Chapter 282 Postscript
Later people called this the Zombie Age.

When Zhou Ling arrived in Changhai, it had become a complete ruin, with the city collapsing and tall buildings falling down.

But outside the city, there is a clean town where zombies live.

They were very enthusiastic about the foreign zombies, but when they saw the walkie-talkie on Zhou Ling, they became full of vigilance.

The female zombie said she was looking for someone.

“Who are you looking for?”

“A very large zombie, one of the first few zombies back then.”

“I don’t know, I’ve never seen it.”

That’s what the villagers said.

They knew that the zombie had come back once and then left again, accompanied by a girl and a dog, as well as a group of zombies that survived the disaster and followed him to the south.

The ruins are so large that it is not easy to find people.

A few more years passed before Zhou Ling finally found a place where zombies gathered.

Today, she is no different from the original inhabitants of the ruins.

Looking at the isolated large house in the distance that someone was pointing to, the house was surrounded by blooming wild flowers.

“You should be looking for old corrupt officials and old tombs.”

“Two old zombies?”

“Old… not old either.”

The door of that house was built very large and looked a bit weird.

When she saw that man, she finally understood what the original zombies looked like and what her father had faced back then.

Bai Xiao sat in the yard, squinting his eyes to bask in the sun. In the corner of the yard, there was a huge monster lying in its nest.

He aged very slowly. The zombie virus gave him a strange appearance but also a strong body.

He still looks like a young man now.

“Are you looking for me?”

“My father said you were waiting for him.”

“Who is your father?”

“Zhou Xu.” Zhou Ling said.

Hearing this name, Bai Xiao was in a trance for a moment and remembered the man with gray hair.

“Are you Zhou Ling?”

“Yes, I am her daughter.”

“He always wanted you to live.”

“Well, he succeeded.”

“What about him?”

“He didn’t survive.” Zhou Ling said calmly, “Buried with the previous era.”

“He shouldn’t have survived.”

“He doesn’t want to live, and neither does he want all the people of the old times to live… He reached an agreement with some people.” Bai Xiao seemed to be thinking about something, “Reveler?”

“I don’t know the details.” Zhou Ling shook her head. She only knew that Zhou Xu told her that she could live.

“So what are you doing here?”

“My father told me to wait for you in the ruins. This was the last thing he said to me. I want to tell you that everyone has become like you.”

“Zhou Xu…”

Bai Xiao sighed, “Actually, I still have something I want to ask him, but unfortunately he has become a fool and can’t speak.”

“It’s the same if you ask me.” Zhou Ling said.

“Why didn’t you just clean up the ruins?” Bai Xiao suddenly asked. He remembered Lin Huayou’s worries at the time, and then he felt inexplicably relieved.

“Do you mean fire strikes?” Zhou Ling raised her head and said, “Because the safe zone has never abandoned the ruins.”

“Ok?”

“In the first few years, people kept turning into zombies, and we had to resettle the survivors who came to the shelter, clear out a safe area, take precautions, observe, maintain order, and resume production… There were too few people alive, and we didn’t have the ability, so we imposed a ban. It was very chaotic at the time, and someone did suggest clearing the worst-hit areas directly, but it was not passed in the end.”

Zhou Ling said slowly, “Foreign countries announced that there were no survivors in a certain city, and then carried out modern firepower strikes, which resulted in faster death. We have survivors, and even if it is a ruin, we can slowly gather people. If we are the same as them, we can only wither faster. If we leave it there, the survivors of the ruins can still wait for the day of rescue, so there is this special ruin that looks abandoned now. It’s not that we don’t care, but there are no conditions. The safe zone is not easy. If there was a vaccine back then, we could have waited for rescue that year… Although there are indeed some mistakes and problems, no one thought that it would become what it is now step by step.”

“Is this your conclusion at that time?”

“The past is the past, and this is the final result,” said Zhou Ling.

“So let’s just say that. It seems like you came here with a purpose. Do you want to reconcile with the ruins?”

Zhou Ling opened her mouth.

“They don’t trust you. This is caused by the past twenty years. I don’t trust you either. You have lived a peaceful life for twenty years. Go back. The ruins are our ruins. There are a lot of old materials and relics here. Now is the time to recuperate. If you dare to use zombies as slaves, they will become the new revelers. Don’t force me to do you.”

Bai Xiao stood up, feeling a huge sense of oppression, and the big dog in the corner also showed its fangs.

“In fact, we should have understood at the very beginning that if a problem cannot be solved for more than 20 years or even more, it is probably not because it cannot be solved, but because someone does not want to solve it, or at least someone does not want to solve it.

“You and I have never been on the same page. You carry the stench of the old times, you know that? I was too soft-hearted back then. The safe zone shouldn’t have existed.”

Zhou Ling was silent.

“I think we have a misunderstanding.”

“Maybe. Don’t let your father down.”

“No.” Zhou Ling said, “The old times are gone.”

The past is the past, and everything has been buried.

The people and things of the old era are all gone.

The sky is blue and the fields are full of colorful flowers.

Zhou Ling walked away, and looked back when she was quite far away. The zombie was still standing there looking at her. She turned her head again and saw two female zombies not far away carrying baskets, slowly walking back towards the house.

They passed each other.

These are the people who once survived the ruins.

The end of the world is still going on, but we must continue to live.

(End of this chapter)