Chapter 37
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After several shots, the first zombie to squeeze into the room was shot dead by Lu Chen, and the corpse blocked the door.
There was still some time before the corpse disappeared. Lu Chen glanced around and saw that there were no other resources in the room. He grabbed He Hua’s arm and retreated.
“Wait, wait! There is no road behind!”
“Go through the window.”
Without further explanation, Lu Chen pulled the blonde girl into his arms with a little effort, and leaned out of the window. Hehua, who thought she would fall rapidly, closed her eyes tightly, but after waiting for a long time, she did not feel the weightlessness when falling.
Her body seemed to become very light, as if she was free from the constraints of gravity and was floating lightly.
The cool and moist air flow and the continuous dripping sound of raindrops all around further highlighted the tranquility of this moment.
The panic and fear in Hehua’s heart gradually calmed down in this light thought.
It was not until a few seconds later that she heard a playful and teasing voice in her ears.
“Although I don’t mind you hanging on me, are you sure you want to meet your sister Mai like this?”
Opening her eyes, He Hua found that she was still in Lu Chen’s arms.
Her arms were hooked around his neck like a koala, and her whole body was almost hanging on him.
It was just because of some magical power that her weight seemed to be reduced a lot, and it didn’t cause much burden.
“……Got it.”
He Hua muttered with a little heat on her cheeks as a response to Lu Chen.
She jumped down from mid-air, her body lightly floating on the ground, but then returned to normal weight.
Looking back, the window of the room where the apartment building was located was more than ten meters above the ground!
“Is this also the effect of your supernatural power?”
“That’s right.”
Lu Chen nodded. Reducing or increasing the”gravity” of oneself or others is the most basic function of”Origin-Gravity”.
As long as the gravity on oneself is reduced to zero, one can temporarily enter a”weightless” state and walk on the wall as if it were flat ground.
However, if one is hit hard at this time, one will be knocked back a longer distance, which can be considered both advantageous and disadvantageous.
“It’s amazing.”
When thinking of the wonderful experience just now, Hehua sighed with some envy.
Sister Mai also gained similar”superpowers”.
Now among the three people, only she still has no power.
Lu Chen saw the slight disappointment on her face and reached out to pat the blonde girl’s head.
“Don’t think too much, you are very lucky today”
“This luck may be of great help to me.”
“Lucky?”
Hehua was a little puzzled, smiled bitterly and shook his head
“Why do I feel like today is my most unlucky day?”
Lu Chen did not comment on this.
In fact, he discovered one thing while rushing here.
That is, the distance between Hehua’s location and the distance from where he released the”survivor broadcast” was exactly at the limit of the range of 200 meters.
If it was a little further away, she would not be able to receive his message and reply to his location.
In a sense, this is also a manifestation of luck.
“Where is Sister Mai now?”
“A park two blocks away…but she’s taking care of a patient right now”
“Did you meet any other survivors?”
“It’s Mai’s teacher at school, her name is Kirisu Madoka.”
Hearing this name, Kazuka, who was not in the same high school as Mai Sakurajima, also showed a look of realization.
“It turned out to be Teacher Kirisu. I didn’t expect that she was also involved in this game.”
“Do you know this Kirisu teacher?”
“I guess I’ve heard of it.……”
While following Lu Chen on the road, He Hua was recalling something.
“Teacher Kirisu was once the national high school women’s figure skating champion and was known as the”Queen on Thin Ice”. She was very popular at the time.……”
“However, she did not choose to become a professional athlete, but retired to become a teacher, and the course she taught was not sports, but world history.”
“Oh… so that’s how it is.”
Lu Chen looked back thoughtfully at the blonde girl who was talking.
“It seems that you once admired her very much.”
“Of course, that’s right.”
He Hua did not deny what Lu Chen said, but admitted it confidently.
“At that time, Teacher Kirisu was so dazzling on the ice rink that even I cannot reach the brilliance she exuded at that time.
It seems that the former”Ice Queen” is indeed the existence that a generation of students look forward to.
“Oh, you just said ‘patient’……Could it be that Kirisu-sensei was seriously injured?!”
“She is not injured, but her condition is quite serious.
Lu Chen briefly described the situation of Kirisu Madoka, who had a high fever and was in a coma.
Hearing this, Kazuka, who had just escaped from danger, could not help but worry.
“It sounds like a bad cold, which is really bad.”
“There are no doctors or operating hospitals in this place. It would be difficult to recover by relying on immunity alone…”
“So I came to see you this time for another mission.”
Lu Chen suddenly stopped at the door of a store, raised his umbrella slightly, and revealed the hanging sign.
“Do you think this place looks familiar?”
“This is…ah!”
After seeing the full view of the store, Hehua realized that they had come to the clinic they had been to yesterday.
Perhaps because of the rain, the worn-out signboard yesterday was now clearly visible.
However, this time, the two did not encounter any other survivors.
“Look for any usable medicines, and pay attention to the expiration date.”
After confirming that there was no danger in the clinic, Lu Chen activated the radar function of his watch and marked the surrounding supplies in his field of vision.
Because there was a double-capacity storage space, Lu Chen did not care whether it was useful or not, and threw the marked supplies directly into the space.
Painkillers? Not bad, put them away for future use.
Thermometer? Just take it to measure Kirisu Mando’s temperature.
Hemostatic bandage? It is common for survivors to be injured and bleed, so take as many as possible.
Just as Lu Chen was looting, Hehua, who was searching for supplies on the other side, suddenly ran over in a hurry.
Lu Chen was busy stuffing a large bag of masks into the storage space. Hearing the movement behind him, he glanced and asked casually
“What did you find?”
“Date!”
He Hua said something incoherently, with some excitement.
“This clinic has an electronic calendar that is still counting the time”
“I just happened to remember the date it showed yesterday”
“After returning here today, I found……”
“The time shown on the calendar is a whole year earlier than yesterday!”
“This city… is the city that existed ‘one year ago’ from yesterday!”
Lu Chen listened to her words quietly, his brows gradually furrowed.
After He Hua told him everything he had discovered, he pondered for a moment and whispered:
“In other words”
“We are getting closer to the moment when this city will end!”
