Miao Shubai recounted it all calmly, as though those atrocities had not happened to her.
She had lived in Peaceful Homeland. After the apocalypse, her father had turned into a zombie, and her mother had pushed him off the building.
For the first month, mother and daughter had hidden in their apartment. Only after their food ran out had they been forced to take supplies from a neighbor's home, where the neighbor had turned in the bedroom. That had gotten them through the month.
During the second month, survivors from the community's settlement had rescued them. The survivors had occupied the recreation center, a spacious place originally intended for residents to relax and read. One after another, all the living residents had been rescued.
The people of D City were tough, and plenty dared to fight zombies. Even the women were willing to charge in with clubs and beat them down. Their community had established a settlement before Evolved Zombies appeared, then steadily killed the zombies in the residential buildings while gathering food and water.
Everything had been heading in the right direction. They had blocked the community gates with stones and appliances of all kinds and waited quietly for the authorities to rescue them.
Then, in the third month, that gang had arrived. An honest-looking youth had slipped into their settlement, claiming to be fleeing zombies. He was a smooth talker who knew how to win people over, and he had soon blended in and gained their trust.
Three nights later, he had opened an exit and let those thugs inside. Armed with weapons, they had killed everyone in charge of the settlement on the spot.
The others had jolted awake, only to find their leaders already dead.
The gang was ruthless. They had quickly brought the remaining twenty-odd