Doomsday Survival Part 1

By Locke

Suburb of Austin, Texas.
The early morning sunlight shone through the shaded curtains, illuminating the slightly gloomy room. On the queen-size bed inside the room, a teenager of about 13 years old was sleeping heavily, the sunlight outside the window seemed to make him feel some discomfort, his eyes twitched slightly and he unconsciously changed the direction of his head facing the window.
"Ding...!"
Just as the teenager turned his head, on the bedside table next to him, the cat face shaped alarm clock emitted an ear-piercing knocking sound, waking the teenager from his sleep at once.
Frowning slightly, the teenager stretched his arm out from the blanket and lightly pressed the alarm clock on the bedside before slowly opening his somewhat sore eyes.
Rubbing his eyes, the teenager sat up from the nest, stretched his limbs and stretched a lazy back, while his mouth also let out a strange cry like constipation.
The time on the alarm clock, 7:00 o'clock, did not have the slightest attachment to lift the quilt, put on the slippers placed on the side of the bed, into the bathroom and began to wash up.
Picked up the cup and toothbrush on the sink, looking at his own clean appearance in the mirror, the corners of the teenager's mouth rose slightly, somewhat smugly said.
"I didn't think there would be such a benefit to crossing over."
Yes, the teenager is a person who accidentally crossed over because of death, came to this world has almost 1 month of time, he also from the initial confusion and anxiety to now gradually adapt, he found that this world and his original world is not much different.
In this world, his name is Delaney and his parents are both of Chinese descent. He is away from home all the time due to work, so there is only him and a nanny in the whole house, which also just saves him from the embarrassing situation of having to identify his parents once he crosses over.
In general, he is very satisfied with his current life, without the pressure of his previous life, do not have to worry about the daily mortgage and car payments on his head, the most important thing is that he is an orphan there, and never married, so he can live here without any psychological burden.
After washing up, Delaney took off his pajamas, took out a school uniform from the closet and changed into it, and after a brief cleanup, he turned around and left the room.
In the hall on the first floor, a middle-aged woman was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, when she heard footsteps coming from the stairs, she leaned back and saw Delaney standing on the stairs from a glance.
"Hi, you're up early today."
Seeing the middle-aged woman who suddenly stuck out half her head, Delaney nodded and greeted him, "Good morning, Josie."
"Why don't you go sit at the table, breakfast will be ready soon.
Through the living room, Delaney sat down on a chair in the dining room, picked up the newspaper placed on the table by hand and read it, there is no way who let him have no cell phone on him, can take a look at the content of the newspaper, but let his brow can not help but slightly wrinkled.
"Hospital admissions surge in the region, bizarre infections cause 300% increase in number"
"FDA Food Sanitation Agency finds more contaminated crops, expects massive recall."
"Woman goes crazy and kills husband & 3 others."
Delaney found that the strange infections and killings in this world had been spiking daily since he crossed over, which made him wonder very much if his arrival had brought some strange changes to the world.
"Your breakfast, to finish oh."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Locke
• Release date: Dec 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005077938

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Chapter 1 Delaney

Suburb of Austin, Texas.

The early morning sunlight shone through the shaded curtains, illuminating the slightly gloomy room. On the queen-size bed inside the room, a teenager of about 13 years old was sleeping heavily, the sunlight outside the window seemed to make him feel some discomfort, his eyes twitched slightly and he unconsciously changed the direction of his head facing the window.

Ding...!

Just as the teenager turned his head, on the bedside table next to him, the cat face shaped alarm clock emitted an ear-piercing knocking sound, waking the teenager from his sleep at once.

Frowning slightly, the teenager stretched his arm out from the blanket and lightly pressed the alarm clock on the bedside before slowly opening his somewhat sore eyes.

Rubbing his eyes, the teenager sat up from the nest, stretched his limbs and stretched a lazy back, while his mouth also let out a strange cry like constipation.

The time on the alarm clock, 7:00 o'clock, did not have the slightest attachment to lift the quilt, put on the slippers placed on the side of the bed, into the bathroom and began to wash up.

Picked up the cup and toothbrush on the sink, looking at his own clean appearance in the mirror, the corners of the teenager's mouth rose slightly, somewhat smugly said.

I didn't think there would be such a benefit to crossing over.

Yes, the teenager is a person who accidentally crossed over because of death, came to this world has almost 1 month of time, he also from the initial confusion and anxiety to now gradually adapt, he found that this world and his original world is not much different.

In this world, his name is Delaney and his parents are both of Chinese descent. He is away from home all the time due to work, so there is only him and a nanny in the whole house, which also just saves him from the embarrassing situation of having to identify his parents once he crosses over.

In general, he is very satisfied with his current life, without the pressure of his previous life, do not have to worry about the daily mortgage and car payments on his head, the most important thing is that he is an orphan there, and never married, so he can live here without any psychological burden.

After washing up, Delaney took off his pajamas, took out a school uniform from the closet and changed into it, and after a brief cleanup, he turned around and left the room.

In the hall on the first floor, a middle-aged woman was preparing breakfast in the kitchen, when she heard footsteps coming from the stairs, she leaned back and saw Delaney standing on the stairs from a glance.

Hi, you're up early today.

Seeing the middle-aged woman who suddenly stuck out half her head, Delaney nodded and greeted him, Good morning, Josie.

"Why don't you go sit at the table, breakfast will be ready soon.

Through the living room, Delaney sat down on a chair in the dining room, picked up the newspaper placed on the table by hand and read it, there is no way who let him have no cell phone on him, can take a look at the content of the newspaper, but let his brow can not help but slightly wrinkled.

Hospital admissions surge in the region, bizarre infections cause 300% increase in number

FDA Food Sanitation Agency finds more contaminated crops, expects massive recall.

Woman goes crazy and kills husband & 3 others.

Delaney found that the strange infections and killings in this world had been spiking daily since he crossed over, which made him wonder very much if his arrival had brought some strange changes to the world.

Your breakfast, to finish oh.

