Going Out to Find Food

"Tianlei, it's too dangerous for you to go alone. I'll go with you." The three of them arrived at the back door of the fire escape, and Wu Bin grabbed Zhao Tianlei as he spoke.

"Wu Bin, you stay here and protect Sitong. Sitong is so beautiful. What if someone tries to take advantage of her after we leave? A weak woman like her wouldn't be able to fight back. Besides, going outside is indeed somewhat dangerous, but it'll be more convenient for me to act alone. If you follow me, I'll have to worry about you too. Once I leave, lock the door. Before I return, don't open it for anyone who knocks unless you hear my voice."

After Zhao Tianlei finished speaking, he saw the strange looks on their faces and hurriedly smiled as he comforted them again. "What's with those expressions? I'm only going out to find some food. I'll be back soon. Those zombies may eat people, but they move very slowly. As long as I run a little faster, they won't be able to catch me."

Seeing how determined Zhao Tianlei was, the two of them stopped trying to persuade him. Just as Ye Sitong seemed about to say something else, Wu Bin spoke first. "Tianlei, you must be careful. We'll stay here and keep watch."

Then Zhao Tianlei shushed them, pressing his ear tightly against the door as he listened to the strange noises outside. After listening for a while and confirming that there was nothing unusual outside, Zhao Tianlei carefully opened the door. Apart from the two zombies he had hacked to death earlier, there was no one else outside.

Only then did Zhao Tianlei nod at the two of them before stepping out and carefully closing the door behind him. As soon as Zhao Tianlei left, Wu Bin hurriedly locked the door from inside. Seeing this, Ye Sitong opened her mouth but did not call out. Her face was filled with worry.

In truth, Zhao Tianlei's claim that he was going out to find food was just an excuse. After all, the ring on his hand could open the Storage Space, and he had already stored quite a lot of food inside. It was nothing especially luxurious, but when one was hungry, steamed buns were the best delicacy. Besides that, what Zhao Tianlei cared about most was seeing what the campus had become after several hours had passed. After all, the first outbreak of the apocalypse had already passed, and Zhao Tianlei had to confirm the situation so that he could find an opportunity to leave the school later.

A school was a crowded public place. Zhao Tianlei's university in particular was fairly famous in the province, with at least nearly ten thousand students. At this rate of infection, at least half, or even two-thirds, of the students would become zombies or die in the outbreak of the apocalypse. If most of the people became zombies, the entire campus would turn into a huge cage of zombies. The later one left, the more dangerous it would be. Especially once all the other survivors on campus had been killed by the zombies, the zombies would gather together based on instinct or search for living prey.

Of course, Zhao Tianlei knew nothing about this. It was all imagery of the apocalypse transmitted into his mind by that so-called Virtual Main God. Because he had learned this information, Zhao Tianlei had decided from the beginning to leave this place. Before leaving, he had to scout out the route and make preparations in advance.

With Zhao Tianlei's current abilities, escaping alone would absolutely not be a problem. Even when he had left the library earlier, he had been alone, but with the fire axe in his hand and the food and water in the Storage Space, he had enough supplies to find a safe place to hide.

However, the reason Zhao Tianlei had not done that was the last trace of humanity in his heart. Especially after what had happened in the library, he could not bear to abandon Ye Sitong and Wu Bin. In particular, after he had publicly slapped Qian Hao twice and opposed Lin Mu, Zhao Tianlei believed that those people had already considered Ye Sitong and Wu Bin to be on his side. If he were gone, those people would certainly cause trouble for the two of them to vent their anger and seek revenge.

Although the person Zhao Tianlei had always secretly loved was Shen Xinyu, Ye Sitong was the class monitor and had always taken good care of him. Especially when he had instinctively pulled Ye Sitong into his arms earlier, Zhao Tianlei had come into close contact with a beautiful woman for the first time. The unique fragrance of a girl had entered his nostrils, instantly making his heart race. An indescribable feeling had suddenly blossomed within him.

While Zhao Tianlei was lost in wild thoughts, he suddenly heard an "Ugh..." Zhao Tianlei quickly snapped out of his fantasies and hid behind a large tree, quietly observing. Without realizing it, he had already arrived near the sports field. At that moment, the entire field was filled with swaying figures.

It was obvious that the corpses on the ground had already been eaten clean by the zombies. With no food left, the zombies truly looked like mindless walking corpses, wandering around aimlessly. Some zombies even stood motionless in place, as if they were thinking about something. Zhao Tianlei had no time to speculate about their strange behavior.

Suddenly, Zhao Tianlei spotted a black backpack several dozen meters ahead of him, with some snacks scattered beside it. This was where Shen Xinyu's production crew had been filming earlier, and the snacks were clearly food the crew had prepared for the actors.

Although Zhao Tianlei had plenty of food in the Storage Space, he also knew that sooner or later, it would all be eaten. Now that he had found other food lying right in front of him, letting it go would be a crime.

The backpack was especially large and seemed to be stuffed with something. He had no idea what it might contain. If it was food, that would be even better. Just one bag of food would be enough to support the three of them for two or three days. However, two zombies were wandering nearby. If this had been the old Zhao Tianlei, he definitely would have abandoned the food and fled for his life.

But the current Zhao Tianlei had already been reborn. These isolated zombies were nothing in his eyes. If there had been a whole group of zombies, then no matter how fired up he was, he would not have risked his life by going over.

He did as he had decided. Zhao Tianlei lowered his body and deliberately slowed his steps to avoid making any noise, gripping the fire axe tightly in both hands as he advanced toward the two zombies step by step. The distance was only several dozen meters, but Zhao Tianlei walked incredibly slowly. Just as he was nearly behind the two zombies, they suddenly began to stir. Their bodies, which had been swaying slowly in place, began to tremble, inexplicably growing excited.

To make matters worse, one of the zombies seemed to have noticed Zhao Tianlei and actually swayed around to turn toward him. Zhao Tianlei was startled. If the zombie spotted him and made a sound, drawing the other nearby zombies over to surround him, his plan would be ruined. Zhao Tianlei immediately lunged forward. Before the zombie had completely turned around, he swung up the fire axe in his hand and chopped it into the zombie's neck.

With the sharp fire axe and Zhao Tianlei's immense strength, the blow chopped off half the zombie's neck and sent its head flying. Even in midair, the zombie's head still stared with a pair of gray eyes, its teeth opening and closing. It had no idea that it had already been killed.