(There's a lot of plot content. Students who don't care about it can consider skipping.)
Time flew by and it was winter.
The first thing that appeared on the screen was a rabbit. It was Allie hunting with a bow and arrow.
From Allie's mental state, the players could infer that Joel was still alive, but he had lost his ability to move. Otherwise, Allie wouldn't have come out to hunt alone.
While chasing a deer, Allie met two passers-by. While waiting for the passers-by to go back to get medicine, Allie and the passers-by were attacked by zombies.
When Allie was fighting the zombies, the players realized that the little loli who only knew how to follow behind Joel had grown into a qualified warrior. She had unlocked all her abilities, including sneaking, assassination, archery, and shooting. It could be seen that Allie had gone through many difficult battles to take care of Joel in the past few months.
After killing all the zombies, just when the players thought they were safe, the plot took a turn.
The perverted man who fought alongside Allie turned out to be the leader of the hunters. The hunters that Joel and Allie killed in the nearby town were all his companions.
However, the perverted man seemed to be quite open-minded. He gave Allie an antibiotic and let her go.
But in fact, if the players paid attention to the previous plot, the hunters in the town had mentioned the new leader. His cruelty had even caused dissatisfaction among the hunters. Some of the hunters would rather leave than work with him. It could be seen that he was a hidden villain.
(Easter Egg: The perverted man and Nathan used the same actor.)
Allie returned to her hiding place. Joel was still lying unconscious on the ground. Allie got the antibiotic to save him.
It was freezing cold. Joel was unconscious under a blanket. Allie used her backpack as a pillow and laid beside him, taking good care of him.
But in the morning, the hunters had found their way here. Allie decided to lure them away.
Although she killed a lot of hunters, Allie was still caught by the leader of the hunters.
When Allie woke up in the cell, she found that the hunters were dissecting a living person. It was obvious that they wanted to eat human flesh.
The leader wanted Allie to stay, but Allie didn't listen. The leader was so angry that he decided to chop Allie into pieces.
At this time, Joel, who had been injected with the antibiotic, woke up.
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Zhao Lei was controlling Qiao Er. He was crying tears of joy. You're finally awake!
Obviously, Ellie had been caught, and only Joel could save her now. Zhao Lei did not even search the room for supplies. He almost immediately rushed out of the house to search for Ellie.
After killing the hunters who were searching for him in the small town, Joel captured two of them alive and interrogated them about Allie's whereabouts. Not only did this scene of inhumane torture not make Zhao Lei feel cruel, but it also made him feel very liberated!
However, the story didn't degenerate into the cliché of "Joel rescuing Ellie". Ellie was smart enough to escape. At this time, the story was moving in two directions. In the snowstorm, Ellie escaped and searched for a way to survive in the small town. At the same time, Joel also came to the small town and searched for Ellie.
In the small town's restaurant, Allie and the perverted uncle fought an extremely difficult boss battle. Allie could only sneak around the scene and use her knife to assassinate the boss, and she had to assassinate it three times.
Zhao Lei died a few times here, but when the final stab was made, the scene switched to Joel.
When Joel arrived at the small 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, but he was searching for Ellie in the small town.
In the end, Ellie killed the perverted leader of the hunters. She swung her knife and chopped his head into pieces as if she was venting her anger. At this time, Joel finally arrived. Ellie was sobbing in Joel's arms.
In the deep sound of the guitar, everything returned to silence. Only then did Zhao Lei realize that his back was drenched in sweat.
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At this point, the plot had actually reached the climax. The players had experienced a lot, and the relationship between Joel and Ellie had also changed.
From the indifference at the beginning, to the gradual trust, and now, the two of them were inseparable.
When Joel was seriously injured, Ellie did not abandon him. Instead, she put in a lot of effort to take care of him, and Joel had already treated her like his own daughter. The conversation between the two of them had obviously increased during the journey. Joel said that when everything was over, he would teach Ellie how to play the guitar. At this time, Joel had already regarded Ellie as his family in the apocalypse.
At this time, the players only had one goal left, and that was to send Ellie to Firefly to develop a vaccine against the virus.
Finally, they arrived at the destination hospital. At this time, the scenery was no longer snowy, and it was obvious that the two of them had traveled for a long time. It took them a whole year to cross the United States.
In the ruins of the city, there were many animals. A giraffe was downstairs, and it was grazing on the grass upstairs. Joel and Ellie walked over and stroked the soft fur on the giraffe's neck.
The giraffe ate the grass and looked at the camera with its big, watery eyes. Behind it, there was a tall building with lush green grass.
The adorable giraffe seemed to have awakened Ellie's girly heart, and she began to skip forward, chasing after the giraffe.
