Zhang Fan and his group of eight people, led by Qiao Ran, quickly arrived near the university town.
Qiao Ran stopped in front of the landmark of the university town.
Going further, it’s the school where Qiao Ran used to work!
From a distance, Zhang Fan could already smell the fishy smell mixed with the smell of rot in the air!
Returning here again, Qiao Ran felt complicated.
How many of your students... friends... colleagues... are here?
Now, they have all turned into zombie monsters that cannot think...
Zhang Fan saw that Qiao Ran's expression was a little gloomy, so he knew that Qiao Ran must be thinking about his former friends, so he was not in a hurry to urge him.
Just let everyone organize their equipment again!
The main purpose of coming to the university town this time is to find out what kind of zombies there are in each area.
You need to get a rough idea of the types and quantities of zombies!
"Everyone check again to make sure they don't have anything on them that can make any noise!"
Everyone checked it again.
At this time, Qiao Ran had also sorted out his emotions.
Zhang Fan asked when he saw that Qiao Ran's face looked better.
"Qiao Ran, please briefly explain the situation."
Qiao Ran nodded, then took out a blueprint from his backpack and unfolded it in front of everyone. It was a full meter long.
This is a map of the university town that Qiao Ran specially drew before setting off.
Based on his memory, he marked some buildings at the exact location on the drawings, while most of the others were still blank...
And among the few painted parts, there is their current position.
Their location is next to the landmark building on the east side of the university town.
This is an antique stone gate called Shengwu Gate.
There are a total of four iconic stone gates in the entire university town in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
To the east is the Shengwu Gate where Zhang Fan and his party are.
The landmark stone gate in the south is called Xuefu Gate.
To the west is Siyuan Gate and to the north is Xingzhi Gate.
Qiao Ran pointed to a star-marked building from Shengwumen on the map.
"As we walk inside the Shengwu Gate, the first university we encounter is Chengxi University of Finance and Economics."
"Finance? I heard that you used to teach at the University of Finance and Economics, right?"
Luo Kai heard Qiao Ran's introduction and asked.
Qiao Ran nodded, but there was no visible change in his expression.
He just said it calmly.
"Yes, this is also the first place we will explore soon!"
"There are about 30,000 teachers and students at the University of Finance and Economics. When the apocalypse came, it was during the semester. However, less than a hundred people escaped from the University of Finance and Economics..."
"So, this means that there are now 30,000 zombies in the University of Finance and Economics!"
"The good thing is, there aren't many zombies wandering outside the University of Finance and Economics..."
Zhang Fan looked into the distance. Indeed, even though the smell of zombies was so strong, there were only about a dozen zombies wandering on the road that could be seen with the naked eye!
"Did you do anything when you escaped?"
Zhang Fan asked directly.
Qiao Ran nodded, his expression becoming solemn and sad again.
"Yes, the reason why a small group of us were able to escape was because someone attracted the attention of the zombie group for us!"
Qiao Ran then told Zhang Fan and others about the situation at that time.
"At that time, it was already the seventh day after the doomsday broke out!"
"Dozens of us are trapped in a large lecture hall, and the food and water around us have been exhausted three days ago!"
"Everyone is hungry, and a large number of zombies are surrounding the classroom door, scratching at the door and wall!"
"Everyone is tired and scared, and their physical and mental states have reached their limits!"
"And another way for everyone to escape is to sacrifice one person, go to the broadcast room next to the lecture theater, and use the sound to attract the zombies away, while the other people take the opportunity to escape!"
"However, zombies are surrounding the door. As soon as you go out, they may be torn to pieces immediately!"
"No one wants to die!"
"But if no one does this, all of us might die!"
Qiao Ran sighed deeply as he spoke.
Luo Kai sounded a little anxious.
"Don't you have special powers? Jump out of the window! Go out and fight the zombies! The zombies at the beginning have almost no fighting power! How could you be forced to the point of starving to death?!"
Qiao Ran sighed deeply again.
"You are right. If we have powerful abilities, we will definitely fight our way out!"
"But at that time, none of us had superpowers!"
