You call this a love game?

"I can tell." Bai Yu took the water and caught a glimpse of Wakasa Yuri secretly stuffing a delicious stick back into Takeya Yuki's backpack.

After a busy day, night quietly fell.

The group sat around a makeshift dining table made of several tables. Yuri Wakasa scribbled in her notebook, assigning tasks for tomorrow.

"Hu Tao continued to check the safety of the doors and windows, and looked for any gaps or looseness in the isolation strips. You Ji went to organize the daily necessities, and the teacher and I distributed the daily food. We also couldn't neglect the vegetable garden on the balcony..."

Yuki Takeya suddenly raised her hand, "What about my brother?"

All eyes turned to Bai Yu, who put down his water glass and said seriously, "I plan to go to the police station tomorrow."

"A police station?" Sakura Megumi's ahoge (cowlick) stood on end. "No, that's too dangerous! It's definitely..."

It goes without saying that the police station here is located in a busy downtown area, and the surrounding area must be packed with people. There are definitely a lot of zombies wandering around now. If you were to break in at this time, you would probably be in grave danger.

She didn't want anyone to take any risks going out; she just wanted them to live peacefully.

Although their hopes of waiting for rescue were almost dashed, they did not seem to be lacking in food and water. The school supermarket still had plenty, and the warehouse was also full of things that they hadn't had time to move yet.

She felt there was absolutely no need to take any risks at this time; it was better to settle down first.

“We need weapons,” Bai Yu explained, “not just against zombies, but also to guard against other survivors.”

"Other survivors?" A hint of confusion flashed across Sakura Ji's face.

“That’s right.” Bai Yu looked at Sakura Ji, his voice becoming low. “Think about it, if someone who has been starving for a week sees so much food here, wouldn’t he try to steal it? Especially if we don’t have any weapons, and he happens to have a gun, what would you do?”

"But we are all survivors, so why should we plunder each other?" Sakura Ji remained naive.

"Because they are greedy, they act this way even when there is order. So how will you deal with those people when order is lost and you are no match for them in terms of force?"

"But there's still..."

Sakura Megumi really wanted to say that Shiraha was still there, but after thinking about it, she realized that she didn't seem to have any reason to help them.

Based on his description of those people's personalities, Bai Yu was incredibly kind to take them along and help them establish a base. Otherwise, he would have been perfectly capable of tying them up and doing whatever he wanted to them, and he wouldn't have been able to stop them from eating.

Thinking of that scene, Sakura Megumi's face turned pale instantly. She finally understood how terrible their fate would be if they encountered a group of vicious survivors.

A brief silence fell over the activity room. Hui Feixuze Hutao gripped the shovel tightly, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.

"I'm sorry..." Sakura Megumi lowered her head and bit her lip, her mood becoming depressed.

"Sigh..." Bai Yu sighed, gently grasped Sakura Ji's hand, and said earnestly, "You can't always rely on me. You must arm yourselves and at least have the means to resist. If I suddenly disappear one day, will you just give up?"

"Disappear...Where are you going?!"

Sakura Ji suddenly looked up, her hand instinctively gripping Shiraha's. Her pupils trembled slightly, and her voice carried a hint of panic, "Where are you going?"

Bai Yu did not answer immediately; he felt four burning gazes simultaneously focused on him.

This is quite normal. He was already prepared when he said those words, because it is indeed true that he cannot stay here forever and will eventually return to his original world.

Before he completes the next world, everything here will continue to operate as usual, following the trajectory after he left. In other words, this place cannot become worse or better because of his joining or leaving. The girls must survive intact in this apocalypse, even if other survivors join.

However, he cannot tell them about his departure yet, otherwise their morale will drop and the team will be difficult to lead. He must wait until they are able to survive on their own in the future.

"It's just a hypothetical situation." Bai Yu gently patted the back of Sakura Ji's hand. "In this world, anything can happen."

He spoke vaguely on purpose, his gaze sweeping over everyone's expressions.

