Zombies in the Villa District

Buzz!

Luo Di sat up abruptly, the putrid smell mixed with the air filling his nostrils, and he even felt fungi and moss growing in his lungs.

The grease-stained bedding was on my body, and the pillow was rumpled out. The slightest movement could be heard from the bed frame.

However, these environmental factors did not affect him.

Luo Di immediately looked at his right arm, at the needle hole left on it, as if he could see the silvery-white germs crawling inside the dark needle hole.

When he noticed the pinhole,

Glug!

A growling sound from a hungry stomach broke the silence in the room.

"I'm so hungry!"

This is a completely different kind of hunger.

It was an intense sensation that felt like the abdomen was being torn apart, as if the intestines were folded up, as if something was gnawing at every piece of the intestinal lining, forcing Luo Di to press his abdomen down hard with his hands.

However, the training he received from the monks of suffering made him secretly pleased as he convulsed.

But pain is not the most important thing.

A desire to eat gradually takes over one's consciousness during this process, becoming the most direct physiological need.

The convulsions lasted for about five minutes before gradually stopping.

After it was over, Luo Di quickly got out of bed, instinctively wanting to search for food.

There was a mirror right next to the bedroom door, and Luo Di noticed that he had lost a lot of weight. Most of the muscle he had built up over the past ten years had been metabolized and broken down, and his cheekbones had become more prominent.

Creak~

Pushing open the peeling wooden door, the bedroom door on the opposite side of the second floor also opened.

Yu Lu also floated out, looking thin and frail. She floated very low, her toes almost touching the ground, minimizing energy consumption.

The villa is a two-story design.

The two descended the stairs to the first floor, which reeked of decay and was filled with piles of garbage. Ignoring the appalling environment, they followed the faint smell of food to the refrigerator.

At the very back of the refrigerator were two unopened cans of meat.

Yu Lu, who got the cans first, almost kept both for herself, but when she thought that the game would end if her servant Luo Di died, she was willing to give up one can.

After Luo Di got the canned food, he swallowed the whole piece of meat in one bite, and even wiped away the grease left on the inside of the can with his fingers.

Once the food was in my stomach, the intense hunger finally subsided, but a faint sensation lingered in my body.

Luo Di estimated that the hunger would return in less than a day, maybe even less than half a day.

He didn't want to experience that feeling a second time, that feeling of being completely dominated by desire, as if he were about to lose himself.

Even Yu Lu regretted it a little. She should have let Hua Yuan come. There would be other opportunities to investigate what she wanted to do later, since the Death Grand Gauntlet would go through multiple rounds.

Even she couldn't resist this hunger, and in this state, it was difficult for her to perform many things effectively.

A cold voice came from her mouth without needing her vocal cords:

"Let's familiarize ourselves with the room first, then meet here in ten minutes. Minimize your movements as much as possible; unnecessary movements will hasten the onset of hunger."

Mr. Question Mark was hiding some things, including that his daily food intake was subject to conditions. He estimated that he would need to keep his breathing at its lowest level and remain completely still in order to barely survive a day.

Once the body is active, hunger will set in in less than half a day. If we can't find food when hunger strikes, we will undergo a complete transformation, and our pituitary gland will be infected with a virus, turning us into zombies.

The Hunger Virus injected into us was essentially a variant of the zombie virus from Jia Wen himself.

Luo Di simply nodded, after all, speaking also consumes energy.

Judging from the current situation, going out to find food later would be the real danger.

Whether it's the threat of zombies from outdoors or threats from other participants, it will intensify the movement.

Time is money.

They had to act quickly, before the canned meat was digested.

Luo Di didn't move around much; he simply went to the center of the hall and turned to observe his surroundings. Although he was extremely hungry earlier, he had subconsciously memorized the layout of his bedroom and the areas he had passed through.

All the windows of the villa were boarded up, and there was no other exit except the main door.

According to the rules,

Neither they, the zombies, nor any other participants are allowed to damage the villa.

In other words, unless they personally open the door to greet you, the interior of the villa is absolutely safe.

