Qi Mi felt that his physical fitness was quite good. Although he hadn't experienced high-intensity survival in a while, his escape speed was definitely not slow. However, the footsteps behind him kept following closely, sometimes farther and sometimes closer, always maintaining a certain pursuit distance.

Tsk, are you being targeted by a troublesome creature again?

When she turned around and swung the knife just now, she saw that the man was very tall and strong, and she might not have a chance of winning if she fought him.

Unable to confront them head-on, she could only find a way to dodge. As she ran across the intersection, she threw the items on her shoulder to the ground to one side and ran in the other direction. After turning off her phone's light, she climbed up the wall of the air conditioner on the first floor of the residential building, grabbed the balcony railing on the second floor, and with a firm push of her hands, she landed lightly on the balcony.

Because it was dark and she couldn't see the road clearly, she didn't dare to walk around. She groped for a slender flower pot over one meter high, and tried to shrink her body as much as possible and hide behind the flower pot.

The footsteps were getting closer, and the person chasing him stopped at the intersection where Qi Mi had just thrown down his down jacket.

After a few seconds of silence, footsteps slowly sounded in this direction. Judging from the sound, the person's steps were heavy, and combined with the heavy breathing, it was most likely a man.

At the same time, there is a high probability that he is also a monster.

Otherwise, he couldn't have walked so calmly in such a dark environment. Each step was so firm, as if he could see in the dark.

Six steps...

Seven steps...

Eight steps...

Just now, when Qi Mi was running over, she specifically calculated the steps from the intersection to here. With her height of 158cm, it would take twelve steps to walk here. For a man who is taller and has longer legs than her, it would probably take three or four steps less.

Sure enough, at the ninth step, the man stopped.

The surroundings were shrouded in impenetrable darkness, and Qi Mi had no idea if the man had even noticed her. She could only hold her breath, her hands tightly gripping the flowerpot in front of her. She thought, if the man came up, she could smash him with the flowerpot. Even if she couldn't kill many, it would buy her time to escape.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the sound of a foot stepping on the air conditioner's outer wall from below.

He is here!

Qi Mi held the flowerpot even harder, tightened his abdomen, and was already getting started.

The next second, a melodious whistle came to my ears.

It floated from afar, rising and falling, sometimes short, sometimes long, as if conveying some secret code.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Mi heard the sound of a man stepping back to the ground from the external wall machine.

The man stood here for a moment, and after a few seconds, the footsteps began to move in the opposite direction.

Gone?

Qi Mi still held her breath, not daring to slack off for a moment, trying hard to listen to the footsteps that were gradually receding. Only when there was no more sound in her ears did she breathe a sigh of relief.

There had been a hair tickling her face since a while ago, but she didn't dare to move at all and held her body tightly. Fortunately, the man had gone far away, so she couldn't help but scratch it.

The fabric of this jacket is really too loud. The rustling sound is very harsh in this already empty street. It may not be a problem for fighting, but if you want to hide, the sound is still too easy to expose.

Qi Mi groped for the balcony door and moved in with small steps. She turned on the light of her phone and covered it with her hand, not wanting it to be too bright, as long as she could see the road.

She arrived at a bedroom where a sweet wedding photo hung above the bed, and bright red bedding covered the bed. Qi Mi went straight to the closet and opened it to find a row of neatly arranged clothes, arranged according to the autumn and winter seasons. The left half of the closet was women's clothing, the right half was men's clothing, and there was a box of unopened baby clothes at the bottom.

She was somewhat surprised by the cleanliness of the place. She had been to many apocalyptic worlds, and they were all filled with corpses and devastation. But this room was different. It gave her the illusion that she was in an ordinary world late at night.

Only when a few large insects suddenly appeared in the corner of the bed did she realize that this was still the end of the world.

She quickly changed into her hostess's tracksuit. Although it was a bit cold, the cotton material was light and more comfortable to move around in than a down jacket. Then she packed up the remaining clothes in the closet and threw them on the bed, carefully wrapping them in sheets and taking them away with the sheets and blankets.

The entire bundle was three times as big as she was.

She dragged the large bag to the balcony, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one below, she threw the bag down. Then, holding the phone in her mouth, she jumped back to the ground using her hands and feet.

Qi Mi first tried to carry it, but unfortunately his center of gravity was unstable, so he could only continue dragging it.

She had been chased just now, and it seemed she was running like a headless fly, but in fact, every direction she chose was carefully considered. This residential building seemed far away from the kindergarten, but in fact, if she walked a little further from the intersection and turned a corner, she would reach the main road that led directly to the kindergarten.

Once you reach the main road, walk straight for about ten minutes and you will arrive.

Qi Mi didn't dare to delay and ran forward dragging his bedding. In just five minutes, he saw the light in front of him.

Um?

etc.

Why is this light red?

She was stunned for a moment, then ran back to the kindergarten.

As soon as I opened the door of the Douding class, I was stunned.

Someone found a large iron barrel with flames burning inside. Zheng Yuanyuan and Du Rui sat around the fire with their children in their arms.

