Hearing the faint footsteps, Feng Yun and Qin Luzi stopped talking and turned around.
When they saw Yu Fuyun, Feng Yun asked, "Can't sleep?"
Yu Fuyun nodded and sat beside them. He raised his head and looked at the red moon while saying, "Brother, do you think this hellish world will get better one day?"
Qin Luzi played with his dagger and replied casually, "I doubt it."
Hearing this, Yu Fuyun let out a sigh and muttered, "I wonder if my family will be able to survive."
This time, no one answered him because no one knew the situation in other places or whether their families had turned into zombies, been killed by the zombies, or managed to survive.
After a long silence, Yu Fuyun asked again, "Brother Qin, why did you decide to retire from the military? Isn't it good to work as a soldier?"
Qin Luzi glanced at him and asked in return, "Fuyun, do you think the government is still the same as before?"
"Brother Qin, do you mean the government is no longer the same?" Feng Yun asked with surprise.
Qin Luzi let out a chuckle and said, "When people turn into those mindless monsters, no one can decide who turns and who doesn't, including the leaders."
"What if the leaders turn into zombies? Who is sitting in the highest position now? Is he worthy or capable of managing the country?"
"Right now, we can't find any information at all since communication is cut off. We can only use the satellite phone. But how many satellite phones are out there?"
"So, this is your reason?" Yu Fuyun asked again.
Qin Luzi looked at the dagger in his hand and replied, "Not really. When the world turned into this hell, my brothers and I were also caught off guard. We didn't know where these monsters came from until some of us turned into zombies."
"They killed and ate our brothers in front of us. We hesitated to kill them since they were once our brothers, and it worsened the situation. Until our captain killed them, we weren't able to control the situation. When we were able to control the situation, we had lost more than half of our team members."
Raising his head, he looked at the hazy night sky and continued, "Soon after, we were ordered to pick up a young master from a wealthy family by the commander in the Capital. During the mission, we lost lots of brothers until we were left with 52 people."
He turned to them and asked, "Do you know how it felt to kill your own brother with your own hands?"
Feng Yun and Yu Fuyun went silent as they listened to him.
Qin Luzi let out a bitter chuckle and said, "Their last words were to ask us to find and protect their families. They begged me to kill them before they turned into monsters. They died to give the team a way to escape. So, how could we ignore their last plea?"
Yu Fuyun lowered his head and said, "Brother Qin, I'm sorry."
There was a deep scar on his arm as if his flesh had been bitten off. Around the scar, they could see dark blue lines, similar to those on the zombies' bodies.
Seeing this, their eyes widened in shock, and they looked at him in disbelief.
Meeting their gaze, Qin Luzi said calmly, "The last one already turned into a zombie."
Yu Fuyun looked at him and said, "Brother Qin, you—"
"At that time, I only felt cold, as if I was thrown into an ice cave. Even though my consciousness was drifting, I could still hear people talking around me. I was sure I was going to die, but I heard the captain's voice telling me to hold on," Qin Luzi said as he recalled his experiences back then.
"I don't know what he did, but the next moment, I felt warm energy entering my bloodstream, giving me the strength to hold on to my last bit of consciousness. After a long time, I woke up and awakened my ability," he added.
When they heard his story, Yu Fuyun was shocked, amazed, and relieved. But Feng Yun was thinking about his own experiences.
Qin Luzi's experience and his own experience during the awakening were similar. He looked at his hand and stared at the scar. After a long time, he turned his head and looked in Jiao Lizhi's direction.
'What did she give me at that time that pulled me back from death?' he thought inwardly.
After the conversation, they were lost in their own thoughts. When the second half of the night came, they went to sleep while Gao Bohai and Li Sikai replaced them for the night watch.
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