[End Times] The Last Dawn

There was silence in the conference room.

Another person in charge of the government affairs center gritted his teeth after a while and said, "I was so confident in what I said before, that there is a plan E is enough! Now? You guys have to come up with another way!"

The complexions of the people in the research institute were even more ugly: "As long as it is not such a concentrated attack on the city, the E-protection system will not go wrong..."

"But now it is!"

After arguing for a long time, Xia Xuan finally stood up and slapped the table: "Enough! I'm not sure if Xia Yan is the one commanding the zombies... Find someone to ask, if it's a big deal, I will. Zombies above level eight can communicate with people , if it's Xia Yan..." Her voice gradually dropped.

In Xia Xuan's memory, since the young man came out of the nutrient solution, he has been sticking to his brother.

Not to mention the emotion towards the creator that was engraved in Xia Yan's bones before that.

Such a strong yearning, once turned into hatred, will still be as unforgettable as before... If you act rashly, it may only be counterproductive.

Her momentum gradually drained away.

The people from the government affairs center seized the opportunity to ridicule: "Miss Xia probably seldom goes out, she's still a little naive, tsk."

Xia Xuan still wanted to refute, but Chen Mo took her hand and squeezed it lightly as if comforting.The young leader of the safety zone frowned: "Don't say a few words. Ji Li, according to your calculations, how long can the protection system last?"

Ji Li tapped his hand on the table: "...If Ah Xuan's guess is right, the level of zombies outside will only get higher and higher. It's a pity that we didn't pay attention to this before, and missed a lot of opportunities to save data Cough, I can only say that the combat power of the defense system is almost equivalent to that of a level [-] supernatural being, or maybe level [-]... It sounds very advantageous, but as long as the level of zombies outside continues to increase, the base number will be inconvenient. One day the limits of the defense system will be exceeded."

Chen Mo's face darkened.

Ji Li continued: "But... we don't know that there is a protection system. Mr. Chen, please issue a policy to let all the supernatural beings go to the research institute to register. There are many zombies outside, but our supernatural beings Also a lot."

Others were still worried: "Is this okay?"

Ji Li lowered his eyes and adjusted his glasses: "As long as you persist in the early stage, it will be much better later... The problem is, if the protection system is breached by those things in one go in the past few days, what will happen to the safe zone? I understand."

Speaking of this meeting, it actually lasted for a quarter of an hour.

A quarter of an hour later, the loudspeaker in the base sounded, and it was precisely the words that Ji Li had just said, asking the supernatural beings to go to the research institute in batches.Fortunately, the government affairs center already had a list of all the supernatural beings in the safe area. Although it was inefficient to read their names one by one, it was better than taking the risk of high-level supernatural beings being removed from the city wall all at once.

Xia Xuan returned to the top of the city wall, attacking the zombies outside without stopping.Many times, those monsters have put their hands into the light shield...but there is still a thin layer of white light on their fingertips, as the last protection for humans in the safe zone.

Even Xia Xuan can find that at this moment, even when the mask is at its brightest, it is only slightly brighter than when it was at its darkest quarter of an hour ago.

Can you make it?

All are thinking the same question.

At this time, Xia Yan was actually not far outside the city wall.He raised his head, looked at it for an unknown period of time, and finally gave up.

Xia Yan took a step forward.

The zombies beside him spontaneously made way for him.But because the overall density is too high, the group of idiots on the city wall didn't seem to notice anything... Until finally walking in front of the mask, Xia Yan stopped, staring at the dim white light in front of him for a while.

Compared with the first time he saw this thing, it was really inferior...

While thinking this way, he raised his hand and threw a punch!

In addition, all the zombies above level ten will strike at this moment!

There was a moment of turmoil in the mask, and it almost disappeared. The supernatural being on the city wall let out a desperate cry... But after the power of Xia Yan's punch ended, he barely managed to create an unsightly halo.

He seemed to hear that person's voice, and it seemed that it was just a piece of consciousness that slipped through his mind.

"Ayan... don't do this."

If the zombie's expression was a little more flexible, at this moment, he would definitely show a disdainful smile.

Only he can't.

So Xia Yan threw another punch with a blank face!

"Ayan, don't do this."

The man's voice came again, much clearer than before.Xia Yan was in a trance, and even felt that the other party had appeared in front of her eyes.

He shook his head and was about to throw a third punch, but found that it was no longer necessary.

The shattered piece of halo has not recovered until now.

