Chapter 109 Midnight Raid: Has the Secret Been Discovered?

As soon as Su Ze finished speaking, he stood up from the bed, looking as if he was ready to set off immediately.

“Honey, are you going out again?”

Qiao Yunge rushed over in a single stride, her face filled with worry. “It's just past midnight, there are zombies everywhere outside. It's too dangerous!”

Although she had witnessed Su Ze's prowess, the thought of that endless zombie tide still made her heart tremble with fear.

An Lan, who had been as silent as a shadow in the corner, also looked up at this moment. Beneath her neat, short hair, her eyes were fixed steadily on Su Ze.

“I'm going with you.”

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear, carrying no hint of a question, as if she were simply stating a fact.

Su Ze smiled and shook his head.

“No need, you all just need to guard the home.”

Seeing Su Ze's refusal, An Lan said no more and silently retreated to her original spot.

“Don't worry, he won't die.” Jiang Yuwan didn't even look up, her tone cool as she added while checking her notebook of recorded supplies.

“Right, right! Those zombies can't do anything to Senior Su Ze!” Liu Qiaofei nodded vigorously from the side, her large eyes full of blind adoration.

Su Meier sidled up with a seductive sway of her hips, her warm body almost hanging off Su Ze as she breathed softly like an orchid.

“Landlord~ Come back early, I'll be waiting for you in the Dormitory...”

Yao Qingya didn't speak; she just stepped forward silently.

Under everyone's gaze, she summoned the courage to reach out with a slightly trembling hand and straightened Su Ze's collar, which didn't have a single wrinkle to begin with.

She looked exactly like a young wife packing her husband's bags for a long journey.

Su Ze felt these distinct forms of care and smiled.

He casually pulled several items from his backpack.

A few skill books glowing with a fine light, two gleaming watermelon knives, and two vials of zombie serum emitting a faint blue glow.

“An Lan, Qiao Yunge, you two pick a skill book to learn as well.”

“One weapon for each of you, and use the serum too, just in case.”

Since everyone else had them, he naturally couldn't leave them out.

After doing all this, Su Ze didn't linger and turned toward the main door.

“Right,” he seemed to remember something and looked back at Jiang Yuwan, who was buried in her ledger. “Keep an eye out for that poisonous spider silk. If you find any, trade it to me.”

“Mm.” Jiang Yuwan responded without looking up.

Su Ze pulled open the Dormitory door, and his figure instantly vanished into the darkness of the corridor.

Outside, roars rose and fell one after another.

A low 'Heh' rolled from Su Ze's throat. Several zombies nearby that were about to pounce froze, then turned away blankly as if they had lost their target.

Ignoring them, he walked straight toward the library.

Everything was familiar territory.

With the precise guidance of [Intelligence III], he quickly arrived at the study room on the fourth floor of the library.

On the bookshelf in the southeast corner, he unerringly found the manga titled "One Piece."

Flipping through the pages, a fragment of yellowed parchment lay quietly tucked inside.

[Ding! Obtained 'Tattered Treasure Map (3/4)'!]

Su Ze looked at the three fragments in his backpack that could be pieced together, a curve forming at the corner of his mouth.

Only one last piece to go.

Having obtained what he wanted, he didn't stay long in the library and turned back toward the Dormitory building.

Now, it was time to clear out the more powerful Mutants in the building.

After all, he had to let the 'leeks' survive so they could continue creating value for him.

“Bang!”

[Ding! Killed Lv.2 Brute Force Type zombie *1! Obtained copper coins *5!]

[Ding! Obtained 'zombie claws' *1!]

Su Ze didn't stop, his figure moving through the pitch-black corridor like a ghost.

The Swift Types and Brute Force Types, which were nightmares to ordinary players, were as fragile as paper before him.

He didn't even need to use his full strength; relying solely on his far-beyond-human speed and precise technique, he could harvest them with ease.

Time passed minute by minute.

