Trapped Girl

Before taking a shower, Zhao Tianlei decided to eat something first. After all, he had not eaten anything the entire previous night, and it was already the next morning. His stomach had long since begun to growl. Since there was no one around, Zhao Tianlei immediately activated the Storage Space in his ring. However, the moment he saw the space, he could not help but freeze.

At first, Zhao Tianlei's Storage Space had only been one cubic meter. Back then, in preparation for storing food, he had stocked up on quite a lot. But because one cubic meter was too small, it could not hold much at all. With no other choice, Zhao Tianlei had mainly stored steamed buns and water. Aside from a few special snacks, he had not taken any instant noodles, drinks, or daily necessities.

What appeared before him now was a full three cubic meters of Storage Space. Zhao Tianlei was immediately overjoyed. If he could fill all three cubic meters, it would definitely provide enough food for him for an entire month. He promptly took out several steamed buns and a few sausages, then began wolfing them down.

As for thirst, he had purified water. Although there were only a few bottles, Zhao Tianlei did not mind. His mind had already begun planning his next goal. It was not just to save people, but also to search for food.

After what had happened in the library yesterday, Zhao Tianlei finally understood the importance of food and water in this apocalyptic world. Even things that usually seemed easy to buy as long as one had money had become more important than human lives and more valuable than human dignity in the apocalypse.

Only after eating and drinking his fill did Zhao Tianlei get up to take a hot shower. After hanging up his clothes, he lay down on the soft bed and rested comfortably. Seeing the television mounted on the wall opposite the head of the bed, Zhao Tianlei could not help becoming curious. The apocalyptic crisis had erupted, but he had no idea whether the government and military had taken any measures. In the scenes the main god had shown him in his mind, Zhao Tianlei clearly remembered one image describing a human survivor base.

Zhao Tianlei immediately sprang up from the bed, hurriedly turned on the television, and lowered the volume so it would not be too loud and attract the zombies outside. Once he turned it on, the screen immediately displayed a news broadcast. To Zhao Tianlei's surprise, the station was still functioning at a time like this. However, the news anchor on-screen had an extremely solemn expression, with obvious signs of exhaustion.

"Compatriots of Huaxia, at approximately 8:00 a.m. on October 30, 2016, a terrifying Biochemical Virus suddenly erupted across the globe. According to incomplete statistics from the United Nations, more than half of the world's population has become terrifying zombies. These zombies are extremely aggressive. Once someone is scratched or bitten by one, they will become infected and turn into one of them. If someone around you has been infected, please stay away immediately, even if they are your closest family members. The government and military are activating emergency protocols. Our military has already begun rescue operations, and the government has begun establishing survivor bases. We hope that the survivors of Huaxia will hide in their homes after receiving this message, lock their doors and windows, and wait for rescue."

After hearing this message, Zhao Tianlei could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. The government and military could be said to be doing quite well. They had activated emergency protocols at the very first opportunity, dispatching troops to conduct rescues while establishing survivor bases and preventing the virus from spreading. These were two crucial steps, and it was truly remarkable that both were being carried out at the same time. However, the news on the television was clearly an automatic twenty-four-hour broadcast. Even so, this single announcement had given countless survivors a glimmer of new hope.

"Great. Once the military establishes a survivor base, humanity will have a chance to survive. I can wait here for now while searching for some food. Once the survivor base is complete, I can go there for shelter. With my evolutionary abilities, perhaps I can even earn the base's recognition and become a security captain. At that time, some of the beautiful female survivors at the base will surely come over voluntarily once they see how powerful I am. From then on, I won't have to be single anymore." Thinking of this, Zhao Tianlei could not help feeling rather pleased with himself.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Just as Zhao Tianlei was fantasizing about his bright future, a sudden bout of violent pounding jolted him out of his reverie. It even startled him, making him think that he had accidentally attracted the attention of the zombies outside. Zhao Tianlei immediately picked up his ax and crept toward the office outside. However, he soon discovered that his door was completely intact. The zombies were not pounding on his room at all, but on the room next door. Zhao Tianlei was stunned.

The zombies would not pound on the neighboring room for no reason. Unless there was a survivor inside, attracting their attention. Zhao Tianlei was extremely surprised by this. He had not expected that, despite the massive zombie attack in the library, there would still be survivors apart from those who had escaped.

"Saving someone comes first."

If this had happened before he evolved, Zhao Tianlei might still have hesitated. But now that his abilities had improved tremendously, his first reaction was to save the person. However, a large number of zombies had already gathered outside. If he charged out through the main entrance, he would be eaten by the zombies before he could chop them all down.

"Waaah..." A burst of crying rang out. It was coming from the room next door. From the sound of it, Zhao Tianlei could clearly tell that it was a girl.

Zhao Tianlei immediately took his ax and walked toward the window. When he opened it, rain was still falling outside. He carefully climbed out and moved along the windowsill toward the neighboring room. However, after climbing over, he discovered that the window of the neighboring room was locked from the inside. Zhao Tianlei had no way to get in. Through the window, he also saw someone inside, curled up in a corner with her head in her hands, crying in anguish.

"Bang, bang, bang." Zhao Tianlei carefully tapped on the window, trying to attract the person's attention. But the girl seemed to have already fallen into despair. She paid no attention to the sounds outside and continued crying with her head lowered.

"Damn it, lift your head and look at me, will you?" Zhao Tianlei could not help shouting.

After he shouted, the person inside visibly froze. She hurriedly raised her head and looked toward the sound. At some point, a person had appeared sprawled outside the window. It was a man, completely naked except for a pair of oversized shorts, holding a fire ax in one hand.

For a moment, the girl was stunned. Then she seemed to see a glimmer of hope and hurriedly got to her feet, running toward the window. She rose onto her tiptoes and opened it for Zhao Tianlei. But when Zhao Tianlei looked at the girl, his entire body froze. Just now, she had been crouching beside the bed with her head in her hands, crying with her face lowered, so Zhao Tianlei had only been able to see her head.

Now that the girl had gotten up and run over, Zhao Tianlei discovered that she was completely naked, without even underwear on. After the window opened, the girl faced Zhao Tianlei without the slightest attempt to conceal herself, clearly because she had been overwhelmed by fear and despair.