When Luo Shu heard Wang Hao's shout, he nearly jumped out of his skin.
Without hesitation, he leaped aside on instinct!
Right where his head had been, a pair of sharp claws slashed down!
If he hadn't moved, his brains would be splattered now!
Luo Shu retorted by pulling out the fruit knife Luo Xiao Le had given him, yelling, "Only good at bullying! I'll scare you to death today, let's see what you've got!"
Then, with the might of Mount Tai descending, he sprang up and plunged the knife fiercely towards the zombie's head. "Hiyah!"
The fruit knife pierced the zombie's eye.
Wang Hao was a little surprised that Luo Shu dared to fight a zombie with a knife so quickly.
But then, before he could react, a foul odor wafted from beside him.
Luo Xiao Le's stiffening system was instantly triggered!
She could smell the stench beside her and knew a zombie was nearby. Her heart ached, and she never wanted to go out again!
Wang Hao yelped, his voice trembling.
The knife in his hand shook, nearly falling to the ground.
Another zombie with a pale green face and fangs was right beside his face.
He felt his blood run cold, his limbs refusing to obey.
He was holding a knife, but he had never fought a zombie before! He didn't know how!
Luo Xiao Le secretly glared at him in her mind, feeling stifled.
No one is born knowing everything, and no one automatically knows how to fight zombies when the apocalypse hits. To survive, grit and courage are both essential.
The zombie was right in front of him, and he still wouldn't act!
Luo Shu's earlier attack wasn't deep enough to completely destroy the zombie's brain, and he was struggling to continue fighting.
It's over... Luo Xiao Le clicked her tongue internally.
Was she really going to die here this time?
It seemed like this was destined to be an insurmountable day for her.
"Bang!" Suddenly, a dull thud came from beside them.
Then, a baseball bat fiercely hammered the head of the zombie attacking Wang Hao, producing two metallic clangs.
This zombie's skull was really tough!
But the next second, a crack appeared in its hardened shell.
The crack extended down the zombie's spine.
As if its spinal cord was fractured, the zombie, mouth agape, uncontrollably slid to the ground.
Luo Xiao Le recognized the baseball bat she had found in the utility room!
It seemed this was her buyer.
Her weapon was really effective! Even a girl could kill zombies without any problems!
"Are you guys okay?" A tall girl with brown hair stood before them, asking with some concern.
Luo Xiao Le couldn't answer, only staring motionlessly at the girl who had just hit the zombie with a bat to save them.
She tried to convey her gratitude through her eyes, but to the other girl, her expression remained indifferent, her face unchanged.
The girl's good impression of Luo Xiao Le instantly diminished.
Although she didn't expect anything in return, just helping out.
But being saved and not even responding, acting so aloof, how could she not be angry!
The girl gave Luo Xiao Le and Wang Hao a speechless look, then turned and went back into her house, slamming the door shut with a hint of anger and unfriendliness.
"That girl is something else, right? One swing and the zombie was done for. Xiao Le, you were doing that thing again...?" Luo Shu, having just finished fighting his zombie, wiped sweat from his brow and jogged over.
Only then did Luo Xiao Le's five-minute stiffening period end.
Her expression finally relaxed, and she nodded helplessly, "Yeah, very enthusiastic, and her strength is good," she praised sincerely.
"It's a shame I didn't have time to thank her..." Luo Xiao Le said regretfully, but she still pointed towards the door, signaling them to hurry home.
She didn't want to stay outside for another minute!
...
When they got home, Zhu Hui was startled to see the three of them looking disheveled.
"Was it not smooth going down? Did someone else take the supplies?" Zhu Hui's eyes widened.
"Yes... taken by those doggone zombies..." Luo Shu said regretfully, his mouth running, "A bunch of zombies are occupying the supermarket. Can they eat them or drink them? What a waste!"
"I see... That's okay, though. We still have enough supplies for a while. We can look for them again later if we have to," Zhu Hui tried to smile and comfort them.
