Garden of Eden || Apocalypse Paradise #2 [Complete]

159: The Place Where the Lights Stop Blinking

During the few days they rested in elementary school, Lin Sanjiu had an impression that the universe had forsaken her. It was too quiet and desolate.

The sobbing wind that circled the wilderness outside seemed to be the only sound left in the world. When the wind stopped, they could only see a vast patch of dirty green before their eyes when they looked out from the roof. Sometimes, when they opened the doors of the building, they were usually shocked by some disgusting bug that randomly appeared, scurrying from the side of the door.

The sounds of her companions moving brought a mild atmosphere of life around her. Other than that, it was as if there were barely any other people on the entire planet.

"It's impossible for everyone to reach their time to leave simultaneously, right?" After she patrolled the place twice, Lin Sanjiu couldn't help feeling bewildered. When B. Rabbit brought this up, she didn't directly observe the situation, but now it was different.

Yesterday, Lin Sanjiu walked for five hours and covered a few hundred square kilometers. However, she was secretly surprised that there was only a deadly silence around her everywhere. After covering such a large area, she met two other posthumans, one of whom was a corpse that had died at an unknown time.

"Sister Lin, our search was considerably better. At least we saw one person. For the past few days, we didn't even see a single person after walking for a whole day," Error 517 said when he saw her gloomy expression.

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The nine posthumans and one rabbit all stayed in the elementary school. Every day, they paired up after drawing lots. Two people were left behind to guard the place while the others would spread out to search for food and the signs of other posthumans. Even though Lin Sanjiu brought quite a lot of food from the Garden of Eden, there were now six more mouths to feed. Thus, it was vital for them to scavenge before they ran out of it.

Lin Sanjiu was paired with Error 517. Hui Chuyan was somewhat disappointed for a few days about that and left with Snow. B. Rabbit and Bai Xiaoke stayed behind to guard the school while the others split up and left. But just as they expected, no one brought back any good news.

"Even though we saw another posthuman, that person ran away before we got close," Xueqin said with a moody face. "I don't think he was a consular officer."

Unlike the usual reactions, consular officers belonged to the group of posthumans who would neither avoid nor back off when they saw another posthuman. Sometimes, they might even take the initiative to approach one. After all, they could only survive in apocalyptic worlds by dealing with other posthumans and getting resources and combat items from others.

In terms of food, they didn't have that much luck either. Lin Sanjiu clearly remembered that the other posthumans here had already established a way of life, for example, rearing those rats as a source of protein. Despite that, when they searched for food, they found nothing.

If this was the case, it was quite meaningless for them to stay here. It seemed that they might have to continue following the [Dog Frisbee] to the geographic marker set by Er Dao. No matter what, that was the only clue that Lin Sanjiu had to find for a trace of other posthumans living here.

After everybody discussed it for some time, they decided to leave immediately. When everyone had packed all their belongings, the group left the dilapidated elementary school and started their journey.

Lin Sanjiu thought that B. Rabbit would laugh when he saw her biting the frisbee in her mouth. However, she realized that he didn't react at all. After she asked inquisitively, she was finally relieved. 'That's right. A two-year-old pet rabbit wouldn't know how people usually played with their dogs!'