Brian came to his parents' room and opened the closet. Sure enough, there was a black box inside. However, he was not overly surprised. In fact, he had discovered this box a few days after he came here.
Every man has fantasized about touching a real gun, let alone him who has never touched a real gun. Therefore, every time he got home from school and had nothing to do, he would look for some videos about using guns on his computer.
Brian assembled the pistol with ease. He knew that given the legality of gun ownership for U.S. citizens and the current situation of the infection outbreak, he would inevitably need to use it in the future.
Back in his room, the bright light from the TV illuminated the room, and the content inside had already turned into a news report.
At this moment, a female anchor was standing outside a fence and reporting. Behind her, a group of houses were burning in flames.
"What we initially reported as riots actually appear to be related to a national epidemic, and we are receiving reports of increasingly violent tendencies among infected patients..."
But just as the female host was about to continue speaking, a special police officer suddenly ran up behind her and shouted to the three special police officers standing in the isolation fence:
"Everyone, evacuate here immediately, there is a gas leak!"
When the female host heard the news, she immediately turned around and faced the camera to report the information she had just received.
But who knew that as soon as she said a word, the special police officer turned around and pointed at the camera, opened the isolation fence and ran towards the female host, shouting:
"Ma'am, get out of there now"
"boom!"
As soon as the SWAT finished speaking, there was a sudden violent explosion in the house behind him. There was a flash of white light, and the picture on the TV was instantly cut off, and the entire screen turned into snow.
Along with the explosion sound inside the TV, a loud bang was heard outside the window at the same time. Red flames shot up into the sky, briefly illuminating the night.
"Fuck!"
Brian was shocked by what just happened and swore unconsciously. Ever since he knew that the infection was out of control, he always felt that this plot was very familiar, exactly the same as in doomsday movies and games. He knew that he seemed to have come to some extraordinary world.
"I can't be so unlucky."
Without giving it any further thought, Brian quickly took out a backpack from the closet and rushed downstairs. There were constant sounds of dogs barking outside, and police cars whizzed past the house from time to time, as if foreshadowing that a disaster was about to break out.
Ignoring what was happening outside, he quickly went to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. He found some canned food and vegetables stored inside. Without thinking too much, he stuffed his backpack into the refrigerator.
Then he ran to the storage room. There was a protective box hanging on the wall with a dagger displayed inside. It was a collection of his cheap father and was said to be very expensive.
Brian picked up the ashtray on the table, smashed the glass without mercy, and took out the dagger. In the end times, the most important things are food and self-defense weapons.
"Ouch~."
At this moment, the barking sounds of dogs outside the window suddenly stopped, and then the barking sounds immediately turned into miserable howls.
"Um!"
The scream immediately attracted Brian's attention. He could feel that the sound was not too far from his home.
"It's Sarah's house!"
Thinking of this, Brian didn't bother to pack his things. He put on the backpack full of food, grabbed the flashlight next to him with his left hand, held the pistol in his right hand, opened the sliding door of the yard and rushed out.
Although he hadn't spent a long time with Sarah, they knew each other after all, so he felt it necessary to go over and remind her.
"Cooper, stop it now!"
"Asshole...boom."
As soon as he walked out the door and came to his yard, Brian heard a sound coming from the backyard of Sarah's house next door, followed by a muffled sound, as if something was hit.
"What's going on?"
Although he didn't know what exactly happened, Brian knew something must have happened over there. He stepped on the flower bed and easily climbed over the low fence.
But as soon as he landed, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. There were two broken wooden boards at the other end of the fence. Sarah's next-door neighbor Cooper was pressing on Joel, his eyes were red, and his bloody mouth was wide open as if he wanted to bite him.
Joel, who was pinned down, grabbed the opponent's neck. He was extremely desperate after being knocked down, but Brian's sudden appearance gave him hope again.
He pushed upwards with both hands and yelled at Brian who was still standing there in a daze:
"He's gone crazy. Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Help me get him down."
"Oh...ok..."
Brian came to his senses after Joel shouted at him. Although he had a pistol and a dagger, he had no experience in killing and did not dare to kill. He could only pick up a flower pot beside him and smash it on Cooper's head.