Just as Delaney was looking carefully at the newspaper, Josie had already brought the finished breakfast to him, eggs, donuts, hash browns and milk, a typical American breakfast.

After a few quick bites, Delaney grabbed his book bag and grabbed the door when Josie wasn't looking, ignoring the shouts from behind him.

Hey, Delaney.

Just turn around and close the door, Delaney heard a sound next to someone calling his name, turned his head to see, it was the girl living next door to his house calling him.

The girl's name is Sarah, with short light blonde hair, very cute, is Delaney just came to this world to make the first friend, well, he also from the other side of the mouth to get a lot of the original body and all the neighborhood residents of the general information.

Good morning.

Seeing Sarah who walked quickly in front of him, Delaney also greeted cordially, and then he saw that not far behind the girl stood a middle-aged man with a face full of beards staring at him with an unfriendly face.

The middle-aged man named Joel, is Sarah's father, seems to be a worker in construction, Delaney has not seen each other's wives, but I think it is only divorced or dead.

Delaney looked at the other party's eyes as if looking at a pig, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, but still very frankly and the other party greeted: "Good morning, Joel.

Good morning, Joel.

The opposite is Joel stared at him for a while, until looking at Delaney a little uncomfortable, then nodded lightly to show a little, then picked up the phone to make a call, although the distance is a little far apart, but he still heard the other party seems to be talking about something like contractors.

Well~ Sarah standing aside clearly witnessed the whole process, covered her mouth and lightly laughed, patted Delaney's shoulder, saw the other party turn his head to look at him, said with a teasing smile.

My dad doesn't seem to like you very much.

Huh.

Delaney and Sarah attend the same school, the school has a special shuttle bus, because the place of residence is located in the suburbs of the city, but also in the vicinity of the highway intersection, for safety reasons here the students will wait at the designated place, the vehicle will arrive directly on board.

If for their own reasons they do not arrive at the designated time, then sorry, parents will need to drive or take the bus themselves to take their children to school.

Good morning, Jimmy.

Good morning, Cooper.

.........

As the two walked down the necessary daily road, Sarah seemed extra happy today, constantly waving her arms and greeting people she knew passing by.

Hey, Delaney.

When there was no one else nearby, Sarah inclined her head to the next Delaney said.

I'm going to sneak out of school today and go to the mall, do you want to come?

Delaney raised his eyebrows, his expression a little surprised, this month's time together, he knows Sarah is a very well-behaved girl, did not expect that there will be such a rebellious side.

If you dare to do that, Miss Judy will be furious.

Hmph, just don't let her find out.

For today's truancy action Sarah obviously prepared, only to see her from the pocket took out a piece of paper folded into a square, handed to Delaney's front.

This is what I saw from Miss Judy's desk last time, just take a look at this.

Taking the paper handed to him by Sarah, Delaney spread it out and understood the other party's bottom line, which reads

XX school notice.

Our school will be with September 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm in the school public meeting room, XXX meeting, please all our teachers arrive on time. Notice is hereby given.

You've been prepared for this.

Shaking the notice sheet in his hand, Delaney was very surprised, followed by some curious questions.

What are you skipping class to go to the mall to do?

Today is my father's birthday, I plan to buy him a gift.

That's fine, I'll go with you when to leave?

I'll let you know.

........

The school bus, Delaney randomly found a seat and sat down, admiring the beautiful scenery outside the window, this is the scenery he used to live in the city can not see, compared to the cold steel concrete concrete, he actually more like the green, vibrant scene in front of him.

The school bus wobbled for half an hour, Delaney and Sarah arrived at the school, the teachers have been waiting at the school gate, the bus door opened, leading their class back to the classroom.

The education here is completely different from what Delaney had faced before, very happy and basically without the supervision of teachers.

He could feel that the teachers in the American school focused more on the imagination and creativity of the students, taking the route of high-end education, while his previous education focused on the cognitive ability to learn, taking the route of basic education, both have their advantages and disadvantages, it is difficult to say whose method is better.

Delaney came to the canteen and looked at the burgers and sandwiches in the window, his expression was very helpless, he could feel his stomach protesting, but not eating lunch is not good for the body, there is no choice but to go back in the evening to open a small stove.

After finishing his lunch, Delaney just walked out of the cafeteria and saw that someone was posting the latest notice on the notice board in front of the restaurant.

With nothing else to do, he was curious to walk up and wait until the person posting the notice left, he walked up to watch.

It turns out that because the recent sudden emergence of the epidemic has become more and more serious, the entire Austin is about to enter the state of martial law, the school issued a notice, since October, the school will enter the state of indefinite closure, please return home to inform their parents, if you have doubts, please call XXXXXXX.

Is it all so serious?

Thinking of a certain epidemic in his previous life, Delaney decided to go buy some masks to have on hand, but he was just about to turn around and leave when, at some point, a large group of students crowded in behind him, all looking at the announcement excitedly, some even clapping their hands in excitement.

It was hard to squeeze out of the crowd, just planning to return to the classroom, he suddenly felt something behind him poking his waist, footsteps slightly pause, he turned his head to find that it was really Sarah standing behind him.

Seeing him turn back, Sarah blinked her eyes, made a hush gesture, pointed to a corner of the cafeteria, and with her lips lightly touching wordlessly said.

Action!

Chapter 2: Plague Outbreak

In downtown Austin, tall buildings looming, above the roads on both sides of the people, traffic, but the road is not why, from time to time there are ambulances rush past, even if the surrounding incomparable noise, someone can clearly hear the howl of pain from the patients inside the car.

Are you sure you chose here?

Looking at the large shopping mall in front of the crowd in and out, Delaney some uncertainty asked Sarah beside her, to know that the things in this are not cheap.

Sure.

Sarah pulled out $50 from her pocket and said with some glee.

I've been saving up for this day for a long time, and Dad has been complaining about the broken watch, just so I can buy him a new one.

Uh ......

Delaney looked at Sarah's 50 dollars, the expression is very odd, 50 dollars if according to the Chinese currency to convert it is actually only 350 yuan, this want to buy a better watch is actually a bit daydreaming.

