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In the blink of an eye, it was winter.

The first thing that appeared on the screen was a rabbit. It was Allie using a bow to hunt.

From Ellie's mental state, the players could tell that qiaoer was still alive, but he had lost his ability to move. Otherwise, Ellie would not have come out to hunt alone.

While they were chasing a deer, Allie met two passers-by. While waiting for their friends to go back to get medicine, Allie and the passers-by were attacked by zombies.

While Ellie was fighting the zombies, the players realized that the little girl who only knew how to cheer behind qiaoer had grown into a qualified warrior. Stealth, assassination, archery, and shooting were all unlocked. It was clear that Ellie had taken care of qiaoer in many difficult battles in the past few months.

After killing all the zombies, the players thought they were safe, but the plot took a turn.

This perverted old man who fought alongside Ellie was the leader of the hunters, and the hunters qiaoer and Ellie killed in the nearby town were all his companions.

However, the perverted uncle seemed to be quite open-minded, giving Allie antibiotics and letting her go.

In fact, if the players had paid attention to the previous plot, they would have heard about this new leader in the town. His ferocity had even caused the hunters to be dissatisfied, and some of them would rather leave than work with him. It was clear that this was a deeply hidden villain.

(Easter egg here: the wretched uncle and Nathan used the same actor.)

Ellie returned to her hiding place, and qiaoer was still lying unconscious on the ground. Ellie had gotten the antibiotics to save him.

It was freezing cold, and Joel was unconscious with a blanket over him. Allie used her backpack as a pillow beside him, taking care of him.

However, the hunters had found their way here in the morning, and Ellie decided to draw them away.

Even though they had killed many hunters, Allie was still captured by the leader of the hunters.

When Allie woke up in the cell, she found that the hunters outside were dissecting living people, clearly wanting to eat human flesh.

The leader wanted Ellie to stay, but Ellie was unmoved. The leader flew into a rage out of humiliation and decided to chop Ellie into minced meat.

At that moment, Joel, who had been injected with antibiotics, woke up.

……

Controlling qiaoer, Zhao Lei was practically crying tears of joy. You're finally awake!

Obviously, Allie had been caught, and qiaoer was the only one who could save her. Zhao Lei didn't even search the room for supplies. He almost immediately rushed out to look for Allie.

After killing the hunters that were searching for him in the town, Joel kidnapped two of them and interrogated them for Allie's whereabouts. Not only did this brutal and inhumane torture scene not make Zhao Lei feel cruel, but it also made him feel very relieved!

However, the rest of the story did not end up in the cliché "Joel saves Ellie." Ellie escaped very cleverly. The story now had two things to do. In the blizzard, Ellie escaped and searched for a way out in the town; Qiaoer had also come to the town, searching for Allie.

In the restaurant of the town, Ellie and the perverted uncle had an extremely tough boss battle. Ellie could only go into stealth in the scene and use a small knife to stab, and she had to do it three times.

Zhao Lei had died several times here, but when the final stab was made, the scene switched back to qiaoer.

When qiaoer arrived at the town, the enemy's reinforcements had already arrived and were searching the entire town. Zhao Lei had no intention of getting entangled with these people, so he searched for Allie's location in the town.

Allie finally killed the perverted Hunter leader. She swung her machete and chopped his head into pieces as if she was venting her anger. Qiaoer finally arrived, and Allie was crying in his arms.

In the deep sound of the guitar, everything returned to calmness. Only then did Zhao Lei realize that his back was already drenched in sweat.

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Up to this point, the entire plot had reached its climax. The players had experienced a lot, and qiaoer and Allie's feelings had also changed.

From the indifference at the beginning to the gradual trust later on, and now, the two of them were inseparable.

When qiaoer was heavily injured, Allie did not abandon him. Instead, she took care of him with great difficulty. Qiaoer already treated her as his own daughter. The conversation between the two also became more frequent. Qiaoer said that when everything was over, he would teach Ellie how to play the guitar. It was clear that qiaoer had already regarded Ellie as his family during the apocalypse.

At this moment, the players only had one goal left, and that was to send Ellie to Firefly and develop a vaccine against the virus.

Finally, they arrived at the hospital. At this time, the scene was no longer filled with snow. It could be seen that the two of them had walked for a very long time. They had used an entire year to cross the United States.

There were many animals in the ruins of the city. A giraffe was downstairs, stretching its head upstairs to eat grass. Joel and Allie walked over and touched the soft fur on the giraffe's neck.

The giraffe was eating grass, its big watery eyes looking at the camera, and behind it was a high-rise building covered in green grass.

The adorable giraffe seemed to have awakened Allie's girlish heart, and she began to hop forward in pursuit of the giraffe.

