Chapter 19 School Escape Route
She is a senior high school student, her family is in S City, and she is studying in a boarding school. Today is Friday, and school is almost over.
But senior high school students have no weekends, and they go home once a week instead of once every two weeks. The whole class is in the classroom, doing exercises and studying by themselves, and they will not leave until dinner time to eat in the restaurant.
The father of the character is working, and the mother is unemployed. Two years ago, they rented a car garage in their community and opened a small grocery store. They run a small business and do not make much money.
But the two dote on their only daughter and would rather save money to send her to this boarding school, because it is a foreign language school with the best teaching staff in S City.
It's a pity that she is not happy here. She is surrounded by students from wealthy families. She is not bullied, but she is always excluded and isolated. No one plays with her after class or in the dormitory.
She has almost no friends in school. She always keeps to herself, which makes her silent and self-abased.
Youxi opened her pencil case, took out the small mirror and looked at it. It was still her own face, but it was more immature and pure than when she was 26 years old. This was what she looked like when she was 18 years old.
The girl in the mirror had long and straight black hair, delicate white skin, and natural rosy lips. It was a bit difficult for Youxi to understand why she was silent and self-abased when she looked like this.
"System, can the character settings of the world be more reliable next time?" She complained to the Star House system in her heart, "It's always so ridiculous."
[Host, please focus on the current task. ]
Youxi: ...
As soon as she entered the apocalyptic world, the system seemed particularly indifferent.
The development level of this apocalyptic world is similar to that of her native world. Mobile phone payments have completely replaced bank cards and cash. Therefore, Youxi quickly figured out her financial situation.
The total amount of money from Taobao and WeChat was less than 2,000 yuan, and this money was because her parents had just transferred the school's food expenses to her a day ago.
Youxi sighed silently and began to analyze the situation of this apocalyptic world.
Task one is that she must escape from school and arrive home safely. She was in school at the moment and could have taken sick leave at any time, but that would have made the first mission too easy.
So, there was only one possibility.
The apocalyptic catastrophe had already occurred or was about to occur, and the time should be much shorter than the five hours in the previous world.
Sure enough, before she finished her thought, a boy in the classroom suddenly shouted: "Oh my God! What's going on?" He held his cell phone, with a look of shock: "Everyone, come into the senior high school group, some people in Class 5 had a fight in the laboratory, someone took a video and uploaded it, there's blood..."
"Let me see!"
"Oh my god, what is going on, is he kissing him?"
"This video is so blurry and shaking, it seems to be taken through the window glass, wait... this is--"
"No! He's biting him!"
"Fuck! Is this true!"
"Look at his hand! It's scary! Is he sick?"
...
Most of the students in the class left their cell phones in the dormitory and did not take them out, because they were not allowed to use cell phones during class or when the teachers were present. Only during self-study classes would some students go back to the dormitory to get their cell phones, turn on the mute function and use them secretly.
So at this moment, the students who didn't bring their cell phones gathered next to the boys, pushing each other, trying to see the screen clearly.
Youxi opened several videos uploaded to the senior high school group. Based on his experience of watching zombie movies and TV series for a whole day, he observed that the person in the video who was pressing on other students and waving his hands and grabbing and shoving like a madman was 80% a mutated zombie.
Youxi began to recall the architectural layout of the entire campus and quickly drew a rough floor plan on the homework paper.
The laboratory is located in another comprehensive practice building, which is not connected to the senior high school teaching building, but the distance is not far, about 40 to 50 meters south of the senior high school teaching building.
If the disaster spreads over there, the first places to be affected will be the Central Garden Square to the northwest of the Shijian Building, the senior high school building to the north, and the basketball court and gymnasium to the northeast.
So for now, these places are all high-risk places, and she has to leave as soon as possible.
The school has two gates. The main gate is located on the north side. To get there from the senior high school building on the south side, you have to pass the Central Garden Square, the senior high school building, the senior high school building, and then the green landscape area.
Of course, you can bypass the green landscape area, but if you do so, you will pass by several exhibition buildings such as the library along the way.
The other gate is in the southwest corner, which is not very close, because you have to cross almost half of the campus from east to west. Along the way, she passed through the Central Garden Square, passed the restaurant area, and finally arrived at the dormitory area.
The advantage of the first route is that it goes all the way north, far away from the Shijian Building in the south where the accident had already occurred. The disadvantage is that there are student gathering points along the way, and there are too many people. It is a bit risky when it is not yet certain whether the problem is only in the laboratory of the school.
The advantage of the second route is that there are fewer buildings and fewer people along the way, especially in the restaurant and dormitory area, which are almost deserted at this time. The disadvantage is that the first half of the route goes west, and it cannot be too far away from the Shijian Building.
But soon, another new news made her decision.