"Easy for you to say when you weren't there and didn't see how terrifying it was. Next time, whoever wants these supplies can go find them. I don't want to go out again," Wang Hao said, still shaken.
Luo Xiao Le also sat by the window, feeling somewhat dejected.
Today's series of stiffening episodes made her seriously question her safety.
Furthermore, although she had found a lot of supplies last time, they would eventually run out.
It was a pity not to be able to get the supplies from the supermarket's main entrance.
Wait...
A spark of inspiration flashed through Luo Xiao Le's mind.
The main entrance of the supermarket was inaccessible, but the passage next to the side door seemed to connect to the supermarket's warehouse...
If the main entrance had many people, leading to more people turning into zombies when the world fell.
Then the warehouse would have relatively fewer people, and a lower chance of turning into zombies!
It would be safer for them!
However, warehouses were usually custom-made with special materials. Without a password, even Luo Xiao Le's knife wouldn't be able to cut through it.
Luo Xiao Le clenched her fist silently. It seemed she could only level up quickly and try to cut through the warehouse door with the World's Edge Blade!
She felt there was a chance!
She had to speed up her transactions with others, work hard to level up! She might even need to unlock body modifications quickly to get rid of this damned stiffening effect!
Then she could go to the supermarket's warehouse to find more supplies.
...
Since the world fell, Luo Xiao Le had been living in the master bedroom, which she had never lived in before.
Because Zhu Hui was afraid to sleep alone, she usually pulled Luo Xiao Le to sleep with her.
It was nighttime again, time to sleep.
The evening breeze was becoming colder.
Even the climate seemed to be changing.
Luo Xiao Le shivered from the cold and quickly closed the window.
But she thought she saw a figure flash by downstairs.
She squinted, and it seemed like nothing was there.
Luo Xiao Le pressed her throbbing temple, recalling that people had been going missing in recent days, as discussed in the group chat.
She had a bad feeling about this.
She handed Zhu Hui a reinforced broom she had upgraded a couple of days ago, asking her to keep it by the bedside for emergencies.
Then, the two of them lay down to sleep with heavy hearts.
...
Luo Xiao Le had always been a light sleeper.
In the middle of the night, she suddenly felt shadowy figures, accompanied by the sound of fingernails scratching the wall, climbing up towards the window from a distance.
She was about to reach for her pink plush costume to put it on, just in case.
But her body suddenly became immobile.
Stiffening triggered.
Luo Xiao Le instantly understood that danger had arrived!
Unable to move, her body overwhelmed by magnified pain, Luo Xiao Le's mind was unusually active.
What was climbing up the wall?
Was it a person or a zombie?
If it were a person, perhaps she could stall for time through conversation and find an opportunity.
When she finally caught sight of several dark, withered fingers gripping the windowsill one by one out of the corner of her eye.
Her heart turned ice cold.
It was a zombie! A climbing zombie! What the hell!
But now she had no means of defense. Zhu Hui, who had finally fallen asleep, was softly snoring, completely unaware of the approaching danger.
Coming at this hour was truly going to be her end!
Then, a zombie head, looking exceptionally terrifying with everted ears and huge eyes, suddenly appeared from the windowsill.
A mutated zombie!
As soon as the zombie spotted two fresh prey in the room, its eyes lit up, and a string of saliva dripped down.
Then, impatiently, it flipped its entire body over like Batman, clinging to the edge of Luo Xiao Le's bedroom window.
Excitedly, it raised its hand and smashed through the glass with a "bang"!
"Crash!"
The sharp sound of shattering glass finally jolted Zhu Hui awake from her dream.
"What is it..." As she rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked up at the scene on the windowsill.
"Ah...!" Zhu Hui's scream rang out instantly. "Zombie! Help!"
Luo Xiao Le's head spun from her scream.
The climbing zombie excitedly squeezed through the window.
Stepping on the broken glass, it flipped directly to the bedside.
Opening its claws, it swiped towards Luo Xiao Le, who lay on the outer side, completely unable to move!