They had rescued a total of 157 survivors this time, two-thirds of whom were women. At the same time, Captain Zhou had learned some news from these survivors.
When the disaster struck, everyone woke up, and many people had already fled. Those who were slow to react found many zombies appearing around the school when they thought of escaping, so they had to hide in the dormitories. They didn't know where the others had fled to, and most of these survivors were from out of town, without relatives in Market, which is also why they hadn't escaped immediately after the disaster.
Because they had nowhere to go.
The area around the school was surrounded by busy commercial streets, mainly selling clothes and food, with several small motels. Although they were on a rescue mission, since they had come, they naturally wanted to bring back as many supplies as possible.