Creating Ties

Recovering the focus, Bethany swung the katana towards the remaining arm of the zombie, cutting it, thus leaving the zombie without both arms. The zombie tried to bite Bethany's neck but she slammed the shield into the zombie's face. As he fell to the ground from the impact, she crushed his head with the shield, spreading bits of brain and blood everywhere.

Bethany then turned and smiled as she celebrated her first unsupported slaughter. The group continued to move. After a minute they reached the bus parking lot, they boarded a bus and sat on the stools, then Matthew said:

"So, here we are now. The apocalypse has occurred, we survived the initial horrors, and we're going on a journey to Dallas. We will not know whether we're going to end up on a smooth trip or whether it's one of those harsh movie trips of apocalypse. We'd better take the night off, after all we will never know when we'll have another night like this. "

The group agreed with Matthew's words as they prepared to sleep. Terry said:

"You know, I'm sorry we started off on the wrong foot. I was a little unlucky when we met earlier. I can not say that I'm happy with everything that is happening right now in the world, but I can say that I enjoy having you as my teammates . "

Bethany smiled when she said:

"Same here."

Thobias also said:

"We'll form a big one group."

Julie said:

"You know, I even like you a little more then, Terry."

The whole group laughed as Terry made a face of false sadness. He decided to play along with Julie.

"And you did not like me before? Oh, my poor heart is broken."

Seeing his group was finally getting relaxed after a tiring day, a thin smile found its way on his face. An idea then popped in Matthew's mind.

Matthew took the backpack on his back and said:

"What about we have fun tonight? I have some snacks and pastries here, plus sodas, beers and water. It might be a good time to get to know each other better."

The morale of the group instantly rose when the group accepted the idea of ​​Matthew and began to eat the snacks and sweets while drinking the sodas and the beers. Terry then asked Thobias:

"I think it would be a good idea to share stories tonight, how about we start with how you got to the state of peeing in your pants today?"

Thobias then gave an embarrassed laugh when he said:

"It's a really funny story. I was reading a novel in which mc transmigrated to a new world and won a system. It was obvious that as in all novels mc had a super op system that made him stronger than the rest of them. So I said quietly to how good it would be to have a system. Right after that, amazingly... it all began! I found that I was mc of a story and after pulling out my short katana that is now with Bethany, I went to fight the zombies."

"When I was going to face one of them, I saw them punching a student and breaking his arm with a punch. Just a punch! After that, they started to devour him. And I immediately ran off and they went after me. Then I fell and when I found that I was going to be eaten alive, I peed in my pants. I was saved by Matthew and he was covered in blood so I thought he was going to kill me, and I peed in my pants again."

The group then began to laugh and console Thobias as they began to talk about everything they could. After an hour of conversation and play, Bethany realized that Matthew had been a little away for about ten minutes. Then she approached Matthew and asked:

"Worried about your parents?"

Matthew nodded. He said that the last person he talked to when it all started was his mother.

Julie hearing the conversation approached and said while comforted Matthew:

"I also have a little sister there. I'm worried about her too, but we can not let it affect us or we cannot even reach them."

Matthew nodded and put a smile on his face to cheer the group up. Terry realized that people would only begin to worry about who they cared for after this conversation between Matthew, Bethany and Julie, so he interrupted in and said:

"Let's go guys! Bedtime! Tomorrow we'll have a long day ahead."

The group agreed to what Terry said and each went to a corner to sleep and enjoy that quiet night.

Matthew found a spot for himself and sat cross-legged one on top of the other, in a Buddha-like position as he sat down to meditate.

Then he asked the system:

"System, does cultivating here also count as rest as in some novels?"

* Ding *

"Responding to the user, cultivation is a secondary way of improving the body by increasing and improving the genes of the user's body, so the user after the cultivation session will feel as if he has had an extremely relaxing sleep."

After listening to the system's explanation, Matthew closed his eyes and decided to start cultivating.