Qin An is thirty years old this year. At this time, he is lying on the bed like a dead man.

A person stood beside the bed, dressed in a black business suit. The white low-cut shirt underneath was visible. She had fair skin and light makeup, giving her an austere and cold appearance.

Li Ying is Qin An's ex-wife.

"The situation in the city is getting worse and worse. Online, people are saying that the t virus is global and has spread to many countries. Now our country can't escape it either. A friend of mine who works for the government told me that Hangzhou City is about to become an isolated zone, so I'm planning to evacuate this place..."

Li Ying paused here for a moment, then sighed softly and continued:

"I admit, I'm a materialistic person, and I wasn't able to keep going with you!"

I'm fed up with worrying about the mortgage every month. I'm done agonizing over whether to add an egg to my bowl of beef noodles!

I chose a better life.

Compared to you, he has too many advantages. He's rich, handsome, young, responsible, and he can give me everything I want. Most importantly, he's mine!

So I chose to leave you, this might be my fault, right?

Who knows! Maybe life is just like that, maybe in your eyes I'm not a good person, but it's me, this kind of person, who can live a better life!"

Qin An's body trembled slightly.

Li Ying didn't stop but continued:

"I suggest you leave Hangzhou too, and this is genuine advice!"

But based on my understanding of you, the blow this divorce would deal you is something you wouldn't be able to process anytime soon.

So I think you probably won't take my advice and leave!

I have prepared a lot of things for you, rice, storable vegetables, water, medicine, candles, cigarettes, several filled gas cylinders and some defensive weapons!

Now there are incidents of looting and rioting every day. The police, hospitals, even the riot police are all overwhelmed. If you don't want to leave, just stay in your room and don't go out. You have enough food here to last you a year. Hopefully, by then everything will be over!

Li Ying finished her sentence, without lingering any further. She turned and left, a tear rolling down the corner of her eye.

And Qin An, lying in bed, kept his head covered with a blanket. Tears streamed down his face like a spring.

In seven years, with the coming of the apocalypse, it has flowed away like water.

......

Three months later, the once bustling Hanghai City had become a dead city.

The streets here are filled with the dead.

This kind of strange creature is not unusual in Qin An's eyes, because it is no different from many apocalyptic works he has seen before.

Rigid limbs, bloodthirsty, devoid of a soul.

Qin An's home was on the eighteenth floor, the top of this apartment building. He was lying on the table at this time, holding a telescope and looking at the mourners on the street below.

Living people are rare to see, most have been eaten by these monsters, and perhaps some are trapped at home just like me.

Qin An counted the things Li Ying had prepared. Truly, she had everything, neatly piled up in those two bedrooms which together covered over seventy square meters.

These things, even if you don't go out for a year or two, would be enough for him to eat.

Now the entire city is without power, internet, water, and natural gas!

Luckily, Li Ying prepared a gas tank for Qin An and piled up buckets of mineral water in a bedroom. With these supplies, Qin An was able to survive.

After the t-virus outbreak, the infected started appearing slowly. At first, people were confused and thought it would all pass. However, in the end, more and more people fled the city, while those who remained gradually either became zombies or skeletal remains.

A bland and solitary life can erase a person's sorrow, Qin An was just like that. Although the wound Li Ying's departure had caused him hadn't completely disappeared, he had already hidden it deep in his heart.

In three months' time, he had already healed and recovered on his own. Now, he is thinking about how he should live his life!

Suddenly, a noise came from the next room. Qin An casually glanced over and saw a man and a woman walk out of the room.

They are Qin An's neighbors, a married couple. The man is Liu Tianyu, and the woman is Qin Xiaoyan.

There was more than four meters between the two stands, not too far. Liu Tianyu waved to Qin An.

Qin An's corner of his mouth twitched with a sneer, ignoring them.

Li Ying's infidelity is directly related to this couple. The man named Cheng Gang is the CEO of Qin Xiaoyan's company, a golden bachelor under thirty years old. It was with Qin Xiaoyan's help that he and Li Ying got together, ultimately leading Li Ying to choose to abandon her own family.

Before the apocalypse, Mr. and Mrs. Qin Xiaoyan looked down on Qin An. Although they were neighbors, they hardly greeted each other. Instead, both of them got along well with Li Ying and thought that Qin An, who was average-looking, wasn't a good match for Li Ying, who was beautiful.

But now, times have changed, and people naturally change as well.

The only reason Liu Tianyu greeted Qin An in such a manner was that their couple had already run out of food.

Liu Tianyu's face was a bit pale, he looked at Qin An, with a disgusting smile on his face, and flatteringly said: "Little brother, did you listen to the radio today? Hundreds of millions of people across the country have been infected. As long as they are bitten by a zombie, they will also become zombies. Isn't that terrifying!"

