Chapter 50 - The Fading City (15)
A loud bang echoed in their heads.
Not daring to stay any longer, the men quickly dragged the lifeless body and fled the scene.
They decided to stay far away from this floor from now on.
What about these two people? They’re not just good-looking; they’re also vicious and downright evil.
One moment, the guy seems like he’s just relying on his looks. The next moment, he turns into a deadly, unblinking killer.
The woman, although thin and frail-looking, would have shot them without hesitation if they had been any slower.
They are not good people. Just looking at their eyes sends shivers down people's spines.
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Ye Nianchu took an ice cream out of the refrigerator and handed one to Qin Mubai. She then walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and carefully lifted a corner of the curtain.
It’s very cozy to eat ice cream in the comfort of your room while more than half of the area is without power.
Outside, the world is eerily silent. Through the telescope, she sees several zombie dogs eating a body. After a few minutes, the corpse, its face unrecognizable due to the bites, rises shakily.
Highly decomposed bodies float on the river’s surface. Rotten flesh is carried downstream by the flowing water, and a few crows land on the bodies, pecking at them.
Water sources and flies, which act as intermediate hosts, are ways the virus spreads.
Many people have been infected for a long time, but the timing of symptoms varies from person to person.
Three days passed safely this way, and no one came up to this floor again.
(Game Day Fifteen)
Outside, the sun blazes, scorching the city. The decay of the zombies’ bodies worsens, and blackened blood clots are everywhere on the ground.
Ye Nianchu sees a few people opening a supply box on the rooftop of a building half a block away. The game randomly spawns supply boxes, and their appearance is unpredictable.
These boxes usually contain valuable items like weapons, food, and medicines.
Some players have even found a bottle of water when they went out to buy it.
Ye Nianchu had never experienced such luck.
This is probably the closest she’ll ever get to a supply box, but she can neither get to it nor approach it.
Qin Mubai sat at the bar, his gaze fixed on Ye Nianchu. Her long hair was casually tied up, and the sunlight streaming through the curtain cracks highlighted her fair face.
Noticing his gaze, Ye Nianchu put down the curtain and turned her head. Even though she knew he was a quintessential “white lotus”^1, his clear eyes were still very attractive.
Before they could speak, a loud explosion erupted from a short distance away.
Smoke and debris filled the air, scattering human tissue.
A bomb had been thrown beneath the building where the supply box appeared, causing several nearby small stores to collapse and showing the extent of the damage.
They were using up the newly acquired supplies.
The two stood side by side behind the curtains, watching the situation unfold.
The dust and smoke from the explosion covered the entire street, reducing visibility. The noise was loud enough to attract zombies from several blocks away.
About two dozen people, covered in dust, were running toward the hotel. Compared to other buildings nearby, the hotel was the best choice.
But they were being followed by countless zombies, with more approaching from the side. As they were about to be surrounded, the person in front turned and shot at the legs of the person behind without hesitation.
The smell of blood attracted the zombies, and those who were hit were quickly overwhelmed.
The human body proved fragile against the zombie horde, with people being disemboweled and limbs torn off as they were eaten alive.
Eventually, some of the people managed to escape into the hotel, but this also drew a large number of zombies to the location.
Looking down from their vantage point, the area was a sea of zombies.
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^1 "White lotus" refers to someone who appears innocent and virtuous on the surface but may have hidden intentions or a manipulative nature.
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