Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

“If the Gorilla Zombie really is a Zombie Lord, then wouldn’t we be facing the worst possible situation…”

Wang Tao felt somewhat vexed.

If the Gorilla Zombie believed that Shuize Base was also within its territory, that would be troublesome.

“We need to quickly enhance our strength and take that Gorilla Zombie down!”

Wang Tao clenched his fist. Having looked through the Zombie Guide, he felt an intense sense of urgency…

Soon, Han Rui and Li Qiuyu also finished reading these contents.

Han Rui was still okay. Although the zombies made her feel urgent, she knew that if she could grow stronger, her probability of survival would increase greatly.

The expression on Li Qiuyu’s face, however, was one of despair. She truly hadn’t expected the outside world to be so dangerous. Since the virus outbreak, she had been staying at home without stepping out, and after the internet was cut off, she lost all contact with the outside world. She had thought that the outside was filled with only Ordinary Zombies, but she never imagined that the zombies had evolved…

“Qiu Yu, you should come back to the base with us. It’s too dangerous here, you can’t stay,”

seized the opportunity to persuade her.

“I…” Li Qiuyu appeared to be moved but eventually shook her head, “No, I have to wait for Little Xue to come back…”

Seeing Li Qiuyu still stubbornly deluded, Han Rui became somewhat angry.

But before she could speak, she heard Li Qiuyu suddenly say in a low voice:

“My husband is dead, my brother is dead, my parents are dead, my in-laws are dead, I only have Little Xue left as family…”

Han Rui opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say.

“How do you know they’re dead? Maybe they’re still alive.”

Wang Tao tried to comfort her with these words.

But when Li Qiuyu heard what Wang Tao said, she looked up at him, her face calm but her eyes filled with pain.

“The day the virus broke out, my husband was outside, and my in-laws and my parents weren’t here either, but they were all planning to come over, because it was Little Xue’s birthday, they had even bought the gifts. We started a group video call, discussing how we were going to celebrate today. Then…”

“I saw with my own eyes, my husband was attacked by his subordinate who turned into a zombie, he met a horrific death; on the expressway, my father-in-law turned into a zombie and bit my mother-in-law to death; my brother was killed by his girlfriend, whom he was planning to get engaged to; my neighbor broke into my parents’ house next door and killed them… I saw it all with my own eyes, I witnessed it!”

Two silent streams of tears slid down Li Qiuyu’s cheeks.

“Only Little Xue was able to avoid the first wave of the zombie attack with the help of the police. She told me not to run around, to wait for her at home…”

“Sister Qiu Yu…”

Han Rui’s eyes reddened slightly, and she quickly wiped away Li Qiuyu’s tears. Her own parents had died too, but at least she hadn’t witnessed such a bloody scene. For a woman to witness all this, it was too cruel for Li Qiuyu.

Han Rui felt a great deal of compassion for her. Although her own situation was also not good, that didn’t prevent her from feeling sympathy for Li Qiuyu.

Wang Tao sighed silently in his heart.

Although it was cruel, there was nothing to be said; this was the apocalypse.

“So, stop persuading me. I will keep waiting at home for Little Xue to return because I promised her…”

Li Qiuyu’s gaze was resolute.

Rather than saying she was waiting for her daughter to return, it was more like she was waiting for death.

Wang Tao and Han Rui didn’t try to persuade her further.

Some people might be alive, but inside, they were already dead, their hearts had died.

Li Qiuyu, having lost the desire to talk, sat down alone at the bar, took out a half-bottle of red wine, and poured herself a glass.

Wang Tao didn’t have the luxury to brood; he was looking at the zombies outside, contemplating how to deal with them.

But now it was already dark, and they couldn’t leave today.

After Li Qiuyu took a sip of wine, she turned to Wang Tao and asked:

“You can’t leave today, can you? Do you want to rest at my place?”

“That would be really kind of you!”

Han Rui quickly said.

“No problem.” Li Qiuyu smiled and then added, “How many rooms should I prepare for you? I will tidy up a bit. Except for my room, the other rooms haven’t been cleaned in a while.”

“Two—”

Just as Han Rui was about to speak, she was interrupted by Wang Tao.

“One is enough, to save you the trouble.”

Then, Wang Tao whispered in a somewhat confused Han Rui’s ear:

“When you’re out and about, you should never let your guard down. Having two people in one room allows us to take care of each other. What if this woman has ill intentions towards me, and I can’t defeat her?”

Li Qiuyu didn’t immediately agree but instead tilted her head and looked at Han Rui.

Han Rui lowered her head, her glistening earlobes blushing a shade of red.

“Then, then one room it is…”

“Hehe, okay!”

Li Qiuyu went to tidy the room, and soon only Wang Tao and Han Rui were left.

“Let’s get something straight. We sleep on our own sides tonight!”

Han Rui spoke, her face flushed.

Hearing this, Wang Tao looked at Han Rui with a puzzled expression.

“Isn’t that a given? Why emphasize it? Do you have some inappropriate thoughts about me?”

Wang Tao was shameless, so Han Rui decided not to deal with him anymore. She ran to the window to observe the zombies.

After teasing Han Rui a little, Wang Tao found a cutting board and nailed it to the wall. Then he took out the bow and arrows and started practicing archery.

He had acquired three bows and a crossbow from villa number 3.

The crossbow was for Han Rui’s use, and he left two bows in the car; he currently still had one bow in his hand. Of course, this didn’t include the Alloy Recurve Bow dropped by the Archer Zombie, which was still in the Space Backpack. There was no need to take it out for the time being; using the current bow and arrows for practice was good enough.

Before long, Li Qiuyu came back, saying she had tidied the room. There was water in the room, but no electricity. If you wanted to wash up, you should hurry while there was still some light outside.

Wang Tao glanced at Han Rui, who instinctively stepped back.

“You go first!”

“Okay.”

After Wang Tao finished washing up, Han Rui reluctantly headed to the bathroom.

By the time Han Rui came out fully dressed, she saw Wang Tao lying bare-chested on the bed, his eyes closed, and it was unclear whether he was asleep or not.

The bedroom was quite large, with a leisure sofa on the balcony.

Han Rui silently ran to the sofa, and then watched Wang Tao with a vigilant expression. Only after she was sure that Wang Tao was not moving did she finally breathe a sigh of relief. But for some reason, why did she feel a pang of disappointment?

The next day, early morning.

“Wang Tao, you’re lying on my hair…”

PS: The ‘glasses guy’ ‘Ren Hua’ from the previous chapter has been renamed to ‘Gao Hua.’ There’s a committee member at the base named Ren Jie, and their names are a bit similar, which led me to keep mistyping….