Chapter 45 Leaving the city
After two hours, Lori left Luke's room, limping slightly as she walked.
She slowly opened the door of her room, careful not to make any noise lest she wake Julia up. She then tiptoed over to the bed and lay down. Staring at the ceiling with a slightly dazed expression as she recalled the memories of the last two hours.
'It was incredible.' She thought.
Right now, her face had an enchanting rosy color as a happy and satisfied smile hung at the corner of her slightly swollen lips.
After a while of relishing those sweet moments, she fell asleep.
Meanwhile, in his room, Luke was sitting on his bed with a grin on his face.
'Heh, I've finally graduated from being a virgin and how amazing it was.' He thought, becoming excited once again.
'I wonder how would much those guys would envy me if they knew.' As this thought crossed his mind, a frown appeared on his face.
'They must be hiding somewhere and trying to survive right now, right?'
In his past life, he knew quite a few people who were in a similar situation to him. Although he didn't get along with most, there were still a few who he was friends with and they helped him quite a lot.
'I hope I can encounter them again so they wouldn't have to live a life of a slave this time too.' He thought.
Although he knew where they would be right now because in their free time, they used to reminisce about the past and talk about their family, friends, the place they used to live in, etc. He couldn't go there yet since the situation in those cities would be the same as this one.
'I need to become stronger quickly,' He thought. Only after he became stronger could he find his friends, resist the Rulers, and reunite with his family.
After a while, he flopped onto the bed and fell asleep.
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Knock! Knock!
After sleeping for four hours, he woke up from the knock on his door. Still feeling groggy, he stumbled out of his bed and walked over to the door before opening it.
Alice was standing there, looking at him with a cold expression on her face.
"Is it my time to keep watch already?" He asked as he yawned.
Alice didn't answer, just turned around and left.
"She is still salty about me being late, huh?" Luke muttered. Then, shrugging his shoulders, he went in the bathroom, washed his face and went out of his room.
In the living room, Rio's family, James and Shadow, were sleeping in their makeshift beds. Alice had already entered her room while Ben was in another room, sleeping.
He glanced at them, drank some water in the kitchen and went out of the house. There were a dozen or so zombie corpses scattered across the ground a few meters away from the house. Alice and Shadow must have killed them while they were keeping watch because they weren't here before.
For the next three hours, Luke sat outside the house, looking out for zombies. There were some that came toward the house, one or two at a time, but he killed them before they reached the house and made any noise.
By the time he was done with his watch duty, the darkness had receded and the sun was about to rise in the east.
Creak!
The door opened, and Shadow walked out, yawning. He sat beside Luke, glanced at the zombie corpses and asked, "What's your plan? I heard you want to leave the city from the city walls? Is that true?"
"Yes." Luke nodded in confirmation. "We'll leave after breakfast."
Shadow stared at him for a while before saying, "You realize we might face even more danger after crossing the city wall, right?"
"Oh?" Luke looked at him in surprise because he seemed to know about animal evolving into beasts, but after recalling that he belonged to the Rulers' underling's camp, and his other identity, his surprised waned.
He then looked at the clear sky and sighed, "I do, but we don't have a choice."
"How so?" Shadow asked. He was curious about his reasoning.
"You see, at least 90% if not more city's population must have turned into those things already and the rate of their growth is far too rapid, to say the least. You saw that zombie I killed yesterday, right?"
After a pause, Luke continued, "It had already reached level 11 and had become a first order zombie. You must have guessed it, right? After becoming first order beings, they are no longer mindless that only act based on instinct but have gained intelligence. As for how difficult an intelligent being — no matter how low its intelligence is—is to deal with, I think I don't need to tell you."
"If we don't leave through the city wall and try to leave from the main exit, we'll face dozens of them, which in other words is certain death for us based on our current strength. So, we'll have to take a chance."
"I understand." Shadow nodded.
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After everyone woke up and had breakfast, they packed some food that could last them a week if eaten in moderation and walked out of the house, heading for the wall.
As Luke walked in front of the group, he was looking at a handful of orange berries, deep in thought.
"Aren't you going to eat them?" Shadow, who was walking on his right side, asked. Alice, on his left side, also looked at him. He had been cradling these barriers in his hand since morning. Although she was curious, she didn't ask.
"You want to try one?" Luke asked, grinning at him.
Shadow looked at him with a deadpanned expression in response. Since Luke hadn't eaten them until now, he knew there must be something wrong with them and he wasn't willing to become his guinea pig.
"I'm joking." Luke chuckled and then said, "I believe these berries helped that zombie evolve to first order so quickly. But I'm not sure if they are beneficial or poisonous to humans."
Shadow shuddered when he heard this. Just now, if he had eaten it just now out of curiosity and they turned out to be poisonous… just thinking about it sent chills run down his spine.
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