There was no radio in the laboratory, so Lin Qi headed for the corridor.
The survivors had assembled plenty of radio equipment in the corridor.
Amid the crackle of static, the broadcast from the Modu Rescue Team rolled through the corridor in a low, rumbling wave.
More than three hundred survivors had gathered there.
No one spoke. Apart from their breathing, the only sound came from the many radios, playing together like a surround-sound system.
"This is... the Modu Rescue Team. Do not proceed... Ning District... unknown... fallen..."
"Survivors, please... wait for rescue..."
"Note... do not... use mutant crystals. Do not consume... crystals..."
The signal was poor, and the information they received was incomplete, but the rescue team's message was more or less clear.
The first message warned survivors not to enter a certain area. From the fragment "...Ning District," Lin Qi could infer that it meant Beining District, where he had found the site of the rescue team's firefight.
The broadcast confirmed what Lin Qi had told the survivors earlier: a terrifying threat was lurking there. The rescue team had outright described the district as fallen.
The second message informed survivors that rescue efforts were still underway.
Lin Qi didn't know whether that was true, but it was probably the rescue team's way of reassuring them.
Without that message, no one would know what terrifying things might happen in the apocalypse.
The dangers of the apocalypse came not only from Zombies and monsters, but also quite possibly from other survivors.
People like the students at Modu University—united in spirit, pure of heart, and foolishly optimistic—were rare in a city like Modu.
That was one of the main reasons Lin Qi had chosen Magic University as his base.
The final message concerned the special crystals obtained from the brains of