Chapter 14: The Anti-Zombie Virus Serum—Wu Huihui Strikes Again

“This big-bellied zombie is something else.” Xu Lang had seen the big-bellied zombie with his own eyes. As soon as it appeared, it spat sticky saliva on every player’s door. Everyone was miserable and complaining because this disgusting tactic continuously drained the doors’ durability.

Yet, after half an hour of watching, Xu Lang noticed that his own door hadn’t lost a single bit of durability.

[186 Wu Huihui: Brothers and sisters, we can’t keep this up. If we do, we’re truly doomed!]

Voices urging players to fight back grew louder in the chatroom, but no one actually took action.

It wasn’t until Wang Zhiwei’s door on the first floor was breached that things changed.

With his door’s durability at zero and no materials left to sustain it, Wang Zhiwei threw it open and fought, killing the big-bellied zombie that had been spitting in front of his door.

The weapon room, occupied by players on the first and second floors, was the easiest place to find weapons. No one knew exactly how Wang Zhiwei killed the big-bellied zombie, but the message he sent afterward shook all the players to their core.

[12 Wang Zhiwei: Everyone on the first floor who doesn’t want to die, come out! Killing special zombies can drop (Zombie Virus Immunity Potion).]

[Zombie Virus Immunity Potion]
[Type: Medicine]
[Level: 1]
[Effect: Increases resistance upon injection, grants immunity to the zombie virus]
[Description: Cannot be broken down but seems to save your life]

Just seconds after Wang Zhiwei sent this message, his name dimmed—he was dead. The zombies on the first floor were simply too many. This player, who had been good to his girlfriend, perished without Xu Lang even knowing her name.

But the message he left ignited all the players.

[9 Sun Heng: High-level players, if you don’t act now, don’t be afraid to die!]
[88 Cao Bin: Damn, brothers on the first floor, send me a weapon; I’ll come save you!]
[186 Wu Huihui: Everyone on the tenth floor, get ready to move out. And send us some weapons for trading!]

The most terrifying thing about zombies was the virus! If players could ignore that, they could launch a counterattack! It wasn’t that they weren’t afraid of dying—continuing like this was no different from waiting to die. The situation could only get worse.

…

Dormitory 186.

Thanks to her brave combat, Wu Huihui suddenly gained more close friends. Wang Tingting volunteered to move into a new dormitory but then moved back to become Wu Huihui’s tenant. Aside from her, there was another female tenant.

Wu Huihui stood in the room, stunned for a moment, then suddenly found three weapons in her hands. She handed two dumbbell bars to Wang Tingting and the other tenant, saying, “When I say ‘charge,’ we all rush out together!”

…

“Sis Huihui, this isn’t a good idea,” Wang Tingting said fearfully.

“What’s wrong with it? I’ve figured out this game: if you don’t fight, you die!” Wu Huihui waved her hand boldly, the dumbbell bar in her grasp swirling fiercely. “Don’t worry, with me here, those zombies won’t get close!”

With that, she announced in the chatroom and flung the door open.

It was worth mentioning that most tenants on the tenth floor were now women, as Huihui favored her female comrades.

…

First floor, Dormitory 6.

Wang Yang watched Wu Huihui’s rapidly increasing score and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

“I was right about her.”

“No brains.”

“Easy to manipulate.”

Wang Yang studied the changes in Wu Huihui’s points and quickly discerned the pattern: normal zombies were worth 1 point each; special zombies 10 points each.

In other words, all zombies on one floor combined totaled 37 points, with most points coming from special zombies.

Outside, the knocking of zombies never ceased, but none of it distracted Wang Yang.

He stood at the door, sweating as he repaired it, simultaneously notifying other players on the first and second floors to send weapons to the higher floors.

Only when the high-level players were freed would the first-floor players have a chance to survive.

“My wood supply is running low. I should’ve recruited two tenants earlier,” he thought regretfully.

One person’s strength was always limited.

…

Xu Lang listened to the noise in the corridor, itching to open the door and look, but he restrained himself.

More than ten minutes later.

[Leaderboard—]
[Wu Huihui: 25]
[Wang Ao: 23]
[Zhou Tao: 15]
[…]

Wu Huihui held firmly to first place, but her points hadn’t changed for a long time.

There was still a zombie in the hallway—a tall and muscular brute.

This kind of zombie was a master at breaking doors. Unless the door was upgraded, the brute could smash it in two hits. Its combat power was formidable.

Wu Huihui’s close friends kept calling for help in the chatroom, the pressure mounting on Xu Lang as well.

[Wang Tingting 188: There’s only one zombie left now. Hurry up and help Huihui!]

…

Many tenants on the tenth floor opened their doors to watch the fight in the corridor.

At that moment, Wu Huihui was pinned to the ground by the brute zombie, using a dumbbell bar to hold it off, but her shoulders had already been bitten several times.

Finally, Wang Tingting charged over, striking the brute’s head with her dumbbell bar, rescuing Wu Huihui.

The brute zombie turned around, showing a ferocious expression that froze Wang Tingting in place.

Taking advantage of the moment, Wu Huihui fought fiercely and threw the brute zombie off the floor.

Though they couldn’t retrieve the items it dropped, the tenth floor was freed at last.

Wang Tingting began seeking medical supplies in the chatroom.

After that battle, Wu Huihui was nearly incapacitated. Without medical supplies, she might still die.

…

Wang Yang shook his head. His dormitory stored medical supplies.

But he no longer planned to help Wu Huihui.

A distant fire couldn’t extinguish a nearby blaze; his primary focus remained on players on the second and third floors.

The names of second- and third-floor players had already started appearing on the leaderboard.

In less than half an hour, nearly half the players on the first floor had died!

Thinking back to how people had fought over the dormitories on the second and third floors during the day, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Wang Ao had claimed the top spot on the leaderboard.

Killing special zombies guaranteed drops of the virus immunity potion.

Having taken a shot himself, Wang Ao went completely mad, leading his followers directly to the second floor.

Though his unvaccinated followers were reluctant, Wang Ao declared that anyone who didn’t come help would be killed once the door was broken.

The others had no choice but to submit to his tyranny.

Moreover, he gave the virus immunity potion to two trusted lieutenants.

Both were tall and muscular, and the three of them together were fearsome.

…

“Really makes one envious,” Xu Lang sighed in Dormitory 200.

His own score was still zero.

He wanted those game settlement rewards too.

Unfortunately, he could only survive quietly.

“I wonder if the virus immunity potion can be upgraded, and what effect that would have.”

Xu Lang opened the trading network and offered two liters of water in exchange for the virus immunity potion.

It was better to be prepared.

Unfortunately, after a long time, no one traded with him.

Instead, his possession of two liters of water attracted some attention.