When Zhao Tianlei climbed back down from the rooftop through the pipes, he looked inside as he passed the third-floor windows and immediately frowned. The entire third floor of the library looked like a slaughterhouse. Shredded flesh and blood were everywhere, and the blood splattered across the surrounding walls, painting a horrifying scene.
There were still many zombies in the reading room, crouched over the corpses and gnawing at them. From this alone, Zhao Tianlei knew without having to think that there could not possibly be any survivors left here.
After shaking his head and letting out a soft sigh, Zhao Tianlei continued climbing down the pipes toward the second floor. Compared to the third floor, the second floor was much better. Aside from a few lone zombies, there was no huge crowd gathered together like on the third floor. He jumped in through a window beside the corridor. Although he made hardly any sound, he still attracted the attention of a zombie several steps ahead.
Before the zombie could even get up from the floor, Zhao Tianlei gripped his ax in one hand and swung it. The blow cut the zombie's head off and sent it tumbling to the ground. In fact, Zhao Tianlei had deliberately looked for a lone zombie to attack so he could test his strength and see how powerful he had become after evolving.
After the test, Zhao Tianlei grinned. It had been far too easy. The feeling was like an adult bullying an elementary school student.
"Ding. Obtained 1 experience point. After becoming an evolutionist, killing a zombie or mutated creature will grant an equal amount of experience. Once enough experience has been accumulated, you can level up and gain greater strength. An evolutionist can also turn off the voice notifications, which will be issued once the experience bar is full."
Just after Zhao Tianlei killed the zombie, a notification suddenly sounded in his mind. It clearly was not the same mechanical voice as before. Instead, it sounded like the voice of a system beauty from an ordinary video game. A virtual image then appeared in Zhao Tianlei's mind. It displayed his level data. His current level was Level 2, the rank of a second class soldier.
Aside from data on strength, agility, defense, and recovery, there was also an experience bar. After killing the zombie just now, he had gained 1 experience point, yet he still needed 150 more to level up. Zhao Tianlei's eyes went wide.
"Damn, I need that much experience to reach the next level? Killing one zombie only gives me 1 point. This damn thing wants me to kill 150 zombies before I can level up? When am I supposed to finish that?"
Although Zhao Tianlei said this aloud, he was still rather pleased inside. Before evolving, he could only deal with two zombies at once at most while wielding a fire ax, and he had to be extremely careful. But now, after evolving, Zhao Tianlei believed he could easily handle five zombies—or even more—attacking him at the same time without falling behind.
Suddenly, two zombies approached from not far away. They staggered toward him with their hands outstretched. Before, Zhao Tianlei would have been terrified or run away at once. But now, those two zombies looked like living experience points to him.
"Turn off voice notifications." Zhao Tianlei decisively issued the command to the system in his mind. No matter what, although he had gained the ability to evolve, Zhao Tianlei knew that did not mean he was invincible. Those zombies could still bite him to death. He did not want the system's distracting notifications to affect his concentration while fighting them.
After turning off the system's voice notifications, Zhao Tianlei stepped forward. First, he used his signature move from before. He raised one foot and kicked at the nearest zombie. But when he put all his strength into the kick and struck the zombie, Zhao Tianlei froze. He could not help blurting out, "Fuck."
The zombie Zhao Tianlei had kicked was sent flying backward after his powerful kick struck it in the abdomen. It crashed into the second-floor railing behind it. Carried by the force of the impact, its upper body tipped backward, and it fell from the second floor to the first.
"Bang." It was not until the zombie fell from the second floor and hit the first-floor ground with a thud that Zhao Tianlei believed he had really done that. However, the blow caused the zombies on the first floor to stir. The zombies that had been relatively quiet began moving toward the stairs leading to the second floor.
No matter how confident Zhao Tianlei was in his strength, he could not help panicking when he saw the numerous zombies on the first floor. He hurriedly raised his ax and smashed the other zombie's head, then immediately headed toward the several rooms on the second floor.
The first floor of the library was the main hall, the third floor was the reading room, and the second floor held the director's office and other offices. There were three rooms in all; the rest of the space was for students to study quietly. Zhao Tianlei twisted the handles of all three doors, only to find that every room was locked. Seeing that the zombies from the first floor were about to come up, he raised his ax and chopped off the lock of one room. He then kicked the door open. After glancing inside, Zhao Tianlei slipped in and quickly found tables, chairs, stools, and a bookcase to block the door.
After securing everything, Zhao Tianlei began examining the room. To his surprise, the office was practically a hotel-style suite. The entrance was a small office, with a bedroom and bathroom inside. The accommodations were actually quite good. After confirming that the door was secure, Zhao Tianlei walked into the inner room and checked for people or zombies. Only after confirming that there was no one there did he finally let out a relieved breath.
Although Zhao Tianlei had attracted the zombies' attention outside, after he hid in the room, they only slowly made their way upstairs. There was a huge crowd of them—at least thirty or forty, judging by the number alone. That was why Zhao Tianlei had run away just now. After surging upstairs, the zombies lost their target and stood foolishly in front of the several office doors.
At this point, Zhao Tianlei had nothing to worry about. No matter how many zombies were outside, he was not afraid. If he could not leave through the main entrance, he could climb down from the bedroom window. What made Zhao Tianlei uncomfortable now was that after injecting the Virus Evolution Fluid yesterday afternoon, he had passed out from the unbearable pain. Then, early this morning, rainwater had soaked him awake. He was drenched from head to toe, and his clothes clung to his body, making him extremely uncomfortable.
Now that Zhao Tianlei had hidden in this suite-like office and found that there was even hot water for a shower, he decided to take a bath and dry his clothes before leaving. It would not delay him anyway. It was still drizzling outside, and Zhao Tianlei did not want to run through the rain like this. Being soaked was extremely uncomfortable.
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