Unprepared people were bitten and clawed by companions who had turned into zombies, and soon transformed into zombies themselves, becoming one of them.
Screams echoed endlessly.
Leaning against a corner, Li Ge remained expressionless as she took out chocolate from her backpack, unwrapped it, and ate piece after piece to quickly replenish her strength. She finished the remaining milk down to the last drop.
She had returned to the apocalypse once again—for reasons unknown.
The student ID in her pocket showed the identity of this body after rebirth: Haicheng Medical University, Li Ge, third year.
She knew this girl—the inseparable little follower of Bai Sui. Her ability was the most useless wood type, only capable of accelerating plant growth and nothing more.
At the moment the apocalypse began, the first batch of ability users also awakened.
Closing her eyes, Li Ge tried to mobilize the abilities within her body. Even if it wasn’t her rare ice ability from her previous life, having any ability would still be better than being an ordinary human.
She twitched her lips speechlessly. There was no ability at all in her body.
It seemed she not only had a useless ability—she wasn’t even among the first batch of awakened users.
She placed the poster she had been holding back into her backpack and quietly wiped down the fire axe beside her, making sure she had a weapon in hand.
It was a concert poster. On it was a warm, sunny young man holding a guitar, his gaze clear and pure. The poster was plastered all around campus. The location printed on it was this very school, and the concert was scheduled for tomorrow.
No one would have expected the superstar Xi Zhou to choose a school for a special National Day concert. Fans had already flocked in and stayed at nearby hotels, and even students chose to remain on campus because of the concert.
Of course, what she cared about wasn’t the concert—but the singer Xi Zhou, who would later become the Zombie Emperor who dominated the apocalypse for years.
Not many people knew the Zombie Emperor’s identity. Coincidentally, Bai Sui was one of them. It was precisely because she knew him that she caught Shen Yuyan’s attention.
As the second-in-command of the base, Li Ge had also learned of Xi Zhou’s identity as the Zombie Emperor. She just hadn’t expected that after her rebirth, they would be this close to each other.
Compared to searching for Bai Sui and Shen Yuyan—whose whereabouts were still unknown in the early apocalypse—finding Xi Zhou on campus was clearly much easier.
Of course, she wouldn’t let them off either.
If he hadn’t yet turned into a zombie, all the better. If fate was unkind and he already had, then she’d just have to pick him up and raise him for now.
The zombie virus spread extremely quickly. At first, there were only a few zombies on each floor. But as people rushed up and down, panic caused crowds of college students—despite their education—to lose all composure, cramming into narrow stairwells. Escape routes were completely blocked.
Some were infected and turned into zombies. More lost their lives in the chaos within the teaching building.
It was exactly the same as the day the apocalypse arrived in her memory. On the streets, people didn’t just die from zombie attacks—they were trampled by their own kind or crushed by out-of-control vehicles.
Everyone wanted to live. No one wanted to become a zombie.
They all wanted to escape danger as quickly as possible, but space was limited. When large crowds lost order, the terror was unimaginable.
So in the early days of the apocalypse, the greatest threat wasn’t zombies—it was humans.
“Master, you have a call! You have a call!”
A strangely cheerful ringtone suddenly rang out.
Li Ge glanced at the caller ID—it said “Brother.” Since when did she have a brother?
Then she remembered—she had been reborn. When the phone rang again, she answered.
“Li Ge, is Xiao Sui at school? I’ve tried calling her several times but couldn’t get through. Did something happen to her?”
A man’s anxious voice came rushing through the phone. Although Li Ge had seen the original owner a few times before, that didn’t mean she knew her family background.
“Who are you?”
The man on the other end paused for a moment. “Stop messing around. Tell me how Xiao Sui is. Things are chaotic outside right now—tell her not to run around. I’ll come find you as soon as possible.”
Li Ge hung up immediately.
The only person she knew with “Sui” in her name was Bai Sui. Her instincts told her the man was talking about her—after all, the original owner was Bai Sui’s little follower.
After hanging up five calls in a row, the man called again for the sixth time. His tone now carried a hint of helplessness.
“Li Ge, I’m Bai Rui’an. The situation is very bad right now—many people are suddenly going mad and attacking others. Protect Xiao Sui. I’ll be there soon.”
Bai Rui’an—the level-four metal-type powerhouse of the Eastern Base, second only to the base leader. He was indeed Bai Sui’s brother.
Who would’ve thought that the timid original host was also his sister?
One surnamed Bai, one surnamed Li—how interesting.
Two hours later, the teaching building finally fell silent. By then, Li Ge had already searched for Xi Zhou’s exact location on her phone. It was time to go find him.
Student ID, stationery, a phone with no battery—she threw all useless items onto the balcony, leaving only half a bottle of water and the poster in her backpack.
The original owner was wearing long sleeves, long pants, and sneakers—convenient for movement. Taking one last breath of fresh air, Li Ge picked up the fire axe and headed downstairs.
The apocalypse had only begun two hours ago. At this stage, the zombies hadn’t evolved yet—not even reaching level one.
Their skin was pale with a bluish tint, pupils gray-white. They moved slowly, their legs stiff and unable to bend. Though mindless, they possessed great strength and wouldn’t stop unless fatally injured.
There was only one male zombie behind the iron door. Sensing a human, it turned stiffly—but in the next instant, it was kicked to the ground.
The polished axe swung down toward its neck.
Warm blood splattered. Li Ge stepped on the zombie’s back, yanked out the axe, and struck again with force.
It took three blows before the zombie finally stopped moving. Her blood-splattered face looked terrifying—like a demon crawling out of hell.
Her current body hadn’t been trained. If she hadn’t relied on surprise, she might have been overpowered instead.
It took so much effort just to deal with one zombie—taking the stairs was clearly unwise.
After weighing her options, Li Ge retreated to the balcony, adjusted her backpack to her front with the axe exposed, and climbed down slowly using the water pipe.
Behind the wall was a patch of grass—usually deserted, and for now, free of zombies.
As she passed the third floor, a flash of unusual blue light appeared in the corner of her eye. A boy nearby was suddenly drenched by water that appeared out of thin air—someone had awakened an ability.
By tonight, zombies would evolve into level one—stronger and faster. She needed to find Xi Zhou as soon as possible.
Just as she thought that—three figures appeared on the grass beside the building.
The moment she saw the girl in the pink dress, her face full of youthful softness, Li Ge’s expression twisted visibly.
That face—she would never forget it.
Bai Sui. That delicate, innocent-looking face had deceived countless people.
As the second-in-command of the Central Base, wielding a rare ice ability, Li Ge had once been someone who could command the winds and clouds in the apocalypse.
But ever since Bai Sui arrived at the base, Shen Yuyan began suspecting her of seizing power, her ability squad betrayed her…
Who would have thought that Li Ge would one day be abandoned by everyone she trusted?