Chapter 9
There were scary monster noises in her ears, as they shaky-walked past her from the building, gradually moving further away.
Su Mo lay on the ground with a completely dead monster on top of her, and the stuff flowing out of the monster stained her clothes.
Her eyes stared at the monster that had originally followed her, watching as it walked further and further away, even turning into another hallway and going in the opposite direction.
By the way, the girls' dormitory in the 8th Building at F Engineering was special. It was the only dormitory in the whole school that had three buildings. The other dormitories mostly had two buildings, but because the 8th Building was a mixed dormitory, they added an extra building to prepare for the possibility of more students.
There were three dormitory buildings here, one each to the east, south, and west. Each building had seven floors and was connected to the other buildings. On the north side, there was a tall iron fence that enclosed the dormitory in a square shape. There was only a small gate on the left side of the fence for students to enter and exit, and the dormitory manager's small room was right by the gate.
After looking around and making sure there were no monsters, Su Mo slowly pushed the monster off of her and stood up on her own.
Room 417 was not far ahead, and she dragged herself, pretending to be a zombie, walking towards it.
In the spot where the monster had been lying before her, there was a small silver key, which looked somewhat quiet under the dim light.
The door of 417 was slightly ajar, and Su Mo was startled when she looked at it.
Rushing into the house, luckily Lu Jia was lying on the floor, which temporarily relieved her.
Closing the door, locking it, and pulling down the deep blue curtains, she then turned on the innermost light.
Approaching the person lying on the floor, she reached out and helped them up, guiding them to sit by the table.
She checked Lu Jia again to make sure there were no bite marks on her, only some noticeable scratches on her hand.
Perhaps because she was nervous and in a hurry to distract the monster when she brought Lu Jia into the dormitory, she was afraid that the locked door wasn't properly locked. She was relieved that Lu Jia was lucky; otherwise, Su Mo would have hated herself.
Looking at the person lying on the table, Su Mo felt helpless. Outside was chaotic, but the person in the room was sleeping soundly. At this moment, her initially tense expression finally relaxed.
Taking off the clothes that didn't belong to her, she walked to the balcony and used cold water to lightly wipe her body before putting on her own clothes again.
Looking at her rather disfigured right cheek in the mirror, it seemed like she and her body had already accepted the situation, no longer feeling disgusted like before.
Her hand reached towards the damaged side, the monster that flew towards her in her mind, tearing at her face, its mouth covered in blood.
"Uh," Su Mo snapped back to reality, looking at herself in the mirror, her hand that was about to touch the right side of her face pulled back.
Cold water splashed on her face, even though she avoided the right side, the accidentally dripping water still made her feel a piercing pain.
She never knew that someone's teeth could easily take away flesh from her face, and at that moment, she didn't even feel anything, her only thought was to escape.
Looking at her terrifying reflection in the mirror, she was somewhat grateful that Lu Jia was drunk and couldn't see how she looked now.
She sighed softly, the water droplets on her face slid down her fair skin, hitting the tiles.
Taking out a tissue, she gently wiped her face in the mirror, relieved that her eyes were not injured.
But...
Her eyes looked a bit strange.
It's like Su Mo realized something, so she suddenly moved her face closer to the mirror. She saw her reflection in the mirror get bigger, and her once dark eyes were fading, instead of being black. With the faint light coming through her bedroom, she looked even more lifeless.
These kind of eyes reminded Su Mo of the monsters she had seen before. Their faces had no pupils, just grey eyes.
She slowly turned around, but as soon as she took a step and touched the ground with her left foot, a sharp pain made her fall to the ground.
Looking at the swelling on her left leg, Su Mo's eyes turned red, but this time not because of the pain.
She was scared, scared that she would change, like those people, and become a monster.
"Su Mo～"
In the bedroom, because of someone's voice, which sounded somewhat gentle at the moment, Su Mo's fear temporarily quieted down.
As Su Mo hobbled closer, it was uncertain if the person really saw her. They just trembled with their eyes and clumsily grabbed onto Su Mo's arm.
The drunk person sat up, but they swayed a bit. Su Mo didn't even know what she was doing; she just held the person's hand in front of her and accidentally brushed against the wound on Lu Jia's hand, instantly stimulating pain in her brain.
"Ouch~," she whispered, slurring slightly from the effects of alcohol, then leaned on the table and smacked her lips.
Su Mo looked at Lu Jia, even though her pupils had turned gray, her gentle expression couldn't be hidden.
Sitting down slowly, she searched through the pockets of her clothes and found the iodine and cotton swabs she had found earlier. She took out a cotton swab and dipped it into the iodine, watching as it became soaked, and then took it out.