Sakura Ji's ahoge (cowlick) hung listlessly, and his fingers gently pinched his cuffs to create wrinkles.

Yuki Takeya suddenly rushed over and hugged his arm, pouting, "Brother, don't go!"

“Yuki…” Wakasa Yuri whispered a reminder, but her voice was also trembling slightly.

Their current smooth progress is mainly due to Bai Yu's martial prowess and cunning; otherwise, they wouldn't have had the courage to go out and clean the floors last night.

If she stayed on the rooftop for one night, anyone with a slightly weaker constitution would definitely catch a cold. She couldn't imagine what life would be like without Bai Yu, but it certainly wouldn't be any better than it is now.

Hui Feixu Ze Hu Tao suddenly slammed the shovel on the ground with a thud, stood up, and said, "I'll go to the police station with you."

"Kurumi-kun?" Sakura Megumi turned her head in surprise.

“He’s right.” Hui Feixu Ze Hu Tao raised his chin slightly, but his eyes were unusually firm. “We can’t rely on others forever.”

Hui Feixu Ze Hu Tao's words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up ripples. Ruoxia You Li's pen tip paused on the paper, the ink spreading a small blue blush. She raised her head, and brown hair slipped down from behind her ears, covering half of her cheek.

“I agree with Hu Tao’s opinion, but…” she looked at Bai Yu, “we need to develop a detailed plan.”

Sakura Megumi opened her mouth, then subconsciously clenched the cross pendant on her chest. The metal edge dug painfully into her palm, and the pain brought her to her senses a little more. She took a deep breath.

"Me...me too..."

"Teacher, please stay." Bai Yu interrupted her, his voice gentle but firm. "Someone needs to stay at home, and Yuki needs someone to take care of her. Besides, it's not necessarily better to have more people. In fact, it's more convenient for me to act alone."

Yuki Takeya immediately protested, "I don't need that—"

"Yuki." Bai Yu ruffled her hair and smiled. "Your mission is to protect Sakura-sensei, understand?"

Upon glancing up and seeing Bai Yu's imposing gaze, Takeya Yuki immediately fell silent, pouting aggrievedly, and buried her face in his arms.

"I see......"

As Sakura Megumi watched this scene, her chest tightened inexplicably. She suddenly realized that, without realizing it, Shiraha had become the core of their little team, even though she was the teacher.

But strangely, she didn't feel disgusted.

On the contrary, seeing the students trustingly surrounding Bai Yu, she felt a strange sense of peace.

"Alright." Bai Yu unfolded the city map he found in the office. "Let's plan the route first. The police station is on this route..."

The group huddled together and briefly discussed the route.

Megurigaoka Academy is located in the southeast of the city center, while the police station is in the northeast. The distance between them is five streets and three residential areas, which sounds dangerous, and it is indeed very dangerous.

Surprisingly, despite thinking that the area was a bustling downtown area and would be teeming with zombies, they could clearly see through the binoculars they had taken from the classroom that there weren't many zombies on the streets outside. Instead, through the glass, they could see countless zombies wandering around the buildings.

It's like... they're here to work.

As soon as such an absurd idea popped into her head, Sakura Ji immediately rejected it.

What a joke! They're man-eating monsters. Going to work and all that... she can never go back to that peaceful and tranquil life.

But it seems that this is indeed the case. There are significantly more zombies in the school during the day than at night. Even if they don't make a sound, the zombies will actively go to the teaching building. If they are blocked from entering, they will even keep banging on the obstacles, trying to push them aside and come in.

Bai Yu naturally noticed this strange sign as well.

There weren't many zombies on the streets during the day, but as evening approached, groups of zombies emerged from the buildings, wandering aimlessly before disappearing again shortly afterward.

The same was true of the zombies roaming the school. Moreover, he rarely saw any 'outsiders' sneaking into the school. They were mostly zombies wearing school uniforms, as if they had never died and were still living according to their memories from their previous lives.