Sarah, your money seems .....

Ah...!

Just when Delaney wanted to remind the other side of the money is not enough, across the street suddenly came a clamor, the two were attracted by the movement, turned their heads towards the direction of the sound.

I saw a big black man fall to his knees helplessly on the curb, his chest heaving violently and gasping for air, trembling, hidden under the skin of the blood vessels bulging, eyes black, bright red blood overflowing from the inner periphery of the eyes, a series of symptoms make his whole person look incomparably horrible.

The people standing around him knew that this man had a new type of infection that had suddenly appeared recently, and one by one they covered their mouths and noses to stay away from the area.

Calling HQ, symptomatic patient found, requesting ambulance assignment.

What happened here attracted the police officer patrolling nearby, only to see him running while calling for an ambulance towards the intercom, and when he ran to the big black man, he took out the handcuffs directly without saying anything and handcuffed the other man's hands behind his back.

This action of the police caused strong dissatisfaction of the surrounding blacks, good temper is persuading the police to hurry to loosen the handcuffs, while the temper is almost cursing and swearing, and there are even people with weapons in their hands, as if to rush out of the crowd at any time to rescue their compatriots.

The police officer looked coldly at the crowd around him and pulled out his pistol, silently warning the people around him not to do anything too aggressive.

In a short while, the ambulance dee doo dee doo sound from far and near, stopped next to the police, at this time the black man like lost his mind, the body crazy twisting, and constantly hissing loudly, the ambulance people wasted a lot of effort to fix him to the hospital bed, stuffed into the car.

With the departure of the ambulance, the crowd of onlookers saw no more hilarity, but also gradually dispersed, the street returned to the usual scene, as if nothing had just happened.

Witnessing all this process, Delaney suddenly became very frightened inside, a voice in his ears seems to be telling him that something bad is about to happen, he muttered.

Why do I always have an ominous feeling.

On the other hand, Sarah saw the crowd dispersed, also withdrew their eyes, this kind of thing happens every day, everyone is used to it, she took Delaney's hand next to her to go towards the big mall, a cunning smile: Let's go inside, lucky for you, otherwise I would not dare to come here to buy things.

Hmm?

Delaney, who was still surrounded by unease, heard what Sarah said and instantly left all the insecurity behind, looking at the girl with an incredulous face.

I go, you called me to come here is not to advance the money, right.

The answer is right.

Snapped his fingers with force, ignoring the surprised eyes of the bystanders, Sarah hands around Delaney's right arm, head resting on his shoulder, looking at him with expectation and said.

You won't let me down, will you?

Looking down at that cute little face and those eyes full of expectation, Delaney covered his forehead with his palm and sighed helplessly.

Oh my! My poor pocket money.

........

It was already 2:30 when they re-entered the school, which was about to end, and the students in the classroom were packing their bags when Delaney and Sarah snuck into the classroom without anyone noticing.

When they returned to their seats, they glanced at Sarah, who was holding a watch case and a greeting card with a cartoon dinosaur cover, and the corners of Delaney's mouth turned up, which was his pocket money for weeks.

When Miss Judy reentered the classroom, everyone packed up their things and followed her to the front of the school, boarding the school bus on their way in.

At 3 o'clock, the two returned to the suburbs and after teasing Jimmy's dog a few times, Sarah invited Delaney to her house.

Delaney thought he had nothing to do at home anyway, so he readily agreed. When he entered Sarah's home he found, well, the interior was very neat and clean, and to be honest he thought single dads' houses would be messy.

You sit down for a while, I'm going to go upstairs and change my clothes.

Looking at Sarah's disappearing figure on the stairs, Delaney got bored and wandered around the interior, there were many pictures of Sarah and his father Joel together on the table, and in the corner there was a soccer with Sarah's team's signature on it.

This is ....

On top of the refrigerator in the kitchen Delaney saw a note Joel had left for Sarah, and he read what it said.

I'll be home late tonight, so order your own takeout and see you in the morning.

Dad.

Stomp-stomp-

Hearing footsteps on the stairs, Delaney knew it was Sarah coming down, so he pointed to the note and said in the direction of the stairs, Sarah, it looks like your birthday present won't make it out today.

Huh?

Just down from upstairs, Sarah heard Delaney's words, first stunned, and then saw the other side pointed to the note, as if realizing what, quickly step forward, looking at the contents of this.

Within a few minutes, Sarah's whole person is like a deflated ball, crying and sitting on the sofa in the living room, all without the happy smile of a few hours ago.

So, what are you going to do with this gift.

Delaney looked at this scene with some amusement, and did not know how to comfort.

I guess it's not too late if we deliver it tomorrow.

No.

Delaney's words just finished, Sarah immediately stood up from the sofa, puffed out her cheeks and said: gift which has every other day to send, I'll be here waiting for him to come back.

........

Okay.

See the other side of a resolute look, Delaney shrugged, also not good in saying anything, after all, this matter would have nothing to do with him.

Dinner figured out how to fix it.

Sarah pointed to the paper that Joel left behind and said, It's not all written down, call takeaway ah.

You ate takeout yesterday too, right?

Delaney scratched his head, walked to the kitchen to open the refrigerator, looking at the ingredients, said: Forget it, or I do you eat it, always eat take-out is not good for the body.

You still know how to cook?

Of course!

Night falls.

Delaney wandered in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his room, the moonlight shining through the window on his slightly disturbed face, the nanny Josie has long since left and will not come until tomorrow morning.

Staring out the window at the night, recalling what he had seen during the day of the black man onset, even now it was close to 12 o'clock, he could not sleep peacefully.

Looked at Sarah's house next door, the living room has lights, just now he saw Joel returned home, think this time the gift should have been delivered by now.

The corners of Delaney's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly at the thought of this, picking up the remote control on the bed and turning on the TV, there is no way since you can't sleep and you don't have a cell phone, watching TV is also a good way to spend time.

Drip...!

