"What... were those things?"
"I don't know, but I figure those things are going to be my nightmares for the next decade or so."
"A decade? Do you really think you'll live that long?"
"What do you mean?"
"What if these monsters aren't appearing only in our school... but all across Great Xia?"
"Like a zombie outbreak in the movies?"
"Yeah, yeah, exactly!"
"Give me a break. Lin Qiye just said they're only in our school. Once we're rescued, we'll be safe."
"Lin Qiye... who exactly is he?"
"..."
The spacious auditorium was already half full. The students rescued from the second-year building had all been gathered here. The only passage in and out of the auditorium was guarded by Axe Squad, making this the safest place.
At that moment, crying, consoling, discussion, and arguments filled the auditorium. Though some people were constantly trying to maintain order, they still could not silence everyone.
An Qingyu sat quietly behind the door with his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought.
Tap tap tap—!
Three knocks sounded in succession—two long, one short. The Axe Squad members behind the door immediately lit up and hurriedly moved aside the barricades blocking it.
"Li Yifei is back."
An Qingyu opened his eyes and turned toward the door.
Li Yifei entered the auditorium, panting heavily as if he had just run an eight-hundred-meter race, drenched in sweat.
"How was it? The students in the other areas have all evacuated, right?" An Qingyu stood and asked Li Yifei.
"They're all gone. I ran through half the school in one breath and didn't see another student anywhere except here. Damn it, I'm exhausted..." Li Yifei dropped onto a chair and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"That's good." An Qingyu nodded.
"Listen, when I ran past the sports field