Zongman: The End of the Universe

Chapter 14 14. Another Group of People
Snapped!
Liu Yuansheng slapped him in the face, neither too hard nor too light.

I hope she'll let go.

"Hmm~" Caught off guard, Busujima Saeko's body trembled, and she hummed charmingly. She fell into Liu Yuansheng's arms, breathing rapidly, and glanced at him with a coquettish and angry look.

The team had just been formed, and he also had a "mission" to complete. Although it was unclear why Saeko suddenly got so angry, in this situation, Liu Yuansheng really couldn't do anything about her. What's more, how could Liu Yuansheng be so cruel when Saeko Busujima occasionally acted like a spoiled brat?
Busujima Saeko must be equally aware of this in her mind, which is why she is so unscrupulous and fearless.

"I have something important to do. How about tonight?"

Liu Yuansheng spoke softly, but Busujima Saeko still held him stubbornly without saying a word. Liu Yuansheng felt a little strange because Saeko would never throw a tantrum when it came to serious matters.

Is there something wrong with me?

Liu Yuansheng frowned slightly. Seeing that Liu Yuansheng looked as if he hadn't remembered, Busujima Saeko suddenly buried her face in Liu Yuansheng's arms. She was silent for a moment, then said softly:

"Have you forgotten what you promised me just now?"

Liu Yuansheng was stunned, his thoughts flashed through his mind, and he suddenly remembered what he said to Saeko before entering the comprehensive building.

It turns out to be this...

Liu Yuansheng's eyes were a little surprised at first, but then softened. Looking at the woman in his arms, he felt both distressed and helpless.

Busujima Saeko lost her mother when she was young. Her father was a strong and old-fashioned man. On the road to growing up, the strict man never cared about his daughter's growth. She lived in the cage of traditional education. She longed for freedom in her heart but lacked a sense of security.

She was afraid of losing him because Liu Yuansheng was the first man who accepted everything about her. He was the first and the last.

Busujima Saeko hugged him tighter and tighter. She had a premonition that if she didn't figure out the secret, she would lose Liu Yuansheng forever...

Liu Yuansheng reached out and carefully combed the woman's long hair, brushing the hair on her cheeks behind her ears. This woman even asked so humbly for her only request in all these years...

Sighing secretly in his heart, Liu Yuansheng gently lowered his head and whispered in Busujima Saeko's ear:
"Then are you willing to leave this world with me?"

"Ah."

The woman in his arms nodded without hesitation.

Without any explanation, Liu Yuansheng's deep voice sounded in Busujima Saeko's ears:

"Okay, I'll take you away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yuansheng smiled and pinched Saeko's soft face, and said softly:

"Are you satisfied now?"

The next second, Busujima Saeko suddenly loosened her hand and took a step back. Although the blush on her face had not faded, her smile had returned to its usual gentleness:
"Yuan Sheng, it's time to get down to business."

"..."

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The temperature in April was not high and remained at a normal level. When Liu Yuansheng and Busujima Saeko arrived at the corridor of the technical school building, the shattered corpses on the ground had not yet produced a foul smell.

The two men calmly stepped over the corpses on the ground. Apart from the discomfort of the blood on the soles of their feet that was like mud and could not coagulate, they did not feel any discomfort.

Although Liu Yuansheng had cleared a lot of zombies in the corridors of the building before, it was a drop in the bucket compared to the number of zombies that kept pouring into the technical college building.

Liu Yuansheng had only rested for an hour when the entire corridor on the third floor was filled with zombies, hanging around the windows like a group of stiff puppets.

blah blah.

Liu Yuansheng knocked on the ground casually. The sound was neither loud nor soft, but it instantly attracted dozens of zombies to stagger towards Liu Yuansheng's direction, raising their staggering steps and growling as they moved forward.

"Saeko, old rules."

Liu Yuansheng threw down a few words and rushed over. He was at an extremely fast speed and in the blink of an eye he had rushed into the group of zombies.

