Had he teleported himself into a dead end?
Su Mu retreated to where he had started.
He had already checked the few possible exits and confirmed that there were zombies in every one of them.
And this city was not one of those old Residential Areas where he could escape via the rooftops.
At that thought, Su Mu began to panic. He did not even dare eat the last piece of chocolate in his hand carelessly.
While it was still light out, Su Mu calmed himself down.
There were usually at least a few convenience stores or supermarkets beneath each Residential Area.
He had not checked such places before. Now that all the other routes were blocked, Su Mu could only go take a look while clinging to a sliver of hope.
When he arrived in front of a Residential Area, Su Mu first warily scanned his surroundings before fixing his gaze on a small convenience store.
But before he even reached the entrance, he saw the chaotic shelves inside. A whole row had collapsed, and there were no supplies left at all.
Damn it!
At the sight, Su Mu could not help cursing. Then he could only change locations and continue searching.
By the time Su Mu was exhausted and had searched every convenience store, large and small, in the surrounding Residential Areas, he had not found a scrap of food.
This time, Su Mu was truly disheartened.
If he was not mistaken, plenty of people had already come through these places. In an environment like this, how could those who came looking for supplies possibly leave anything behind?
If it had been Su Mu, he would have cleared out every last supply as well.
"Then all I can do next is check the apartments. But there could be zombies inside."
Thinking of that, Su Mu could not help feeling tense.
He still did not know how dangerous these zombies were.
The zombies in Resident Evil were relatively weak, but the Lickers were exceptionally ferocious. Without skills like Alice's, they would be impossible to handle.
Then there were the zombies from World War Z. They were like lunatics, tireless and incredibly fast runners.
The zombies in Train to Busan were even more vicious. Their only weakness was that they could not see?
The zombies in I Am a Hero were also extremely fierce. They possessed a little intelligence and could leap several meters into the air.
Thinking over all the zombies he knew, Su Mu could not help shuddering.
The most terrifying part was that he absolutely could not let one bite him. If that happened, he would be finished.
Su Mu returned to the place where he had spent the previous night. Gritting his teeth, he climbed up to the fourth floor.
After looking inside and seeing no zombies, Su Mu threw a small stone into the room.
He wanted to test whether there were zombies inside. If there were, they should react when they heard the sound.
Sure enough, as soon as the stone made a noise, several other places immediately erupted with cries that sounded neither human nor beast.
The sound made Su Mu's scalp crawl.
But what truly alarmed Su Mu was that after those cries rang out, answering cries rose up in the distance.
These zombies seemed to share some kind of connection.
Or perhaps it was an instinct. Once they heard the cries here, the distant zombies would know that something was happening.
Cold sweat instantly broke out across Su Mu's body. He hurried into the room and looked around carefully.
When he had thrown the stone just now, no sounds had come from this room. Instead, noises had come from several rooms next door.
Su Mu took several deep breaths. After cautiously checking that there were no zombies in the room, he shut the door and went to the window.
Looking down, he saw that sounds were still coming from afar. But after a few cries, they gradually died down.
Thankfully, they had not come over. Hearing the cries fade, Su Mu let out a breath of relief.
After confirming that there were no zombies in the room, Su Mu went into the kitchen.
The refrigerator door was closed, but the moment Su Mu opened it, a foul stench hit him.
The food inside had gone moldy, reeking of rot.
Seeing that, Su Mu hurriedly shut the refrigerator door.
Su Mu searched again, hoping to find some rice.
But to his disappointment, he found no rice after searching the entire place. It had probably been picked clean.
How long had the zombie outbreak been going on in this world? Why had so many places been looted so thoroughly?
He had been busy until now without eating a single bite, yet it was already afternoon.
When he looked up, the misty, overcast sky made his heart sink.
Su Mu was starting to wonder whether there were any living people left in this world.
Night slowly fell, and Su Mu's second day in this world passed in silence.
By then, hunger had his stomach constantly protesting. After some thought, Su Mu took out the chocolate and took a tiny bite.
At least it would fill his stomach a little.
He took a blanket from the cabinet, wrapped himself in it, and fell into a deep sleep.
Perhaps because he had gained experience from the night before last, Su Mu slept a little more soundly that night.
However, while Su Mu was still asleep, he suddenly heard roars coming from the distance.
Su Mu jolted awake and grabbed the steel bar beside him, staring at the door with extreme vigilance.
Only then did Su Mu notice that it was already daylight.
Listening to the sounds, Su Mu hurried to the window and cautiously looked into the distance.
But high-rises stood everywhere before him. All Su Mu could see were more buildings, and he could not make out what was happening farther away at all.
Even if Su Mu went up to the roof, he still would not be able to see what was happening in the distance.
The distant roars continued for a while before quieting down. He had no idea what had happened.
"Could there be survivors?"
A trace of doubt arose in Su Mu's heart. Those zombies could not be roaring for no reason, could they?
Yesterday, tossing a small stone had triggered a small-scale outbreak of zombie cries.
With that in mind, Su Mu looked into the distance again, wanting to confirm whether there really were people over there.
But with the buildings blocking his view, Su Mu did not see anyone.
Taking a deep breath, Su Mu quietly went downstairs, intending to get a better grasp of the surrounding area.
As for places with zombies, Su Mu did not dare go near them.
Yesterday's events had served as a warning. If he alerted the zombies, who knew whether a huge horde would come running over and surround him?
He was already trapped now, but at least he still had this small area where he could move around.
But if he truly got trapped with nowhere to go, Su Mu would have no choice but to fight for his life.
After quietly going downstairs, Su Mu began looking for more suitable apartments, hoping to find supplies.
But what Su Mu had not expected was that when he confidently entered one apartment, he found a rotting corpse just inside the doorway.
It looked as though the person had been bitten by zombies and then killed.
As for whether the corpse had bitten anyone, Su Mu had no way of knowing.
The body had decayed badly, and the room was filled with all kinds of small insects and flies. Su Mu could only retreat.