Chapter 30

"system."

Xu Zhou spoke subconsciously, and as soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to realize something. Her mind went blank for a few seconds, and only her own sigh remained in the room.

She forgot about the system upgrade again and would not respond to her.

Come to think of it, this was the first time she couldn't contact the system since the end of the world.

Every time she encountered something, she would chat with the system. It had gradually become a habit over the past few days. The system was upgraded so suddenly, Xunchun was not around, and she had just learned the story of the new sequence. For a while, she had to swallow a lot of things in her heart. She was really a little uncomfortable.

It has been two years since the new sequence was created.

At the height of their youthful ambition, the New Sequence was founded, intent on resetting the world order by combating the impending doomsday. Unexpectedly, their founders perished at the hands of their own kind, forcing the New Sequence to completely overthrow itself and rebuild, gradually becoming the organization it is today, bent on world domination.

Why.

It seems that fate always plays jokes on people. This was the case with the Qiuxi City School incident, and it was also the case with the changes in the New Sequence. Those who led the school to destruction once again brought destruction to the New Sequence.

They are the same group of vested interests.

Humans are greedy, and what they want is to be superior to all living things, including zombies.

They could not resist such temptation, which eventually led to the current situation.

Xu Zhou stared at the ceiling, repeating the woman's words in his mind. These were chaotic times, so whatever happened seemed natural.

She admitted that she had fantasized about saving the world before. Like in all adventure novels, when the world was suffering, she gained extraordinary power and gradually forced the big boss behind the scenes to emerge, destroy him, and save the world.

Just like now.

In the apocalyptic era, people are struggling to survive, and the Big Boss only cares about his own interests and wants to become the king. But she knows all this and resolutely fights the Big Boss to save people.

It just sounds exciting.

However, reality poured a bucket of cold water on us.

Doomsday is a natural disaster.

Man-made disasters can be solved, but how can we resist natural disasters?

She was a zombie, so natural disasters didn't cause much harm to her. But humans were different, and in the face of natural disasters, they were too insignificant.

How can she face the natural disaster?

If natural disasters are not resolved, organizations similar to the New Sequence will continue to emerge.

As long as there is chaos, anything can happen.

well.

In fact, she really wanted to know why the woman chose her.

She had never revealed anything when interacting with women. Could it be that she was just basing her guess on the last time she left?

Because she is different from others, a woman feels that she is capable of doing this?

But when Xu Zhou saw the woman's gaze, she couldn't bring herself to ask. She sensed that the woman was hiding something, but she finally agreed.

Her thoughts at the time were very simple. She had a system, and she could ensure that she would not die even if she acted recklessly. As long as she did not die, she would succeed.

Unexpectedly, the system was temporarily upgraded.

Hey, it’s too early to talk about that.

Xu Zhou wanted to cry but had no tears.

I just hope the system's protective shield can still appear automatically. She will definitely give the system a good review.

Xu Zhou was lost in thought and thought of Xun Chun. She didn't know if Xun Chun had found Xun You. She hadn't heard from him in several days. What if she couldn't complete the mission and report her safety tomorrow?

Now everything is off track, and Xu Zhou feels vaguely uneasy.

I hope it's not what she thinks.

Xu Zhou turned over and started counting sheep.

It was a sleepless night.

The next morning when the woman came knocking on the door, Xu Zhou looked listless, like a vegetable harvester who had worked hard all night but had no harvest.

The woman looked worried and touched her forehead. Luckily, her temperature was normal, but she looked lethargic. She asked softly, "Are you okay? Don't force yourself. You don't have to go today."

Xu Zhou shook his head, moved into the woman's arms, and replied, "It's okay, I was just too nervous yesterday and didn't sleep much."

The woman breathed a sigh of relief and took Xu Zhou into the house. She helped her lie back on the bed and covered her with a quilt. She patted the quilt gently and coaxed her, "It's still early. Take this opportunity to sleep a little longer."

The woman's voice was hypnotic, or maybe the quilt was too warm. In short, Xu Zhou fell asleep under the influence of many factors.

Xu Zhou wasn't lying. She was indeed in a state of confusion last night, and didn't fall asleep until the latter part of the night. In her daze, her dreams were also full of chaotic scenes. As a result, she didn't get a good rest.

Although zombies don't need to sleep, they seem to have retained the sleep characteristics of humans. They always feel like something is missing when they don't sleep.

Without the system to help her restrain herself, she seemed to have awakened and was determined to have fun. Therefore, the woman saw Xu Zhou in the morning and it looked like he hadn't gotten enough sleep.

When Xu Zhou opened his eyes again, he was woken up by a woman.

The sun was just rising from the horizon.

"You only slept for an hour, but you look different." The woman looked at Xu Zhou. She was completely different from an hour ago. She was full of energy now, but she was lifeless just now.

"I don't know," Xu Zhou also noticed it, and she winked, "I slept so comfortably. Maybe this is a sign of the success of our operation today."

The woman was amused by her: "Well, thanks to you, it will definitely succeed."

…

"Don't lose the card. Make sure you have it with you at all times." The woman repeatedly reminded him with a serious expression.

Xu Zhou nodded and made an "OK" gesture.

