14: Outbreak of infections

Tang Ping looked at the suggestions in the group, thought for a moment, and decided to give up on joining them.

He would definitely acquire many secrets relying on future information, and joining an organization with too many eyes and ears would clearly be inconvenient.

Sister Wang Next Door: "@Xiao Tang, are you joining?"

Xiao Tang: "Sister Wang, I probably won't stay in Jiangcheng much longer."

Sister Wang Next Door: "Alright then, but you don't have to leave; stay in the group. If you encounter any trouble in the future, just come to us. We will definitely not refuse to help you if we can."

Little Grass: "Exactly, exactly, Xiao Tang, if you run into any trouble, just tell me. I have an S-rank Shelter and an S-rank Talent, I'm super awesome!"

Ox Horse is Truly Ox Horse: "That Wang Yanyan is really something else, she only knows how to bully you newcomers. Xiao Tang, if you encounter trouble in the future, just come to your big brother!"

Xiao Tang: "Thank you, everyone."

He closed the company's main group chat, which had now been renamed: Starlight Club.

"Star Glory?" Tang Ping frowned, vaguely feeling that the name seemed familiar. He knew it must have appeared in his eighteen years of memories.

That meant Starlight Club should have existed for a long time, so much so that even the Tang Ping from a hundred years later had vaguely heard of it.

But it seemed that this Star Glory no longer existed.

Tang Ping's heart was solemn, thinking of the Safe Zone in the future. Now that Safe Zone was under the jurisdiction of Shengtian Group.

What if, what if this Safe Zone wasn't built from scratch by Shengtian?

His heart immediately sank.

It seemed that next time he went back, he would have to investigate the matters of Starlight Club.

If it was truly as he thought, perhaps he could change something.

This time, Tang Ping found a tall building and placed his Shelter in the basement of a utility room. The door was disguised as a floor tile in a corner, and the utility room was locked from the inside.

The situation outside was very dangerous. After the Infected appeared, they would quickly spread on a large scale, with one infecting ten and ten infecting a hundred.

At that time, Jiangcheng would truly be a living hell!

No one knew whether the figures behind the sandstorm were truly human.

A fierce wind blew, sand swirled across the ground, various plants flew, shattered tables, chairs, and benches flew up and fell. Some buildings caught fire, and under the strong wind, the entire building was engulfed in flames in an instant!

The people inside screamed and wailed, some unable to bear it, jumping directly out of windows in despair and fear.

But before these people could land, they were swept away by a gust of wind, and some were tragically impaled on iron railings.

And under this disaster, in the indistinguishable night and sandstorm, various tragedies unfolded one after another.

The moment order collapsed also meant that humanity collapsed with it.

In the dark night, some people fell asleep, exhausted. Ordinary people without a safe house even had to hold a cleaver while sleeping.

In a certain room, there was a family of three.

The woman cried mournfully: "What should we do? Without a Shelter, we simply cannot survive."

The man silently smoked one cigarette after another. He opened his phone, looked at a friend in his contacts, and was silent for a long time: "Leave it to me."

He sent a message to his friend, hiding the fact that he hadn't obtained a Shelter, just making up some random words.

Apparently, his friend trusted him as always and promised to come find him first thing in the morning.

The man immediately felt a little guilty, but looking at his wife, who hadn't rested all day, and his two-year-old daughter, his heart immediately hardened.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

...The wind wasn't strong today.

In the morning, when Tang Ping woke up, it was still a little past five. He found that since the apocalypse began, his sleep had actually improved; he went to bed early and woke up early every day.

He practiced with his blade for half an hour, mainly chopping, hacking, parrying, and thrusting. Although he wasn't very skilled yet, he could at least cut people without a problem.

He rested for a moment, drank some water, and ate some food.

After exchanging today's sunlight for another Peashooter and four Potato Mines, Tang Ping began to prepare to go out.

As soon as he climbed out of the Shelter, Tang Ping's heart sank.

Infected!

There were Infected outside the door! And there seemed to be many of them!

Low, hoarse growls entered the utility room, making Tang Ping's mood heavy. Although he now had a Talent, his physique wasn't very strong. To completely prevent himself from being Infected by the Infected, he needed at least 30 Physique or a Level 3 Talent!

Clearly, he hadn't reached either of those, which meant that if he was scratched or bitten by an Infected, he still ran the risk of being Infected.

Tang Ping peered out through the small window by the door.

In the entire first-floor lobby, he could see six Infected.

This situation was very bad.

He couldn't guarantee that he could escape successfully without alarming the Infected.

"These Infected rely on sound and the smell of blood to locate humans. If I want to open the door to the utility room, it will definitely attract the attention of the Infected."

The door to this utility room was very old and would creak when opened.

Tang Ping carefully observed the room, trying to find a feasible solution.

His gaze finally settled on the open window.

He carefully moved a stool over and observed outside, initially wanting to climb out the window, but seeing the Infected outside, he gave up on that plan.

He had to come up with a plan; he couldn't just be trapped here forever.

Sound, smell.

Suddenly, Tang Ping took out the Peashooter!

"Peashooter, aim at the building across from the window and fire!"

The Peashooter fired peas, and the sound was almost negligible. Although a Level 1 Peashooter only had a range of two hundred paces, it was enough to attract all the Infected!

The Peashooter, sitting on Tang Ping's shoulder, immediately began firing peas.

Powerful peas exploded on the building across the way, immediately attracting all the nearby zombies!

Tang Ping heard the growls outside the utility room, and his heart settled. It was stable; he would be able to leave here soon.

Even if only half of the Infected outside were drawn away, he was confident he could leave here.

After firing more than ten peas and feeling it was enough, Tang Ping returned to the door of the utility room and looked out through the small window. He was pleasantly surprised; only two Infected remained, and he could totally walk out!

Moreover, many of the Infected outside the main door had probably also been drawn away.

He opened the utility room door, and the creaking sound immediately attracted the other two Infected.

Tang Ping didn't linger in combat at all, because killing these Infected had no benefit.

There were no crystal cores, no experience, and even a hundred years later, no one had found any useful aspect of the Infected.

Because whether it was the infection poison or the flesh and bones of their bodies, they would quickly lose activity and decay after the Infected died.

Tang Ping's speed of 7 now played its part. He leaped over the front desk and rushed out the main door.

Taking advantage of the Infected being attracted to the other side, he immediately ran into the distance.

"The Infected are getting more and more numerous; I must find a way to leave Jiangcheng."

The first location he thought of was where the Safe Zone would be established a hundred years later!