Chapter 130 - School bus
Shao gripped the cold metal of the balcony railing tightly, his fingers numb from the biting night air. He pulled himself higher, his muscles straining, and peered over the edge.
Below him, the school grounds stretched out in eerie silence, a battlefield abandoned in the wake of chaos.
Shadows flickered between the buildings, the dim emergency lights casting long, jagged silhouettes.
There—a flash of yellow.
Shao’s pulse quickened. The school bus was still there, parked near the far corner of the building, half-hidden in the darkness. If they could just make it down to that bus, if they could reach it before the undead overran them, they might have a chance. A real chance.
"Are you sure we can get to the bus through the fire escape?" he asked, his voice hushed yet urgent. His brother, Lu Zhi, stood beside him, equally tense.
Lu Zhi didn’t hesitate. "We have three fire escape staircases. One is in the middle of the two buildings, and the other two are on the exterior. The one outside this building is rarely used and should still be locked up. If we want to get to it, we’ll need to go up to the terrace first and climb down. It leads straight to the bus."
Shao exhaled sharply and turned to Muchen, who was watching the scene unfold with a steady, calculating gaze.
"But the way we came in..." Shao’s voice trailed off, dread curling in his stomach. "The zombies have already flooded the elevators and stairs."
A heavy silence settled over them.
Muchen let out a slow breath, pressing a hand against his stomach. He wasn’t sure if it was from nerves or something else, but the weight of the situation pressed against his chest like an iron vice. Every passing second felt like a countdown to disaster.