Melee

Bai Yaoyao was in no hurry to act. She watched for about five minutes.

Someone on the fourth floor spotted Bai Yaoyao.

"Look! There's someone behind that tree!"

"What's she trying to do? Don't tell me she wants to kill zombies. Holy shit, does she have a death wish?"

"Run, miss! Those Zombies can breathe fire!"

Bai Yaoyao ignored the chatter upstairs. Luckily, zombies couldn't understand human speech, or her cover would have been blown.

She worked out the timing: the Fire Ability Zombies used their skill about once every five seconds. Just as they unleashed their skill, Bai Yaoyao rushed forward, combining her dash with Teleportation. As she reached them, she channeled every ounce of strength in her body into her arm.

One slash, and the Zombies' heads hit the ground!

With a flick of her blade tip, she claimed the crystal core, then turned and left without hesitation.

"Holy shit! Miss, you're amazing! Need a lackey? I can carry bags and run errands!"

"So cool, so cool! I think I'm turning gay!"

"Aaaaaah! Wifey, don't go! You saved me, so I'm yours! I'll follow you from now on!"

The cries of amazement rose one after another, growing louder and louder. Bai Yaoyao smiled. It was only the second day of the apocalypse. These sheltered kids hadn't yet experienced its cruelty, so they were still in the mood to joke around. In a few more days, when the rescue they were waiting for still hadn't come, they would have plenty to cry about.

Then she remembered that she was at H University, one of Huaguo's top universities. Those kids behind her might not look especially bright, but they were probably talented enough.

So she couldn't resist offering a kind reminder. "Hey, keep shouting. Call all the zombies over, and let's see whether the lot of you are even enough to get stuck between their teeth."

Instantly.

Apart from the whistling wind, every sound vanished...

Bai Yaoyao turned to look at those aggrieved little faces on the fourth floor, piled up at the window like a human pyramid. She couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from lifting.

It's good to be young.

Bai Yaoyao's tongue was sharp, and she had mocked them, but she actually made a special circuit around the cafeteria, cutting down every last zombie nearby.

Let's give these little fools a bit more time. There won't be an ivory tower anymore, only the corrupting quagmire of the apocalypse. If they want to live longer, they'll have to grow up.

It's just...

Growth comes at a price, and that price might be their lives.

Bai Yaoyao returned to the school gates to see whether everyone had arrived.

The Stone Group was already there. She waited quite a while longer, but there was still no sign of the Fat Brother Group.

Although no signal flare had gone up, Bai Yaoyao was worried. She led everyone down the route the Fat Brother Group had taken, hoping to meet them on the way.

About two intersections later, they heard fighting. Bai Yaoyao had already scanned ahead with her Mental Power and found no zombies, so she hurried over with everyone.

They found Fat Brother and A-Dai fighting. One of Fat Brother's arms was covered in blood!

A-Dai's face was bruised and swollen too.

Peiqi and Lulu were also fighting. Fortunately, neither was using abilities; they were only exchanging blows with daggers.

"Holy shit, what are you doing? Fat Brother, A-Dai, stop fighting! Sister Lu, Peiqi, what the hell happened?"

Xiaomi and the others hurried forward to break up the fights, baffled. They had all grown up together and were close. Even when they occasionally fell out, they always made up in no time.

But the moment they intervened, the fighters turned and attacked them instead. Everything descended into chaos, and everyone except Bai Yaoyao got dragged in.

"It's a Psychic Zombies!" Bai Yaoyao shouted.

It could disrupt human minds, and she couldn't even detect it with her Mental Power. That meant they were at least Level Three Psychic Zombies. It was only the second fucking day of the apocalypse!

No wonder I got such a perfect starting hand. Turns out I'm playing on hell mode.

Bai Yaoyao cursed inwardly and left the others to their fighting. Apart from A-Dai, whose abilities were stronger, everyone was roughly on the same level. A-Dai happened to be facing Stone and Fat Brother. They might not be able to beat him, but defending themselves wouldn't be a problem.

Bai Yaoyao forced herself to calm down and quickly surveyed her surroundings. Focusing, she activated her Mental Power again, probing inch by inch. She discovered a breakfast shop about fifty meters away that her ability couldn't penetrate.

She immediately cut off her Mental Power and charged over.

Her spatial ability gave her a considerable advantage against zombies with special attributes like this. Their defenses were weak, and they couldn't afford to let anyone get close.

And she happened to be able to break through quickly with Teleportation.

But...

Special circumstances call for special measures.

Bai Yaoyao sensed that the Zombies were about to move and hurled a grenade straight at them. I'll blow you up, you sneaky bastard!

Boom...

A deafening explosion rang out...

A-Dai, Fat Brother, and the others instantly regained their senses. Seeing that everyone was all right, Bai Yaoyao focused on hunting down the Psychic Zombies, tossing Little Crook out along the way. Little Crook extended branches and briefly restrained them, but they soon broke free.

By then, however, Bai Yaoyao had reached them. The Psychic Zombies tried to disrupt her thoughts, but her Mental Power resisted them. She could hold out for a few more seconds.

So she chose to finish it quickly, abandoning firearms. Teleportation, then a baseball bat to the head-the most primitive, straightforward approach. She swung the bat into it.

"Are you going to die or not?"

"You're still not fucking dead!"

Bai Yaoyao smashed it again with all her strength. The zombie's brains splattered everywhere, and its crystal core flew out without her even needing to dig for it.

When everyone arrived, they were just in time to see Sister Yao trash-talking while bashing its head in!

The scene was gruesomely bloody. Practically a work of art!

"Sister Yao, you're badass!"

"What the hell was that thing? How did it have an ability like that?" Clutching the knife wound on his arm, Fat Brother couldn't resist coming closer for a look.

Bai Yaoyao held up the crystal core for everyone to see. "Level Three Psychic Zombies. I don't know why, but things are moving much faster in this life than in my previous one. It's nothing like what I remember anymore."

Seeing Bai Yaoyao frown, Fat Brother comforted her quietly. "It's all right. We're all here this time. We'll take it one step at a time."

Bai Yaoyao paused. He was right. Lulu and Chenxuan were still alive, and Xiaomi and the others had abilities right from the start. Things were already much better.

"I was looking at it the wrong way. I get it, Fat Brother." Bai Yaoyao steadied her emotions and looked at him as she spoke.

"Fat Brother, stop moving! Look how much your arm's bleeding. My ability finally gets to come in handy! Hahaha!" Peiqi rushed over as she spoke.

"Peiqi, me too! My face is all messed up," A-Dai said.

"Hahaha, one at a time!" Peiqi waved a hand grandly.

Unfortunately, less than five minutes after that bold declaration, her ability ran dry.

She had only managed to finish healing Fat Brother. A-Dai and Lulu hadn't even gotten their turns.

"I'm not very practiced yet. I think I used too much of my ability on Fat Brother and wasted it," Peiqi said sheepishly.

Bai Yaoyao took out some ointment and tossed it to A-Dai and Lulu.

"Treat yourselves."