The easiest way to survive for more than three days is to collect enough food for three days, return to the villa, eat it all, lie down, and wait for the game to end.

But is it really that simple?

soon,

Yu Lu's side has also completed the search and confirmed that the villa has no basement or ventilation ducts, and is indeed a completely sealed space.

Moreover, even her spirit form couldn't penetrate it, not even the main door.

This also shows that if they wanted to search for food in the villas of other participants, they couldn't find a loophole and could only knock on the door from the front to enter. If the other party didn't open the door, there was nothing they could do.

Moreover, the exact situation outside the residential area, the number of zombies roaming outside, and the strength of the zombies are all unknown.

The only way to obtain information is to go outside.

Specific action plans must be formulated on the spot after intelligence is obtained outside the office.

The two of them headed towards the door without hesitation. Luo Di quickly pressed his hand against the peephole to check if there were any living creatures outside.

"Nobody's here."

Just as he moved away from the peephole, Yu Lu's finger suddenly landed on his brow.

Luo Di could feel a kind of coldness coming at him, but instead of penetrating his body, it adhered to his surface, as if coated with a stabilizing film, erasing all his scent and lowering his body temperature, so that it would not be detected by thermal imaging.

The two pushed open the door and walked out at the same time.

The autumn wind is chilly.

Fallen leaves hung on the long-broken and abandoned streetlights, desolate and dark.

The villas are arranged at equal intervals, stretching as far as the eye can see, both horizontally and vertically, making it seem like an infinitely large villa community.

The good news is that only one zombie can be seen within the limited field of vision.

Clang clang clang~ A zombie, more than a hundred meters away, is repeatedly banging its head against a street lamp.

The knocking sound actually helped Luo Di and his group cover their footsteps, and the fact that the other side didn't seem to have noticed the two people a hundred meters away at least indicated that this distance was safe.

At that moment, Yu Lu's cold voice echoed in Luo Di's mind. This Consciousness Connection had been established by the touch of their fingers, allowing them to communicate directly through their minds.

"There seem to be more villas here than participants. Perhaps some of the villas are uninhabited, so food can be obtained from the empty rooms without fighting."

Luo Di responded through this Consciousness Connection, without expending any verbal energy or making a sound, making it a perfect fit for the current situation.

"If the door to the empty room is closed, we still can't go in according to the rules. I'm wondering, is zombie meat edible? If it's cooked, maybe we could try it?"

There's a lone zombie here. Shall we lure it over, kill it quickly, and take it back to process it?

Yu Lu didn't respond directly, but thought for a while, "Let's visit the nearby 'neighbors' first. If none of them can open the door, then we'll consider the zombie issue."

Ten minutes passed,

The two returned to their villa, but the doors of the neighboring villas were all locked, making it impossible to determine whether they were empty or occupied by other people.

After some consideration, they decided to take action against the lone zombie.

This kind of thing is naturally left to Yu Lu to handle.

She's more suitable in terms of strength, methods, and attack range. Besides, humanoid zombies like this can be dealt with simply with ropes.

It floated closer, silently.

If the distance is too far, the effect will be poor and energy consumption will increase.

As the distance gradually closed to thirty meters...

The zombie remained oblivious, continuing to bang its head against the streetlight.

Yu Lu didn't raise her hand at all; it was simply that some kind of invisible field spread out.

The hanging rope appeared.

Luo Di's eyes widened; he had initially thought it was a noose.

Little did they know that five hanging ropes appeared from five different directions, some even emerging from the ground.

Yu Lu didn't seem to intend to hang the other person, but instead planned to dismember them, which would save her the trouble of processing the food later.

But just as the knot was looped around the zombie's body,

Buzz!

The knot suddenly disappeared.

The zombies also stopped banging their heads against the ground.

The stiff neck began to twist.

He stared at the person who had attacked him, his pale eyes wide open.

Yu Lu was startled. "Spirit immunity? This is... the ability of that first-generation zombie, shared with the zombies in the game?"

In the blink of an eye, the zombie was already standing on top of the street lamp.

Click click click~

Its jaw and ribs were torn apart, transforming into a gaping maw that pounced like a wild beast...