Just as He Xueqing had hidden herself, he could feel the entire campus erupting in excitement.

The first person to be awakened noticed something was wrong, but before they could fight back, their "contaminated" companion bit their neck.

He Xueqing wanted to know Cen Yu's condition, but was worried about disturbing him, so she could only stay quietly in the classroom without making a sound.

The students were still in their dormitories, but the security guards were patrolling everywhere... When He Xueqing was hiding under the table, she heard some heavy footsteps in the corridor and knew that the patrolling security guards had arrived.

He didn't know what kind of monster it was, so he could only shrink into a corner as much as possible.

The moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the corridor was dimly lit. From He Xueqing's perspective, she could see the security guard walking unsteadily.

He was tall, and felt cramped hiding under the table, but he couldn't force anything at the moment, so he could only hug his knees and hide there.

He was wearing the school uniform jacket that Cen Yu had worn before... but because of the long time that had passed, the scent of Cen Yu on it had faded considerably. He Xueqing buried his nose in his sleeve, pretending that he didn't exist.

Fortunately, the security guards who had turned into monsters didn't notice him and staggered away.

He Xueqing didn't look at the time on her phone until she heard the footsteps disappear. It was midnight.

There are still at least five more hours until dawn.

Cen Yu didn't send a message and didn't know if the other person was staying at home properly... He thought that Cen Yu lived alone, and as long as the door was locked and nothing from the outside was kept out, there shouldn't be a big problem.

But after a while, He Xueqing suddenly regretted it.

He didn't know if Cen Yu lived in an apartment building or somewhere else. What if Cen Yu lived on the first floor?

Those monsters can break through the glass and climb inside.

Immediately afterwards, the whole city seemed to "awaken," with countless shouts, car alarms blaring as cars were smashed, and car horns blaring on the streets outside the school.

In the future that He Xueqing envisions, these people will gradually develop their special abilities on the day of the "great catastrophe".

He doesn't yet know what his special ability is; perhaps it's predicting the future?

He hugged his knees and started thinking about Cen Yu again.

He touched his hair, thinking that it would be a pity if he died like this, because he hadn't told Cen Yu that he liked him yet.

About an hour later, He Xueqing heard other sounds, as if people were pouring into the campus.

The number of students staying at school on weekends is not large, at least much less than the already chaotic outside. This group probably had this in mind.

He Xueqing dared not make a sound and simply stayed under the desk in the classroom.

At that moment, he saw his phone suddenly vibrate.

Cen Yu sent him a message—

Where are you?

He Xueqing hurriedly said that she was in the classroom.

Wait for me, I'm coming to find you.

He Xueqing was about to tell Cen Yu to stay put when he noticed footsteps in the corridor again. The footsteps were hurried and fast. He initially thought it was other people coming in from outside, but when he looked over, he found that they were humanoid creatures with limbs that looked like stick insects.

They seem to be searching the campus...

He Xueqing quickly turned off her phone screen.

Fortunately, those things did not discover He Xueqing hiding in the classroom. Half an hour later, when he was sitting on the ground feeling sore all over, he heard a very light noise.

The footsteps were clearly heading towards the classroom.

He Xueqing looked up while holding her phone, and then saw that the classroom door had been opened and Cen Yu, carrying a baseball bat, had appeared at the classroom door.

"come over!"

"Walk!"

Cen Yu held out his hand to him, "Hurry up!"

As he spoke, he looked back down the corridor, as if afraid that the monsters would come running.

He Xueqing hurriedly crawled out from under the table, and because he had been in one position for too long, he was still a little unsteady on his feet.

"Why are you here?" he asked quickly.

He glanced at the campus. "I can go out during the day."

"Stop dreaming," Cen Yu said, gesturing for He Xueqing to stand behind him. "The monsters have all come in."

"They said that the No. 1 Middle School was empty and there was no one there, and they planned to blow up the school after driving all the monsters in."

He glanced back at He Xueqing. In the dim light, Cen Yu's eyes were bright. There were bloodstains on his cheeks and some scattered bloodstains on his body, though he didn't know if they were his own or from something else.

“I’m not an ungrateful person,” Cen Yu said. “Come with me.”

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed He Xueqing's wrist, leading him in the direction he already knew.

He Xueqing carefully looked around and discovered that they were actually heading towards the stadium.

“The main entrance is blocked,” Cen Yu said, pushing He Xueqing. “I came in through the side door.”

"The small gate?" He Xueqing didn't know that the No. 1 Middle School had a small gate.

Cen Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Do I really have to be so direct?"

"Dog hole!"

In the darkness, he pushed He Xueqing toward the so-called dog hole, saying, "Everyone knows, except you."

“We used to go out to buy water during PE class, and we would walk this way.”

Cen Yu was still wearing his pajamas, with only a school uniform jacket over them. He pulled He Xueqing and ran quickly toward the gymnasium.

He Xueqing only remembered that Cen Yu's hand firmly gripped his wrist.

For many years afterward, he would always remember the scene of Cen Yu leading him on his escape in the darkness of the night, on the day after the apocalypse.

When he was young, he was forced to watch some romance movies. The protagonists in the movies always eloped for love in the end. He knew that Cen Yu did not love him and that he only came back to take him away out of "loyalty".

The two of them are indeed setting their sights too high.

They were quickly discovered by the long, thin monster.

Cen Yu gave He Xueqing a push.

"You go first."

He pointed to the half-person-high "dog hole" and said.

“I have a way,” Cen Yu said.

He gripped his baseball bat and muttered something as the monsters surged forward—

In an instant, those monsters were blown to pieces.

Blood and flesh splattered all over Cen Yu's body, but he didn't care how surprised He Xueqing was. He pushed him, and the two of them crawled out of the dog hole together, leaving the No. 1 Middle School of the city, which had become a monster playground, for good.

...

Because he was familiar with the terrain, Cen Yu led He Xueqing to a place where they could hide.

They stood in that narrow space.

Cen Yu looked at He Xueqing, who reached out and wiped the blood off his face.

Cen Yu looked up at him and asked, "Don't you find it strange?"

"What?"

"Why did those monsters explode?"

He Xueqing shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "This is included in the future I see."

He meant that everyone who is alive can find their own special ability.