"..."
"Xu An, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. The 'relative' she meant is a woman's period," the skinny young man patiently explained.
"Oh..."
The boy understood and casually muttered, "Women are such a hassle."
Everyone fell silent again. They all knew he was a blunt, straight-laced guy with low emotional intelligence who was not good at talking.
But now was not the time to dwell on that.
The sound of claws scraping against stone outside made their teeth ache, and the roars were growing denser. There seemed to be even more monsters now.
"This can't go on. The commotion caused by the zombies will attract even more zombies. If it triggers a Zombie Tide and a Zombie King appears, things will be even worse!"
The skinny young man analyzed the situation.
Everyone frowned at his words, unable to keep from worrying.
The girl was also extremely remorseful, her eyes reddening as she said,
"It's all my fault... I'm the reason everyone got dragged into this danger..."
"It's not your fault. If anyone's to blame, blame your relative."
Xu An tried to comfort her.
The skinny young man said,
"It really isn't your fault. We came here to scout the route in the first place. It's good that we discovered the danger in advance. If we kept going deeper, it might be even more dangerous than this."
"Exactly. Besides, we're out in the middle of nowhere. The odds of forming a Zombie Tide are low."
The Strength Type brute analyzed.
The eight of them were the shelter's pathfinding vanguard, sent ahead to see whether this road was passable. They figured that if it truly did not work out, they could just return the way they came tomorrow morning...
"Woooooaaah~~~"
But at that moment, a howl suddenly rang out from