The sudden ringing of the phone woke up the sleeping Delaney. he slowly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed, the display of the landline phone next to him kept flashing brightly, just now he was watching TV and unconsciously fell asleep, looking at the time on the clock, it was already 2:00 am.

Who's calling so late.

Muttering under his breath, Delaney reached for the bedside phone with some sleepy eyes and put it to his ear, saying.

Who is it?

Only when he opened his mouth, a woman's voice came out on the other end of the line, crying with joy.

Oh my God, it's finally connected.

As soon as he heard the voice on the other end of the phone, Delaney's head, which was still a bit confused, came to its senses.

When he was planning how to phrase his words, the voice on the other end of the phone rang again: Delaney, you must listen carefully to what I am going to say.

The world will soon be in a disaster, the infection is completely out of control, these crazy people are constantly hurting others, there is a black box in the closet of our room with a pistol in it, your father and I can't get over there in Washington, you go find .... Drip... Drip ......

But the other side has not finished the words, the phone suddenly hung up, Blake saw the situation and quickly put down the call back to the past, but the phone is just a burst of blind sound.

The ominous sense of foreboding within the suppressed gush out, blankly looking out the window in the darkness of the night, constantly lit up lights, he knew there was an unknown storm about to sweep the whole world.

Chapter 3: The Clampdown

Delaney came to his parents' room, opened the closet and there was a black box inside, but he was not overly surprised, in fact, he had found the box when he had just crossed over a few days ago.

Every man has fantasized about touching a real gun, not to mention the fact that he has never touched a real gun, so every time he comes home from school with nothing to do, he will look up some videos on the computer about using firearms.

Delaney assembled the pistol with ease, knowing that it would be essential for him to use it in the future, in accordance with the lawful possession of guns by American citizens and the current situation of the infection outbreak.

Back in his room, the bright light from the television illuminated the room, the contents of which had long been changed to news reports.

At the moment a female presenter was standing on the outskirts of a containment fence reporting, and behind her the cluster of houses was burning in a blaze.

What we initially reported as a riot actually seems to be related to a national epidemic, and we're receiving information that infected patients are becoming increasingly violent...

But just as the hostess was about to go on, a SWAT officer suddenly ran up behind her, only to shout to the three SWAT officers standing inside the barrier, saying.

Tell everyone to evacuate the place, there's a gas leak!

As soon as the hostess heard the news, she immediately changed to turn to the camera and wanted to report the message she just got.

But who knows she just said a word, the special police officer again turned around and pointed at the camera, pulled away the barrier towards the hostess ran, mouth yelled out.

Ma'am, get out of there now.

Boom!

As soon as the SWAT officer's voice fell, the house behind him suddenly exploded violently, only to see a flash of white light, the picture in the TV set was instantly cut off, and the entire screen turned into a snowflake.

Along with the sound of the explosion inside the TV set, a shocking loud bang rang out from outside the window at the same time, and crimson flames shot up into the sky, briefly lighting up the black night.

Holy fuck!

Delaney shocked what just happened, unconsciously burst foul, since he knew the infection disease out of control, he has always felt that this episode is very familiar, exactly the same as the doomsday movies and games played, he knew he seemed to have come to some unimaginable world.

It can't be that unlucky.

Without thinking much about it, rushing to take out a backpack from the closet, Blake rushed directly downstairs, outside the constant sound of barking dogs, from time to time there are police cars whistling from outside the house, as if foreshadowing the imminent complete outbreak of disaster.

Ignoring what was going on outside, he quickly came to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, which he found stored some canned food and vegetables, and did not think much of a brain to put the backpack in.

Then he ran to the storage room, the wall hung a protective box inside display a dagger, this is his cheap father's collection, I heard that very expensive.

Delaney picked up the ashtray on the table, without leaving a hand cracked the glass, the dagger out, in the post-apocalyptic world the most important thing is food and defense weapons.

Ow~.

Just at this time, the constant barking of dogs coming from outside the window but suddenly came to a screeching halt, followed immediately by the barking of dogs turned into a miserable wailing sound.

Hmm!

This miserable cry immediately attracted Delaney's attention, and he could sense that the sound was not too far from his home.

It's Sarah's house!

Thinking of this, Delaney also do not care in packing things, backpack full of food, left hand copied the flashlight next to the right hand holding out the pistol, open the sliding door of the yard and rushed out.

Although the time spent with Sarah is not too long, but at least know each other a, he felt the need to go over and remind each other.

Kubo, stop it now!

Bastard... Dang.

As soon as he walked out the door to his own yard, Delaney heard a sound coming from the backyard of Sarah's house next door, followed by a muffled thud as if something had been hit.

What's going on?

Although it was not clear what had happened, but Delaney knew that something must have happened over there, a foot on the flower bed, easily over the not high fence.

But he just landed, but was stunned by the scene in front of him, the end of the fence broke two boards, Sarah's next-door neighbor Kubo is pressing on Joel's body, eyes red, open bloody mouth seems to want to tear in him.

While pinned underneath Joel was choking the other man's neck, he was pounced on after what would have been extreme inner despair, but Blake's sudden appearance gave him hope again.

Pushing upward with both hands, he shouted toward Delaney, who was still frozen in place.

He has gone crazy, why are you still standing there, help me get him down.

Oh... Okay...

Although he had a pistol and a dagger, he didn't have the slightest experience in killing people, so he had to pick up a flower pot and smash it down towards Kubo's head.

Bam!

The dirt and debris scattered to the ground, this violent blow is obviously given to the Kubo not a small blow, down the momentum of the bite suddenly reduced, hands clutching their heads, looking extremely painful.

Underneath him, Joel saw this scene, copied the crowbar that fell next to him and swung it upward with force, smashing Kubo to the ground.

Then immediately stood up, stepped on the opponent's chest, raised the crowbar to the opponent's head, once, twice, three times ......

Blood spurted on Joel's cheeks and clothes, and he kept hitting the weapon back as if he was possessed, until the infected Kubo stopped struggling, and only then did he gradually stop, put down the crowbar in his hand, and stared blankly at the corpse, obviously unable to believe that this was his own doing.

