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To everyone's surprise, Haruyuki Arita chose to take the risk with him when safety could not be guaranteed.

Haruyuki Arita would never have done this to curry favor with someone powerful.

People cling to powerful figures to get carried along, not to die trying to climb the social ladder.

At this moment, Haruyuki Arita showed a somewhat awkward expression, tapping her index fingers together and cautiously looking at Xu Ming.

"Um... we should be considered friends now, right?"

Xu Ming paused for a moment, then solemnly extended his right hand.

"Xu Ming, Grade 11, Class B, Toyonosaki Private Academy."

Haruyuki Arita was initially a little confused, then her face lit up with surprise. She wiped her hands on her body and then took Xu Ming's hands in both of them.

"Umego Junior High School, Class 2-C! Haruyuki Arita!"

Xu Ming smiled slightly.

"We're friends now."

"Yes!"

As Haruyuki Arita smiled, two tears suddenly welled up in the corners of his eyes.

Xu Ming was stunned.

"...Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

Haruyuki Arita immediately wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said in a slightly choked voice:

"Because apart from my childhood playmates, I have never made any friends at school. Xu Mingjun, you are the first one."

"..."

A complex look flashed in Xu Ming's eyes. If he had few friends, he, as a transmigrator, wasn't much better off.

After calming himself down, Xu Ming explained his plan to Haruyuki Arita.

"Xu Mingjun, isn't this plan dangerous?"

Xu Ming patted him on the shoulder.

"There are definitely risks, but this is the safest method I can think of without alerting these zombies. You stay in this room for a while, and I'll signal you once I'm sure it's safe. Then you rush over immediately, understand?"

Haruyuki Arita swallowed hard, looking somewhat nervous.

"I...I understand."

"Just think of it as a 100-meter sprint at a sports meet..." Seeing Haruyuki Arita's face immediately turn dejected upon hearing the words "sports meet," Xu Ming quickly changed his tune, "You're very hungry right now, and there's only one serving left in the cafeteria. What are you going to do?"

"I understand! I will do my best!"

Haruyuki Arita instantly became full of energy.

"You, you can do it..."

Xu Ming wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The operation officially began soon after.

Ding!

The zombies lingering at the top of the stairs on the fourth floor suddenly heard a soft sound.

That's a coin!

It fell to the ground not far from the doorway.

Their instinctive greed for money instantly transformed them into predatory beasts, pouncing towards the coin.

Chapter Forty-Two: A Sprint to Life and Death

Soon, the zombie found another coin at the doorway.

In this way, the zombie was lured out by the coins placed at intervals and then led to the nearest bedroom.

Right in the center of the bedroom, on the floor, lay a handful of coins, with a Fukuzawa Yukichi card on top of them!

The zombies went berserk instantly.

His insatiable desire for money completely overwhelmed his already low intelligence!

In just two or three seconds, a loud noise suddenly came from the room.

A commotion erupted as people struggled, flesh was torn apart, and furniture crashed to the ground.

At the same time, the door to the bedroom opposite this one quietly opened.

Xu Ming poked his head out from inside.

"Remember! As soon as I give the signal, you rush in!"

Xu Ming gave one last instruction.

"I see!"

Haruyuki Arita nodded vigorously.

Xu Ming tiptoed out the door and came to the other side.

Inside the bedroom, the zombies were frantically grabbing the coins, completely unaware that a large, living person had appeared at the door.

Looking at Fukuzawa Yukichi's face, which had been torn to shreds and was flying everywhere in the struggle among the zombies, Xu Ming felt a pang of heartache before gently closing the bedroom door.

Then Xu Ming strode towards the gate.

As soon as Xu Ming entered the stairwell, he immediately saw two or three living corpses still lingering at the entrance.

However, all of this was within his expectations.

The zombie had just seen him and hadn't even had a chance to roar.

Click!

A soft click of a shutter sounded, and the world fell silent.

Xu Ming walked quickly to the entrance of the staircase.

His hand was about to touch the door with strange patterns drawn in gold thread when he seemed to remember something and quickly withdrew it. Then he took out a mineral water bottle from his backpack.

Xu Ming took the mineral water bottle in his hand, then used it to push the door open forcefully inside.

The strange pattern on the gate flashed a red light and then disappeared without a trace.

This strange pattern doesn't seem to be able to stop living people.

Before Xu Ming could think further, he heard a creak! The door opened with a soft sound, and the staircase leading to the fourth floor appeared before him!

Xu Ming's face lit up with joy, and he quickly waved to Haruyuki Arita.

Haruyuki Arita immediately ran towards the stairwell entrance at full speed.

boom!

He had just rushed out of the room when the door to the bedroom opposite suddenly trembled violently, the entire door frame shook, and a large amount of white ash fell down.

Haruyuki Arita instinctively stopped and turned around, immediately hearing Xu Ming shouting.

"Don't stop! Don't look back!"

Haruyuki Arita was startled and quickly started running again, his fat jiggling like a running piglet, which looked quite comical.

Xu Ming, standing at the entrance of the stairs, showed no sign of a smile.

He had already anticipated this; given the zombies' obsession with money, they were very likely to have some ability to sense the strange seal on the door.

Xu Ming never expected that these zombies would be so sensitive to the seal. They detected it as soon as the seal was opened!

This is truly a prime example of being obsessed with money!

Just as Xu Ming was lost in thought...

Bah!

A loud bang came from outside the door.

Xu Ming's expression changed; it was clearly the sound of the door being damaged.

"Arita, hurry!"

Xu Ming, disregarding everything else, urged loudly.

"I...I've done my best!"

Haruyuki Arita was out of breath.

His appalling speed made Xu Ming want to kick him hard in the backside.

Just then, a zombie emerged from the stairwell doorway.

Upon seeing the entrance to the fourth floor open, it let out an excited roar and then stretched out its arms and pounced towards this side.

Then one after another, undead appeared at the doorway and surged toward them.

The sheer number of a dozen or so undead created an aura as terrifying as a tidal wave.

At this moment, Haruyuki Arita was less than 5 meters away from the entrance.

Xu Ming finally couldn't hold back any longer, rushed over, picked him up like a little piglet and held him close to his waist.

A tremendous force struck, and Xu Ming's body suddenly fell to one side.

Fortunately, Xu Ming usually paid attention to exercise and was in pretty good physical condition. He quickly regained his footing and turned around to rush towards the entrance.

In just a few short seconds, the fastest zombie had already caught up to within 3 meters of the two!

Such terrifying speed and physical abilities are comparable to Liu Xiang in the zombie world.

In the blink of an eye, the two were less than 1 meter away from the entrance.

But the undead behind them were much closer!

Xu Ming could even faintly smell the strong stench of blood coming from behind him, and felt gusts of cold wind behind his head.

"It's going to grab me!"

Haruyuki Arita screamed in fright.