Ignoring the survivors still in the school building, Lu Wen and his group of four went straight to the school bus.
"I'll drive." Nan Li Xiang said, sitting in the driver's seat.
"Li Xiang, do you not trust my driving skills?" Ju Chuan Jing Xiang said, handing over the keys with a hint of grievance.
The school bus engine roared to life, and Nan Li Xiang was about to start driving away when a shout came from outside: "Wait, we haven't gotten on yet!"
Turning their heads, they saw a well-dressed teacher, leading a group of students rushing towards them.
Lu Wen retracted his gaze, "Drive."
He guessed that the person at the head was probably the Shirayuki Koichi from the original plot.
But it didn't matter to Lu Wen. Today might be their last encounter.
Seeing the school bus ignore their calls and start driving away, Shirayuki Koichi hesitated.
It wasn't out of kindness, that he felt their behavior of forcibly stopping the school bus was wrong.
Rather, he thought about the strength of Lu Wen's group. Would they attack them for stopping the school bus?
Shirayuki Koichi himself, along with the group of students around him, were certainly no match for Lu Wen and the others. They would be in danger if they made a move.
But would someone who could proactively clean up the campus zombies attack the students still in the school? Thinking about it, Shirayuki Koichi felt confident again.
Although he didn't know what was outside, riding a school bus was much safer than a car, and it could carry a group of students.
These students were usually a nuisance, but sometimes they could come in handy.
With that in mind, Shirayuki Koichi loudly urged, "The people on the school bus are about to abandon us! Everyone, stop the bus!"
The students saw that they were surrounded by classmates, and their courage instantly soared.
"Charge! Stop the bus!"
"We're all students of this school. Why won't they let us on?"
Driving around the school, the roads were narrow and had many bends, so they couldn't speed up.
The school bus, which had just started, was immediately surrounded by a group of students. They excitedly pounded on the windows and yelled for Lu Wen and the others to open the door and get off.
Shirayuki Koichi, who was panting heavily, arrived in time. He called out loudly, "Classmates, be quiet. The school bus is so big, we can all fit."
After calming the students, Shirayuki Koichi was about to communicate with Lu Wen and the others.
But Lu Wen didn't want to watch him perform anymore.
He walked to the door of the school bus and signaled for Nan Li Xiang to open the door.
Seeing this, Shirayuki Koichi was already overjoyed, but he still maintained a kind expression on his face.
Just as he was about to speak, Lu Wen called out his spear and thrust it forward, directly killing Shirayuki Koichi with a headshot.
Piercing the heart wasn't secure enough. Lu Wen chose to go for the head.
This world was experiencing a zombie virus outbreak, and some people had abnormal hearts. If Lu Wen killed Shirayuki Koichi by piercing his heart, with his big villain setting, Lu Wen felt he would still come back to cause trouble later.
So, to be cautious, Lu Wen shook the spear as he retracted it, smashing Shirayuki Koichi's brains into a pulp.
If conditions allowed, Lu Wen would have even burned the body to ashes.
Holding the spear stained with red and white, Lu Wen looked around at the students surrounding the school bus.
This intimidating scene instantly turned the previously enthusiastic students into cowardly and quiet quails.
They shrank their necks and obediently made way for the blocked road.
The delinquents with their discolored hair were the most frightened. No one dared to jump out.
Lu Wen didn't even consider taking Shirayuki Koichi's soul.
With a flick of his wrist, he shook off the impurities on the spear.
"Let's go." Lu Wen returned to his seat, the school bus door closed, and they continued driving.
The road was clear. Most of the zombies in the school had been cleared by Lu Wen and the others, so Nan Li Xiang didn't have to drive the school bus, smashing zombies and clearing a path.
After leaving the school and reaching the main road, it was now noon. There were no vehicles on the road around the campus.
As they drove towards the gas station, they began to see scattered vehicles.
But they were all parked on the road with their engines off. Some still had traces of blood on the windows.
They didn't see anyone along the way, and Ju Chuan Jing Xiang couldn't help but ask, "Is human civilization going to be destroyed in this world?"
Lu Wen casually replied, "Why would it? We're still alive, aren't we? There are so many survivors in the school. As long as humans don't do something stupid, they won't be easily wiped out."
They continued forward, entering the once prosperous streets, and the scene gradually became lively.
The piercing alarms of broken cars, the sounds of explosions from raging fires, and the occasional screams of humans.
A picture of hell on Earth unfolded before their eyes.
If survivors were calm and hid, they wouldn't be discovered by the current stage of zombies.
But many people found transportation and tried to escape the zombie-concentrated areas.
Entering vehicles, such as cars, meant the survivors were temporarily safe, as zombies couldn't tear through steel car bodies.
The louder the noise, the more zombies it attracted.
There were more and more zombies gathering here. Even if some survivors entered vehicles, they were surrounded by zombies when they started the engines.
With a heavy heart, they started the car and tried to ram through the zombies to escape.
But they were surrounded by too many zombies, the car didn't have enough power, and the zombies were being crushed under the car, causing the car to lose forward momentum.
The car windows were shattered, and the zombies crawled in through the gaps.
It was a scene of a trapped bird.
Even in the bustling city, Lu Wen's group moved forward smoothly.
The school bus was much larger and heavier than a car. Even if they encountered a zombie swarm, they could force their way through.
When they reached the gas station, several zombies eagerly approached as soon as they parked.
Lu Wen summoned the Emperor's Banner and directly released two Yin Spirit warriors, commanding them, "Clear any moving targets in sight."
Ya Zi and the others were also on the Emperor's Banner, and the Yin Spirit warriors could recognize these friendly forces.
The two Yin Spirit warriors were like beasts released from their cages, fiercely charging towards the shambling zombies in front of them.
The paper knives in their hands were used like clubs. One slash cut the zombies in two, the scene was extremely bloody and frightening.
But they had already grown accustomed to such scenes from the school.
They retracted their souls and entered the gas station. There were a few cars parked. The owners of these cars had become zombies and were already cleaned up by the Yin Spirit warriors.
Lu Wen thought the efficiency of the machines in front of the gas station was too low, so he walked around the gas station and found a reserve fuel tank at the back.
Now that there was no one guarding it, Lu Wen directly opened the valve and released the fuel. He divided half of his spatial ring to store it.
A few cubic meters of diesel fuel would be enough for the 50-kilowatt generator to last until Lu Wen completed the seven-day survival mission.
Seeing that Lu Wen had stored enough diesel, Nan Li Xiang asked, "Lu Wen-kun, where are we going next?"
Lu Wen recalled the plot. In the first few days, social order hadn't completely collapsed.
On the afternoon of the zombie outbreak, some people even tried to maintain order. But the gathering of large crowds attracted more zombies, instantly causing the death of countless survivors.
Therefore, Lu Wen made a decision, "Before the nuclear bomb explodes, I'll still stay alive carefully for a while."