You, the apocalypse and me! [YiZhan FF] Fantasy

Chapter 49 - The last great battle

I haven't been able to make a new entry in over three months. It's spring, just by the way. We were constantly on the road, constantly fighting and always tired and exhausted. When we built a camp somewhere in the evening and spent the night there, we were just happy when we had eaten something and then could sleep.

Our ranks have greatly increased. Reports are coming in from all over the world that they are successfully fighting the creatures and many, like us, have recaptured cities. We have recaptured many cities and many people have stayed behind to defend the cities from possible new attacks and to begin rebuilding.

By now all the fighters, whether humans or creatures, have become a well-coordinated team. Everyone knows what to do and even the language barriers are no longer a problem. You can ultimately explain yourself with hands and feet hahaha. But I wouldn't go so far as to say that between the survivors and creatures, like Yibo, me and Bac, real friendships have developed. They have a common goal and for that they like to work closely together. But that's all.

A few times we almost managed to catch Raha. But unfortunately he escaped us again and again narrowly. Only a week ago we found one of his hiding places again, but when we got there, he was already gone. His men are getting fewer and fewer. He sent most of them into battle and only a handful, we heard, were with him to defend him.

Janala had been very worried that there would be no one left of her folk the Demoids once the war was over.

More to follow later. We are once again dividing our army into several groups. Yibo and I are supposed to help with that.

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We are currently sitting in a hideout watching Raha and his men. At his side are about 30 men. Their hideout is well secured and viewable from all sides. We have to wait until nightfall to attack. Hopefully, by then we will have found and disarmed all the traps.

Actually, I wanted to continue writing right after the army was divided up, but then a runner came and explained that he had found out where Raha was hiding. We had to pack up everything immediately and went on our way. The runner was right and now we just have to be patient for a few more hours.

What I wanted to write earlier and didn't get around to it was that we were also in Beijing recapturing the city. Yibo and I discovered in the process that my apartment still exists. Two window panes are broken as we could see from downstairs, but it is otherwise still habitable.

We briefly ran upstairs to my apartment. There is some chaos in the living room, probably from the black flying creature that discovered us there at that time and entered the apartment through a window. But the mess is quickly cleaned up. So we still have a home when the war is over!

Yibo and I have been talking on and off for the past 12 weeks about where we want to live when it's all over. And after we saw 3 weeks ago that my apartment still existed, Yibo said that we should live there. We could of course move to the valley and live with our parents. But that's not a life like Yibo and I imagine. We want to stay in the city and help rebuild it. Our parents want to stay in the valley with Jing and the others and help there as much as they can.

Already there are many people there, even from bunkers nearby, who have started rebuilding. The waterworks are back in operation and currently they are working on electric power and district heating. We also know that a few have started to rebuild the radio and television stations.

And something incredible had also happened. We were in Shanghai and involved in a nasty battle that took place on the streets and in the houses. We were able to drive the enemy out of the city and into open fields. And all of a sudden a couple of fighter jets shot overhead. Then three fighter helicopters and they were all fighting the enemies on the ground from the air, along with flying creatures!