Zhang Chen could see the situation inside through the glass of the unit door.
The first floor was safe, with no zombies.
He quickly slipped inside the unit door.
Then, he gently closed the main door.
*Click!*
Another dull sound of the lock engaging.
Zhang Chen tensed, holding his riot shield protectively in front of his chest, his right hand gripping the axe tightly!
He was prepared for any sudden zombie attacks from unexpected directions.
Building number 3 was a low-rise, only five stories high, and it had no elevator.
Upon entering the unit door, there was a five to six-meter hallway, followed by four steps.
There were two residential units on the first floor.
The unit directly facing the stairs had its door tightly shut, with many bloody handprints on it.
The bloodstains had dried, making it look quite chilling!
The door to the adjacent unit was open about ten centimeters outwards.
There was a distinct trail of blood on the ground,
extending from the hallway all the way into the room.
There were likely zombies inside!
Now Zhang Chen had two options.
The first was to simply close the main door.
In that case, even if there were zombies inside, they wouldn't pose any threat to him.
Zombies couldn't open doors.
As long as they were locked inside, they would be permanently trapped!
The second option was to charge in and kill the zombies!
Zhang Chen chose the second option without hesitation!
His food and water were running low.
He couldn't afford to miss any room that could be searched!
While zombies were terrifying, as long as he avoided hordes,
Zhang Chen was confident he could take them down.
However, without water, he would die within seven days at most!
Furthermore, dehydration would significantly reduce his combat effectiveness!
He had to risk it!
To prevent any zombies from ambushing him from behind in the hallway,
Zhang Chen immediately closed the unit door after entering.
With a loud clang!
*Ugh... Ah...*
*Hhh... Hhh...*
Two zombies slowly emerged from different directions, one from the bedroom and another from the bathroom.
Phew! They were hiding in two different directions!
It was fortunate he hadn't attempted a sneak attack.
Being attacked from both front and back was no joke!
"Hey, come on, you dumb zombies!"
Zhang Chen roared!
*Roar!*
The moment the two zombies spotted Zhang Chen,
they were instantly activated from their slow, wandering state.
They let out strange cries and charged forward!
Their speed was incredibly fast!
In less than a second, the two zombies had both slammed hard into Zhang Chen's riot shield!
These zombies seemed to be even more ferocious than he had imagined!
Zhang Chen, holding his riot shield, suddenly shifted to the side.
His movements were extremely swift.
Before the zombies could react, Zhang Chen had used his riot shield to pin them against the security door from behind!
"Die!"
Zhang Chen swung his axe.
*Squish, squish!*
With two thuds!
The two zombies fell to the ground!
True combat was often decided in the blink of an eye.
There was rarely the kind of drawn-out, back-and-forth struggle seen in television shows.
Because this was not a match.
Zhang Chen had only one thought: to eliminate the zombies quickly.
Similarly, the zombies were solely focused on infecting Zhang Chen.
In such life-or-death situations, one had to go all out from the first move!
And when an opportunity to attack presented itself, one had to strike decisively!
Any hesitation or wavering would be fatal!
After dealing with the two zombies,
Zhang Chen didn't immediately collect their bodies.
Instead, he thoroughly searched the entire room.
He made sure there were no other zombies present.
Only then did he return to the entrance.
And collected the bodies of these two zombies!
[You have salvaged a zombie corpse, obtaining Energy Crystal Nucleus*1, Clean Cloth*2, Mutant Fertilizer*3]
[You have salvaged a zombie corpse, obtaining Clean Cloth*3, Mutant Fertilizer*2]
[Clean Cloth]: Can enhance the defensive capabilities of clothing. With the acquisition of a [Sewing Blueprint], clothing can be crafted!
It seemed this was also a type of material!
Zhang Chen stored the [Clean Cloth], [Energy Crystal Nucleus], and [Mutant Fertilizer] all into his storage space.
He began to collect supplies!
The security doors in this world's residential complexes were even sturdier than those in his original world.
Made of pure steel, and the doors opened outwards, but there were no doorknobs on them.
Unless opened with a key, the door couldn't be pulled open.
From the outside, there was no leverage point whatsoever!
Furthermore, the hallway space was limited, making it nearly impossible to break through the security doors using sheer numbers!
This was true for zombies, and even more so for humans.
Therefore, Zhang Chen highly valued the opportunity to enter rooms and collect items.
He had to scour them thoroughly!
Zhang Chen rushed into the kitchen first!
Food and water were what Zhang Chen needed most right now!
This apartment layout was a three-bedroom, one-living room, one-bathroom, one-kitchen unit.
It had two bedrooms and a study.
And an open-plan kitchen.
Zhang Chen opened every cabinet door in the kitchen, top and bottom.
He only found a few unopened bottles of seasonings.
Everything else indicated spoilage.
Even reserves like rice and flour had turned greenish-blue.
They were also covered with strangely shaped red-spotted mushrooms.
[This food has expired. Eating one bite will lead to hallucinations, and eating two bites will send you to the afterlife!]
The prompt reappeared.
Actually, even without the prompt,
Zhang Chen could tell this stuff was inedible.
He opened the refrigerator.
Everything inside the refrigerator compartment had also spoiled.
Only two bottles of canned beer had not expired.
The manufacturing date showed October 15, 2012!
Shelf life: 20 years!
Hiss... Such a long shelf life!?
Zhang Chen recalled that beer in his original world usually had a shelf life of about two years.
Some even had a shelf life of only six months.
Yet, the beer here had a shelf life of up to twenty years?!
Zhang Chen quickly scanned the calendar on the wall.
The page displayed was fixed on December 2012.
This indicated that the virus had broken out in this world in December 2012.
Zhang Chen reached out and wiped a finger across the dining table.
His finger was covered with a thin layer of dust.
Judging by the thickness of the dust, only a few months had passed.
At most, it wouldn't exceed a year!
It was quite terrifying to think about.
In less than a year, the virus had managed to destroy the civilization of the entire Water Blue Star!
Zhang Chen remembered the system's prompt at the beginning of the apocalypse game.
These zombies were merely the result of the system's suppression.
Every thirty days, the suppression effect would weaken slightly.
Until it returned to the terrifying original forms of these mutated creatures!
Survive, get stronger!
There was no time to delay!
Zhang Chen opened the freezer compartment below the refrigerator.
Here, he found a large chunk of frozen meat, weighing a good five to six pounds!
A win!
He had meat to eat and beer to drink!
This food would at least help him last for three to four days.