Survival Code: Z City

Ellen

Andrea repeats this short text over and over. The ink strokes like floating on the white paper background. With each passing second, his curiosity did not decrease but only increased. Andrea felt a shiver but still did not believe this prophecy. Maybe it's just the author of the book trying to excite the reader.

The next page is flipped. Andrea looked at the table of contents for a total of five chapters. The first chapter is called Z City. Below that line is another row of small italics.

"Are you ready? Are you sure?"

Andrea frowned slightly and ignored it, and continued to turn to the third page. The "click" sound just ended. Suddenly a series of blinding lights came out from the book, which was very painful to the eyes. The wind suddenly blew from nowhere. The wooden table also shook. Andrea panicked and covered his face with his hands. He felt a strong pull around him. It seemed to be pulling him away. It was like a fly rushing in despite fate. Andrea wanted to scream for help, but something choked him. He seemed to want to scream until he was hoarse, but no one appeared.

At this point, the memory is interrupted. When he woke up, Andrea found himself in a completely unfamiliar place. At this moment, a thought flashed in his mind. The book itself was the clue. It drew him inside, and the title of the chapter was also the name of this city.

City Z… The city of the Dead.

Putting all the details together, Andrea found it to be very reasonable. He looked bewildered at Laura and Yard. Would the two of them look like he would appear here that way? He must ask for clarity.

"Yard..."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Suddenly, the door to their room was hit by something. The three immediately stood up and looked at each other in horror. Andrea, who was closest to the door, quickly pushed the table against the door and turned around shouting,

"Quick, you two get out of the window."

"And you?" Yard nodded but didn't forget to ask again.

“You two get out first. I will follow up shortly.”

Yard didn't say a word and walked quickly to the window. He watched for a while and then decided to go down by the water pipe attached to the wall. Not far away was a stone step, stretching enough for two or three people to stand. Yard took a deep breath and turned to stick his foot out the window. He did not forget to look at Laura and instruct:

"I'll get down first and you have to get down."

"Okay."

Laura nodded quickly. She looked anxiously at her tall friend, who was struggling to climb down, and panicked at the slammed door. The two hands kept holding each other until they turned white.

"Laura."

Yard stood safely on the stone steps and called out loudly to that inside. Laura nervously put her hand on the windowsill, lifted her leg, and sat up. She was just about to climb down when a series of roars rang out in the distance. Followed by a swarm of zombies running like crazy. The zombies looked up to see the two of them, growling and screaming, more intense. Laura was so scared that she cried. There was a bunch of zombies in front of her, she didn't know what the heck was behind. Yard mumbled a curse and looked at the monsters below. They seem to be quite intelligent, knowing how to pile up and climb on top of each other. Yard followed the moonlight looking down. He saw bloody mouths coming towards him. His heart was pounding with fear. Laura was sitting motionless in the middle of the window. Andrea on this side can't take it anymore. He was knocked down by a strong force from outside. The table wobbled to the side. Laura heard the sound and turned around. Both she and Andrea at that moment held their breath waiting for what was to come.

Breaking into the room is not a bunch of hideous zombies with slimy flesh. It was a human being of flesh and blood. Andrea looked at the girl in front of him and still couldn't stop his heartbeat quick. His whole body subconsciously stepped back in an alert. Laura shivered, turned to Yard, then fell back and shouted:

"It's not over! Andrea quickly saves Yard."

The bottom is not good at all. Swarms of zombies are climbing at lightning speed. Although Yard was stood quite high, in the blink of an eye, the zombies were about to come. Yard had no choice but to cling to the water pipe and climb up. But going down is easy and climbing up is quite difficult. Yard's sweaty hands barely grasped the pipe. He glanced to his left, an arm's length away, at a long iron rod that rested on the vented outdoor unit of the air conditioner. Yard immediately jumped over, reaching out to grab a corner. His palm ached from the sharpness of the rig. The zombies are temporarily unable to reach this place.

Meanwhile, Andrea at the top had regained his composure. He jumped up and rushed to observe the situation outside. Yard's feet were only a small distance from the zombies. Andrea and Laura panic and try to find a way. They needed something long enough to help Yard climb. But unfortunately, there is nothing here. While the two were confused, the girl who had just appeared spoke up,

"I have a rope,"

The sentence immediately caught the attention of Andrea and Laura. They frowned at their new friend incredulously. In her hand, she did not know when she clutched a large set of ropes.

"Save me with Andrea!"

Yard's scream rang out and Andrea didn't have time to doubt. He nodded slightly and accepted the rope from his friend. He quickly created a strong connection key and shouted out the window,

"I'll throw the rope down for you."

After saying that, Andrea quickly threw one end of the rope down below. On the other end of the line, he and Laura tried to hold on with all their might. Yard below also tried to use the force of his calves to catch the swinging rope. Fortunately, the length of the rope was just enough to reach his knees. Otherwise, it would turn into a path for the zombies to enter.

Yard finally caught the rope with his femoral. He gripped it tightly and let go of one hand that was holding the iron truss. After grabbing the rope, Yard tried to climb up. The zombies have chased this place. Screams like to tear through the darkness.

Andrea and Laura tried to hold on to the rope. It rubs against the palm of their hand, causing them pain. As soon as they saw Yard's glimmering upper body, Andrea and Laura immediately rushed in and pulled Yard inside.

When it was safe, Andrea didn't forget to close the window and like the other two fell to the floor panting. Sweat poured out like rain. Clothes are all wet. Everyone's hair is messy and sticky on both sides of the face. Only a new friend is still standing with a strangely calm expression. She was silently observing something from the three of them.

"Who are you? You woke up to find out that this isn't your home, right?"

Andrea leaned over and sat up heavily. He crossed his legs and looked seriously into the other's face. Yard and Laura also turned their attention to the new girl. She looked at them in turn, then smiled politely.

"My name is Ellen, just like you, I was pierced by this magic book,"

"Oh, so we're all in the same situation,"

Andrea nodded, but the disappointment in his eyes still couldn't hide. Thus, the four of them were the ones who were pierced by this magic book. After all, how can they get out of this hellish place?