Chapter 166: Dead Siege Practice (Part 3)
The moment that face came into view, Guo Guo instinctively slammed the door shut!
The door slammed shut, blocking the other person out.
At the same time, there was a dull thud of a head hitting the door. Judging from the severity of the sound, if there was a "person" outside, he should have fainted by now.
Guo Guo had no idea what was happening outside. She sat down firmly on the ground. Her face beneath the protective cap was completely pale, and she was unable to recover for several seconds.
The visual impact of that scene was almost as strong as the first time she was confronted by Xiao Hong. She was so frightened that she almost threw a purification spell before she remembered that her superpowers were useless against zombies.
Although every time at such times I wish I could be possessed by Zheng Wanqing, the more important thing is - why is it always her who gets slapped in the face!
When Guo Guo thought of this, she couldn't help but feel sad. When she hugged Zheng Wanqing and cried, Zheng Wanqing thought she was bitten on the head and quickly pulled off her protective cap to check the wound.
Guo Guo's crying stopped abruptly: "Miss, I wasn't bitten. Don't pull my hair. If you pull it again, it will be gone!"
Boom, boom, boom——
The heavy knock on the door suddenly made the room fall into silence.
Obviously, the body to which the face belonged was not knocked unconscious, but it also did not rush and roar like the zombies everyone imagined. Instead, it began to knock on the door rhythmically.
None of the four spoke first, but the vibration sound of the mobile phone message alert was particularly clear.
[Squad Leader: I’m here to see you]
[Squad Leader: Aren’t you looking for me?]
[Squad Leader: Open the door and let me in.]
Holding their phones, the four of them looked up at each other: The face outside the door, whose flesh was turned inside out and whose appearance could no longer be recognized, was that the "squad leader"?
So is she a human or a zombie now?
Group chat notifications were still popping up, all of them urging them to open the door.
Tang Xinjue stood at the door and said in a clear voice, "Did you send the message?"
"It's... me." After a while, a girl's slow voice sounded outside the door, as slow as the knocking: "I know you, your last name is Guo, classmate Guo..."
Tang Xin Jue: "My last name is Tang."
There was a pause outside the door, but he ignored it and repeated word by word: "You guys really want to ask me something, don't you? I'm here now, let me in, and I'll tell you."
Tang Xinjue unfolded the note that Guo Guo had just picked up. On it were several lines of messy handwriting repeated in red pen, filled with words like "impossible", "run", and "save me". There was no valuable information.
She didn't agree directly: "There's no one in the corridor now, we can still talk through the door."
The person outside the door disagreed: "It's hard to hear clearly through the door ."
Tang Xinjue didn't hesitate: "Okay."
Then she raised her hand and tapped twice on the phone screen, and a new interface popped up immediately:
[Video call invitation...]
[The other party has answered the call]
A bloody face looking down appeared on the screen, and the bloodshot eyeballs just reacted and turned to look directly downwards at the screen. One could faintly see a trace of daze and confusion in them.
Tang Xin Jue nodded and said, "Hello, I can hear you clearly now and can speak."
Squad leader: “…”
The person on the other end moved his lips twice, but didn't speak. After a moment, the only thing left on the screen was a notification: "Video has been disconnected."
There was another heavy knock on the door.
"Does she have to come in?" Zheng Wanqing was impatient and was stopped by Zhang You just as she was about to rush over.
The latter shook his head: "Don't let her in. We don't know the characteristics of the zombies in this copy yet."
Are zombies a viral infection or some other pathology? Do zombies retain their intelligence after mutation? What is the mode of transmission? Is there a way for zombies to communicate with each other?
If a zombie is allowed into the dormitory, will the blood or smell it leaves behind attract other zombies?
These are all unknowns.
Tang Xinjue put away his phone and decided, "I'll do it."
——Outside things can’t come in, but they can go out.
If we were to choose one person , the best candidate would undoubtedly be Tang Xinjue based on his comprehensive speed, strength and reaction ability.
After Zheng Wanqing understood, she immediately said, "Let me do it. I want to go out!"
Her reason was simple: that ugly thing almost scared Guo Guo to death, and she wanted to help him vent his anger.
Guo Guo was very moved: "Miss——"
Zheng Wanqing: "Is it glorious for you to be timid? Come learn boxing from me tomorrow!"
Guo Guo: ...What's wrong with being timid? Cowards live longer!
Finally, under Zheng Wanqing's insistence, Tang Xinjue quickly made the decision: "Stop arguing, let's go out together. There's more than enough room for two people standing outside the door."
Zheng Wanqing: "Oh, that's right."
So after knocking on the door for an unknown amount of time, the dormitory door finally opened.
Before the people outside the door could react, two dark figures immediately came out and stood in front of her, one on the left and one on the right.
Looking from the left, he is black from head to toe, holding a shovel in his hand; looking from the right, he has a long strip of black running from head to toe, and carrying a shovel on his shoulder.
Squad leader: “…”
After seeing the two men in black, the girl, her face covered in blood, was stunned for several seconds before she realized the dormitory door had closed again. She mechanically rolled her eyes, realizing she had been tricked.
A trace of anger appeared on her stiff face, and the solidified blood scab was about to break: "You, won't let me in?"
