Hearing that Li Chao was originally supposed to bring them Supplies, Yu Zihan couldn't help but question:
"Why did you ask him to call you?"
Song Yubi said with some annoyance:
"He didn't dare to come at first, so I suggested we keep the call open so I could keep encouraging him."
"I didn't expect him to be so stupid. Even though I encouraged him so loudly, he still didn't bring the food over."
Yu Zihan sighed.
It seemed relying on Song Yubi was still unreliable.
It was true that Song Yubi had flirted with many men, but there couldn't be many men willing to travel such a long distance for her.
Among them, those capable of running over were almost nonexistent.
It seemed the only hope for survival lay with Lu Zheng, a hundred meters away.
However, there were such terrifying Monsters in the Black Mist; she was truly afraid of being caught by them!
A thought suddenly popped into her mind.
'It would be great if someone could help lure the Monsters away.'
She subconsciously glanced at Song Yubi beside her, but immediately dismissed the idea.
Although she didn't want to share Lu Zheng's Supplies with Song Yubi, she couldn't bring herself to use a friend as bait.
At this moment, Lu Zheng received another friend request.
【Foreign Languages Department 402 Class Yang Qian sent you a friend request】
'Little brother, want to see my legs? One bottle of water gets you a private photo of my beauty. Come find me!'
Lu Zheng clicked on her profile picture. Just looking at this photo, she had a sweet appearance, a well-proportioned face, and seemed like a pure little cutie.
【Ding! Survivor detected, analyzing】
【Name: Yang Qian】
【Age: Twenty-one years old】
【Identity: Third-year student in the Foreign Languages Department at Canglan University, a small welfare chicken on a certain platform】
【Evaluation: Ignorant and extreme, arbitrarily insults and attacks others, vulgar image, poor Figure, promiscuous private life, multiple thefts, extremely corrupt moral character】
【Conclusion: Does not meet requirements】
Lu Zheng was speechless. It seemed this profile picture was the result of countless edits using many different apps.
She probably really thought she looked like that!
Directly blocked.
Not even accepting the friend request.
No need to waste time.
Continued playing games.
An hour later, Lu Zheng noticed someone frantically sending him messages in the large school group chat.
He frowned and clicked to check.
It turned out that Liu Mingyang, the Vice Chairman of the Student Union, was looking for him.
Liu Mingyang: Lu Zheng, are you there? I know you can see the messages, stop pretending you can't! I am gathering everyone now to form a mutual aid group. Bring your Supplies over quickly so we can share them and get through this difficult time together. Otherwise, when I lead people over there, you will be severely punished!
His words had been copied by many people, amounting to hundreds of messages.
Lu Zheng quickly found the reason for his arrogance.
Under his first message posted just now, there was actually a video attached.
Upon opening it, a boy next to Liu Mingyang casually threw out a Fireball. The Fireball hit the wall, blasting a small hole, leaving the surroundings scorched black.
It looked quite powerful!
Lu Zheng's pupils contracted.
This was a Superpower?
It made sense. If he had a System, it wasn't strange for others to have Superpowers.
But how did others obtain Superpowers?
Lu Zheng searched the internet for a while and actually discovered the reason.
With strength in numbers, some people couldn't stand the loneliness and revealed their secrets.
In an online video, a self-proclaimed 'Son of Wind' chuunibyou teenager casually threw out a Wind Blade, confidently stating:
"As you can see, I have mastered the power of wind. Next, I will continue to grow stronger and become the master of wind in the Apocalypse!"
"Oh, right, kill the Monsters and consume the Crystal Cores inside them to Awaken superpowers."
"I'll give you time to catch up, but eventually, you will all submit beneath my feet!"
Lu Zheng silently gave him a thumbs-up and wished him success in becoming the master of wind.
So, consuming Monster Crystal Cores could Awaken Superpowers, and everyone's abilities probably differed slightly.
But killing those Monsters was no simple task.
Lu Zheng had better physical fitness due to years of working out, but killing a Monster solo without injury was extremely difficult.
With the System in hand, he had absolutely no need to take risks.
He would obtain Superpowers sooner or later!
As for Liu Mingyang's threat, he didn't take a single word of it to heart.
The Seventh Teaching Building was almost an entire campus away from here. Based on that little Fireball, if they dared to charge over, Lu Zheng would just accept his fate.
Two more days passed in the blink of an eye.
One day ago, the tap water stopped, meaning water resources had also become scarce.
Perhaps many people had stored some water, but it would be depleted in just a few days.
One could survive without food by consuming fat reserves.
But without water, one would quickly become completely exhausted and could only wait to die on the spot!
Yesterday, the power went out.
During these three days, many people messaged Lu Zheng, including a few who met his requirements, but upon hearing they needed to come to him, none had the courage.
Lu Zheng didn't care, just waiting for the harsh reality to push these people further.
Gu Lingyue and Gu Mantang downstairs had probably entered the Black Mist once before the power outage yesterday. They were still in the building, searching other people's homes for Supplies.
When the Black Mist spread, almost everyone on the first four floors had fled to the higher floors.
Previously, some people had knocked on Lu Zheng's door asking him to let them in, but Lu Zheng had long since barricaded the door and paid them no mind.
The two of them had actually found some things. Gu Mantang even sent a sarcastic message to Lu Zheng.
"See! We found Supplies. We can survive without your help."
Lu Zheng only replied with two words.
"Heh heh!"
Around noon that day, due to not storing water, Yu Zihan, who was already weak from hunger, started feeling dizzy.
She knew that if she didn't drink water and eat soon, she would probably die immediately.
Looking at her phone, which still had ten percent battery, today was the last day of the deadline Lu Zheng had given her; she had to take a gamble.
It was currently the time when sunlight was most abundant and the Black Mist concentration was lowest—it was her only chance.
She suddenly stood up.
"Yuyu, I can't hold on anymore. I'm going to seek refuge with someone else."
Song Yubi, who was equally weak beside her, quickly tried to stop her upon hearing this.
"Don't! Chen Hongfei is already on his way; he can bring me food soon."
"Don't go, stay and wait with me! It's dangerous outside."
In reality, Song Yubi didn't dare to wait there alone, nor did she want to face Chen Hongfei alone.
Who knew what wicked ideas that guy might have about her?
That kind of lowly lower-class person—even if he risked his life to bring her food, she would feel disgusted just by him holding her hand.
She firmly believed that only girls could help girls.
Having Yu Zihan by her side made her feel safe.
However, Yu Zihan shook her head resolutely and said:
"I don't want to just wait here like this. I have to take a chance. I'm sick of waiting for others' charity and having my hopes dashed again and again."
"Yuyu, take care!"
After speaking, she tucked away her phone, which had just sent a message, then opened the door without looking back and ran downstairs.
Her message was simple.
"Darling, I'm coming to find you!"