Vomit...

Such a bloody scene impacted Blake's mind, even though in the past in the movies and games have seen in many similar scenes, this also gave him an incomparably huge impact, finally he could no longer bear, ran to the corner vomited up.

Ah...!

As the saying goes, a wave has not yet subsided, in Joel froze in place, Blake vomited in the corner, the head of the broken fence suddenly poked out a hideous head, his mouth hissed loudly, the body kept pushing inward, trying to rush into the courtyard to tear two people.

But his body had just poked out halfway when a raised shattered board below him pushed up against his waist, making it impossible for him to enter for a moment.

Jimmy?

This sudden appearance of an infected person naturally attracted the attention of the two, and they immediately recognized the person in front of them as none other than Jimmy, who lived with Kubo.

Come on, go to the house.

Joel was the first to react, he greeted the boy in the corner, and then ran towards his house.

See Joel left, Blake also dare not stay here, followed closely behind him, a few healthy steps into the house inside.

Dad?

Delaney?

Just entered the house, Delaney heard someone call his name beside him, towards the source of the voice to see, the original Sarah is standing not far away, is looking at them with a bemused face.

After the people came in, Joel closed the glass door, walked quickly to the table next to the door, from the drawer with a pistol box, quickly assembled the firearm, while shouted to Delaney aside:

Take Sarah and lean back, stay away from the door.

Dad, you're scaring me a little, what's going on?

Never seen her father so nervous look Sarah momentarily also followed the nervous, even with the voice is a little trembling.

Sarah, let's get out of here, I'll explain to you later.

Looking at some frightened Sarah, Delaney would like to tell her the reason, but once he remembered that was stuck in the guardrail Jimmy, he understood that this place should not stay long, so walked to Sarah and take her to go towards the gate.

Why...

Dang!

Dang!

Such a bizarre scene in front of Sarah's heart is really some panic, she just wanted to ask Blake what happened, but the words just came out, in the sliding door next to them and the door behind them suddenly came at the same time a violent impact.

If Jimmy's figure behind the sliding door was expected by Blake, then the sudden crash behind them was completely unexpected.

This kind of back and forth attack is very unpleasant, see Joel has assembled a pistol aimed at Jimmy behind the sliding door, he also took a deep breath, stood in front of Sarah, also raised the pistol at another point of impact, invisible in the girl in the middle.

Calm down! Calm down!

Delaney swallowed his saliva, in his previous life, he was just a small employee, where he had experienced this kind of thing, but he also knew that in the disaster without courage and courage, it is extremely difficult to survive, so even in the heart of how fear, he must also overcome.

Ah...!

The time will come, along with the sound of breaking glass behind him, the door in front of him was also ruthlessly knocked open.

The red-eyed Infected entered the room and let out an ear-splitting scream before pouncing on the prey in front of him.

Looking at the horrible face of the infected getting closer and closer, somehow Delaney did not have the initial fear, he felt a strange energy pouring into his body.

The pupils of his eyes suddenly contracted, his trembling body instantly returned to control, he quickly raised his pistol, the black muzzle of the gun aimed at the head of the infected in front of him, and a roaring roar came out of his mouth.

Give me death!

Bang!

Chapter 4: Car Accident

The cold bullet penetrated the infected's head, blood mixed with brain matter spurted out from the blood hole, splashing Blake all over his body and face.

The infected person whose brain was destroyed seemed to have lost its power, lying helplessly on the ground, and did not move. The blood continued to flow from the wound, and in a moment a pool of blood was formed, emitting a strong smell of blood.

Seeing the death of the infected, Blake's strength seemed to be drained, the whole person directly limp on the ground, and kept gasping for air.

Behind him, Sarah was also completely stunned by a scene, standing dumbfounded and trembling in place.

On the other hand, after shooting Jimmy, Joel turned around to see a limp a stunned two children, and did not know what to say, but he knew he could not stay here, must leave immediately.

Get up, let's get out of here.

Joel dragged up the ground Blake and silly standing Sarah, without saying a word, pulled the two towards the front door.

Just left the house, Joel happened to see his brother Tommy's car stopped outside, the other side saw them, a glint of joy flashed across his face and asked.

Where have you been? I called you did not answer the phone, outside are in what kind of chaos you know?

I already know, no nonsense hurry up and drive.

Joel did not say much, pulled open the rear door, the two children who have not yet returned to the mind stuffed in, he knows very well the situation of Delaney's family, know that his parents are out of town, so did not ask him more about the situation at home, closed the door and pulled open the front door and sat in.

Damn, why are you covered in blood, are you hurt!

Just get in the car, Joel heard Tommy concerned about the inquiry, but he really did not want to waste time, said directly: Not my blood, let's hurry up and leave.

Tommy heard and did not say anything else, start the engine to reverse, the direction of the highway quickly.

In the back seat, Blake did not pay attention to what Tommy and Joel said in the front row, he just looked at his hands, his mind kept recalling a scene that just happened.

I... Killed someone?

Although this feeling is very bad, but he is finally an adult with more than 20-year-old soul, after a deep breath, then gradually recovered from the discomfort, and after shooting someone he could feel as if he had broken through a certain barrier inside.

In his previous life, he had read a report of a murderer prisoner, after killing, as long as the initial period of tension and panic, then the whole person's mentality will be a radical change, feel themselves and others have been completely different, is able to easily control the life and death of others higher people, look at others are not the same kind of gaze, but prey, and encounter a slight displeasure, the first time to think is to kill The other side.

If a person is used to using killing to solve problems, then he will also be controlled by the killing, think of this Delaney secretly admonished himself must always maintain sanity.

Delaney, Sarah, how are you?

After the car drove a short distance, Joel turned his head to look at the two concerned, although he did not like Delaney too much at the beginning, that he and his daughter too close, but the other side in the time of crisis to stand up to protect Sarah, making his impression of the boy also slightly changed.

I'm fine.