"Bang!"
Dirt and debris were scattered all over the ground. This fierce blow had obviously dealt a heavy blow to Cooper. His momentum of biting down suddenly slowed down. He hugged his head tightly with both hands, appearing to be in extreme pain.
Seeing this, Joel, who was under him, picked up the crowbar that fell next to him, swung it upward with force, and knocked Cooper to the ground.
Then he immediately stood up, stepped on the other person's chest, raised the crowbar and aimed it at the other person's head, once, twice, three times...
Blood splattered on Joel's cheeks and clothes. He kept firing his weapon like a madman, until the infected Cooper stopped struggling. He gradually stopped, put down the crowbar, and stared at the corpse blankly, obviously unable to believe that he had done it.
"vomit.."
Such a bloody scene shocked Brian's heart. Even though he had seen many similar scenes in movies and games before, this still gave him an enormous shock. Finally, he could no longer bear it and ran to the corner to vomit.
"ah--!"
As the saying goes, when one wave has not yet settled, another wave arises. Just as Joel was standing there in a daze and Brian was vomiting in the corner, a ferocious head suddenly popped out from the broken part of the fence. He roared loudly and kept squeezing his body inward, trying to rush into the yard and bite the two people.
But just when he stuck his body out halfway, a protruding piece of broken board below hit his waist, making it impossible for him to enter for a while.
"Jimmy?"
The sudden appearance of the infected person naturally attracted the attention of the two people. They recognized the person in front of them at a glance. It was Jimmy who lived with Cooper.
"Come on, get inside the house."
Joel was the first to react. He called out to the boy in the corner and then ran towards his house.
Seeing Joel leave, Brian didn't dare to stay here any longer. He followed him closely and entered the house in a few quick steps.
"dad?"
"Brian?"
As soon as he entered the house, Brian heard someone calling his name. He looked towards the source of the voice and found Sarah standing not far away, looking at them with a helpless look on her face.
After everyone came in, Joel closed the glass door, walked quickly to the table next to the door, took out the box of pistols from the drawer, quickly assembled the guns, and shouted to Brian beside him:
"Take Sarah and stay back, away from the door."
"Dad, you scared me a little. What happened?"
Sarah, who had never seen her father so nervous, also became nervous for a moment, and even her voice trembled.
"Sarah, let's get out of here first. I'll explain it to you later."
Seeing Sarah who was a little frightened, Brian wanted to explain the whole thing to her, but when he thought of Jimmy who was stuck on the guardrail, he knew that it was not a good place to stay for long, so he walked over to Sarah and led her towards the gate.
"Why..."
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Sarah was really panicked by the weird scene. She was about to ask Brian what happened, but just as she opened her mouth, there was a sudden and violent collision between the sliding door beside them and the door behind them.
If Jimmy's appearance behind the sliding door was within Brian's expectations, then the sudden crash behind them was completely unexpected.
The feeling of being attacked from both sides was very uncomfortable. Seeing that Joel had assembled the pistol and pointed it at Jimmy behind the sliding door, he took a deep breath, stood in front of Sarah, and also raised the pistol to point it at the other impact point, thus protecting the girl in the middle.
"Calm down! Calm down!"
Brian swallowed his saliva to control his shaking hands. As a small clerk in his previous life, he had never experienced such a thing. But he also knew that it would be extremely difficult to survive in a disaster without courage and guts, so no matter how scared he was, he had to overcome it.
"ah--!"
What is coming will eventually come. Along with the sound of breaking glass behind him, the door in front of him was slammed open.
The infected person with red eyes entered the room, let out a shrill scream, and then pounced on the prey in front of it.
Looking at the terrifying face of the infected person getting closer and closer, Brian didn't know why he no longer felt the initial fear. He felt a strange energy surging into his body.
The pupils of his eyes suddenly contracted, and his trembling body instantly returned to control. He quickly raised his pistol, pointed the black muzzle at the head of the infected person in front of him, and let out a roar.
"Die!"
"Bang!"