"Look at the campus forum. Someone posted that the same thing happened in Class 3 of Grade 1! Several girls have been bitten!"
"Let me see!"
"Fuck! This is too crazy. What happened?"
"Is there a video? Show it to me!"
...
There were not many students with mobile phones in the classroom. Seeing that they couldn't squeeze in, a few girls turned around and found that Youxi, who was sitting by the window, was also looking down at her phone. There was no space around her, so they moved over to look with her. Someone was sharp-eyed and saw the topographic map on her homework book. They asked curiously, "What is this?"
"A route map to leave the school." Youxi answered the question truthfully. After confirming that the same situation had occurred in Grade 1, she quickly put away her phone and took out the cross-body bag that served as a schoolbag from the desk.
She dumped out the miscellaneous stationery, books, meal cards, hand cream, snacks, water, keys, etc., and then put her cell phone in, a bunch of keys in, a homework book with a topographic map in it, a pen, an unopened bottle of water, and a pack of soda crackers.
Finally, she remembered something and pretended to reach into the innermost part of the desk and fumbled around. Finally, she took out a short metal stick (swing stick) from inside (the Star House Warehouse). She just wanted to clear the way.
"What is this?" someone next to her asked curiously.
"Girls' self-defense tools." She explained simply, put everything away, zipped it up, and then slung the bag across her body, preparing to leave.
"Where are you going?" The girl thought for a moment, "Do you know something?"
"I don't know. My mom just sent me a message saying that my dad fell down the stairs and I have to go home to take care of him."
While You Xi was talking, several students from other classes ran to the classroom door. Seeing that everyone was still in order, they hurriedly said, "Why are you still studying? We are going to the practice building. Do you want to go?"
The boy who was talking had a flush of excitement on his face. He looked very excited, as if there was a sudden change in his monotonous and boring life of doing exercises. Now he doesn't have to do exercises or go to class, and there is something lively to watch. It's so cool!
"You all went? But aren't you afraid that Lao Chen might..."
"What are you afraid of? We just passed by the office and there was no one inside! Lao Chen and the others have gone there by themselves! You are still doing questions like fools, hurry up and get together! I heard that those students seemed to have mania or rabies and bit people. Anyway, the whole school is in chaos now!"
"Ah, then wait for us, let's go together!" The group of boys were obviously moved.
"What do you think? Should we go over and take a look?" The girl standing next to Youxi asked her companions. Seeing that they were hesitant, she turned to Youxi and asked, "Youxi, what do you think?"
Youxi looked at the other party. The girl who asked her questions several times was called Leng Mian. She was pretty and smart. She was very popular in the class and had many friends.
She lived in a different dormitory from her. She had never been particularly close to her, but she was not particularly cold either. She would always greet her politely when they met.
She thought for a moment and tried to speak: "I don't recommend going there without knowing what's going on. Besides, I just watched a zombie movie last night, and I felt a little creepy when I saw the video."
The word "zombie" was successfully said, and it seemed that the disaster in this world had already begun by default, so she stopped blocking keywords.
"Wow, you still have time to watch a movie at night!" The other girl obviously missed the point.
Leng Mian's eyes widened: "What do you mean? Are you saying that those things in the video are..."
"I just think about it a lot. Anyway, I will definitely not go. My parents are still waiting for me at home, so I'm leaving first. I suggest that if you don't want to stay here, you can go back to the dormitory and wait and see what happens."
The dormitory area is very close to the school gate in the southwest corner, so it is easier to leave if something happens. Of course, she doesn't know if the same thing happened outside the school, but that position can be advanced or retreated, which is better than being in the classroom.
Leng Mian watched You Xi's back as she left the classroom, and inexplicably felt a chill on her body: "No way, it's impossible, those should be just movies, how could they really happen..."
But, what if? What if it's true? Although she knew it was unrealistic, she had a bad feeling.
"Mianmian, shall we go?"
"Yes, Mianmian, you see all the other boys are going, and Yiyi and the others are going too." The girls found that almost half of the classmates in the class had gone, and they were inevitably tempted.
"Forget it, I won't join in the fun. I want to go back to the dormitory to get my phone and check the situation online." Leng Mian said, and immediately went back to collect the test papers and homework books, intending to go directly back to the dormitory.
Those girls usually liked to follow her, and after hearing this, they also collected their things and left.
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Youxi left the senior three building and looked to the left. The entrance of the senior three building faced west, and 50 meters to the left was the practical building where the accident happened. There were a lot of people there now, and many students were standing nearby to watch the fun.
Her hearing had improved, and now she could vaguely hear the original noise somewhere on the fourth floor, mixed with screams and cries of fear, as well as some low roars like animals.
