"A living person?!"

Fatty Song Daqiang was startled and instinctively covered his mouth, staring wide-eyed at the stairwell below.

He held his breath to listen, and seemed to vaguely hear human conversations and footsteps, but not very clearly, and easily overlooked.

It's hard to imagine how Su Lin managed to distinguish humans in such a chaotic environment filled with zombies.

"Are there any living people?"

Anna, her face beaming with joy, was about to head downstairs first: "Let's hurry and find them, they might be the rescue team..."

Don't be foolish!

Song Daqiang grabbed Anna and warned in a low voice, "Don't speak loudly! What rescue team? Are you still having illusions?!"

"This is a survival game. Why do you think we're the only team of survivors here? What if there are other teams?"

Song Daqiang originally wanted to warn Anna to make her realize the seriousness of the matter.

Unexpectedly, the girl said with a surprised look, "That's even better! The more people, the better, so we can unite and escape together."

"you!"

Song Daqiang rolled his eyes in anger and hissed in a low voice, "Are you really stupid or just pretending? Don't you know the saying 'you can't see into someone's heart'? Why would anyone team up with you? Why don't they just kill you and take your supplies?"

Upon hearing this, Anna felt a chill run down her spine: "Murder? Could they really...?"

"Shut up!"

Before Anna could finish her sentence, she saw Su Lin's cold gaze: "Idiot, shut up."

Anna's pretty face turned pale, and tears of grievance welled up in her eyes, but she obediently lowered her head and pursed her lips, remaining silent.

She understood her situation perfectly. She could refute the fat man's words countless times, but she could never go against Su Lin's will.

"Boss, what do we do now...?"

Song Daqiang cautiously looked at Su Lin, but Su Lin did not answer. Instead, he gripped the Tang sword tightly and quietly reached down.

In an unfamiliar environment, everyone is a threat.

The best solution to protect oneself is to eliminate all threats in advance and strike first!

"Boss, I..."

Song Daqiang opened his mouth, his face showing great anxiety, but he didn't follow. He just watched helplessly as Su Lin's figure disappeared silently into the corridor.

Both of them could tell that Su Lin wanted to take action against his subordinates.

This young man is very murderous and also very wary.

"Do you think he'll die...?"

Anna suddenly spoke in a low voice, startling Song Daqiang so much that his heart skipped a beat: "What do you mean by this? Could it be... that you're hiding something from him?"

"No..."

Anna shook her head: "I didn't sense anyone downstairs, nor did I hear any sound... I think if they really are survivors like us, then everyone has different survival skills."

"If a fight breaks out, Su Lin probably can't beat them all by himself, right?"

"You can go and help him."

Anna suggested, "We're on the same team after all, we need to stick together..."

Song Daqiang interrupted her, saying firmly, "I'm going to stay and protect you. You're important too! You're the information hub; do you know how crucial the information hub is?"

"This floor is safe, I won't wander off..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Song Daqiang interrupted impatiently, "What do you know? We can just wait here."

You're just a coward; you're afraid of dying.

The woman's eyes reflected the fat man's guilty face. She sighed softly, not uttering her true feelings.

But she seems to have come to understand a new truth: in the world of escape, not only are the other survivors enemies, but teammates may not be able to completely trust each other.

Su Lin understood this principle better than they did.

He paused briefly in the stairwell, looked up to see that the two people upstairs showed no signs of following, then simply smiled coldly and continued to descend the stairs silently.

His movements were extremely subtle, insignificant amidst the clamor of zombies inside and outside the building, and further masked by the occasional screams of the surviving humans in the distance.

Su Lin quickly went down to the first floor, carefully checked the area, and continued down without stopping.

Thanks to the effect of his talent, Su Lin's hearing has become several times stronger. He can now distinguish that the voices he just heard are two or three floors below him.

Judging from the number of floors in the teaching building, these people should be leaving the building soon.

As Su Lin got closer, when he reached the second floor, he could clearly hear the sounds of fierce fighting coming from below.

It appears that several people are fighting zombies, and the battle is quite intense.

"Three people, using sophisticated weapons; the sound of sharp objects cutting through the air..."

"Inexperienced in combat, the fight lasted too long, but they were very strong; they were probably all young and middle-aged men..."

Su Lin listened intently, carefully gathering information.

A short while later, the sounds of fighting downstairs ceased, and a burst of celebratory chatter arose.

"Killed them all! Hahaha, I knew these zombies were no challenge at all, we took care of them easily!"

"It's really simple. Thanks to Old Li's talent, this [Weapon Crafting] technique is simply perfect! Everyone starts with a spear, long weapons really have an advantage!"

"Quick! Loot those zombie boxes and get more supplies for Old Li to forge new weapons. Who knows, we might even be able to make some firearms. With an AK for everyone, that team upstairs is definitely doomed!"

The conversation suggests that there are three people downstairs, and they are all quite talented.

And there's another crucial piece of information: the other side knows there are people upstairs! They know about Su Lin and his two companions!

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