「Hey! Listen to me!! If you continue to cover up the facts, do you know that mankind will be in catastrophe!! Don’t believe what the government says! Listen...hurry up and stock up on your food and water...hide underground!!」
The story begins with a TV report...
A middle-aged man, Dr. Clark, interrupted the reporter during the TV link and kept warning the world about the above words on the screen. He kept trying to say these words until he was removed by security. Almost all the viewers in front of the TV now regard it as a joke.
It didn't take long for the situation to take a turn for the worse, and a year later, humans were almost extinct.
In 2028 AD, an unknown virus began to spread in Canada. The infected people will turn into monsters that feed on blood. They are extremely powerful and brutal... and those who are bitten will also become blood-sucking monsters. They spread very quickly until the whole world fell.
Yes...that's right, they all became "vampires".
The sun is in the sky, 12 months after the outbreak of the virus, the streets of Chicago are deserted, the desolate streets are full of garbage and disorderly, the streets are filled with abandoned vehicles, and things are scattered on the ground, which proves how urgent the situation was at that time. Now, All the people had disappeared long ago, and the whole city was quiet and silent.
In a large supermarket that was already deserted, two people quietly slipped in, a boy and a girl. They were very young. They were both college students nearby.
"Jack, do you think we are moving back today?..."
This smart-looking Asian girl with black-rimmed glasses was named Monica. She asked the boys, because in the past year, they had eaten up all the food in various stores, and even this store, All that's left is a pile of nutritious potato chip cookies. They didn't choose...
"It seems that this store is going to be empty... Just take some biscuits back home and come back tomorrow... After all, we can't bring much food for 7 people..."
The boy who responded to Monica was named Jack. He was also a student at the University of Illinois. He was lucky to escape during the chaos. Now Chicago has become an empty city. He and several surviving students are now hiding in the basement of one of the buildings. Live.
After Jack and Monica filled their bags with cookies, they looked at each other in a tacit understanding. Monica seemed to know what Jack wanted to do, and asked with an expression of disbelief:
"Are you sure you want to do that today?"
"Why not?... Anyway, we have done it many times!" Jack looked very expectant.
"Don't you know it's dangerous? There's really nothing you can do about it... You have to be on time this time..." Although Monica rolled her eyes, she still reluctantly agreed. Where are the two of them going?
Unknowingly, the time came to close to five o'clock in the afternoon. Jack and Monica walked to the top of a building with an excellent view, looking at the city with many tall buildings, but the surroundings were quiet and lifeless.
They are enjoying the breeze there
"Isn't this scenery beautiful? Every time you say it's dangerous... But you come here without hesitation... It shows that your body is more honest!" Jack looked at Monica with a smile, enjoying the wind blowing on his cheeks. a feeling of.
"How can you be dishonest!... It's because you are reluctant to leave every time, which puts us in great danger!" Monica muttered.
They quietly admired the beautiful sunset slowly setting in the west. They felt a little peaceful but also sad at the same time. Monica couldn't help but speak:
"Hey... tell me... how long are we going to continue to live a miserable life...? One year? Five years? Ten years?"
Jack was silent for a while before sighing and saying:
"...I don't know...Maybe we won't survive that long...Maybe we will become one of those monsters soon...Who knows..."
"Oh...that's true..." Monica couldn't help but smile bitterly...
"Beep...beep...beep" a sound sounded in this quiet moment. It turned out to be the alarm clock of the watch.
When the two of them heard this voice, their expressions instantly became serious and uneasy, especially Jack who sighed and shook his head in self-mockery:
"Ha... I still can't watch the beautiful scenery at that moment when the sun disappears... That's it for today!..."
After finishing speaking, Jack and Monica looked at each other, and then suddenly started running towards the door of the top floor as if something urgent was about to happen. Although Jack couldn't help but look back at the sunset, he didn't dare to stay. .
The two of them rushed downstairs quickly. As their watches kept beeping uncomfortably, the sun outside gradually disappeared from the horizon and the surrounding area began to darken.
This process is like a terrifying prelude.
As the sky gradually darkened, the originally quiet city began to become restless, as if some unknown species were whispering, resounding throughout the city, and the atmosphere was terrifying.
Jack and Monica knew what was going to happen next. They couldn't do anything but run downstairs and didn't do what he wanted...
"ah!!"
Monica accidentally fell down the stairs and was in so much pain that she couldn't stand up for a while.
"It hurts!...I can't stand up!!" Monica wailed.
"I'm helping you! We can't stop!"
Jack immediately helped her up without saying a word, because he had to move forward no matter what in the face of what was coming.
Fortunately, they had reached the third floor of the basement. At the far end of the corridor, a thick metal door similar to a vault was open. A person saw them at the door and shouted anxiously:
"Quick, quick, quick!! It's getting dark!! Hurry!"
