Before the apocalypse, Chen Nan had only one goal: to run faster.

Faster, faster, get a good ranking, win honorary awards, and strive to enter the national team as soon as possible, then he could live a better life for himself and Jiamu.

After the virus outbreak, Chen Nan still had only one goal: to run faster.

Faster, faster, get rid of the zombies, work hard to live, and take Jiamu to see the Forbidden City in Beijing to complete the promise between them.

Right now, he must not only run faster to ensure that the zombies couldn’t catch him, but he also had to try his best to lead the zombies away from Shen Xun as far as possible. It wouldn’t be a difficult task for him if his ankle was not injured.

When collecting crystal nuclei at the rest station a few days ago, Chen Nan’s left ankle accidentally hit a cement pillar and was sprained. At that time, he didn’t think it was a big problem. After that day, his ankle didn’t hurt that much. It wasn’t until today when he ran back and forth for a long time to attract zombies that the dark wounds lurking began to show up. Less than half an hour before he got out of the car, the wound that he hadn’t expected was already swollen by nearly two fingers high, and with each step he took, the pain from the wound became stronger.

As a professional athlete, Chen Nan knew what it meant to have an ankle injury, but he could not stop or dare to stop. There were hundreds of zombies behind him, not only ordinary zombies, but also nearly a quarter of them were mutated zombies. Not only that, there were more zombies coming from the houses, building gaps, junctions and corners of the road. Once he stopped or even slowed down a bit, these zombies would drown him immediately.

The county town was in the process of rebuilding the old city. The road design was very chaotic. Not only were there many twists and turns, there were also potholes everywhere. Chen Nan was unlucky. After breaking into a narrow roadway, he hit a construction section head-on. The road was blocked by various roadblocks and excavators, and there were four or five zombie workers baring their fangs and brandishing their claws while stuck on concrete.

What’s even more terrible was that a group of zombies also appeared from the other end of the road section. There were wolves and tigers in front and soldiers chasing behind, roaring and blocking Chen Nan in the middle of the road section.

F*ck, Chen Nan cursed. His face was pale, both because of the plight he was in, and also because of the increasing pain in his ankle. Seeing that the two groups of zombies were about to encircle him, it was too late to think carefully, and he turned and rushed into a bookstore on the side of the road, closing the door with a slam.

There were no zombies on the first floor of the bookstore, which was good news. But the door was made of wood with glass inlay, and it clattered under the first wave of zombies. It was impossible for it to hold on for long.

Chen Nan ran with one foot in pain, dragging two bookshelves and pushed it tightly against the door. Most of the bookstores sold exercise books and information books. The bookshelves he dragged were as tall as one person and not that heavy, but it should be able to hold the door for a while. The bookshelves against the wall were both tall and heavy, but it was a pity that they were all fixed on the wall with screws. Chen Nan spent a long time staying still and being quiet, but could not help but give up in desperation.

More and more zombies gathered outside the door, working together to knock the door down. A layer of cement dust floated down from the location connecting the ceiling during the tremor. Chen Nan dragged several small bookshelves against the back of the door, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned and walked upstairs.

The stairs were very steep, and it was so dim because the door was closed. Chen Nan had to open his eyes hard to recognise the outline of the steps. Even so, when he finished the last staircase, he subconsciously stepped up again. His body had not yet settled from the imbalance of one foot, and a shadow suddenly flew at him.

It was a male mutated zombie, of medium size. With a vigorous force, Chen Nan was hit hard against the wall, its almost completely rotten face desperately leaned against his neck, and he could vaguely see maggots moving in it.

“F*ck.” Chen Nan grabbed its arm and pushed it with all his strength, preventing the zombie’s nails or rattling teeth from touching him. In the struggle, he accidentally loosened his grip on the thornstick and it rolled down the stairs.

F*ck

Chen Nan cursed again, cruelly pushing the zombies further away. His strength was greater than that of the male corpse, but he did not expect that the texture on the other side’s arm had also rotted. Under the force, the skin slid up like a sleeve, the zombie’s arm stretched forward, and the nail almost scratched Chen Nan’s face. Just at this time, another female zombie stumbled out of a room, the hoarse howling sound was close at hand, and it was about to bite Chen Nan in one sight.

On the occasion of a sudden attack, Chen Nan was wise. He pushed the male corpse to block the female corpse, and then moved half a circle to change the direction of the zombie. Then he kicked its foot fiercely, and the two zombies fell off the stairs.

F*ck, what the f*ck, what the ever-loving f*ck

Chen Nan gasped violently against the wall. The extreme fear of death made him feel a little bit off. His heart was beating too fast, it seemed to be able to jump out of his chest at any time, and his ankle felt more painful than being stabbed with a knife. But the crisis had not been lifted. The two zombies just fell down the stairs and did not die. After a roar, the mutated male zombie climbed up the stairs again. The bones in its leg had already broken and the bloody bones pierced the fabric and were exposed to the outside, but it was completely unaffected. The turbid eyes stared directly at Chen Nan, like a ghost crawling on the dim and narrow staircase. Just a glance at the scene, and it could make the person have white hair and cold sweat.

At the same time, there was a rumbling sound of heavy objects falling down and the clutter of footsteps downstairs, pushing the door open.

Chen Nan’s hands and feet were as cold as ice. After about two seconds of rigidity, he clenched his teeth and quickly turned to find a room on the second floor. Confirming that there were no zombies in the room, he hid and locked the door, and pushed a wardrobe and a desk behind the door. After doing all this, his back was already soaked with cold sweat. He staggered to sit down on the bed after a few steps, and the rapid gasps mixed with the violent heartbeat echoed repeatedly in this space.

