Chapter 44 Reappearance of Civilization
Seeing Yuan Tianlei and the others talking like they were having a big meeting, Rong Yi flicked her dagger and said, "You guys chat, I have something to do." She then poked the back of the head of each zombie she killed to collect crystal cores.
Everyone was baffled by his behavior, and Yuan Tianlei had no intention of continuing the conversation. "What are you doing...?"
The dozen or so were quickly dealt with. Rong Yi wiped the dagger on the corpse's clothes. "I accidentally discovered that zombies have something on the back of their heads. You can pay attention to that in the future. I'm leaving now."
"Hey, wait a minute..." The others tried to call out to her, but Rong Yi was extremely fast, and with a few strides, she had run far away.
Why was she running so fast?
Seeing that the person had already run far away, Yuan Tianlei said, "They might have something urgent to attend to, so we should hurry up and go too."
The dormitory area became increasingly chaotic, and the roars of zombies grew louder over time.
Rong Yi, who had originally intended to bypass the library, was now rushing straight there, as it would be faster to exit the school gate from there.
Judging from the situation of dealing with the zombies just now, after her strength was improved, she would not get hungry after attacking, and her stamina and other qualities had all improved. With this foundation, dealing with another hundred or so zombies would not be a problem.
Generally speaking, the library is not short of people even on weekends, but the virus broke out in a large group too early, and many people had not yet gotten up.
There was a person lying on the library steps; it wasn't a student, but a staff member from the university.
The gate is just ahead. The retractable gate has been torn open, and tire tracks indicate that a car has hit it.
The university is located in the suburbs, with shops lining several alleys across the street. The chaotic phase seems to have passed, and apart from a few zombie howls, no other sounds can be heard.
The most peculiar thing is the flower bed. There is a flower bed with four squares at the school gate, which is filled with all kinds of flowers. The flower bushes, which were originally less than waist-high, have grown up to almost chest-high, and the flowers are blooming exceptionally brightly.
Could the plants also be affected by the virus? Otherwise, how could they grow like this overnight?
The security room at the entrance was wide open, with only a computer inside displaying several surveillance videos.
The leftmost door of the retractable gate is a small door, which is also open at the moment, probably opened when the security guard ran away.
A road runs across the school and the neighborhood just outside the school gate, and a bus stop is a few steps to the left, but it is no longer as bustling as it used to be.
The first thing Rong Yi wanted to do after coming out was to quickly gather supplies. There was a supermarket across the street, and since it was located opposite the school, it had plenty of stock. Based on her memory of her identity, she had seen the supermarket restocking on Friday evenings.
The supermarket opened quite early, and the large padlock on the glass door was gone, indicating that it was open for business.
From the outside, everything seemed normal inside. Rong Yi gently pushed open the door and saw a wide array of neatly arranged goods, with the cashier's counter piled high with displayed snacks.
Is anyone home?
The soft call received a faint response, seemingly coming from behind the innermost door. Rong Yi drew his dagger and slowly approached.
After taking only a few steps, a pale, purplish-blue face appeared, lunging forward with strange steps.
Rong Yi remained calm and made a straight cut from the bridge of her nose. She recognized the woman as the supermarket owner. Seeing that there were no obvious wounds on her body, it was most likely an infection from the air.
The supermarket is usually run by the owner's wife alone, occasionally with the help of relatives, but today it seems she's doing it all by herself.
This supermarket mainly sells snacks. Rong Yi skipped over these and went straight to the mineral water section, where he put dozens of bottles of water into his storage ring.
Since the stalls were limited, she simply went to the supermarket's warehouse.
Aside from the most essential water, she also collected instant noodles, toilet paper, wet wipes, and even sanitary napkins for women, not for herself, but to exchange for crystal cores later.
Human society is facing a huge impact from the virus, the industrial system will inevitably be paralyzed, raw materials will be difficult to collect, and these things will only become less and less available.
This supermarket sells a wide variety of things. Rong Yi even saw cigarettes and alcohol. Since they weren't necessities like food, she bought them all.
She had several storage rings, but only kept the ten-cubic-meter one on her wrist, putting the rest in her pockets. The rings were quickly filled up. She wanted to use the storage bracelet she received as a reward from the last dungeon run in the larger shop.
When he got to the cashier, he saw several stacks of lighters and Rong Yi casually took two dozen.
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Rong Yi packed up his things but didn't rush to leave. Instead, he quickly finished the two boxes of food, not caring at all that there was a zombie lying just a few steps away.
As I walked out of the supermarket, I saw someone running out of the school. I also saw her across the street. Seeing that she was in the supermarket, she immediately pointed in this direction and said something emotionally.
She didn't think too much about it and turned right to leave, following the direction of Jin'an District in her memory, searching for any available transportation on the road as she ran.
Nowadays, there are many shared bikes on the road, but most of them have been replaced with electric versions that can't be driven without scanning a code. What Rongyi wants is the kind that you can pedal to ride.
As the saying goes, "Heaven helps those who help themselves." After running several hundred meters, Rong Yi found a bicycle lying on its sidewalk. He broke the lock with his bare hands, picked up the bicycle, and started pedaling quickly.
In my memory, there was a five-story shopping mall on the way through Jin'an District, which combined eating, drinking, shopping and watching movies. Many students from the school loved to go there.
However, getting there smoothly was not easy. There were many cars blocking the road, and the driver's side door of each car was wide open, obviously the driver had abandoned the car and fled for his life.
The road we've traveled so far hasn't been blocked by cars yet, but it's hard to say what the road ahead will be like.
Rong Yi rode her bike around them, but there were still wandering zombies on the road, and she didn't even bother to stop.
Gradually, zombies began to chase her, and some of the zombies on the road ahead turned around, seemingly having caught her scent.
It's subtly forming an encirclement.
Rong Yi glanced at the surrounding buildings and mentally calculated how far he was from the mall.
As she pondered, the road ahead was blocked by more and more zombies. She turned the car around and drove straight to the sidewalk. The main road was no longer an option.
There is a green belt separating the road and the sidewalk. Zombies will be tripped by the plants if they want to come over. Rong Yi takes advantage of this gap to kick the ground quickly.
"Wait! You..."
Rong Yi saw a few people who seemed quite pleased to see someone riding a bicycle, but they were disappointed after saying only a few words.
The car sped past them without slowing down at all.
The tires screeched as they turned, and Rongyi was about a kilometer away from the mall.
Just around the corner, the situation changed drastically. The scattered zombies on the road had gathered into nearly a thousand ahead, densely blocking the passage.
How can there be so many?
Ignoring his questions, Rong Yi turned the car around to change lanes.
But the horde of zombies ahead had already spotted her. The outermost ones opened their mouths and howled, causing all the other zombies to turn around. Upon seeing a living human, they immediately rushed towards her.
To Rong Yi's surprise, these zombies were running faster than before; what was once the speed of a normal person was now at the level of a sprinter.
Since cycling wasn't an option, she abandoned the bike and started running.
The zombies seem to react to the roars of their own kind. For example, the zombies that were wandering aimlessly on the road earlier turned around and came straight towards us after hearing the roar.
Rong Yi had no choice but to slip into an alley. This was actually very risky; if there were zombies in the alley, she would have no chance of escaping unless she could fly.
(End of this chapter)
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