Shui Ze University Base

"What's going on?!"

Wang Tao quickly took out his binoculars.

Looking at that vast mass of grotesque figures, his scalp tingled.

At a glance, there were at least thousands upon thousands of zombies!

With so many zombies, anyone who came here would die!

For a moment, panic rose in his heart, but he quickly forced himself to calm down. Panicking was useless now; he could only adapt to the situation.

Wang Tao immediately went downstairs and packed up everything. If he really was besieged by so many zombies, he could only choose to drive away.

Although driving at night was practically suicide, it was still better than being torn apart by zombies here.

Of course, that was the worst-case scenario.

He still had a bottle of Stealth Potion that could fool zombies. He had intended to save it for the trip back, but if there was truly no other way, he would have to use it first.

After preparing everything, Wang Tao returned to the upstairs window. After waiting for more than ten minutes, he finally relaxed a little.

"They're not coming for the Water Plant. That's good! But—"

These zombies did not seem organized. They seemed to be wandering along the streets, coming from the east side of the road before leaving from the west.

"But damn it, a whole lot of zombies entered the Water Plant!"

Looking at the zombies inside the Water Plant, Wang Tao felt a headache coming on.

He thought he should have locked the Water Plant's gates—no, even if he had, those survivors would definitely have pried them open when they came...

No matter what, quite a few zombies had entered now, but it had not reached the point where he felt forced to risk his life and flee... He could only wait for now.

Wang Tao lowered the curtains, then went to the top floor, planning to get some light sleep.

The top floor was farther from the zombies downstairs, so the "human scent" on him would naturally be much fainter. That made it much safer.

Near dawn.

Wang Tao, still asleep, suddenly heard a scream in the distance.

He reflexively sprang up, grabbed his weapon, and went to the window, pulling aside the curtain for a look.

"It's coming from the Water Plant building... Something happened to those survivors!"

The moonlight was good tonight. Wang Tao saw that the glass front doors beneath the distant building had shattered, and quite a few zombies were frantically squeezing inside.

Wang Tao could not see what was happening inside, but if those survivors were smart, they still had a chance of surviving. After all, the rooms inside the building had doors. Or they could block off the stairwells with something and keep the zombies from coming upstairs.

"It depends on whether they're smart enough..."

Wang Tao shook his head.

It was already morning, and he was no longer sleepy. Out of habit, he fiddled with the radio and Walkie-talkie.

Then, a voice suddenly came through the Walkie-talkie! "Crackle... This is Shui Ze University Survivor Base. Please respond if you receive this, please respond if you receive this... crackle..."

After listening to the exhausted female voice repeat herself a few times, Wang Tao pressed the Walkie-talkie's PTT button.

"Received. This is the Water Plant, this is the Water Plant..."

Wang Tao repeated it several times as well.

When the PTT button was pressed, the Walkie-talkie could only transmit his voice and could not receive the other party's voice. So he had to repeat himself several times to avoid missing the conversation.

A moment later.

"Hello, survivor! Please repeat your location, I didn't hear you clearly! Please repeat... crackle... Great, we reached someone..."

Wang Tao repeated, "I'm at the Water Plant, I'm at the Water Plant..."

"I heard you, I heard you! How is your Water Plant? Is it safe?"

Wang Tao looked at the zombies downstairs.

"It's temporarily safe, but the downstairs area is full of zombies."

The other party paused, then continued:

"I'm sorry, but we can't provide you with assistance for the time being. However, we've established a Survivor Base at Shui Ze University. If you can safely leave the Water Plant, you can come to Shui Ze University Base. We'll provide safety and food, and all you need to do is help with some base construction work..."

It sounded pretty good.

"By the way, how many survivors are there at your Water Plant? How long can your food last?"

After thinking for a moment, Wang Tao said:

"There are six of us in total, including a female police officer."

"A female police officer... Oh, I know. Are you the people Officer Han Rui rescued?"

Han Rui? Wang Tao answered with certainty, "Yes, it's Officer Han. But they're all asleep and haven't woken up yet."

To prevent the other party from directly asking about Officer Han Rui, Wang Tao cut off that line of questioning immediately.

"..."

The person on the other end had indeed wanted to ask whether Han Rui was present. After all, she was a professional police officer, so she would certainly be better at explaining some things than ordinary people.

But since she was asleep, it would not be appropriate to wake her. At a time like this, preserving one's condition was very important.

"Can I ask about the situation at your Shui Ze University Base?"

Wang Tao asked again.

"Of course. Our Shui Ze Base currently has more than three hundred survivors..."

Hearing that number, Wang Tao's face immediately filled with surprise.

More than three hundred survivors was no small number! After listening for a while longer, Wang Tao roughly understood the situation at Shui Ze University Base.

Before the apocalypse arrived, Shui Ze University had happened to be undergoing renovations. Since the paint smell was too strong, the university had given everyone two days off. When the apocalypse came, the campus was mostly empty, and aside from a few people on duty, there were not many zombies.

There was also a Peacekeeping Army company beside the university. A large-scale infection broke out inside their barracks, and the surviving Peacekeeping Army soldiers fled with weapons and ammunition. They rescued civilians while fleeing, then set their sights on Shui Ze University and established a Survivor Base there.

The Peacekeeping Army had firearms and good physical conditioning, and some police officers joined them as well, so they rescued many people.

Even Yellow Wind Film City, some distance from Shui Ze University, had many celebrities and actors who had been rescued and brought over.

The current Shui Ze University Base was not especially powerful, but it had stabilized. Every survivor in the base could find work to do, and there was food and safety... It was considered the best Survivor Base in Water Marsh County.

Many people nearby wanted to go there, but even a journey of just a few kilometers meant risking their lives.

Officer Han Rui and the others had heard about Shui Ze University Base from elsewhere, then found a way to contact Shui Ze Base. After learning more about it, they decided to risk going there...

After learning everything he needed to know, Wang Tao said, "Thank you very much for answering my questions! I'll stop here; the Walkie-talkie is about to run out of power. I hope we can meet someday."

"Mhm, good luck to you! Our radio frequency is... We turn it on at set times every day..."

After the other party gave him some more information, the call finally ended.

Wang Tao rubbed the stubble on his chin and muttered:

"This Shui Ze University Base might be a decent place to go. But that's only their side of the story. Until I see it with my own eyes, I can't trust it completely..."