"Gugu..."
Just as the three of them were about to continue teasing, Jiang Tian's stomach suddenly rumbled.
"Cough, cough, after all that fuss, I'm a little hungry. Do you guys have anything to eat?" Jiang Tian scratched his head, a bit embarrassed.
"We did, but now we don't!" Jiang Hao pointed at the messy dormitory, rolling his eyes.
Guys generally don't keep food in their dorms, because you might just wash your face, and when you come back, it'll be gone forever. And the better your relationship with your roommates, the faster the food disappears.
They originally had half a bag of potato chips, but now there were only crumbs scattered everywhere.
"Then what should we do? Without food, we'll starve to death!"
"The school supermarket and cafeteria have food. Do we starve to death staying in the dorm, or do we go out and fight for it?" Jiang Hao looked at the three of them, waiting for them to make their own choice.
In reality, they had no choice. Hiding in the dorm would only lead to starvation. Going out to fight for it might offer a glimmer of hope.
Jiang Tian and the other two clearly understood this principle, but they were deeply conflicted. The fear brought by the zombies had become acutely real to them, and overcoming that fear was not easy.
There was actually another option, which was for Jiang Hao to go out and find food to bring back for them.
But this was the apocalypse, and he wouldn't consider bringing three burdens, no matter how good their relationship was.
The dormitory fell silent for a moment. Jiang Hao just watched them quietly, waiting for them to make a choice.
If they couldn't overcome this fear, then he would turn and leave, letting them fend for themselves.
If Jiang Tian and the other two chose to go out and fight the zombies, then he would also provide assistance, leading them to survive in this apocalypse together.
A few minutes later, Jiang Tian was the first to speak, "Let's do it. We can't just be trapped here and die."
After speaking, he disassembled a steel pipe from the broken bed frame and held it in his hand.
Seeing that Mu Feng and the other person were still hesitating, Jiang Tian disassembled two more steel pipes and threw them to them.
"What are you still hesitating about? You're all Awakened, can't you overcome this little difficulty?"
Looking at the steel pipes in their hands, Mu Feng and the other person's eyes gradually firmed.
"Let's go, let's fight them. Don't even think about trapping us here to die."
"Very good!"
Seeing them make the right choice, Jiang Hao felt very relieved.
"Brother Hao, here you go."
Jiang Tian handed over another steel pipe.
"Alright, there aren't many zombies in the hallway right now, only seven. Three of them are injured, likely from being infected, so they're not a big threat. Being careful should be enough to deal with them!"
"Don't use your abilities indiscriminately after going out, or you'll be left to die if you fall into a weakened state."
Jiang Hao nodded. Through his perception, the situation in the hallway was clear at a glance.
"Go!"
Jiang Tian yanked open the dorm door and rushed out, followed closely by the other three.
The zombies, which had been wandering around, immediately lunged forward upon hearing the commotion.
"Get lost!"
Jiang Tian swung the steel pipe in his hand, knocking back a zombie that lunged at him. He then quickly followed up, using the steel pipe to push the zombie forward.
Because his own strength was already a bit higher than that of an ordinary person, and after becoming an Awakened, it reached nearly two hundred kilograms, dealing with a Level 1 zombie whose strength was only a little over a hundred kilograms was not difficult.
Zheng Yi and Mu Feng, who were behind him, also followed suit, but their physical fitness was a bit weaker, barely breaking through a hundred kilograms, making it somewhat difficult to deal with zombies of similar strength.
They could only rely on the steel pipes in their hands to repeatedly repel the zombies.
Jiang Hao, who was at the very back, was much more casual. With a casual swing of his steel pipe, zombies lost limbs, including a Level 3 one.
He could completely instantly kill the remaining four zombies, but he didn't want to do that. Coming out this time, finding food was secondary.
The main purpose was to train Jiang Tian and the others, and they needed to see blood.
Jiang Tian, who had attacked first, had already crippled his opponent. The zombie, with all its limbs broken, was still crawling on the ground, trying to bite him.
