Just as Lu Sheng was trying to capture that spiritual energy by mobilizing his consciousness, a slight noise suddenly came from outside the door.

Lu Sheng, who had been diligently working, tapped the steel pipe at the head of the bed with his finger. After a barely audible vibration, Sun Lu on the upper bunk almost immediately rolled over in response.

The little sunflower immediately straightened its stem and jumped off the bed like a puppy, peeking curiously through the crack in the door.

Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes.

She was right about him; Sun Lu wasn't brainless either, and she remained highly vigilant throughout.

The remaining four people in the room were snoring intermittently, with occasional sounds of teeth grinding and farting. These three seemed completely carefree, lacking any sense of vigilance.

Lu Sheng listened carefully for a while, and heard a series of light footsteps outside the door.

Soon, a beam of light shone in through the small window in the door.

The little sunflower immediately retreated into its small flower head, curling its tiny body into a ball, hiding itself carefully in the dark spot between the doorway and the corner of the wall.

"They're all asleep."

A deliberately hushed voice came from outside the door.

Lu Sheng's five senses have been enhanced by the system, making them many times more sensitive than those of ordinary ability users. When he consciously uses his mental power, he can clearly hear sounds outside the door, even through a door.

Noticing the flashlight beam sweeping towards his bed, Lu Sheng immediately closed his eyes and lay back in a relaxed position.

The light lingered on Lu Sheng's bedside for a moment before quickly sweeping over Sun Lu and the remaining people.

Seemingly confirming that everyone in the room was asleep, the person outside the door spoke more cheerfully, "The checks are almost complete, can we move on to the next step?"

What's next? What kind of trouble is the research institute up to this late at night?

How many are there this time? Is it a new model?

"It's not clear yet, we'll find out soon."

"I wonder how many will be left."

Lu Sheng alertly pricked up his ears, taking in all the hushed whispers of the people outside the door.

The people outside the door exchanged a few words and then tiptoed away cautiously.

The four people remaining in the room were snoring loudly. In the apocalypse, they were always on edge, so it was rare to have such a situation where they had no worries about food and drink and no safety. They were all sleeping soundly.

Completely unaware of the commotion outside the door.

Once the footsteps outside the door had completely disappeared, Sun Lu tiptoed down from the upper bunk and crawled onto Lu Sheng's bed like a kitten.

After using his mental power to block the surveillance, Lu Sheng gestured to Sun Lu to be quiet.

Sun Lu nodded, took Lu Sheng's hand, and traced lines on her palm with her slender fingers, the two communicating silently in the most primitive way.

Who's outside?

"From the research institute."

"Is there a problem with this experiment?"

Just as Lu Sheng was pondering how to convey the message to Sun Lu in the simplest terms through handwriting, a shrill scream suddenly came from outside the door.

The shrill female voice was like a sharp knife, instantly slicing through the quiet night.

The loud noise even woke up the four idiots left in the room, who groggily sat up in bed.

"Who is it! How annoying! Can't a person get any sleep?!" Chu Jiaojiao was grumpy when she woke up and sat up, complaining a few times.

The rough-looking Xu Bo was the quickest to get up. He glanced at the two beautiful women sitting close together on Lu Sheng's bed, a complex expression on his face that seemed to want to say something but couldn't.

Besides their dorm, the other dorm residents were also quickly woken up. Someone opened the door and yelled, "Don't you have any decency? If you keep yelling, go outside and yell yourself!"

The shouting and cursing in the corridor stopped abruptly the next second.

This was followed by a series of desperate screams.

Someone turned on the hallway lights, and the glaring light shone into the room, causing everyone's eyes to momentarily become uncomfortable.

Lu Sheng and Sun Lu instantly jumped out of bed, and at the same time, a series of urgent and rapid pounding sounds came from outside the door.

"Open the door! Help! Open the door!"

"It's...it's my friend's voice!" Chu Jiaojiao jumped out of bed nervously upon hearing the voice, and without thinking, she opened the door.

"Holy crap! What's going on? How dare you open the door! Are you crazy?!" Li Kaixuan muttered angrily behind him, unable to stop him in time.

As Chu Jiaojiao opened the door a crack, a beautiful, voluptuous young woman rushed in, her voice trembling with sobs, "I... someone in our dorm has mutated! They've already bitten three people to death!"

"Come in first and we'll talk!"

Hearing that a zombie infection had broken out in the building, Chu Jiaojiao turned pale with fright and hurriedly pulled the woman in, intending to drag her inside.

But the next second, Chu Jiaojiao's throat tightened.

The young woman, who had just been speaking, suddenly narrowed her black pupils, rolled her eyes upwards, revealing a large expanse of gray sclera.

He then twisted his neck into a strange arc and opened his mouth to let out a hoarse, low, muffled roar.

"you……"

Startled, Chu Jiaojiao let go of her hand and was about to back away when something heavy hit her foot, causing her excruciating pain.

Looking down, she saw a mountain of supplies crash down on her feet, knocking off her big toenail.

When she looked up again, the young woman in front of her opened her mouth and sprayed a mouthful of black water directly into Chu Jiaojiao's face.

This woman is actually a space-type ability user! She dropped supplies the instant she died and mutated!

"You idiot! Why didn't you dodge?!"

At the critical moment, Li Kaixuan pulled Chu Jiaojiao back, while Xu Bo kicked the woman who had just turned into a zombie and then immediately closed the door.

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