Chapter 53: Chapter 51: Explosion With training and previous zombie-killing experience, Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan’s movements have become much more skillful. Whether in power or accuracy, they’ve greatly improved. With four or five hits, the zombie’s skull collapsed, its arms twitching before lying lifelessly on the ground. "Wow!" Zheng Xinyu gagged as expected, patting her chest and gulping down saliva, muttering, "Good thing I didn’t eat, good thing I didn’t eat..." "Morning exercise, of course, you want to do it before breakfast!" Zhang Su didn’t act, he stood on the stairs all the while. Seeing the zombie taken down, he walked over and squatted to collect gear. "Brother Su, let me do it." Zhong Xiaoshan volunteered, skillfully squatting to rummage through the zombie’s pocket, soon finding a broken-screen phone, a bunch of keys, half a pack of cigarettes, and a lighter on the male zombie. "These are the only useful things." Zhong Xiaoshan handed the items to Zhang Su. Zhang Su nodded approvingly, stuffed everything into his bag, and continued, "Earlier your moves were still a bit awkward, adjust them, you can use more force, try to eliminate zombies in a shorter time." "The quicker you kill zombies, the safer you are. Watch my movements, if you’re striking downward, other parts of the body should coordinate like this..." After packing the items, Zhang Su gave the two a lesson. Zheng Xinyu and Zhong Xiaoshan listened intently, knowing these skills are vital for survival and dared not slack off. Zhang Su guided several times and had them practice a few times before nodding and saying to Zheng Xinyu, "Did you see how I did it earlier, Xinyu? This time you go, make sure to close the door gently!" "Help keep an eye on things, if anything goes wrong, you must save me." Zheng Xinyu wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, saying nervously. "Don’t worry." Zhang Su gently patted her on the back. Zheng Xinyu couldn’t stand bloody, gruesome scenes, surpassing even her fear of zombies, but she managed to stay calm when luring zombies. Following the example, she quickly lured a female zombie out of the safety door, kicked while closing the safety door, completing the task. Zhang Su and Zhong Xiaoshan cooperated and killed the zombie in almost an instant. Looking at the wrench covered in various liquids, Zhang Su said, "We need to make a trip to Yi Rewen Convenience Store, there are some good daggers hidden there, practice your precision and strength, it’ll make using daggers easier!" Actively attracting zombies and killing them one by one consumes energy slowly, but if faced with a large group in a skirmish, the energy consumption would be quite alarming! Zhong Xiaoshan awkwardly said after rummaging for gear, "I guess she put everything in her bag, there’s nothing on her..." Zhang Su didn’t mind; when people suddenly turn into zombies, they won’t have much stuff unless a fleeing person with bags and luggage turns into a zombie. "Several days have passed, the smell is becoming increasingly unbearable..." Zheng Xinyu waved her small hand in front of her nose, quite helplessly. When the zombie outbreak first happened, the air was filled only with a bloody smell, but now there’s a pervasive stench of decay, making people very uncomfortable. "That’s with the temperature dropping, if it were the previous temperature, the smell would be even stronger..." Zhang Su also shook his head, there’s nothing that can be done about it; there are more dead bodies than living in the community, more zombies than corpses, the stench is bound to worsen. "Um... Brother Su, Sister Xinyu, I’m heading up." Zhong Xiaoshan knew it was her turn after Zheng Xinyu, carrying the large wrench as she went upstairs. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂 "Remember, close the door gently, hit hard!" Zhang Su reminded. "Hmm, okay!" Unlike Zheng Xinyu who was nauseated by bloody scenes, Zhong Xiaoshan feared zombies, trying hard to overcome it, but some fears can’t be simply immune to. Cautiously moving behind the safety door, Zhong Xiaoshan mimicked Zhang Su and Zheng Xinyu’s actions, slowly pulling open the safety door, body curling up, not daring to breathe loudly. Whether the zombies knew someone trembling was hiding behind the door, they seemed to act against her, not advancing through the safety door for a long time. Zhong Xiaoshan stared at the edge of the door panel, her ears trying hard to pick up the sound of the zombies’ footsteps, her hand gripping the door handle slightly trembling, growing more tense over time. Time passed by the second, the waiting was torturous, prolonged concentration would numb the senses, making hearing, vision, and reaction dull. Just like Zhong Xiaoshan right now, a zombie had already crossed the twisted steps through the safety door, but she failed to react in time. It was only when the zombie turned its head toward her that she suddenly realized... Under bluish-grey skin, veins were visible, the eyes were blood-red, mouth full of sharp white teeth like blades of death, all suddenly appearing before her. Zhong Xiaoshan’s heart raced, her brain buzzing with a momentary blankness, instinctively letting go, the safety door rebounding against the zombie with a smack. Howl! The stimulus caused the zombie to explode, letting out a strange cry and reaching for Zhong Xiaoshan. After coming back to her senses, Zhong Xiaoshan completely forgot what she should do, swung the iron wrench upward fiercely. Thud thud. The zombie’s strength was large, but its balance was generally poor, after an attack to the jaw, it staggered backward down the stairs. However, the real danger has just appeared! The five remaining zombies on the twelfth floor, hearing the noise, immediately surging toward the safety door with unrecognizable steps. The safety door, not getting closed in time, was instantly smashed open! "Jump!" Seeing Zhong Xiaoshan fighting the zombie, Zhang Su knew it was bad, attempting to go up but was blocked by the fallen zombie, then planned to rush up to close the door, only to see zombies lining up to come out, shouting to the stupefied Zhong Xiaoshan.