At 5:57 in the morning, dawn was breaking!
Embracing Liu Yuqing, Ray, who had comfortably fallen asleep, was unaware that overnight, the world had plunged into chaos.
After all, the videos he had posted last night were not just about the city he was in, but also included videos of other cities around the world that had fallen into similar disarray.
This provided answers to many who were puzzled and unable to contact friends living in those fallen cities.
The apocalypse had arrived!
Thus, the world began to fall into chaos!
Nobody wanted to just wait to die!
Many influential people started to leverage their connections and abilities to establish their own forces.
This unrest led to a series of chain reactions.
Ordinary people living in safe cities around the world began preparing for the impending apocalypse, stockpiling food and buying self-defense equipment.
At the same time, crime rates around the world started to skyrocket.
Especially in countries where guns were not banned, the sound of gunfire was continuous, like fireworks during New Year's celebrations.
This naturally placed an immense strain on the military and civil departments of various countries.
Donghai City, neighboring the aforementioned city, was one such place.
After the entire city plunged into chaos, the zombies that were detained in dark places, stimulated by the unrest outside, completely went berserk. They infected the soldiers guarding them, broke out of their cages, and surged into the city.
However, the military and civil departments reacted swiftly!
Although the zombies spread their infection quickly, the center of Donghai City within the second ring road remained unaffected by the chaos.
Of course, those who had seen the videos from the previous night and quickly made preparations, also managed to survive. This included those who, using their power and influence, had overnight established their own forces, taking over a villa district or a residential area.
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Yuren Residential Area, Teachers' Dormitory!
Ye Lingxian, the youngest and most beautiful professor at Donghai University, enjoys various sports, including archery, and has even won a national archery championship.
At 5:57 in the morning, as usual, she got up, quickly washed up, changed into sportswear, and prepared to go out for a morning run.
"Ho ho..."
"He he...he..."
However, as she passed by the balcony, a series of strange howling sounds suddenly came from downstairs, catching her attention.
"What strange sounds...speaking of which, why is it so quiet this morning? There's not even the sound of car horns?"
With curiosity, Ye Lingxian turned and walked to the balcony, looking down at the street outside the dormitory.
The next moment, she was stunned!
Creatures that made her pupils shrink entered her view.
"What...what is this!"
Watching the zombies wandering aimlessly on the street, Ye Lingxian's beautiful eyes widened.
Looking around, the scene was a complete mess; the ground was covered in bloodstains, and severed limbs and bodies were everywhere.
"Those videos on the internet last night..."
Recalling the videos she had seen last night, Ye Lingxian quickly turned around and picked up the laptop on the living room coffee table.
Last night, too sleepy, she glanced at those videos briefly, sighed, "The special effects are really good, I'll find out which movie it is later..."
Then she closed the laptop and went to sleep, without paying much attention, let alone reading the comments.
"So, those weren't special effects...they were real..."
A few minutes later, after watching the videos, Ye Lingxian, without any hesitation, immediately took out her phone, opened the contact list, and started dialing one contact after another.
"Ding! The number you have dialed is not answering, please try again later..."
"Ding! The number you have dialed..."
"Ding! You have dialed..."
No one answered!
Still no answer!
All calls went unanswered!
Ye Lingxian frowned, gave up on making further calls, and instead opened her social media app.
Gray...
Still gray...
Nearly all the profile pictures were gray, indicating offline status!
There were only a few chat groups with a handful of people online, but their conversations were all cries for help.
"My family lives in Beian Community in Donghai City, can someone come and save us! Monsters are everywhere! We can't hold out much longer!"
"Sob, I live in Century Garden in Donghai City, those monsters are banging on the door, someone please save me..."
...
"It's hard enough to protect oneself now, who has the capacity to save others..."
Ye Lingxian put away her phone, knowing she didn't have time to wait; she had to leave immediately.
Her destination: the Civil Department Building in the city center!
From the chat records in the group, she had learned that the Civil Department Building in the center of Donghai City was protected by the military department, making it very safe.
Moreover, it was the closest to her, making it undoubtedly the best escape destination.
Of course, one of the main reasons was that, being the youngest professor in Donghai City, she had some connections officially.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have had the privilege to enter that group and receive this information.
With her decision made, Ye Lingxian immediately started preparing. First, she took out the protective gear she wore for archery training - a pair of gloves, a pair of arm guards, a chest protector, a waist guard, and a vest for holding her quiver.
After putting on all her gear, she picked up books about one centimeter thick and wrapped them around her limbs and various parts of her body, ensuring not to hinder her mobility.
Then she took out a sports backpack and packed it with essential supplies. Finally, Ye Lingxian went into her bedroom and dragged out a black case nearly two meters long and fifty centimeters wide from under her bed.
With a click—
Click—
Two soft sounds, the locks were opened, and Ye Lingxian lifted the lid.
One by one, entirely dark, metallic-gloss emanating parts, along with a very sharp-looking dagger, appeared before her eyes.
Looking at them, a fervor flashed in Ye Lingxian's eyes. Her hands, extremely adept, picked up each part, rapidly assembling them together.
In less than two minutes, a recurve bow about 1.6 meters in length appeared in her hands!
This bow was custom-made for her, both in length and weight perfectly matching her.
As for the power of the bow, needless to say.
It could easily penetrate a 5mm thick steel plate within a hundred meters!
With the assembly complete, Ye Lingxian, holding the recurve bow, with the sports backpack on her back, took out two quivers filled with feathered arrows from the wardrobe, one large and one small.
The larger quiver contained 200 feathered arrows, while the smaller one had 100.
Then, she slung them over her shoulders, one on each side, securing them to her vest.
Notably, the smaller quiver, upon opening, was carried on her right shoulder, positioned so she could easily draw arrows!
Lastly, the black dagger was tied to her waist.
After ensuring everything was in place and nothing was missed, Ye Lingxian checked the time.
6:30 AM.
"Let's go!"