Translator’s note/warning: Some potentially nauseating descriptions in the latter half of this chapter regarding a zombie’s decomposing appearance. If you think that you won’t deal well with that, feel free to skip it.

The Capital’s Apocalypse

“Knock, knock, knock.”

No one expected that the dean would come so quickly.

The three of them looked towards the door. It was the hottest time of the afternoon, but Jiang Song felt a faint chill.

“Is Shen Jia here? I’m your Dean Zhang. I’m here to save you. Open the door quickly. I’ll take you away from here.”

A kind and deep voice.

Shen Jia’s face lit up with joy: “Listen, that’s the voice of a normal person. Dean Zhang really came to save us.”

As she spoke, she was about to move the cabinet and open the door, but was stopped by Jiang Song. Jiang Song grabbed her wrist and said seriously, “The corridor is full of zombies. Did you hear any fighting just now?”

Shen Jia was stunned; it seemed there wasn’t any.

Jiang Song said helplessly, “So why do you think he was able to stand outside the door without being attacked by zombies?”

Lin Shengsheng exclaimed: “Holy shit!”

The noise outside the door continued, and the dean’s voice was still lingering. Shen Jia subconsciously took two steps back.

Jiang Song also showed them the video at this time. Although they didn’t know who sent it, the truth was in the video.

Lin Shengsheng and Shen Jia both looked pale, and Jiang Song wasn’t much better.

Regardless of whether the person outside is the dean or not, they can be sure that the person outside the door is definitely not human.

At this time, many messages were sent to Shen Jia’s mobile phone.

[Student Shen, I’m here, open the door.]

[Open the door quickly, I’m right outside.]

[I’ll take you away from here.]

[I don’t have much patience, and there are still many classmates waiting for me to save them.]

[What are you afraid of?]

[Speak.]

[Student Shen, you’re making me angry.]

……

As if knowing that they had discovered the truth, the messages stopped coming. Instead, a strange voice came from outside the door: “I know you are in there.”

There was no scene of breaking in as they had imagined. They held the door again like last time, without making any sound, but no one came to break down the door.

It was so quiet outside that it was as if he had never been there.

Jiang Song’s intuition felt that something was wrong. Did he give up so easily?

The next moment, she seemed to remember something. There had been no movement in the dormitory next door for the past few days. She had even heard the howling of zombies a few times. This meant that there was no one in the dormitory next door, and the door was open…

Jiang Song immediately rushed to the balcony and swiftly locked the balcony door before the black shadow landed.

At this time, through the window, Jiang Song clearly saw the other person’s appearance. It was obviously the face of a human, but the black pupils in those pair of eyes were unusually large, the skin was miserably pale and dry, and a sinister smile hung on his lips.

“Student, I’m really sad that you locked the dean out.”

Saying such words with such a face makes him look more sickening than a zombie.

“Zhang…Dean Zhang…” Shen Jia backed away repeatedly, looking at the person outside the window in disbelief.

Lin Shengsheng also immediately picked up the weapon at hand.

Dean Zhang walked to the balcony door, slowly turned the doorknob, but it did not open. He wanted to look at Jiang Song, but when he looked up, he found that she was no longer there. Instead, she was struggling to push open the cabinet door, ready to leave.

It’s obvious that this person, who calls himself Dean Zhang, is not here to be friendly.

Jiang Song also didn’t want to act out the scene of standing there and arguing with the villain. Running for her life was the most important.

The moment the door opened, Dean Zhang broke the glass and walked in from the balcony.

To Jiang Song’s surprise, there were not as many zombies outside the door as she had imagined, only one or two. She picked up the frying pan and smashed it hard at a zombie that was rushing towards her.

With a “clang”, the zombie fell to the ground, and Lin Shengsheng gave a thumbs up.

Jiang Song ran downstairs. Things were going fine when suddenly she was pushed away by Shen Jia. Fortunately, Lin Shengsheng supported her and prevented her from falling.

Looking back up, Shen Jia had already run away alone. Jiang Song’s eyes chilled, but she did not stop. Dean Zhang was already catching up with her.

His face was gloomy, even more eerie and terrifying than before, and he walked quickly: “Disobedient student!”

Jiang Song’s face turned pale, and she ran down quickly with Lin Shengsheng. The noise of their escape and Dean Zhang’s voice attracted many zombies. Jiang Song heard countless roars lingering in her ears.

Thankfully, they ran fast and weren’t caught by the zombies. Jiang Song closed the security door to the second floor, but unfortunately, the main door of the dormitory building was locked.

At this time, the zombies on the first floor also discovered them and all ran towards the hall. Shen Jia, who came down first, was desperately banging on the door, but in front of the heavy door, her strength was pitifully weak. Shen Jia looked at the standing gate and the advancing zombies, crying in fear and trying to hide behind Jiang Song.

Jiang Song naturally didn’t indulge her. She grabbed her collar and said quickly and concisely: “If you don’t want to die, take your weapon and kill zombies with me.”

After Jiang Song finished speaking, she turned around and shouted to Lin Shengsheng, “Shengsheng, go to the dormitory manager’s room and find the key.”

It was a simple and quick division of labor, and no one refused. This was their only option now.

The hideous faces and twisted bodies of the zombies came towards her, carrying a foul stench. Jiang Song calmed down, squeezed the handle of the frying pan, made a standard baseball batting posture, then rushed towards the first zombie and swung the pan in her hand.

With a bang!

The zombie’s head turned an entire 180 degrees, and its body fell limply. Things were easier than Jiang Song had imagined. The frying pan was unexpectedly useful, and killing zombies didn’t seem that difficult after all.

After doing that the first time, it’s repeated a second time. Killing zombies was getting easier and smoother with practice. Although Shen Jia was afraid, to survive, and with Jiang Song taking the lead, she also gritted her teeth and went forward, barely repelling two zombies.

As time passed, the sound of a door being pushed open was heard not far away. Dean Zhang came down, but was blocked by the door that was locked by Jiang Song.

While dealing with the zombies, Jiang Song also kept an eye on Lin Shengsheng. She was still rummaging around, but she didn’t seem to find anything at all.

Jiang Song gradually became exhausted. Another zombie that pounced on her had only half a face, and the remaining half was still hanging on the chin, covered in blood and flesh, with a few maggots crawling on it.

This scene brought great visual and mental impact to Jiang Song; she almost vomited up last night’s dinner! She forcefully swung the frying pan, and the zombie’s head blew into smithereens. At the same time, the flesh and maggots that burst with the head flew up and landed on the face of Dean Zhang, who had just come out.

The already ugly and creepy face became even more disgusting, much more disgusting than that zombie just now. At this time, Dean Zhang’s face was also terribly gloomy. He walked towards her step by step, his movements slow and mechanical.

But what Jiang Song noticed at this time was that when Dean Zhang came out, those ordinary zombies seemed to be afraid of him. They all hid half a meter away from him and did not approach Jiang Song and the others.

At this time, Lin Shengsheng also exited the dormitory management office, her face livid with frustration: “I didn’t find it.”

Jiang Song frowned, wondering whether to use the attraction card.

After hearing Lin Shengsheng’s words, Dean Zhang slowly took out a key from his clothes and said with a smile, “Are you looking for this?”