Once the door was closed, the little sunlight that came through the crack was completely blocked. The room was even darker than it looked from the outside. Thick curtains covered the windows, so the outsiders could not see what was going on inside. It was also pitch black inside. Zoe could not adapt to the gloomy room immediately. Once the door was closed, the fear of facing the darkness made Zoe subconsciously grope to the side and hold Suwan's hand. She felt relieved when she got close to Suwan. Suwan's hand was still pretending to be in his trouser pocket. Without a weapon on him, Suwan felt a little unsure and his palms were sweating, but it made Zoe feel warm. Because the room was too dark, it also gave Zoe a cold feeling, but Suwan made her feel much better by her side. It was like she was afraid of heights when she took a plane for the first time, but she was not so scared as long as she grabbed the corner of Suwan's clothes. Suwan seemed to have the magic power to make Zoe feel at ease.
Suwan gently stroked Zoe's palm a few times and wrote a few words with her fingertips. Her fingers scratched Zoe's palm, making it itchy and a little relieved. Suwan asked Zoe to stay where she was. Zoe knew she couldn't help much, so she squeezed Suwan's fingers hard, using this small action to warn Suwan to be careful.
Suwan closed his eyes for a few seconds and then opened them again, gradually adapting to the dark environment. Suwan could vaguely see the outlines of some furniture in the room, but Eddie was not in the room. Where was he? Suwan groped her way into the room. Her movements were very light, like a cat on tiptoe. Zoe only saw her figure passing by, and could not hear her footsteps at all. Zoe could not do what Suwan did. She was worried that she would bump into something and make a noise when she walked, so she simply stayed where she was and did not move, so as not to cause trouble for Suwan.
Suwan checked every room, but every room was quiet. Eddie was not in the house, as if he had disappeared after entering the house. Of course, a person would not disappear for no reason. Suwan had some guesses in her mind, and returned to Eddie's bedroom. She leaned down and listened to the ground with her ears. Sure enough, there were some small noises coming from below. Suwan listened very carefully. She heard that the sound seemed to be someone's roar, but because the sound was too soft, she couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman.
Is Eddie down there? Why did he roar? Did he become a zombie who lost his mind? The time it took for him to transform into a zombie was too fast. Suwan guessed and guessed in her mind. No matter how she guessed, she could only know the answer by going down. Suwan knelt on the ground and tried to feel the floor to find the entrance down there. Just as she knelt on the floor and was about to find the entrance, she heard footsteps coming from below.
There should be a building similar to a basement under the bedroom. The sound of footsteps came from the empty basement, and the sound became louder and louder. It was the footsteps of a man. It could be heard that the other party was standing under the wooden board where Suwan was kneeling. Suwan hurriedly crawled a few steps to the bed and lowered his body to hide in the shadow of the bed.
A wooden board was pushed aside where Suwan had just knelt and groped, and a figure came up from the basement stairs. Suwan hid under the bed again. Seeing his figure, Suwan recognized him as Eddie. Eddie's movements and postures were very rational and he didn't look like a zombie. Because the wooden board was pushed aside, the roar in the basement came up clearly. Suwan was too familiar with this sound, and immediately widened his eyes in surprise. It was the roar of the zombie's vocal cords vibrating, Suwan would not have heard it wrong.
After Eddie came up, he immediately pushed the board back. He didn't turn on the light. Even in the dark, he was very familiar with his home and didn't need a light. After Eddie came up, he walked out of the bedroom to the kitchen and fiddled with the dishes in the dark. Suwan immediately worried about Zoe in the living room. She regretted her recklessness at this time. She shouldn't have involved Zoe. She was a Belster. She had solutions when she encountered danger, but Zoe didn't. Zoe was so weak that she didn't even have the strength to resist. But Suwan was so close to the truth that she didn't want to give up. She decided to go down and confirm it first. She couldn't believe that someone would hide zombies in their home. Was he tired of living? As soon as Eddie left the bedroom, Suwan crawled out from under the bed and touched the wooden board that Eddie had just pushed up and pushed it away. As soon as the board was pushed away, the zombies in the basement roared louder. As soon as the board was pushed away, Suwan also smelled the disgusting stench. There was no mistake. Eddie had hidden the zombies secretly. Suwan couldn't figure out why Eddie did this. Suddenly, he heard running sounds coming from the kitchen. It was Eddie running over. He stood outside the bedroom, looking at the figure in the bedroom, and roared angrily: "Who are you!"
Suwan was eager to check, and forgot that once the wooden board was opened, the zombies in the basement would roar even louder. Eddie stared angrily at the figure kneeling next to the basement entrance in the bedroom, and reached out to take out his gun. This is the disadvantage of not having gun control. If everyone has a gun, once a small riot occurs, the situation will be escalated, and order will become a decoration. Suwan heard the sound of Eddie drawing his gun clearly. She was not as familiar with this house as Eddie, which was a disadvantage. Suwan had no weapons, and she was afraid that Eddie would shoot randomly and two bullets would hit Suwan and hurt Suwan. Suwan regretted it even more. She really shouldn't have brought no weapons. She really thought this was a safe city and completely relaxed her vigilance. If Instructor Will knew that she was so careless, he would definitely reprimand her severely! Alas, I don't know if I was really blinded by love!
