Chapter 16

In reality, there are always some people who are very naive and foolish, to put it bluntly, they are self-centered!

Over the past few days, anyone who is a bit more observant could have noticed some habits of the zombies. If one wants to break out of Zhongnan City and get away from the urban area, one should try to break through when the sun is at its hottest and the temperature is at its highest at noon.

However, over these few days, Chen Fei has always been able to hear the roar of car engines and the sound of collisions at night, followed by the final, tragic screams. Chen Fei has no sympathy for these people; in fact, he even spares no effort to call them fools!

Woken by the screams, Chen Fei walked to the window and looked down at the zombies dancing below. The number of zombies gathering on the streets at night has been increasing at a terrifying rate, and now they have formed a parade-like scale.

Chen Fei has also thought about it; he should have rented a large truck and loaded it with living supplies to hide in a remote countryside on the first day he knew about the situation. However, he has the End-World Dominator System, and according to what he heard from his future self, this system is still the hope for humanity to continue its civilization. With this added responsibility, it's hard for Chen Fei to ignore it.

But since he has already made his decision, there's no need to keep hypothesizing about what he should have done initially. Unless he can travel back in time like his future self, everything else is out of the question.

Unable to sleep, Chen Fei went to the treadmill on the balcony to exercise. Now, everything is just a fantasy; the most important step is to enhance his physical strength and kill zombies. As for future plans, he will think about them after he rescues Mu Meiqing.

He might search for human survival bases or safe zones like in the movies, as he believes the authorities must have had emergency plans in place. Therefore, there must be heavily guarded safe zones as shown on TV.

Chen Fei gritted his teeth and ran on the treadmill for forty minutes until he was drenched in sweat and exhausted. With the help of fatigue, he finally fell asleep again and slept until around seven in the morning.

Chen Fei's ideal life is to wake up every morning to a beautiful girlfriend in a maid outfit serving him a hot breakfast and sweetly calling him "darling" in his ear.

However, reality...

"Feifei, Feifei, don't sleep anymore, I'm starving, get up and make breakfast!"

Chen Fei was dreaming about bravely fighting zombies when he felt a burning pain in his ear, as if he had been bitten by a zombie. He instinctively opened his eyes and saw Nangong Jin's delicate face in his line of sight, her brows furrowed, looking mature and alluring yet cute.

"What's wrong, Jin?" Chen Fei asked drowsily.

"Get up, make breakfast!"

Feeling the force on his ear increasing, Chen Fei involuntarily sat up.

Chen Fei sighed deeply. This is not the life he wanted in the end times. Could it be that he got out of bed the wrong way?

"Jin, don't we have instant oatmeal? We have over ten boxes of milk. Heat the milk in a pot, soak the oatmeal, and then eat two slices of toast. Isn't that enough?" Chen Fei answered reluctantly.

"No! We need to clear zombies today, I want two fried eggs and bacon!" Nangong Jin's attitude was firm, and the force on his ear increased.

"Ouch... stop... stop... stop, Jin, I'm wrong, I'll get up, I'll get up! You go away, I need to get dressed!"

"Quickly, don't dawdle!"

Nangong Jin harshly said and turned to leave Chen Fei's room.

"Two fried eggs and bacon! Oh my God! Is this a plan to fatten up in the end times?"

Chen Fei complained while quickly getting dressed and preparing breakfast. Yesterday, Chen Fei and Nangong Jin had agreed to kill more zombies today and aim to clear all 30 floors.

Actually, Chen Fei only knows a little about cooking, like making noodles and frying eggs. As for Nangong Jin, she is a fairy who has descended from the heavens and has no idea about cooking.

The only one with some cooking skills, Mu Meiqing, is currently trapped in the hospital, hungry and starving. To change the situation, Chen Fei feels he must rescue Mu Meiqing first; otherwise, all that meat and ingredients will go to waste.

After breakfast and a short rest, Chen Fei and Nangong Jin changed into the uniforms of the Navy SEALs and Special Forces. When everything was ready, they left home. Now, Chen Fei and Nangong Jin have developed a certain level of默契 (cooperation).

Nangong Jin has always wanted to experience the feeling of decapitating zombies to verify her ideas and techniques, but Chen Fei always makes excuses, saying he is not yet proficient with the crossbow and wants to save the final blow for himself. Therefore, Nangong Jin's attacks generally only target the limbs of the zombies.

Now, the two of them can handle the attacks of two zombies with ease, and even three zombies are not too difficult to deal with.