Qin An ignored him and continued leaning against the table, watching downstairs.

Liu Tianyu said, "Younger brother, I don't know when this disaster will pass. We're not as foresightful as Xiaoying. When I left, she bought me a lot of food each trip. At the time, I didn't understand why, but now I see how wise she was! As you know, our supplies are almost gone. Could you possibly sell me some of the food your family has prepared?"

Qin An sneered coldly and said, "Alright, a bag of instant noodles for 500,000. Pay up."

Liu Tianyu's face paled even further, and the forced smile he had managed to wear vanished.

Qin Xiaoyan, on the other hand, was flushed with anger and suddenly spoke up: "Although I introduced Xiao Ying to Cheng Gang, it was her own choice to cheat. You're incapable of keeping your own wife, so why are you angry with us?"

Qin An suddenly turned his head and glared angrily at Qin Xiaoyan.

"And Liu Tianyu hurriedly covered Qin Xiaoyan's mouth, saying, "Qin An, don't get angry. Look, this is the situation now. At least we are neighbors. You share some food with us, it's for saving our lives!"

Qin An didn't want to say anything more. He glared at the other side for a long time and coldly said, "You guys, just wait to die!"

After finishing his words, he left the room. Liu Tianyu's voice rang in his ears: "Hey, Qin An, don't go!"

Qin Xiaoyan seemed particularly resolute, saying, “Honey, don’t beg him! We’ll just charge out!”

"With a sharp crack, like the sound of flesh meeting hand,"

Then Liu Tianyu's roar came: "You hair-brained fool, do you really want to die? Haven't you seen what happened to those who tried to run away? They were all devoured alive by those ghouls!"

Qin An slowly closed the door. The sounds outside became muffled, and she could hear Liu Tianyu continuing to scold Qin Xiaoyan, while Qin Xiaoyan was sobbing softly.

Qin An closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Actually, there wasn't so much hatred in his heart, only sadness.

Let it all just flow with the passage of time.

Qin An made some food, and looked at the clock. It was 12 noon.

The lonely life tormented his mind. Qin An started torturing himself, making himself sweat, making himself tired, making himself too exhausted to think.

He began doing various exercises in the living room.

Push-ups, sit-ups, running, jumping jacks.

Qin An has been doing hours of weight training every day for the past three months, which has made him stronger.

He is almost 1.8 meters tall and now weighs 140 pounds, having lost 40 pounds from three months ago.

If one were to describe him as a somewhat chubby older man in the past, then now he could only be described as a strong and vigorous young man.

Qin An knew he had to make himself strong, because maybe one day he would have to go out and face those outside.

When the clock pointed to six, Qin An finally lay down on the ground like a deflated person. He was so tired that he couldn't even move, and in the end, he couldn't even open his eyes anymore, falling asleep out of exhaustion.

Midnight dream,

That scene is one that Qin An will never forget, no matter how many years pass.

That year, he had just returned from the army and arrived in Hanghai, a strange city, to begin a new chapter in his life. While looking for work at Renchang Market, he met Li Ying for the first time. The dream was so real that Qin An could clearly see all the expressions on Li Ying's face: cold, stubborn, and arrogant.

Suddenly, a flurry of frantic knocking and shouting jolted Qin An awake.

Qin An suddenly stood up from the ground, feeling a coolness on his face. He raised his hand and realized that he had been crying in his dream.

Then, the knocking grew more frantic, accompanied by a voice shouting: "Qin An, open the door, please! Open the door and save me! Liu Tianyu is dead! He was bitten to death by Old Wang next door!"

Qin An was slightly taken aback, then almost instinctively rushed to the door and opened the inner security door to look outside.

Qin Xiaoyan was now desperately trying to pry open the metal gate outside, her face covered in tears!

Seeing Qin An, whose eyes were already red from crying, suddenly brightened and cried out: "Open the door! Qin An, please, open the door quickly!"

Qin An frowned slightly, his gaze passed over Qin Xiaoyan and looked back. In the corridor of the first month building, Liu Tianyu was lying on the ground, and a figure was pouncing on him, biting fiercely, with blood staining the floor.

Turning back to Qin Xiaoyan, seeing the terrified and helpless expression on her face, Qin An sighed slightly. He didn't hesitate, opened the metal fence door, and Qin Xiaoyan almost crawled into the room. Qin An quickly closed the door behind her.

When he turned around, he saw Qin Xiaoyan kneeling on the ground, sobbing loudly.

Qin An ignored him and moved to sit on the sofa. He picked up a bottle of mineral water, opened it and took a sip. It tasted sour in his mouth.

Let's refocus on Qin Xiaoyan. An coldly spoke, “Tell me, what happened?”

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