“…Save…save me…”

Curled up in a dark corner, the thin figure trembled and uttered indistinct groans.

I don't know how many days have passed since I left the shelter. I have no strength left in my body. I feel like I'm dying... or I'm almost dead right now. I've finished all the water I brought with me. My throat, tongue, and mouth feel like they're burning with every breath I take. I still have emergency food with me, but I can't swallow it.

My body was unable to move, and sometimes I couldn't even tell whether I was awake or dreaming. Only the voices of those terrible "monsters" echoed in my ears. I had thought about escaping from here, but on the way to the stationmaster's office, I accidentally sprained my foot while trying to avoid the monsters. To be honest, I was lucky to be able to arrive here alive.

But now it seems that maybe it would have been the best option for me to be caught and killed by those monsters. The feeling of curling up in a corner and waiting to die is really terrible.

“Bang!!”

Suddenly, there was a loud banging sound at the door, and along with the bang, the figure trembled violently.

Here we come!

Although I had hoped that they would arrive later, their noses were more sensitive than I had imagined... In this case, I would also die here. Like the others, I would be torn and chopped by these monsters, turning into unrecognizable pieces of flesh...

No help came.

No matter how patiently we endured, no matter how long we waited, there was no rescue.

Perhaps he also knew that there was no chance of rescue, that he was the last person alive, that everything he had done was in vain, and that all those who could save him were already dead. Perhaps it was precisely to deny his own inner thoughts that he made such a suicidal move, leaving his friends and the originally closed safe house to risk his life to seek rescue.

But now, it's time for all this to end.

“Bang!!”

The box that was blocking the door suddenly fell to the ground, and the heavy fire door began to twist and deform.

“Ooooohhh!!”

From the gap, I could hear the terrifying roar. If it were before, I would have raised my hands to cover my ears. But now... I don't even have the strength to raise my hands...

“Bang!!”

The fire door began to sag inwards, and with the help of the dim light, one could even vaguely see a few arms reaching out from the gap, shaking constantly. Their shadows grew larger and larger, gradually spreading throughout the space, as if they had turned into a giant beast made of shadows, eager to...

"boom!!"

A deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and then the roars of the monsters were heard again outside the door. But this time, their roars did not sound as terrible as before. On the contrary, their voices seemed to be full of anger and - fear?

“Ouch!!”

The chaotic roar sounded again, but was soon covered by huge explosions and roars. After a moment, everything returned to silence.

What exactly happened outside?

I wanted to open my eyes, but at this moment I only felt that my eyelids were as heavy as a thousand pounds. No matter how hard I tried, I could only close my eyes, and then...

“——”

A voice was heard.

Although I couldn't hear it clearly, I was sure that there were sounds coming from outside...not the sounds of monsters, but the sounds of people!

“…Is anyone there?”

"Is it this way?"

“It doesn’t seem to be…”

I'm here!!

Hearing the sound coming from outside the door, his originally hazy consciousness regained consciousness, he opened his mouth, and shouted out with all his strength...

"……Help……"

Found it!

Hearing the faint cry for help, Tina was stunned for a moment. Then she reached out and pressed on the heavy fire door in front of her. Tina's slender little hand gently grabbed it, and the next moment she directly removed the deformed fire door from the wall.

Then, Tina saw a girl curled up in a corner next to the radio, looking like she was in a coma. She was wearing a white shirt and a green skirt, and looked like a student from a certain school. Her brown shoulder-length hair was now disheveled, and her face was covered with stains and dust. Around the girl, there were empty water bottles and some food scattered around her.

"Are you okay? Are you okay?"

Tina hurried to the girl's side, and the girl opened her eyes hazily, looked at Tina in front of her and whispered.

“Water…water…”

"Water? Wait... Cui, bring me a bottle of water!"

"OK."

Hearing Tina's words, Cui nodded, then she disappeared into the shadows. A moment later, the cat-eared girl appeared from the shadows again, this time holding several unopened bottles of mineral water in her arms.

“I found this in a nearby vending machine!”

As she spoke, Cui picked up a bottle of mineral water and placed it next to the girl's mouth, gently pouring it into her mouth. Perhaps because she felt the cold mineral water, the girl opened her mouth and began to drink the water in big gulps. But before she could take a few sips, Cui took it away again.

"You'd better drink water slowly, big sister... The book says that if people who have been dehydrated for a long time suddenly drink a lot of water, it is easy to get into trouble."

"Oh...thank you...thank you..."

At this moment, the girl seemed to have finally recovered her spirit. She sat up and looked at Tina and Bushicui in surprise.

"Are you... here to save me?"

"yes."

Hearing the girl's question, Tina nodded.

"Xia Shi found your distress signal, so Brother Fang Zheng brought us here to check out the situation. It seems we arrived just in time."

"...Thank you..."

After hearing Tina's answer, the girl smiled at the two girls, and at the same time, a bit of confusion appeared on her face. Although the girl had thought about rescue, she never thought that the people who heard her distress signal would be girls younger than her? How did they get here? Oh, and...

"Those outside..."

"Brother Fang Zheng is dealing with those monsters, don't worry, big sister."

Tina seemed to understand what she wanted to say and gave an answer with a smile. Although the girl still felt a little uneasy, after all, she knew better than anyone how powerful those monsters were, and there were only a few people at the moment, could they deal with those terrible monsters?

But although her mind didn't want to believe it, the fact was that the roars of the monsters around her were indeed getting less and less, and had even completely disappeared. This was originally completely impossible according to reason... Could it be that someone really came to save her?

They were able to destroy so many monsters, could it be that... the army was dispatched?