As soon as they saw Qi Mi, more than a dozen pairs of eyes turned to him.

"Teacher Qi, you're back?!" Zheng Yuanyuan said in surprise.

Qi Mi nodded, pulled his things forward, and looked confused: "Who lit the fire?"

"Me." Du Rui took out a lighter calmly.

Qi Fan: "You... left this door?"

Du Rui nodded. "It's really too cold. I was thinking about whether we could start a fire. There are so many people here. It's impossible for you to do it alone."

Qi Mi nodded thoughtfully, but still advised seriously: "In the future, it is better not to go out if you can." She was still frightened. She thought that Du Rui was lucky to go out this time. If he met the kind of monster she had met before, she was afraid that no one here, big or small, would survive.

Du Rui hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yeah."

As the children curiously examined the spoils she had brought back, Qi Mi stood aside, her face sullen. The more she thought about it, the more terrified she became. What if a monster had attacked during the time she'd been away? What would she find when she returned? A river of blood or a pile of scattered clothing?

I dare not even think about it.

Qi Mi leaned against the wall and closed his eyes tiredly.

Suddenly she felt someone approaching, so she turned around and saw Du Rui already wearing a black short down jacket. Perhaps it was a little too small, and the jacket was wrapped tightly around him.

"Wait a while, I'll go out and find a suitable one for you." Qi Mi chuckled.

Du Rui hummed calmly, clearly not wanting to discuss this with her. He glanced back at the children, then leaned against the wall like Qi Mi, deliberately lowering his voice: "Just now in the corridor, I saw a—" He paused, thinking about his words before continuing, "A terrifying thing... Did you kill it?"

"Um."

Du Rui glanced sideways: "You seem very familiar with this kind of thing?"

Qi Mi laughed: "Yes, I did it a lot before."

A glimmer of understanding flashed in Du Rui's eyes, and he said slowly: "No wonder."

Qi Mi's lips curled deeper.

There was silence between the two.

Du Rui stopped there and didn't ask any more questions. He didn't like to ask too many questions. If the thing he saw wasn't so terrifying, he wouldn't have asked Qi Mi these questions.

He lowered his head, still immersed in the shock of seeing the monster, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Qi Mi extending two fingers.

Du Rui looked up: "What?"

Qi Mi raised his eyebrows: "You can even take out a lighter, you have cigarettes, right?"

Du Rui didn't say anything. He turned his head and glanced at the children, then gestured to Qi Mi.

"I know I can't smoke in front of children, but just give me one to smell. I don't smoke." Qi Mi stretched her hand closer to him.

Du Rui: “…”

Unable to persuade her, he had to secretly take out a cigarette from his trouser pocket, opened it, took out a cigarette and handed it to Qi Mi.

"Thanks." Qi Mi took it with a smile, put it under her nose and sniffed it, then slowly exhaled comfortably. She didn't smoke, but she really liked the smell of cigarettes. The slight fragrance of tobacco could quickly put her in a good mood.

After taking a few deep breaths, she put the cigarette in her pocket and turned to stare at Du Rui: "I have to go out and see if I can find something to eat. I'll leave this place to you."

Du Rui seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just pursed his lips and hummed.

"Is Teacher Qi going out again?" Zhao Yize was sharp-eyed and saw Qi Fan walking to the door at a glance.

Several pairs of round eyes looked over again.

Qi Mi turned around and smiled: "Yes, I heard that the toys prepared for you have arrived. Can the teacher go out and get the toys for you?"

When they heard the word "toys", the children's eyes lit up: "Is there Ultraman?!"

"have."

"Are there any Barbies?"

"have."

"Do you have a magic wand?"

"Ah? I think there should be some."

"Yeah!"

"Shh—everyone be quiet." Zheng Yuanyuan glanced fearfully at the sleeping Di Yuntong. She had finally managed to coax him to sleep, and she couldn't let him wake up. Even scolding him could only be done in a whisper. "Toys are for obedient children. Di Yuntong is sleeping now, what should we do?"

"Speak softly..." The nine children immediately sat down obediently and imitated her in answering in a whisper.

Qi Mi smiled and gave them a thumbs up, whispered "I'll be back soon", and then gently closed the door.

After leaving the kindergarten, she went straight to the nearby supermarket.

She pushed a shopping cart in each hand, filling it with anything she thought would be useful. The only benefit of the apocalypse was that you could grab anything you wanted, regardless of price. This was one of the few times Qi's fans felt comfortable. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, toys, and other things that didn't necessarily satisfy hunger or keep you warm were piled up untouched, giving her a real bargain.

Finally, she even picked up a home children's slide worth over a thousand yuan, thinking of getting one for them in the classroom, which would surely make the children happy.

After packing everything, she went to the food area again. Luckily, she found a pack of instant noodles that was about to expire under a shelf.

The shrimp fish plate tastes fresh.

Another pack of blue instant noodles was found on the shelf. Although it was inappropriate, Qi fans couldn't help but laugh when they saw these two packs of instant noodles: "How much do you dislike it?"

Suddenly, she thought of something and turned to stare at the warehouse with the door wide open.