"This world is really hateful."
Li Ke, clearly feeling his muscles getting a workout, was quite helpless.
He was currently training using a bug in human body training—exerting tremendous strength without feeling fatigued or in pain.
This kind of training was obviously very efficient, because physical fatigue and exhaustion are one of the reasons many people refuse to exercise, but this world made that difficulty disappear.
However, looking at the vast horde of zombies outside, Li Ke really wanted to complain.
"An ordinary person coming here would definitely be killed, so why was I thrown here?"
He was truly speechless. An ordinary person who knew nothing about the situation would almost certainly die here. And those who didn't know the situation, like Rin Tohsaka, obviously couldn't withstand the zombie horde's attack.
If he hadn't survived the first day at the gas station, probably no one would have survived by now.
"Is this... the zombie horde you were talking about?"
Rin Tohsaka, noticing the commotion, awoke from her cubicle and, along with Mai Shiranui who had also awakened, looked outside with Li Ke.
At this time, their isolated island hadn't yet been surrounded by zombies, so venturing out wasn't a problem for the time being.
"Yes, but this time it seems a little different."
Rias answered for Li Ke, saying something that caught his attention.
Li Ke strained his eyes to see further, and then saw something different: some zombies with remarkably bloated bodies, and others emitting a green glow that immediately brought to mind zombies exposed to radiation and biochemical drugs.
"..."
Don't tell me these things will explode.
Li Ke frowned as he looked at the zombies whose bellies glowed green.
Although they had now erected a steel barrier to prevent the zombies from directly attacking their building, this had also narrowed their firing range.
If there were any highly powerful explosives…
Li Ke glanced at his ten-centimeter-thick steel walls.
It wasn't a big problem, as long as it didn't evolve into armor-piercing rounds or a small nuclear explosion, it wouldn't be a major issue.
"These things look like they're related to nuclear radiation. Rias, can you sense nuclear radiation?"
Rias nodded directly.
"Of course I can. After all, nuclear bombs in my world were created by humans with the help of Devils, so of course we can directly see nuclear radiation."
"..."
Li Ke was silent for a moment before speaking.
"Then should we test the explosive power of these things? Or rather, whether it will cause severe pollution or something? I don't care, but you guys probably need to be careful."
Li Ke crossed his arms, looking at the monsters.
"It's alright, I've already set up a protective magic circle and inscribed magic runes on our house. Unless it's a real nuclear explosion, there won't be any problems. As for the power of the explosion, I'll test it out and find out."
Rias quickly conjured a ball of light in her hand. The next moment, a dummy almost identical to Rias appeared on the distant cliff. The previously docile zombies immediately rushed towards the dummy, which, while firing strange magic bullets at the pot-bellied zombies in the distance, allowed the zombies to approach.
Then, Li Ke witnessed two explosions.
One explosion occurred near the dummy, and the other was from the dummy that had been shot in the stomach.
Rias's conclusion reached Li Ke's ears amidst the zombies' frenzied roars.
"A direct attack to the stomach will cause it to explode, while a direct attack to the head won't. Getting too close also has a chance of self-destruction. However, if attacked from a distance, you'll be attacked by their radioactive vomit, which is highly corrosive and radioactive. Direct contact is not recommended for humans. However, breaching our fortress will be difficult. If it were the old steel fortress, it would be slowly corroded by this attack, but after I inscribed the runes, that won't be a problem."
Rias answered Li Ke's question with ease, and at this moment, the zombies began to gather rapidly due to a chain reaction.
Thus, the zombie horde began ahead of schedule.
However, the center wasn't Li Ke's house, but the place where Rias detonated the dummy. But clearly, this farce wouldn't end before the Blood Moon ended.
This is why Li Ke had never planned to level up during the daytime of a Blood Moon.
Because it would be no different from directly confronting the Blood Moon.
His heart wasn't strong enough for that.
"So, it's not a big problem? That's really reliable, Rias."
Li Ke stretched and returned to the steel house, but didn't forget to remind Rin and the others.
"Oh, right, remember to use the restroom. We won't be able to use the toilet all day."
He genuinely meant well. Given that the Blood Moon had begun, it was impossible to let anyone use the restroom later.
After all, the zombies would eventually surround this place.
"Y-yes, I understand."
Rin answered instinctively, but when Li Ke and Rias returned, she looked at the increasing number of zombies closing in and exchanged bewildered glances with Mai Shiranui.
Neither of them really needed to use the restroom, but the situation was indeed as Li Ke said; it would probably be long before they could leave.
But…
Who could possibly use the restroom in this situation?!
Rin looked at the howling, charging zombies and felt a sense of despair. Li Ke, however, was unaware of their situation. Even if he knew, he would mercilessly laugh, because he could, and even urinate on the charging zombies.
Having experienced so much, he was no longer bothered. Even outside the steel building, he could calmly face a tsunami of zombies—he could simply run away.
And things indeed unfolded as Li Ke predicted. Before long, zombies attracted by the sounds of the zombies filled the entire canyon, and those that followed naturally sensed their presence.
Thus, the situation became one of countless zombies gnawing and scratching at the steel walls outside.
But Rias's Mirror Circle barrier prevented the sounds of these zombies' scratching from reaching them, ensuring that Li Ke and the others could sleep undisturbed.
After waking up, Li Ke prepared the ingredients he brought from the Food Wars! world, set them aside to steam rice, and began cooking.
Although he couldn't quite be called a master chef during this time, Li Ke had still learned how to cook a few dishes, so the aroma quickly woke the three women sleeping in the cubicle.
Rias remained as carefree as ever, but Rin and Mai were in a different boat. They had spent most of the night observing the zombies from the observation window, and then worried about the steel house when it attacked, so they hadn't slept well.
"It smells so good… these ingredients are extraordinary."
Rias looked at the food Li Ke had prepared with surprise. The taste far exceeded her expectations, especially considering she hadn't been eating very well lately.
However, the pampered young lady also noticed something.
That was, Li Ke's cooking skills were really not that great. It hadn't been obvious when the ingredients weren't good before, but now, it was clear that they weren't very good.
"I didn't cook for you. You'd better eat what's over there, or something bad will happen."
But Li Ke held out his hand, pointing to the specialties of 7 Days to Die—soups made from various canned goods and grilled meat sold in shops. After all, the ingredients in the Food Wars! world are always somewhat questionable.
Rias laughed in exasperation, while Rin and Mai wore strange expressions. However, they weren't upset that Li Ke was stingy; they were simply surprised that Li Ke and Rias weren't that close.
"Fine, you'll see once you try it."
Li Ke immediately noticed Rias's disbelief, so he served a portion of his food to the three women.
The three women ate the food casually, and the next moment—
"Ugh!"
"Ah!"
"Ha..."
They felt happiness.
Happiness in every sense of the word.