The whole situation was frustrating beyond belief for Jade. She had a perfect life, was doing well at university, and was popular with boys, girls and even the teachers. If things continued the way they were, she would have found a husband to look after her, and she could live the rest of her life in luxury, enjoying a better life than 99 percent of others of her age.

However, right now, it was as if her whole world had come crashing down, and it had only been half a day at best. Jade wasn’t stupid. She knew whatever was happening in the city, neither the police nor the military had a grip over the situation, and it didn’t look like anyone was coming to save her. Jade just wanted to hold onto the hope that her life would return to normal.

‘Everyone is just treating me like I’m a nobody and a waste of space…they won’t even listen to what I have to say.’ Jade thought as she crept around the reception, trying to find a way out of the building.

In the end, her searching had led her to the reception toilets. Pushing the door slowly, she opened it and wondered if there was anyone or anything in the toilet. The first thing she saw as soon as she stepped on the floor was spilt blood all over the floor.

Some of the stall doors were broken, and she also noticed a hand lying outward from one of the stalls. There was clearly a dead body inside.

‘I am sure most of those Zombies left the dormitory block after they ate nearly everyone in the building.’ Jade thought to herself. ‘And then some sicko locked us in this place…I bet it was a guy. They’re always running around thinking they’re the boss of the place, and I bet he didn’t even think of checking the girls’ bathroom. Stupid boys.’

After making sure there were no Zombies in the bathroom and almost throwing up due to what she had seen in one of the stalls, Jade went ahead to one of the windows. It was a little high up, but on her tiptoes, she grabbed the handle, twisted it and pulled, opening the window._.

‘Yes!’ Jade thought.

Although the window could open, it was a narrow exit. It was designed to not be fully open and only left a small gap. Jade was a thin and petite girl, so the gap was just big enough for her. Perhaps Skittle could fit through the thing as well, but he was shorter than Jade. Unless someone helped him up, it would not be easy.

As for Zain and Buke, there was no chance they could fit through the gap without breaking the window, and not to mention, breaking this window would create noise, and that’s the last thing one would want in the current situation.

Jumping up, Jade managed to hold onto the edges. Then, in a desperate situation and remembering her old gymnastics classes, she started to pull herself up and lead her elbow on the small ledge.

Then peeking her head under the window, she now could see a clear view of the outside, and it wasn’t the one she was hoping for.

Around five zombies were just wandering around lifeless on the other side. They were walking back and forth as if they were patrolling the area, and there was no assurance that these five were the only ones.

Getting off of the ledge, Jade began to bite her nail.

‘The whole Uni was under attack. There are thousands of students here. Sure, some might have escaped, but many died, meaning there are almost as many zombies here… I can’t just run out. Damn it! I need some distraction.’

Jade slammed her foot on the ground.

‘I could really do with a smoke right now, but I can’t.’

Just when she was tempted to smoke, an idea flashed in her mind. She walked into the stalls and grabbed a load of toilet paper. She piled it up as big as she could, and a smile appeared on her face as she stared at it. Then, she took out the lighter from her pocket and clicked it.

‘This is what you guys get for not following me. Go follow your useless friend.’ Jade smirked as she pulled the lighter to the pile of tissue papers, and it quickly went up in flames. Just for extra measure, Jade had also thrown in a few of the body parts and the corpses’ clothes.

Then, going to the window, she pulled herself up and squeezed out, eventually falling onto the ground. But fortunately, the zombies who were still outside didn’t pay attention even after the noise from the fall.

‘They’re not coming after me. I was expecting to have to run for it after landing…wait, is it because of the smell? Was that guy right? I guess he knew one or two things.’

Either way, Jade started to carefully walk away from the building, avoiding the zombies as best she could, and that’s when she heard the loud fire alarm coming from the dormitory behind her.

The zombies’ heads turned as they looked at the building, and in the next instant, they all started running towards it. Some of them even began banging on the outside wall where the girls’ toilets were, but most were heading to the front reception, which was made of glass.

Before entering the woods around the university, Jade looked one last time at the building. ‘It’s a shame none of you will live to see me build the best life for myself in this world.’

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With the fire alarm going off throughout the building, Zombies from all over the campus sprinted toward the dormitory. They pushed each other and began to bang on the glass.

For now, the chain seemed to be holding, and Zain was witnessing it all.

‘I have to do something. Come on, leg, heal!’

[You have used 6 points of energy to heal your broken ankle]

Once Zain’s leg was back to its original state, he stood up, but by now, there was a swarm of zombies at the entrance, and more and more were gathering.

—–

The zombies inside the building were spinning around, confused about where to go. There was great disarray for them. At the same time, looking at the glass, Skittle had resorted to praying.

“Hey, that isn’t going to help us! We need to use our brain to get out of this situation!” Buke said. His voice was quite loud, but the zombies didn’t hear him due to the noise of the alarm.

It was then that they both heard a crackling sound, and turning their heads, they could see a crack through the glass entrance.

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