She reached out and slowly pulled away the hand that was gripping her arm, opening it up and turning the palm towards herself.
She extended the cotton swab towards the injured hand and gently dabbed it, the application of medicine was gentle, but it still stung the wound. This caused the person leaning on the table to instinctively furrow their brows.
Su Mo cupped the hand and blew gently, accompanied by a warm breeze, the sharp pain seemed less noticeable.
The person leaning on the table, half-asleep, opened their eyes and saw blurry figures in front of them. There were several faces, but they couldn't see clearly. Finally, they closed their eyes and fell into a deeper, more peaceful sleep.
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Outside the dormitory, there was a terrifying low growl that made people shudder.
Lu Jia was shivering inside room 416, tightly holding a zombie that was barely recognizable. Outside the window, several figures were trembling as they passed by.
Despite seeming prepared and using a zombie as a shield, it was obvious that Lu Jia had just left for a short while when she heard a noise behind her. She got scared and quickly hid in a nearby dorm room.
Room 416 was next to theirs. Lu Jia was trembling inside, and it was clear that she hadn't taken many steps from room 417 to the adjacent 416. She hadn't even crossed one dorm room.
Lu Jia gently placed the zombie from her hands onto the ground and took a simple look around the dorm room. The white bedsheets were stained with blood, even long streaks on the floor that were about the width of her two arms. They started in the middle of the room and extended all the way to the dorm room door, as if something forcefully dragged them out of the dorm.
Lu Jia quickly jumped away, avoiding the bloodstain.
She walked slowly ahead, their two dorm rooms had a good relationship, or rather, there were a few people in the dorm who got along well. They often made plans to watch movies and sing together.
However, in this situation, they were more likely to be in danger than safe.
At this moment, she couldn't help but miss the past good times. She had just taken a nap, and the world had changed way too much, not giving anyone enough time to adapt.
She searched room 416 briefly, even looking under the bed, but apart from the zombie she brought in, there was nothing else.
Besides a sword?
Lu Jia held it in her hand, even weighed it, and indeed it had some weight to it. Though it wasn't sharp, it seemed to be made of iron, and it was definitely better than the broom leaning against the door.
So she decisively abandoned the stick and hung the sword on her back. Looking outside through the window, there were too many zombies moving in that way, and it was quite dangerous for her to walk past them.
If only she could go down directly.
While thinking this in her mind, her gaze involuntarily turned to the balcony.
So she returned to room 417, facing the strange atmosphere from Su Mo, and tied all the bedsheets she had collected from room 416 one by one.
Then she tied one end, and handed it to Su Mo, hoping Su Mo could help her pull it.
Although Su Mo didn't understand, she still pulled on the other end of the bedsheets.
"Watch me, hold it tightly and give it a strong tug," Lu Jia held Su Mo's hand tightly and pulled the bedsheets with her free hand, demonstrating it to Su Mo.
"Uh," Su Mo moved her hand and it seemed like she understood.
"Yes, that's it, pull it again."
After all, they had to hang someone, and to prevent themselves from game over halfway, Lu Jia had to be careful.
Su Mo was obedient too, watching Lu Jia pull, she also pulled along. But if two people with the same strength, if one of them exerted more force than necessary, would something wonderful happen?
"Bang~"
Lu Jia held her head, almost kneeling on the ground, slapping her leg, enduring the pain without uttering a word. At this moment, her forehead was already red.
Her eyes filled with tears, her head buzzing, as if she had put in countless bees, buzzing and making her restless.
Exhausted, especially when seeing Su Mo's indifferent expression, Lu Jia became even more weary.
Afterwards, she resolutely refused Su Mo's help and solved everything on her own. She tied the bedsheet to the iron bed railing and threw it down the balcony, just enough to reach the ground.
Behind the bedroom, for some reason, there weren't many zombies to be seen.
Lu Jia, under Su Mo's gaze, slowly slid down the bedsheet, step by step.
Passing by the second floor, the balcony door was open, allowing a view inside.
Several zombies were gathered on the ground, feasting on something, and the one being eaten also appeared to be close to a zombie state.
Lu Jia looked at it and felt her stomach churn, a sour taste almost coming up, but she held it back and quietly slipped down from the second floor.
It wasn't until she reached the first floor that she finally vomited, feeling dizzy.
Feeling better, she wiped her mouth and looked up at Su Mo on the upper floor, waved to her, and then walked towards the road outside the dormitory building.
Going out from behind, she could directly reach the main road that led to the cafeteria.
