“Bad news!”
Jiang Hao’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly ran back to the dormitory. The commotion outside had also woken up his three roommates.
“Brother Hao, what happened outside?”
Zheng Yi had just gotten out of bed, a hint of weariness still on his face.
Just then, screams and roars also came from the hallway.
“Which son of a bitch is screaming outside so early in the morning?”
Jiang Tian, who had just gotten out of bed, heard the noise outside and, looking annoyed, was about to open the door.
“Don’t…!”
Jiang Hao immediately tried to stop him, but the door was already open. Jiang Tian was already close to the dormitory door, and with a casual pull, the door opened.
“Ho ho… Roar!”
As soon as the door opened, a student with blood-red eyes happened to be passing by their dormitory entrance. Hearing the door open, he and Jiang Tian made eye contact.
As Jiang Tian was momentarily stunned, the student outside—or rather, the zombie—pounced on him.
“Bang!”
In the nick of time, Jiang Hao rushed over and kicked him away, narrowly saving Jiang Tian. He then closed and locked the dormitory door.
The commotion instantly attracted the zombies in the hallway, and several of them began frantically ramming the door.
Each heavy thud of the door made the four people in the dormitory’s hearts leap into their throats.
“Brother Hao, what’s going on?”
Jiang Tian, having recovered, asked with lingering fear.
“Shh!”
Jiang Hao motioned for him to be silent. Seeing that the door lock was about to give way, he quickly leaned against the door, simultaneously concealing his aura.
After a long while, the zombies outside gradually dispersed.
“Something big has happened. If I’m not mistaken, we’ve encountered the apocalypse!”
Seeing the three people’s faces full of questions, Jiang Hao sighed and said, despite how unbelievable it sounded.
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, Jiang Tian and the other two looked at him with expressions as if he were an idiot, as if to say, ‘Are you sick?’
“I knew you wouldn’t believe it. Go look on the balcony yourselves, but remember not to shout.”
Rather than being treated like an idiot, it was better to let them see for themselves.
As young people of the 21st century, reading novels was normal, and they had naturally read many about the apocalypse and zombies.
What was happening now was quite consistent with what was described in novels, and from Jiang Hao’s perspective of Cultivating Immortals, he could see something different.
At this moment, those so-called zombies were actually humans whose Souls had been erased, and at the same time, they had been forcibly instilled with bloodthirsty emotions by some unknown means.
This also caused them to pounce and bite whenever they saw living creatures.
In fact, if one only looked at their appearance, they were similar to normal people, simply with paler skin and blood-red eyeballs. As for the decayed appearance of zombies, that had not been seen.
It was also possible that they had just transformed into zombies, and some characteristics had not yet manifested, as it would take some time for flesh to decay.
The three on the balcony were now looking at the dormitory area below, which had turned into Hell. There were severed limbs everywhere, and bloodstains.
Even if they didn’t believe it before, they now agreed with what Jiang Hao said in their hearts.
Even if it wasn't the apocalypse, something earth-shattering had definitely happened.
Watching them retreat from the balcony, looking distraught, Jiang Hao’s heart was also a mix of emotions. What kind of situation was this!
Jiang Hao knew they couldn't accept it for a while, so he didn't bother them further. He took out his phone and dialed the police, but it kept showing a busy signal.
Then he opened Weibo, where there were countless posts, all talking about this matter.
Their relatives and friends were also biting anyone they saw, and most people, not reacting in time, were infected one after another.
Many people speculated that the apocalypse had arrived, and no official statement came out to refute it, which made everyone even more panicked.
There were also various help-seeking posts, all from people who had narrowly escaped and were hiding.
But now everyone was fending for themselves; who could offer help?
It seemed their dormitory was quite lucky; at least all four of them hadn't turned into zombies.
“Ugh!”
Jiang Hao was browsing posts online when a retching sound interrupted him.
Mu Feng came to his senses and started throwing up on the ground. When had he ever seen such a scene?
Jiang Tian and the other person, who had been trying to hold it in, could no longer bear it. They also knelt on the ground and began to vomit, almost spitting out their bile.
Jiang Hao also felt his stomach churn, purely disgusted by the three of them.
The three of them vomited for a long time, until they couldn’t throw up anything else, before shakily standing up.
“Clean it up later; you guys are disgusting.”
Jiang Hao rolled his eyes and walked to the balcony. The smell was just too overwhelming and hard to bear.
Although there was also a faint smell of blood outside, he couldn't care less at this moment.
They definitely couldn't be relied upon for a while, so Jiang Hao had to figure out a solution himself.
With the outbreak of the apocalypse, the biggest problem that followed was survival.
But they were just students, and they were in a densely populated school, with zombies everywhere.
If it were just him, leaving here and surviving would certainly be no problem, but taking the three of them along would be much more difficult.
However, he couldn’t abandon these brothers he had been with for over three years.
After a night of Cultivating, Jiang Hao had now reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. With the surge of Spiritual Qi, his Cultivation was very fast.
At the sixth level of Qi Refining, he could use some Spells in his mind. Moreover, his current physical fitness was far superior to ordinary people; he had just kicked a zombie weighing over a hundred pounds flying.
In terms of his overall strength, there were not many existences that could surpass him, or rather, none at all.
“Hmm?”
As Jiang Hao was thinking about how to survive, he inadvertently glanced at the girls' dormitory building opposite.
At this moment, on one of the balconies on the third floor of the girls' dormitory building, there were three panicked girls desperately holding the balcony door shut. Inside the door, a female zombie was frantically pounding on it.
Jiang Hao was certainly not looking at beautiful women or wanting to play the hero; it was because one of the girls had suddenly displayed Divine Might.
The door, which was about to be pushed open, was forcefully shut again by her.
This piqued his interest, and he wanted to know what was going on with that girl.
He could feel that the strength of these zombies was much greater than that of ordinary people. How could a weak girl suddenly burst out with such great power?
As he focused his mind, he indeed saw something different.
Ability: Gigantic Strength, temporarily doubles one's own strength.
“Is this an Awakening of a special ability? That makes sense. Zombies have appeared, so it’s not unacceptable for humans themselves to undergo some changes.”
The girl with Gigantic Strength, after bursting with power for a minute, suddenly felt exhausted and fell to the ground.
Without her, the other two girls certainly couldn't match the zombie whose physical fitness had greatly increased.
The result was that the zombie rushed onto the balcony and got a triple kill. Soon, three more zombies were born. When Jiang Hao looked again, he found that the girl with Gigantic Strength, even after becoming a zombie, still retained her ability.
“This… Is this situation inevitable or accidental? Humans, relying on their Awakened abilities, might be able to overcome this difficulty. If it’s all like this, with one side gaining and the other losing, wouldn’t humanity be in danger?”
This discovery made Jiang Hao frown deeply, but then he wondered, how could he, only in the Qi Refining stage, detect others’ abilities?