Su Ze had cleared every wandering Mutant from the first floor to the roof of the entire Dormitory building.

Completing his grand sweep for the day, he sent many supplies back to the Dormitory via trading.

Having finished this, he didn't return to the Dormitory immediately but turned toward the Teaching Building.

...

Inside the Teaching Building, heart-wrenching chewing sounds could be heard.

Su Ze didn't enter; he just stood outside the shattered main doors on the first floor, looking inside.

With the help of the dim moonlight, he could clearly see a bloody feast taking place within the dense, airless crowd of zombies.

Zombies were frantically biting and devouring their own kind.

Among them, the burly Brute Force Types were undoubtedly the winners in this game of cannibalism.

They devoured the most, and their bodies were becoming larger and more hideous at a rate visible to the naked eye.

“Good, keep going...”

A smirk of anticipation curled on Su Ze's lips.

Once the 'Gu' cultivation was complete, it would be time for him to harvest the crop.

He turned and left calmly.

...

...

Meanwhile, on the 6th floor, Dorm 666.

Li Xinran sat on the only bed in the room, her exquisitely beautiful face still carrying a trace of resentment and humiliation.

Beside the bed were Wang Xiong and four other boys.

They were sleeping in the corner on a few pieces of scavenged, broken cardboard.

The way they looked at Li Xinran was full of fawning and flattery.

“Xinran, don't be angry anymore. That Su Ze is just a bastard! Once we get stronger, we'll definitely get even with him for you!” Wang Xiong spoke cautiously.

Li Xinran ignored him, not even bothering to give him a glance.

Just then, one of the boys suddenly lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously.

“Xinran, I just... I just went to other floors to gather info, and I heard an incredible rumor!”

“What rumor?” Wang Xiong asked impatiently.

The boy swallowed hard, his voice carrying a hint of trembling and disbelief.

“Someone... someone in the private chat channel said they saw with their own eyes... that Su Ze, in the middle of the night, wandering around outside alone!”

“What?!” Wang Xiong was the first to shout, “Impossible! No matter how strong he is, he couldn't go out at this time. It's full of zombies out there; isn't going out just seeking death?”

“It's true!” The boy grew frantic.

“People from several dorms saw it! The weirdest part is, they said those zombies... don't attack him at all! He just walks through the zombie crowds like he's strolling in his own backyard!”

“Hiss—”

The sound of collective gasping filled the Dormitory.

Wang Xiong and the other boys looked at each other, their faces written with shock.

Li Xinran, who had been cold-faced, suddenly looked up.

In those beautiful eyes, a flash of extreme shock appeared first.

Then, that shock was quickly replaced by a more fervent, more complex light.

Strolling leisurely through zombie crowds at midnight?

And the zombies don't attack him?

He's so strong, yet he was hiding such a massive secret?!

Li Xinran's red lips curled uncontrollably into a smile.

It was a smile mixed with defeat and resentment, yet also carrying a hint of morbid excitement.

Only such a man is worthy of Li Xinran conquering him!

And this news, like a virus, spread crazily through the private chats between players.

[Private Chat · Cao Yifei: Holy shit! For real? Su Ze can go out at night?]

[Private Chat · Qin Zheng: Absolutely true! Several people on the 8th floor saw it; he even went upstairs just now to kill a few mutant zombies!]

[Private Chat · Cheng Yu: No wonder! No wonder he has so many supplies! It turns out he goes out every night while we're sleeping and scours the entire school!]

[Private Chat · Dai Min: Dammit! No wonder the supplies we can find are so scarce! You're saying he's plundered all our resources!]

[Private Chat · Tian Shaogang: This game is unfair! He must have found some bug!]

[Private Chat · Li Yun: More than a bug, I think he's straight-up cheating!]

Panic, jealousy, anger... all sorts of emotions spread among the survivors.

Almost everyone reached a single conclusion—

Su Ze was taking advantage of the fact that everyone was trapped in their dorms to frantically plunder the resources of the entire school!