"Hiss~~~! Roar~~~!"
Amidst the growls of a group of zombies, Su Hao clutched a piece of steel pipe and a roll of duct tape he had grabbed on the fly, hiding with a beautiful woman on the rooftop of the cafeteria at Jiangcheng University.
The howls from below were incessant, echoing through the night, more relentless than a rooster's crow.
The two had been trapped on the rooftop for an entire night, with no way out.
"Ah~"
Early in the morning, Su Hao woke up, exhaled deeply, and walked to the edge of the rooftop to look down.
There were too many zombies, everywhere.
At this moment, the beautiful woman also woke up and immediately began to complain to Su Hao.
"Is there still no way to get out? Are we just stuck here like this!?"
Su Hao gestured below with his hand: "How do you propose we get down? Jiangcheng University has tens of thousands of students. The apocalypse struck yesterday at noon, and now there are probably more zombies down there than you have hair."
He was a freshman at Jiangcheng University.
The woman was also a student, but he didn't know what year she was in or her name.
She was dressed head to toe in trendy designer brands, exuding an innate air of arrogance.
Her meticulously crafted makeup had clearly taken a lot of effort, elevating her natural looks from a 70 to an 80.
Her designer skirt was exquisitely tailored, but one of her shoes had flown off during their escape, leaving her barefoot on one foot.
Dressed like this during her student years, she was likely a socialite in training.
She knew there were many zombies, but she just wanted to complain, blame, and shirk responsibility.
Seeing the steel pipe in Su Hao's hand, she immediately pointed with her delicate finger.
"Don't you have a weapon?!"
"?"
Su Hao laughed, holding the steel pipe in his hand.
There were no fewer than a thousand zombies just around the cafeteria. What good would swinging a steel pipe until it smoked do? Even if a thousand pigs lay down for him to kill, it would take forever.
Honestly, as a potential combatant and a war criminal in strategy games, he did have a bit of a desire to fight zombies, but he was also rational.
Because there were simply too many of them...
Zombies wouldn't play fair in a one-on-one.
He couldn't be bothered to say more.
The two had run up here yesterday at noon, and after a day and night, they were starving and out of patience.
They hadn't had a drink of water in so long, they were dying of thirst.
Su Hao first took out his phone to check, the network was down, even satellite positioning was no longer working.
"Looks like electronic devices are out too."
He glanced at the last messages in the group chat.
[Jiangcheng University Class of 2024 Freshmen Group 1]
Chen Meng from the Chinese Department: [Help, what's going on? I'm trapped in the dormitory, are there zombies outside?]
Kang Linlin from the Music Department: [Is this the apocalypse? There are zombies everywhere downstairs, so many!]
Xu Qing, the teaching assistant from the Department of Medicine: [Students, prioritize self-rescue if possible, ensure your own safety first, don't act impulsively.]
In the 2000-member group chat, only a few had said anything before the network went down, and phones became nothing more than clocks and flashlights, with no other use.
Meanwhile, the woman saw Su Hao playing with his phone, while hers had been lost yesterday, and she was instantly furious.
She walked toward Su Hao, ready to slap the phone out of his hand.
"At a time like this, can't you be useful?!"
With a smack.
Su Hao, having anticipated this, caught her hand.
"Are you out of your m..."
He didn't finish the word.
Su Hao held her hand, slightly tilting his head to look at the outside of her arm.
Under the cool short sleeves, three slightly bleeding marks had turned purple, with purplish veins spreading out as if polluted. Normally, such wounds would have scabbed over by now, but hers had spread significantly.
Seeing this, the woman quickly withdrew her arm, looking flustered.
"This happened when I got scratched while running yesterday."
Su Hao's gaze suggested disbelief.
He had experienced plenty of scrapes from running and playing basketball before.
But her wound...
It looked almost identical to when he had been scratched by the "Black Hand."
Three neat, parallel wounds, without a doubt.
In Su Hao's eyes, her status had shifted from a socialite in training to a zombie in training.
Seeing this, Su Hao glanced at the duct tape he had grabbed along with the steel pipe.
Holding the steel pipe in one hand and the duct tape in the other, he prepared to stand up.
"!?"
Seeing this, the woman quickly backed away, reaching out to stop him, shouting.
"No! No! What are you trying to do?"
Su Hao stood up but didn't pursue.
He looked at her, his voice steady and calm.
"The rooftop is only so big, where do you think you can run?"
"Tie yourself up. If you don't turn, when I find some food and water later, you'll have a share."
"If you don't want to, don't blame me for smashing your head in now."
Su Hao gripped the steel pipe, tossing the duct tape at her feet.
She stared at him blankly.
Su Hao nodded affirmatively, gripping the steel pipe with a slight flex of his arm muscles, making his intentions clear.
"If it weren't for the duct tape, you might have been thrown off by me already."
Hearing this, her body slumped, and after a moment, she began to tie herself up, tears streaming down her face.
"Ugh..."
Rip~~
"Tie your feet first."
"Okay... ugh..."
Rip~~
"Don't worry, I'll keep my word. No matter how you cursed me before, I don't care."
"Okay... ugh... thank you."
After tying her feet, then her knees.
For her hands, Su Hao helped tie them, then let her lean against the wall.
"Ugh..."
She continued to cry, her once delicate appearance now a mess.
Su Hao sat down nearby, holding the steel pipe.
She lifted her head, looking somewhat normal now. After all, the apocalypse had already frayed the nerves of normal people, making their attitudes skewed.
"My name is Pan Ya, a junior."
"Su Hao, freshman."
"Junior."
"Yes, senior."
After a few words, Pan Ya silently cried again.
Time passed by the minute.
The zombies below continued their relentless howling.
On the rooftop, Pan Ya cried while her body began to twitch unnaturally, her face ashen, eyes bloodshot.
Seeing this, Su Hao shook his head helplessly.
Pan Ya lifted her head, forcing a grim smile.
"Junior, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay." Su Hao shook his head. "Rest in peace."
By noon, Pan Ya had become a zombie, writhing on the ground.
But the duct tape restricted its movement.
Causing it to twist and rub against the ground, its flesh torn and bloody.
Su Hao couldn't bear it any longer, picked up the steel pipe, and sighed.
"Rest in peace, senior."
With that, he approached, gripping the pipe with both hands, and brought it down hard on the head!
Thud! Once!
Thud! Twice!
After a few strikes, it stopped struggling, Su Hao having sent it to its end.
The midday sun was blazing.
Su Hao stood on the rooftop, looking down at the zombies below, gripping the steel pipe, licking his teeth slightly.
At this moment, a clear, melodious voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
[Task triggered: First Blood in the Apocalypse!]
[Congratulations on activating: God-tier Choice System!]
[Complete the task to receive unlimited God-tier Choice Rewards!]
[Congratulations to the host for receiving the Novice Reward and the First Blood task. Please choose any two from the following three rewards.]
Novice Reward
Reward 1: One ton of gold.
Reward 2: A beauty with a score no less than 90.
Reward 3: Cold Weapons Level: Level 10
First Blood Reward
Reward 1:.....