Waskom City
It is 1:00 in the morning.
"Ah~"
In the security zone at the eastern end of the city, a young soldier stood at the sentry post, shaking his head a little tiredly. He kept moving the searchlight in his hand, monitoring the path.
"Hiss... Damn, that guy really dared to trick me into being the sentinel..." Matos felt the cold wind coming in from both sides of the sentry post, dropped the searchlight in his hand, and wrapped his arms around it. He rubbed his shoulders vigorously up and down to give himself a little more heat.
He's a new recruit who just joined the military for less than half a year. Originally, his duty tonight was to patrol the city, but he didn't expect an "older" who was older than him to notify him that his duty had been shifted to the sentry post.
At first, Matos didn't think much about it, after all, this kind of thing happened from time to time, but what he didn't expect was that when he arrived at the guard post, he would meet the soldiers and they looked at him in surprise.
After asking, he discovered that there was no such thing as changing the mission. He was tricked by the "older" who didn't want to be cold, but he was already here and couldn't just turn around and leave. He had no choice but to temporarily replace the other party and take over the position tonight.
Feeling his body tremble more and more, Matos clenched his fists tightly, planning to go to the other party to ask for an explanation after tonight!
Looking at the dark path, he felt that nothing would happen tonight. If there were anyone or infected people nearby, the explosion would have attracted them when they first entered the city.
Anyway, nothing will happen... I'll rest a little...
Thinking of this, Matos unconsciously let go of the reflector in his hand, crouched down a little, and leaned against the corner. He clasped his hands close to his mouth, letting the hot breath from his mouth warm his frozen hands for a while.
"Zi... Zi..." Not long after he curled up in a corner and felt much warmer, suddenly there was a burst of noise from the intercom on the table next to him, and then a harsh voice came out: "Matos, where did you run to? Why can't I see you..."
"I'm here!" Hearing the voice on the walkie-talkie, Matos secretly cursed himself for forgetting that there was someone on the other end. He quickly grabbed the walkie-talkie, stood up, and waved to the other sentry in front of him, indicating that he was here.
Seeing Matos' figure, the figure on the sentry on the opposite side also waved at him and said, "What happened just now? I couldn't see your figure, so I thought something was wrong with you..."
"Ah... it's nothing... something just fell off. I've been looking for him for a long time..." Hearing the other party's question, Matos felt nervous and found an excuse. He doesn't dare let the other party know that he was being lazy.
Seeing that Matos was really fine, although his body was shaking, the person in front of him continued to say, "Forget it, I can't bear to see you like this with your body so fragile. I'll go find Kumar to replace you. This guy... He's really trying to be as lazy as possible. I'll do it quietly, don't worry. You can keep an eye for a moment, I'll be back in half an hour."
"That's great, thank you so much!"
Seeing the other party disappear from the sentry post, he stood there pretentiously for a few minutes. After confirming that there was indeed no one there, he couldn't wait to retract his body into the corner, resting his head against the wall calmly, intending to take a nap with his eyes narrowed.
Matos warned himself that he could only rest for twenty minutes, but as soon as he closed his eyes, the drowsiness could not fail to come and his consciousness gradually became blurred.
He didn't know how much time passed, but the strange sound coming out of his ears suddenly woke him up. He stood up suddenly, patted his head, and quickly raised his watch to confirm the time.
"Ugh, it's so dangerous."
Looking at the time on his watch, only twenty minutes had passed. Matos took a deep breath and secretly exclaimed that it was really a dangerous situation.
He fell asleep a moment ago. If someone caught him lounging around here, he'd be scared just thinking about the consequences...
"Fortunately I was woken up by the wind..."
Hearing the cold wind outside, Matos thought that the strange noise of that moment was the sound of the wind. He stood up and planned to move his body to cool down before returning to his post.
But just as he stood up, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly stood there silently, with a look of horror on his face.
He saw not far away, as far as the eye could see, a mass of black shadows rising towards the city. The searchlights of the sentry posts shone directly on these black shadows, illuminating the hideous, ugly figures... These are... infected people!