Whether it's going to work or school, there are always traces of their movements.

Having grasped this point, Bai Yu also had a plan in mind.

First of all, these zombies are definitely affected by sound. They will subconsciously move towards the place where there is a strange noise, which is almost exactly the same as the zombies he knows in the movies. They also have a certain level of vision, but they are mostly nearsighted. They can hardly see whether it is a person or a ghost beyond thirty meters. Even if the other party just stares at him, he will not react with any attack.

Although he is nearsighted, it does not affect his phototaxis. Just because he can't see people doesn't mean he can't see lights in the dark. Even during the day, throwing a few glow sticks can still attract zombies.

To this end, he went to the club building next door and found a lot of leftover glow sticks from events, as well as various cheering sticks. He tested them out and found that the effect was indeed good.

Even if he stands right next to a zombie and throws a glow stick into the distance, the zombie will ignore him and head straight for the glow stick.

The sound is no different from his own priority in locating enemies. If he hears a sound, he will rush towards the source of the sound, but if he sees him on the way, he will abandon the incessantly ringing music on his phone and pounce directly on him.

Of course, he can also use his voice to interrupt the zombie's movements.

For example, just as the zombie is about to pounce, you can immediately remotely control a phone in the distance to play music, and the zombie will be frozen for two seconds, as if it is hesitating about which way to go.

But given its cerebellum, which is filled with nothing but the thought of 'eating people,' it doesn't even need to think; the person in front of it is the closest, so of course it will eat the person first.

As night deepened, everyone gradually crawled into bed, intending to get a good rest and prepare themselves with plenty of energy for tomorrow's work.

Bai Yu lay in bed near the window, the moonlight casting a silvery glow on his silhouette.

Beside him was Takeya Yuki, who insisted on sleeping next to him. The girl lay in her own quilt, stretching out a small hand to hold Shiraha tightly, as if afraid that he would leave quietly.

Sakura Megumi, caught between Shiraha and Takeya Yuki, tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Finally, she couldn't help but whisper, "Mr. Shiraha, you're not really going to suddenly disappear, are you?"

Bai Yu turned his head, his eyes in the moonlight like two deep pools of water, "At least not tomorrow."

This ambiguous answer made Sakura Ji's heart pound. The ahoge on her head trembled nervously. Not wanting to show her worry, she had no choice but to change the subject.

She gently pinched Yuki Takeya's sleeping face and muttered softly, "This child... has such a bad sleeping posture."

Yuki Tadashi clicked her tongue in her sleep, then rolled over and pressed her entire leg onto Shiraha's blanket, leaving her fair and slender legs completely exposed.

Bai Yu smiled helplessly, gently moved her leg away, and said softly, "Sakura-sensei, don't worry. I won't leave until I've taught you survival skills."

"Really?" Sakura Ji's brown eyes sparkled in the moonlight, like amber gently caressed by soft light, radiating a faint, warm glow.

"Of course, and maybe I was just joking when I said I was leaving."

"Hmph~ Anyway, I've already remembered it, so you can't go back on your word." Sakura Ji snorted softly, buried her face in the blanket, and happily prepared to fall asleep.

She had already decided that she would simply stop seriously learning any survival skills so that he would never leave them. Although it was shameful and naive, it was the best solution she could come up with.

Now that things have come to this, she can no longer live without Bai Yu, or rather, they can't live without him.

Chapter 123 The Police Station's Harvest

Before dawn, the campus was shrouded in a gray-blue mist. Bai Yu pushed open the side door of the teaching building, and the damp air immediately rushed towards him. In the distance, several indistinct roars came, like some kind of ominous premonition.

Turning around, he noticed that Takeya Yuki was staring at him expectantly, so he squatted down to be at eye level with her.

"Brother will be back soon." He ruffled the girl's fluffy pink hair. "Listen to Sister Ci."

Yuki Takeya's eyes were brimming with tears, but she still nodded stubbornly.

Sakura Ji frowned slightly, looking at Shiraha with a worried expression.