Jack simply picked up Monica and rushed forward with all his strength, quickly getting behind the door. The people inside then closed the metal door and locked it heavily.
Finally, at the moment when the sun went completely dark outside, the restlessness in the city reached its peak, and then unknown monsters continued to pour out of the windows of various buildings. Although they had human shapes, they were no longer humans but vampires. Some have even mutated into bat-like wings, occupying the entire sky. The sight is extremely horrifying...
As night officially falls on the streets, groups of vampires are rummaging around, trying to find survivors who may still be hiding in the city.
And because they haven't sucked human blood for a long time, each of them is very violent and sometimes fights with each other. Therefore, the city of Chicago is very, very restless at night, which is the terrifying opposite of the tranquility during the day.
Underground, out of reach of these terrifying sounds, Jack and Monica, who had hid deep in the basement, were sitting with a group of people under a hanging fluorescent lamp that was not very bright. Everyone was sitting on the floor, leaning closely together, and one by one they were reporting on what they had done today.
Tasks assigned by God.
A total of eight people live in this shelter converted from a vault. They are Jack, Monica, Nate, Bill, Amanda, Frank, Olivia and Mark.
Nate and Monica are Jack's best friends in college.
Bill and Amanda are lovers, and Frank and Olivia are also lovers. They are students at another university.
Mark, on the other hand, appeared out of nowhere and refused to reveal his origins.
They were all lucky enough to escape here as soon as the disaster broke out. They worked together to build this secret shelter, built it from scratch, and have been living there until now.
First, Jack and Monica poured out the potato chips and biscuits that they had picked up from the supermarket today.
"Today we only have this kind of dry food left in the store on 13th Street... Maybe in a few days we will have to find other stores in more remote places..." Jack told everyone solemnly that this was not a good thing. After hearing the good news, everyone started discussing it worriedly.
Knight went on to report:
"I still used my laptop to monitor the network today and still found that the network was not disconnected. It seemed that there were still people operating the network system... but there was no trace of any living person on the entire network..." This strange phenomenon has everyone involved in speculation...
Bill was the bravest of the group, and then he reported on his mission today. His mission was to go to various buildings to observe the vampires who hid in the buildings and fell asleep during the day.
"As usual... they are all hiding in the building during the day... standing upside down on the ceiling in the dark part of the house. Not a single one of them moved... I don't think we need to worry too much." Bill's report made everyone feel at ease a little. His girlfriend Amanda touched his hand and praised him for being brave.
Next, Lun reported to Amanda. She was responsible for going to the tallest building in Chicago every day to spread out the SOS banners made by everyone, and to use telescopes to monitor the movements around the city.
"Today is just like usual... There are no planes or helicopters flying in the sky... I suspect that the entire military has fallen... There should be no foreign aid... Sigh..." Amanda reported to herself with a sigh. For today's task, Bill very thoughtfully hugged her and comforted her:
"We'll be fine."
Speaking of which, in fact, there are always two mice in every story, just like the couple Frank and Olivia here. ...
The remaining Frank and Olivia... were not assigned tasks. They just listened to everyone reporting today's tasks and kept saying hypocritically: "Oh~ thank you for your hard work... It's a pity that we two have poor motor skills." Okay, but I really can’t help...I’m so sorry~” and the like.
"What does this have to do with motor nerves..."
Monica had already complained about these two people. She wanted to complain at this moment, but she was stopped by Jack secretly. Jack didn't want to cause trouble at this time, even though Frank and Olivia always looked like a New York couple. People's non-stick pot habits often make people catch a cold.
Jack didn't talk about these two people and just turned to ask:
"Where's Mark? Where did Mark go today?"
Mentioning Mark, the last member of this shelter, everyone started to look around to see what Mark was busy with...
Suddenly, there was a "bump" and an unknown object was thrown in front of everyone's eyes, which shocked everyone.
Everyone took a closer look...and was almost scared to death.
It was actually a dead deer!!
"What? Haven't you seen a deer?" I saw Mark, the last member of the shelter, wiping the blood on his knife in the back with ease, and looking at everyone with an unpredictable look. ，It seems... everyone will be his prey sooner or later...
"Mark...where did you get this deer...?" Nate felt strange... He pointed at the dead deer and asked Mark on his behalf.
"A park...! Doesn't this solve the food problem...at least you don't have to worry about running out of meat for two weeks...Do you want to end up killing each other and cannibalizing others?...Who wants to be the first? ?..."
Mark deliberately looked at Nate while sharpening his knife, which made Nate swallow his saliva and stop asking any more questions.
"Thank you Mark... but don't make any more trouble." Mark heard what Jack said and put away the knife with a smile... Others also gathered around, because next, they would start to seriously discuss how to deal with the situation. Continue to live in this dangerous world and seek help...
