When Fang Zheng brought Xia Shi and Xiao Hei back, the girl had calmed down.
She sat on the chair and looked at Fang Zheng and his group with curiosity.
It was obvious that the group of people in front of her was completely different from the "rescue team" the girl had imagined. As for the girl, she might have thought that there would be a professional rescue team or the army, or the police, and even if she let go a little more, it was not impossible for a prince charming to come and save her.
But... a young man brought a group of little girls to save him? What kind of operation is this?
"Thank you very much..."
The girl looked at Fang Zheng with some uneasiness, then bowed her head respectfully and saluted him, while Fang Zheng waved his hand.
"You're welcome. We were just passing by and received a distress message, so we came here to check... How are you feeling?"
"My right foot is slightly sprained..."
"let me see."
After hearing what Fang Zheng said, the girl was a little embarrassed, but she still followed Fang Zheng's instructions and raised her right leg. As expected, Fang Zheng soon saw a large swelling on the girl's ankle. Fortunately, there was no bleeding. As far as I can see, the girl herself had no external injuries, so there was no risk of infection. As for the sprain...
Fang Zheng reached out and pressed lightly on the swelling.
The next moment, the swelling on the girl's ankle disappeared instantly, as if nothing had happened.
"Hey? Hey?"
The girl was obviously quite surprised. She lowered her head to look at her ankle and stretched out her hand to press it, but she didn't feel any pain at all! What was going on? How did she do this?
Looking at the expression of the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng smiled slightly. Although he was a paladin, there was no concept of mysterious magic or holy light in this world. Therefore, Fang Zheng adopted the method of using Kekedi that he learned from Kuang San. The Four Bullets in Kuang San's Kekedi could make the time of the target hit by the bullet flow backwards. This trick was often used by Kuang San to heal injuries. And now Fang Zheng was also using this method to directly rewind the girl's injuries to the state "before the injury" through the flow of time, so that she could easily heal her injuries.
But Fang Zheng certainly would not explain the principle behind this to the girl. He just coughed and quickly diverted the girl's attention.
"Miss, may I ask your name?"
"Oh, of course."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the girl hurriedly stood up and bowed to Fang Zheng respectfully.
"My name is Kei Shidou, and I'm a first-year student at Xunzhiaoka Academy..."
Kei Shrine? I seem to have heard of this name somewhere... Wait, Patrolling Hill? Isn't this the Academy Island?
Fang Zheng couldn't remember the girl's name for a moment, but when she mentioned Xunzhiaoka, Fang Zheng immediately realized. Could it be that he had come to the world of the Academy Island?
Fang Zheng had also watched this animation, and he had some understanding of the plot. High School Island tells the story of several girls living in a closed academy while avoiding zombies. Compared with High School of the Dead, High School Island follows a different kind of weird cute style. Hmm... but I have to admit that it is still a bit interesting.
But in fact, Fang Zheng watched Gakuen Lonely Island completely by accident. He just had a headache from work, so he planned to watch some useless cute animation to change his mood. Since Gakuen Lonely Island had just been aired at that time, and the promotion made it look like a daily life of a useless cute girl, Fang Zheng clicked on it and watched it, and then...
The city is full of tricks, I want to go back to the countryside...
But if this is the world of the Academy Island, why are the zombies in this world different from the ones in my memory? If Fang Zheng remembered correctly, the zombies in the Academy Island seemed to be ordinary zombies, but why are the zombies in this world a little different?
"Then Miss Kei-san."
Fang Zheng temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart and looked towards the ancestral hall.
"Can you explain what happened?"
"this……"
Faced with Fang Zheng's question, Keiichi Ato was a little confused for a moment, but she didn't think too much about it, but told Fang Zheng honestly.
According to Kei's description, this all happened about ten days ago (she couldn't tell the exact time), when she and her friend were working the night shift at a convenience store, but suddenly there was a commotion outside, and someone seemed to be shouting "murder" or something. Hearing this shouting, the people in the convenience store were also a little nervous. In order to calm the emotions of others, the store manager planned to go out to see what was going on.
