"Is that so?" Zhang Zhihao said, his voice filled with grief.

I patted him on the shoulder, understanding how he felt. "Don't overthink it. The most important thing is to live well."

Zhang Zhihao nodded solemnly, his eyes welling up with tears, and lay back down in silence.

I sighed inwardly. Telling him this was to make it easier for him to accept, and also for the sake of the whole team.

Although I also dislike Yan Zhengfeng, it is undeniable that he has done a lot for the team.

When we were near the mountain, he was basically the only one patrolling the mountain, and he was the one who killed all the monsters. At the fast food restaurant, he was also constantly patrolling the area and observing the surroundings, which allowed us to leave in time before the horde of zombies arrived.

He has done a lot for the team, and that's why I can only put aside past grievances and accept his presence.

If the truth were told to Zhang Zhihao, he probably wouldn't be able to accept it. Given his personality, he would likely seek revenge on Yan Zhengfeng, and who knows what might happen then.

It's definitely not going to be a good thing.

I'm not going to think about it.

1:30 PM.

Looking out the back window, I saw that the four of them had already left the second teaching building and headed to the third teaching building. I estimated that the cleaning of the teaching buildings would be completed before 3 p.m.

There shouldn't be any living people in this school. We made such a big commotion there; if there were any living people, they probably would have shown up by now.

Jiajiang City is very large, almost larger than two Wutong Cities combined.

However, it pales in comparison to Hangzhou, which is the provincial capital. Before the disaster, Hangzhou was still expanding outwards, demonstrating its immense size.

However, all of that is now in the past.

It has been more than a month since the disaster, and so much has happened in that time, so many lives lost and so many regrets.

I only hope that there will be fewer deaths living here in the future.

As for the other living people in Jiajiang City, we may meet them in the future, and there may be friction and conflict, but that's a story for another time.

Around 3 p.m., the four of them returned here, and I was startled when they knocked on the office door.

I only realized it was them after I opened the door.

"Is everything alright?" I asked.

All four of them were covered in blood, a testament to the countless monsters they had slain.

Fei Lichao laughed and said, "It's alright, it's all taken care of."

Pu Weichao's hands were trembling slightly, probably from using too much force, but he was also very happy. "I have good news, do you want to hear it?"

"What good news?" I asked in surprise.

Pu Weichao glanced at the other three and laughed, "After we killed the monsters in the teaching building, we went to the dormitory. Before we went there, I thought there would be a lot of zombies in the dormitory, but when we got there, we found that it was very clean and there were basically no monsters!"

"Are you sure?" I asked, my eyes wide with surprise.

If that's true, that would be wonderful!

“Of course, we saw it with our own eyes, how could we not be sure?” Pu Weichao laughed. “I estimate that when the changes happened here, those students were still sleeping. The disaster only started to spread after they woke up and left their dormitories for the classroom. So even if there were monsters in the dormitories, there weren’t many.”

I laughed and said, "That's wonderful."

"Yes, that's great," Lu Jing couldn't help but say.

Pu Weichao said, "In that case, let's move in today, but not into the dorms yet. We'll stay in the administration building for one night, and then check the dorms tomorrow. If they're safe, we'll move in tomorrow."

I said, "I'll listen to you, I have no objection."

Pu Weichao nodded: "In that case, let's speed things up. Fei Lichao and Yan Zhengfeng, you two go and bring the rest of you over. We'll wait for you here. While you're at it, go and check the administration building one last time."

They had no objections and set off immediately.

As for the four of us, Zhang Zhihao was in much better condition. After lying down for more than two hours, his head no longer felt dizzy except for the pain.

There are no monsters left in the school building, so it's safe.

We left the office in the teaching building and returned to the administration building. Lu Jing and Zhang Zhihao went into a conference room on the first floor, intending to clean it up and use it as their resting place for the night.

As for me, Pu Weichao dragged me out, saying he was cleaning up the corpses in the administration building.

There weren't many corpses in the administration building; it had six floors and only a dozen or so bodies in total.

It's very easy to clean.

However, when I followed Pu Weichao up to the sixth floor to clean up, he said, "There's something I might need you to do."

I was taken aback by his question and asked, "What is it?"

Pu Weichao walked up to a corpse, grabbed the corpse's shoulder, gestured for me to lift my feet, and then said, "Talk to everyone in the team."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"It's about having you act as a therapist, helping the team members resolve their...emotional issues," Pu Weichao said.

"Why?" I asked, puzzled. I'm not a psychologist, and I don't understand anything about what psychologists do. How am I supposed to comfort you?

Pu Weichao looked up at me and said, "When we were clearing the zombies from the teaching building, Lu Jing's emotions fluctuated a lot, and she was too reckless. She almost lost her life several times. If it weren't for Fei Lichao and Yan Zhengfeng's quick reactions, Lu Jing might already be dead."

I was greatly alarmed.

“I know you’re not a psychologist, but that’s okay. Everyone on the team trusts you now. I guess they all have some issues, including myself. I have a lot of problems, and many times I’ve wanted to have a serious talk with someone.”

"So, I thought, since you're a doctor and people don't really know much about psychologists, I wanted you to do this job. I figured you're the only one among us who could do it."

I thought about it, and it seems to be true.

Pu Weichao continued, "Only by letting everyone release their emotions can we survive better. Otherwise, if everyone is holding things in, there will probably be big trouble later. So, I'm entrusting this matter to you."

I don't know whether I should agree or not, because I also have a lot of emotions and problems in my heart, but I have been suppressing them and haven't released them.

"I know this puts a lot of pressure on you, but you're the only one I can do it for."

I closed my eyes, finally nodded, and said, "Okay, I promise you. But what if I don't do it well?"

Pu Weichao smiled and said, "Could you please have some confidence in yourself? You're a doctor, and your overall abilities surpass all of ours. Although you may be a little insecure, overall, you're the most capable one. If one day we all go our separate ways, I believe you'll be the only one who survives to the end."

"You overestimate me a bit," I said with a wry smile.

No, I'm telling the truth.

(End of this chapter)