87: Chapter 87 Brother, you have good taste!

Qi Yin's movements were as smooth as flowing water, clean and decisive.

Her figure was agile as her dragon-patterned tang saber carved a sharp arc, slicing off the head of a lunging zombie as if cutting a cabbage.

With a shift of her foot, she dodged another one's claws, and the tip of her blade thrust into its eye socket in one fluid motion.

Xiao Sinian, on the other hand, had a different style, one full of power.

His phoenix feather tang saber was heavy and powerful; often, a single slash accompanied by the terrifying crackle of lightning could split a zombie from its head down to its shoulder.

Even the severed limbs didn't lose their momentum, directly knocking down the zombies behind them.

One on the left and one on the right, the two coordinated perfectly with incredible speed. Wherever they passed, black blood splattered and severed arms flew.

Xu Yongning nimbly brandished his daggers, leaving no survivors among the stragglers coming from the side. Occasionally, he even found the time to dig out a crystal core, looking quite happy.

"This is so satisfying, haha." That smile was a bit perverse.

Arcs of electricity jumped from Zhou Le's fingertips, shocking the zombies trying to approach until they were stunned, creating opportunities for the others.

Qi Yin and Xiao Sinian's movements became increasingly ruthless, as if they were getting into the zone. One zombie after another became a soul lost to their blades.

"Tsk, is Sister Yin competing with the Boss?" Qian Hao muttered to Zhou Le beside him while releasing water to kill zombies.

Zhou Le threw out an arc of electricity expressionlessly: "Focus. Don't get scratched; it's quite a pain."

The battle on the second and third floors was also intense. Fireballs and poisonous vines entangled the zombies, making them howl.

The entire process lasted for over ten minutes.

When the last zombie tumbled down from the third floor, it was sent to meet the King of Hell by a single strike from Qi Yin.

The entire shop finally fell silent, the floor covered in bodies lying every which way, with black blood everywhere.

Knowing the importance of crystal cores, everyone consciously dug them out, and Qian Hao washed them clean.

Qi Yin and Xiao Sinian sheathed their blades almost simultaneously. Standing amidst the ruins of the first floor, both were splattered with some foul blood.

She glanced at the wet blood on Xiao Sinian's blade: "Nice swordsmanship."

Xiao Sinian wiped the blade. Hearing this, he raised his eyes, a very faint curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"You're not bad either. Super fast."

The two looked at each other and then quickly looked away.

That atmosphere of secret competition slowly dissipated.

"First floor cleared."

"Second floor done as well."

"Third floor secure!"

Chen Quan and Lei Jun also came in from outside at this time: "The perimeter is fine. Everyone did great; we didn't alert the zombie swarm in the school."

Qi Yin nodded, feeling a bit hungry.

"Block the door. Let's go to the third floor to replenish our energy first."

Once she went upstairs, Qian Hao leaned in toward Xiao Sinian, winking and nudging.

"Boss, were you racing Sister Yin to kill zombies just now? Who won?"

Xiao Sinian glared at him and said nothing, but there was no real blame in his eyes as he turned to follow Qi Yin's lead.

Qian Hao made a few teasing noises and even nudged Qian Dong with his hand: "Brother, look, the husband follows where the wife leads..."

Qian Dong gave him a punch: "Watch out, or the Boss will make your life miserable!"

As the leader of the Qi Yin and Xiao Sinian CP fans, Lu Jinwen really wanted to give Qian Hao a big thumbs up.

Brother, you really have good taste.

After reinforcing the broken doors and windows, they finally had a temporary place to stay.

Xiao Sinian and Qi Yin crouched at the third-floor window with the best view, their binoculars fixed on the Medical University across the road.

The brows of both individuals furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Something seems off." Xiao Sinian lowered his binoculars and shook his head.

