Keep Your Voice Down

Bang~

Tian Wang set half a case of bottled water on an office desk.

He gave a bitter smile. "This is all that's left."

Lu Bai gave it a rough glance. There seemed to be only six or seven bottles left in the box.

He said casually, "About one bottle per person?"

"These were left over from last week's class basketball game."

The female teacher was helpless as well.

Ah, supplies.

Come to think of it, no one would stockpile food in an office.

Everyone stood around the last few bottles of water. Ke Jianghao took the initiative to distribute them, and even Lu Bai received one without any special treatment.

After everyone got a bottle, there was surprisingly still one left in the carton.

"Let's make this last one communal property. Any objections?" Ke Jianghao asked after finishing the distribution.

The allocation had been quite fair, so naturally no one objected.

But really, the main reason was that no one felt much of a crisis yet.

They did not even truly feel that a zombie outbreak had happened. They still hoped the chaos would settle down soon.

Tian Wang simply twisted open his own bottle and gulped down more than half of it.

The others also took a few sips, though none of them were as uninhibited as Tian Wang.

Lu Bai was in no hurry to drink. Holding his bottle of water, he walked over and sat by the window.

He needed to consider what to do next.

This office was, at best, a temporary shelter for him.

It was safe enough, but one bottle of water was nowhere near enough to keep him here for long.

The human body needed two thousand milliliters of water a day. Though Lu Bai's body had been enhanced by the Zombie Virus, he was still far from being able to survive without food or water.

So he had to consider when to leave, how to leave, and where to go.

In fact, that was what everyone was mainly discussing.

"We need to find a way to save ourselves."

Ke Jianghao solemnly stated his position. "From the information we have, this chaos is global. At this stage, we can only rely on ourselves. At the very least, we need to get enough food."

He always spoke with confidence, carrying an almost innate sense of persuasion.

In Lu Bai's opinion, someone like him was suited to giving speeches in a beer hall.

But after all,

Humans were the sort of creatures who would not shed tears until they saw the coffin.

"I... Ke, I think we're pretty safe right now. We shouldn't panic and throw ourselves into disorder first..."

The female teacher seemed very hesitant. She simply did not want to take risks.

It was not just her. The others thought much the same, though they did not step forward to object.

"Let's wait a little longer."

Ke Jiangni spoke softly.

Ke Jianghao had originally wanted to say more, but after hearing that, all he could do was sigh.

They had come to the office after class to help sort out materials.

That meant every single one of them was actually hungry.

By the time they were hungry enough to be unable to bear it, they probably would not have much strength left to search for food.

Wu Ya did not know which side to support. She noticed Lu Bai by the window and cautiously asked, "What do you think, Lu Bai?"

Lu Bai had not expected this to involve him. He smiled and was just about to say something.

But at that moment—

Bang!!!

A violent impact came from outside the door.

The office instantly fell silent. Everyone's eyes widened as they stared tensely toward the security door.

The wild pounding not only failed to stop; it grew even more intense.

There was no doubt that the zombie outside had been drawn over by their discussion.

During the conversation, everyone had gradually forgotten to keep their voices down.

Everyone present slowly realized that as well, but it was too late for regret now.

The zombie outside kept pounding. The repeated dull impacts made everyone's teeth ache.

Honestly, everyone had only been startled at first. Gradually, they calmed down.

It was not as if they had never encountered this before. When they let Lu Bai in, a zombie had pounded on the door just as wildly. Hadn't it stopped after a while?

With that thought in mind, their bodies remained tense, but they were not overly worried.

Suddenly, Ke Jianghao, who had been staring fixedly at the door, changed expression.

He clearly noticed that the gap along the upper half of the doorframe was getting wider and wider. With every blow, large clouds of dust shook down from the doorframe.

Anyone with eyes could tell that the security door was already on the verge of collapse. At this rate, it definitely would not hold for long.

Ke Jianghao decisively gave up on wishful thinking. He rushed over, grabbed a mop from the corner, snapped off its end with one stomp, and quickly made a crude wooden spear.

He rushed to the door, pressed one hand on the handle, and shouted, "Girls, get to the back!"

"What are you doing?!"

Zheng Xiaoming held up his glasses with trembling hands. He was so frightened that his voice turned shrill.

"We can't let it keep smashing the door."

Ke Jianghao looked fairly calm on the surface, but his palms were already soaked with sweat.

Tian Wang swallowed hard and dazedly picked up a broom.

There was no helping it. This was already the most convenient "weapon" in the office.

At this point, the female teacher was completely at a loss.

She instinctively backed toward the window, clutching her bottle of water to her chest with both hands. It was unclear what she thought it could block.

"Three..."

"Two..."

"One!"

Before the last word even fell, Ke Jianghao unlocked the door during a gap between the zombie's blows, then quickly retreated two steps.

Bang!

The security door was easily smashed open by the zombie's fist.

But as a prime example of something without a brain, it would not consider what that meant.

Seeing a room full of "food," it let out a chilling roar and lunged straight at Ke Jianghao, who was closest to it.

The distance was too close.

Close enough for him to clearly make out the blood vessels in the zombie's eyes and the bits of flesh stuck between its teeth.

When facing something terrifying, people generally had two reactions. One was to panic so badly that their limbs went weak; the other was to have the ferocity in their hearts stirred instead.

Ke Jianghao was clearly the latter.

"Fuck!"

He cursed and thrust the wooden spear in his hand at the zombie's grotesque face.

As a Sports Student on the School Track and Field Team, his physical fitness was among the best for his age.

But he had still underestimated the zombie's impact.

The zombie's speed and strength had both reached an absurd level.

The wooden spear had only sunk in less than halfway before he was violently sent flying by the zombie, crashing through an office desk as well.

That one hit made Ke Jianghao feel as if every bone in his body were about to fall apart.

Facing the zombie, half a wooden spear lodged in its head as it continued lunging at him, he could not even dodge.

Just as he was about to be bitten, the female teacher could not help screaming.

Fortunately, Lu Bai had already charged over, prepared for this.

He yanked Ke Jianghao aside. With his free hand gripping the long sword, he slashed downward.

Pfft~

The head separated from the neck with incomparable ease.

After swinging his sword, Lu Bai did not even spare his result another glance. He casually locked the security door again, then turned to the female teacher and made a silencing gesture.

"Please keep your voice down. Don't draw the other zombies over too."