It was a very heartwarming scene. Although it was very short, it left a very deep impression in Zhao Lei's heart. In the past zombie themes, the apocalypse seemed to be a monotonous grayish-black, and the zombies that were almost completely rotten would bring about a true nightmare and apocalypse. However, in 'Doomsday', the virus was set to be a type of cordyceps fungus, and it would not pose a threat to plants and animals. Therefore, twenty years after the outbreak of the virus, nature and animals reclaimed the territory of humans.
This heartwarming scene was from a very key female perspective, and it cast a layer of humanity over 'Doomsday'. There was no longer only hormones and killing, nor was there only the cruelty and cruelty of the apocalypse. There was a lot more sunshine and warmth.
Accompanied by the soothing melody, Zhao Lei had a feeling that after going through so many painful battles, the story would finally usher in a happy ending.
Just like the land in front of him, the green grass, the trees, and the giraffe.
At this time, Joel already had the idea of retreating, and he suggested that they should end their journey here. However, Ellie decided to continue. After all, after going through so much, the goal of saving all of humanity was about to be achieved.
At this time, the players were also very conflicted. They knew that everything was about to end, but they did not want it to end just like that.
The two of them skillfully cooperated with each other, passing through the zombie-infested urban areas, and after many dangerous situations, they finally found the Fire Firefly's base.
When Joel woke up, Marlene was beside him. She was amazed that they could actually go through such a long journey.
Joel said, "Because of her, she risked her life to make it here. Maybe this is fate."
Joel wanted to see Ellie, but Marlene only told him the truth at this time.
The cordyceps fungus had mutated in Ellie's body, and that was why Ellie was immune to the virus. The doctors had to remove the cordyceps fungus that had spread to Ellie's entire brain in order to reverse engineer a vaccine.
Reality finally tore off the veil of warmth, and Joel was faced with a dilemma. He could either let Ellie die and develop a vaccine, or he could save Ellie and put the safety of all of humanity at the back of his mind.
After all, there was only one example of immunity to the virus, and it was very likely that humans would not be able to find another person like Ellie who was immune to the virus.
And without hesitation, Joel chose the latter.
Snatching the gun, interrogating, and killing his way out, Zhao Lei had never felt so carefree. He did not care about the end of the world, nor did he care about the virus vaccine. He only wanted to save Ellie and leave this place.
Zhao Lei could empathize with Joel, because during this long journey, the two of them had experienced so much together, and they had developed a feeling that was even more inseparable than family.
Joel had experienced the pain of losing his daughter, so he knew very well what Ellie's death meant to him. It was probably even more painful than the end of the world. Therefore, he did not have any hesitation. For Ellie, he could kill everyone.
On the way to the top floor, Joel found two recordings. One was the recording of the doctor. The doctor had confirmed that Ellie was in a condition that had never been seen before. He was even looking forward to the development of a vaccine, saving the world, and ending all pain. The other recording was Marlene's recording. As the leader of Firefly, she was also very conflicted, but in the end, she agreed to the doctor's suggestion. Also, when Joel arrived, the soldiers of Firefly suggested to kill Joel, and it was Marlene who saved Joel.
When they finally arrived at the operating room, Joel rushed out of Firefly's base with Ellie in his arms.
The familiar melody sounded again, and Zhao Lei's eyes were wet. He seemed to see the scene of the end of the world, where Joel and Ellie leaned on each other as they moved forward.
What was the definition of the end of the world? The virus outbreak and the destruction of civilization might be the end of the world, but for Joel, if Ellie died, it would be the real end of the world.
Kill Marlene and leave Firefly.
On the way out of the car, Ellie woke up. They planned to go back to Tommy's town to continue their lives. Joel told her a white lie, telling her that there were many people who were immune to the virus in Firefly, but they could not do anything, and they had already given up on developing the vaccine.
Finally, the camera returned to Allie.
Joel talked about his dead daughter, Sarah, and felt that Ellie and Sarah would have been good friends.
In the last scene, Ellie talked about her friends, Tess, and Sam. All of them had died of the infection, but Ellie had survived. Obviously, if Ellie knew that her death could end everything, she would have chosen to sacrifice herself.
Ellie made Joel swear that everything he said was true.
Joel looked into Ellie's eyes and said seriously, "I swear."
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That was the end of the game.
Zhao Lei still felt a little short of breath, and his heart was pounding.
This was the first time he had such a strange feeling after finishing the whole game.
Looking at the list of developers, Zhao Lei knew that the story had come to an end, but there were too many things to reflect on.
Every character and every plot seemed to have its own meaning, but it was obvious that this was a controversial story. In everyone's heart, there would be their own judgment and their own ending.
USA Apocalypse did not give players the opportunity to choose the ending, and it did not create a very popular "multi-ending story". It was just like a movie, telling a good story, and the characters in the story were all sticking to their own beliefs.
Zhao Lei felt that there were too many things he wanted to say, but he did not know where to start.
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