Chapter Twenty-Six The Second Night

  Carefully, Tang Tian discovered that after these mosquitoes were killed by themselves, a black light would emerge from their bodies and disappear. Tang Tian knew that this was the Ghost Assassin absorbing the spiritual energy of these mosquitoes, and he was delighted because in this way, the Ghost Assassin could also gain experience and level up.

  However, Tang Tian soon had to give up this way of killing mosquitoes. A large number of mosquito corpses piled up at the door, blocking more than half of it, and the mosquitoes outside could not enter. He himself was unable to continue hunting for mosquitoes either. Helpless, he took out all the chairs from the storage ring and blocked the door, ending the battle of mosquito hunting.

  After blocking the door, Tang Tian also ignored the swarm of mosquitoes flying randomly outside the house and sat down on a chair he found in the room, resting while examining the house.

  The house is not big, with a typical rural building structure. After entering the gate, there is a spacious hall, and on both sides are bedrooms, kitchen, etc.

  The house was completely built with stones, and safety was guaranteed. Tang Tian's first consideration was this.

  Just as Tang Tian was sizing up the house, he suddenly heard a very slight movement next door. He immediately signaled to Zhang Yu not to speak and quietly approached the door of the adjacent room with his long knife at the ready.

  Bang!!!

  Tang Tian suddenly exerted his strength and kicked the door open with one foot. He quickly covered his body with a long knife and rushed in all at once.

  "Who are you? What do you want?"

  Before Tang Tian could see the situation clearly, a man suddenly asked loudly, and his voice was trembling with fear.

  After a slight adjustment, Tang Tian saw clearly the situation in the room.

  Three people huddled in the corner of the room, a man with a simple and honest face, who looked like he was over thirty years old and should be the one who spoke earlier, a pale yellow-faced woman, and a fifteen or sixteen year-old sweet-looking girl.

  The three of them hugged each other, trembling with fear as they stared at Tang Tian who had suddenly burst in.

  Tang Tian looked clearly and found that there were no zombies inside, but several ordinary people. He then put down the long knife in his hand and said: "You don't have to be afraid, I didn't mean any harm, I just thought there were zombies inside."

  Seeing Tang Tian still looking approachable, the man finally mustered up the courage to ask: "The zombies you mentioned are those flesh-eating undead humans, right? Why do they become like that?"

  Tang Tian smiled slightly and said, "Those people who eat humans are called zombies. As for why they become that way, it's hard to explain in a short time. Don't worry, you can come out now." With that, Tang Tian led the way and turned around to exit the room.

  After Tang Tian came out for a while, the three of them cautiously emerged, saw the gigantic mosquito corpse at the door, and through the gap, they looked at the mosquitoes outside that covered the sky and blocked the sun, scaring their faces pale.

  But when they saw Zhang Yu wearing a police uniform, they slightly let their guard down. In the hearts of ordinary people, the police are always synonymous with justice.

  After talking, Tang Tian roughly told them about the situation outside and the pattern of this world. At the same time, he also learned about the basic situation of Shi Jia Village from their mouths.

  Just as Zhang Yu said, the people of Shijia Village make a living by collecting stones, and every household's house is built with pure stone, solid and secure. There are only dozens of households in the entire village. When the doomsday suddenly arrived yesterday, some people turned into flesh-eating zombies, and the rest hid quietly at home, not daring to come out until today when they went out to take a look, the whole world had become unfamiliar, and the village was surrounded by dense forests, these people were even more afraid, so they could only hide at home and didn't dare to go out.

  Although it is Shijiazhuang Village, the villagers are not surnamed Shi. These people are all craftsmen who have been passed down from generation to generation and come from all over the world.

  The middle-aged man who spoke was named Liu Qiang, the owner of this house. Like everyone else in the village, after the apocalypse, Liu Qiang and his family of three hid inside their home, not daring to go out until Tang Tian burst in.

  The sallow-faced woman was Liu Qiang's wife. Tang Tian didn't ask her name, but just called her Liu Dajie. The other 15- or 16-year-old girl named Liu Xin was Shi Qiang's daughter.

  After getting to know each other, Liu Qiang and his family were no longer so reserved. All he heard was Liu Qiang saying: "Tang brothers, if it's really like you said, then what are we going to do? Our Shi Jia Village makes a living by quarrying and selling stones, but doesn't produce grain at all. In the future, we won't even have food to eat, how can we survive?"

  Tang Tian was also at a loss, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Liu brother, to be honest, I don't know what to do either. Outside, there are powerful mutated beasts and man-eating zombies everywhere. Currently, the only way is to hunt down those monsters as quickly as possible and strengthen ourselves, so that we can survive better."

