The torrential rain had been falling for three days and three nights!
Whether it was day or night, under this terrifying downpour, the night sky was as black as ink, and one couldn't see their hand in front of their face.
In the heavy rain, even with the illumination of lights, it was difficult to see objects beyond ten meters.
In this county town, in some unnoticed small corners, there were still people surviving.
They were resisting these zombies in their own ways.
Xin City Middle School, Teaching Building.
The mottled walls of the teaching building had some paint peeling off due to the heavy rain, but at this moment, the 6 or 7 people in the Yifu Building didn't care about these things at all.
From the 5th floor projection room, a dim light emanated.
Five teenagers, who looked like middle school students, were nervously looking towards the door.
Their food had run out three days ago; they had originally planned to go out to find food on the day the heavy rain arrived, but man proposes, God disposes. Who could have expected that with the heavy rain came a zombie riot?
Suddenly, the entire campus was filled with zombies, frenzied and violent zombies.
They were led by two of their teachers. Originally, their class had over 40 people, but after some time, many were bitten by zombies and eventually turned into zombies. In the end, only a few of them remained, along with the two teachers.
And these two teachers, just two hours ago, risked their lives to leave the projection room and go out to find food.
Originally, this building had no zombies, but due to the zombie outbreak, the gate downstairs was violently rammed open by the zombies, which eventually led to zombies entering this building.
They were originally stationed on the second floor, but because the zombies suddenly burst into the building, they could only run upstairs, finally stopping in the projection room.
The door of the projection room, considering soundproofing, was made of a relatively sturdy material, so it was basically very difficult for the zombies outside to break in.
However, because these people hadn't eaten for a long time, if they waited any longer until they completely lost their strength, they might only be able to wait for death. So, these two teachers, without hesitation, ran out to find food!
In this apocalypse, an apocalypse where humanity is extinguished, there are still some people who uphold their beliefs!
Upholding their professional ethics and integrity, in these past few months, several teachers have lost their lives to protect their students.
And the remaining two teachers, for everyone's sake, went out to find food.
Two hours, for these waiting teenagers, felt like two centuries.
They also wanted to help the two teachers go out to find food, but they were refused by the two teachers.
Time passed bit by bit, but there was still no sound from outside the door. This made everyone in the projection room extremely anxious.
Suddenly, there was a rhythmic knocking sound from outside the door, two long knocks, one short.
The door was immediately opened.
A woman, about 26 years old, with a gentle and virtuous demeanor, an oval face, and a graceful figure, appeared. Her eyes showed a hint of fear and sorrow. She held a steel spear in her hand, her backpack was bulging, and she carried another bag in her other hand.
Seeing the door open, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and she immediately slipped into the projection room.
The door was immediately shut tightly.
Immediately after, a chorus of zombie roars came from behind.
"Teacher Xie?"
"Teacher Liu, why didn't Teacher Xie come back?"
The teenagers, seeing the female Teacher Liu return with two full bags, were somewhat excited, but then quickly noticed that Teacher Xie, who had gone with her, was nowhere to be seen, so they all asked.
Teacher Liu, hearing this, her eyes showed even deeper sorrow. She looked up and saw pairs of bright eyes, full of expectation, concern, and a hint of fear.
For a moment, she didn't speak, her throat feeling as if something was blocked.
Seeing her expression, these teenagers seemed to understand something, and soon after, one or two sobbing sounds could be heard.
Teacher Liu composed herself, and with sorrow, said, "Teacher Xie was bitten by zombies. Later, we were surrounded by many zombies. He, he rushed towards the zombies to cover me, to block them. He told me to run back."
She seemed to recall that scene: Teacher Xie, to cover her, bravely charged into the horde of zombies. Even when being torn apart by the zombies, his hands still tightly gripped the few zombies in front of him, just to buy her as much time as possible.
"We went to the vending machine on the third floor. Originally, when we went, there were very few zombies, but when we reached the third floor and finished taking food from the vending machine, the zombies suddenly increased.
Then, then we originally wanted to find a classroom to hide in first, but who knew the zombies ran too fast and rushed straight up, and Teacher Xie was also bitten while covering me."
After speaking, she fell into deep self-reproach, regret, and sorrow.
Everyone was deeply saddened. Although they had grown accustomed to people around them dying during this time, they still felt sorrow and a deep sense of powerlessness.
Two female students even started crying directly, while the other three boys secretly wiped away their tears.
Teacher Xie had always been their favorite teacher. Although he was a bit old, he always maintained the heart of an old mischievous child. They still remembered Teacher Xie in class, reciting the 'Prison Song' with a high-pitched and emotional voice:
The gate for people to enter and exit is locked,
The hole for dogs to crawl through is open,
A voice loudly calls out:
Crawl out, and I'll give you freedom!
I long for freedom,
But I also deeply know—
How can a human body crawl out of a dog's hole!
I can only look forward to,
That day—
When the fierce fire from underground surges,
Burning this living coffin and me together,
I should attain eternal life in fire and hot blood.
Recalling Teacher Xie's face, often flushed with excitement from reciting poetry,
Recalling Teacher Xie telling them many small stories because they found studying boring,
Recalling Teacher Xie treating all students as friends after class, truly an image of an old mischievous child.
People die, but the living must continue to live.
Teacher Liu suppressed the sorrow in her heart, put down the backpack on her back, opened it, took out the food, and distributed it one by one to these students.
Although the students were also very hungry, they didn't feel the expected joy when they received the food. Instead, they felt the food in their hands was unusually heavy. This was bought with Teacher Xie's life!
She seemed to understand the students' feelings.
Teacher Liu spoke, "Everyone, eat something first. Teacher Xie wouldn't want his efforts to be in vain, so, eat! Survive, and don't let down his expectations!"
The students, with some sadness, tore open the packaging and mechanically put the food into their mouths.
And this was just a small microcosm of what was happening in this city.
In more small corners, more things were happening: some people were torn apart alive by zombies, some people's hiding places were discovered and breached by zombies, leading to dismemberment; some people, afraid of zombies, despite food shortages, still dared not go out and eventually starved to death.
The night was still pitch black,
Light had not yet arrived.
No one knew when the rain would stop or when the zombie tide would end.
Everyone was desperately holding on, enduring, hoping that hope would come tomorrow.
However, a small number of people were relatively lucky, with sufficient food and still safe, able to struggle on;
While more people died in despair,
Until they closed their eyes, they saw no sign of light arriving.
Some people kept enduring and were still alive,
More people, after enduring, disappeared.
