[Open Map.]
One night passed. The map remained in its shrunken state from last night. The difference was that the red zombies in the dormitory filled the entire building, with sparse green figures interspersed among the red ones. Survivors were few, while purple and white figures stayed within the dormitory without moving.
Xu Qian changed into a new set of black sportswear and looked towards the doorway. The parking lot was now full of wandering zombies. Level one zombies moved very slowly, with no sense of smell or sight, but their hearing was extremely acute.
Xu Qian took out a clock from her space, set the time, and threw it out the window with force. The clock landed accurately on the distant football field.
After a while, the alarm rang, and the zombies slowly shuffled towards the distant alarm clock.
After the zombies left, Xu Qian lightly leaped off the RV, her body tensed and low.
The sky was unusually grim, and the scent of death permeated the air.
Two dashed lines appeared on the map. One pointed to the male dormitory, and the other to the female dormitory. Xu Qian chose the female dormitory without hesitation, as she had no intention of dealing with men for now.
The male dormitory was directly opposite the parking lot, while the female dormitory was behind it.
After a night of clearing, the dormitory was eerily quiet, making the once beautiful campus seem terrifying.
The door to the female dormitory was locked from the outside. Hysterical roars and banging sounds came from behind the door. If this door were opened, thousands of zombies would surge out of the dormitory.
Xu Qian’s gaze deepened, and she frowned.
[System, are there other routes?]
[Ding, yes. A new route has been activated.]
A complex dashed line appeared on the map. First, go to the fourth floor of the male dormitory, then through the connecting door to the fourth floor of the female dormitory, and then from the fourth floor to the sixth floor. Li Lili was in dormitory 606.
Xu Qian, looking at the map filled with red zombies along the route, narrowed her eyes slightly and walked towards the male dormitory.
The male dormitory was open, with large bloodstains on the door, clearly indicating a fierce battle had taken place. A few zombies in cleaning attire roamed outside the dormitory door.
Xu Qian drew the saber from her back and, with one strike to each head, instantly dealt with the zombies at the entrance.
The weakness of zombies was their heads. Their crystal cores were located in their brains, and these cores controlled them.
Her eyes narrowed. She pulled out a dagger and cut open the head of one of the zombies. Amidst the white brain matter, a crystal core, about the size of a baby’s fist, was embedded.
As she contemplated whether to dig it out directly or wear gloves, a scream pierced the air, sounding particularly chilling.
Cheng Ya Qiu’s eyes widened, her throat tightening with suffocating fear. The girl in front of her looked very young and beautiful, but her dark eyes, as deep as an abyss, and the aura of being unapproachable that emanated from her body clearly indicated she was no ordinary person. The crucial point was! She was dissecting a zombie's skull!
However, her scream quickly attracted the zombies wandering inside the male dormitory. A bloodthirsty maw swiftly severed her carotid artery, and blood gushed out.
Xu Qian’s calm gaze flashed with a hint of coldness. With a flash of her saber, the head of the zombie, which had been intently gnawing on the neck, was severed. The headless corpse collapsed on the ground.
"Save me, please save me."
Cheng Ya Qiu knelt on the ground, clutching her spurting neck. Tears streamed from her large eyes, the piercing pain causing them to fall more profusely.
"I can only grant you release."
Those bitten by zombies, let alone ordinary people, even ability users, could only wait to turn into zombies.
Xu Qian finally decided to put on gloves, extract the crystal core, absorb it, and then cut open the heads of the remaining few zombies.
Absorbing crystal cores could enhance abilities. In her previous life, Jiang Shuo was so stingy that he wouldn't even give her a single crystal core. Although Jiang Huai was willing to give her some, no matter how many crystal cores she absorbed, her ability stagnated at level two.
Cheng Ya Qiu’s heart began to fill with bitterness. After a night, she also knew that being bitten by a zombie would lead to mutation. However, seeing how powerful Xu Qian was, a sliver of hope lingered in her heart. "Can… can you tell my family that I'm dead and that they don't need to come to school looking for me?"
Xu Qian replied without looking up, directly refusing, "I'm afraid I'm powerless to do so."
"Please, just help me send a message to my family. I don't want them to come looking for me."
She was the only girl in her family; her brothers would definitely come to school looking for her.
"You also know that zombies are rampant now. If I deliver a message for you, what benefit can you give me?"
Her voice was cold, with a hint of chill.
She was not a saint. If everyone who was about to die asked her to deliver a message, she would be a messenger for the rest of her life.
Cheng Ya Qiu painfully pulled off a white jade pendant from her neck and handed it to Xu Qian.
"This is the most valuable thing I have. Please, help me."
Xu Qian was about to refuse.
[Ding, system notification. Defensive item detected. Recommended to collect.]
Xu Qian took the jade pendant and held it in her hand, examining it. The jade pendant was a simple peace buckle, showing no particular features.
"Where does your family live?"
"They are at B City Center, Poly Villa, Number 201."
Cheng Ya Qiu's eyes grew increasingly cloudy, her vision blurred, and her limbs began to stiffen.
Xu Qian closed her eyes slightly, then opened them.
"I promise you."
A flicker of light appeared in Cheng Ya Qiu's dull eyes. Her voice was very low, her tone choked with sobs, "Please, grant me release."
As someone from a military family, she would never allow herself to become a mindless monster.