And not far from him, a strong smell of blood has come.Zombies who have been hungry for too long have rushed into the safe base built by humans and hunted wantonly inside.

Xia Yan looked at her fist expressionlessly, as if there was some kind of gentle touch on it.

He took a step back, and jumped again!In a short period of time, the top of the city wall turned into a field of Shura, and countless people with supernatural powers struggled to escape, but their blood was already stained with black... Soon, the guys who were not eaten up would become the same as them , and then bared his sinful fangs to his former compatriots.

In such a horrific scene, only one supernatural being was clean, and the zombies seemed to have completely lost interest in her.

Xia Xuan.

When the mask was shattered just now, there was also a zombie pounced on her... Xia Xuan subconsciously took a step back, stretched out her hand to launch an attack, but unexpectedly tripped and fell to the ground in a state of embarrassment.

She had already closed her eyes and prepared to be buried in the zombie's belly, but unexpectedly, the zombie left her side.

Her eyes widened, looking at everything in front of her in disbelief.Not long ago, she was still listening to Chen Mo's arrangements for the next arrangement... But how long has it been, and it turned out like this?

Xia Xuan fell into an indescribable ignorance.

At first glance, she was terrified...Xia Yan walked slowly in front of her, knelt down, and asked with her utmost patience, "Where is he?"

The woman in front of him raised her head, and her pupils narrowed when she saw his face: "Brother... No, Xia Yan!?"

With such a bluish-white face, and a casual, malicious tone, it was clearly the young man who disappeared several years ago.

Xia Xuan was hit even harder, her spiritual world almost collapsed, and tears flowed down her face.The smell of blood around her, the loneliness of being alone, and the despair for the future almost completely overwhelmed her.

Even if she wasn't bitten, Xia Xuan felt that she was no different from a zombie at this moment.

"It's really you..." she muttered to herself.

Xia Yan was not as patient as she showed.

In other words, he just couldn't reveal from his facial expressions how impatient he was.

Several eleventh and second-level zombies have already broken into the research institute, and Xia Yan saw many familiar people through their eyes.It's just that from the moment the transformation is completed, he no longer has any extra emotions.

...In fact, before that, his feelings were only poured into one person.

The zombies introduced into the research institute were relying on violence to dismantle the defense measures inside, and there were still a few supernatural beings who happened to be there to resist desperately.It's a pity that more and more zombies went there, and soon, there was no living person on the periphery of that building.

Xia Yan lowered her head again, looked at Xia Xuan, and repeated her question: "What about him?"

Xia Xuan seemed to finally understand: "You mean brother?"

Just at dusk, amidst the endless killings, the clouds on the horizon that were dyed red by the setting sun also had an ominous atmosphere.

Cries for help, roars, howls of pain...everything is ringing in Xia Xuan's ears.

It's like the end of the world is coming.

No, in fact, a long time ago, the end of the world came.It's just that she has a brother, a brother who will protect her, let her have a good life, and don't have to worry about outside things at all.

Xia Xuan's tears grew more and more.

Xia Yan finally got impatient, stretched out a hand, and pinched Xia Xuan's neck.

A few zombies who often followed him had a full meal, and they were already standing behind him, watching the scene in front of them silently.

Xia Xuan let out a "ho", "ho" sound from her throat, her eyes turned white, and her hands were able to dig in Xia Yan's at first, but then they could only hang powerlessly on both sides of her body.

He was about to strangle her.

As soon as this idea popped up, Xia Yan's hand loosened suddenly.

He wanted that person to completely surrender to him, from body to heart... In this case, no matter how much he hated the woman in front of him, he had to let her survive.

Otherwise, that person will definitely try his best to resist to the end.

Xia Yu is like this, she cares about Xia Xuan, the base, and all human beings.

Only Xia Yan doesn't care.

Xia Xuan who was released fell to the ground, breathing heavily.After a while, she raised a hand to cover her eyes, as if she had realized something: "Do you want to see brother?"

Xia Yan looked at her without making a sound.

But his attitude is enough to explain the problem.

Xia Xuan's throat was hurt, and every word she said was extremely hoarse: "You will never see him again, and you will never see him again!" After speaking, a burst of laughter broke out, "Cough... "

Xia Yan put his hand on her neck again.

On the other side of the research institute, under the attack of several fourteenth-level zombies in the past, the last line of defense was also opened.

