"That was scary. My dear viewers, this does not seem like rabies. These people seem to lose their humanity once bitten and their only instinct is to bite others.
You saw what happened to that husband and wife. His wife bit off a chunk of flesh from his neck without flinching or even hesitating. It is obvious that she is no longer herself.
This looks more like we are dealing with zombies, not humans with a disease. It is better for those who have caught this virus to be isolated. Don’t approach them just because they are your closest family members.
They will not recognize you. Stay away from them or lock them up. If they can turn back to normal, we will report to you through our channel, so keep watching.
However, if they don’t turn back and become worse, please harden your heart and deal with them like in the movies. This might save more lives." The reporter had already steadied his emotions and stopped trembling by the end of his report.
Even though this was the first time he was in such a situation, he still had to report what was happening truthfully so that other citizens could avoid a disaster.
Li Yunjia took the remote control and changed to another channel, but the situation was similar even though the reporters were broadcasting news from different locations.
Zombies could be seen moving with stiff limbs and crooked necks in the background. The reporters were careful not to get too close and instead used high-definition cameras to record a clear picture of what the zombies looked like.
One could see their unfocused, grey eyes, crooked necks, wide mouths, and ash-like complexion with the skin looking like it was starting to peel.
This image could disgust someone and cause them to vomit everything they had eaten. It was scary just looking at these creatures that were humans just the night before.
Leng Pan thought that she had prepared herself, but even she felt disgusted looking at the pictures on the screen. Thinking that she would have to face these things face-to-face in the future and kill them, she couldn’t help but shudder.
Lu Zhen who had been watching the news intently felt the movement and turned to look at Leng Pan. Seeing her pale face, he held her hand and squeezed it as if to give her strength.
Lu Zhen thought that she was afraid as she had to go through this situation a second time, but only Leng Pan knew that this was the first time she was seeing such terrifying scenes.
She had only seen similar scenes in movies and mobile games such as the popular, ’The last of us’, which was both a movie and a game.
But this was real life, not a game or a movie and she couldn’t accept it for a moment. She took a deep breath and steeled her nerves. She couldn’t falter at this moment. With her knowledge of the plot in the book, even though it had been messed up, she still had knowledge of how to use superpowers and advance them.
Her family was expecting her guidance and she couldn’t let her fear and discomfort rob them of a chance to advance earlier.
"So, apart from superpowers, there are zombies too? So, what Ah Zhen said about the world ending should be true, right?" Aunt Li asked as she tried hard to steady her shaking voice.
What she was seeing on TV was more than she could handle. Hearing that her nephews and niece-in-law had superpowers was barely acceptable because they were family, but watching those people turn on each other and bite each other like mad dogs really shook her.
"It should be true. We better not leave the house for now and wait for the government to issue directives on what to do. From the method of spreading this virus, it’s not going to be easy to curb.
Many people will not abandon their loved ones just like that and might even indulge them like what that husband did with his wife. Others might try to help their relatives and end up bitten.
With the seriousness of the situation not officially announced by the government, many people will take risks to protect their infected loved ones." Uncle Li said as he held his wife’s shoulder to comfort her.
"That’s true, but in this case, some families will be wiped out due to this kind of stubbornness. This is no ordinary virus. It’s the zombie virus and has no cure, anyone who gets bitten or scratched will turn into a zombie too.
It’s not that these people can’t understand this, but they are unwilling to accept it and think that if they stay close to their loved ones, even if they are bitten, a miracle will happen and they will be fine.
But this is the nature of human beings. They refuse to accept what they can’t understand and while this is a good thing when something positive happens, it’s deadly in times ." Leng Pan commented as she continued to watch the news where more people were shown trying to help their family members who had already mutated into zombies and others were even trying to take them to the hospital only to end up bitten or scratched too. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the ɴo(v)elFɪre.ɴet
It was going to be a disaster, especially since now only by using the analog method of watching TV using an aerial can work in spreading news. Many people didn’t have such resources and could only remain in the dark.
"Stay here and don’t go out, and don’t open the door for anyone. No matter who they are, don’t be sympathetic and bring trouble home.
Lu Tao, your super hearing ability can be trained. Try to filter the sounds you hear. With practice, you can perfect it and only hear what you want and filter out everything else. This way, you won’t be disturbed by the excessive noise anymore." Lu Zhen instructed as he stood up and pulled Leng Pan along.
At first, he had planned to go back to their shared apartment after they were done with the discussion for some action, but now, however, it seemed that he had to change his plans.