There are three living areas in the new campus of b University. The East District is the farthest from here, and they have to cross most of the campus to get there.

Just as Ruan Ning and his friends were rushing to the East District, a bigger storm was brewing there.

There was not a single person in the huge living area, which made it seem empty.

What's even stranger is that the trees here grow much better than those in other places, even better than before the end of the world, with lush branches and leaves and green trees forming shade.

Especially the locust tree located at the pavilion in the center of the living area. It is much larger than the common locust trees that are a few years or even more than ten years old. It looks lush and green, but it is out of tune with the desolate and bleak environment around it.

From time to time, there were flashes of movement in the surrounding grass, causing a slight shake.

At this time, in a dormitory on the third floor of the 3-a dormitory building.

The two dusty boys collapsed onto the bed exhausted and gasped heavily.

"Jingyang, are we really just going to wait for death here?" One of the boys thought about the zombies in the corridor and downstairs that had blocked them from moving, and his face was filled with grief. "But I'm only eighteen years old this year. I finally finished the college entrance examination, escaped from my parents' control, and came to college. I haven't had enough of my free days yet, and I don't want to die at all."

"You said everything was fine, how come it's the end of the world? It's fine if it's the end of the world, but why were we in school when it broke out? Now it's fine, even if we weren't eaten by zombies, we're both going to starve to death..."

Jiang Jingyang closed his eyes and listened to the chatter of the person on the bed next to him. He reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead and reminded him, "Xi Chen, not only are we out of food, but we are also running out of water. If you want to live longer, then from now on, try to talk less, save your energy, and think about how we should leave this damn place."

The dormitory they were staying in was a standard six-person dormitory with upper and lower beds, only two desks in each dormitory, and no private bathroom. In order to prevent the door lock from being unable to stop the zombies, Jiang Jingyang and Xi Chen had already used one of the tables to block the door when they entered.

Now, there are only two of them left in this dormitory building.

In fact, before this, many other students were trapped in this dormitory with them. For a whole month, everyone stayed in the dormitory except for going out to collect supplies. During this period, basically all the places where food could be hidden in the dormitory were looted by them. It is precisely because of this that there is no food anywhere in the dormitory now.

The last bit of food they brought with them was eaten last night when they were so hungry that their eyes were dizzy. Now they only have two choices: one is to stay in the dormitory and wait to starve to death, and the other is to go out and be bitten to death by zombies because of exhaustion.

"Jiang Jingyang, you are becoming more and more cruel. I've been through such a miserable life, but you still don't let me say a few more words to ease my sadness." Xi Chen said, and then sighed, "After I die, I won't even have the chance to speak. I might as well say everything I want to say while I still have the strength to do so."

Jiang Jingyang: “…”

Over the past month, Jiang Jingyang had already gotten used to Xi Chen's noise. He had finally figured out that the man next to him was someone who felt uncomfortable if he didn't talk.

In fact, Jiang Jingyang and Xi Chen were not very familiar with each other before the apocalypse, and they had never even met each other formally. Jiang Jingyang had only heard of his name from others, and he was a well-known person among their freshmen. But the two of them really got to know each other after the apocalypse.

Although Xi Chen talks a lot and sometimes makes people feel annoyed, fortunately he has a good heart and has helped him a lot. In addition, this person's ability is as powerful as his noise level. After Jiang Jingyang slowly got used to it, he felt that it was no big deal that this person talked a lot.

"No. Don't be too pessimistic. We are not at the end of our rope yet. It's not that easy for us to die!" Jiang Jingyang looked at the window sealed with wooden strips and tape, lowered his eyes, and said, "If it really doesn't work, I will lead the zombies away and you can run away. One of us must be able to leave this damn place. We can't both die here."

"If you can leave school one day and have the chance to meet my family, just tell them a message for me." When talking about his family, Jiang Jingyang subconsciously touched the watch on his right wrist, and his eyes became warmer. He has been wearing this watch these days. It also gave him the reason to live hard.

These days, when Xi Chen was hiding in the dormitory with nothing to do, he also heard Jiang Jingyang talk about his family, and knew more about his determination to survive and find his parents and brother.

Hearing him say this, he looked at the bed next to him in surprise, gritted his teeth and said, "No, how can you lead the zombies away? We have to go together, and no one can be left behind. Don't forget that after we get out, we still have to settle accounts with those people. I can't beat them alone. Also, think about your family. If they knew you were dead, how sad they would be. Can you bear to see them like this?!"

When Xi Chen thought of what happened three days ago, he couldn't help but reveal anger on his face, and he was so angry that his teeth were about to break.

Originally, he and Jiang Jingyang had a chance to leave this cannibalistic hell three days ago, but something went wrong and not only did they fail to escape, they were injured, and even their backpacks containing food and supplies were taken away.

Why are there so many ungrateful people in this world? !

Xi Chen and Jiang Jingyang were among the group of people hiding in the dormitory building, and they were even the first group of people in the entire living area to awaken their superpowers. In the beginning, if it weren't for them, some people in the living area would have become food for zombies. This was even more so three days ago. If it weren't for the two of them covering their backs, would this group of people have been able to leave the East District so smoothly?