The door of the room was suddenly opened, and some light from outside came in. Then, the door was closed again.
Someone ran out.
It's Zoe.
Eddie was startled when he heard the door open. He didn't expect that the intruder had an accomplice. Eddie was very angry. He knew that his secret would be discovered. Eddie clenched the gun, intending to drag the damn intruder to hell with him. But when he looked in the direction of the intruder, he could not see anyone. Only the wooden entrance to the basement was still open. Eddie immediately knew where the intruder had gone. When he thought that the intruder would hurt his wife, he clenched the gun in panic and stumbled down the stairs to the basement.
The basement was even darker, to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of you, but Eddie was familiar with everything here. When he ran down the stairs and heard the zombie's roar, he gently coaxed her and said, "Honey, a bad guy broke in. Don't worry, I will drive him away soon." The zombie couldn't answer Eddie, and could only roar violently. Eddie didn't know how long he had hidden this zombie. The zombie's roar sounded a little weak, and it seemed that it had been hidden for some time. Eddie was a resident of this city. He locked his wife, who had become a zombie, in the basement. No one knew about it, and he has lived like this until now.
Talking sweet nothings to a zombie, what a lunatic. Suwan stood quietly in the corner, thinking to himself.
But even though Suwan tried hard to hide himself, Eddie still noticed that there was an extra person in the cold basement. However, the basement was too dark, and Eddie couldn't find Suwan. He nervously pointed the gun everywhere and said lightly: "Bad boy, come out quickly, you can't enter other people's homes without permission." Suddenly he became angry again: "Get out, my wife and I live well here, don't disturb us!!" Hearing the zombies' roar, he apologized and said: "Honey, I'm not talking about you, you're fine."
He's just a neurotic lunatic.
There was a knock on the door upstairs. It was Zoe who brought patrol soldiers. They were just pretending to knock on the door. After knocking twice and no one answered, the soldiers began to bang on the door and tried to break in. Suwan and Eddie both heard the noise upstairs. Eddie became even more manic and pulled the trigger madly, shooting randomly: "Damn it, bastard! Why don't you let us go? I'm just living a good life with my wife and I haven't hurt anyone!!"
Maybe Eddie is indeed an affectionate man. He locked his wife, who had turned into a zombie, in the basement and pretended that nothing had happened. But is the truth really as good as he said?
Eddie locked a zombie in the basement. No matter how much safety measures he took, it was still a hidden danger to the whole city. Moreover, he had the rotten smell of zombies on him. Could he become an infectious disease and spread it to other people in the city? Eddie said that he loved his wife and just wanted to continue living with his wife who had become a zombie. However, his love was too selfish. He was gambling with the lives of the whole city. If this was a novel plot, it might be called romantic, but this was reality. The reality was that Eddie's behavior might kill many innocent people.
Eddie's mind is no longer normal. The normal life he has been pretending to have is about to be broken. Eddie can't stand such a blow and frantically pulls the trigger and shoots everywhere. In order to avoid being hit by stray bullets, Suwan lowers his body to hit Eddie's waist. Eddie has been talking to himself neurotically. Suwan can easily determine his position and rushes towards the direction of his voice to wrestle with him. Although it is dark in the basement, the two people rely entirely on instinct to beat each other. In the chaos, Eddie's wrist is pinched by Suwan and he drops the gun in pain. Eddie immediately wants to grope for his gun, but is hit in the lower abdomen by Suwan's knee. Eddie groans in pain. The zombie tied to the shelf is irrational and roars excitedly. If it weren't for the roar of this zombie, the collision and groaning of Suwan and Eddie's bodies would actually sound like some impure exercise.
There was a sound of breaking glass from upstairs. It was the patrol soldiers who broke in. Suwan felt emboldened and used more strength. He pushed Eddie, who was struggling with him, a few steps away. Eddie's condition must be worse than Suwan's. It could be heard from the fact that he was gasping in pain.
"It's you, that Belster!" Eddie judged from Suwan's strength just now that he had deliberately hidden himself, but this damn Belster still came in! Eddie even wanted to strangle Suwan to death.
Suwan was sure that her eyes must be black and blue. They hurt so much that she squinted her eyes.
Several flashlights flashed in the basement. Eddie looked up in panic and saw the guards standing upstairs, looking at him with guns raised. Eddie became scared again and shouted, "No, can you kill me? You have to protect me. I am a citizen you want to protect." As he spoke, Eddie suddenly pointed his finger at Suwan: "Kill her, she broke into my house, kill her! Shoot her!"
Zoe pushed aside the two soldiers surrounding the entrance to the basement and looked down. She reached out and threw something at Eddie. Eddie was startled and took a step back before he could see clearly that it was just a flashlight.
In his panic, Eddie didn't notice that his wife was right behind him, opening her mouth longingly towards him.
"He's not a citizen now," Zoe said calmly as she watched Eddie scream as he was bitten by a zombie.