Foraging

One minute ago.

Luo Di, who remained where he was, was also carefully observing Yu Lu's methods, watching the zombie that was about to be tied up and torn apart by five horses.

But just as the rope touched the zombie's body, Luo Di seemed to see something.

It seems that a special kind of microorganism came into contact with the rope, causing the rope to disintegrate and disappear instantly, and the spirit body was destroyed.

"Danger!"

As Luo Di watched the mutated zombie about to pounce on Yu Lu, he instinctively drew his knife hilt, ready to step forward and assist.

But just as Luo Di took a step, a cold voice echoed in his mind:

"Don't move."

The sound stopped Luo Di in his tracks.

At the same time,

The zombie, its upper body completely transformed into a grotesque, gaping maw, lunged at Yu Lu. Instead of dodging, she detached herself from her spirit form.

To become a physical entity

Cold, pale bare feet firmly planted on the ground.

This was also the first time in a long time that Luo Di had seen Yu Lu's feet touching the ground.

A thick hemp rope was taken out from the white-clothed room and slowly tied into a loop for hanging.

This is not a spirit knot created through some kind of realm, but a real hemp rope, an ordinary-looking hemp rope with irregularly distributed hairs on its surface.

Yu Lu raised her arms high, holding the hemp rope in front of her.

The zombie that lunged at you seemed to be drawn by something, and actually stuck its head into it, strangling you tightly.

Even stranger,

Zombies, being entities that do not need to breathe and will not die from suffocation, will not react much even if their necks are strangled, and can still move even if their heads are severed.

But the zombie in front of them began to struggle violently after the rope was put on.

After a brief struggle, it stiffened completely, eventually letting its limbs hang limply, its tongue hanging out of its mouth, dripping with saliva full of viruses.

As Luo Di watched this scene, he couldn't help but touch his own neck, as if something was encircling it as well.

"Yu Lu's hanging was directly related to her misfortune, which was extremely lethal."

Unlike the class monitor's disguise, Hua Yuan's vitality, or the clown's cunning... this is a kind of death.

Hanging itself is associated with death. Regardless of whether the target will suffocate to death by hanging, as long as the conditions for hanging are met, the target will inevitably die.

No wonder she's a core member of the sorority... no wonder Grandmother arranged for her to come.

Luo Di could sense that Yu Lu was different from Hua Yuan, Sister Eye, and Shia. She seemed approachable and easy to talk to, but if a conflict arose, she might be killed by the other party.

Just then,

Yu Lu has returned to her semi-spiritual form and floated back.

She didn't need to lift the real hanging rope herself; it floated in the air on its own and brought the zombie back.

Click!

They closed the door and returned to the villa.

Since it's uncertain whether zombie meat can be used as food, there's no need to go to great lengths to process it all; simply cutting off a portion of the meat is enough to verify.

As a result, just as Luo Di cut off the other person's finger, he heard the sound of bones being crushed beside him.

Yu Lu actually pulled out a finger, put it in her mouth without any processing, chewed it once, and then spat it out, looking very uncomfortable.

"The meat is full of hunger-related viruses, which are the same as the viruses in our bodies. Eating such meat will not only not fill your hunger, but will make you even hungrier."

It's not that simple. Let's think of another way.

Luo Di also cut off a zombie's finger and waved it in the air. "Want to try heating it up?"

"There is no source of fire inside, not even a lighter, matches, or gas. Creating a fire source would require a lot of physical effort, so it's not worth it."

"I can heat it up quickly, give it a try."

A thin wire grew from Luo Di's left palm and wrapped around his fingers. His Hell characteristic was slightly activated, and he only needed to expend a small amount of energy to heat the entire wire until it was red-hot.

Hiss hiss~

The aroma of meat wafted through the room, but the two people who smelled it had no appetite.

Once the meat was fully cooked, Luo Di looked uncomfortable and threw the cooked food into the trash can without even tasting it. He had already realized that the virus inside his fingers wouldn't be killed by the high temperature and remained active.

If the temperature continues to rise, the entire finger may carbonize, and the virus inside will not disappear.

