fangs bulged, and she turned into a zombie. Next to him, his father turned into a zombie.
"You killed us! You killed us! ”
The two zombies pounced and bit fiercely. And Xiang Ningxuan seemed to have turned back into an ordinary person, completely unable to resist, and was covered in bruises in an instant.
But at this time, Xiang Ningxuan neither struggled to resist, nor wailed in pain. He sat cross-legged, his eyes closed, silently enduring the pain, and as time went on, his expression became calmer, without sorrow or joy.
The two zombies bit for a long time, but Xiang Ningxuan was still the same as before, and he didn't even lose a piece of meat.
It seems that the bite has no effect, and the two zombies stop moving, and change back to their parents' original appearance.
"Come on! Come over here. We are a family of three who will always be together. Mom beckoned.