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In the year 1873, a dark curse born on the battlefield of Gettysburg awakens a legion of the undead. The American Civil War, once a clash of ideals, has been swallowed by the iron and blood of walking corpses. Cities have fallen, governments are dust, and survivors cling to life in isolated towns linked only by hand-pumped railcars.

The story begins in the frontier outpost of Skunk Town. Eastwood, a disgraced Northern soldier, alcoholic, and lone gunslinger, wants nothing more than to survive in this broken world. But fate draws him into a harrowing battle between humanity and hell. Zoey, a sweet ten-year-old girl, and her mother Via, once Eastwood’s neighbors, are caught in the onslaught. When Via becomes infected and transforms into a monster, she is ultimately put down by her own daughter. Eastwood is left with no choice but to lead Zoey across a land teeming with ravenous horrors and crumbling hope.
As they journey deeper into the rotting earth, they face not just the savage undead, but the echoes of human greed and dark experiments unleashed by war. "Blood Cross" is a tale of survival, redemption, and the terrible price of forgotten sins in a world where the dead do not sleep—and the living are never safe.

Blood Cross: The Road of the Dead

第二天早上,太阳像一颗白热的死星一样闪耀着,照耀着小镇的尘土和腐朽.

佐伊被伊斯特伍德照料他的装备的声音吵醒了.他的动作平静,迅速,精确——就像一个士兵,或者一台机器.

她咬了咬嘴唇."我妈...她不能一个人.

"她知道,"他说,把一个水袋扛在肩上,向车站走去.

手动抽水的火车站几乎空无一人.只有两个瘦小的年轻人在值班,一个商人,和他的推车里装满了旧世界的书籍.

伊斯特伍德爬上车,坐在后排.火车在驶离城镇时吱吱作响.

臭鼬镇的城墙后退.镜面碎片在阳光下闪闪发光,就像幽灵般的眼睛,注视着他们离去.

回到小屋里,维娅睁开了眼睛.她的脸色苍白,略带青色.

"我饿了,"维娅嘶哑地说."去看看街道...看看是否有人有剩余的罐头.

她搜索了交易站后面的小巷,但这些小巷已经被其他饥饿的孩子捡得干干净净了.一个满脸伤痕的中年男子走过来,递给她半条面包.

"为了妈,"他说."但下次...把她带来.

佐伊一脸矛盾地接过面包,什么也没说.

当她回到小屋时,维娅已经又睡着了.

佐伊把面包撕成小块,慢慢地喂给她的妈妈.

"当他回来时,一切都会好起来的,"她低声说.

与此同时,伊斯特伍德的火车叮当作响,停在一个废弃的检查站.

棚屋里空无一人,但墙上的血迹拼出一条信息:

<p>疯狂的笑声来了.十字路口已经沦陷.</strong></p>

荒原中,一道身影踉踉跄跄地向前走,拖着一把生锈的斧头,斧头上缠着头发.

伊斯特伍德立刻就知道:他必须回来.

Chapter Two: Cracked Hope