The next second, the swarm of zombies exploded as if a hornet's nest had been poked, and they rushed towards Liu Yuansheng frantically, biting and tearing him. Busujima Saeko's face turned cold, and she followed closely behind Liu Yuansheng as the zombies were chasing him, rushing over with a knife in hand.

Wherever Liu Yuansheng passed, blood and broken limbs flew everywhere. The muffled sound of flesh and blood meeting the iron blade was short and intense. Crystal clear drops of sweat flew out, and the next second they were smashed into pieces among the ferocious group of corpses along with the scarlet blood.

Every knife cut into the flesh, as if it was a one-sided "massacre". The zombies bit and roared, one after another, looking hideous and terrifying. The smell of blood was so strong that it was almost impossible to dispel it. Liu Yuansheng's blood was rolling like a pump, and his eyes were filled with bloodthirstiness and madness.

Like a wild beast pouncing on a flock of sheep, he has neither the need for nor fancy skills, only simple and terrifyingly powerful strength. The 30-kilogram iron blade in Liu Yuansheng's hand can kill zombies instantly or cripple them if it touches them.

Often with a single slash of the sword, the zombie's taut neck would be "smashed" off like a rice cake. Even though the sword had not been sharpened, its terrifying quality was almost the same as that of a sharpened sword, and its lethality was even greater. After all, Liu Yuansheng never had to worry about the blade becoming dull.

If Liu Yuansheng killed for survival, then Busujima Saeko killed simply for killing. She was like a dancer moving among rose bushes. Every swing of her sword was sharp and concise. Her beautiful eyes were filled with excitement for fighting and intoxication with blood. Her pretty face was flushed with an intoxicating blush at some point.

The ground was soon covered with blood and body parts, and the scene was extremely bloody and brutal.

In comparison, the fourth floor of the teaching building appears much more normal.

In a corridor that was neither wide nor narrow, four corpses with holes all over their bodies were lying on the ground. Komuro Takashi and Miyamoto Rei were standing vigilantly one after the other near the last classroom by the stairs. Hirano Toda was guarding behind them intently with a nail gun in his hand. At the end of the team, Marikawa Shizuka was holding five or six bento boxes in her hands, frowning slightly and pouting with some dissatisfaction.

Saya Takagi gritted her teeth nervously and opened the back door of the classroom. Her movements were gentle and slow. Being so close, she could already hear the low roar in the classroom.

Ishii Kazu stood behind her, holding the infusion stand to his chest. If a zombie suddenly appeared, he could directly push the zombie away and buy time for Takagi Saya to escape.

The moment Takagi Saya opened the classroom door, the girl's delicate brows suddenly frowned, for no other reason -

Too little.

There are too few zombies.

In the classroom before him, there was only a zombie wandering among the messy desks.

There are five classrooms in a row, and there are only five zombies.

Not right.

And…I only collected five or six bento boxes…

Saya Takagi was vaguely aware of something, but it was all just speculation, and it was more important to clean up the zombies. Thinking of this, Saya Takagi knocked on the iron door casually.

The clanging sound immediately made the zombie turn around and look at everyone, then walked forward without hesitation.

Takagi Saya immediately turned around and looked at Komuro Takashi with boredom:
"Xiao, there's only one, be careful."

"Ah."

Komuro Takashi nodded, and then reminded Miyamoto Rei behind him to pay attention:
"Li, here I come."

Komuro Takashi held the baseball bat tightly in both hands and shouted in a deep voice, his eyes solemn and staring nervously at the end of the corridor in front of him.

Miyamoto Rei stood tensely, holding a spear and gritting her teeth, standing behind Komuro Takashi, her eyes fixed on the front.

Although it is just one, it should not be underestimated.

Although they had killed three or four zombies, they were still a little nervous. After all, not everyone was Saeko Busujima or Gensho Yanagi. The ferocious and terrifying appearance of the zombies, coupled with their desperate and crazy aura, would scare anyone who saw them.

