Chapter 578 - 9.48 Don’t Blame Him
Li Zhu clamped his mouth shut with both hands, cutting the scream off short. He was shaking so badly and his eyes wide in terror. Even the harmful smoke in the air was unable to make him tear his gaze away from the sight in front of him.
Z–Zombies, it’s zombies!!!
Li Zhu was not a stranger to these creatures which had terrorized everyone for these past few months. However, he had never seen so many of them gathering in the same place before! The sight of them packed like sardines, staring up at him with no expression on their bloody faces was so terrifying that it sent numbing chills up to his scalp. Li Zhu staggered back a step and tripped on his feet, landing butt first on the ground.
"N–No..." Tears flooded his eyes as his expression became stricken. The surrounding was so hot that it was almost smothering yet at the moment, Li Zhu felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cellar.
—Then, something more terrifying happened.
The zombies blinked as though awoken from their trance and they started to climb the stairs in unison, their bloody hands stretched out toward Li Zhu!
Li Zhu’s heart leapt to his throat as his whole frame was frozen due to extreme fear. His mind went utterly blank. Yet at the last crucial seconds before those zombies reached him, it was as if someone had just slapped him hard on his face, forcing him to face reality head-on.
He did not want to die! He must not die! He had the last copy of Professor Zhao’s data with him! If he perished, then everyone would follow him as well! Such thought unexpectedly injected fuel into Li Zhu’s body. He sprung up like a rabbit and dashed to the direction where he had just come from.
"Help—!" He screamed atop of his lungs, his voice cracking due to the smoke. "Help me! Please help me—!"
Alas, his pleas were bound to go unheard.
Li Zhu slammed the laboratory close behind him and fastened the lock, breathing heavily. Outside, he could faintly hear the dull sound of fists slamming on metal as well as the inhumane growls of starving zombies. They must have chased him here... They must have filled the entire corridor, cutting his means to escape...