Escape from School

Seeing this scene, everyone present was completely dumbfounded.

Tian Wang's mouth even fell open unconsciously, wide enough to fit two duck eggs with ease.

Unlike the others' stunned reactions, Lu Bai's expression remained calm.

The faint curve at the corner of his lips even seemed to carry a trace of amusement.

Though he appeared no different from before, everyone's perception of him had changed completely.

Sizzle~

Blood sprayed from the zombie's severed neck, splattering across the floor.

Only then did everyone snap out of it as if waking from a dream.

Once their reason returned, they looked at the bloody thing beneath Lu Bai's feet and could not help gagging.

Ke Jianghao did not throw up, but he staggered half a step back, his face turning much paler.

Though he still looked a little embarrassed, he was doing far better than the others.

After all, they were only a group of High School Students. When had they ever seen such a brutal, bloody scene?

Ke Jianghao looked at Lu Bai, hesitated, then awkwardly forced out two words.

"Thanks."

Honestly, being saved by someone he had a conflict with made him feel deeply uncomfortable.

Lu Bai did not have such complicated thoughts. He smiled at Ke Jianghao and began cleaning the blood from his Eight-Sided Han Sword.

"Bleurgh~"

After dry-heaving for so long, someone finally could not hold it in and vomited.

Rice grains and bits of meat poured onto the floor with stomach fluid. The sour stench mixed with the thick Bloody Smell made the office's odor utterly unbearable.

Lu Bai sheathed the cleaned Eight-Sided Han Sword behind his back and swept his gaze over the mess.

He lowered his voice and said, "You've vomited. What are you planning to do next?"

"If more zombies come, this security door definitely won't hold," Ke Jianghao said with certainty as he looked at the gap in the doorframe.

Their conversation drew the recovered crowd's attention toward them.

Unfortunately, after truly coming into contact with zombies, the little courage they had left was nearly gone.

Not to mention that most people here still had no motivation to leave this "Safe House."

Ke Jianghao turned to look at the person with the most authority in this office, at least in name—

The female teacher was still slumped beneath the window, pressing a hand to her chest in lingering terror. There was no way to expect her to stand up and say anything.

"Um, Classmate Lu, Classmate Ke..."

Wu Ya's face was flushed. After drinking some water and briefly rinsing her mouth, she continued, "I also agree that we should save ourselves, but we should come up with a safe plan first. There's no need to rush."

It was worth mentioning that Lu Bai had acted far too cleanly and decisively.

Other than yanking Ke Jianghao aside, he had not displayed any physical ability beyond that of an ordinary person. At most, everyone thought the sword on his back was rather sharp.

"How about we wait until nighttime and see?"

Tian Wang still looked terrible. He had vomited the worst of them all.

Zheng Xiaoming immediately echoed, "Yeah. Maybe those zombies will all become blind at night."

No one knew what to call them, so they simply followed Lu Bai's lead and called them zombies.

Lu Bai could clearly tell that Zheng Xiaoming and the female teacher were the two people least willing to take risks.

He could not be bothered to expose them and simply said with a smile, "Visibility will be limited at night. It'll be more dangerous."

Having been infected with the Zombie Virus, he knew that zombies' vision was no weaker than humans', while their hearing was even sharper.

Given a choice, Lu Bai would rather move during the day.

In any case, he did not plan to stay here for long. If anyone was willing to leave with him, he would naturally not mind lending a hand if they encountered danger on the way.

But if they insisted on staying in the office and waiting to die, he would not force them to fight for survival with him. Maybe they could cling on a little longer that way.

"Just tell us what you're planning."

Ke Jianghao took small, shallow breaths.

Lu Bai walked over and pushed open the window, letting the air in the office circulate a little.

As he turned to face everyone, he casually tore down the curtains. "We move in two hours. We'll find somewhere with plenty of supplies, like a supermarket, and settle down there."

No matter how difficult the choice was, two hours was enough time to make it.

After Ke Jianghao clearly expressed his support for Lu Bai's plan, the others, at least on the surface, did not object again.

To put it bluntly, going with the flow was most people's choice.

During the time before they moved out, Ke Jianghao continued gathering information about zombies online.

Lu Bai, meanwhile, gathered everyone's coats without asking and planned to weave them together with the curtains.

He did not demand much from the thing. It just needed to not snap halfway through.

Once she saw Lu Bai had woven most of it, Wu Ya asked, "Are you making a rope?"

"We can't exactly take the stairs, can we? Or are you planning to jump straight down from the third floor?"

Lu Bai glanced at her. "It's not like I can use Heaven and Earth Great Shift to catch all of you."

"What... Heaven and Earth what?" Wu Ya froze, clearly unable to catch the reference.

Seeing that, Lu Bai suddenly smiled. "Don't worry. I'll protect you."

He was not stupid. From what had happened when he first came in—

It was obvious that opening the door and letting him into the office had been this Female Classmate's decision alone.

Even if he had not hidden in the office, he might not necessarily have been torn apart by zombies. Still, he acknowledged Wu Ya's kind gesture.

However, when he said that, he clearly overlooked just how devastating his current appearance was to young girls.

"Who needs your protection?"

Wu Ya instinctively retorted, then her face reddened at a visible speed as she stammered, "No, that's not what I meant. I mean..."

Lu Bai blinked and quickly realized why Wu Ya was reacting so intensely.

He then took the initiative to change the subject. "Rest while you can. We probably won't get another chance later."

Wu Ya gave an almost imperceptible hum and walked aside to sit down, her feelings tangled.

Before Lu Bai could enjoy even a moment of peace, Ke Jiangni walked over to him and solemnly said, "Thank you."

"For what?"

For a moment, Lu Bai felt like an NPC in a beginner village, with players coming up every so often to speak to him and pick up quests.

"If you hadn't pulled my brother away just now, he might have become like those zombies outside by now."

Ke Jiangni's gratitude was utterly sincere.

Lu Bai nodded in understanding. "If you really want to thank me, could you clean the floor? You all threw up a lot just now."

Apparently not expecting that response from Lu Bai, Ke Jiangni's delicate face stiffened slightly.

"I'll do it."

Zheng Xiaoming, who had been watching this side all along, heard that and volunteered, picking up a broom.