Responding to Joel's concern, Delaney looked at Sarah next to him and, after seeing that she was also fine, opened his mouth and asked.

Just now my parents called me, they said that the infection is now completely out of control, what is the situation out there now?

For Delaney's question, Joel also very interested in knowing, so he looked at is driving the car Tommy, also hope to get an answer.

I am not very clear now, they all say that the people in the city have lost their minds, as if they are under the influence of some kind of parasite or something ghostly.

While concentrating on driving the car, Tommy uttered the information he had received from the news and from the mouths of passers-by.

And now cell phones and radios are all useless now, so there is no way to get accurate information.

Hearing Tommy's answer, the people in the car a moment of silence, who now understand that the situation has been incredibly serious.

When the vehicle that is driving to a fork in the road, Tommy as if suddenly remembered something, turned his head to his brother Joel and said.

When I came I read the latest news, said that the army now set up a roadblock on the highway, no one is allowed to enter the county, where do we go now?

.... Since you can't go on the highway, go to Route 71.

Good.

With a police car whistling past the front, the car turned right along the way, and along the way the crowd saw many families packing their bags, trying to leave with their wives and children.

He even saw a vehicle crash into a large tree on the side of the road, the driver's seat door open and empty inside, a long blood trail stretching outward and disappearing in the distance.

Damn, what the hell are these monsters?

Seeing this scene, Joel frowned slightly, which made him think of the infected people he encountered in the house.

I don't know, the police have no clue now.

For what Joel was talking about, Tommy naturally knew, he had run into a few infected patients on his way here, and continued.

It's not just our town that's experiencing this now, those reporters say the contagion started out in the south, but is now spreading rapidly towards the east and west...

After traveling for about ten minutes, they finally arrived at Route 71, during which they passed the Lewis farm, which had been burned by fire, and encountered a group of three families who had fled on foot from the roadside.

Tommy was going to stop and help each other, but Joel, who was sitting in the passenger seat, refused to help them because they were too many people and had children with them.

Coming to the intersection, looking at the long line of traffic ahead, Tommy's a little helpless, said.

It seems that everyone is playing the same attention.

The traffic looked like it had been blocking the area for a short time, with all the cars honking their horns, and Delaney even saw a helicopter fly over their heads.

The owner of the blue car in front of them was obviously impatient with waiting and roughly pushed open the door and yelled angrily at the traffic ahead.

Bastard, what the hell is going on in front of you, get out of here!

But just as he finished speaking, two infected wearing hospital gowns suddenly leapt out of the darkness beside the driveway, one of them rushed close and pounced on the man beside the car and tore him to the ground.

The other infected got in through the open door and bit the woman sitting in the passenger seat.

This...

The sudden arrival of the infected stunned the crowd in the car, a time all froze, just then the infected who jumped on the man after biting off the neck of the prey, noticed the four people in the car in front of him, hissed and got up and rushed over.

Tommy, back the car up and get out of here!

Joel's shove brought Tommy back to his senses instantly, his right hand quickly put in reverse gear, throttled down, and drove into the middle of the next town.

The car turned left onto a main road, but came face to face with a group of frightened fleeing crowd.

The crowd hindered the forward movement of vehicles, not far in front of even a car across the fence in the middle of the road, only the next only enough for a car to pass the intersection, forced Tommy had to slow down the speed of the car, driving slowly forward, he wanted to wait for the crowd to pass before.

But the number of people is too much, along with Joel's constant urging, a gritted teeth Tommy slammed a foot on the accelerator, a hard acceleration through the narrow intersection.

Drop--!

But do not wait for them to breathe a sigh of relief, the car just after an intersection, but the blinding lights appeared on the left side of the vehicle, a runaway truck hit head-on.

Bam!

The truck crashed hard into in the side of the car before anyone could react, and the huge impact directly overturned the entire car, rolling several times on the road before flipping on its side next to the store on the side of the road.

Holy shit!

I don't know how long it took, Delaney gradually came out of the coma, he only felt to his head vague pain, like pins and needles, but thankfully his body is not seriously hurt.

Immediately after he found the vehicle overturned, Sarah and Joel are unconscious, while the driver's seat of Tommy's position has disappeared, and I do not know if it was thrown out.

Yanked the car door, Delaney found that the door has been deformed, simply can not be pushed open, but good in the car roof has a sunroof, he did not think about pulling open the sunroof and got out.

Outside the car, the streets were full of panicked fleeing people, the fires illuminated the surrounding area as if it were daylight, and several infected people could even be seen not far away.

Sarah, Joel, wake up!

The two names were shouted towards the car, Delaney pushed Joel in the front seat, because of his size he did not care whether the other party was awake or not, directly pulling up Sarah in the back seat, dragging her out of the window.

The front-seat Joel was so pushed by Delaney, also gradually awake, and quickly turned to look back, see Sarah was Delaney saved out, secretly relieved, and then raised his left foot kicked a few feet of windshield, directly kicked it out.

And from the car was dragged out of the Sarah also from unconsciousness in a leisurely turn, as soon as the eyes opened to see Delaney face concern to ask whether she was injured.

But she was just about to answer when she suddenly saw behind Delaney, a hideous infected face from the dark corner of the wild!

Chapter 5: Soldier

Watch out behind you!

Seeing the infected getting closer and closer, Sarah also disregarded her own situation and hurriedly raised her voice to warn Delaney of the danger behind her.

But the other party's reaction is faster than hers, only to see him fiercely a turn, stretching his foot hard towards the infected behind him a fierce kick in the leg.

The infected instantly lost its balance and fell to the ground, followed by Delaney's foot on the back of the opponent, drew out his dagger and stabbed the infected in the head, ending its life.

This...

Looking at the boy who became incomparably decisive in front of her, Sarah suddenly felt that the other party was very strange, and she felt that the other party seemed to have changed as a person.

Pulling the dagger out, Delaney stared at the infected that had fallen to the ground, he had long seen the infected behind him through the car glass, but now it seemed that the threat of these monsters alone was not as frightening as he had imagined.

