During this time, Song Chuxia encountered quite a few people fleeing through the various floors. Fortunately, everyone was busy running for their lives, and no one paid any attention to her. This allowed her to continue collecting supplies to her heart’s content.
When she entered one of the dormitories, she discovered a zombie gnawing on a person. Song Chuxia immediately wanted to hide, but it was already too late. A zombie was approaching from the corridor, while the one inside the room had also caught her scent.
The zombie’s clothes, face, and mouth were covered in blood. When it turned to look at her, it was still chewing something in its mouth.
Song Chuxia wanted to escape as quickly as possible, but she also reminded herself to remain calm.
She raised the baseball bat in her hand. It was another item she had collected from a different dormitory.
One strike, then another.
After gradually getting a feel for the right amount of force and angle, she made one powerful swing and finally smashed the zombie’s head open.
Just as she was about to catch her breath, the person who had just been devoured turned into a zombie. It staggered to its feet and lurched toward her.
Fortunately, this zombie was still inexperienced at being one. Song Chuxia smashed its head with another strike and dealt with it immediately.
After taking care of the zombies, she put on a pair of gloves and used a fruit knife to pry open their heads, wanting to check whether they had any crystals inside.
Unfortunately, there were none.
Song Chuxia went to another relatively clean dormitory, quickly took a shower, changed her clothes, and ate some bread. After putting on her mask and hat, she continued collecting supplies.
She soon finished clearing out almost the entire building.
There were several zombies gathered at the main entrance of the dormitory building. After carefully observing her surroundings, she went to a dormitory on the first floor and discovered that the area near its window was relatively safe.
She carefully climbed out through the window.
She then headed to a nearby dormitory building. There were still more than a dozen zombies gathered outside its entrance.
From a spot not far from the entrance, she threw an alarm clock onto the ground.
“Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!”
The loud ringing successfully attracted the zombies’ attention.
The zombies moved toward the alarm clock step by step, growling as they went. Song Chuxia sprinted toward the dormitory entrance at full speed.
However, just as she reached the entrance, a group of students suddenly came rushing out of the building.
Song Chuxia: “…”
She had made a miscalculation.
She had expected there to be plenty of survivors, but she had never imagined that so many people would come rushing out, drawn by the sound of her alarm clock.
Those students were running around like headless chickens, desperately trying to get outside. They almost pushed Song Chuxia, who had just entered the building, right back out.
“Ahhh! You stepped on my foot!”
A scream rang out, and everyone immediately scattered in different directions.
The zombies outside also heard the commotion. They changed direction and rushed toward the dormitory entrance.
Instantly, the entrance was filled with curses and shouting. Behind the students, the zombies coming down from the upper floors added their terrifying growls to the chaos.
A thousand little sheep seemed to run through Song Chuxia’s mind.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?!
She immediately turned around and fled the dormitory building.
She sprinted alongside the crowd, with screams and cries for help filling her ears. As she noticed that fewer and fewer people were running behind her, she suddenly spotted a small bicycle in the distance.
Without a second thought, she hopped on and rode away.
She quickly left the zombies behind.
However, after riding the bicycle around in a circle, Song Chuxia decided that the most dangerous place was often the safest. She returned to the dormitory building.
Now, apart from bloodstains and scattered body parts, there wasn’t a single zombie outside the entrance. It was unusually quiet.
Song Chuxia put away the bicycle and quickly began searching the building from the first floor.
“What are you doing?”
A male voice suddenly rang out.
Song Chuxia was startled. She raised her head and looked at the young man.
“There are no zombies outside the entrance right now. Why aren’t you leaving?”
Song Chuxia was already irritated. Time was running short, and someone had to come along and disturb her.
“I asked you what you’re doing!” the young man shouted angrily.
“What I’m doing is none of your business. Hurry up and get lost!”
Song Chuxia immediately lost her temper.
While collecting supplies, she remained alert at all times. Sure enough, the young man suddenly reached out, trying to snatch the things from her hands.
Song Chuxia quickly dodged.
“What? You want it? Why don’t you go find some yourself instead of trying to steal mine?”
“Hand over all the food you’ve got on you, or I’ll make you regret it!” the young man ordered.
“Is that so?”
Song Chuxia slowly walked up to him. Then, in a swift motion, she took a baseball bat out of her space and struck him with it.
The young man immediately collapsed unconscious.
“What’s with all that shouting? Who do you think you are?”
As she spoke, Song Chuxia searched through his backpack and took out all the useful items and food.
She stored everything in her space and continued searching the dormitories one by one.
Hmm, this doesn’t seem to be a girls’ dormitory.
Perfect! I was looking for lighters or matches anyway. Coming to the boys’ dormitory is just right!
She soon collected all sorts of things, including drones, remote-controlled cars, skateboards, fruit, bread, instant noodles, and a large pile of lighters.
Ah, the girls’ dormitories really do have more snacks!
Song Chuxia quickly searched all the dormitories she could enter. Since this was a boys’ dormitory, she only took a quick look inside each room before leaving. She didn’t thoroughly search through everything.
Before leaving the boys’ dormitory building, she deliberately went to check on the young man.
He had already left.
Song Chuxia quickly searched several more dormitory buildings. By then, the sky was beginning to darken.
She hid in a relatively clean room without any bloodstains.
After locking the doors and windows, she moved a bed in front of the door to block it. Then she hung a quilt over the curtain rod and secured it with tape, covering the balcony door tightly.
Only after making these preparations did she finally feel at ease.
She went into the bathroom to wash up and then took out a hair dryer to see whether there was still electricity.
To her surprise, it actually worked!
She took out a power strip and plugged in her phone, tablet, computer, and power bank to charge them.
Many people had taken their phones and tablets with them when they left. Even after turning into zombies, some still had their phones on them, while others had been trampled or stained with blood. She hadn’t collected any of those.
However, she had managed to collect quite a few power banks and rechargeable desk lamps.
She wanted to charge every electronic device she could, but she was worried that using too much electricity might overload the system and cause a power outage.
After thinking about it, she decided to charge some of her devices in the neighboring dormitories instead.
She carefully listened for sounds in the corridor.
It was completely silent, apart from the growling of zombies outside the dormitory building.
After confirming that it was safe, she moved the bed away, gently opened the door, and carried a desk lamp to several nearby dormitories to charge her devices.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps.
“Hurry! Hurry up!”
“Keep your voice down. There are no zombies around right now, so let’s leave quickly,” another person reminded them.
Song Chuxia immediately switched off the desk lamp and quietly listened as the footsteps gradually faded into the distance.
Judging by the sounds, there had been quite a few people.
After waiting for a while, everything finally became quiet again.
Once her devices were fully charged, Song Chuxia returned to the dormitory where she had been staying and blocked the door with the bed again.
She switched on the desk lamp at its dimmest setting.
After finishing all her preparations, she finally began to feel hungry. She took two apples out of her space and started eating them.
Suddenly, Song Chuxia remembered that she hadn’t called her family yet.
She needed to tell her parents to stock up on food whenever they got the chance. After that, they should stay safely at home and wait for her to return.
However, no matter how many times she called, neither her father nor her mother answered.
She then called her older brother.
She had complete confidence in him. After the apocalypse began, her older brother became one of the strongest survivors.
Later, however, he was killed by the protagonist group while trying to avenge her.
In the end, unable to bear the devastating loss of their daughter and son, her parents also took their own lives one after another.