The second floor of the bookstore was where the boss lived. The room he found looked like a girl’s bedroom, fresh and pink, and there was a faint aroma. The room was not big, but at this time it just gave people a sense of security, and Chen Nan’s tense nerves were relaxed for a moment. Once he relaxed, the pain in his ankle became more intense and unbearable.

Because of the running and the foot that had just kicked a zombie, the ankle at this time was swollen almost like a bun. The blue and purple color had a little bit of red in it. He couldn’t use any force at all. When he moved his body a little bit, he felt pain like his ankle was a pincushion.

Losing his weapon and losing a foot, what should he do next?

Without waiting for Chen Nan to think for too long, a zombie slammed into the door of the room.

It was conservatively estimated that there were two thousand zombies who chased him before, and the mutated zombies ranged from about 400 to 500. Even if only half of the mutated zombies rushed into the bookstore, and only half of them could climb the stairs, would this door be able to withstand a hundred zombies pushing together?

The cracked wall told him that this was impossible.

Chen Nan wiped a sweat and hopped to the window with one foot. This bedroom was located away from the construction street. The window was facing a relatively quiet alley. There were only about twenty zombies. If Chen Nan’s foot was not injured and there was a weapon in hand, this would be the best escape path.

Unfortunately, the situation was not satisfactory.

Chen Nan carefully observed the situation outside the window more than a dozen times, and predicted countless times what would happen, and finally he could only draw a conclusion to jump from here. If he had good luck, he would fall directly to his death. If he had bad luck, there would be more than twenty zombies swallowing him alive, and eventually he would become one of them.

Hopping back to the bed with one foot, Chen Nan’s mouth was dry and his hands and feet were numb, and he couldn’t tell what he was feeling at this time.

Is that all? Is this the end? His life, his journey, and the promise between him and Jiamu, will end in this place?

Bang. Another zombie hit the door, the wooden door trembled, and a layer of mud and dust fell on the edge.

His time was running out.

Chen Nan sat on the bed for a while, and when his palms stopped shaking, he untied the backpack from his body, unzipped it, and carefully took Jiamu’s head out. With the guidance of brother Shen, his abilities have been growing rapidly recently. In addition to producing plants, he also used his powers to Jiamu every day, so he looked more and more normal, and had almost no difference from when he was alive. His palm touched Jiamu’s eyebrows and he smiled. He infused all the powers that he had into his head, and then took out a comb from his backpack and combed Jiamu’s hair patiently and meticulously. Jiamu, who was always full of powers, was always very well behaved. He was not noisy at all, he even let Chen Nan hugged him in his arms, as if in trance, it was like returning to the time when the two were interdependent before the apocalypse.

In the frantic howl of zombies, the door slamming became more and more intense, and every slam caused the whole room to tremble together.

After combing his hair meticulously, Chen Nan put down the comb and seriously kissed his brother’s forehead, “If I am really going to die, then I would rather die in your hand.” As he said that, he held Jiamu’s head close to his carotid artery and at the same time, he raised his hand and touched the lock of the mask. As long as the mask came off and he was attracted to flesh and blood, he would soon become like Jiamu.

I’m sorry, I’m useless. I can’t even take you to the Forbidden City. If we have a next life, would you still want to be my little brother?

You probably don’t want to. It doesn’t matter, then I will be your little brother.

There was a sound of crash, a burst of glass being shattered halted Chen Nan’s movements. He looked at the source of the sound and saw Shen Shian on the window sill, “You are really here.”

Eh

Before Chen Nan responded, Shen Shian shouted, “Found him.” and then jumped in from the window and walked to the bedside, “Are you injured? Were you injured or bitten by a zombie?”

Chen Nan looked at his figure for a long time and was speechless. His nose was sore and his eyes were blocked by tears. He wanted to ask him why he didn’t go and how he found himself, but he only nodded and shook his head, “I’m not bitten by a zombie, I only hurt my ankle.”

Shen Shian knelt on one knee, lifted his trousers and looked, his eyebrows were furrowed. After the initial inspection, he gradually loosened, “No dislocation, no bones were damaged, probably only the tendon was damaged.” He took out a bottle of mineral water from his backpack, “Drink this.” About one-fifth of the spring water was added to the mineral water, not only to make Chen Nan not aware of the abnormality, but also to accelerate the healing of his wounds.

The sound of “Bang” knocking on the door rang again. This time it was extremely intense. The door lock was loose and crumbling. The door looked like it would be knocked open at any time.

Shen Shian turned around and looked at Chen Nan, “It’s okay, don’t worry.” After he finished drinking, he said, “Put your head away, we have to go.”

Until Shen Shian carried him safely to the ground from the second floor, Chen Nan still felt like he was dreaming, but there were still more dreamy things he saw, it was Shen Xun carrying a majestic Tang sword, squatting in the alley and greeted him voluntarily, saying, “He’s not dead.”

Chen Nan had not thought about how to answer him when a few zombies came swaying from behind Shen Xun. He was shocked and shouted, “Xun Xun, careful!”

Shen Xun curled his lips, pulled out the Tang sword and ran over, chopping the zombies two or three times like chopping melons and vegetables.

“En.” Shen Xun hopped with the sword in front of them.

Eh

Shen Shian put Chen Nan’s left arm on his shoulder and said to the child, “Clear the road ahead.”

After walking about two hundred meters, Chen Nan finally recovered his voice, “Brother Shen, where are we going?” This does not seem to be going away from the county town.

“The county town plaza.”

He still had thousands of zombie crystal nuclei not picked up yet.