In the end, she had used her intelligence to scheme and seize the Zombie Emperor’s crystal core—only to be discarded once she was no longer useful and besieged by everyone, dying a miserable death.
If Bai Sui hadn’t played a role in it, she wouldn’t believe it no matter what. The first person to cut off her path to survival had been Bai Sui—and after that, she even had the nerve to cry.
Unable to bear it any longer, the moment she saw Bai Sui again, Li Ge wished she could throw her axe straight at her.
Before her hand even touched the axe, the handsome man standing protectively to Bai Sui’s left sensed her gaze and looked over.
Their eyes met across the distance. Li Ge clenched her fist so hard she scraped off a piece of the wall.
It was Xi Zhou—the emperor who ruled millions of zombies in the apocalypse.
She had schemed against him and taken his crystal core, yet in the final moment, he had pushed her out of the sea of fire.
No matter his reason, Li Ge couldn’t bear to see him end up like in her previous life—reduced to nothing but bones.
In the early days of the apocalypse, Xi Zhou was actually protecting Bai Sui so carefully. Could it be that the rumors of the Zombie Emperor being infatuated with Bai Sui were true?
Realizing this, Li Ge gritted her teeth and quickened her descent.
Bai Sui was definitely not as innocent and kind as she appeared. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have captured Shen Yuyan’s heart within just one month, nor turned the Central Base upside down.
Oh, right—even Li Ge herself had indirectly died at her hands.
Before becoming the Zombie Emperor, Xi Zhou looked like a tender, harmless cabbage. Being with Bai Sui was definitely not a good thing.
“Damn, is she Spider-Man or something?”
A boy in the classroom stared in shock at Li Ge clinging to the window.
“The apocalypse is already here and instead of running, you’re hiding here? Tired of living?”
Li Ge shot back irritably. After snapping at him, she took a few quick steps and jumped from the second floor onto the grass.
Behind the teaching building were several white magnolia trees and neatly trimmed evergreen shrubs of varying heights. Using the shrubs as cover, Li Ge slowly approached the three people being chased by a group of zombies.
If classrooms were hiding places for students, then outside was the zombies’ domain.
Corpses lay scattered everywhere. Dark red blood flowed along the grooves in the ground toward the drains. The agonized cries of humans mixed with the roars of zombies.
Under the bright afternoon sun, the once peaceful campus had turned into a living hell.
Xi Zhou had originally been waiting in the lounge for an ambulance. Two hours earlier, a teacher had suddenly gone mad and attacked others, so they had locked him in a small room.
But even after Teacher Sun completely lost control, no help came. Meanwhile, news of the apocalypse spreading online grew more intense. Xi Zhou realized he could no longer sit and wait for death.
With the apocalypse descending and all order collapsing, survival was the only goal.
Coincidentally, Teacher Zhao received a school notice to gather, so they decided to leave the office building and head for the gymnasium shelter.
Xi Zhou held an iron rod, while his manager Sun Rui’an carried a heavy fire extinguisher. The two men struggled to protect Teacher Zhao and Bai Sui as they made their way downstairs.
Although they were lucky enough to take the elevator down safely, Teacher Zhao was bitten by a zombie in the lobby. They had no choice but to abandon her and take only Bai Sui to the gymnasium.
“Run across the grass—they can’t get up there.”
Xi Zhou smashed a zombie’s head with the iron rod while shielding Bai Sui as they ran toward the grass, reminding Sun Rui’an as they went.
Since the grass was elevated by a step on both sides of the road, the stiff and clumsy zombies couldn’t climb up. Compared to the road, the uneven grass was safer.
Seeing them step onto the grass, Li Ge slowed down and silently observed Xi Zhou.
He looked just like in the poster—a bright and cheerful young man—but when facing zombies, he showed no hesitation. After the earlier fights, he seemed to have grasped the key—every strike of his iron rod targeted the head.
From earlier, Xi Zhou had felt a probing gaze on him. He instinctively looked toward the teaching building, but the girl who had been climbing earlier was nowhere to be seen.
Looking around, there were no other living people outside besides the three of them. Perhaps he had imagined it.
“Brother Xi Zhou, I can’t run anymore…”
A delicate, whining voice sounded. Li Ge looked closely—Bai Sui was pouting, acting spoiled toward Xi Zhou.
Heh.
Among the three, she was the only one completely clean, without a speck of dirt—and she was tired? Wearing a little dress, high heels, and full makeup—anyone would think she was out on a trip.
Li Ge’s annoyance toward Bai Sui was written all over her face. She nearly stripped the leaves off the shrub beside her.
Looking at the gymnasium less than 200 meters away and the zombies closing in from both front and back, Xi Zhou sighed helplessly. Bai Sui’s high heels really did make it inconvenient.
“Hengrui, carry Xiao Sui for a bit. Give me the fire extinguisher. The gym is just ahead—we need to move faster.”
Bai Sui immediately cast a pitiful look at Sun Hengrui and walked behind him as if it were only natural.
“In the middle of the apocalypse, you’re still acting like a spoiled princess? We’re risking our lives to protect you, and you still make demands? If you can’t run, go feed the zombies—don’t drag me down with you.”
Survival came first. Sun Hengrui had no intention of indulging her anymore. Zombies were already at their heels—who cared about her pampered status?
Well said!
Li Ge silently applauded the man. In the apocalypse, being a little selfish wasn’t a bad thing. Trying to drag Xi Zhou down? Not a chance.
After being scolded, Bai Sui’s eyes reddened immediately. She followed behind Xi Zhou quietly, not daring to make any more requests.
“Xiao Sui, get on—I’ll carry you.” Xi Zhou lowered himself.
A flash of joy appeared in Bai Sui’s eyes—but in the next moment, a zombie lunged at them. Xi Zhou had no choice but to fight back, kicking and striking with the iron rod before driving it away.
Busy beyond measure, he gave an apologetic smile. Bai Sui completely gave up on the idea and obediently let herself be protected.
Li Ge had been angry when Xi Zhou offered to carry her—but she hadn’t missed the fleeting, unreadable look in his eyes.
In her five years in the apocalypse, Li Ge had heard many rumors about Xi Zhou—the bloodthirsty Zombie Emperor who slaughtered mercilessly, with many top ability users from the five major bases dying at his hands.
Aside from those stories of his lost humanity, they had never truly met. That great fire had been their first encounter.
The him in the poster was gentle and cheerful—a superstar adored by countless girls. And from what she had seen just now, his actions only added to an image of intelligence and decisiveness.
Perhaps she hated Bai Sui too much—so even Xi Zhou’s gentle gaze seemed like mockery in her eyes.
The brief interruption only delayed them slightly. Soon, they were about to leave the grass and reach the square in front of the gymnasium.
The shrubs were coming to an end—it was time for her to step out.
Parting the bushes, a black backpack appeared first, followed by Li Ge stepping onto the grass with a fire axe in hand, her expression cold.
Calm. Composed. Unhurried.
Xi Zhou didn’t know what words to use to describe the girl who had suddenly appeared.