This was a very heartwarming scene. Although it was short, it left a very deep impression in Zhao Lei's heart. In the past zombie themes, the scenes of the end of the world seemed to be the same gray and black, and the zombies that were almost rotten brought real nightmares and the end of the world. However, in "doomsday of the United States," because the virus was set to be a kind of Cordyceps fungus, it did not pose a threat to plants and animals. So, twenty years after the outbreak of the virus, nature and animals took back the territory of humans.

This heartwarming scene was from a very crucial female perspective, which covered "doomsday of the United States" with a layer of human brilliance. There were no longer only hormones and killing, no longer only cruelty and coldness of the apocalypse, but also a lot of sunshine and warmth.

Along with the melodious and soothing melody, Zhao Lei had a feeling that after experiencing so many painful battles, the story was finally going to welcome a happy ending.

Just like the land in front of him, with green grass, trees, and giraffes.

At this moment, qiaoer already had the intention to retreat. He suggested that they end the journey here. However, Ellie decided to continue. After all, after going through so much, her goal of saving all humanity was about to be achieved.

At this moment, the players were also in a very tangled state of mind. They knew that everything was about to end, but they didn't want it to end just like that.

The two of them cooperated with each other skillfully, passing through the zombie-infested Urban area experiencing many dangers, and finally found the base of the fireflies.

When Joel woke up, Marlene was beside him, sighing at how long they had been able to walk.

"It's because she's here," qiaoer said."She risked her life to make it here. Maybe this is fate."

Qiaoer wanted to see Allie, but Marlene only told him the truth now.

The fungus had mutated in Ellie's body, which was why Ellie was immune to the virus. The doctors had to remove the worm fungus that had spread to Allie's entire brain before they could reverse engineer the vaccine.

Reality finally tore off the veil of warmth, and qiaoer was faced with a dilemma. He could either let Ellie die and develop the vaccine, or save Ellie and put the safety of all mankind in danger.

After all, there was only one person who was immune to the virus, and it was very likely that humans would not be able to find another person who was immune to the virus like Ellie.

And qiaoer chose the latter without hesitation.

Snatching the gun, interrogating, and killing his way out-Zhao Lei had never felt so carefree before. Right now, he did not care about the end of the world or the virus vaccine. He only wanted to save Ellie and leave this place.

Zhao Lei could empathize with qiaoer. Because in this long journey, the two of them had experienced so much together. They had already obtained a feeling that was even more inseparable than family.

Joel had experienced the pain of losing his daughter, so he knew what Allie's death meant to him. It was probably more painful than the end of the world. So, he didn't hesitate at all. For Allie, he could kill everyone.

On the way to the top floor, qiaoer found two recordings. One was the doctor's recording. The doctor had confirmed that Ellie's condition was unprecedented, and he was even looking forward to developing a vaccine, saving the world, and a beautiful tomorrow where all pain would end. The other one was Marlene's recording. As the leader of the fireflies, she was also very conflicted, but in the end, she agreed to the doctor's suggestion. Moreover, when qiaoer arrived, the soldiers of Firefly suggested to kill qiaoer, and it was Marlene who saved qiaoer.

When they finally arrived at the operating room, qiaoer carried Allie and rushed out of the base.

The familiar melody sounded once again, and tears welled up in Zhao Lei's eyes. It was as if he could see the scene of the apocalypse, where qiaoer and Allie were leaning on each other as they moved forward.

What was the definition of the apocalypse? The virus outbreak and the destruction of civilization might be the end of the world, but to qiaoer now, it would be the real end if Ellie died.

Kill Marlene and leave the Firefly.

In the car leaving, Allie woke up. They planned to return to Tommy's town to continue their lives. Joel told her a white lie, telling her that there were many people immune to the virus in Firefly, but they were helpless, and they had given up on the development of the vaccine.

The last thing he saw was Ellie.

Joel began to talk about his dead daughter, Sarah. He felt that Allie and Sarah would definitely become good friends.

In the last scene, Allie talked about her friends, Daisy, and Sam. They all died of infection, but Allie survived. Clearly, if Allie knew that her death could end all of this, she would very likely choose to sacrifice herself.

Allie made Joel swear that everything he said was true.

Qiaoer looked into Allie's eyes and said seriously,""I swear,"

……

……

The game was over.

Zhao Lei was still feeling short of breath, and his heart was pounding.

This was the first time he had such a strange feeling after playing the entire game.

Looking at the name list of the entire game's developers, Zhao Lei knew that the story had come to an end. However, there were still too many things that people had to reflect on.

Every character and plot seemed to have their own deep meaning, but it was clear that this was a controversial story. Everyone would have their own judgment in their hearts, their own ending.

"Doomsday" didn't give the players a chance to choose the ending. It didn't create the popular "multi-ending story." It was just like a movie, telling a good story, and the characters in the story each stuck to their own Creed.

Zhao Lei felt that there were too many things he wanted to say in his heart, but he had no place to start.

He understood that "doomsday of the United States" would be a real masterpiece.