Thud! Thud! Thud!
The two zombies, a male and a female, were walking around, seemingly looking for something. They did not seem to be controlled by their base instincts like the low-level zombies.
Meanwhile, Rhodes had been keeping his eyes on the two zombies for a while now. At this moment, he saw them slowly approaching the building, which used to be an hourly hotel, he was inhabiting. When they finally drew close to the building, his eyes flashed with killing intent.
'Perfect timing!' Rhodes wanted to test out his body and abilities after the massive points increase yesterday.
At this time, he was still in his room. The amazing thing about the ability, Insight, was he could roughly sense what was going on even if his vision was blocked.
The two zombies leaped over before they entered the building and began to sniff around the ground floor. It was as though they had sensed or smelled something delicious. Their dark red eyes scanned the area.
Suddenly, one of the zombies began to make its way up the stairs. Soon after, the other zombie followed suit. It seemed like the two of them were heading in the same direction: his and Julie's room.
He wondered why the zombies would look for Julie specifically. After a short moment, realization dawned on him. 'Energy crystal!'
Rhodes quickly turned to look at Julie and used Insight on her. There was no 'Level One' above her head nor was there a faintly flashing red dot on her forehead either. Then, the zombies must have come for the remaining energy crystals he obtained before.
It seemed like the evolution of the zombies was related to energy crystals. A theory had already formed in his mind; he just needed to verify it.
He made a quick decision and moved to the room next to the room Julie was in.
When the two zombies were about to reach Julie's room, he rushed out of the room at lightning speed. His speed that had been boosted was astonishing!
A cold light glinted in the air…
Swoosh!
He brought the knife in hand down toward the male zombie's head. He was so fast that it did not have time to react at all.
Meanwhile, the female zombie seemed to be stunned by this.
Rhodes seized this opening and raised his knife again before bringing it down on the female zombie's head.
With that, he had effortlessly dealt with two level-one zombies.
After that, he cut the zombies' heads open; their foreheads were still shining with a faint red dot. Then, he rummaged through their brains. As expected, he found an energy crystal in each of their brains.
After he collected the two gray level-one energy crystals, he threw the corpses out the window. Then, he quickly returned to Julie's room. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Julie looking at his hand that was holding the two level-one crystals with a look of greed on her face. He could not help but feel like laughing when he saw her reaction.
In the future, if he had to temporarily leave, it would be good to leave her with a supply of energy crystals.
Rhodes approached Julie tentatively.
She snapped her teeth together, instinctively trying to bite him. However, since he was prepared, she, naturally, failed to bite him.
Rhodes took a step back and quickly threw the two level-one energy crystals into Julie's mouth.
All of a sudden, Julie let out a cry that was different from the sounds she had made before.
Rhodes used Insight and noticed Julie's eyes had gotten imperceptibly darker. Moreover, her nails seemed to have grown longer as well. Soon enough, a faint flashing red dot appeared on her forehead along with the words 'Level One' above her head.
Rhode's zombie girlfriend, Julie, the former beauty of the university, had successfully leveled up!
...
Meanwhile, in the broadcasting room of the New York State University.
James was sitting in front of the broadcasting equipment. His head was rolled back, his eyes were closed, and a gratified expression could be seen on his face.
At this moment, his art professor, Ika, was kneeling on the ground. Her head was moving in a forward and backward motion in front of his crotch.
This female professor had snow-white skin and a head of beautiful golden hair like spun silk. She always wore gold-rimmed glasses.
She might be James' professor in the past, but now she was just James' plaything.
"Swallow it all. How many times do I have to tell you this?" James said lazily. However, a hint of coldness could be heard in his voice.
Ika was so frightened that she barely managed to swallow all the filth in her mouth.
By James' request, she was completely naked. He wanted to have a good look at her body. He wanted to see the bruises that painted her skin, proof of his violence against her.
James was a sadist. Once in a while, he would yank her hair and beat her over and over again.
In just a few days, Ika had turned from a respected professor into her student's personal plaything.
In fact, there were more than a dozen of playthings like her here.
There was nothing Ika could do. She did not dare to run away even if she was humiliated and beaten until her body fell apart. If she went outside now, she would die!
She had witnessed some of the girls being devoured to the bones by the zombies outside. She had also seen a girl who was unwilling to submit being thrown out of the school building by these beasts.
In fact, James had captured three zombies and locked them up next to the broadcasting room.
She had seen James throwing another female professor to the captive zombies because she called him an animal!
Everyone could only helplessly watch as the zombies tore into the defiant female professor's flesh and feasted on her. If they did not want to die, they would have to satisfy these people's demands.
James had gathered a group of friends from the football team, establishing the strongest force on campus.
Many girls had been raped by James. Some who were even more unfortunate were not only raped, but tortured and killed.
For these reasons, many people, including Ika, chose to submit and give in.
With all these thoughts in her mind, Ika's eyes began to brim with tears. She really missed when the world was civilized and not such a lawless place.
James, who was enjoying himself with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and kicked Ika away.
"Did I tell you to stop? Are you f*cking stupid? F*ck, I told you to be careful with your teeth!" James lost all interest and stood up abruptly.
He was about to vent his anger on Ika again when a voice rang from outside the door.
"Boss, there are hordes of zombies outside the campus gates. I don't know if the gates could hold them back for long. What should we do? Apart from that, there are people coming in from the back entrance. I think they're the f*cking cops!"
Then, the person continued to say in a lewd tone, "You should see how beautiful the female cop is! Her legs are amazing. I don't think I'd get tired even if I played with her for a year. It's simply..."
James interjected coldly, "Why? Do you like that female cop?"
The other person chuckled before he said with the attitude of a lackey, "James, even if I like her… You will obviously have the first pick!"
"Do you know how many of them there are?"
"Just two. However, they have guns. It doesn't look like they're easy to deal with..."
Upon hearing the other party had guns, James' eyes lit up immediately. His interest was instantly piqued. His faction was not the only faction on campus; there were three other factions on campus. If he had guns in his hand, he would have a huge advantage over the other three factions.
His eyes flashed with determination as he thought to himself, 'I'm not going to let the female cop get away!'