Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

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Upon reaching the refuge's entrance, Ji Wanwan turned back to see Qi Hao still in the car and frowned, "What are you dazed for? Hurry up!"

The zombie horde was getting closer, and Qi Hao bit his teeth as if resolutely facing death, "If I'm going to die, so be it!"

He immediately got out of the car and ran like the wind to the passenger side, opened the door, and with his grandmother in tow, dashed towards the refuge.

His grandmother couldn't run fast due to her age, and it looked like they were about to be caught when Ji Wanwan dropped her bag and took up the Military Shovel to provide support.

Under Ji Wanwan's cover, both of them made it safely into the refuge.

Qi Hao thought he was doomed for sure, but when he looked back, he saw that the zombies seemed unable to see the living, as if oblivious. Upon reaching about a meter in front of the door, they inexplicably turned and left as if there was an invisible barrier protecting them inside the house.

"What the heck? I'm stunned, bro, what kind of performance is this?" Qi Hao, still shocked, came back to his senses.

He looked at Ji Wanwan with a complex gaze, "Wanwan, there's something off about this place."

Ji Wanwan couldn't explain to Qi Hao just yet because she saw her parents looking at her anxiously, on the verge of speaking.

She patted Qi Hao on the shoulder, "I'll tell you about it later."

Then she turned to her parents, "What's wrong? Has something happened?"

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After waking up from a nap in the afternoon, Ji Xing said he had some errands to run and would be back in the evening.

Mrs. Ji thought that the zombie crisis wouldn't erupt until the next day, so since Xingxing would be back at night, she let him go.

But to their surprise, the zombie crisis erupted that afternoon.

Now that night had fallen, and neither son nor daughter had returned, and their calls went unanswered, both Father Ji and Mrs. Ji were frantic with worry.

Seeing her daughter return, Mrs. Ji momentarily felt as if she had seen a savior.

Her voice was choked with tears, "Wanwan, Xingxing went out, and he hasn't come back yet." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Ji Wanwan's heart skipped a beat.

She quickly grabbed her phone to call Ji Xing.

Probably because the vacation resort was secluded and many people were calling at the onset of the crisis, the call wouldn't go through.

Ji Wanwan: "System! Can you help me locate Ji Xing's position?"

System: "Certainly, Host, please wait a moment."

One minute later, the System sent Ji Xing's location to Ji Wanwan—

Jianan Private Cinema, Room 888 for couples.

Ji Wanwan: "..."

This idiot, the apocalypse is upon us, and he's still thinking about dating?

There were many people in the lobby, so Ji Wanwan pretended the call had gone through, "My brother is at Jianan Private Cinema."

The place wasn't far, just a half-hour drive from the refuge, and Xingxing had no car, so it wasn't realistic to expect him to walk back on foot.

She had to get a car to pick up her brother!

There were two cars outside the refuge, and Ji Wanwan only knew Qi Hao well. She sheepishly looked towards him.

Without waiting for her to speak, Qi Hao, who had already grasped the situation from the conversations in the lobby, stepped forward, "Let's go, let's pick up our brother!"

He turned to Mrs. Ji, "Aunt Ji, please take care of my grandmother. Wanwan and I will be right back!"

Once in the car, Ji Wanwan's eyes reddened, and her voice was hoarse, "Qi Hao, thank you."

Qi Hao held the steering wheel with one hand and chuckled lightly, "I told you, no need to be formal with me."

Inside the refuge.

The man sitting in the lobby chair narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the Porsche race away.

This young lady may seem unpretentious, but the people she knows are anything but...

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At Jianan Private Cinema, Ji Xing had already noticed the outbreak of zombies.

He was pressing hard against the door of the booth, his face pale with fear.

Didn't sister say that the zombie outbreak wouldn't happen until tomorrow?

Why did it happen now?

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He had just heard some strange noises when he opened the door and saw a zombie pouncing on someone and biting them on the ground.

When the zombie saw him open the door, it immediately lunged at him. If Ji Xing hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been dead.

The violent pounding and howling outside the door made his scalp tingle and his heart pound in fear.

His girlfriend, Cheng Ya, was oblivious to what had happened and looked at him bewilderedly, "Xingxing, what happened?"

Ji Xing made a silencing gesture, "Turn off the movie, and don't make a sound!"

Seeing his serious face, Cheng Ya grew nervous and quickly turned off the movie.

Outside the door.

Without hearing any noise, the zombies gradually moved away, and Ji Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the zombies hadn't barricaded the door, he still couldn't go out!

If he had known the zombie crisis would erupt early, he would have taken Cheng Ya straight to the refuge.

After listening for a while, Ji Xing didn't hear a sound and silently wondered if all the zombies had gone.

Contemplating taking a risk, he waved to Cheng Ya, motioning for her to follow him.

If there were no zombies outside the door, then he would immediately take Cheng Ya and run!

Taking a deep breath, Ji Xing opened the door a crack to look outside.

Wherever his eyes landed, he saw no one; however, Ji Xing heard the sound of approaching footsteps.

Along with the footsteps, a wave of the stench of blood rushed at him, and a shadow soon fell over Ji Xing.

Ji Xing looked up slightly and met a pair of blood-red eyes—

It was a face that defied description.

The bloodshot eyes bulged from their sockets, the pupils nowhere to be seen, resembling a demon from hell that struck terror into the heart, startling Ji Xing.

Through the narrow door opening and the faint sounds, the predator relied on its bloodthirsty instinct to precisely determine there was fresh human flesh here.

"Roar!"

The zombie in front of him roared loudly, its mouth dripping with blood as it lunged towards Ji Xing. In that moment when its mouth gaped open, Ji Xing even saw threads of bloodied meat stuck between its teeth.

Ji Xing turned pale and promptly closed the door with a swift motion of his hand.

"Bang!"

The sound of the door slamming shut and the impact of the zombie throwing itself against it were distinctly startling in the quiet hallway.

Two seconds later, chaotic footsteps and violent banging on the door came from outside, the noise so loud it seemed to make the entire theater tremble.

Looking at the flimsy security door, Ji Xing pulled Cheng Ya back a few steps.

Cheng Ya too was petrified by the scene just now.

The deathly sounds from outside the door made her feel like crying but no tears came.

Having never experienced anything like this, the only thought in Cheng Ya's mind was:

What the hell?

Is this a movie shoot?

As the shaking of the door grew more frequent, Ji Xing frantically searched his mind for a way to save themselves.

The couple's screening room in the private cinema was like a small box, with only one entrance and exit. If they wanted to leave the room, they had to go through the door.

Given the noise outside, there must be more than five zombies. If they went out now, they probably wouldn't even leave a scrap of themselves behind.

In that instant, Ji Xing felt utterly hopeless.

But thinking of Cheng Ya still with him, Ji Xing felt he shouldn't give up so easily.

He looked around the room, his brain straining for a self-rescue plan.

Noticing two bottles of air freshener in the corner and the ventilation duct overhead, Ji Xing suddenly had an idea.

Ten minutes later.

Ji Wanwan and Qi Hao had just arrived outside Jianan Private Cinema when they saw flames engulfing the cinema.

"Xingxing!" Ji Wanwan's face turned pale, and she felt a sharp pain in her chest.

But the next second, she saw her brother pulling out a girl she recognized from the cinema...