Chapter 89 Even if you die, won't your things still be mine?

The moment that endless black zombie tide poured in from the west entrance, the last shred of sanity for Li Xunming and the other five completely snapped.

"Aaaaah—run!"

They instinctively turned and ran, wanting to get away from that wave of death.

But this was the Rooftop!

Surrounded by cold high walls, there was no other way out except jumping off and turning into a pulp!

Despair, like icy seawater, instantly submerged every one of them.

"Su Ze! Su Ze, we were wrong! We were really wrong!"

The six of them were forced into another corner of the Rooftop.

Backs against the wall, trembling, they watched helplessly as the surging horde of zombies approached step by step.

Chen Nanhao was the first to break down, snot and tears streaming down his face as he roared toward the figure standing at the entrance of the zombie tide.

"Hurry up and think of something! If this continues, we're all going to die! We're all going to die!"

"Yeah! Don't just stand there watching! Can't you kill zombies? Hurry up and do something!"

"Right, right, right! Su Ze! As long as you save us, we'll give you anything!"

Gao Tian knelt down, his face covered in tears and snot, with not a hint of his previous smugness remaining.

The others followed suit, and the air was filled with desperate cries and pleas for mercy.

They thought Su Ze wanted to lure the zombies over to perish together with them.

However, Su Ze just stood there leisurely, watching their pathetic displays, and even let out a small smile.

He didn't explain anything.

"Heh... heh heh..."

A low, raspy roar, unlike any human voice, came from Su Ze's throat.

In the next second, a scene that made Li Xunming and the others' eyes nearly pop out occurred.

The zombies frantically swarming onto the Rooftop completely ignored Su Ze's existence as they passed him!

It was as if he were just a puff of air or a stone.

The zombies' goal was incredibly clear, their crimson eyes locked onto the six "delicacies" on the other side of the Rooftop who were emitting the scent of living humans!

"Wh... why..."

Liu Wenyong spoke tremulously, his voice sounding like a broken cart leaking air.

"Why... aren't the zombies attacking you?!"

This question voiced what everyone was thinking.

At that moment, they finally realized.

From the very beginning, Su Ze had a way to keep the zombies from attacking him!

The scheme they thought was flawless, the thousands of zombies they believed would tear Su Ze to pieces...

In front of this man, it was all a complete joke!

From the very beginning, he had stood on invincible ground!

"Aaaaah—!"

Li Xunming, having realized this, let out a scream that didn't sound human.

Regret and fear, like venomous snakes, instantly devoured all of his sanity.

He regretted it!

He regretted it so much his intestines turned green!

Watching the dense black swarm of zombies get closer and closer, with the strong stench of decay hitting his face, he scrambled backward on all fours.

"Su Ze! Grandpa Su! I was wrong! I was really wrong!"

"I'm willing to be your dog! I'll give you everything I have! Please! Please save me!"

"I... we have good things on us! Blueprints! Excellent Quality blueprints! You'll definitely like them! As long as you save me, they're all yours!"

"No! Don't come over here!"

Watching the zombies closing in step by step, Liu Wenyong went completely mad. He brandished the cleaver in his hand, but his legs were so weak he couldn't even stand steadily.

"Su Ze! Brother Su! I was wrong! I'll be your dog! Please spare my life!"

Chen Nanhao knelt directly on the ground, kowtowing frantically in Su Ze's direction.

"I... I have good things on me! Really! I have an Excellent Quality blueprint! You'll definitely like it! As long as you make them stop, I'll give it to you right away!" Wang Wei also shouted hurriedly, attempting a final struggle.

Su Ze finally smiled.

"How foolish. If you're dead, won't your things be mine just the same?"

Those light words, like a heavy hammer, completely shattered the last sliver of hope in the hearts of the six.

It was true.

Once people died, the items in their backpacks and the ownership of their Dormitories would become ownerless.

He only needed to wait for them to die, then pick everything up.

"Heh... heh heh..."

Just then, Li Xunming, slumped on the ground, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in the nick of time.

Like grasping at a final saving straw, his face turned red as he desperately worked his throat, trying to imitate the sound Su Ze had just made.

Thinking he had found a way to survive, he desperately tried to make the same sound as Su Ze.

However, due to fear and panic, the sound he produced was high-pitched and thin, completely out of tune, sounding both ridiculous and pathetic.

Not only did it have no effect, but it also seemed to provoke the zombies.

Several zombies lunged forward, biting into him all at once.

"Aaah—!"

Intense pain surged, and Li Xunming let out the final scream of his life.

Immediately after, countless zombies, like a black tide, completely submerged the six of them in an instant.

Curses, pleas for mercy, the sound of bones snapping, and the sound of flesh being torn... all mixed together.

But soon, everything returned to silence.

Su Ze stood where he was.

He waited until the zombie horde had mostly finished devouring the six mangled corpses before letting out a few more low growls to make them slowly disperse.

He walked up to the messy pool of blood.

[Obtained copper coins *36]

[Obtained Common Quality · Iron Longsword *2]

[Obtained Wood material *58]

[Obtained Iron Material *33]

[Obtained Bread *5]

[Obtained drinking water *3]

[Obtained 3rd Floor-501 Dormitory Landlord Key *1]

...

Most of it was just ordinary stuff.

Following the principle that anything is better than nothing, Su Ze put these items into his backpack one by one.

Besides these, a blueprint and a yellowed piece of parchment fragment lay quietly on the ground.

[Tattered Treasure Map (2/4)]

[Quality: Special]

[Description: A fragment of an ancient treasure map with a location marked in unknown symbols. Collecting all fragments might lead to an amazing discovery.]

As expected, it's the second piece!

Su Ze looked at the two pieces in his backpack that could be stacked together, feeling a bit more anticipation.

Something that could be separately listed by the system as a "Treasure Map",

might have some good treasures hidden at its location.

Putting away the treasure map, he picked up the blueprint.

[Excellent Quality · Heavy Crossbow Turret · Blueprint]!

[Heavy Crossbow Turret · Blueprint]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Level: Lv.2]

[Type: turret]

[Attack Power: 45]

[Rate of Fire: 1 shot / 5 seconds]

[Attack Range: 4 meters]

[Special Effect: Penetration (Each attack has a 20% chance to cause a Penetration effect)]

[Ammo Consumption: 8 copper coins * 1 / bolt]

[Construction Requirements: Wood material * 80, Iron Material * 50, Heavy Mechanical Part * 1]

[Upgrade Path: None / For more upgrade paths, please obtain higher-level turret blueprints of the same type;]

[Description: Every one of its bolts is enough to pierce the hardest of skulls.]

45 Attack Power!

This power... is likely even higher than his own attack power when wielding a long spear!

As for the Heavy Mechanical Part required for manufacturing, Su Ze remembered he had obtained one at midnight last night.

It seemed that although Li Xunming and the others had gotten the blueprint, they hadn't managed to gather all the materials.

So in the end, it only benefited him.

He traded the blueprint to Jiang Yuwan for her to build it and told her to take Liu Yuanfang and the others to scavenge the now-ownerless 3rd Floor-501 Dormitory.

After doing all this, he turned calmly and left, stepping on the shoulders of the zombies that were blocking the hallway.

He needed to find a place to have a good rest.

He found a safe place to rest, as usual.

After dozing for two hours to recover his energy, an incident that was unexpected yet within reason occurred...

[Private Message · Jiang Yuwan: Su Ze, someone from another Dormitory has opened the Survival Mall!!]