As a result, the store manager did not come back for a long time after leaving. This made Kei Shido and her friends more and more frightened. They wanted to call the store manager, but found that no one answered the phone. Not only that, but there were screams and wails from time to time on the street outside.
Kei Shitang wanted to go out and see what was going on, but her friend was obviously unwilling to let her take the risk. Just when the two of them didn't know what to do, they saw a man covered in blood staggering towards the convenience store, and then - he bumped into the outer wall of the convenience store! Then he began to knock on the glass frantically, as if he would not stop until the glass wall was broken.
This scared the people in the convenience store. Fortunately, there were several senior employees in the store besides Kei Shitang and others. They quickly locked the door of the convenience store, and then took Kei Shitang and several other customers who remained in the convenience store to hide in the warehouse of the convenience store.
After that, everyone thought about calling the police for help, but no one answered the phone. At this time, anyone who is not stupid knows that something big must have happened outside. Sure enough, everyone's mobile phone soon received an official alert, saying that there is a "chaotic situation" outside, and the government is doing its best to control it. Please stay in the room for the time being and don't go out, and don't open the door to others at will. Wait until the situation is under control before taking the next step.
Although everyone was feeling somewhat uneasy at the time, at least they had received the message, and they later contacted their families by phone. This more or less relaxed the originally panicked people. Although they didn't know what was happening outside, they thought it would be over soon... With this thought in mind, everyone stayed in the convenience store warehouse for a whole night.
The next day, when Kei and his companions woke up, the streets outside were already silent, without a single sound. At that time, everyone thought that everything was over, so they left the warehouse and planned to go home to check the situation, but...
"Soon after we left the convenience store, we were attacked by monsters..."
"monster?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng frowned.
"What kind of monsters? Aren't these zombies?"
"No."
Shitang Gui shook his head.
"It was a very scary monster. It looked like a person with all the skin peeled off. It had no eyes. I could even see its brain and long tongue..."
Hmm? Isn't that a licker?
Faced with Shitang Gui's description, Fang Zheng's heart was secretly shocked, but he did not say anything, but continued to listen to Shitang Gui continue.
"That monster was very fast, and we had no way to deal with it. Several of us were captured and eaten by them. Only my friend and I managed to escape back to the warehouse... That's how we managed to escape... After that, we have been living in the warehouse. Fortunately, there is enough water and food in it, and it is also strong enough, so at least we don't have to worry about those monsters breaking in..."
Things are getting increasingly wrong.
Fang Zheng frowned slightly while listening to Shitang Gui's story. According to her, the zombies in this world come out at night and hide in dark corners during the day. But this does not mean that the world is safe during the day. Although there are no zombies during the day, there are other mutant monsters on the move.
According to Kei Shido's description, at least what she has seen most in this period of time are lickers, zombie dogs and a kind of very large "people"... The more Fang Zheng listened, the more he felt that something was wrong with this world. It was normal to have zombies, lickers or zombie dogs, but they should not appear in the world of the academy island. There might be zombies in this world, but it was impossible for such weird zombies to appear, let alone lickers.
Otherwise, how could those little girls survive?
No, wait…
"So how did you get here?"
At this time, Fang Zheng finally discovered a problem. If this world is so dangerous, then it is impossible for Kei Shidou to come to the station from the convenience store. He just checked the girl. She is just an ordinary person with average physical fitness. If she is really targeted by a licker or a zombie dog, then the girl will have no way out.
But she came here?
“Because I discovered a pattern.”
"law?"
"Yes."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Shitang Gui nodded.
"I found that only at dusk... specifically, between four and six o'clock, there will be no monsters. The zombies haven't woken up yet, and those terrible monsters have disappeared during this period of time... I don't know why, but I have tried several times and I am sure that there will be no danger during this period of time, so I came here to seek help..."
“…”
After hearing this, Fang Zheng was certain that this world was truly abnormal.