But what did their kindness and trust get in return? Nothing! Not only did they not receive a single bit of gratitude, but they were stabbed in the back by a group of people! !

Originally, they had agreed that after the two of them made a decision here, they would make a big noise somewhere else before escaping from the living area to attract the zombies. They would then take this opportunity to get rid of the zombies, reunite with them, and leave this place together. However, these ungrateful people left them here to make a decision, and then ran away without a trace, forgetting the promise of making a big noise at all.

Then the two of them missed this great opportunity and failed to leave this damn place when the zombie's defense was the most relaxed. Now the zombies are even stronger, and it is simply quadratic to get out of here.

Hearing Xi Chen complain about what happened three days ago, Jiang Jingyang was silent for a moment and did not respond.

Jiang Jingyang was completely disappointed and heartbroken by the actions of this group of people. If he had the chance to do it again, he would never sacrifice himself for others again, because... this group of people was not worth it.

Just as the two were lying on the bed resting, a dull knocking sound came from the window sill. Jiang Jingyang and Xi Chen didn't even raise their eyes to look, and no one paid attention to the situation, as they had become accustomed to it.

They are on the third floor. Ever since the wood zombie appeared, this kind of movement has been happening at regular intervals every day.

Previously, the doors and windows of a dormitory on the upper floor were not sealed tightly, and the window glass was shattered by the things outside, allowing the vines of the plants to run in through the window gap. As a result, everyone in the dormitory was sucked dry of blood by the vines in a short period of time, and turned into a dried corpse.

If someone had not happened to pass by the dormitory at the time and discovered this scene, and if everyone had not worked together to close the invaded dormitory and block it tightly, their dormitory building would have been occupied by these vines with particularly strong reproductive ability, and everyone would have died.

After the battle before coming to this dormitory, and because they hadn't replenished their energy in a long time, the two people on the bed were exhausted both physically and mentally. After a while, even Xi Chen lost the desire to talk and fell silent.

What they didn't see was that a crack suddenly appeared on the window that was originally sealed tightly, and it was slowly expanding.

the other side.

The members of the Dawn Team killed many zombies along the way before they finally reached the East District.

At this time, the midday sun, when it is at its brightest, has passed.

Perhaps it was because of the lack of sunlight, the feeling given by the East Living Area was obviously more gloomy than other places in B University. Even though the trees here were much greener and more lush than other places, it could not eliminate this gloomy feeling at all, but made people feel more uneasy.

The reason they were able to get here so quickly was that they took the shortest path. They encountered zombies, of course. There were even several times when they were extremely scared and almost faced a group of zombies head-on.

On the way here, they also encountered survivors from B University. One of them was a team of about ten people. Seeing that the members of the Dawn Team looked unfamiliar and had high combat power, they insisted on following them and asked them to take them out of the school. No matter how they refused, it was useless. But soon after hearing that they were going to the East District of the Living Area, they cancelled this idea and left quickly as if avoiding the plague.

Before entering the living area, everyone's attention was attracted by the huge locust tree.

It’s not that they want to attract attention, but the locust tree itself is too conspicuous.

They had come all the way from City S to City B, and they had never seen a plant growing so well. The others either looked wilted or had lost all their leaves.

The plants here are completely different. Although not all of them are as overly lush as the locust tree standing in the middle, they also show no signs of dying. They look exactly the same as before the end of the world.

This also happens to be the most unusual thing about this place.

There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Every time they encounter such abnormal things, the situation behind them must be complicated. Especially this time, not to mention that the short-haired girl in the cafeteria has been persuading them not to come to the East District, even the students they met on the road, when they heard about the East District, they looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy and wanted to hide as far away as possible, which further proved that this place was much more dangerous than it appeared on the surface.

Since they were here to find Jiang Jingyang, Ruan Ning and the others had of course tried to find someone to ask what happened in the East District. However, among these people who were facing a powerful enemy, most of them had only heard about it from others, and they were all vague about what the danger was in the East District, and could not explain it clearly.

Finally, one boy saw that they were determined to go to this place, and their arrival indirectly saved his life. He was grateful to them and told them everything he knew.

However, this boy himself had never been to the East District after the apocalypse. It was a former teammate and classmate who had died and escaped from the East District.

Even so, the information provided by this boy still brought great help to Ruan Ning and others who were unfamiliar with B University.

"Mr. Gu, do you want me to burn all these things?" Xie Fei glanced at the vines on the ground, and the fireball in his hand was ready to move.

After they entered the living area, green vines sensed signs of life and began to quietly approach them.

Gu Yicheng said, "Don't worry, don't waste your superpowers yet. They will be of greater use later."

Gu Yicheng used a knife to cut off a vine that was almost extending to his feet, and a mixture of green and reddish-brown juice seeped out from the broken part.

Is this the blood-sucking vine?

It seems that the danger level of University B is indeed much greater than other places in City B.

First, there was the third-level zombie that still retained a trace of human consciousness that we encountered in the cafeteria in the morning. Now, there is a third-level wood zombie, and it is accompanied by blood-sucking vines that are spread throughout the living area.

And what they encountered was only a part of this huge campus.

No wonder so many people were trapped in the school and couldn't escape. No wonder the rescue team sent by Base No. 3 half a month ago gave up the mission so quickly.