The entire bottom floor of the dorms was a communal area, specific only to those who lived there. With a kitchen, dining room, and large living space with lots of different sections for students to gather or study. The student rooms except for the top two floors held two students per room, though they were forced to use communal bathrooms on each floor.
It felt like a perfect place to hold up, given the circumstances. If only I could hurry and solve the issue with the meteorite heavily and dangerously infecting the area.
Even those who had already mutated were at risk of falling ill with too much virus in their system than their immune systems could handle. Slow and steady was the best method for humans lacking a System to grow their powers.