The line of sight returned to Sarah's body, he found the girl's right pants at some point, was soaked with blood a small piece, see the situation he hurriedly asked.

Sarah, your leg is injured?

Ah!

Originally there was nothing to feel Sarah, was reminded of the other side, only to realize that their right leg was injured, the pain suddenly came like a tidal wave, involuntarily issued a cry of pain.

Just out of the car, Joel, hearing the news of his daughter's leg injury, the heart can not help but sink, for the current situation, the leg injury is simply the most critical situation.

Can you still walk?

Quickly walk Sarah's side, Joel first time to pick up his daughter's body, asking whether he can still continue to walk, when see each other shook his head, the heavy mood instantly fell to the bottom.

Delaney silently stood aside, some hesitation to turn away now, he felt he had done a neighbor and friend can do the great limit.

Now the infected are getting closer and closer to here, and the number will only increase, plus Sarah's leg injury, as if it has become a burden on the team.

And as Sarah's relatives Joel will not leave the girl behind, so dragging, the infected will catch up with just a matter of time, Delaney is not the Virgin Mary, not great enough to risk their lives for the people they just met a month ago.

At this time, the original unknown Tommy ran out from nowhere, only to see him with an anxious face to the three people beside the car.

Damn, the infected are coming, we have to run!

It turns out that in the three unconscious this time, the infected on the highway has broken into the town, those who had fled towards the highway all turned back, along with a large number of infected brought.

Knowing that the situation is critical, Joel will then pistol to the back of the waist to Tommy, and then picked up the legs of Sarah said.

Tommy, you cover me.

Okay.

Tommy also saw his niece's injured right leg, know now is not the time to waste time, took the pistol, said to the next Delaney.

Kid, I remember you also have a gun, right, you follow them next to me, I will break the back!

Slightly hesitant, Delaney nodded, no matter what in mind, the primary goal now is to get out of this hellhole first.

The four of them followed the swarming crowd and fled ahead, during which people kept rolling and crawling out of the buildings on both sides, screaming in fear, while a scattering of infected people followed behind them.

Just as the fleeing crowd passed an intersection, a runaway car suddenly burst out of the intersection ahead and went straight into the gas station at the diagonal.

Boom!

The car slammed into the fuel tank, bringing up sparks that instantly ignited the gasoline, detonating the entire tank and setting off a blazing fire that set all the people who fled to the side of the gas station on fire.

Dozens of people were instantly burned by the flames, miserable howling after miserable howling, some people rolled back and forth on the ground in pain, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies to save themselves, while some people ran to the nearest person to them, expecting to get assistance. But this approach not only did not get help, but will be he pounced on the people also set on fire.

Such a horrific scene, so that the crowd behind are afraid to advance, coupled with the explosion of flame blocked the road ahead, the panic crowd like headless flies, fleeing to the left and right.

Towards the right.

Seeing the front road is blocked, Joel did not stop, let Delaney and Tommy follow him, and then whispered to calm his daughter, who has long been shivering, let her close her eyes.

Delaney did not slow to follow them, the front is the Madillo Theatre, as long as after there is only a short distance from the highway intersection, then just find a car will be able to quickly leave.

But reality is often cruel, just as they were about to reach the intersection, a burning vehicle suddenly exploded at the intersection, scaring the crowd that was running forward immediately turned around and ran backwards.

But the road behind them has long been occupied by the infected, when those who ran in the forefront of the sense that something is wrong, intend to turn back, the crowd behind them unaware of the crowd is desperately crowded forward, sending them to the mouth of the infected.

The road ahead is impassable, and there are infected approaching in the back, Blake and his party were suddenly caught in a dilemma.

This way, there is an alley here!

Just when the situation is getting more and more crisis, Tommy saw two buildings in the middle, there is an alley closed by iron fence, and quickly greeted the other over.

Fortunately the door is not locked, a line of fish into, see people are coming in, Tommy rushed to find a stick, the door to seal, but also the two also want to come in the unlucky blocked outside the door.

On the other hand, walking in front of Joel was almost attacked by the infected who suddenly jumped out from the garbage can at the corner, Delaney was stunned, is subconsciously fired a shot, it was a mistake to explode the head of the infected.

Continuing deeper into the alley all the way, in the crowd thought they could shake off the monster behind them, the infected but as if possessed, over the fence and fence, close behind them.

Joel's hands, after all, holding Sarah, greatly affected the team's forward speed, seeing the infected behind them closer and closer, they dry busy into the nearest bar, expecting to use the door to block the pace of these monsters.

But when everyone entered the bar and turned to close the door, the infected hand reached into the doorway and jammed the soon-to-be-closed door.

Looking at Tommy, who was holding the door shut, Delaney rushed forward and fired several shots at the outside of the door, forcing the infected directly back, which closed the door.

After closing the door, everyone did not stop and left towards the other end of the bar, while the infected who were blocked behind the door still reluctantly hit the door, expecting to break in.

After rushing out of the bar, taking out a single infected by hand and rescuing one who was about to be killed, they entered the mountain road off the highway through a gap in the broken fence outside the bar.

They kept shooting to solve the scattered infected in the road, and their group approached the highway quickly.

But before they got very far, blinding lights appeared on the hillside in front of them, and a heavily armed soldier blocked their path.

Stop, don't move, put your hands up!

Even though they already knew that the highway was guarded by the army, but here is obviously a long way from the highway, and meeting soldiers here was obviously unexpected by everyone.

The gun-wielding Tommy decided to drop the pistol, both hands raised high, afraid that the other side shoot.

But the good thing is that the soldier saw the man holding the weapon surrendered, plus another man holding a child, also slightly relaxed vigilance, not too much attention to stand next to another child.

Looking at the soldier standing on the slope and the assault rifle in his hand, Delaney moved obscurely to the right, half his body hidden behind the right side of the rock, thinking in his heart, like this scene in the doomsday movie that is not uncommon.