  Liu Qiang suddenly knelt down in front of Tang Tian and said, "Brother Tang, please help us. I know you're not an ordinary person, or else you wouldn't have been able to bring someone here with you. Your abilities are extraordinary. I'm just a laborer, I don't understand grand principles, I just want to live a stable life. But heaven won't even let us do that. So I beg of you, please protect my wife and child, they're my everything. My over 100 catties of weight is all yours now."

  Tang Tian hadn't even had time to pull Liu Qiang up when he saw Liu Qiang's wife and daughter both kneeling in front of him. Although these people didn't have much knowledge, they also knew that this world had become extremely dangerous. If there wasn't a strong person leading them, it was possible that everyone wouldn't be able to live for much longer.

  Tang Tian pulled Liu Qiang up and said, "Brother Liu, you also know that this world has become extremely dangerous. I can barely protect myself, let alone others. If you trust me, then after those mutated mosquitoes outside disperse, we'll go together to eliminate all the zombies in the village, organize all the survivors, and jointly resist those monsters. What do you think?"

  Liu Qiang agreed to Tang Tian's request without hesitation, although he was just a laborer, but he also knew that if no one came to lead everyone, the only way out was to wait for death.

  Tang Tian also understood that these people had spent their entire lives quarrying and doing hard labor in the mountains, some of whom didn't even recognize characters, let alone understand what the prompts in their minds meant. They didn't know they could improve their abilities by hunting zombies and mutated beasts, only knowing to hide at home, thus missing the best time for leveling up. Now, they were completely unable to cope with those upgraded zombies and monsters.

  It was not easy to comfort the whole family, and the sky had also darkened. The mosquitoes outside couldn't find humans to attack, so they gradually dispersed. Tang Tian asked everyone to help move the chairs blocking the door, and then cleared away all the mosquito corpses.

  Of course, the long sharp stinger that the mosquito burst out with was collected by Tang Tian, who received a prompt after holding it in his hand.

  "Hemotoxic Arrows deal damage to enemies and inflict a paralysis effect. The higher the level, the lower the effect."

  After getting the hint, Tang Tian secretly thought that it was an arrow with a paralyzing effect, which was a great thing, and immediately picked it up. However, due to limited space, Tang Tian didn't kill many mosquitoes, only collecting over thirty blood mosquito arrows. But despite this, Tang Tian was already very satisfied, if used well, it would have unexpected consequences.

  After everything was gathered up, night fell, and since all the electricity had lost its effect, the whole village was plunged into darkness.

  In the darkness, the distant howls of mutated beasts and the sound of zombies feeding could be faintly heard from the depths of the forest, casting a veil of fear over the small village.

  The door has been repaired, and Tang Tian also stayed at Liu Qiang's house for the night.

  Perhaps it was because this remote village was too backward, resulting in frequent power outages, so every household always kept candles on hand. After lighting the candles, Liu Qiang's home was no longer completely plunged into darkness.

  While clearing the mosquito corpses at the door, Liu Qiang called his wife to cook dinner. The few of them hastily finished their meal and had nothing else to do, so they all went to rest.

  However, when Tang Tian was resting, he encountered an awkward situation. Liu Qiang's home only had two bedrooms, and his family of three kindly gave up one room for Tang Tian and Zhang Yu to stay in. But as soon as they entered the house, they found that there was only one bed. Tang Tian looked at Zhang Yu, who was following behind him with a bright red face, but he didn't greet her either. He simply lay down on the bed fully clothed and prepared to rest.

  "Hey, where did you sleep?" Zhang Yu asked bravely, standing by the bed.

  Tang Tian looked at her and moved his body slightly to the inside, making room for half of the bed, saying: "Sleep, don't you feel tired? I've been tired all day."

  After finishing speaking, he didn't care about Zhang Yu's situation and closed his eyes by himself.

  Zhang Yu also knew that in this world, being able to sleep on a bed was already a very happy thing, but she had never slept with a man on the same bed before, how could she bear it!

  But if you don't sleep on the bed, do you have to sleep on the floor? Although it's early autumn weather, it's still a bit sultry, sleeping on the floor won't catch a cold, but the problem is that there isn't even anything to spread on the ground here, how can you sleep?

  In her heart, she scolded Tang Tian until he was covered in blood, finally Zhang Yu gritted her teeth, stamped her foot, and lay down on the bed with a determined heart, turning her back to Tang Tian, wrapping her arms tightly around herself, afraid that Tang Tian would suddenly pounce on her.

  But gradually she herself was also sleepy, so gradually relaxed her vigilance, and fell into a deep sleep.

  Tang Tian was exhausted from the day's events, barely surviving and still being a clueless, miserable bachelor. He didn't have any thoughts about anything else, not even with a beautiful girl sleeping beside him. His fatigue overwhelmed him, and he soon fell asleep.

  This was the second night Tang Tian spent after the apocalypse arrived.

  No one knows how many more nights they can survive in a world like this, and at any moment, they might become zombies or food for the mutated beasts.