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She completely forgot she was currently in a city called Cloud Gorge Base, as if she was right where the video creator had been, only borrowing his eyes to see all that he had seen.
However, she didn’t lose herself entirely in the experience. She maintained a certain clarity, understanding that true perfection couldn’t exist in this world. Beneath this dreamlike and wondrous sky, the things that existed were unlikely to perfectly match its beauty—otherwise, the creator wouldn’t have focused solely on filming the sky.
Scrolling through the comnts, most of them praised the breathtaking content of the video. The top-rated comnt, however, suggested a version with added background music. Su Sigui clicked on it instinctively. The ethereal prelude fused seamlessly with the imagery of the sky in the video—it was srizing. Su Sigui vaguely recognized the lody. It was an instruntal piece she had heard before the Apocalypse, perhaps called "Burial of Flowers?"
Soon, she broke free from the video’s enchantnt and redirected her gaze to the panoramic view of Cloud Gorge Base below. No matter how beautiful a dream could be, one always had to face reality when the dream ended.
The phone’s loudspeaker continued playing music as Su Sigui murmured while looking at the city below: "Red Feather Bird..."
Her mind wandered back to earlier details. Su Sigui clicked on the video uploader’s profile to check their basic information. Fortunately, the user hadn’t disabled the app’s location feature. The profile indicated the uploader was in Dangerous Sanctuary City.
Tapping lightly on the railing, Su Sigui turned and walked away into the distance. Again, she didn’t head back to her residence but instead moved toward the direction of the Yunsheng Elevator.
The night always seed to pass quickly, though this was only true for those who were already asleep.
The next morning, Ghost Head woke up leisurely. Glancing at the nearby campfire, he saw that the flas had already burned out after the night had passed. Beside it lay his companions. Nothing unusual seed to have occurred. He stood up, and the others gradually woke up as well. Realizing there were no imdiate threats after surveying their surroundings, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ghost Head, when did you wake up?"
"Just now."
"Oh."
Ghost Head walked toward the window, lifting a piece of tal they had fixed to the window fra the day before to check the view outside. He saw no zombies. The vegetation near the gas station was lush, and scattered among it were the severely decayed bodies of zombies.
The absence of new zombies ant choosing this spot to spend the night was correct.
Closing the tal sheet, Ghost Head returned to where he had slept to put on his clothes. As he scanned the group, he suddenly realized they seed to be missing soone.
"Hey, where’s that person?"
"Who... Yong?"
"Yong’s not here?"
"Where’d he go?"
The group froze for a mont, quickly looking around, only to find that the original six people had beco five.
"Let’s go look for him," Ghost Head said and imdiately ran outside. But as soon as he opened the door, he saw Yong sitting at the entrance. Yong looked up at him as soon as he ca out.
"Whoa, you scared !" Ghost Head exclaid as he jumped slightly, though he relaxed upon confirming it was Yong.
"Why are you sitting here? When did you wake up?" Ghost Head asked. The others also ca outside and stared at Yong in confusion.
Yong’s gaze swept across their faces. His expression was as blank as it had been yesterday—devoid of emotion and any semblance of feeling.
After a while, he finally responded in a slow voice: "I... couldn’t sleep..."
"Huh?" The group exchanged glances before Brother Shi asked, "You an you didn’t sleep the entire night?"
"I... think so?" Yong hesitated. Judging by his deanor, he didn’t seem certain whether he had slept or not. But the group didn’t spend too much ti dwelling on this oddity; Yong clearly wasn’t normal, and perhaps they shouldn’t expect a normal person’s behavior from him.
"Let’s pack up. Ti to head out," Brother Shi said to Yong. Yong didn’t respond, but stood and walked back into the room. anwhile, Brother Shi pulled out his phone, checked the navigation, and pointed toward the highway’s direction, saying, "We’ve still got about twenty-three or twenty-four kiloters until Changxin Town. Once we’re there, stay alert—we might encounter a zombie horde."
"Alright, let’s go."
"Everyone, be careful on the road. Don’t wander off."
"Got it, got it."
The group gathered their belongings and began heading in the direction Brother Shi had pointed. During the journey, Brother Shi opened the app he had used yesterday. As soon as he clicked on it, he was stunned—the video he uploaded last night had earned over 700,000 likes overnight!
"Holy crap!" he exclaid. The others thought Brother Shi had discovered sothing shocking and quickly crowded around. But upon realizing he was rely surprised by the success of his video, they froze for a mont—it wasn’t common to see this many likes.
Brother Shi compared this video to his previous uploads. The difference was staggering. Aside from this one, his highest-liked post had only garnered about 1,200 likes.
Unable to resist, Brother Shi admired his work again. Beyond the likes, the views had exceeded two million. During the previous night, countless people must have seen this video and, for a mont, shared his feelings. This filled Brother Shi with a sense of accomplishnt—he had shown people that amidst the brutal Apocalypse, such beauty still existed.
Brother Shi continued to appreciate the video as he walked until, eventually, he shook his head. Just as he was about to close the app, a pinned video on the hopage caught his attention. Initially, he didn’t notice it, but when the screen prompted him with a "Press again to exit" ssage, the title drew his focus.
[At 2:22 AM today, Dangerous Sanctuary City announced the failure of the "Cetery Plan"!]
"Cetery Plan?" he murmured under his breath, moving his finger away from the exit button and clicking on the video. The opening scene showed a familiar aerial view.
It was the center of a city. Where a cluster of buildings had originally stood, the area had been completely flattened. Humans had constructed enormous "dikes" to enclose a vast region. High atop the towering walls stood laser turret cannons, many of which were sared with fresh blood and fragnts of flesh. Inside the "dike," countless zombie corpses covered the ground entirely, leaving no visible surface. In so areas, raging fires continued to burn.
This... this was the place they had fled from yesterday.
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