Oh my apocalypse [YiZhanFF]

Chapter 33 - Everything is different

The day Zhan and Yibo finally returned to the hotel, they were excited and looking forward to seeing their parents again. Even though it was only a few weeks that they were separated from them, they missed them very much. And finally there were so many things to tell, especially that Yibo proposed to Zhan and Zhan said yes.

As the hotel slowly came into view for the two of them, they were both nervous. Their hearts suddenly beat much faster and they could hardly wait to finally be back behind the protective walls of their home, District 1.

But the closer they got to the hotel, the clearer a picture emerged that they had not expected. Not only did the presence of the soldiers increase the closer they got to the wall. No, there were also many battle traces to see. But that was somehow also what they expected. What they didn't expect, however, was this enormous mountain of corpses burning not even 50 meters from the walls of the hotel.

About 20 meters from the entrance gate, there were two soldiers who had barricaded the road. They asked Zhan and Yibo to turn off the engine of their car, get out of the car and hand over their weapons. Zhan immediately tried to make it clear who he was and who Yibo was and that he was the one who practically owned this hotel and that his father ran it for him.

But then the soldiers had some news for the two of them that they couldn't believe at all at first. One of the two soldiers stepped closer to Zhan and said, "I'm sorry Doctor Xiao. Of course we know who you are. But after your father confidently left the leadership of District 1 in the hands of a newly elected board, your father and mother left to help build District 3. And Mr. Wang's parents moved to District 2 a week ago. The new board wants everyone who comes here to be disarmed and quarantined for at least two weeks. No exceptions!"

Yibo laughed and said that surely Zhan, as the owner of the hotel, had a say in this matter and had never agreed to the election of a board of directors. But the two soldiers didn't care. They were just doing their jobs. Zhan and Yibo could understand that, but it still made them angry. So Zhan and Yibo demanded that the board meet with them and they could talk.

Much to the displeasure of the two survivors, who were actually just happy to get back home, this request was denied. The other soldier carried the request by taking his radio for it and explaining who had just arrived and immediately was told that the board was not willing to talk until the set time limit of 2 weeks in quarantine was reached.

And then, as if all that wasn't enough, Zhan and Yibo heard a man from the board say over the radio, "If they don't like it, they can find another safe place to stay."

What Zhan heard made him so angry that he grabbed the radio and yelled into it. "What do you think you're doing? That hotel is my property! My father could never have elected a board of directors without my consent!"

But the man was not fazed and simply replied, "Well, maybe that was true back when those laws were in place. Today we make the laws and whether you like it or not, we don't care. Either you obey our laws or you get out of here. Why don't you go to District 2 or help build District 3? I don't care."

Before Zhan could say anything back, Yibo shoved him back into the car and warned him not to cause more stress. Zhan didn't quite understand until Yibo pointed to a couple of red dots on their chests. The dots were from lasers that were mounted on weapons to help them aim more accurately.

Yibo briefly turned to the two soldiers again and asked, "And you're okay with us being treated like this after we gave you this safe home?"

The soldiers replied in the negative, explaining that they too were against how people were now being treated. Then they told about a bus with soldiers and a whole bunch of survivors. He said that not even those had been allowed to enter the grounds because supposedly the quarantine station did not have enough capacity for them.