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At this point, the town has long since lost the hustle and bustle of the convoy. After all matters were finished, civilians headed to the supply station to receive food and a bowl of steaming soup.
After drinking the hot soup, everyone felt a warm current passing through their limbs and most of the cold in their bodies disappeared in an instant. Most of them felt tired. After stretching, they headed towards the designated resting place.
Only the soldiers responsible for the surveillance remained, patrolling back and forth the surrounding streets in groups of three.
Originally, under the regulations, all civilians were required to rest on the bus after everything was resolved, because they feared that in the event of an emergency, they would be able to evacuate effectively.
However, due to the size of the city, with many large villas, and considering that the weather is very cold at night and temperatures drop drastically, it would be very difficult for everyone to sleep on the bus. Also, the surroundings were quite safe, so they decided to have everyone stay in the nearby houses to avoid physical problems and make sure everyone could rest properly.
In a certain house on the west side of the city center, the flames burning in the fireplace in the living room slightly illuminated the dark room. All the tables, chairs, and benches in the spacious room were moved to the corner. Residents were lying on the ground. Get as close as possible to the fireplace and feel the heat coming from the fire.
Brian was half leaning against the wall not far from the fireplace, squinting his eyes and gently caressing Sarah, who was sleeping next to him, listening to the whistle of the wind, he hadn't fallen asleep yet.
Maybe it was because he slept too much in the morning, so even though it was already nighttime, he didn't feel very sleepy. In addition, the backpack next to him could not be left unattended, so he simply stopped sleeping and half leaned against the wall to doze off he got up, but his attention was always alert to all the movements that were happening outside.
He was not the only one who still did not sleep around him. Everyone was worried that someone might have bad intentions while they were sleeping, so acquaintances tacitly formed a team. Each person took turns keeping vigil for a period of time, ensuring that everyone could get enough rest without compromising the safety of the group.
As for those who didn't know anyone well, they could only be like Brian, clutching his backpack and half leaning against the wall while sleeping lightly. If there was any disturbance around them, they would quickly wake up from their sleep.
Just as Brian was thinking about things in his mind, the sound of someone suddenly getting up reached his ears, causing him to immediately open his eyes and raise his head to look in the direction of the sound.
He saw a figure slowly rising from the ground. He looked around and noticed that no one seemed to pay attention to him, so he cautiously bent down and picked up the backpack that had fallen. He hid in the shadows and, with trembling steps, made his way to the door. His feet wavered as he walked, worried that someone might recognize him.
Seeing this, Brian raised his eyebrows and instantly recognized the other person. Everyone in that house had traveled on the same bus, and in addition to the person's shaky legs and flashy hair, he clearly remembered that it was the young man who had been punished during the day. It seemed that his name was Kim, as the others called him.
Kim didn't know that just as he stood up, everyone in the room was woken up by his movements and recognized him immediately.
At that moment he was walking excitedly towards the door. Not long ago, he and a dozen victims who were also punished met and agreed to leave tonight because one of them was very familiar with this area, knowing that there is a hidden village not far away where a large amount of food is stored.
Instead of continuing to stay here and being treated like cannon fodder sooner or later, it's best to get out of here as soon as possible. As long as they can avoid those infected, they will still be able to live a very peaceful life.
But they could not bear to leave just like that, so they decided to destroy some vehicles before leaving to take revenge on those who punished and betrayed them.
Considering that there were handles outside all the houses and that there would be soldiers patrolling the streets, they simply decided on the location of the meeting point. As for whether they could get out and get there, they could only rely on their own abilities.
Originally, Kim planned to go out the bathroom window, but she didn't expect that just as she was about to perform, she would realize that the damn woman standing at the door had just left. Surprised, he quickly got up and cautiously walked to the door to enter.
"Very good!"
He leaned lightly against the door and carefully opened a space. The cold wind blew over him throughout the space. His already trembling feet were shaking even more violently, but then he found that there was no one at the door, he suddenly perked up, opened the door, and ran out without hesitation.
"Woo buzzing—!"
Just as Kim was slowly running through the snow, with an uncontrollable smile of joy on her face, a swift and piercing siren suddenly sounded over the city, freezing her expression for a moment.