Dangerous Survival in the Apocalypse Chapter 28 part1

TL: Onion
Editor: Katie is a wandering fujoshi

Looking down from the second floor, the hordes of zombies were more and more terrifying. They were increasing endlessly as if there was no end, making everyone feel cold.

In mid-spring season, the sun was shining brightly for several days. Although the zombies could still move, their flesh were already rotting. The result of being exposed to the sun for several days could be imagined, thousands of rotten odors came together. If the window was opened just a little, the smell could make people faint.

Shen Shian led the child around the six-story floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor, and carefully observed the zombies below. His eyebrows frowned for every additional moment of observation.

He didn't know if it was just an illusion, but he felt that some of the zombies' movements seemed to be more flexible than three days ago. The slowness and stiffness between actions was becoming less and less obvious, and they could even try to jump.

Could zombies evolve?

This sudden thought made Shen Shian feel a dark cloud appearing in his mind. In just three days after the virus outbreak, the number of survivors had fallen sharply to less than a quarter of the total population, and the survival situation had already been difficult. If in this case, more than three quarters of the total population of zombies could evolve, then the entire human race might be in danger.

In order to verify, Shen Shian went closer to the floor-to-ceiling window to observe more closely. The spotless glass was covered with a layer of dirt due to the explosion caused by the crash of the passenger plane and the collapse of the building, but fortunately, he could still see what was on the other side. However, when his gaze was fixed on several zombies that behaved abnormally, they seemed to have sensed something and seven or eight zombies suddenly raised their heads at the same time. There were black holes in the place that were supposed to be their eyes.

A deep chill crawled against his back and Shen Shian subconsciously took a few steps back. His legs hit a long table and made a muffled sound. He held his chest tightly, as if he had encountered a major threat to his life. At this time, his internal energy was going rampant. Numerous small energies gathered from all around. Because the speed was too fast, they formed hundreds of invisible cyclones around him

Shen Xun immediately noticed his abnormality, and ran to grab his hand, “An An!”

Shen Shian leaned on the table and gasped a few times. His face was a little pale, but his eyes became a shining dark. “I'm fine,” he shook his head, and waited until the sudden coldness disappeared, and the internal energy gradually returned to normal. He raised his hand and touched his slightly warm abdomen, and said with uncertainty, "I think I'm about to advance.”

Indeed, he was about to advance. When the heat in the lower abdomen continued for more than two hours and still did not stop and his five senses were slowly rising at a noticeable rate, Shen Shian finally determined this.

He had practiced his internal energy for more than two months so far. Although it was not too long, it was logical to advance to the first level. After all, according to the records of the internal energy, this was the most basic and simple step in the entire practice stage, which was probably a little more difficult than babies learning to drink milk.

Regardless of what triggered this advancement, whether it was the desperate run before the passenger plane crashed, or the mental stimulation experienced at that moment, the improvement of his internal energy was a great thing for Shen Shian.

He just didn't know how long this advancement will take, and whether the use of the internal energy during the advancement period will affect anything.

In addition, those pairs of black hole-like eyes had completely become a lingering shadow in Shen Shian's mind. Whether it was the strange behavior of zombies or the response of his internal energy to those zombies, it had confirmed one of the worst guesses in his mind since the outbreak of the virus

A zombie, at least a zombie whose behavior pattern had changed, was sensitive to his space or the spiritual spring in the space.

This means that in the last days, he would be a living target for attracting zombies.

What is the effective distance for the zombies to be attracted? Is there a way to shield this? Will this attraction weaken or increase as his internal energy advances?

Shen Shian's thoughts were so complicated that countless questions were stirred in his mind but none could be answered. Finally, he sighed and hugged the child. “Let's find some books to look at.”

On the second floor's reading room, the shelves were filled with various types of newspapers, magazines and periodicals. From international affairs to entertaining gossip, from fashion pictorials to pig raising manuals, you could find anything that you couldn't think of.

The geography books and materials were on the fourth floor of the library. The detailed maps of the provinces and cities stored in it were the main purpose of Shen Shian when he chose to go to the city center. But he didn't intend to expose his goal. If there were zombies everywhere on the second floor and above, a person rushing to the fourth floor was really strange. Anyway, with so many survivors, the food will sooner or later run out, and there would be people who would propose to clean up and collect materials one by one.

Shen Shian looked around the bookshelf a few times, took four or five journals related to crop planting, and found two comic books for the children. He walked to a coffee table a little far from the window and sat down to read.

When you were trapped in a confined space with no escape, network and games. With nothing to do, the time suddenly became extremely long.

Some of the survivors were sleeping, both to save energy and reduce consumption. Some sit around in groups, some were looking out of the window, and others, like Shen Shian, were passing time by reading newspapers and magazines.

Shen Shian and Shen Xun sat opposite each other. In addition to a few books on the coffee table, they also put a pack of strange smelling beans and cold tomato juice in a thermos cup. The sun poured in through the window, Shen Shian flipped the pages of the book and drank tomato juice. If you ignore the endless hoarse howling of the zombie army, it was a rare afternoon quiet time.

It was just that this silence was quickly broken, and there was a growing quarrel from the reading room. Shen Shian didn't need to go out to see what the quarrels are for—water.

There were generally two ways of water supply in the city. One was the artesian water supply system, which uses natural gravity to supply water from high to low. It was usually suitable for buildings and households at lower altitudes. The other was a pump water supply system. The water was pumped directly to a high place by electricity, which was usually suitable for buildings and households at higher altitudes.

The first and second floors of the library have low altitude, so the water was not cut off even after the city's water was cut off, but maybe it was reminded by the girl on the radio in the early morning that many people began to realize that they were trapped somewhere and the water source was cut off. What a terrible thing.

There was still water in the library, but it was limited. In case the water in the water tower ran out, there would be no electricity to transport water from other places. The backup power system in the library only controls the lighting, but it did not control the pump. When the water is used up, then they could only sit and wait for death!

It was not too early in the morning, and some people found various appliances that could hold water, took water from the tap and stored it. The herd effect is often blind and crazy, especially when it comes to self-interest and the desire to survive. There would be the first one, then the second, then the third, the fourth … to the last half of the crowd, they're afraid that they would suffer if they collected late.

There were a total of four bathrooms and eight faucets on the first and second floors of the library. Once they were not allocated enough, it would naturally cause contradictions and disputes.

The fight didn't last long, and they calmed down after Zhang Ze's persuasion. Shen Shian had observed his words and deeds carefully, and found that he seemed to be very good and was accustomed to playing the role of leading everyone in the group.

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