Early the next morning, Lin Qingqing woke up very early.
She sat on the bed in a daze for a while before once again convincing herself to accept the arrival of the doomsday.
After washing her face, Lin Qingqing, with a piece of breakfast bread in her mouth, leaned against the window and looked out, trying to get used to the disgusting appearance of zombies as early as possible.
At this time, the community garden was quiet. There were still three or five zombies on the lawn, and the gate was closed tightly as it was yesterday. Not a single living person could be seen in the yard downstairs, and even the usual chirping of birds had stopped.
Lin Qingqing subconsciously slowed her breathing. Her gaze swept over every corner one by one until she accidentally caught sight of a corner of the building opposite.
It was a residence on the far left. At the moment, the curtains were wide open, and a man and a woman could be clearly seen standing by the window.
Judging by their ages, they should be a couple or lovers. Lin Qingqing had seen their affectionate figures yesterday, but today, the situation between the two of them obviously didn't seem so harmonious.
They seemed to be arguing. At first, it was just a dispute, but gradually, the argument became more and more intense, and finally, they couldn't help but start fighting.
"Well, a fight between a man and a woman is really much more interesting than looking at zombies!"
Lin Qingqing watched with great interest. The man was quite strong. Although not tall, the muscular lines on his upper body could be vaguely seen. And the woman opposite him was no pushover either. With her hair disheveled, she held something in her hand and was hitting the man's face.
"Wow ~ so fierce ~"
Lin Qingqing squinted her eyes, watching the two on the opposite side fighting back and forth in full swing.
However, just as she was guessing who would give in first in the end, the man suddenly erupted, grabbing the woman's neck and pushing her against the window.
The woman struggled desperately. Her hands kept slapping the man's arms and shoulders, and her feet were kicking him randomly.But instead of easing up, the man across the way became even more brutal, his grip growing tighter. It was as if what he held in his hands wasn't a woman, but a weak little animal.
The turn of events was so sudden that Lin Qingqing's eyes widened in shock, and the bread in her mouth had long since fallen to the ground without her noticing. She pressed herself against the window, watching helplessly as the woman's struggling movements grew weaker and weaker until her hands and feet went limp.
"Damn it, this man is really serious about killing her!" Lin Qingqing cursed with a cold face.
"What on earth is their feud that he has to kill his own woman with his bare hands?" She stared intently at the fierce man, her breathing rapid, until she saw him slowly loosen his hold on the woman.
The man first stretched out a hand to check the woman's breath. Then, after a moment of stunned silence, he immediately jumped back two steps.
The next instant, he seemed to swing his fist in懊恼. He punched the wall beside him, then suddenly stopped, as if remembering something. He rushed forward, pushed open the window, bent down, picked up the woman on the ground, held her out of the window, and then, head - down, threw her out with force.
With a dull "thud", the corpse instantly landed on the steps downstairs. The splattering blood attracted all the surrounding zombies, and they swarmed around.
And the man upstairs just watched as the woman's slender body was submerged in the horde of zombies.
He stared fixedly at the zombies until they had finished devouring the corpse. Then, he cautiously looked around, retracted his body, closed the window, and disappeared behind the curtains.
Lin Qingqing, who had witnessed all this, was now stiff all over, her hands and feet cold.
"Is this guy a psycho killer? Killing someone and then disposing of the body, all these actions are so smooth, as if he's done it many times before."
Just thinking about how the man had calmly watched the zombies devour his woman's body made Lin Qingqing feel a chill run from the soles of her feet straight to her forehead.
"So this is the real doomsday?"
When the doomsday arrives, it's not just the zombies that mutate, but also the hearts of one's fellow humans.Compared to those brain - less zombies, perhaps one's fellow humans are the most terrifying and unpredictable existence.
Once killing and disposing of corpses become arbitrary acts, for those with weak wills, such a world becomes the most terrifying breeding ground for evil.
"Is it only the second day, and some people can no longer hold on to the bottom line of being human?"
The man across the building had, on the second day of the doomsday, given Lin Qingqing a vivid lesson with his actions: "In this era lacking the restraint of rules, do the strong adapt and survive while the weak are destined to be eliminated?"
Unable to help shivering, Lin Qingqing rubbed her arms. At this moment, the last bit of luck and evasion in her heart disappeared. She composed herself, quickly finished her breakfast, and settled down to start the most basic physical training.
The initial difficulty wasn't too high. Fortunately, today she found that she hadn't turned into a "glutton" as she had expected yesterday. Her appetite had returned to its previous level.
After working up a good sweat, Lin Qingqing ended her morning physical training. She gulped down most of a bottle of water and started thinking about the food problem.
In fact, there was no need to think too much. Next door had the food she needed. This young couple often cooked by themselves, so they must have stocked up a lot. But the problem was that besides food, there was also a zombie next door.
Although Lin Qingqing could now look at the zombies downstairs while eating, she had never come into close contact with one after all.
It was impossible not to be afraid. In fact, she had thought about the neighbors next door for a long time, but her fear of zombies made her subconsciously avoid considering this option.
But evasion wasn't a long - term solution. Her own food was scarce to begin with, not to mention her small 88 - pound body.
"Without sufficient food and a good body, how can I survive in the doomsday?"
For the sake of her hard - won life, Lin Qingqing finally decided to take down the zombie next door. Anyway, this was a step she had to take if she wanted to become stronger.She was braver than the average girl. Once she made up her mind, she stopped hesitating.
But how could she get into the neighbor's house?
She lived on the tenth floor. Looking at the thirty - odd - meter height and the tightly - shut windows of the neighbor's house, Lin Qingqing shook her head.
Not to mention anything else, just looking down at the ground from outside the window at this height would make her legs go weak. Besides, she had no experience in climbing through windows. What if she was attacked by a zombie while climbing in? Then she would really be in a dilemma.
So she could only go through the main door.
She took a few small household tools, opened the door and came to the neighbor's doorstep, trying to pick the door lock.
When she actually faced the anti - theft lock, she realized she had thought it too simply. After fumbling with the lock for a long time, Lin Qingqing became discouraged. She simply couldn't find the trick.
Just as she was thinking about giving up, she suddenly heard the growls of a zombie coming from inside the house, and each growl was clearer than the last.
"Hmm? It seems the zombie has come to the living room?"
Lin Qingqing had a sudden inspiration. She couldn't open this door, but the zombie could. Judging by the destructive power of the zombie, breaking through a wall might be difficult, but this ordinary door should be no problem.
What's more, this house was quite old, and the door was installed uniformly by the developer at that time. It was no longer as sturdy as before.After coming up with a solution, she immediately went back home to make preparations.