Ghost Tongue Zombie

At this moment, Xiao Feng realized that the zombie in the corner was not one that hadn't eaten properly. He was, in fact, a Tier 2 zombie. A Tier 2 Mutant Zombie, specifically a "Ghost Tongue Zombie."

Xiao Feng had heard about different types of mutant zombies from the broadcasts, and this was one of them. The Ghost Tongue Zombie could extend a long, snake-like tongue to strangle and capture its prey before killing it. The zombie in front of him was indeed a Ghost Tongue Zombie.

However, the sudden appearance of the black cat saved Xiao Feng's life. With its sharp claws, the black cat effortlessly severed the tongue of the Ghost Tongue Zombie.

Clatter!

The zombie's severed tongue writhed like a tentacle on the floor.

It was only then that Xiao Feng realized the black cat had saved him. But he was also puzzled. Why did this student zombie dare to attack him when An Ran was present?

Then, Xiao Feng slapped his thigh and cursed, "This guy is a high school student!"

When Xiao Feng had come out, he thought that having An Ran with him would allow him to be dominant in the school. However, he soon realized that An Ran was a primary school teacher and wouldn't be able to control even the middle school students, let alone high school students. But the next scene completely overturned Xiao Feng's imagination.

Who said that primary school teachers couldn't control middle school students anymore?

In front of a teacher, If you're a dragon, you should coil; if you're a tiger, you should crouch. You couldn't use these labels of primary, middle, or high school students. In the next moment, An Ran gave a low growl.

Following that, she stepped on a desk and charged towards the student zombie. At this moment, Xiao Feng saw that An Ran had a broken stool leg in her hand, seemingly obtained sometime before.

One end of the broken stool leg was sharp. As she charged towards the zombie, An Ran held it in her hand and ruthlessly stabbed it into the zombie's mouth.

Splash!

The black blood splattered onto the wall. The Ghost Tongue Zombie twitched its legs and slowly slid down to the ground. Then, An Ran reached out, her hand covered in zombie blood, and retrieved a Tier 2 green crystal core from the zombie's mouth.

Looking at the crystal core in her hand, An Ran hesitated for a moment and then turned to Annie. She extended her hand, which was smeared with zombie blood, and offered the crystal core to Annie.

She actually handed the crystal nucleus over to Annie.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Fan suddenly widened his eyes.

Because An Ran's behavior at this moment was completely emotional.

In other words, at this moment, emotions had developed inside An Ran's body.

"If this continues, An Ran is very likely to recover!" Xiao Fan thought to himself.

But the next moment, Annie shook her head slowly and pushed her hand back.

Annie retained half of her human emotions, knowing how to be modest, especially when it came to her mother.

Seeing the pushed-back crystal core, An Ran hesitated for a moment, then picked it up and ate it.

Seeing this, Xiao Fan couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.

If An Ran had continued to refuse, her emotional thinking would have undoubtedly improved significantly.

However, she didn't decline but ate it herself.

"It seems that wanting to restore human emotions is not something that can be done quickly!" Xiao Fan sighed.

After dealing with the tongue zombie, Xiao Fan finally found a clue about Gao Ya.

On a desk, Xiao Fan found Gao Ya's student ID and meal card.

Following the information on them, Xiao Fan arrived at Gao Ya's dormitory.

"It's strange! Why haven't I seen many zombies along the way?" Xiao Fan wondered again.

The number of students at Sanzhong High School is at least over two thousand.

But now, when you look around the campus, you can't see any figures at all.

In such a situation, it can only mean one thing.

That is, all the zombies in the school have been eliminated.

But who would go to such great lengths to clear zombies from the campus?

Shelters' people have repeatedly conducted rescue operations at various universities because the students in the schools are the future of humanity.

So, rescue operations mainly focus on students and societal technical professionals.

Another critical point is...

Because students are relatively young, the probability of awakening and evolving their abilities is much higher than adults.

If you can recruit students into your shelter, it indirectly enhances the shelter's strength.

"Wait! This doesn't make sense!"

Xiao Fan suddenly stopped at the entrance of the girls' dormitory.

"If it was a rescue team from the shelter that came to clear the zombies, what about the zombie corpses?"

Looking around, the playground was clean, and there were no zombie bodies in the dormitory corridor.

The shelter's rescue team wouldn't clean up the campus while on their way, right?

"Unless..."

Xiao Fan immediately thought of another possibility.

"Unless there are survivors in the school!"

This was the only explanation.

Because zombie corpses pile up, they decompose and smell, living in such an environment is a nightmare for ordinary people.

So, after clearing the zombies, the survivors in the campus likely destroyed the zombie corpses as well.

This was done to create a relatively clean living environment.

"There are people in the campus!"

Xiao Fan was certain.

And right now, he was likely being watched by someone.

Carefully looking around, Xiao Fan felt somewhat disappointed.

There was no movement in the surroundings.

After some thought, Xiao Fan began to recall a campus evacuation map he had seen in the school building earlier.

The map detailed all the buildings in the campus.

"If I were a survivor, where would I live?"

Xiao Fan looked up at the tallest building in the campus, the teaching building.

The teaching building had eight floors, and living there would provide direct access to rescue. But if rescue operations happened multiple times, why hadn't they been rescued?

"They don't want to leave!" Xiao Fan immediately guessed this possibility.

If they wanted to leave, they would have done so a long time ago. But they hadn't left, indicating they had a stable source of food.

Food...

"The cafeteria!" Xiao Fan's eyes lit up, and he headed towards the cafeteria.

With the campus's zombies cleared, he had nothing to worry about.

Arriving at the cafeteria, Xiao Fan saw that the entrance had been barricaded from the inside by tables, but it seemed to have been a long time since it was done. Probably when they were initially trying to evade the zombies. The safe exits on the left and right were still open.

"Not in the cafeteria? Then where could they be?" Xiao Fan wondered.

If they wanted to avoid rescue, they'd have to hide somewhere.

Where?

Underground!

Xiao Fan looked at the ground, feeling puzzled. Without the right entrance, finding an underground entrance in this vast campus was impossible.

Meow~

Just then, a cat's meow was heard, and the black cat jumped down from the second floor to Xiao Fan's feet.

After the cat had saved Xiao Fan earlier, he held a much different view of it. He squatted down, petting the black cat's head.

This was an intelligent cat and likely had undergone mutations. But why hadn't its size changed after mutating?

The cat shrank back a bit at first, trying to dodge the touch, but then it seemed to enjoy it and closed its eyes contentedly.

"Little kitty, do you know where the people are hiding around here?"

"Meow~"

The little black cat opened its eyes and meowed.