Chapter 180: Dead Siege Practice (Seventeen)
Hearing Tang Xinjue's voice, the team leader turned around again and found that there were not only two students who looked like zombies, but also three clean and neat girls with no injuries on their bodies.
He adjusted his thick-bottomed glasses with trembling hands: "You, you are really not infected?"
Sun Qian's original fear turned into dissatisfaction: "I just have a skin disease. Just because I'm ugly doesn't mean I'm a ghost, okay?"
Team leader: “…”
Two minutes later, the cries of "Run!" turned into roars of "Don't step on them!" The students finally calmed down and cautiously walked into the supermarket, still ready to sprint away at any moment.
The leader was a bookish young man. He wiped his glasses nervously, and after confirming that there were no zombies nearby, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked the five people, "Are you any survivors nearby?"
Tang Xin Jue glanced back, and Sun Qian understood: "We escaped from another stronghold!"
She pointed at the wounds on her body: "These were also caused by those two strongholds, and also on him..."
After hearing the girl's story, the students at the third base looked at each other in disbelief.
"I heard that other strongholds are very powerful, with food and safety. How could this happen?"
The leader was also dumbfounded: "To be honest, we were planning to move our whole family to find a stronghold to take refuge in."
Sun Qian: "...But aren't you yourselves the stronghold?"
The team leader said with a bitter face: "But we have nothing to eat!"
As Tang Xinjue guessed, they were the students stationed at the Student Affairs Center.
As they had initially predicted, the Student Affairs Center was small, only one floor, and its exterior was entirely made of glass, making it easily attacked and difficult to defend. The students lived in fear, fearing the zombies could breach it at any moment .
But this wasn't the hardest part. Initially, there were only two students setting up shop. As more and more people arrived, their meager food reserves quickly ran out, forcing them to forage for food. Often, they were chased by zombies, leaving them with nothing to eat.
The team leader was filled with bitterness as he confided in the team leader about the settlement. He was one of the people who had originally established the settlement, and another classmate had disappeared while fighting a zombie for a bag of expired popcorn, and his whereabouts were unknown.
Tang Xin Jue nodded: "I see. So, are these the elite members of your base?"
She looked at the dozen or so people behind him.
Team leader: "Oh, no, they are all the members of the stronghold."
Everyone in the stronghold, regardless of gender, age or status, except those who were seriously ill or injured and unable to walk, came out to hunt in the wild - after all, it was better to come out and fight the zombies to the death than to starve to death in the stronghold.
Fortunately, their hard work paid off. This morning, they finally found the back door of a supermarket's warehouse. Inside were foods that had just expired and had not been thrown away yet. This was almost enough for them to eat for several days!
At this point, the team leader secretly glanced at the shovels in Tang Xinjue and the others' hands, then sheepishly took out a bag of whole wheat bread from his pocket and said with a pinch of his tongue:
"It's fate that we met. I'm giving this to you. We'll be friends from now on. Please take care of each other if anything happens..."
606: ...
Do they look like highway robbers?
Tang Xinjue refused the team leader's offer of "protection money" and instead introduced to them.
The team leader was a little flattered. Many students ran away as soon as they saw the conditions here. Only acquaintances who trusted them or were too lazy to leave stayed.
This is the first time that an experienced student has taken the initiative to apply to join!
"Be prepared, many people may come to you next."
Tang Xin Jue said.
Everyone's first reaction was disbelief, but seeing the other party's calm expression and tone, combined with the "secrets" of the other two large strongholds, they couldn't help but waver.
Could it be that their small, broken stronghold could hold on?
After finding the whereabouts of Sun Yang and the other two, Tang Xinjue and the other two had no intention of staying for long, so they exchanged contact information with the third stronghold and left quickly.
They had received important information, but there were more urgent things to do next.
"There are three student bases in total. One is for screening sacrifices and conducting rituals, and one is for researching viruses and conducting experiments. Only one of them is truly a safe place to provide shelter for students... Its safety is questionable."
After summarizing the dormitory situation, Zhang You frowned, "It really fits the game's usual style."
Not only the examinees are trapped, but NPCs are also not spared.
"Since the dungeon forced us to contact the base, their next move will definitely have an impact on the dungeon's outcome."
Tang Xin Jue said.
She looked at the sky. The sunlight had completely broken through the clouds, symbolizing that time was rapidly shifting from early morning to noon.
The supplies airdrop announced by the Student Union is about to arrive, and when it does, the entire school may fall into unprecedented chaos.
But there is still no news from Guo Guo.
"If I were Guoguo, if I couldn't contact you, I would definitely go back to the dormitory first."
Zhang You made this guess based on her understanding of Guo Guo.
They have asked the students at the third base to help spread the word, and the best way next is to go back to the dormitory and look for him.
As we were talking, the outlines of 33 dormitory buildings came into view.
Zheng Wanqing was the most anxious: "Should we go through the door or the balcony?"
If Guo Guo had already returned to the dormitory, the three of them would of course have the most convenient way to climb up from the external balcony. But if Guo Guo hadn't returned yet, and was trapped in the dormitory building by the inhuman copy, what should they do?
Tang Xinjue suddenly stopped.
"You reminded me."
She took out her old cell phone, which still had some battery left, and dialed a number.
After the first phone call, there was no news from Yu Wei, the only one left in the dormitory.
Given Yu Wei's talkative personality, it was strange that she had never asked about their situation, nor had she ever sent a text message to inform Guo Guo if there was any news.
If you think about it from one perspective, maybe there's no need for contact... but if you look at it from the opposite perspective, what if there's no contact?
"Sorry, the number you dialed is unavailable. Please try again later..."
In dormitory 606.
Yu Wei tried different numbers over and over again, sweat breaking out on her forehead, but she still couldn't piece together the number she remembered.
It was originally a pleasant , but she soon discovered to her dismay that the phone she was contacting was out of battery.
But she failed to memorize Tang Xinjue's number.
——This means that from now on, she can only wait for the other party to call her again, but she cannot take the initiative to contact them!
After carefully placing the last few mobile phones with power, Yu Wei slumped down on the chair, feeling very insecure and praying that they would come back soon.
It’s best to come back immediately , anyone can come...
Boom boom boom.
The sudden knock on the door almost scared Yu Wei to fall off her chair. Did Tang come back so soon?
She originally ran to the door to ask, but then she realized that except for the rhythmic knocking on the door, the silence outside seemed a little too quiet.
Even if the four people in Room 606 didn't bring their keys, they would definitely speak out to identify themselves when knocking on the door instead of remaining silent.
Yu Wei swallowed and finally whispered, "Who is it?"
There was silence outside the door for a while, and then a hoarse voice answered her: "It's me, squad leader."
