Knock knock knock.
The sound of the large group running seemed particularly heavy in the underground corridor, making one's eardrums vibrate.
Occasionally, a few desperate screams and curses were interspersed, but they were quickly drowned out by a chorus of howls.
"Help! Help us!"
The survivors inside the subway tunnel rushed up the stairs first, desperately pleading for help from the four people standing against the light.
The novice zombies were still slow to react, their bodies stiff and sluggish, only instinctively following the scent of living people to chase after them.
A survivor fell while running, and the zombie horde immediately swarmed him, devouring him in seconds, and then dragging his mangled body to become a member of the zombie army.
The fleeing survivors panicked even more, throwing away all their useless clothes and belongings behind them.
There was a college student who pushed his girlfriend into a horde of zombies to buy time, a middle-aged woman who desperately tried to protect her husband after he was bitten by a zombie, and a young father who struggled to push his young child up the stairs while trapped in a horde of zombies.
Human nature is on full display in this cold and gloomy place.
Lu Sheng gripped the hilt of the knife tightly, and an electric arc instantly covered the entire blade.
The remaining survivors rushed out of the subway exit immediately, while the remaining staggering and dazed zombies all turned their gazes toward Lu Sheng and his group.
"Awoo awoo".
The instinct of hunger and the enticing smell of living people lured the zombie horde toward Lu Sheng and his companions.
In the tense atmosphere, Xiao Yu's lantern fruit emitted an even more dazzling light.
With their grayish-white skin and faintly pulsating blue veins, the zombie horde, which had not yet rotted, looked much cleaner and more aesthetically pleasing than in the previous life.
Clang!
The Tang sword was drawn, its sound like ice breaking.
A cold light flashed as an electric arc streaked across the scene, splattering a cloud of foul-smelling blood mist.
The zombies charging at the front fell, their bodies immediately devoured by the zombies surging from behind.
Zombies have no sense of pain or the ability to think. Even if they are only half a body, they will crawl on the ground towards the scent of the living.
Lu Sheng wielded his Tang sword like a jade dragon entering the sea, tearing a bloody path through the endless horde of corpses.
Xu Yi's nail gun was deadly, and Xiao Yu and Sun Tiantian also wielded their weapons with all their might, killing the zombies that managed to dodge the blades with a single blow.
"There are more and more zombies, we can't kill them all." Xiao Yu and Sun Tiantian were already covered in sweat.
Although the newly transformed zombies were weak in both speed and strength, they were outnumbered.
Although the four of them were cutting through everything in their path with lightning speed, fighting zombies was still physically demanding. For every one they killed, a whole bunch would rush at them, and their stamina quickly waned.
The subway corridor was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, yet hordes of zombies continued to surge up from the depths.
"You three, retreat to the exit first." Xu Yi tucked his glasses into his shirt pocket, fired five shots with his nail gun, and blew the heads off the zombies closest to Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng, Sun Tiantian, and Xiao Yu exchanged a glance, wondering what Xu Yi was planning.
"hurry up."
Sweat soaked Xu Yi's dark hair. Perhaps because he had taken off his glasses, in addition to his usual noble and elegant demeanor, he exuded a sinister and menacing aura.
Lu Sheng, Sun Tiantian, and Xiao Yu quickly retreated to the subway entrance, while the staggering horde of zombies staggered towards Xu Yi.
Xu Yi jumped onto the small pavilion next to the ticket gate and lured all the zombies to a narrow spot.
The novice zombies did not yet have the ability to climb or jump, so they could only huddle together next to the small pavilion, reaching out their hands to try to grab Xu Yi.
Seeing that the zombies had almost all gathered together, Xu Yi took out a special sealed bottle with a capacity of about 500ml.
Xu Yi unbuttoned the top button of his shirt and threw the bottle forcefully at the horde of corpses.
The bottle exploded amidst the zombie horde, splattering its liquid everywhere. The liquid reacted violently with the zombies' mangled wounds.
The wounds burned rapidly, but the zombies were completely unaware, and the flames spread wildly through the horde of zombies like wildfire.
The air was thick with the smell of burning fat and charcoal, and the dense, choking smoke blurred the vision of the novice zombies, who pushed and trampled each other like headless flies.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Xu Yi jumped down, stepping on the heads of several unlucky zombies to break through the encirclement.
Behind him, as the fire spread, more zombies were engulfed in the flames. Flames licked at the zombies' skin, clothes, and hair, and the sounds of flesh exploding echoed continuously from the restless horde.
Xu Yi walked calmly out of the subway station with his back to the raging fire.
Behind him, flames rose high, and the restless horde of corpses gradually fell silent in the raging fire, leaving only a pile of charred black charcoal.
[Item Obtained: High-wattage headlamp]
[Items Obtained: 10 Stamina Recovery Potions]
[Item Obtained: Gift Box of 8 Female Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crabs]
[Item Obtained: Limited Edition Authentic Rena Belle Keychain]
[Item Acquired: Limited Edition AJ11 (Size 38)]
[Bonus Rewards: 180 Basic Crystal Cores, 40 Intermediate Crystal Cores]
...
The system notification that she had acquired a new item rang in Lu Sheng's head hundreds of times, making her ears numb and unable to hear Xiao Yu and Sun Tiantian's voices.
In the most conspicuous spot in the space, the newly acquired items were piled up like a small mountain, along with a large handful of glittering crystal cores.
"6!"
Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu gave Xu Yi a thumbs up and asked with curiosity, "What's in the bottle? One bottle can deal with so many zombies."
“Nitric acid.” Xu Yi put his half-rimmed glasses back on and dusted off the dust from his cuffs. “Nitric acid’s strong oxidizing properties will generate a lot of heat when it comes into contact with the zombie’s fat.”
"I was the first to object when Teacher Xu gave up chemistry to go into medicine. If I had met such a great chemistry teacher earlier, would I have dragged down my chemistry score in the college entrance exam?" Xiao Yu joked with a smile.
"6!"
Lu Sheng couldn't help but type "6" into the public chat.
Master math, physics, and chemistry, and you can go anywhere in the world!
The four entered the subway station again, the underground corridor filled with a pungent, acrid smell of burning. Near the ticket gates, zombies were piled up like mountains, with a few lone ones lying a few meters away.
"The crystal core is in the zombie's brain. Be careful when digging it out, as some crystal cores may only be the size of a grain of rice."
After Lu Sheng explained the key points of digging for crystal cores to Xu Yisun, Tian Tian, and Xiao Yu, the four of them divided into areas and began to dig for crystal cores.
Killing zombies only takes ten minutes, but digging for crystal cores took a full half hour. Not all zombies have crystal cores in their heads; it's all about luck.
There were so many corpses that by the end, all four of them were exhausted.
Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu dug the hardest, digging away with a small dagger, acting like two emotionless brain-diggers.
"They're all here."
Xiao Yu, panting, handed a bag of crystal cores to Lu Sheng.
A quick glance revealed hundreds of crystal cores, many of which were of high quality.
After a successful first battle, the four of them drove back to Peking University.
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