Qi Yin paused and then nodded: "Yeah, the number of zombies in the school is ridiculously high, like an ant nest. Looking at their clothes, they should be students or teachers... plus, their movements are faster than the ones we met before, not as stiff. I suspect they are Second-level Zombies."

Xiao Sinian's tone grew heavy: "The strangest thing is the walls and the gate. For an ordinary Medical University, there's theoretically no reason to heighten and thicken the walls, and even less need for a gate made of alloy."

And those dense electric fences and surveillance cameras—it definitely didn't look like the configuration of a university, but more like a high-security prison.

Qi Yin beckoned to Lu Jinwen.

"What's up, Sister?" Lu Jinwen ran over.

Qi Yin pointed at the surveillance equipment above the wall: "Destroy those things."

As the place where Second-level Zombies first appeared in her past life, she always felt that the Lin City Medical University was strange inside and out, as if a hidden hand was pushing things from behind.

Moreover, she wasn't sure if someone was secretly maintaining this surveillance equipment. The best way was to just tear it down.

Maybe it could even draw out some clues.

"I understand. You're afraid these things will expose our location. Watch me."

Lu Jinwen closed her eyes, sensing the circuits inside the surveillance equipment, and directly snapped the metal wires within.

After a moment, she opened her eyes and smiled: "Done. But since it's far away, I could only snap a small portion. I'll have to deal with the rest once we get inside."

Qi Yin gave her a thumbs up: "Great job. But what you meant just now was that these things are still running?"

Lu Jinwen nodded: "Yeah, I find it strange too. Didn't the power go out a long time ago?"

At those words, Qi Yin and Xiao Sinian exchanged a look, a suspicion forming in their hearts.

As expected, a huge secret was hidden behind the Medical University.

Their actions needed to be fast.

The priority was to quickly fill their empty stomachs.

Qi Yin broke the silence: "Eat first to replenish our strength."

At this time, Lei Jun habitually pulled out a few pieces of compressed biscuits and a small bag of beef jerky from her backpack.

Zhou Le had a bitter face: "Sigh, this stuff again. I'm about to throw up from eating it."

Qian Dong took a large bite of a compressed biscuit: "It's good just to have something to eat. People who are starving are much worse off than us."

Lu Jinwen, seeing this from the side, chuckled and reached out to pull Lei Jun.

"Sister Jun, don't eat this. Let's have something good today."

As soon as these words came out, the five people on Xiao Sinian's side were all stunned. In this freezing world, what good food could there be?

But seeing Mu Feng suppressing a laugh, it didn't seem like a joke.

Lei Jun: "Then, what are we eating?"

Lu Jinwen pointed at Qi Yin.

They saw Qi Yin walk to the center of the hall, to a clean open space they had just cleared out.

With a wave of her hand, like a magic trick, a rotating round table large enough for a dozen people to sit around and matching chairs appeared before their eyes.

The tabletop was smooth and even covered with a clean tablecloth.

Before everyone could react, she waved her hand repeatedly.

In the next second, the table was instantly filled with food containers! They were even steaming hot.

Braised Pork Ribs, Steamed Fish, Stir-fried Greens, Mapo Tofu, large Pork Hock, Charcoal-grilled Bullfrog, Seaweed Egg Drop Soup... and a large bucket of fragrant white rice.

There were about twenty dishes in total, a mix of meat and vegetables. The rich aroma of the food instantly filled the room.

The entire room suddenly fell silent, leaving only the sound of people swallowing their saliva.

Lei Jun's eyes were wide as saucers, and she couldn't help but rub them.

"My god, Miss Qi's Spatial Ability can even preserve cooked food?"

It was simply unheard of!

The compressed biscuit in Zhou Le's hand fell to the ground: "I'm not dreaming, am I? To be able to eat these things in my lifetime..."

Qian Hao subconsciously stared at that whole Steamed Fish, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

Xiao Sinian just quietly looked at Qi Yin, his eyes holding nothing else.

"What are you all staring for? Get your bowls and chopsticks, let's eat!"