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For the Cabbage
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Zhang Xiao Qiang recovered, the half pack of instant noodles that he ate has been digested He felt hunger even ly, so he had to force hi instant noodles He downed a glass of water, hoping that it can fill him up Since the day of the crisis, half aIs his current life a dreas are finished, there are 3 packs of instant noodles ; a pack for two and a half days and a pack for a day and a half Before, he ate two bags plus two fried eggs as well He didn’t dare go out to search for food nor did he have the strength to run
Watching his stoht but he couldn’t do it, but now he has already lost at least 5 pounds! That thought h, but also made him want to cry Normally he doesn’t care much, but he didn’t know if his sister was alive or dead He couldn’t stop thinking about that, because there was nothing to do these past 2 weeks so he just re about back when his parents were all together at ho about his teachers, the first tiirl tried to draw a turtle on his back, thinking about his classht breakfast fro to call his sister’s phone but no one picked up, he thought about the worst possible situations, but he did not give up hope for a miracle
The zombies outside the nstairs continued to wander, occasionally you could see nearby residents that are now infected The streets were streith broken glass, torn clothes, some bones, different types of rubbish, there was also the burnt reripped his heart when he thought about hiht about running out of food and starving to death, when he thought about close good friends becos of desolation quickly turned into feelings of despair He nu the knife to eye level He was clutching the knife really hard to the point where his wrist hurts, but he couldn’t plunge the knife into his heart He put down the knife and held his head then slid to the ground with his back to the wall, tears were strea down his face, he’s so afraid of death that he didn’t have the courage to kill himself
He hated that he was useless, that he wasn’t smart, that he can’t do any work, can’t even kill hiht about how 90 of people have mutated into zombies, and he was still alive! 63 billion people have been infected, and he was unhar about it for a while he began to feel better, and looked at God’s [TL: Its what it says in the raatch on his phone; it was about 10 o’clock, if he didn’t want to starve to death he would have to go look for food He would have to fight the zoht or die situation He went to the lobby and pulled aside the curtains, carefully ripping of a slass eeks ago and looked out He saw a fes of cabbage in the ht caused hi He observed the vicinity around the cabbages; there weren’t reenhouse built between them, with the door open on the balcony The door that was open had a few zo in and out, the stairs for the platfor up and down the stairs, there were 7 altogether 1 near the stairs and 6 across at the other 2 houses It takes 3 oal was to reach thebare-handed against the zombies is not an option, the house doesn’t have any actual weapons, but he found the tools that his dad left behind The first thing he saas an 8 pound ha and shook his head; it was too heavy, he doesn’t have the strength, he could swing it 3 to 5 times but not anymore As he continued to look, he pulled out another haht was more appropriate Then he went to the kitchen and picked up a steel pot lid to be used as a shield He practiced in the living rooet a feel for the weapons and after he was ready, he prepared to leave When he reached the door he began to hesitate, putting his hand on the doorknob and dropping it repeatedly, he thought that he would rather die in battle than of starvation He said to himself “if it was meant to be, it ork out for the better”, and opened the door and went out
Zhang Xiao Qiang planned to kill the zoarden, then using the 1 minute that it will take for the zoe as possible He earing arloves Whilst the zombies haven’t noticed, he quickly ran to the stairs A zo his scent the zoly This was the first tirey, the eyes hite and their h to fit a fist The ular knifes, the sight gave hi stench wafted over, he felt nauseous The zombie hit the pot lid shield and the shock of the impact cause him to take a step back, then he snapped back into his senses and his fighting spirit returned
He ht and kicked the zombie in the chest and the zombie rolled down the stairs There wasn’t any tiarden and laid down his weapons He took out a snakeskin bag and pulled out the cabbage fro In his peripheral vision he could see the zo towards hi, he relentlessly reached into the dark soil to find the roots so he could pull out the cabbages He didn’t even feel theinto his eyes, he was only thinking of getting a few more, this was food, which is hope! The zoreedy He needed to go, grabbing the bag with one hand and the weapons with another he desperately started running towards the house He saw the corridor opening right ahead and picked up speed, entered the corridor and started running towards his house
Suddenly the opposite iron door opened, his neighbour had turned into a zombie with a dense stench, it turned and threw itself at him The sharp claere less than 10 centih him, he wanted to scream but he couldnt make a sound, tords formed in his mind:
“It’s over”
He fell back onto the floor and his shield was knocked away, the zombie missed, his brain was e it off balance As it fell towards hi the haain and again, when he came back to his senses, the upper half of the zombies body was a bloody pulp, there was sticky black blood everywhere, with a strong stench thatto explode
The platform on the opposite side of the zo ones walked in front, behind the behind When they caught his scent, they became very excited, because there was potential prey nearby He juet back the shield, so he just brought the bag back hoate He deeply retched and took a few deep breaths Zombie blood splashed on his body He couldn’t stand the se clothes
Zhang Xiao Qiang turned out the bag and neatly arranged it on the floor, there 11 cabbages, roughly 20 pounds Outside the zo for the first ti to live