As they approached the school gate, the woman seemed to become very heavy for a moment, as if a huge rock weighing thousands of pounds had been pressed down on her shoulders, crushing her body.

Fragile?

As soon as the thought passed through his mind, before Xu Zhou raised his hand, the woman had already adjusted herself.

The woman turned her head, and Xu Zhou met her gaze. It was... a pool of still water, with no discernible meaning. The woman took out the key - the key she had seen next to the van last time - and threw it back. Xu Zhou stretched out his hand and caught it.

The crisp sound of collision was frozen in the palm of my hand.

There was still a hint of warmth on the key.

The woman raised her voice: "Remember to give me today's experimental data as soon as possible."

"No problem." Xu Zhou agreed, her heart beating fast.

What key is this?

Xu Zhou put the key in his pocket, rubbed his fingers with the key, and thought.

As soon as he stepped into the school gate, two people wearing black masks rushed out from nowhere. Xu Zhou felt like he had only blinked once before the two people appeared before him.

The person on the left stretched out his arm and blocked the way: "Pass."

The woman picked up the pass around her neck and shook it, then held out the black card.

The person on the right pulled a small, palm-sized scanner from his pocket and scanned the pass. The pass beeped twice, and a green light flashed on the top of the scanner.

"The pass is normal and you are allowed to pass."

The two of them made way ahead.

The woman walked straight ahead without saying a word. Seeing this, Xu Zhou followed closely behind the woman.

“Tatta——”

The only sounds in the school were her and the woman's footsteps, one after the other.

After walking for a distance, Xu Zhou looked back and found that the two people at the school gate had disappeared. A breeze blew, and it seemed that there were only the two of them left in the somewhat desolate campus.

Passing through the classroom buildings, the woman stopped in front of the last one, which was different from the others. It was different because the building didn't use the usual school colors. It used a light blue and white color scheme, with blue on the top and bottom and white in the middle, which didn't match the overall style of the school at all.

"Experimental Building" is written on the top of the building.

Looking back at the other teaching buildings, the impression is indeed a bit disjointed.

"The laboratory building was rebuilt later, and the people who donated liked to use the blue and white color scheme." said the woman.

Xu Zhou asked casually, "How do you know?"

"I was just talking nonsense."

There was no trace of embarrassment in the woman's tone for telling a lie. She shrugged and entered the laboratory building.

Xu Zhou: “…”

The main door to the laboratory building was glass, with a lock on the left doorknob. It was currently open. In the lobby, there was a large sign with illegible writing. Behind the sign was a wide corridor. To the left and right, there were narrow corridors, each three feet wide.

On either side of the wide corridor were rooms, all with closed doors. At the end was another locked glass door. Through the glass door, one could see a red brick wall, and beyond that, a rockery and a few sparsely leafed trees.

After Xuzhuo finished observing the first floor, the woman turned left and entered a narrow corridor on the left. After passing two rooms, she found herself with a staircase leading up.

A "bang bang" sound came from the stairs.

The woman's voice was drowned out by the sound of footsteps: "There aren't many people in the school. Let's go to the fourth floor to get the key first."

"good."

After walking up countless steps, they reached the fourth floor.

The layout of the fourth floor was different from the first. The central room occupied the space where the wide corridor on the first floor was. A U-shaped corridor surrounded the central room and connected to the staircase. Their current location was in the lower left corner of the U-shaped corridor.

Xu Zhou exclaimed: "So white."

There are white, unmarked walls here.

Hearing this, the woman glanced at her obscurely and said, "Let's go."

Coming up the stairs, they turned right and walked along the lower half of the U-shaped corridor. On the left were rooms, each with its door closed, unable to see what was inside. The house number sign said "former office," providing no reference.

Go get the key first, then go save people...

Xu Zhou was thinking when suddenly, a strange voice came from behind him.

"...Sister, this is bad."

Xu Zhou turned his head immediately and became alert.

It was a strange man who quickly caught up with her, walked straight past Xu Zhou and came to the woman. The man glanced at Xu Zhou and spoke in her ear.

The voice was very soft and intermittent. Xu Zhou couldn't hear what he was saying. He could only see that the woman had a frown on her face.

Hmm...something's going on.

Xu Zhou waited quietly for the man to finish speaking.

Soon, the woman said, "I have something to do here. Can you go get the key first?"

Xu Zhou pursed his lips: "..."

The man also looked at her, with a hint of confusion.

The woman asked again, "Can you?"

Xu Zhou looked at the two of them. Both of them had openness written in their eyes. She realized this and nodded, "Okay."

"The key is around the second corner, in the third room forward. I'll be back soon once I'm done."

"I see."

Without any hesitation, the two of them set off and left the next second, heading in the direction they came from. Their figures disappeared at the stairs.

Xu Zhou followed the direction they left and saw an irregular spot of light projected onto the ground from the window at the stairs.

It's a bit too coincidental.

Xu Zhou seemed to be lost in thought.

Should I go or wait?

She stood in the middle of the corridor, looking towards the stairs in front of her and then at the unknown corner of the corridor behind her. For a moment, she had the illusion that she didn't know what to do.