Still through their eyes, Xia Yan saw a huge machine that he would never forget.That machine existed in the laboratory before he was "born", and has been being perfected, but Xia Yu never told him what the machine was for.

Xia Xuan coughed a few times, probably because she felt that the strength on her neck was not as strong as before, and she was much more courageous—she had nothing to lose, her relatives, friends and old friends were all dead, and she lived in a world full of carrion. What's the meaning?

"Brother, he..."

——At this moment, there is a broken snow-white crystal nucleus lying quietly in the center of the machine.

"... Just now, you killed him with your own hands."

THE END

【Easter Eggs】

Xia Xuan fell to the ground and laughed.

Xia Yan beside her stood up silently, without saying a word, and looked in the direction of the research institute.

"...By the way, there is a diary of my brother on the computer in the laboratory, you can go and have a look."

Xia Xuan's light voice came from behind him, and at this time, Xia Yan had already jumped a long way.

A moment later, in the room he was once extremely familiar with, he gently touched the crystal nucleus fragment in the center of the machine with his hand.

Such a tender feeling.

At the same time, the supernatural beings in the safe zone suddenly discovered that the zombie attack seemed to be much weaker.

And when they poked their heads out cautiously to observe the outside world, a more panic-stricken news suddenly broke out—all those zombies fell to their knees on the ground at this moment, waiting to be slaughtered?

In the laboratory, Xia Yan turned on Xia Yu's computer as Xia Xuan said.

A video titled "Dr. Xia's Diary" was placed on the desktop, as if afraid that others would not find it.

It was only when Xia Yan clicked on the video that he realized why that person was so confident.

...the verification procedure turned out to be a face scan.

The content inside seems to put together a lot of work records. The date marked on the first one is 2X21, the year when the zombies broke out.

After a brief black screen, a light came on.

"2X21 Year, X Month 9th"

Xia Yu stood naked in front of the camera, with a messy laboratory behind her.

His eyes were still a little dazed, and the blue liquid kept dripping from the tip of his hair.

"I'm E1069, I just woke up... What happened here?"

There is a string of numbers printed on the side of his neck.

"2X21 Year, X Month 10th"

"Father's daughter has been taken to the safe zone. She is my younger sister, named Xia Xuan."

"When I sorted out the materials in the laboratory today, I discovered that my father gave me a name..."

"Xia Yu."

"2X21 Year, X Month 11th"

"My sister cries every day. I want to take care of her, but what counts as taking care of her?"

"She said she didn't want to see the number on me."

"...It's finally covered."

……

"2X25 Year, X Month 16th"

"The experiment went well, and the embryo of E1070 has begun to grow. He should look like me in the future."

……

"2X27 Year, X Month 2th"

"E1070 made a major mistake in the emotion setting! By the time we reacted, it was too late."

"The result of the lab's vote is to restart the embryo culture, but Ji Li is right, it will definitely be too late to start again."

"And...he is already a life, I can't just kill him because of my own mistakes."

"2X27 Year, X Month 3th"

"Fortunately, the compromise plan was set up successfully. 'Love for humans' has been changed to 'love for creators'... I suddenly look forward to the birth of E1070."

……

"2X28 Year, X Month 22th"

"The day is coming."

"I've decided on a name for E1070, Xia Yan. Hmm...according to my father's habit of naming us, and what's more, the word Yan seems to have a very good meaning."

"I wish him all the best in the future."

... When recording the impact of this day, Xia Yu looked a little lost.

"2X28 Year, X Month 23th"

"Ayan came out of the nutrient solution. He is really a very well-behaved child, I am very happy."

……

"2X29 Year, X Month 8th"

"Do you really want to do that in the future? Use the crystal nucleus in Ah Yan's brain to prop up the entire defense system? ... No, I don't want to do this."

"I actually would, do you have such an idea?"

……

"2X32 Year, X Month 6th"

"Finally...Although it was just an accident, Ah Yan should be able to live well in the future. Even as a zombie, that's fine."

"No, it's actually because of the situation at that time, one of Ah Yan and I must be injured. If the survivor is Ah Yan, what will happen to Plan E?"

"It can be regarded as the best of both worlds."

……

"2X35 Year, X Month 19th"

"This is the last image I have left."

Xia Yu adjusted the camera so that it turned to the machine behind her.

"I won't continue filming later... According to theory, even if the crystal nucleus is taken out, as long as the mental power is strong enough, another form of life can be obtained."

"It's good like this."

……

The video ends.

The computer screen went black.

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