Bai Yaoyao wasn’t in a hurry to make her move. She observed for about five minutes.
Someone on the fourth floor spotted Bai Yaoyao.
“Look! There’s someone behind the tree!”
“What does she want to do? Does she want to kill the zombie? Damn, is she that desperate?”
“Run, miss! That zombie can spit fire!”
Bai Yaoyao ignored the chattering from upstairs. Fortunately, zombies couldn’t understand human speech, or she would have been exposed.
After calculating the timing – the fire zombie used its ability approximately every five seconds – she precisely timed her advance to coincide with its skill activation. Combining her movement with teleportation, she reached the zombie in an instant, channeling all her strength into her arms.
One slash, and the zombie’s head fell to the ground!
With a flick of her blade tip, she retrieved the crystal core, then turned and left cleanly.
“Holy shit! This girl is amazing! Do you need followers? We can carry your bags and do odd jobs!”
“So cool, so cool! I think I’m falling for her!”
“Ahhhhh! Wife, don’t go! You saved me, I’ll devote myself to you! I’ll follow you from now on!”
…
The exclamations of astonishment rose and fell, growing increasingly loud. Bai Yaoyao smiled slightly. It was only the second day of the apocalypse – these inexperienced kids hadn’t yet felt the cruelty of this new world, so they still had the mood to joke around. In a few days, when rescue still hadn’t come, they’d be crying.
She recalled that H University, where she was currently located, was one of Huaguo’s top institutions. Those seemingly clueless kids upstairs might actually be talented people.
Unable to resist, she kindly reminded them: “Hey, keep shouting! Bring all the zombies over and see if your group is enough to fill their teeth gaps.”
Instantly.
Except for the howling wind, all sounds disappeared…
Bai Yaoyao turned back to look at the pitiful young faces stacked on top of each other like a pyramid at the fourth-floor window. She couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth upward.
Youth is wonderful.
Though Bai Yaoyao’s words were sharp and sarcastic, she actually deliberately circled around the cafeteria, clearing out every single zombie in the vicinity without leaving any behind.
She decided to give these little fools some more time. There would be no more ivory towers in the future, only the apocalypse’s melting pot. If they wanted to live longer, they had to grow up – there was no alternative.
But…
Growth comes with a price, and that price might be their lives.
…
Bai Yaoyao returned to the school gate to check if everyone had arrived.
The Shitou Group had already arrived, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of Fatty’d Group.
Although no signal flare had been sent, Bai Yaoyao felt uneasy and led everyone toward the route the Group had taken, wanting to meet them.
After about two intersections, they heard sounds of fighting. Bai Yaoyao had previously scanned the area with her mental power and found no zombies, so she quickly led everyone to rush over.
They found Fatty and Adai fighting, with one of Fatty’s arms completely covered in blood!
Adai’s face was also bruised and swollen.
Peiqi and Lulu were fighting too, fortunately without using their superpowers – just fighting with daggers.
“What the hell are you doing! Fatty, Adai, stop fighting! Sister Lu, Peiqi, what’s going on!”
Xiaomi and the others hurriedly tried to break up the fight. They didn’t understand what was happening – they had all grown up together since childhood, with deep bonds. Even when conflicts occasionally arose, they would make up quickly.
Unexpectedly, when they tried to intervene, the fighters immediately turned on them. In an instant, chaos erupted, and everyone except Bai Yaoyao got dragged into the fight.
“It’s a Psychic Zombie!” Bai Yaoyao shouted loudly.
Being able to disrupt human thoughts while remaining undetectable to her own Mental Power—this had to be at least a Tier 3 Mental Zombie. And it’s only the second day of the Apocalypse, damn it.
No wonder I got such an overpowered starting script—turns out it’s hell mode after all.
Bai Yaoyao cursed inwardly. She ignored the others who were still fighting. Aside from Adai, whose abilities were stronger, the rest were roughly at the same level. Since Adai was up against Shitou and Fatty, he might not be able to win, but defending himself wasn’t a problem.
Bai Yaoyao forced herself to calm down and quickly scanned the surroundings. Focusing her mind, she once again extended her Mental Power, inch by inch, and discovered that the breakfast shop about 50 meters away was impervious to her superpower detection.
She immediately severed her Mental Power connection and rushed over.
When dealing with these special-type zombies, her space ability gave her a significant advantage because their defense was weak and they couldn’t handle close combat.
And she happened to have Teleport to breach their defenses quickly.
But…
Special circumstances call for special measures.
Sensing the zombie trying to change positions, Bai Yaoyao directly tossed a grenade at it. Die, you sneaky bastard!
Boom…
A loud explosion…
Adai and Fatty instantly regained their senses. Seeing that everyone was fine, Bai Yaoyao focused on pursuing the Psychic Zombie. She tossed Xiao Wai out in the process, and Xiao Wai extended its vines, briefly restraining the zombie before it broke free shortly after.
But by then, Bai Yaoyao had already closed in. The Psychic Zombie tried to disrupt her thoughts, but Bai Yaoyao’s Mental Power resisted it, buying her a few seconds.
So she opted for a quick takedown instead of using firearms again. With a Teleport followed by a baseball bat to the head, she went for the most primitive and straightforward approach—swinging the bat hard.
“Are you dead yet?”
“How the hell are you still not dead!”
Bai Yaoyao swung the bat again with even more force, instantly splattering the zombie’s brains. The crystal core flew out without even needing to be dug out.
By the time the others caught up, they arrived just in time to see Yao-jie talking trash while securing the kill!
The scene was exceptionally gruesome—yet beautifully poetic!
“Yao-jie, you’re amazing!”
“What’s the deal with this guy? How does it have such abilities?” Fatty clutched the knife wound on his arm and couldn’t resist stepping closer for a look.
Bai Yaoyao held up the crystal core for everyone to see and said, “A Tier 3 Mental Zombie. I don’t know why, but the pace this time around is much faster than in the previous life. It’s completely different from my memories.”
Seeing Bai Yaoyao frowning, Fatty quietly comforted her, “It’s fine. This time, everyone’s here. We’ll take it slow.”
Bai Yaoyao was taken aback. Yeah, Lulu and Chen Xuan are still alive, and Xiaomi and the others already have superpowers from the start. Things are already much better.
“I was overthinking it. Got it, Fatty.” Bai Yaoyao adjusted her emotions and looked at Fatty as she spoke.
“Fatty, stop moving. Look at how much blood you’re losing from your arm. My superpower is finally useful, hahaha.” Peiqi said as she rushed over.
“Peiqi-jie, me too! My face is all messed up,” Adai said.
“Hahaha, one at a time!” Peiqi waved her hand grandly.
Unfortunately, her boast lasted less than five minutes before her superpower ran out.
She only managed to fully treat Fatty. Adai and Lulu hadn’t even gotten their turn yet.
“I’m not very skilled yet, seems like I used too much superpower on Fatty, wasted it,” Peiqi said apologetically.
Bai Yaoyao took out some ointment and tossed it to Adai and Lulu.
“Apply it yourselves.”
…