As expected of the virus that caused the first generation of zombies, its physiological characteristics far exceed conventional concepts.

"That won't work."

Yu Lu seemed to have anticipated the outcome, and floated to the door ahead of time, preparing to continue searching for food outside.

"Let's go, Luo Di."

This time, we took the initiative to visit them. All the participants were suffering from hunger, and as long as we knocked on the door, some of them would open it to greet us.

"You're quite strong. If we cooperate, we can win even if the opponent has the advantage in the area."

"Miss Yu Lu, I've found something here."

Luo Di didn't give up on the corpse. Instead, he squatted down in front of it and began searching. Ignoring the stench and the strange sights, Luo Di actually found a key inside the corpse's pocket.

"According to the scenario setting of the second level."

This zombie roaming inside the residential area likely belonged to one of the residents in life, and this key might be able to unlock his villa.

Although there are no signs, it's likely near a streetlamp. We can try; maybe we'll find some food... that way, we can minimize the risk.

Yu Lu's eyes, hidden beneath her hair, lit up slightly. "Let's go."

The two silently approached the broken streetlight where the zombie had been banging its head.

There are four Abandoned Villa standing around the streetlights. We started trying them out based on their distance from each other.

Click!

The door lock turned.

Unexpectedly, the second villa actually matched, but Luo Di deliberately slowed down the rotation speed and confirmed with Yu Lu beside him through his eyes.

If zombies appear after the door is opened, Yu Lu will immediately eliminate them.

As the slow rotation reached the bottom, Luo Di suddenly pulled the door open completely, and Yu Lu had already taken the hanging rope in her hand.

However, no zombies appeared; only a putrid smell wafted out.

"Enter!"

The two entered the house at the same time, closed the door, and locked it.

They stood back to back, quickly observing the situation inside the room.

Even through her clothes, Luo Di could feel that Yu Lu's body was almost ice-cold, like a hollowed-out corpse specimen... Searching Abandoned Villa with a ghost would feel strange in a movie.

As Luo Di passed by the shoe cabinet, he also noticed the family photos posted on it. The family structure was similar to Luo Di's, with parents and children in their teens.

The zombie that was just killed must be the father, as they looked very similar.

Moving to the kitchen area,

Open the refrigerator.

Two cans of meat were placed inside, and Luo Di was overjoyed, clenching his fists and silently exclaiming, "Nice!"

Finding such cheap and nearly expired canned goods excited Luo Di even more than when he had obtained some kind of treasure before.

Based on this setup, villas not belonging to the participants might each contain two cans of food. If one can consistently kill zombies outside and obtain the keys from them, this process can continue indefinitely until the game ends.

But the next second, Luo Di smelled the aroma.

A smell unique to zombies, a smell somewhere between rotten and fresh.

Turning to look at the living room of the villa, a boy and a Girl had already climbed onto the ceiling.

It seems they haven't eaten staple foods for too long, and they have developed severe tooth hyperplasia, to the point that their mouths are completely split open, leaving their entire bodies covered in tooth structures.

Their mother stood in the second-floor entryway, smiling as she watched the two of them.

Seemingly satisfied with her father's outing to find food, she even attracted two main dishes, one of which didn't quite look like a living person but still smelled of meat.

A full fifteen minutes passed.

Luo Di lay back on the sofa on the first floor, slowly eating canned meat, his breathing slightly rapid.

Yu Lu then suspended in the center of the house to rest for a while.

Before her lay a massively multiplying zombie monster, almost merging with the house, its size exceeding ten meters.

"Miss Yu Lu, this doesn't seem like a good deal."

We risked going out to get the key, found the corresponding villa, and only received two cans of meat. We immediately used up a lot of our energy to kill these mutated zombies.

It is estimated that the energy consumed was about the same as that of half a can of food.

If we're not careful and get scratched or even bitten, there's a risk of mutation.

Yu Lu has not yet responded.

Knock knock knock!

A knock on the door suddenly broke the silence inside the house.

Luo Di, who had finally managed to sit down and rest, suddenly stood up, Yu Lu also straightened her neck slightly and turned to look at the villa gate.