Shana walked in front of the body with her eyes flashing a hint of sadness, feeling depressed.

"Shana, what should we do?" Mei Rui looked at Shana hesitantly, but ultimately asked.

As soon as she heard, looked away, turned, passed through Mei Rui, and whispered: "Keep moving!"

This unexpected setback immediately changed within the group becoming into a little heavy atmosphere, but this setback also made the group to become more determined and cautious of their surroundings. They realized that, even though with Shana and Mei Rui to open the road in front, Li Kai Cheng in the middle to set the perimeter, and Ark overlooks the situation and guards the rear, there is still a small chance that a situation like that will happen again.

After all, their goal is to reach to Sanban High for the purpose of rescue, not sweeping zombies, besides the zombies that wander around, Shana and her classmates will have no time nor effort to waste just to search and destroy any obstacle in the surrounding shops.

The way on how Shana is dealing with the situation about treating a dead teammate, enabled Ark to grasp a further understanding of her psyche. She is indeed on a passive approach, and her hard headedness is also shown sometimes, but her decisiveness is still maintained even in critical moments.

This was the key factor of how she could be able to survive and even manage to a big group for this long even though some of it were leechers who could only waste their energy by extending their hands for begging rather than helping.

"Li Kai Cheng, get your group ready, we're moving!. Let's go, Yu Lian." Instructed Li Kai Cheng and his group to immediately follow up to Shana as Ark turned, and looked at see Lu Xin's group before moving on.

It seems this unexpected event also made Lu Xin's group to become even more nervous and scared than even before.

The Glasses man pulled Lu Xin's shirt and started walking away from the body and said: "Come! we must follow them!"

"Don't pull me!" Lu Xin's resist.

"What are you doing? They are on their way!" The Glasses insist pointing out that they will be losing their sight on Shana's group if they keep stalling.

"That is all because of you, Hao Cheng! Your suggestion of following them made us here! And now someone on our side just died!" Lu Xin turned back to look at Ark who looked back at him before walks away.

Hao Cheng pushed his glasses, and replied in a low tone: "How on earth can we survive without Shana and Li Kai Cheng? And you can already see that a man named Ark is already oppressing us! What if he instructs Shana to do the same and abandon us?

"This..." Lu Xin looked shocked at Hao Cheng, then frowned to ask: "What's the use of our plan would work if we keep following them! S***, Huh! I would never be able to act so cautious around this b**** Shana, even if it was before. That's not to mention that low class outsider Ark! He dared to insult me..."

Hao Cheng's eyes flashing a hint of coldness behind the lenses, he quickly interjected Lu Xin's cursing, tapping on his shoulder and whispered on his ear: "Why not tag along? Don't you think, the less people within the group, the more benefits we get? Just make Shana Happy, you are depending on her now as your benefactor. If I were in your shoes, I would be smarter enough to scrap that conspiracy of yours. You didn't get her to be your girlfriend before, and it's impossible to get her now too, from the moment when she reunited with her only crush teacher, Ark Brooks."

Hao Cheng let go his hand on Lu Xin's shoulder as he instructs everyone to quickly follow them as he walks away, turned back, and looked at Lu Xin's face full of mixed emotions, he smirk and said: "Oh yeah...and about killing Ark, My only advice to you is that, you will forget about that plan as well. He is untouchable, a person that you can't mess with."

"How dare you, hypocrite!" Lu Xin was stunned for a moment, when his eyes to look at Hao Cheng's gaze; he even felt the chills penetrated down on his spine. Who knew that Hao Cheng, whose known to being quiet and intelligent, yet nice and gentle, is actually having such a insideous personality hidden in plain sight all along....

However, in the moment he was surprised, Hao Cheng was already leading the group and held his knife as they followed behind Shana's group, acting to the usual persona somehow he want going to fight with them.

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But the moment he was recovered, Lu Xin had already gritted his teeth from his rage, and cursed: "F***! If none of these had not happened, Shana would have already been mine if it wasn't for that Ark intervened in my plans. As for him, a low class guy, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to lick my foot!"

The balance of power has dramatically changed before and after the outbreak of disaster collapses the human society, created the imbalance within Lu Xin's heart. Being humiliated by Ark, rejected by Shana, and now being betrayed and looked down upon by Hao Cheng. Lu Xin's eyes even become bloodshot. But what benefit for him of feeling imbalanced, like Hao Cheng said, he was rejected by Shana and Ark could tell her to abadon him.

"F***! F***! F***!" Even after cursing three times all at once, Lu Xin didn't felt that his inner sense of frustration reduced much but more like it was increasing.

"However, he is right..." Took a glance from a distance behind his classmate's back, Lu Xin's heart has already started a new plan, thinking who will next sacrificial pawn....

Passing through the next residential area, the group became more alert than before, preventing any slip-ups on their defense, and went through without any casualties. The occasional zombies that were hidden lurking were all taken care of by Ark, not needing any assistance from Yu Lian.

However not very long, as they reached the main roads near the hospital. Shana didn't have to warn them as they knew it very well from the briefing that this area around here is very dangerous.