"Please be careful and stay safe!"

Now that things have come to this, she knows it's useless to say anything more to persuade Bai Yu not to go out. All she can do is wish him a safe return.

"Thank you, I'll be back safely." Bai Yu nodded, indicating that she would be careful.

After discussing it carefully last night, he still felt that it would be safer for him to go out alone. He also told a few people that he wouldn't get infected. As for how he found out, he just made it up and said that he found out on the day the disaster broke out.

Since she found that she hadn't been infected despite being bitten, and since she had nowhere else to go, she decided to come find Sakura Megumi.

Although the girls still had some doubts about his immunity to infection, they had no choice but to believe him for the time being, seeing how firmly he said it.

So, it was only natural that I agreed to let him go out alone.

After all, they won't get infected. As long as they run fast enough and don't get surrounded and caught by zombies, they can come back intact even if they are injured.

But it's different for them. For ordinary people like them, being bitten or scratched could lead to infection and death. It's obvious that if they go out with others, they'll just be a hindrance.

Besides, someone needs to stay here in case the zombies suddenly mutate. Hui Feixu Ze Hu Tao is the only one present who still has some fighting ability. If she stays, she can put up a fight. The others have almost no fighting ability and would only be a burden if they go out with Bai Yu.

Knowing her own limitations, Yuri Wakasa immediately decided to stop worrying about this matter. All she could do was take good care of her family so that they could live a more stable and comfortable life when Shiraha returned.

Only after Bai Yu's figure disappeared into the morning mist, and even the sound of his footsteps could no longer be heard, did she sigh, withdraw her gaze, and return to the stronghold on the fourth floor.

"Yuki, it's time to check the vegetable greenhouse." Wakasa Yuri shook the watering can in her hand, and water droplets splashed onto the back of Takeya Yuki's neck, making her shiver from the cold.

"Ugh—Yuri is so cunning!" The girl frowned as she tried to grab the water droplet on the back of her neck, while puffing out her cheeks and glaring at Yuri Wakasa with a dissatisfied expression.

She was hoping to take advantage of Bai Yu's recent departure to sleep in a bit longer, but now she has to work right at dawn. How exhausting...

"If you don't want to water the plants, do you want to go down and reinforce the defenses with Walnut?" Yuri Wakasa tilted her head, pointed to the hordes of zombies downstairs, and gestured for her to think it over before speaking.

Yuki Takeya glanced at the scene below through the broken window, then quickly pulled her head back.

"I...I'd better go water the plants..." Yuki Takeya's tone began to become timid.

Compared to physical labor like reinforcing the defenses, she felt that technical work like watering was more suitable for her, and it was definitely not because she was afraid of those monsters!

"Then hurry up. I already taught you the method yesterday, so don't get it wrong." Wakasa Yuri narrowed her eyes, half-threateningly making her agree, and then showed a gentle smile. "After you finish watering, you can come down for breakfast. Don't keep everyone waiting too long."

"Yes!" Yuki stood at attention; she would never be ambiguous about eating.

......

An hour after Bai Yu left alone, he finally found Sakura Megumi's car amidst the zombie horde in the underground parking garage, started the car, and drove off smoothly.

However, there were several obvious dents and suspicious bloodstains on the front of the car, clearly indicating that it had passed over many speed bumps.

Since it was a basement, there weren't many zombies, but as soon as he started the car, the zombies that heard the sound were all attracted to it. And they happened to be on his way out, so he had no choice but to run into them. Fortunately, the car was not badly damaged. He could only hope that Sakura Ji wouldn't be so sad as to cry when she saw her beloved car being treated like this.

Although he got on the road smoothly, his driving skills were actually not very good, otherwise the stolen taxi would not have easily crashed into oncoming vehicles.

He still doesn't have a driver's license, which means he's driving without one. He's only able to drive because he's played a lot of racing games and has some 'minor driving experience' from the simulations, which is why he doesn't crash into walls as soon as he starts driving.