The man in black on the right said frankly: "Yes, what if it mutates?"
The squad leader's eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of their heads. "Who mutated? I'm just, injured! If you won't let me in, haha, then you, don't want to know the news anymore."
The man in black on the left said calmly, "Rather than that, don't you want to explain how you got the scar on your face?"
Only after meeting face to face could Tang Xinjue confirm that the wounds on the girl's face were not bite marks, but more like lacerations caused by repeated scratches on sharp objects, resulting in torn skin and flesh.
"Injured?" The squad leader was stunned. She raised her hand to touch her face, but the clothes stuck to her elbow ripped apart with a sharp sound, and the skin fell down along with it, revealing a large area of red fascia.
Zheng Wanqing: ...You still say you haven't mutated?
If an ordinary person had such serious injuries, he would have fainted from the pain long ago. How could he still be moving here?
Not being able to touch her face, the girl said vaguely, "Let me into the dormitory first, and then I'll tell you. Otherwise, you'll soon become like me."
She was very determined and refused to go into the dormitory, even though her blood dripped onto the ground and formed a sticky puddle. She did not move even when Tang Xinjue offered her bandages and medical supplies.
"Then there's nothing we can do."
Tang and Zheng looked at each other. Tang Xinjue shook his head and took a step back.
The squad leader thought they had finally given in, and the corners of his mouth curled up. Just as he was about to turn to the door, he saw Zheng Wanqing take off the shovel from her shoulder.
I saw the two ends of the shovel being held, and the next second it was bent on the knee, and the shovel head bent down like a spoon!
Zheng Wanqing put it simply: "Which is harder, your head or the shovel?"
Squad leader: “…”
First courtesy and then force . Under the threat of violence, the squad leader quickly gave in and finally told the story slowly.
According to rumors, an unknown virus had leaked from the school laboratory last night. By the time it was discovered this morning, it had already spread throughout the entire campus, and some students had even mutated.
"What has it mutated into?" Zheng Wanqing asked.
The squad leader looked at her like she was stupid and said, "Have you never seen a zombie movie?"
Zheng Wanqing choked. She didn't expect that the rule that "no one in the zombie world has ever seen a zombie movie" would be so completely invalid in the copy.
Tang Xin Jue: "Every zombie movie has a different setting for zombies. Which one are you referring to?"
The monitor thought for a few seconds and said irritably, "I don't understand. Only the school knows these details. Humph, but they've already run away."
According to her account, many of the teachers and leaders who were the first to learn the news, as well as some students, had already evacuated. By the time the rest learned about it, it was too late.
If I leave school now, even if I can overcome the many dangers on the road, I won’t be able to pass the final hurdle - just now, the school gate has been completely blocked.
They are all trapped here.
"It's just the beginning. The zombies will increase rapidly. Only the dormitory is safe. But how long can you hold out?"
The squad leader sneered ruthlessly, looking extremely gloating, his tone completely different from his previous tone in the group chat history.
"If you want to survive, there's only one way: contact the student union and wait for notification."
Tang Xinjue raised his eyebrows.
The key information finally appeared.
The monitor continued, "But if you want to communicate, you can only do it with a special radio issued by the student union. You don't have one."
She smiled widely: "I am the only one who has it."
Let her into the dormitory, and she took out the radio. This kind of life-threatening exchange is something no one can refuse.
However, the people in 606 still didn't agree immediately. Instead, they pondered for a moment: "Student Union... radio?"
Tang Xinjue sent a message to Zhang You on his mobile phone. A few seconds later, the door of dormitory 606 opened and a radio was handed out.
She reached out to take it and shook it in front of the monitor: "Is this it?"
The squad leader's suddenly wide eyes and the expression of disbelief on his face already gave the answer.
"You, how come you have...?"
She stared at the radio, seemingly bewildered.
Tang Xin Jue put away the radio he had left behind in the Four Seasons Protection Guide and said with a smile, "I've taken so many exams, so naturally I know a little bit about everything. Thank you for reminding me."
Otherwise, they would never have thought that the task props from several copies ago could come in handy again now!
The squad leader's face twitched slightly. After a long silence, he struggled to speak, "I know a lot more. Supplies, weapons..." He swallowed the word "weapons" when he saw the two men's shovels. "A lot of food, I know everything. You don't want to starve to death, right? I can... I..."
Before she finished speaking, her voice became increasingly vague and thick, as if something was surging in her throat, and her neck was moving in and out strangely.
"I……"
She began to move her legs, slowly approaching Tang Xinjue and the other person.
"I know……"
Suddenly she rushed forward, pounced on Zheng Wanqing and bit her hard!
The sound of metal and stone clashing and screams of pain rang out simultaneously. Zheng Wanqing raised her knee and pushed the girl away. The latter covered her mouth with her hands and whimpered. She stumbled and fell out like a piece of cotton with the lint leaking.
The person who was bitten was surprised and said, "I have encountered many monsters since I got this arm, and many of them wanted to break it, but you are the first one to bite me."
She tore open her torn coat, revealing a cold silver light.
On the smooth metal arm, there was a row of neatly broken teeth.
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The three biggest regrets in life: customer service not being turned off, baldness being difficult to cure, and zombies being toothless.
