Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1
“God of Mercy, You greet the new soul, into the eternal life, filled with light joy, in the Fellowshi+p of the Saints in Heaven And when the Lord Jesus comes the second time, the rave, and shall have eternal life”
”Amen”
The priest kissed the silver cross and held it up to the sky light through the high stained glass s of the church, projecting its silhouette onto the black pine coffin placed in the middle of the altar A black-cladded white wo her ed the little boy at her side
”…… Mom? ”
”Yes?”
“Does God love the world?”
“God …” the wo in a hoarse voice, “God loves all sentient beings, so He gives blessing to His Son, Jesus, so that all who believe in Hiain eternal life…”
“Then why are we deprived of our liberty, plundered and imprisoned?”
”……”
“Isn’t the world created without unequality?”
Before she could answer, the door behind the woures rushed into the church, all snapping and shouting The wo off her neck and thrust it into the little boy’s hand,before she was caught by several heavily ared back forcibly
“Run, Run!” The struggling woet out of here!”
“Don’t look back, don’t give up!”
“Mom loves you!…”
The church then collapsed in a loud bang, the burning flarey as the cloudy sky above Screaness, while the wind bleay the ashes, scattering them to the vast desolate land
The little boy was running in the wilderness, with the soldiers and hounds following behind hiradually cleared in front of hie city appeared under the cliff he was standing on The boy heard the sound of his pursuers closing fastly to his position, and hurriedly jumped!
The histled through his ears, and the pendant on his chest rose with it
The little boy closed his eyes as he began to fall rapidly The last thing reflected in his black pupils was the view of the lonely, cold, endless night
“Those who are dead will be resurrected and have eternal life–“
He said in his heart: ”Amen”
2019, T City
”…… Ah …! ”
The young ht In the next moment, he felt a sudden ache in his body, like a current wasits way over each of his nerve The dizziness it causedimmediately
However, there was nothing to vo for days The only thing it ans After a while, he finally let out a gasp as his nausea calht, he took a look at the sht co from the only iron-barredin that place
…… What is this place, a prison?
What a here?
He tried to get any useful information out of his confusedabout it was giving him a headache As he tried to climb down the bed, he suddenly heard footsteps and voices from outside the door
”…… We've been searching the city for three days, and still didn't find soa's s for zombies…”
“Alpha's too I heard, only useless beta is relatively safe”
“Forget it, these few Oh for us to report …”
A sound of clatter was soon heard from the padlock and then, with a sharp friction, the door was opened The two soldiers walked into the cell By virtue of the di on the bed, looking lifeless, without any movement from his chest
“Is he dead?”
A gloved finger stretched out to the youngto check on the pulse of his neck
”Co one ”
Hearing this, his cohed: “Come on, this one is ?”
”Even if he's covered in 18 layers of mud, I'd still be able to see it”
“You are so thirsty!”
“Aren’t you thirsty?”
“Being thirsty is useless, I can't afford it anyway …”
The young htly and stayed extre picked up from the bed and carried out of the cell
However, the buhtly open his eyes The only thing that he could see fro to a man cladded in some protective clothes Thetall and athletic, with short boots on his legs and a black holster on his thigh
Two alphas
A shadow fro ht, and he closed his eyes hurriedly Not long after, the two soldiers entered a lift and pressed the up button, their faces bright and lively
However, before the lift's door closed, a : “Pack your belongings! Prepare to retreat! The base's helicopters are on the roof! ”
“The city has fallen, there is no time!”
“Co
Seeing this, the young man squinted his eyes, now is his chance
“Take the O back to the base …”
The soldier was just about to open his a in his arms suddenly seeround–
His first reaction was to bon and picked hi young man unexpectedly reached to the holster on his hips, hooked the gun, and kneeled while pointing the gun at him
The incident was too sudden, the soldier didn't even have a chance to speak before the younghim to immediately fall!
Boom！
“What’s going on?”
”Stop! ”
All around the ed the fallen soldier by his hair, and used the alpha's bloodied body to block in front of him: “Back off!!”
He wanted to say 'back, do not move', but his throat was still hoarse from his period of unconsciousness He took deep breaths for a few seconds, before finally shouted: “Stop! Drop your weapon! ”
The faces of all the approaching soldiers in the hall changed color, and they stopped, for man; the atmosphere was tense
“Colonel, there’s an eency–”
Tang Hao hung up his phone and looked up: “What?”
“One of the O,” the aide pointed to the hall not far froer: “He not only took one of our soldier hostage, but also wants to escape!”
The youngbreath of the alpha soldiers e soldier felt the icy un barrel on his temple, and sed in difficulty: “Put … put me down, you can’t run away … Ah! ”
The young htened on his neck, ”Shut up ”
This place was the prison's public area, a round-shaped hall which was now filled with heavily ar h estiency facilities and stretchers covered hite clothes around theuess how many corpses were there, as the air was filled with the smell of smoke, coke, blood and rotten meat
What is this, a riot?
War?
Who are these people and why are they here?
The exit at the end the hall was locked by a solid iron door, which led to a shtly tanned man dressed in military clothes walked out of that door and strode towards them
The young man stepped back bit by bit, until he was finally separated froun in his hand, and aimed it at the newcomer
“Let go of a who had retreated to the corner He was obviously a strongthis ti softer as to not startled the oa: “-We saved you, the city has fallen, you can't run out”
The young man closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened it once again: “Who are you?”
Tang Hao did not answer his question directly: “Our ic material until you are escorted back to the base You are not in any danger, the base's preparation to take you over is ready, and you will soon be moved to the safe zone…”
There is no safe zone, a voice in his subconscious said to him