Deng deng deng...
Lin Yu ran around the city twice more.
For two consecutive days, Lu Heng had assigned Lin Yu a series of training requirements, mainly focused on strengthening his body.
Before the apocalypse, Lin Yu was a high school student at a private school. Because his family was busy with business, they sent him to this boarding school. Each dormitory housed only two students, making it a sort of aristocratic school.
When the apocalypse struck, the students had not yet woken up. When zombies appeared, Lin Yu heard the chaotic sounds outside. Fortunately, the boy in his dormitory had not mutated into a zombie, which allowed him to narrowly escape.
Because the internet, water, and electricity were still functional in the first few days of the apocalypse, they knew the outside world had descended into chaos even while holed up in their dorm.
The streets were filled with zombies, just like those seen in movies and TV shows, and the same ones from their school.
Lin Yu had called his parents at the time, but for some reason, their calls never went through.
Another classmate was luckier than Lin Yu. That boy had managed to contact his father, but these boarding students were all from families living far away. Their homes and the school were not in the same city.
Initially, they survived for a few days on snacks stored in their dormitories, but those snacks could not last them long.
As their food and drinking water dwindled, the two decided to escape and seek help. However, from the initial online videos, they knew that even seeking help from the police would be difficult now.
Looking out the window from their dormitory, the school's sports field was swarming with shambling zombies, all of whom were once their classmates and teachers.
There were also zombies in the hallways. Occasionally, the zombies would bump into things in the hallways, making noises, which would then be followed by the sounds of more zombies moving. However, after failing to find targets, the zombies would return to their calm, wandering state.
How to escape was a problem. It was too difficult for the two of them, in their physical condition, to survive and leave.
After hiding for two more days, they finally saw hope. People arrived at the school to kill zombies. Although these people looked fierce and desperate, they were, after all, capable of killing zombies, which was much better than the two of them who lacked the courage to even face a zombie.
Therefore, when these people entered the building to kill zombies, he and his classmate finally mustered the courage to run out and seek help.
However, there was no salvation; that was just the beginning of the nightmare.
Many students had the same idea. When those people entered the building to kill zombies, they also ran out to seek help.
But those who came to kill zombies were not good people. Those people were originally local thugs who were involved in all sorts of bad deeds like cheating and swindling.
It made sense, as in the early days of the apocalypse, only those with some courage would dare to face zombies.
When these high school students rushed in front of those people, they were also very surprised, not expecting so many children to be alive here.
One of the reasons they chose to come here to kill zombies was because they had heard that the students' families were all very wealthy, and perhaps some child would have some valuable items.
At the beginning of the apocalypse, they had not yet shifted their concept of money and still believed that acquiring some valuable items could help them survive.
However, when those people saw this group of energetic high school students, they came up with an even more sinister idea.
Lin Yu and his classmates were "rescued" by that group, but in the end, they were locked up in several sealed rooms.
Later, the better-looking classmates were sold to several organizations, while those who couldn't be sold were killed by those people, who claimed it was to save food.
Lin Yu was also separated from his dormitory mates. These boys were not easily traded, and Lin Yu later deliberately starved himself thin, his face becoming almost gaunt. This terrifying appearance made him even harder to sell, but the people who treated them as goods were unwilling to recoup their costs, so they kept him in their possession.
Later, Lin Yu no longer needed to deliberately lose weight. Those who sold them only provided them with water and food at long intervals.
As they continued to endure, just when Lin Yu had lost all hope in life, Lu Heng appeared before him.
He personally witnessed Lu Heng injure a notorious villain who had been rampant in the market. Lu Heng browsed the goods in the market without any hesitation. So, when Lu Heng passed by the cage where he was, he did not hesitate to grab Lu Heng's leg.
This time, he did not choose wrongly. Lu Heng was his salvation and his hope.
Therefore, no matter how difficult the training Lu Heng assigned him was, he would grit his teeth and complete it.
He knew that Lu Heng was giving him hope, the hope of becoming a strong person.
Hoo hoo hoo...
The morning long-distance run was finally over. Lin Yu, dragging his slightly tired legs, walked towards the small building where they lived.
These days, Lu Heng gave him a glass of white water with every meal. The water looked ordinary, clear in the glass, but tasted sweet when drunk.
Lin Yu had asked Lu Heng about it, and Lu Heng had only said that it was spirit spring water he had obtained by chance, which helped to strengthen the body.
Lin Yu did not ask further. Lu Heng had too many secrets, and he knew they were not for him to pry into. Moreover, he had no doubts about Lu Heng, only knowing that following Lu Heng was the right thing to do.
Lu Heng could sense all of Lin Yu's thoughts, so he was also extremely relieved about Lin Yu.
In the past two days, some people had come from outside, saying they wanted to join Lu Heng's team, but Lu Heng could tell their intentions as soon as he sensed them.
Most of them did not genuinely want to follow him; they knew that Lu Heng had occupied the entire city alone and wanted to share the ownership of the city with Lu Heng.
Heh, Lu Heng would definitely not raise a tiger to cause trouble. Without sincerity, even if they met Lu Heng's recruitment standards, Lu Heng would not open the door for them.
Moreover, Lu Heng intended to cultivate Lin Yu. Before Lin Yu had enough ability, Lu Heng did not plan to recruit strangers from outside.
After all, he still had to return to the ancient city from time to time. He was afraid that if he left, Lin Yu would not be able to control those people outside.
However, it had been several days since he left the other world, and it was inconvenient not to show up there occasionally. After all, many people knew that he was in seclusion for cultivation, and he was afraid that if he was away for too long, someone might break into his room and find him absent, and he would not have a good excuse.
"Lin Yu, you must diligently practice the body-refining methods I taught you. I will be leaving for a while. Fatty Tiger and the others will be left to watch the movements outside the city. You can focus on training within the city. If anything happens, tell the Director; he can contact me."
After giving Lin Yu a few instructions, fortunately, Lin Yu got along very well with these mutated animals. Sometimes, he would watch television programs in the living room with the mutated animals who were on duty in shifts.