She turned on her phone, and no one in the group had uploaded the video. They were probably all running for their lives and had no time to care about other things. However, students who were not at the scene were still asking about the situation.
She walked a few steps north, calling the parents of this person while preparing to pass through the Garden Square.
There are trees and green plants around the square, which is safer than walking on the outer edge. If the situation in the Practice Building on the south side and the higher floor on the north side spreads, the green plants can also block it.
The call was quickly connected. Her father got off work early, and he should be at home preparing dinner at this time.
"Dad, where's Mom? Is she at the grocery store across the street?"
"Your mom is at home. What's wrong, Xiaoxi? Are you at school?"
Hearing that both of them were at home, she felt relieved: "Dad, listen to me. I have a very important math competition certificate at home. Now the school needs it urgently, so they asked me to go home and get it. I'm already on my way back. You guys hurry up and help me find it, it's really urgent!"
She didn't say something like zombies directly, as it would be a waste of time and unreliable. What she needed now was for both of them to stay at home and not go anywhere before she got home. What
they were most worried about was her studies, and using studies as an excuse was the most appropriate.
Before hanging up the phone, she said that she had already left school, and asked them not to leave home to pick her up regardless of whether they found the certificate or not, as she was afraid that they would get lost on the way.
"Also, Dad, if I'm not home and can't get through to my cell phone, don't rush out to look for me. I'm here with my classmates and my teacher will drive me home. I'll get home safely."
This was to prevent the two from seeing some news and wanting to go out to look for her in a hurry. "Remember to wait for me at home. I don't have my keys with me. See you later!"
Youxi hung up the phone and suddenly heard strange movements not far ahead. She quickly put away her cell phone, took out the baton and held it in her hand. There were two men and one woman standing under a tree a dozen steps away from her.
One of the boys leaned against the tree trunk and lowered his head to hug himself. His whole body was twitching slightly, and there was a hoarse and heavy gasp in his throat.
The girl in the white skirt stood beside him, holding his arm with a worried look on her face, and kept asking him what was wrong and whether he was feeling unwell.
At the side, another boy with a shaved head kept suggesting taking him to the infirmary, but because the unwell boy did not respond, the girl in the white skirt always disagreed, saying that they had to find out what was wrong with him and ask for his consent before deciding whether to take him to the infirmary.
The boy with a shaved head obviously had no feelings for the unwell boy, because the girl had just agreed to his confession a few days ago, and at this moment he was very jealous of her concern for other boys (handsome boys).
The girl was probably a little angry, and softly accused him of not caring about his classmates just to watch the excitement.
"How could I not care about him? Didn't I say to send him to the infirmary?" What is more unbearable than jealousy is the misunderstanding of his girlfriend. The boy with a buzz cut couldn't explain himself clearly and was anxious, so he reached out and grabbed the other boy, who fell heavily to the ground without any resistance.
"Zhao Zheng, what are you doing!" The girl in the white skirt pulled the buzz cut guy away and placed herself between the two of them. "He's already very uncomfortable, why are you still doing this..."
"Why are you so nice to him, you're my girlfriend!"
"If I had known you were such a person, I would never have agreed to be with you..."
The girl's voice was sweet, soft and sticky even with angry accusations.
Behind the girl, dark blue lines appeared on the neck of another boy, and the scary lines spread upwards along the blood vessels on the neck.
But obviously, the two people who were immersed in the love conversation of "you are good to him but not to me" didn't notice it at all.
Relying on his superior hearing and vision, You Xi had already understood the relationship between the three people from a distance, and also saw the changes in the boy on the ground.
When the dark blue lines spread to his cheeks, the unconscious man suddenly opened his eyes. They were a pair of lifeless gray eyes that no longer belonged to humans.
He smelled the seductive scent of human flesh and blood, and stretched out his hand to the girl in front of him.
"Be careful behind the girl!" You Xi spoke in time.
Zhao Zheng turned his head to face his girlfriend. When he heard the reminder, he turned his head and saw the hand reaching out to his girlfriend. The fingers were gray and black!
"Oh my god! What the hell!" He subconsciously pulled his girlfriend over and quickly stepped back.
The girl was very angry and struggled to let him let her go, but when she turned around, she saw a scary face and her legs went limp: "What, what..."
Zhao Zheng hugged his girlfriend again and kicked the zombie. The zombie hit the tree, but it was only a second later and it rushed up again with a roar.
"Fuck! Why does this thing look so familiar!" Zhao Zheng was so scared that he retreated straight away. At the same time, someone passed him and swung a stick at the zombie, almost touching Zhao Zheng's hand, and then kicked it.
It was the same kick, but Zhao Zheng only kicked the zombie and hit it against the tree, while You Xi's kick directly made the zombie fall out.
The zombie's legs hit the tree, making a crisp sound of fracture.
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