Chapter 35: Survivors in the University
After enjoying the moment for a while, Gu Fan stood up and patted Xia Yan on the head.
"Alright, take a rest. I’ve got work to do. I’ll be back next time."
Without waiting for a response, his figure vanished from the edge of the blood pool.
Xia Yan pouted slightly, annoyed at this insensitive man for not understanding romance, but she didn’t say much.
After leaving the shelter, Gu Fan headed straight to a nearby university and began his operation of hunting zombies and extracting living souls.
He chose the university precisely because it was filled with densely packed zombies.
And it proved to be highly efficient.
In just half a day, with the combined efforts of the two Soul Puppets, he had already refined several thousand living souls!
At the same time, his strength had broken through once again.
He had now reached the sixth layer of the Spirit Sea Realm!
"Sixth layer of Spirit Sea Realm... just one step away from the late stage..."
Gu Fan clenched his fists, thrilled by the surging power within his body.
Roar!
Suddenly, a fierce wind howled!
A massive figure leapt from the rooftop of a nearby teaching building and lunged at him.
The ground quaked violently at once.
Gu Fan turned his head to see a gigantic zombie charging toward him.
Ordinary zombies along its path were crushed to death underfoot, making it look especially savage!
"A Tyrant?"
Gu Fan muttered in surprise, but then quickly sensed something was off.
The Tyrant zombies he remembered weren’t this huge!
While he was pondering, the giant Tyrant zombie had already pounced at him.
Its massive jaws lunged straight at his head.
Gu Fan, however, remained calm and collected, turning and slapping at it with the back of his hand.
Bang!
With a crisp sound, half of the giant Tyrant zombie’s head exploded on the spot.
Its body collapsed powerlessly to the side.
Gu Fan stepped forward and reached out with his hand.
A giant grayish-white living soul of the Tyrant appeared in his palm, struggling continuously.
"Another great material for a Soul Puppet. I’ll keep it for my next advancement."
Thinking this, Gu Fan casually stored the living soul away.
At that moment—
From a window in a small multi-functional building on campus—
Someone was watching Gu Fan’s every move.
"Elder sister, he’s so strong! That man must be a Tier 4 Evolver!"
Chi Manman exclaimed in awe, holding a pair of binoculars and speaking to the girl beside her.
"Keep your voice down. This guy seems even stronger than Shen Long. That huge zombie was at least Tier 3, yet he crushed it with just one slap..."
"Sis! Why don’t we try asking him for help? If he’s willing to fight, even Shen Long might not be a match!"
Chi Youyou hesitated.
Was the scariest thing in the apocalypse zombies? No!
Over this period of time, she had seen the darkness of human nature.
Compared to zombies, she feared humans even more!
Getting caught by zombies only meant death.
But if captured by malicious humans... that would truly be a fate worse than death!
Especially for girls like them who looked decent.
The Shen Long her sister mentioned was the most ruthless and vicious person she had ever met!
"Manman... we can’t gamble on this. This man may be powerful, but what if he turns out to be another Shen Long?"
"But sis, we’ve been hiding from Shen Long for so long. If we stay holed up any longer, we’ll starve to death here."
"I’m sorry, little sister. It’s all my fault for being too weak. If only I could advance to a Tier 3 Evolver, maybe I could lead you out of here."
Chi Youyou looked at her younger sister with guilt, her heart full of unwillingness.
She was currently a Tier 2 Evolver, strong enough to deal with ordinary zombies.
But the university was teeming with zombies, and their location was the farthest from the campus gate.
It was practically impossible to get out without alerting the zombie horde!
Not to mention... not to mention that Shen Long’s gang was also in the university. If they were caught and taken back, it would be more painful than death.
"Don’t say that, sis. You’re right. If this guy turns out to be a psycho, we’re done for. Let’s wait a bit longer."
Just as the sisters finished speaking—
A figure suddenly appeared midair outside the window, and the immense pressure nearly forced them to their knees!
Gu Fan pulled open the glass window and stepped inside.
The two sisters were so terrified they couldn’t even breathe.
They backed up repeatedly until they were pressed against the wall.
“Whew... a bit tired. You two, come over and massage my legs!”
Gu Fan casually sat down on a chair, propping his legs up on the windowsill as he commanded.
Chi Youyou’s face turned deathly pale. She could already imagine how tragic her end would be.
Right now, all she wanted was for her little sister to run!
“Manman, run! Don’t worry about me!”
The next moment, crimson flames surged around her entire body—she was preparing to go all out against Gu Fan!
Seeing this, Gu Fan sneered contemptuously. He casually pointed with a finger, and the flames engulfing Chi Youyou immediately shrank to a small spark, then went pop—and extinguished completely!
“If I were you, I wouldn’t make any rash moves. My patience is limited.”
The courage Chi Youyou had painstakingly mustered crumbled in an instant.
The man before her was too strong—he gave her a sense of despair like an ant facing a giant.
At this point, it was actually Chi Manman who was a bit bolder.
Thinking that running was impossible anyway, she decided it was better to be obedient for now.
Maybe, if his mood was good, he might spare her and her sister.
So she stepped forward, squatted beside Gu Fan, and gently massaged his legs.
“Big brother... I’ll massage your legs. Can you not kill us?”
Gu Fan closed his eyes and enjoyed it.
“Did I say I was going to kill you? You over there—come massage too, unless you want to die?”
Hearing that the man didn’t seem intent on killing them, Chi Youyou let out a breath of relief and stepped forward, imitating her sister as she began to massage his leg.
“You two are sisters?”
“Twins. I’m the younger one.”
Chi Manman explained briefly.
Gu Fan glanced sideways at the two.
Both sisters were quite good-looking.
The elder sister appeared gentler, while the younger had a more heroic spirit in her features.
“Are you familiar with this school?”
“My sister and I are students here. We know the campus pretty well—except for the boys’ dorms.”
Gu Fan was speechless for a moment, then clarified:
“I meant the surviving humans. Like the Shen Long you just mentioned.”
Chi Youyou’s expression flickered with a trace of terror.
Just now, when the two of them had been talking, this man was still near that giant zombie—hundreds of meters away.
Yet he had heard their conversation from such a distance?!
“Big brother, Shen Long is the leader of the only shelter in this school. He used to be the student council president and is a Tier 4 Evolver. He’s got a few Tier 2 lackeys under him and controls around thirty ordinary people.”
With her sister taking the lead, Chi Youyou followed up with supplementary details.
In about five minutes, they explained the general situation clearly.
“He not only eats people when he’s hungry, but he also keeps women captive and forces all the men to sleep with them. If any of the women get pregnant, no matter who the father is, the child is... is treated as food!”
The two girls were horrified, trembling with fear. Chi Youyou even burst into tears while recounting the events.
“We were the first to sense something was wrong and later escaped. We’ve been surviving on some snacks we stockpiled earlier.”
After listening to their account—
Gu Fan narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth curling into a cold sneer.
He was genuinely disgusted.
If what the two in front of him said was true, then this Shen Long truly deserved to die!
Though he had always labeled himself as someone who walked the demonic path, he only tormented and killed those who opposed his interests.
As for unrelated people, he had never committed wanton slaughter.
Whether he was truly evil or not—he felt that was for the world to decide.
He only cared about securing benefits for himself while staying true to his conscience.
But now—
Shen Long clearly hadn’t crossed him in any way.
Yet Gu Fan still felt the urge to kill!
Perhaps this had nothing to do with good or evil—just the baseline of being human.