"Huff... huff... huff..." Kang Xue wipes the sweats on her forehead. The sweat was mixed with blood, the blood of the zombies she had killed. While trying to stabilize her breathing, she scanned the surroundings with an unbelievably look on her face.
The cafeteria of the first-floor dormitory was now clear from the zombie. On top of that, more than half of the zombies were killed by her. Blood dripped from the blade of the scythe, one drop after another.
Amidst the messed up cafeteria, there was a man with a big battle-ax that rested on his shoulder walking toward the kitchen. The man opened the fridge, taking out a bottle of juice. He did not immediately open the bottle but scanned the bottle first, she guessed he was checking the expiration date.
After stabilizing her breathing, she walked toward the kitchen as well. She sat on the half-destroyed counter, "Can I get a bottle too?" Looking at the man gulping a bottle of juice, she asked for one as well.
Tang Shaoyang took another bottle of orange juice and delivered it to the girl. He placed the bottle right in front of her, "Good job!" He did not forget to praise the girl as well.
"Thank you," Kang Xue looked down at the orange juice while whispering.
"Huh!? What?" Her voice was small, he could not hear clearly because she spoke at the same time he threw the bottle randomly.
"Nevermind," the girl shook her head as she twisted the bottle cap and delivered the refreshing juice into her mouth. Her mouth curved upward as a sweet smile formed while she was drinking the juice.
She thanked the man, not for the juice but for saving her life, again and again. From the outside, he looked uncaring but he always kept an eye on her. Each time Crawler tried to sneak attack her, he would come to save her.
'Tsk, why can't you just be honest and say you are going to protect me while I am killing the zombies,' the girl thought to herself as that was actually what happened. The man would fight while making noise as loud as possible, attracting the zombies away from her.
As she recalled what happened back then, she was convinced that the guy was good albeit a little bit domineering. Tang Shaoyang was oblivious to the girl's thoughts. He got another bottle of juice and gulped it down at once, finishing the second bottle, he picked the battle-ax, "That's enough time for a rest, let's go to the next building!"
Zhang Wen gritted his teeth as he took two steps back. He altered his stance to send an even more powerful kick. Just now, he kicked the man without a proper stance so it weakened his kick. He was now prepared, taking a step forward with his left foot, he spun around, using his left as a pivot, Zhang Wen sent a spinning kick to the same spot.
"Too slow..." Tang Shaoyang remarked as he caught the kick with his free hand, "Now should be my turn, right?" He grinned at the shocked Zhang Wen. The guy was shocked as his powerful spinning kick was caught easily by Tang Shaoyang.
"Stop!!!" Kang Xue intervened half-way. She pulled Tang Shaoyang back, hiding him behind her. From Zhang Wen's perspective, the girl he loved was protecting the arrogant man from him.
Of course, the fact she was afraid Tang Shaoyang might kill Zhang Wen. So she put herself between the two to stop the conflict, "Zhang Wen, we are just a friend. My boyfriend is..."
"ME!" Tang Shaoyang did not wait for the girl to finish his words as he wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her into his embrace, "Stop being a delusional, man!"
Kang Xue looked up and met with the man's eyes. She wanted to say he was not her boyfriend, 'but maybe this is the easy way to solve the problem for now. I can clear our relationship later after we come out of this cursed place,' she thought to herself. Little did she know that the chance to clear their relationship would never come in the future.
"But your boyfriend..." Zhang Wen looked at Tang Shaoyang with hesitation, "No, he is my boyfriend," Kang Xue affirmed the relationship. Not wanting to dawdle over this matter longer, she changed the topic, "Are you alone, or are the more people with you?"
"Sorry, I thought he's not your boyfriend but some random man who tried to threaten you," Zhang Wen apologized to clear the misunderstanding since Kang Xue admitted the man was her boyfriend, "And yes, I am not alone. Brother Kun and Brother Ding with me, Department Head Lin, and..." Zhang Wen told the two that nine people were hiding in the basement parking lot.
"I am trying to get food for us, but I heard a commotion so I came to check," he scanned the cafeteria and was surprised by the corpses of the zombie.
"Good! All survivors are now located!" Zhang Wen brought good news. 20 survivors were safely brought out and 10 survivors were safe as well in the basement. Now they were left with the second objective, killing all Death Scythes.
"Let's go to the next dormitory," Tang Shaoyang pulled the girl with him. Thinking back then, accompanying the girl back to her room was not a bad idea.
"What? Why? Shouldn't we regroup and think of a way to get out of the hospital?" Zhang Wen failed to comprehend the intention behind Tang Shaoyang's bold idea to go to the next dormitory.
"Yes, why are we going to the next dormitory if we have found all survivors?" Kang Xue asked in a whisper.
"We have to finish the second objective too, kill the remaining cuties!"