This time, it was Luo Kai's turn to be surprised!
"You didn't either?"
Qiao Ran nodded.
"That's right. I also got my superpower after escaping!"
Luo Kai swallowed his saliva and said nothing more, just waiting for Qiao Ran to continue.
So Qiao Ran said again.
"Later, we still found a way to temporarily lure away the zombies at the door, and then fought our way to the broadcast studio. We used spare batteries to successfully open the equipment in the studio."
"Use the sound to lure all the zombies in the building to the playground, and then escape..."
"Before we left, we almost turned the radio up to the maximum volume! The zombies around the school also swarmed into the school. This is why there are so few zombies on the roadside."
After Qiao Ran finished speaking, Luo Kai patted Qiao Ran on the shoulder as if comforting.
He had acquired pretty good powers from the beginning, but even so, looking back on the time when the end of the world first came, he still found it extremely difficult.
And Qiao Ran actually escaped from a group of 30,000 zombies as an ordinary survivor!
Although Qiao Ran did not explain all the details clearly.
But everyone knows it.
It must be an experience that I dare not recall again!
Qiao Ran smiled indifferently, took a deep breath, and then looked at Zhang Fan.
He didn't want to dwell on the memories of the past.
To survive, he threw away a lot of things...
Those dark and gloomy things...
There are too many things that he doesn't want to think about anymore...
So, Qiao Ran asked.
"Lord Barbarian King, what will you do next?"
Zhang Fan looked at the zombies wandering on the streets in the distance.
Zombies are extremely sensitive to sound. If you don't deal with the zombies in front, you won't be able to get close to the university gate.
"Sujili, Yu Zhixin, is such a long distance within your shooting range?"
Although the two are long-range shooters.
But this distance was really too far. The two looked at each other, and then shook their heads together.
"Lord Huiman King, this distance is still a bit far, but we can get closer."
Zhang Fan nodded.
"Then you try to get rid of those zombies first without attracting the attention of other zombies!"
The two received the order, bent down and took a few steps forward under the cover of the bushes and green belts!
When they were within shooting range of the two, they took cover.
The zombies were walking on the road stiffly and abnormally.
When a zombie was very far away from the other zombies, Sujili immediately took a bow and shot!
An arrow shot out from the bushes and shot directly through the zombie's head!
And Sujili's arrow has long been coated with drugs against zombies!
I saw that zombie fell directly to the ground after being hit by the arrow!
Everyone was watching the reactions of other zombies with fear...
Fortunately, the other zombies did not notice anything unusual, and continued to follow their own trajectory, dragging their feet around aimlessly on the road!
Su Jili and Yu Zhixin both breathed a sigh of relief. After confirming that the method was feasible, the two of them dealt with all the zombies they could see in turn!
Zhang Fan saw that the zombies outside had been wiped out, so he made a gesture with everyone and quickly walked towards the school gate.
Qiao Ran once again stood under the familiar school gate, feeling full of thoughts in his heart.
Zhang Fan didn't give Qiao Ran time to express his feelings.
Instead, he turned around and jumped up high on the spot, directly to a teaching building.
Others also followed Zhang Fan's steps and jumped to the roof of the teaching building.
Zhang Fan stood at the highest point and looked down. Even at his current level, he still couldn't help but feel numb when looking at the dense zombies downstairs!
But there was one thing that made Zhang Fan feel strange.
These zombies all look like ordinary zombies...
Zhang Fan didn't even see a mutant zombie.
Could it be that all the zombies here have not evolved?
Zhang Fan originally wanted to go back and ask Qiao Ran about the zombie situation in the school.
But before Zhang Fan could turn around, Luo Kai murmured.
"It's really strange..."
Zhao Qiang on the side asked naturally.
"What are you saying is weird?"
Zhang Fan also looked at Luo Kai.
Luo Kai scratched his head and pointed to the zombie group below with some uncertainty.
"Look, these zombies don't look like zombies..."
"No, that's a zombie!" Zhao Qiang was puzzled.
Qiao Ran also looked at it doubtfully for a while, and suddenly exclaimed!
