Chapter 151 Municipal Library

“Some people are unwilling to collect supplies themselves and will hide in the shadows to rob others. These are things we need to be careful of when we go out.” Huang Jie told Mu Qingyu about all the situations he had encountered.

Mu Qingyu nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "I'm thinking of going out for a walk this afternoon. I probably won't go too far. I'll come back here to spend the night. Is that alright?"

The library wasn't far away, and she wanted to hurry over before it got dark. There wasn't much food in the library, but she was worried someone might take books to use as firewood, which would be a shame.

Since she was nearby in the afternoon, she would definitely need to find a place to stay at night, so this place must be relatively safe.

“Of course you can. But—” Huang Jie was still a little surprised: “Are you really determined to go out by yourself?”

"I'm just taking a walk around here to check things out. I'll be right back," Mu Qingyu quickly explained. After all, they had just spent so much time explaining things to her, and now she was going out alone...

Huang Jie wasn't upset; he simply assumed Mu Qingyu wanted to experience the situation firsthand. After all, people sometimes won't be satisfied unless they see it with their own eyes.

"Then take care of yourself. Especially now that it's a sandstorm, visibility is low outdoors. Because it's dark outside, the light inside buildings is even dimmer. It's easy for both people and zombies to hide."

"When you go to an unfamiliar building, don't turn on flashlights or other lights easily, as you'll easily become a conspicuous target," Huang Jie earnestly advised.

Mu Qingyu nodded repeatedly: "I understand everything." She naturally knew what Huang Jie was talking about. In her previous life, she struggled to survive in the worst environment for five years, and she had the most experience in surviving at the bottom.

However, she appreciated their kindness and remained sincere in her attitude.

Afterwards, Huang Jie went to tell Xiao Shiyang, who also came over and tried to persuade Mu Qingyu, but seeing that Mu Qingyu was determined, he let her go.

Before leaving, Mu Qingyu reminded him, "You must be back before dark. Although the sandstorm has also affected the zombies' movements, they will still gather at night. And now, there are more and more zombies at night."

As Xiao Shiyang spoke, he also had other worries in his mind—things were fine before, but recently the zombies had started scratching at the doors, and he kept thinking that he should reinforce the theater's doors and windows.

Mu Qingyu agreed to all of them, then wrapped herself up again and left the theater.

Once she reached a secluded spot, she took out her motorcycle from her spatial storage and headed straight for the library—she had a downloaded map of City A on her tablet, so she knew exactly where to go.

The library is indeed not far; it only takes fifteen minutes by car.

However, there were quite a few zombies on the road. Due to the dense buildings in the city, the zombies did not rely on sight to move, and the sandstorm had a much smaller impact on them.

Whenever they encountered a narrow road, the alley would be crammed with zombies. Mu Qingyu sometimes wondered why there were so many zombies when there hadn't seemed to be many humans before.

What should have been a 15-minute journey took Mu Qingyu almost an hour, even with a motorcycle. Sometimes she had to take detours, and sometimes she had to get off and kill zombies.

Previously, Mu Qingyu collected abandoned vehicles in her space to smash zombies, but now she discovered that the cars were still too big. They were fine on main roads and in wide open spaces, but when she encountered narrow alleys, some places were filled with zombies but couldn't accommodate a single car.

Another time, when Mu Qingyu smashed a zombie, the car hit the zombie, but the abandoned car blocked the road. It took a lot of effort to use spatial power to "pull" the abandoned car that was "embedded" there.

During this time, Mu Qingyu actually encountered a robbery on the road. They even set up roadblocks. The advantage of roadblocks is that they can stop both zombies and vehicles.

Mu Qingyu didn't wait for the other party to make any threats.

When they saw a roadblock, they smashed it with a wrecked car, smashing both the zombie and the roadblock to pieces!

Then he rode away in a dashing manner, not even bothering to utter a single unnecessary word.

Those hiding in the shadows were already terrified by Mu Qingyu's actions.

They weren't exactly easy targets; they just noticed someone was alone and had a motorcycle. Motorcycles aren't rare, but the gasoline inside is.

This person was all alone with just a backpack, which was so tightly wrapped up that it was impossible to tell if he was male or female. Judging from his thin build, it seemed like stealing a car would be a piece of cake.

Then, out of nowhere, a bunch of cars appeared out of thin air, and the man started smashing them against the roadblocks.

Strong people are not uncommon in the apocalypse, but what's strange is that those cars mysteriously disappeared shortly after being smashed, just as they appeared out of thin air and vanished just as suddenly...

In just a few minutes, the man made a series of swift and decisive moves, then left gracefully, leaving the robber bewildered in the shadows.

The municipal library is a huge building, and its design was very elaborate. It was once considered a landmark building in City A.

Now standing in the dim yellow sand, it appears desolate.

The library doors were tightly shut, and there were specks of dark blood on them.

There weren't many zombies wandering around the library entrance, probably because there weren't many people inside, so it wasn't very attractive to them.

There were signs of being smashed and pried on the door, but the door remained locked.

Mu Qingyu casually killed a few zombies and tried to pry open the library door, but couldn't. The lock was opened, or rather, it had been broken beforehand.

However, the door was locked but not opened, indicating that it must have been secured by something like an iron bolt.

There are people in the library too?!

However, even if there were people inside, Mu Qingyu still wanted to go in and take a look.

She could skip the door and climb through the window.

The library windows are three or four stories above the ground.

But this is no challenge for Mu Qingyu. Thanks to the library's design, the walls were intentionally made uneven to emphasize the design, which made it easier for Mu Qingyu to climb.

With her superpower and a bit of skill, plus the military dagger she pulled out from her spatial storage for assistance, she easily climbed up the wall.

The first room Mu Qingyu entered through the broken window was the reading room, filled with a dazzling array of books and periodicals.

Mu Qingyu didn't touch them; her first target was the national-level ancient book collection here, which was the crystallization of thousands of years of Chinese culture.

During times of war, countless people risked their lives to protect them.

Secondly, there are various scientific articles and books. These are the culmination of thousands of years of human progress. If one day humanity can eliminate zombies...

These books represent humanity's hope for a resurgence.