It was only after the final heavy blow shattered its head that it was finally dealt with.
Compared to him, Mu Feng and the other person had a much harder time, barely managing a draw with the zombies.
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
Two bolts of lightning struck these two zombies, scorching their heads and visibly slowing their movements.
Jiang Tian had made his move, but after using his ability, he clearly felt a bit weaker. No wonder Jiang Hao didn't let them use their abilities casually.
Mu Feng and the other person seized this opportunity, holding their steel pipes and launching a fierce attack on their heads.
After more than a dozen blows, they finally crushed the zombies' heads, achieving a difficult victory.
Seeing them finish the battle, Jiang Hao was too lazy to waste any more time. He swept his steel pipe casually, a quad kill!
"Holy cow, Brother Hao is so fierce!"
Jiang Tian was originally planning to come over and help, but seeing this, he quickly flattered him.
"Alright, how do you all feel now?"
Looking at the red and white fluids splattered all over the floor, the three of them pursed their lips, forcing back the discomfort in their stomachs, and shook their heads.
"Looks like it's nothing serious. Let's go then."
Jiang Hao patted their shoulders and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed something in the heads of the fallen zombies.
"Huh!"
Jiang Hao squatted down, rummaged through the zombie's head, and then pulled out a gray crystal.
Looking at the crystal in his hand, he could clearly feel the pure Spiritual Qi within it, although the amount was not large.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Hao wiped the gray crystal clean with his clothes and directly popped it into his mouth.
"!!!"
"Ugh!"
The three people who had been able to hold it in, immediately vomited, though they vomited nothing.
At this moment, their eyes were wide, looking at Jiang Hao, who was still savoring the taste, with expressions of horror.
"Damn it! Brother Hao, what you're doing is too abnormal!" Mu Feng pointed at Jiang Hao, saying incredulously.
"It can be absorbed directly without refining, but the amount is too small, so it doesn't help me much. However, my strength has increased a bit."
This discovery filled him with joy. Although the amount from one crystal was small, it could be compensated by quantity, and more Advanced zombies would definitely contain more Spiritual Qi in their crystals.
Thus, his Cultivation speed could be even faster.
Ignoring Jiang Tian and the other two, Jiang Hao dug out the crystal from the Level 3 zombie, wiped it clean, and ate it.
Indeed, the Spiritual Qi in this crystal was more abundant, and it additionally increased his strength by about thirty kilograms.
"Stop vomiting. If you keep vomiting, you'll throw up your large intestines. Hurry up and dig out the crystals. Eating them can make you stronger."
Jiang Hao forcefully pulled them up from the ground, pointed at the remaining five zombies, and said.
"You want us to eat this stuff?"
Zheng Yi pointed at himself, then at the dead zombies, and asked.
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm not telling you to eat zombies. Hurry up, the zombies on the second and fourth floors are coming over. We need to leave quickly."
In Jiang Hao's perception, more than a dozen zombies were approaching from the floors above and below.
Their time was running out.
They looked at Jiang Hao, and after confirming he wasn't joking, the three of them could only force down their nausea and swallow the dug-out crystals.
"Huh, I really seem to have gotten stronger!"
After the crystal entered their stomachs, they could clearly feel their physical attributes increasing.
Mu Feng's strength was originally around one hundred ten kilograms, but after eating two crystals, it directly rose to one hundred thirty kilograms.
Zheng Yi ate two crystals and also reached one hundred thirty kilograms.
Jiang Tian only ate one crystal. His strength was already one hundred eighty kilograms, and now it reached one hundred ninety kilograms, almost reaching the realm of Level 2.
The increase in strength perfectly suppressed the nausea brought by eating the crystals.
"Let's go!"
Looking at the three grinning simpletons, Jiang Hao felt a headache. He took the lead and ran to the third-floor stairwell, heading down to the second floor.
The three, realizing what was happening, also grabbed their steel pipes and quickly followed.