Zhang Fan also noticed something strange and his expression became solemn!
indeed!
Compared with other zombies, the zombies here don’t look like zombies! Instead, they look like humans!
Zhang Fan also suddenly understood the reason why his scalp was numb just now!
It’s not because I saw so many zombies at all!
It's because these zombies don't behave like zombies!
They came in and out of the teaching building and other dormitory buildings, and even appeared in groups of twos and threes!
It’s as if they are living college life!
"Look! Are there zombies holding books in their arms?!!"
Luo Kai exclaimed in a low voice!
At this time, everyone discovered something strange!
"As expected of a high school..." Zhao Qiang couldn't express what he felt, so he could only murmur.
Qiao Ran was completely speechless until Zhang Fan asked.
"Qiao Ran, please recall, are the zombies you encountered before also like this?"
Qiao Ran shook his head blankly.
"I...don't remember...it shouldn't be like this..."
Qiao Ran recalled the scene when he was besieged by zombies, all of which looked like roaring and ferocious zombies...
Zhang Fan frowned and thought for a moment.
"I have indeed never seen this kind of situation. However, if it is just abnormal behavior, it will not have any impact..."
But what worries Zhang Fan is...
One thing that makes zombies easier to clean up than mutant beasts is that, except for a small number of mutant zombies, most zombies do not have any intelligence!
What they will do is just scream and lunge at living creatures based on complete instinct!
This kind of zombie is the best to deal with! Especially for those with super powers.
Such zombies are even easier to deal with than an out-of-control wild boar!
But some zombies will evolve by cannibalizing their own kind!
Evolved zombies often have certain abilities.
Although their minds are still not high, they already have their own attack methods compared to their lower-level counterparts!
Not to mention, most of them can also obtain a good skill.
Some are much faster and more agile than other zombies, some are much larger, and some can climb walls and fly over walls!
Anyway, there are quite a lot of varieties!
And the one that troubles Zhang Fan the most is zombies with human minds!
Don’t be afraid of zombies having strength, but be afraid of zombies having intelligence!
Generally speaking, zombies with minds must also have certain abilities!
If...the zombies densely packed down there are all evolved zombies with minds...
That area of University Town in the west of the city...
Zhang Fan really has no confidence in winning!
"No! We have to test whether these zombies are ordinary zombies or zombies with minds!"
Zhang Fan frowned and said.
"How to test?"
Luo Kai couldn't help but ask...
Zhang Fan gritted his teeth and lowered his head in thought.
How to test?
It is of course an extremely unwise choice to let the zombies notice you and your group without knowing it clearly!
It’s better to find a place with fewer people and more space!
Zhang Fan looked around until a large playground in the distance came into view!
"You guys wait here!"
After Zhang Fan said this, he ran from the rooftops towards the playground!
Compared to the campus, there are far fewer zombies on the playground!
And Zhang Fan remembered Qiao Ran saying that they were able to escape from the school because they caused most of the zombies to face the playground!
There are a few scattered zombies on the playground.
Some were running around the playground at a stiff and slow pace!
Some hang from the horizontal bar by their necks, swinging back and forth!
Others just sat on the already withered lawn, looking around and nodding from time to time, as if there was another creature that Zhang Fan couldn't see talking to him!
When Zhang Fan was waiting for the running zombie to get closer to the other zombies, Zhang Fan picked up a stone at hand, used all his strength, aimed at the remaining leg of the zombie's next step, and threw it hard.
The stone accurately hit the zombie's leg, causing the running zombie to lose its balance and fall forward involuntarily!
While the zombies fell to the ground, Zhang Fan paid attention to the reactions of other zombies!
The other zombies were attracted by the sound of the running zombie falling to the ground, and they all looked in the direction of the running zombie.
Zhang Fan watched their next actions nervously!
The zombie who was lying cross-legged on the ground suddenly stood up!
Oops!
Zhang Fan screamed in his heart!
I thought the cross-legged zombies would come over to see what was going on...
But the next second, he actually changed his place and sat down again!
The running zombie that fell to the ground had already gotten up again and started limping around the playground again!