Chapter 13 It's time to pay rent.

Su Ze didn't give Liu Qiaofei any chance to catch her breath.

The moment the long spear was pulled out and the zombie dissipated into gray light, he grabbed Liu Qiaofei by the wrist.

"Follow me if you don't want to die!"

His words were brief, carrying an unquestionable force as he yanked her up from the ground.

Liu Qiaofei's body felt as if it had been injected with an electric current; her terror and despair were instantly replaced by a survival instinct.

She didn't even have time to think, mechanically moving her legs to follow closely behind Su Ze.

Su Ze's long spear had become her only source of security in the darkness.

Long spear - edge, an Excellent-grade weapon with extraordinary killing power.

Although Su Ze had no professional spear techniques,

relying on his Strength attribute, which had increased to 8 points, and the spear's power, every thrust was swift and efficient.

*Puchi!*

The long spear easily pierced the head of a zombie lunging at them.

The zombie's movements stiffened, and it turned into gray light upon falling, leaving behind two copper coins.

"Go!"

Su Ze didn't care about the copper coins; he gave a low shout and pulled Liu Qiaofei up the stairs.

However, just as they reached the third-floor landing, a new wave of zombies surged from the depths of the corridor, forming an encirclement with the zombies from below.

There were many of them, snarling, their pale faces looking particularly hideous in the gloom.

Su Ze's brow furrowed.

Although he had consumed most of his stamina, the zombie virus was already ineffective against him, which was why he dared to kill zombies so recklessly.

But Liu Qiaofei was different; she didn't have a good physical constitution or serum, making her easily injured. Once scratched or bitten by a zombie, it would be certain death.

It didn't matter if she died, but the problem was that the bond would perish with her death.

He quickly scanned the area, his gaze landing on the nearest Dormitory door at the stairs—Dormitory 345.

"Friend, come help split the fire!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he waved his hand.

A piece of Iron Material appeared in his palm from the player's backpack.

He swung the Iron Material violently, with a wind-breaking force, slamming it hard against the wooden door of Dormitory 501 on the 3rd floor!

*Bang!*

A loud bang exploded; the wooden door trembled violently, letting out an overwhelmed groan.

[Ding! Ordinary Wooden Door Durability -6!]

Inside the Dormitory.

Chen Nanhao and the other five, who were originally holding their breath and nervously watching the outside, were startled by the loud noise.

"Shit! The door! The door's being hit!"

"Which bastard is hitting our door!"

"You animal!!!"

However, their angry curses were quickly replaced by terror.

Attracted by the sound, the large group of zombies originally gathered at the stairs turned around like sharks smelling blood and lunged toward the door of Dormitory 501!

*Thud! Thud! Thud!*

[Ding! Ordinary Wooden Door Durability -1!]

[Ding! Ordinary Wooden Door Durability -1!]

[Ding! Ordinary Wooden Door Durability -1!]

[Warning! Warning! Dormitory door durability is about to reach zero!]

Inside the Dormitory, Li Xunming's face changed drastically when he saw the durability drop from 12 to 3 in a few seconds.

"Quick! Get Wood materials to repair it! The door's about to break!"

The other five didn't have time to curse; they scrambled to pull Wood materials from their player backpacks and desperately piled them onto the door.

As soon as a piece of Wood material touched the wooden door, it instantly turned into a stream of light and merged into it.

[Ding! Ordinary Wooden Door Durability +1!]

But, with the zombies' attacks...

*Thud! Thud! Thud!*

[Ding! Ordinary Wooden Door Durability -1!]

"Damn it, the zombies keep attacking our door!!"

"Aaaaah—I'm going to kill that animal who hit the door!"

"Don't just curse, repair it!"

Outside, the zombies continued to attack the wooden door, and the durability of the door panel kept dropping.

Inside, the six boys cursed while anxiously repairing it.

Durability +1, Durability -1, Durability +1, Durability -1...

Under the zombies' attacks and their repairs, the door panel made an overwhelmed creaking sound, as if it could be completely destroyed at any moment.

Su Ze took advantage of this brief chaos without any hesitation.

He threw Sun Qiang's corpse from his player backpack toward the distance, yelling, "Eat it while it's hot," and successfully lured away several more zombies.

Then he continued to clear the way with his long spear, carving out a bloody path!

"Keep up!" Su Ze shouted in a low voice, and Liu Qiaofei followed him closely up to the fourth floor.

Fortunately, most of the zombies on the fourth floor were chasing other survivors at the other end of the corridor, with only a few scattered in front of them.

Su Ze let go of her hand and used his long spear to deal with the scattered zombies one by one.

Immediately after, they continued to sprint.

Finally, the door to Dormitory 404 appeared before them.

Su Ze used his landlord permissions to open the Dormitory door and rushed inside with her.

He was covered in the foul-smelling blood of zombies, the long spear in his hand still carried some wet liquid, and a few spots had splashed onto his face.

Liu Qiaofei followed close behind; her body was trembling violently, her face was pale, and her eyes were red and swollen, clearly having been greatly frightened.

Inside the Dormitory, Jiang Yuwan and Yao Qingya had been guarding the door, looking anxiously into the corridor.

Seeing Su Ze's bloody appearance, both women were startled and let out a gasp almost simultaneously.

"Su Ze!"

Yao Qingya was the first to rush over. Ignoring the bloodstains on Su Ze, she reached out to support him but was also a bit at a loss.

Jiang Yuwan also stepped forward, her expression serious.

Her gaze fell on Su Ze's blood-stained clothes, her voice filled with obvious concern: "Are you injured?"

Su Ze waved his hand, indicating he was fine.

His breathing was a bit hurried, but his tone was steady: "I'm fine, none of this is my blood."

Hearing this, the two women breathed a sigh of relief.

It was only then that Jiang Yuwan and Yao Qingya noticed Liu Qiaofei following behind Su Ze.

She was curled up, almost falling to the floor, looking like she had just survived a disaster.

"The Foreign Languages Department's campus belle, Liu Qiaofei?" Jiang Yuwan's voice carried a hint of surprise.

Yao Qingya was also stunned.

She and Liu Qiaofei were two of the Four Major Campus Belles; although they weren't close, they knew each other.

Liu Qiaofei finally couldn't hold on any longer; her legs went soft, and she collapsed directly onto the floor.

She gasped for air, tears welling up again, her voice extremely hoarse and sobbing.

"Senior Su Ze... thank you... really thank you... I didn't expect you... you would actually come to save me..."

Her words were intermittent, filled with the relief and gratitude of having survived.

The two women were both startled upon hearing this.

Su Ze simply raised an eyebrow and didn't respond.

Instead, he mentally opened his personal virtual screen, which only players could see.

With that, he unceremoniously took off his blood-stained clothes and wiped his body.

Then he sat on the creaking wooden bed and patted the empty space beside him for Liu Qiaofei...