Chapter 004 Where is the website?


    Upon waking up, the world had turned upside down... but why was it so quiet?


    Zhang Su furrowed his brows, scanning his surroundings. The unsettling calm was even more terrifying than chaos. Something so catastrophic had occurred, yet there were no signs of emergency vehicles? No police cars, no ambulances, no fire trucks—where had they all gone?


    This was far too abnormal.


    Crash.


    As Zhang Su gazed toward the distant street, a glass window on the fourth floor of Building 4 shattered. Three figures plummeted from above, their anguished screams piercing the silence.


    The fall happened so fast that Zhang Su could barely discern that among the three, one was a child, while the other two appeared to be an elderly couple.


    The trees obscured their landing, but the dull thuds of impact reached his ears, making the corners of his mouth twitch involuntarily.


    “Help! F***, get off me! You lunatic...”


    Before Zhang Su could recover from the shock of the fall, a distant cry for help drew his attention. He saw a group of zombies, once aimlessly wandering, now moving rapidly. Despite their stiff appearances, their speed was shockingly quick as they chased a young man running barefoot.


    “Run!” Zhang Su whispered urgently, gripping his fists in tension, silently rooting for the man.


    As if he could hear Zhang Su’s encouragement, the young man sprinted with all his might, disappearing around a corner with the horde of zombies in pursuit, his fate uncertain.


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    Zhang Su pressed his face against the window, trying to catch a glimpse of the young man’s outcome. Suddenly, a gut-wrenching scream erupted nearby. The voice belonged to the petite housewife from downstairs, someone he often saw in the neighborhood walking her Samoyed. She had always appeared carefree and leisurely, living without a worry in the world.


    “Help—ah, no—ugh...”


    Her cries turned to shrieks, then silence, replaced by the faint sound of chewing. There was no barking, likely because the dog had met its end earlier.


    Just as Zhang Su was about to avert his gaze, his peripheral vision caught two distorted figures crawling out from behind the tree that had hidden the fallen bodies. A closer look revealed it was the elderly couple who had just leaped to their deaths.


    “This... this is hell! Did we wake up in hell?”


    At some point, Zheng Xinyu had appeared beside him, tears glistening in her eyes as she stared at the horrifying scene outside.


    She had no idea what hell was like, but the blood-soaked events before her were the most terrifying thing she had ever witnessed. If she were to see the hospitals, boarding schools, or factories now, she would realize how shallow her current definition of hell truly was.


    “What the hell is going on?!”


    The overwhelming shock from everything he had witnessed since waking up left Zhang Su no time to think. Collapsing to the ground, he tugged at his hair, mumbling to himself. “This is insane. Everyone’s gone completely insane!”


    Of course, it wasn’t him who had gone mad—it was the world. But if the entire world was insane except for him, then who was truly crazy?


    “This isn’t how my life was supposed to go!” Zhang Su screamed internally.


    His life had been perfect—a house, a car, and a decent income of over 10,000 yuan a month. No debts, no obligations. He changed girlfriends twice a year, indulged in good food and drink, and enjoyed an unrestrained, carefree existence.


    Marriage? Children? Those weren’t part of his plan. He had intended to begin his travel adventures by the time he turned thirty, exploring the cultural landscapes of both domestic and foreign destinations.


    Yet, all of that had vanished in the blink of an eye.


    “This apocalypse wasn’t written into my script!”


    Frustration clouded Zhang Su’s expression as he contemplated the grim future.


    “Su-ge, don’t do this. Please,” Zheng Xinyu said softly, her heart aching at the sight of Zhang Su’s vulnerability. She knelt beside him and gently held his shoulder, offering silent comfort.


    After a moment of gathering his thoughts, Zhang Su took a deep breath and asked, “What’s the situation? Any news?”


    “No... there’s no internet,” Zheng Xinyu replied hesitantly, reluctant to further upset him but unable to deny the truth.


    “No internet?!”


    Zhang Su released his grip on his hair, his disbelief only growing. Before she could respond, he hurried back to his bedroom and grabbed his phone. What was once a full signal now flickered precariously with a single bar, as weak as a candle in the wind.


    He tried making a call but couldn’t connect. Accessing the internet was impossible.


    “What about the wired network?” Zhang Su suddenly remembered and turned on his computer, only to see a red X in the bottom-right corner. His heart sank further.


    “I already checked. The computer won’t connect either,” Zheng Xinyu whispered, standing by the doorway, her voice trembling with helplessness.


    For people accustomed to relying on the internet for information, losing connectivity was akin to losing their sight and hearing. The blow was devastating.


    Zhang Su didn’t know what could cause an entire city’s communication and internet systems to collapse, but he knew it spelled disaster—absolute disaster.


    Without exaggeration, modern cities and even nations depend on networks as their lifeline. Losing it could lead to unimaginable consequences. He couldn’t fathom what event could destroy an entire city’s communication network so abruptly.


    After fiddling impatiently with his phone, which showed no signs of improvement, Zhang Su tossed it onto the bed, grabbed a jacket, and slowed his speech. “Forget about news updates. Let’s start piecing things together. Xinyu, when did you wake up?”


    “I woke up just before I called you. I haven’t even brushed my teeth...” Zheng Xinyu admitted, feeling slightly more at ease as she watched Zhang Su regain his composure.


    “Alright. From what we know so far, Shengqin Garden is completely done for,” Zhang Su said after a pause. “At this hour, Haiping Street is usually bustling. I only saw one car just now. Most importantly, I didn’t hear any sirens. For something this massive, there’s no way we wouldn’t hear sirens. Add to that the internet outage, and I think...”


    He lit a cigarette, taking a deep drag before concluding, “I think the entire Qin City is in trouble.”


    He deliberately avoided using the word “fallen,” unwilling to accept such a grim reality.


    “Don’t scare me like that,” Zheng Xinyu whispered, covering her mouth with trembling hands, tears streaming down her face.


    Even a large-scale epidemic was enough to unsettle people, let alone the horrifying reality of neighbors turning into flesh-eating monsters. Panic was inevitable.


    She desperately hoped that Shengqin Garden was the only area affected, that the military or special forces would soon arrive to restore order. Even the local police would suffice. But after hearing Zhang Su’s analysis, her hopes crumbled completely.