“Save me…” Sun Chuan was still struggling.
Lu Bai glanced at the passage that had already been breached by the zombies and was filled with screams.
He stepped to Sun Chuan’s side, somewhat embarrassed: “That zombie was thrown by me.”
Hearing this, Sun Chuan couldn’t squeeze out a complete smile due to his injury, but he still endured the severe pain and said: “Not your fault, you… first, first save…”
“After all, it was my mistake, so…”
Lu Bai shook his head and said seriously: “First of all, I will claim nothing happened.”
Sun Chuan: “?”
In the end, his injury was too severe. Sun Chuan glared at Lu Bai deathly, and not long after, he breathed his last breath.
During the wait, Lu Bai also swung his sword to kill two zombies that foolishly approached.
[Ding!]
[Points +1, Current Points: 14, Current Rank 1/138]
The prompt sound that suddenly rang in his mind truly shocked Lu Bai.
Death Fighter?
Worse than Fan Ding, how did he survive until now?
While Lu Bai was thinking, whenever a zombie approached, he would swing a sword without even looking up.
“How can this guy be a Death Fighter?”
During this time, the several soldiers at the passage entrance had all been infected into zombies. The only living person nearby was Lu Bai.
The zombies didn’t think too much and roared as they swarmed over.
The number of zombies gathered near the passage entrance was considerable. Lu Bai eyeballed it and knew he couldn’t clear them out in a short time. There was no reason to stay here any longer, so he decisively turned and slipped away.
The settlement was full of crooked tents everywhere, with many bloody footprints on the tent cloths, and the air was filled with a bloody smell.
Recalling, Lu Bai realized he hadn’t heard screams for a while. If nothing unexpected happened, what remained in District Twenty-three were probably all zombies.
But the refugees originally assigned to District Twenty-three shouldn’t all have been infected. Presumably, some people managed to escape.
Lu Bai carried the bloodstained Eight-Sided Han Sword and quickly moved between tent after tent.
According to his guess, if Wu Ya and the others escaped from District Twenty-three, they would either head toward the barracks to seek army protection or come to District 7 to find him.
Intuition made him lean toward the latter possibility.
His intuition was correct.
……
Wu Ya and her group were currently on the road to District 7.
It was worth mentioning that District 7 and District 8 had no zombies appear, so they weren’t completely sealed off. Passing through only required inspection.
Looking down from above, long lines had already formed at the passage, with people shoulder to shoulder, their mental states looking not too good, like a tightly strung wire.
The team of three women and one boy passed through the inspection point and arrived on the road in District 7.
“A boy who looks pretty good-looking and is carrying a sword on his back.”
Guo Mi had a just-lit cigarette between her fingers, her words carrying a convincing force.
Wu Ya vaguely felt something was off: “Do you really know Lu Student?”
“Of course, my friendship with him is very deep.”
Guo Mi slowly exhaled a smoke ring, masking her expression completely.
Although Guo Mi hadn’t shown any hostility toward them along the way, Ke Jiangni still didn’t relax her vigilance.
Ke Jiangni suddenly spoke up, interrupting their conversation: “Anyway, we’re almost there. We’ll know if you know him once we meet.”
Tian Wang had been jogging all the way and was panting heavily. Finally able to rest a bit, he wanted nothing more than to sleep on the ground right there, with no intention of joining the conversation.
Several areas including District 7 currently had no zombies appear.
However, listening to the dense gunshots coming from the distance, not many people could sleep with peace of mind.
Most residents had come out of the military tents, and many observing the situation outside their tents couldn’t help but yawn.
This wasn’t strange.
From the time Lu Bai sneaked into the research center until now, it was already almost 3 a.m.
“Lu Student’s tent is right over there.” Wu Ya quickened her pace.
Guo Mi closely followed behind Wu Ya, her teeth unconsciously biting down on the cigarette filter.
She recalled the scene of Lu Bai’s first appearance before her: a clean, efficient man who acted without any muddling when fighting.
If she hadn’t grasped a new trump card, she wouldn’t dare face Lu Bai again at all.
Guo Mi was prepared to act, but when the curtain was lifted, the tent was empty.
“Where is he?”
Coming up empty, Guo Mi suddenly felt a shameful annoyance like when a two-player game was suddenly called off.
As for this question, Wu Ya and the others wanted to know too.
Unfortunately, although Lu Bai had many roommates in this tent, few were alive.
So even if they wanted to ask someone about the situation, they didn’t know who to ask.
Tian Wang wanted to rest too much. He hesitated, then suggested: “How about we just stay here and wait for him to come back?”
“That’s fine too.” Guo Mi took a deep breath and adjusted her emotions.
It happened to be quite a coincidence.
Not long after they sat down one after another, the curtain was lifted again.
Lu Bai looked around and asked with a smile: “Are you all here to find me?”
He was asking you all, but his gaze mainly focused on Guo Mi.
Whether intentionally or not, Guo Mi was sitting right next to Wu Ya, almost pressed together.
At such a close distance, if Guo Mi acted, Lu Bai had no grasp of being able to save Wu Ya.
As soon as she saw Lu Bai, before Wu Ya could say anything, Guo Mi abruptly stood up.
Seeming to feel her reaction was too intense, Guo Mi let out a cold laugh on the spot.
“You’re not quite like how I remember?”
It was both to ease the awkwardness and the truth.
She found it hard to connect the harmless high school student before her with the cold killing god from back then.
Lu Bai smiled amiably and said softly: “What am I like in your impression? Backlit entrance, close-up on the lower half of the face. Delivering lines, quick push-in from a distant shot. Drawing the sword, the screen shaking wildly to highlight the impending explosive aura?”
Listening to this string of nonsense, Guo Mi’s expression froze, unsure how to react for a moment.
She subconsciously asked: “What are you talking about?”
Lu Bai patiently explained: “Anime, the 2D stuff that the masses love to see. Originally referring to the two-dimensional world, later used to denote the ACGN subculture circle. Unfortunately, Pikachu can’t use the Courage Badge to evolve, so Tai Yagami can only face Kyo Kusanagi alone on the arena…”
“Alright, stop secretly moving forward while talking.”
Guo Mi took a deep drag of her cigarette and drew a dagger from her sleeve, placing it on Wu Ya’s neck: “Your sudden outburst at least confirmed one thing for me—you care about this little sister, right?”