38 Zombie Queen has the Biggest Thigh of All 14 (1/2)

Returning to their hideout, which was a five star hotel that was still mostly intact, Yin Mei immediately went to go take a shower and rest. She was glad that despite the fact that this city had practically been ravaged by monsters, the water and electric systems were still somewhat intact. It was just that Yin Mei predicted it would be hard to establish communications with the other cities that were still standing. Yin Mei knew that for cities that had been able to quickly drive out the zombies, they still had maintained communication lines with other cities and the rest of the world, thus being able to pass around communication.

When reading novels, Yin Mei had always wondered why information seemed so widespread even during the apocalypse, and it seemed that this was because, although normal people had lost the ability to communicate with others, the higher echelons of major safe havens had not and would thus be able to gain information from faraway places before spreading it to the public.

But, the fact that H City was disconnected from the rest of the world was good. They could take this time to gather up their strength, zombies, and maybe a few people too.

More than two and a half years later.

A small human was trudging along the side of the road, a big human slightly in front of them.

The small human was a little boy with a gloomy appearance, wrapped up in rags. The big human was a gruff looking man with his hair tied back in a short ponytail, a rifle swung behind his back and a ragged scarf across his neck.

Winter was now just starting, and the winter of the apocalypse seemed unbearably cold. So much colder than the previous years.

”Hey, kid. I can see a city now.” The man said, looking behind him at the kid. He didn't know why he was traveling with this child. He didn't think of himself as a good person, and nor was he interested in bringing along a burden on his journey. But he didn't know. Maybe he wanted some sort of companion to stave off the loneliness that came from walking around by himself from city to city, trying to find a place that would take him in. So, when he encountered the boy, and the boy started to follow him, he didn't do anything. Even started to talk with the boy occasionally, or save him from zombies when it became dangerous.

During this time, the man had heard some interesting information from the refugees camped outside of B City. And that was something about H City, which had long been said to be overrun by zombies, since almost day one of the apocalypse.

At first, he didn't believe what he had heard. But he continued hearing the same thing several times, and could only think that there must be some truth to it.

It was that the lab would pay anyone to bring children under the ages of twelve to thirteen to H City and bring back the information they would receive in return.

The journey to H City would normally not be too dangerous with a car, but gas had become more and more scarce. Most people could only go there on foot. Even so, many people said that the journey from B to H City wasn't very dangerous, and there were few zombies. But most importantly, the amount of energy stones it was said they would receive would apparently be enough to live luxuriously for at least several years, as long as inflation didn't happen.

The man felt confused at first. For example, why would the lab want to bring children to a zombie infested city? Why would they receive information from there in return? Could it be that something had happened in H City while he wasn't aware? And to top it off, what in the world was with that information that it was so important to the lab?

He could only gather more information, and he discovered something shocking.

Apparently, a young group of kids had conquered H City more than two years ago, and several months earlier, they sent out transmissions to the nearby B City that they would trade children for information. They said they would even accept the family of the children into the city as well.

Of course, any children with family would be highly unwilling to take the journey to H City, but there were desperate people who had randomly grabbed orphaned children to take with them on the journey. And... they had actually all came back! Although the trip took them a long time, there had barely been any dangers on the road there, as if the zombies infesting the area between B and H City had all been cleared out by someone.

They said that there was a new wall around H City, like a fortress, and when they arrived, they were greeted by a young and pretty girl, who would hand them a red card, the information, in exchange for the child. They didn't know what they were doing with the children, but the person who greeted them appeared harmless enough, and seemed much a child herself, probably still in her teens.

When the man heard this, he had looked at the young boy who was still following him from a few feet away, and a horrible idea emerged in his brain.

He couldn't help it. It was human greed.

He had already allowed the kid to follow him for so long, wasn't it about time the kid gave him some benefits in return?

He couldn't help but think that.

And in the end, he gave in to temptation, and embarked on the journey to H City.

He didn't know how long they had been on the road, but they had finally came upon H City. It was completely different from before, a large black wall enveloping the entirety of the city, with only the tips of a few skyscrapers pointing out above them.

With the man's eyesight, he could only see tiny shadowy figures patrolling the top of the wall, and not much else.

When he came to what appeared as the gate into the city, there was no one there, just a pair of doors the same color as the rest of the wall, aside from the glowing red lines that outlined it.

When he approached the large gates, it wasn't them that opened, but an indiscrete small normal sized door beside it. Because there was nothing to indicate it's existence, it was practically invisible until it opened, shocking the Jesus out of him.

The person that came out, was like in the information he obtained, a young looking girl. She was pretty, with a sweet appearance, and looked exceptionally clean and well put together. She looked like a rich man's daughter, that's what it was. In the apocalypse, where everyone was dirty and covered in dust, she alone seemed to stand out, and it made the man feel slightly embarrassed.

The girl had on a smile when she noticed the young boy behind the man, her eyes curving into crescent moon shapes and making her expression even sweeter. She did look like a nice person, the man thought. He felt that if he left the boy with her, then he wouldn't feel too guilty.

”You're here for the exchange, right? Could you give a message to Ming Wei, for me?” She said, taking out a shining crimson red card, that appeared almost as if it was made of blood and handed it over to the man.

”Ming Wei?” The man was confused as he spoke and looked at the card, flipping it a few times. There didn't seem to be anything written on it, but he tucked it into his jacket anyways.

”The head researcher of B City's lab. Tell him that I'm sorry... but it looks like he won't be able to obtain the Dark Saint this time either. I included something extra on the card, in exchange.” She sighed, looking truly sad. ”It'll probably take him a few years to figure out a replacement ingredient.”

The man didn't understand what the girl was saying, but he memorized her words anyways. He then nudged the young boy from behind him forward. ”Hey kid. They'll take care of you here. You don't have to follow me around anymore,” he said, and the kid looked back and forth between them, and he seemed to realize what was going on.