I hacked through the chaotic world with my blade

Fear stems from the unknown, the unknown is filled with mystery, and within the mystery lies a great terror beyond human comprehension.

Even though it has passed.

Every time I recall it, these elusive memories can still evoke fear, making the mind tremble, and the body exhibit signs of trauma.

Lin Fan guided Xu Yang to a nearby bench, the two sat side by side, Lin Fan gently patting Xu Yang's back, helping him to calm down, hoping he could relax, not be tense.

There was no rush to inquire.

It would be better to wait until Xu Yang's complexion was more rosy, and his emotions were a bit calmer before asking.

Time passed slowly, the surroundings were very quiet.

The sound of Xu Yang's breathing was clearly audible, his rhythm rising and falling, still not quite recovered.

Lin Fan gazed at the sky, the azure sky forming a stark contrast with the dreadful post-apocalyptic city.

One symbolized beauty.

One symbolized disaster.

A moment later.

Xu Yang's breathing gradually steadied, and his face gradually turned rosy.

"Feeling better?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

Xu Yang looked at Lin Fan's smiling face, his facial expression slightly trembling, a long-lost smile, at least since the apocalypse, he hadn't seen a smile like that for a long time, the smiles of other survivors always felt insincere.

"Much better."

"It's okay, I understand your nervousness. Have you always stayed in this city?"

Lin Fan felt it was a bit unlikely, no matter why there were no zombies in this city now, at least at the beginning of the apocalypse, zombies were terrifyingly numerous, the living environment compressed to the extreme, barely able to move was normal.

"Yes, I've always been here," Xu Yang nodded.

"How did you survive?" Lin Fan was very shocked, good heavens, actually living in the city. Since he had been searching for survivors in the city, he hadn't encountered anyone who could survive in a city full of zombies.

Xu Yang continued, "Zombies can't swim, I've been living by the drainage outlet of the river, which connects to multiple sewers..."

Listening to Xu Yang's account.

Lin Fan roughly understood, just living miserably, pitifully, surviving by sheer luck, maybe among tens of thousands, only this one person had such luck.

As for in the early days, some people hid at home or in enclosed places, making no noise, thus barely surviving.

But days like those simply couldn't last long.

There would inevitably come a time when supplies were exhausted.

By then, the ones hiding, under the influence of hunger, would have to risk going out to search for supplies, that would be the real start of death.

"Ah, you've had it hard," Lin Fan patted his shoulder, indeed, people in dire situations can explode with a very strong will to survive.

For instance, you never know how strong you can truly be.

Xu Yang looked at Lin Fan, his expression very troubled, "Living is really hard, it's never been this hard before."

Seeing his expression made one feel like crying.

Lin Fan consoled him, "It's not hard, you just haven't found the right place, the right person. If you meet the right person, and go to the right place, you would feel… wow, life can be so simple."

Xu Yang: ...?

He looked at Lin Fan bewildered, blinking, a faint sorrow lingering.

Thinking of the capability Lin Fan had displayed.

The sorrows between people cannot be shared.

"Is it because you're very strong, that you're not afraid of these things?" Xu Yang asked.

Lin Fan shook his head, "No, being strong is only secondary, the real reason is that living together, forming a team, helping each other, makes life more beautiful."

Even though the reasons he stated were very correct.

But it didn't fit the mindset of the apocalypse, how could it be just for himself? Even if it was... it could only remain tightly held in the heart.

Xu Yang blinked, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

Before, he worked within the system, this way of speaking seemed quite familiar.

It was just that now was not the time to think about such things, the only thing he could be sure of was... the other truly wouldn't hurt him, and that was enough.

For some reason, in Xu Yang's eyes, this person seemed to radiate the aura of a big thigh, if you're looking for support, you must find the biggest one, anything less is prone to trouble.

"Brother Lin, you're right." Xu Yang even changed the way he addressed him, even though he was probably older than Lin Fan, that didn't stop him from calling Lin Fan brother.

"Can you talk about the situation here, where did all the zombies go?" Lin Fan asked.

Xu Yang recalled the past scenes, a kind of reminiscence, and slowly said, "At that time, Sky Terrace City had a lot of zombies, they were everywhere, streets, shops, zombie traces were everywhere, I saw zombies discovering survivors hiding at home, though the windows had security bars, the zombies were like madmen, pushing, pushing, even their heads were crushed, still trying to break in, then the security bars got broken, zombies smashed the glass and rushed in, then what followed were terrible screams, it was really utter chaos..."

He hadn't yet touched on the main point.

Lin Fan wasn't in a hurry, for every story, an opening was needed.

In his view, Xu Yang needed kind of a starting prelude to be able to gradually talk about things, which gave it more of a ceremonious feeling.

"Brother Lin..."

"Mm? What do you want to say?"

He now was just a listener.