noffsinger Chapter 1: Apocalyptic Transmigration to Ancient Times, Without Memories
Chapter 1: Apocalyptic Transmigration to Ancient Times, Without Memories
A dilapidated van sped along the road, and sweat streamed down Gao Mengli's face.
Looking out the car window at the zombies on both sides of the road, constantly crashing into the van, Lin Xi would let out a strange scream every time they crashed into it.
"Shut up, stop making noise," Gao Mengli shouted angrily.
Lin Xi immediately cried out in a delicate voice, "I'm sorry, sister, it's me, it's me who dragged you down."
"I've already told you, your love-struck mindset is no good in the apocalypse."
All the food I painstakingly stockpiled has been taken by that scumbag of yours.
"If I hadn't sensed something was wrong and come out of the room today, you would have been dead by now."
Gao Mengli looked at Lin Xi with a disappointed expression, and was very annoyed by Lin Xi's whiny personality.
The two were childhood sweethearts, and just then, the apocalypse came.
After all, he was the only "family" in the world. Although he scolded Lin Xi for being stupid, he couldn't bring himself to abandon him.
More and more zombies were appearing on both sides of the road, so Gao Mengli slammed on the gas pedal and instantly sped up to 150 km/h.
In addition, it had rained this morning, so the roads were slippery and in poor condition, not to mention that zombies were chasing them.
Suddenly, a landslide occurred on the road ahead. Gao Mengli slammed on the brakes and steadied the steering wheel. This was an instinctive reaction resulting from the muscle memory that had developed from Gao Mengli's 10 years of driving experience.
But there was a landslide ahead! Although they braked in time, the road was very slippery, and the inertia carried the two vehicles away. Thousands of miles away, they rolled down the land along with the vehicles.
The sound of the van rolling and crashing, accompanied by Lin Xi's screams and explosions, tumbled all the way down into the surging river next to the landslide.
At this moment, Gao Mengli had only one thought in her mind: It's over, a second kill.
There are tens of thousands of roads, safety is the first, the driving is not standardized, and the relatives are crying.
After an unknown amount of time, Gao Mengli felt a sharp pain in her head, as if it were splitting open. She was wet and cold, and there were people chattering around her.
She tried hard to open her eyes, but her eyelids were stuck together like glue, and she couldn't open them no matter how hard she tried. So she simply rolled her eyes back.
Unexpectedly, rolling his eyes opened them easily, only to find a group of strangely dressed people in front of him.
The group of people surrounding her were dressed in the kind of retro clothes worn by ancient people in post-apocalyptic television shows—coarse linen garments. Judging by their attire, they looked like NPCs playing extras.
She's not dead!
But where is this?
The people saw that the man they had just concluded was now suddenly opening his eyes.
They were so frightened that they all took two steps back, staring in horror at Gao Mengli on the ground.
At this moment, a sallow-faced, thin little boy squeezed out from the crowd surrounding her, nervously squatted in front of her, grabbed her shoulders and shook her vigorously, shouting excitedly incoherently.
"Mother, please don't die! You still haven't told me where we hid the money!"
As she spoke, she began to cry, and though her crying was pitiful, it was just dry wailing without shedding a single tear.
Gao Mengli felt like her neck was about to be shaken off, and roared, "Stop shaking! And stop howling!"
The pale and thin little boy froze on the spot, staring at Gao Mengli in disbelief.
Could his mother have really come back to life?
Gao Mengli rolled her eyes in annoyance. She turned her head and saw a few people gathered not far away. Lying on the ground was a man who looked just as bewildered as she did.
After their eyes met, they suddenly looked completely bewildered.
Gao Mengli hesitated before asking, "Is there a girl in the village?"
The bewildered man said, "Call her Xiaofang!"
Everyone: ? ? ? ? ?
The song they were talking about was popular in the 90s, and it was also a secret code between Gao Mengli and Lin Xi.
Gao Mengli's face lit up with joy; it was indeed Lin Xi! But the man's face and age didn't match. Lin Xi was 32, two years older than her. But the man lying on the ground looked only 27 or 28. Clearly, they had time-traveled?!
OMG, that's terrifying!
Gao Mengli's eyes widened in surprise. The man seemed to have realized something as well, and his horror intensified.
The crowd continued: ? ? ? ? ? ?
Just then, a voice suddenly came from the crowd, "Alright, alright, now that they're awake, everyone disperse. Da Niu, you go with your second uncle and help your father back. Second brother's wife, help the eldest brother's wife back too."
Gao Mengli looked in the direction of the sound and saw an old man with no flesh on his cheeks, white hair, high cheekbones, and an extremely serious expression staring at them with a pained look on his face.
As soon as the old man finished speaking, two more people came out from the crowd and helped her and Lin Xiru cross the road, escorting them home.
The two were helped into a dilapidated thatched hut by the two women from the second wife. At this time, Gao Mengli and Lin Xi were still soaking wet.