First, the survivors who escaped met the soldiers, then the soldiers asked their superiors what to do, and finally the superiors cold-bloodedly ordered the shooting of civilians, although the situation in the movie is not necessarily true, but it is always right to keep an extra eye.

Sir, please help me.

Just as Delaney and the others stopped because of the warning and the soldier was going to ask his superiors via radio, a figure suddenly rushed out in the shadows.

Delaney first froze, then realized that the figure was the same survivor they had saved at the bar entrance, and had turned out to have been sneaking up behind them.

Stand still in the original, or I'll shoot.

The soldier also did not expect that other people would suddenly run out behind these people, and did not bother to contact his superiors, raised the assault rifle in his hand and warned the other party not to continue to approach.

But the survivor seemed to not listen to it at all, and continued to run forward frantically, chanting help, as if the whole person was bewitched.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of stopping, the soldier did not hesitate in the slightest and pointed his assault rifle at the survivor, directly at the mouth with the trigger.

Bullets were ejected from the muzzle of the gun, and the survivor's body was instantly shot into a sieve with a series of blood spray.

The scene was suddenly quiet for a moment, although the death of survivors have their own factors, but the soldiers did not hesitate to shoot, or let the people present feel the heart tremble.

Joel looked at the survivors who were still twitching on the ground and knew that things might be a little less than second.

Suddenly he aimed to see that Delaney, who was beside him, had hidden behind the rock body next to him at some point, and then his mind was moved and his heart pondered.

Sarah is now held in his arms, in case the opposite soldiers also shot at them, then the daughter will not become his shield!

A thought of this, he began to move slowly in the direction of Delaney without moving.

Chapter 6: Separation

Sarah, later I put you down, you go to the side to find Delaney, and hide with him!

The scene of the soldier shooting the survivors made Joel very palpitating, he did not dare to leave the life and death of his party all to the soldiers, especially since there was his daughter in it.

Hmm.

Sarah was a bit depressed because of the excessive shock on the way, but she also knew that in allowing her father to hold herself, will only continue to drag him down, so she obediently responded.

Shit... Did you guys ever ask my opinion!

Silently watching the father-daughter interaction, Delaney could not help but inwardly spit, but when Joel put down Sarah, he still reached out and pulled the girl over.

During this period the girl's injured leg will inevitably be touched, but even in how the pain, the girl is still clenched teeth, not a word.

The gun to you, I first take Sarah to hide in the bushes over there!

Let Sarah lean lightly against the back of the rock, Delaney hesitated, walked behind Joel, using the other party's back as cover, inserted his pistol inside his pants pocket.

Okay, I got it.

Feeling the extra pistol in his pants pocket, Joel felt a lot more at ease, and immediately after he heard Delaney say.

I wear a watch with a timed reminder function, the time is in three minutes, I will throw it to the right of the soldier in the grass, if he waits to .... should be able to attract his attention for a while.

The words came out, Jolton was silent, he did not expect the other side can think of so many things, it seems that they are a little underestimated this boy.

Then...

He inclined his head just about to ask Delaney why he did that, but saw that the two children had long since disappeared behind the rock body next to him.

And on the slope, the soldier is also in some difficulty for the few people in front of him, his task is to purge the nearby dangerous targets, there is no other mission instructions, he had no choice but to open the radio to ask for instructions and said.

A few citizens have been spotted on the periphery, requesting instructions.

Within moments, the radio was picked up and a male voice came over the intercom, giving an unmistakably cold command.

Shoot on the spot, no matter who it is.

Hearing the command over the intercom, the soldier felt a bit incredulous, wondering why an order to shoot on sight was given, which was clearly against the moral law.

But sir, there are children here ....

Execute the order!

But...

That's enough, soldier you just need to obey!

The soldier originally wanted to argue, but heard the increasingly cold voice on the other end of the intercom, he did not dare to continue to argue, which can say.

Yes, sir!

I'm sorry.

With a silent apology in his heart, the soldier lifted the rifle in his hand, wanting to give the few men and children on the other side a pain.

But just as he raised his assault rifle, he realized that the girl in one of the men's hands had disappeared at some point, and the other boy standing aside was also nowhere to be found.

Just now his attention was mostly on the walkie-talkie and Tommy who had a firearm in front of him, and really didn't notice what was actually happening on the other side.

Damn, where did those two kids go!

The soldier who felt something was wrong, immediately questioned the two men in front of him in a stern voice.

But what he just said into the radio were heard by Joel and Tommy, although do not know what orders were given at the other end, but looking at the soldier's reaction, you can guess, so of course they will not say anything.

Joel silently calculated the time in his heart, reached out and pointed to the back of the unoccupied rock body next to him, and carefully said.

They're all tired, I'll let them lean back and rest...

Let them out.

But sir, my daughter's leg ....

I said, let them out!

Seeing that the soldier had raised his rifle, Joel's heart grew anxious and cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead.

Drip-!

At this time, the right side of the grass suddenly came a loud noise, the soldier heart a shock, instinctively a shuttle of bullets and shot over.

But not a few shots, he found something wrong, and quickly turned the gun, and could not care less about the children, directly to shoot the two men.

But Joel will not sit still, he waited for this opportunity, the will to live so that his movements are incredibly swift, pulled out a pistol to the soldier's head and pulled the trigger.

Unfortunately, due to too much haste, the bullet did not succeed in hitting the target's head, but only his chest.

Ah!

Struck by a bullet in the chest, the body fell backwards, the intense pain made the soldier subconsciously press the trigger, the jet of gunfire raging towards the air unconsciously, the burst of gunfire echoed in the air continuously.

And standing aside Tommy also after the soldier was attracted by the watch, deep a dive to pick up the pistol on the ground, before the soldier fell to the ground, a precise shot through his skull.

Whew...

Seeing the crisis lifted, the two brothers could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, but just then behind them, suddenly rang out the sound of intensive hissing and footsteps.

They froze and turned back to look behind them, and dense infected appeared behind them like a sea wave.

Damn, run!

As soon as Tommy saw this situation, he understood that these infected must have been attracted by the sound of gunfire, and as