Yesterday, Chen Fei and Nangong Jin spent half their time collecting and transporting supplies to room 1101 after clearing each floor. Today, they changed their strategy and decided to collect supplies after the battle, using 11:00 AM as the first checkpoint. After clearing the floors up to 11:00 AM, they would collect supplies, have lunch, rest, and then start a new round of clearing, with 6:00 PM as the afternoon checkpoint.

Chen Fei and Nangong Jin cleared up to the 19th floor, with Chen Fei killing 12 zombies. In the actual combat, Chen Fei has become more proficient with the crossbow, and he can now hit a zombie's head with ease within ten meters without much effort.

Behind Chen Fei, he carried a quiver made of iron wire with about twenty steel arrows and a small black backpack containing milk and several pieces of dried beef.

Over the past few days, Chen Fei and Nangong Jin have been using milk as their drinking water, mainly because the milk has a short shelf life and must be consumed quickly. Wasting resources in the end times is like slow suicide, so they prioritize using items with shorter shelf lives.

Chen Fei and Nangong Jin rested for a moment on the 19th floor, then took the elevator down to the 14th floor. They made enough noise in the hallway to attract the zombies, then returned to the 19th floor and quietly and quickly walked up the stairs to the 20th floor.

The fire door on the 20th floor was also tightly closed. With their experience from clearing multiple floors, neither Chen Fei nor Nangong Jin was concerned. However, the moment Chen Fei pushed open the fire door, two zombies with a pungent smell of blood and rot lunged at him.

Chen Fei was so scared that he kept retreating. If he hadn't grabbed the handrail at the edge of the stairs, he would have rolled down!

In a critical moment, Nangong Jin acted decisively, kicking the abdomen of the first zombie. Because the hallway was too narrow to swing her knife, she held the long sword and stabbed it directly into the mouth of the zombie in front of her.

Without giving Nangong Jin much time to react, the second zombie pushed the first one, which Nangong Jin had just killed, towards her. Although Nangong Jin was skilled, she was a woman with limited strength, and the weight of the two zombies made her keep retreating.

Swoosh...

Seeing Nangong Jin about to be pushed to the edge of the stairs, Chen Fei pulled the trigger, and a steel arrow pierced the head of the second zombie, stopping it in its tracks.

Without the force of the second zombie, Nangong Jin pulled out her katana, turned, and the two immobile zombies slid down the stairs.

However, before Chen Fei and Nangong Jin could catch their breath, two more zombies rushed out from the fire door, and it seemed there were more behind them.

"How are there so many?"

Chen Fei frowned. This was the first time he encountered so many zombies on a floor, and he was momentarily flustered. Losing his composure at this moment could cost him his life.

Chen Fei bit his tongue hard to clear his mind, took a deep breath, and aimed the crossbow, firing two arrows in quick succession. The arrows hit the eye sockets and foreheads of the two zombies, killing them instantly.

Just as the two zombies fell, two more grotesque zombies rushed out from behind the fire door. At this moment, Chen Fei heard a series of chaotic footsteps and low growls from below. The intense noise from their battle on the 20th floor had attracted the zombies gathered on the 14th floor!

Chen Fei and Nangong Jin were now in a dangerous situation, about to be surrounded by zombies from both sides. Chen Fei had no time to think about why there were so many zombies on the 20th floor; they had to prevent the zombies from reaching the 20th floor through the fire door, or they would become zombie food.

"Damn it!"

Chen Fei cursed, his eyes full of ferocity. He fired two more arrows, killing the two zombies that rushed out. Then, he pulled out the M9 multi-function bayonet from his thigh and charged at the next zombie trying to come out of the door.

This zombie was small and had a messy ponytail, indicating it was a female zombie. Chen Fei easily pushed it back, but the force of his push caused him to fall and land on top of the female zombie, and his crossbow flew to the side.

Before Chen Fei could get up, the female zombie had already risen and pounced on him. Driven by the instinct for survival, Chen Fei instinctively stabbed the M9 multi-function bayonet into the female zombie's eye, piercing its brain. If he had aimed at the forehead, it would have been much harder to penetrate.

Just as Chen Fei was about to push the female zombie away, another figure pounced on him. Chen Fei's face turned pale, and he thought he was doomed.

Nangong Jin, who had followed Chen Fei in, was delayed by closing the fire door. In this critical moment, she swung her katana and cleanly decapitated the zombie that was about to pounce on Chen Fei. The foul blood splattered onto Chen Fei, but he didn't care because three zombies had already surrounded Nangong Jin...