While the students were eating, Fang Xiyue and the teachers sat aside, eating their own food to replenish their energy.

No one had much desire to communicate; sadness and exhaustion made them unwilling to speak.

After finishing their meal, Fang Xiyue and the teachers continued digging. They dug from dawn until late at night. Although they were very tired, no one said they wanted to give up.

"There's a child here!" a teacher shouted.

When Fang Xiyue and the others went over, they found a pit with a child lying unconscious at the bottom.

The stone slabs above the pit were supported by a triangular structure, and moving them easily could cause the other two slabs to fall and crush the child.

Ordinary rescue methods certainly wouldn't be able to save her, but the entrance to the cave was very narrow, only the female teacher could pass through, and the strongest person there was Fang Xiyue.

Fang Xiyue's heart tightened, and without hesitation, she bent down and carefully climbed down.

Upon reaching the bottom of the cave, Fang Xiyue crouched down and used both hands to lift the child up from below. The child was very light, and Fang Xiyue lifted him to the cave entrance effortlessly.

However, just as the child was about to be rescued from the cave entrance, an accident occurred. The entrance suddenly collapsed, burying Fang Xiyue and the child underneath. Fang Xiyue felt everything go black before her eyes, and then she lost consciousness.

When Fang Xiyue woke up again, she found herself in a dark place with a pungent smell all around her. She tried to move her body, but found that her legs were pinned down by a huge rock and she could not move.

What bad luck! Why did she have to go through all this? It's so frustrating that she can't use it at all.

Just then, Fang Xiyue heard a faint crying sound. She looked in the direction of the sound and found the child from before was right beside her, crying in fear.

Fang Xiyue reached out and patted the child's head, "Don't be afraid, baby, your teacher will protect you."

Fang Xiyue knew she had to find a way out as soon as possible, otherwise she and the child would only face death.

She looked around and found some loose stones on the cave wall. She reached out and dug them off, trying to dig a hole out herself, but her hands were already injured, and the digging motion caused her intense pain.

Just when Fang Xiyue felt desperate, she suddenly heard footsteps. She shouted for help, trying to attract the attention of the person who came.

The footsteps grew closer and closer, finally stopping at the cave entrance. "Teacher Fang, are you still alive?"

It was the teacher who had helped her with the rescue earlier. After the collapse, Fang Xiyue and the others were no longer in their original positions; they didn't know where they had slid to. They dug open the hole but couldn't find Fang Xiyue, so they searched the surrounding area.

"Alive, still alive!" Fang Xiyue shouted at the top of her lungs.

The people outside were happy to hear the noise and went to call the others. Then Fang Xiyue heard the sound of shoveling dirt. When she looked outside, it was already broad daylight. She was still alive. That's good!

When she returned to the ground, Fang Xiyue felt as if she had been in another world. She suddenly realized how helpless and desperate she would be in the apocalypse without superpowers or a system.

Previously, because she had a system, she was never panicked even when she knew she was facing the apocalypse. Because she had superpowers, she was not afraid of zombies. But now, she experienced fear for the first time.

For ordinary people, the most common emotions when encountering zombies and natural disasters are despair and helplessness.

Her legs were injured by a boulder, so she was taken to a temporary medical point. Just after she was taken in and the doctor cleaned her wounds, she lay down and a second earthquake struck, causing the entire medical point to shake violently.

Fang Xiyue gripped both sides of the hospital bed with her hands, trying her best to keep herself from falling off.

"Everyone be careful, don't run around!" The medical staff reassured the patients while working hard to hold up the tent.

Fortunately, the second earthquake was not as strong and did not cause any casualties. However, those who were buried in the rubble will definitely be more difficult to rescue than before.

Fang Xiyue lay there, lost in thought. She felt something was off. She had accepted the game anyway, but why did she have to play it?

She must find a way to escape this game and stop it from continuing; there must be a way.

Damn it, her legs are so bad now, it's hard to even move them. Sigh, this is the first time she's been this pathetic since the apocalypse.

"Yueyue!" Fang Xiyue felt like she had a high fever. She was dizzy and hot all over. In her hazy state, she heard Jin Muze's voice and then felt a cool towel on her head.

Jin Muze stayed by Fang Xiyue's bedside, constantly wiping her forehead with a damp towel. Fang Xiyue's face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and she kept muttering incoherently.

Jin Muze came to find Fang Xiyue after confirming that he had completed the mission, but he was surprised to be told that Fang Xiyue was injured and at the medical point. He had always thought that his Yueyue was very strong, but now that she had lost her superpower, she also needed someone to protect her.

Half an hour later, Fang Xiyue's temperature dropped. She opened her eyes groggily, and the first thing she did was ask if the mission had been successful. She was relieved when she saw Jin Muze nod.

"We need to find a way to get out of here. We can't keep letting them lead us by the nose. We can definitely get out of this game!"

If they're already having this much trouble just entering the beginner level, imagine how many of them will survive if they try to advance to the intermediate or advanced levels.

She wouldn't have been hurt originally, but she couldn't bear to watch the child die in front of her. Sigh, but she'll be able to start over in the next game, and her body will naturally recover then.

"Okay, I'll be careful," Jin Muze replied softly, but even if he spoke softly, it probably wouldn't make a difference; they were living under that person's surveillance.

For the next few days, all they had to do was try to survive. Everyone had moved to an open area, and Jin Muze led the soldiers out every day to collect and distribute supplies.

For the past few nights, Jin Muze had been keeping Fang Xiyue company. On the last day of the countdown, Fang Xiyue and Jin Muze were separated. When Fang Xiyue opened her eyes again, she found herself in a drafty thatched hut.

The wind was biting cold, and she was shivering involuntarily despite wearing only thin clothes. Through the window, she could see a blanket of white snow outside.

Fang Xiyue looked around and thought, "This place is practically bare. There's nothing to eat, just a stove with a pot and a knife on it, a kettle for boiling water, two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and some firewood on the ground next to the stove."

A set of bow and arrows, an axe, and a saw were hanging on the wall.

There was a very thin quilt on the simple wooden bed, but something was better than nothing. Fang Xiyue wrapped the quilt around herself and then pushed open the door and went out.

Only after she came out did she realize that she was in the mountains, and this must be a place where hunters rested.

Looking up at the sky, Fang Xiyue realized that the game hadn't officially started yet, so there were no technical prompts. She looked around and realized that in this extremely cold weather, food and warmth were essential for survival.