The Capital’s Apocalypse

The virus spread faster than Jiang Song had imagined. Within twenty minutes, she heard sharp cries from downstairs. Terrified and trembling…

Lin Shengsheng hung up the phone and lay on the balcony with Jiang Song, looking down curiously, only to see a group of panicked classmates running as if there was a savage beast behind them.

“What’s going on?” Lin Shengsheng couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread.

Jiang Song pointed her in a direction: “Look there.”

Looking over, there was a man with blood all over his face. He had an ugly and twisted appearance as he chased after others in a creepy posture. Those who ran slowly were caught by him, thrown to the ground, and a large piece of flesh was torn out of their bodies.

And there were multiple strange scenes like this. Lin Shengsheng was stunned, and her voice trembled: “Babe…what’s going on? What kind of monster is this?”

Jiang Song was actually scared too, but she feigned composure, not wanting to scare herself silly before anything happened: “Like the zombies in the movies, let’s block the door and keep them from running inside.”

“Yes!” Lin Shengsheng nodded repeatedly.

But just as they reached the door and were about to move the cabinet over, they heard a fierce knock on the door, and both of them trembled.

“Shengsheng! Jiang Song! Is anyone there? Open the door for me quickly.” The voice outside the door sounded full of fear, and the door was banged on very heavily.

“Shen Jia?” Lin Shengsheng recognized the person’s voice.

Jiang Song also remembered this name; she had seen it in the dormitory group.

Before the two of them could open the door, it had already been opened. Jiang Song’s pupils widened, and she slammed the door shut before the man came in, just in time to block a zombie with a hideous face covered in blood and flesh. The smell of blood almost suffocated her.

Shen Jia flew inside and fell to the ground, backing away frantically. Lin Shengsheng had no time to care about her. She had also seen the thrilling scene just now. Almost, if they were just a little bit late, that horrible zombie would have entered their dormitory.

Fortunately, Jiang Song was quick-witted and moved fast, and the zombie was blocked outside the door. After banging on the door for a while, it was attracted by other sounds and left.

Jiang Song stood behind the door and didn’t dare to leave until there was no more noise. Shen Jia had opened the door and came in with her own key- she was a resident of this dormitory after all. Although Jiang Song was terrified, she had no right to blame her. After all, if she were the one outside the door, she would also find a way to get in.

Jiang Song asked Lin Shengsheng to watch the door while she checked Shen Jia’s body: “Were you bitten?”

Shen Jia was still in shock and hadn’t recovered yet. Facing Jiang Song’s question, she mechanically replied, “No…no.”

Jiang Song still checked her limbs, including her neck and other obvious locations. After confirming that everything was fine, he and Lin Shengsheng blocked the door with a cabinet.

“What happened? Shen Jia, didn’t you go on a date? What’s going on outside? Why did I see people biting each other?” Lin Shengsheng helped Shen Jia up.

Shen Jia calmed down and began to think back: “I don’t know either. Ah Jiang and I were planning to go out and play, but then he said he needed to go back to the dormitory to get something, so I waited for him downstairs. But before he showed up, I saw a group of people running towards me from the teaching building. I saw a lot of people covered in blood, and I even saw classmates eating people. I was scared, so I ran back.”

Jiang Song seemed to be thinking: “Did it come from the teaching building?”

Shen Jia nodded.

“Should we call the police in this situation?” Lin Shengsheng reacted immediately.

Jiang Song shook her head: “The line is busy.”

“What’s going on? Did it explode?”

Jiang Song opened her phone and saw more messages in the group chat. “You guys look at the group chat.”

The two did as they were told and opened the group chat.

Countless bloody and violent videos went viral in the group. Various brutal murder scenes were recorded of the terrified students and monsters madly biting humans. They were no longer blurry recordings, but were in high definition, and looking at them could make one feel nauseous.

Lin Shengsheng’s stomach churned. Fortunately, she hadn’t eaten yet. Then she thought that if Jiang Song hadn’t stopped her from going out, she might have been bitten by these zombies when she went downstairs to get food.

“Baby!” Lin Shengsheng rushed to hug Jiang Song.

Jiang Song’s body tensed, and the softness in her arms made her feel a little overwhelmed: “What?”

“Thank you, baby, for saving my life. If I had gone downstairs to get food just now, I might not have come back.” Lin Shengsheng rubbed Jiang Song’s neck like a clingy cat.

Jiang Song was a little uncomfortable, but she didn’t push her away: “It’s fine, let’s discuss what to do next.”

“Yes, yes, let’s see what to do.” Lin Shengsheng got up from her arms.

“We definitely can’t leave the dormitory in this situation. It’s too dangerous outside, so this is our strategic base.” Jiang Song said, “Let’s first look in the dormitory for any supplies we can use, such as food, water, and tools.”

Jiang Song’s calmness made Shen Jia also start thinking normally, “Yes, I have food.”

Shen Jia immediately went to her cupboard and pulled out a pile of snacks: “I like to hoard snacks. These are what I bought during the last shopping festival.”

Jiang Song nodded in satisfaction, and Lin Shengsheng pointed to her own table: “Baby, I don’t have any snacks, just those fruits.”

Jiang Song looked in the direction she pointed to. There were a lot of fresh fruits on the table. “That’s perfect. I bought a lot of food. It should be enough for us to eat for a while.”

The three of them put all the food together and tallied it up. All in all, they had an abundant amount. Jiang Song was not worried about the food source for this month for the time being.

The college was filled with continuous screams. When Jiang Song stood on the balcony and watched, she clearly saw that in the boys’ dormitory on the opposite floor, a boy was forced to leap out of the building after zombies broke through the door. The zombies who fell with him were not hurt at all. Instead, the boy broke his leg and wailed in pain. He watched helplessly as countless zombies pounced on him and tore at his flesh and blood, but he was powerless to do anything. Jiang Song couldn’t help but frown as she looked on at the scene. There were countless similar occurrences in the boys’ dormitory building opposite, with crazy zombies, students fleeing and hiding everywhere, and shrill roars echoing about. It was not difficult for Jiang Song to imagine that the situation in the building where she was must be in the same state.

Lin Shengsheng walked over and pulled Jiang Song in: “Don’t look, don’t panic.”

She pulled the curtains, and Jiang Song did not stop her.

“I just called my parents, but no one answered. I’m so worried about them.” Lin Shengsheng sighed.

Jiang Song offered a few symbolic words of comfort, then began searching for a handy weapon in the dormitory.

A few hours later, the college gradually returned to tranquility, and the screams almost stopped resounding. At this time, the three girls in dormitory 302 were still sending out distressed messages for help.

But there was no result. The virus seemed to be spreading all over the world, and no one could take care of these girls.

Day faded into night, the moonlight was dim, and under the street lights, countless aimlessly wandering figures were infinitely stretched. Blood and darkness blended into each other.