Here specifically where it centers the busiest part of the district, and in a place where it's handling the first contentment during the disaster outbreak like hospital and medical staff, just imagining the number of people were mutated into zombies that may wandering in this main road is enough to make people's legs shiver with fear. Some students were already thought about backing out, but they lost this thought after seeing Shana's firm expression.

On cue, the moment where they turned to the corner on the main road, the scene in front of them before everyone's gaze makes their skins tingling, body shivering.

Countless discarded bodies, or crashed cars piled densely on the main road, and within these wreckages, there were at least hundreds of wandering around aimlessly

They also witnessed from nearby, inside a very expensive sports car, a man's twisted face was pierced to the broken front window, then the half of his body was tearing out by the zombies from the cracks. Then disappeared without a trace, with only blood spattered across the car.

"How to get past... This would be tricky..." Shana mutters under her breath thinking possible ideas.

The whole group is already becoming tense, even Kai Cheng's face was covered in sweat. He quietly gripped holding his nail gun, leaning towards Shana.

Instead of timidly hiding behind the whole group, they quickly check their surroundings in case wandering zombies slip by them, although it could be a little risky given they could attract more zombies in their direction.

However, to this situation, even Shana felt troubled. On the contrary, Ark still looked calm, even though there was no pathway that may pass through these many zombies on the road without attracting them, but there is another option for them to use. Shana's concern was all due to her classmate's safety after all....

"We must find a way to draw the attention of those zombies away." Shana reluctantly sighs as she clenches the handle of the Katana blade tightly and continues spoke decisively: "I'll become the bait and draw their attention, and Teach, you take them...."

"No!" Ark said promptly as he interjected his disapproval of Shana's plan, Shana and everyone turned their attention at Ark with his face full of confidence, and calmly said: "Shana, let your Teacher become the expensive bait for these zombies."

When Ark finished, surprised everyone, and even Shana looked speechless. Ark walked in front of the group, turned and looked at Mei Rui, and said: "Mei Rui, give me the bag full of Molotov napalm and nail bombs. I need it."

"Okay" Mei Rui quickly nodded as she handed it over the bag of molotov napalm and nail bomb to Ark as he slings on his shoulders.

"Teach?" Shana doesn't doubt the capability of her beloved teacher, but just feeling of him voluntarily suggested such a suicide mission, is hard to be accepted by everyone.

Ark promptly said: "Passing through this main road by brute force will be even more dangerous. Shana, lead everyone and find a place to hide. As soon as the moment when zombies on the road start to gather in my position, you lead everyone and just pass through immediately."

It's not difficult to attract zombies' attention, however Shana who is acting as the bait will be in grave danger. But being him doing bait has a chance to pull it off, the plan was to make a self destructive bomb, though even though making one is easy, how could one explosion hold the zombies' attention for long.

And even the bag full of Molotov napalm and nail bomb lacks the kind of firepower required, but using the equipment from the hospital may be could the a key factor.

"Are you sure you will be okay?" Shana asked hesitantly: "Teach, let me do it...."

"Just go." Ark smiled and said.

On the other hand, Li Kai Cheng looked at Ark admiringly, he patted his shoulder, criedly said: "Big brother Ark, you are the man! Your sacrifice will not be in vain."

"I have no plan to die." Ark quickly interjects Kai Cheng's passionate words.

"Shana, since bro Ark has said so, maybe we should just...." Hao Cheng hesitantly said.

"Alright, Let's go hide." Shana agreed as she walked beside Ark and whispered: "Teach, please be careful yourself and Yu Lian."

Ark nodded at Shana. He is not doing for these people, but he just could not watch his student to take it all the burden on herself. Knowingly everyone could see that, if Shana really draw the zombies to herself, there will slim chance for her to survive, On the other hand, he will glad to relieved the burden that his student carries on her shoulders.

After all, Ark is just a normal man and a once teacher, even if even he has a selfish side, but within his own capabilities, it's inevitable for him that someone would see an emerge a hint of a teacher sacrifice for his student complex.

What's more is that it's not only about helping Shana, but also to protect her dignity. After following behind them all this time, Ark did not waste any energy to get here, so it's time to work...

(But.... I am really destined to be a soft guy, never learned to stay out and not involved, to be a sword for someone in need!)

Even when the world has ended and had to hide and survive his way in many situations, yet his heart still cemented on some silly values that he mustn't be give up and be presevere.

Even if people would think of him as a dumb hero saving the lady in distress kind of scenario.... fortunately this moment, he is not planning to die yet. After all he has a promise to fulfill.

Li Kai Cheng and the rest of the groups' gaze lit up, the moment when they were going to mouth some appreciative words out of either respect or formality, they immediately heard Shana with firm expression and saying, "We will go hide first, hurry!"

"Shana... Five minutes." Ark said.

Shana was confused as she turned, and looked at Ark and he continued: "Only five minutes for you and everyone to find a hiding place....

After five minutes. Then there will be a corpse party under his will.