13: Chapter 13 The Girl

Half an hour later.

Ye Fan and the others had been wandering around the vicinity of the small convenience store for a long time, but they still hadn't found a single zombie.

Thus, they prepared to leave.

Clang!

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from behind Ye Fan and the others.

"Hmm, what was that?"

The group turned around instantly and saw a ceramic vase shattered into countless pieces five meters away.

Ye Fan immediately went on high alert, slowly approaching the spot where the vase had fallen, his eyes scanning the shards on the ground.

Then, following the trajectory from which the vase had dropped, he slowly looked up.

Just then.

On the fifth floor of the building in front of him, a pale figure poked its head out of a window.

In a weak, feeble voice, the figure called for help, "Help! Kind people down there, can you please save me? I beg you, please save me!"

The figure was an extremely beautiful young girl. Her voice was very gentle, but at this moment, she had no strength left at all.

Ye Fan was taken aback when he saw this. "Holy crap, how is there still a girl here? This..."

"I beg you, please save me. I'm really about to starve to death. There's also a zombie guarding my door. I don't want to die yet!"

Seeing Ye Fan and the other two wandering freely on the street, she guessed they possessed extraordinary strength and would surely have a way to deal with the zombie outside her door.

That was why, upon seeing them, she resorted to this last-ditch effort.

Asking Ye Fan and the others for help.

"A zombie? That's not right. Where would a zombie come from?" Ye Fan was stunned for a moment upon hearing her words. He stared at the map in his mind and spoke in confusion.

During this entire time,

Ye Fan had kept the Zombie Monitoring Function active, but it hadn't detected a single zombie in the area.

This made him feel that something was strange.

He wondered, could there be a problem with his Zombie Monitoring Function?

Then, Ye Fan spoke slowly to the girl at the window, "Are you sure there's a zombie at your door?"

"Yes! It knocks on my door from time to time. I'm absolutely sure." The girl's voice was trembling, filled with fear and terror.

"How can you be sure? That the thing at your door is a zombie?" Ye Fan continued to press for answers, because he truly didn't believe his Zombie Monitoring Function could have a problem.

That was something rewarded by the system; it shouldn't make such a low-level mistake.

"I saw it with my own eyes through the peephole. Its face was pale, and there was blood hanging from its mouth. It was... it was terrifying."

As the girl inside the window said this, her body began to shake.

Thump, thump, thump!

Right at that moment.

Rapid knocking sounds came from outside her home.

"Ah~! Help! It's right in front of my door now, it's knocking! Please save me! I really don't want to die!"

The girl was instantly frightened into tears.

Ye Fan scratched the back of his head, looking puzzled, and let out a small sound of contemplation.

Then he muttered under his breath, "Damn, this isn't right. No, I really have to go up today and see what's going on."

"Let's go. We'll head up and take a look. I really don't believe this."

Ye Fan said to the two women beside him.

Then, the Star Blade instantly appeared in Ye Fan's hand, gripped tightly.

He quickly rushed upstairs.

The stairwell was very quiet. Li Shiya's high heels made a clacking sound on the stairs.

Aside from the sound of the high heels, they didn't hear any other noises, nor did they encounter any zombies in the stairwell.

Click!

The faint sound of a door closing drifted out.

"Ye Fan, did you hear something just now?"

Ji Yuyan followed behind Ye Fan and spoke in a low voice.

"Yeah, it sounded a bit like a door closing."

"Could there really be a zombie in this building?" Ji Yuyan asked in a low, shocked voice.

"I don't think so. It's probably another person," Ye Fan said in a deep voice.

Because up until now, the system's Zombie Monitoring Function still hadn't detected any zombie activity.

"But whatever, we'll know once we go up and look. If it really is a zombie, I'll just blow it away."

Ye Fan continued.

The sound from just now had come from the fourth floor.

Ye Fan quickly increased his Speed and headed for the fourth floor, determined to find out the truth.

This building was quite a bit larger than the one Ye Fan and the others lived in.

There were four households on each floor, but as for exactly how many people were living there, that was not something Ye Fan and the others could know.

After arriving on the fourth floor, Ye Fan's gaze quickly scanned the four front doors before him.

He didn't know which household the sound from just now had come from.

Therefore,

He could only knock on the doors one by one to verify.

Thump, thump, thump!

The sounds of knocking on the doors echoed through the hallway, yet not a single sound came from within the rooms.

"Is no one there?"

Bang!

Ye Fan directly delivered a fierce kick, slamming the first door open.

Gripping the Star Blade in his hand, he slowly walked into the room. It was completely empty, without even any furniture.

It seemed as though no one had moved in here.

However, Ye Fan still conducted a thorough check of the room.

Only after finding no zombies did he slowly back out.

Then he walked toward another door.

He knocked forcefully and quickly, but there was still no response.

Ye Fan violently kicked it open again.

Still, he found no trace of a zombie.

Finally,

Ye Fan had checked all three of the previous households, and none of them showed any signs of a zombie's presence.

"None at all. Then the sound from just now must have come from this one!" A wicked smile appeared on Ye Fan's face as he walked toward the last apartment.

In front of the door, Ye Fan slowly raised his left hand and knocked on the door before him.

Thump, thump, thump!

Ye Fan's knocking grew faster and faster, and the sound became increasingly urgent.

At this time.

Inside this household, a fat, greasy middle-aged man holding a terrifying mask was slowly hiding in the bathroom.

He didn't make a sound!

His face was full of terror and fear, his body couldn't stop shaking, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

"No way... Has my karma really come for me? Has another zombie really found me?"

"What do I do? What do I do? These zombies won't eat me, will they?"

The fat, greasy middle-aged man's face was full of panic. He covered his mouth and muttered to himself in a low voice.

Thump, thump, thump!

Outside the room, the knocking continued incessantly.

"God help me, God help me! Don't eat me, don't... don't eat me. I'm all fat, I won't taste good!"

The middle-aged man's back was pressed tightly against the bathroom door. His pant legs were mostly wet, and his legs trembled as he babbled in a low voice.

Outside the door, Ye Fan heard that there wasn't a single sound coming from inside the room.

He had already guessed that the occupant of this household was definitely a survivor.

Furthermore,

It was highly likely that the knocking zombie was just him in disguise.

"Not opening the door, are we?" The corners of Ye Fan's mouth slowly curled up into a cold smirk.

Bang!

With a sudden kick, he sent the door crashing down.