The zombie approached within five meters and suddenly accelerated. Ishii gritted his teeth and shouted, then pushed the infusion stand directly towards the zombie's chest.

The zombies' crazy running trend was directly interrupted by Ishii Kazu, and Komuro Takashi and Miyamoto Rei behind him followed closely at this moment. Taking this opportunity, Miyamoto Rei stabbed the zombie's torso with her spear and nailed the zombie directly to the wall. Komuro Takashi followed with a stick and hit the zombie's head.

Bang!
The head was smashed into pieces like a watermelon, and the zombie fell directly to the ground.

One set of processes and several people working together very well.

Saya Takagi pushed her glasses up slightly with a hint of pride, the corners of her lips rising involuntarily.

Because this tactic was her idea.

"Eh? Is the cleanup done?"

Shizuka Marikawa was surprised. Why was there only one zombie this time?

"Ah."

Takagi Saya nodded calmly.

"Then I'll go collect the bentos!"

"Let's go together."

Komuro Takashi waved his hand and asked everyone to go into the classroom to search.

But after searching almost everywhere in the huge classroom with nearly forty students, the six people only found sixteen lunch boxes.

Although the twenty boxes of bento were enough with the six boxes found before, both Takagi Saya and Komuro Takashi noticed something was wrong.

Too little.

It's simply too little.

Even if there are a few people in each class who don't bring lunch boxes and just buy bread and milk for lunch, it's impossible that there are so few people...

When the zombies broke out, the chaos in the school was obvious to all. Who would take their lunch box and run away?

Shizuka Marikawa hummed a song and counted the bento boxes neatly stacked on the table, looking innocent and never tired of it. She liked this treasure-hunting task.

Miyamoto Rei was staring at Shizuka Marikawa in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

After counting, Marikawa Shizuka clapped her hands in satisfaction:
"Twenty-two boxes! Done!"

Ishii Kazu immediately stepped forward and spontaneously helped Marikawa Shizuka carry a pile of bento boxes.

Only Hirano Toda noticed something unusual. He looked at Takagi Saya and Komuro Takashi who were silent and frowning, and suddenly asked tentatively:

"Is...something wrong?"

Takagi Saya glanced at Hirano Toda, not interested in explaining. Komuro Takashi looked at the pile of bento in Marikawa Shizuka's hand, and said in a serious tone:

"Hirano, don't you think the lunch box is a little small?"

"Eh…?"

Hirano Toda was a little confused and looked at the bento. Twenty-two boxes, that’s a lot, right?
"It should be... a lot, right? I think it's enough..."

"Baga! Xiao was talking about the five classrooms on this floor. He only collected this many bento boxes. It's too little!"

Saya Takagi looked at Hirano Toda and scolded him with disgust.

Hirano Toda shrank his head immediately after being scolded, and stammered:
"Is there… anything strange?"

“Isn’t it strange that the number is so small?!”

Takagi Saya looked like "How could there be someone as stupid as you?"

"Normally, unless the family is too busy, almost everyone in a classroom would prepare a lunch box. But we searched so many classrooms and only found 22 boxes! Didn't you see it during the riot? It was so chaotic! Who would run away with a lunch box?!"

Hirano Toda was shocked, and the conversation between the two also made Ishii Kazu and Miyamoto Rei feel a chill in their hearts.

"So Gao Cheng, what you mean is..."

"Um……"

Gao Cheng Saya nodded with no objection, looked through the window at the surrounding teaching buildings, and said in an ambiguous tone:
"I'm afraid that besides us, there are other people who survived in the academy. The number of people is at least... um... we can't rule out the possibility of food reserves... plus if there are too many people, we can't have failed to notice... it should be around 20 people."

Ahem…The school organized a survey today, so I’m late, sorry.

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(End of this chapter)