Chapter 16 (2/2)

Only then did Shen Chen feel the deep exhaustion that comes after extreme anxiety, yet he managed to say, “They’ve all left. We’re safe for now!”

“What do we do now?” Guo Yuan asked.

Shen Chen said, “We wait!” After this, he quietly opened his backpack and put a piece of jerky in everyone’s hands. “Eat something to restore your strength.”

Li Qi silently chewed on the beef jerky. The lanky man seemed to have a strong instinct for survival, which made Shen Chen respect him more.

Shen Chen also ate his beef jerky slowly. His saliva quickly moistened the jerky, and he swallowed it. When the bit of food entered his stomach, his body, which had been stimulated by evolution liquid, instantly converted the food into energy, sending it to every part of his body. Shen Chen knew that what he had to do now was restore his energy as quickly as possible and then lead everyone safely back to the sixteenth floor.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Suddenly, the phone rang rapidly.

Everyone’s bodies shook at that moment. Everyone stopped chewing the food in their mouths and stared at the red phone on the wall.

Ding! Ding! Ding! The jarring sound rang throughout the room. A great chill seeped through them from their heads to their feet. Their instinct to sense fear and danger made them numb.

At the same time, the excited growls of zombies came from outside the room, accompanied by the sound of inexhaustible feet running toward them. The ringing led the zombies to their room.

Everyone immediately got up. Guo Yuan ran up and picked up the phone, then put it down again, but after only two seconds, the phone rang again like death calling. Outside the door, they could already smell the stench of zombies. The jarring ring was enough for the zombies to distinguish a difference in the room they were in.

Zhao Ze was crying like a girl. “What shall we do? What shall we do?”

Shen Chen gritted his teeth, then opened the window. “Jump! Jump to the first floor!”

Guo Yuan and Pan Di nodded. They had grown up climbing over walls. It was no big deal for them to jump down from the second floor. Zhao Zhen hastily asked, “But what about you, Boss?”

“Cut the crap! Hurry up and jump!”

By then, the zombies had already gathered outside the door, but the phone continued to ring persistently. The sound of pounding on the door was like percussion music that made people breakdown and want to kill themselves. Watching the zombies, whose skin was torn and gaping, reach their hands through the gap in the door with all their might, Shen Chen swung Black Blade, and several arms fell to the floor. He shouted angrily, “What the hell are you standing around for? Jump!”

Guo Yuan was the first to stand on the windowsill and jump. He was agile, rolling over to lesson the impact from the fall. Next was Pan Di. He jumped down with a limp.

The zombies continuously widened the gap in the door. One of the zombies had already squeezed half of its body through the door. It could grab Shen Chen just by reaching out its hand.

Zhao Zhen anxiously shouted, “Boss!”

Shen Chen glared at him, yelling back, “What are you nagging about? Even if you want to die, I don’t want to die yet. Hurry up and get down there!”

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth. His eyes reddened. Then he climbed up the windowsill and jumped down with the help of his brothers below.

At that moment, a petite girl zombie squeezed inside, cracking open her once beautiful lips, and pounced onto Shen Chen. Shen Chen swung his knife, and the girl fell to the ground. Shen Chen took the opportunity to hold up the door again.

Li Qi saw that Zhao Ze still hadn’t dared to jump, so he gave him a push. He also jumped down. Zhao Ze’s knees were weak. He cried, “I can’t do it. I’ll die from the fall!”

“Bullsh*t. You can’t die from jumping down two stories!”

The zombies outside got stronger and stronger. Shen Chen let out a shout, but the door could no longer hold up. It started creaking from being split open.

Seeing Zhao Ze’s cowardice, Shen Chen was infuriated. But even if the guy had moral issues, he was still a living person. Shen Chen charged over and picked Zhao Ze up in his hands, then hurled him out. At the same time, he yelled, “Hurry up and go into the elevator to return to the sixteenth floor!”

With his words, he heard a shrill cry from below, followed by the sound of bawling.

The zombies poured into the room and charged toward Shen Chen viciously. Shen Chen picked up the phone. “Make it quick! I’ll give you ten seconds!”

A child’s crying came from the other end of the phone. A man shouted incoherently, clearly out of his wits, “Save me! I’m in 518. Save me! There’s a child!”