Did they swim into the river?!
This is a terrible place to travel to! What if they drown here? Then the world will be missing two people, and hell will have two more souls.
Gao Mengli looked at the cramped room, which was less than 30 square meters, with a head full of questions.
A bed was placed against the corner on the left, and a rotten wooden cabinet on the right, looking very old. The floor was made of yellow mud, but it had been compacted and was level.
The two continued to look at each other in silence.
Lin Fei, who helped them in, looked at them with a disappointed expression.
He patiently advised, "Brother, sister-in-law, look at the mess this has made. I sincerely advise you not to gamble anymore, and not to drink anymore."
If it weren't for the children playing by the river who saw you fall in and shouted a few times, you would have...
In short, if anything happens to you, and your souls return to hell, then you'll be free.
But what about leaving Da Niu behind? He's only ten years old!
Lin Xi blinked innocently, his face full of disapproval. How did he know they were going to hell?
He's going to take to the heavens, determined to defy all odds.
He was about to gently raise his hand to his lips and speak when Gao Mengli glared at him.
Lin Xi pouted, gave up on retaliating, and nodded to the man.
Lin Fei saw that his older brother not only wouldn't listen to him, but also looked resentful.
He shook his head and simply stopped caring.
They left without looking back, decisively and cleanly.
At this moment, besides the two people, only Da Niu was in the room.
The two wanted to get rid of Da Niu, so they exchanged glances. Thanks to their years of tacit understanding, Gao Mengli instantly grasped Lin Xi's meaning.
"Da Niu, could you go out and boil some water for me? I want to wash myself and change my clothes."
The name "Da Niu" is what I heard the man mention earlier; it should be the child's name.
Da Niu shuddered when he heard his mother speak to him.
After responding, he ran out as if his life depended on it.
I just thought his parents were going to die, but in his final moments, he even asked his mother about the whereabouts of the family's money...
Oh no, this time, it's his turn to die...
"Hey sis, what do we do?! What happened?"
Lin Xi immediately transformed into a frightened fawn, her eyes filled with tears.
Gao Mengli remained completely bewildered: "I don't know! But you do look younger now, yet you don't resemble yourself at all."
Lin Xi panicked and touched her cheek.
Ah, doesn't it look like it?
He looked up at Gao Mengli and said, "Jimei, you don't look like it either."
He was somewhat ugly, with rough skin, and very thin, especially his chest, which looked like two small steamed buns. He was a little disgusted by it.
The two looked at each other, their minds filled with questions.
"We've...traveled through time, haven't we?!"
Gao Mengli hesitated for a moment, then reached out and scratched her itchy scalp. After scratching, she wiped her hands on Lin Xi's body with disgust.
"Probably. It's good that we have no relatives left, but it's a pity that there's no one in the other world to burn paper money for us."
After saying this, Lin Xi belatedly slapped her mouth.
Gao Mengli looked at the "unfamiliar" Lin Xi in front of her, speechless. "Your worry is really... quite unique. We've both been wiped out, and you're telling me about burning paper money?"
The two fell silent, unsure where to begin, because they had too many questions in their minds.
Lin Xi tried to calm herself down, but her little finger still unconsciously curled up. "What's this place called? What dynasty? Can we go back?"
Gao Mengli looked at Lin Xi as if she were an idiot, "Are you stupid? What are you going back for? To deliver food to the zombies? As for where this place is, you don't even know, how would I know?"
After saying that, he rolled his eyes to the back of his head.
Gao Mengli was really worried. The two of them knew nothing about this, so how were they supposed to cosplay as locals?
Just as the two were filled with doubt, the door was pushed open.
The two of them stared at Da Niu, who was standing awkwardly at the door, and exchanged glances.
Da Niu stood at the door, watching his parents scrutinize him from head to toe, left to right, looking him up and down, from every angle. He was a little nervous and uneasy. "Dad, Mom... the water... the water's boiled..."
After saying that, he turned and ran, as if the two people in front of him were demons, ghosts, or gods, but definitely not human.
Gao Mengli immediately stood up and called out, "Hey, don't go, I have something to ask you."
Upon hearing this, Da Niu ran even faster.
"Never mind, sister, let's change our clothes first, you stink." Lin Xi smelled the strange odor on her body with disgust and went to the wooden cabinet next to her to find clean clothes.
However, the claim of "cleanliness" is questionable, and it's essentially a patchwork of patches.
Gao Mengli walked out of the house and looked up at the two thatched huts.
There was a thatched shed on the east side, with three chickens kept in a fenced enclosure. Farm tools were placed next to it, and judging from their rusty appearance, they probably hadn't been used for a long time.
There was also a well in the courtyard, which puzzled Gao Mengli. This family was visibly poor, yet they still had a well; she couldn't understand it, she really couldn't understand it.