Don't Pick Up Boyfriends From the Trash BinCh150.1 - Raising a Big Cat in the Apocalypse (End)

translator: xiin

Gu Xinzhi felt a warm touch on his arm, and a bit of light flashed in his eyes. hI15Oa

He tried his best, but his hand could only move an inch or two.

He asked quietly, “I can’t see you. Qiuyun, are you there?”

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Ding Qiuyun leaned over and looked at him, seeing the young man whom he’d considered a comrade-in-arms a long time ago.

The first time they met was when they were in the recruits’ dormitory. NWAsXB

In the dormitory, Ding Qiuyun had arrived last. When he entered, Gu Xinzhi had been sitting in the only empty bunk, smoking. When he saw someone come in, he stood up with his cigarette and moved to another bunk nearby.

Ding Qiuyun had noticed that he’d left his cigarette box on the bed, so he’d bent over to pick it up.

Gu Xinzhi had noticed as well, but his movements were a bit slower than Ding Qiuyun’s, and his finger had accidentally brushed the back of Ding Qiuyun’s hand.

He frowned, then immediately pulled back.

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Ding Qiuyun picked up the cigarette box and looked it over, “Bad cigarettes harm the lungs.”

Gu Xinzhi tilted his head slightly and said nothing.

If it was Ding Qiuyun from the future, he would certainly understand that Gu Xinzhi’s body language was saying, ‘It’s none of your damn business’.

However, Ding Qiuyun hadn’t known anything at the time. He tossed the half empty cigarette box back to Gu Xinzhi and said, “In the future, smoke mine.” iCp4XM

Smoking wasn’t allowed in the army. The two recruits secretly bought cigarettes from the captain, but ended up caught by the camp instructor. They were both punished with handstands by the side of the road.

The recruits that came and went all talked about the two of them, who had their heads down and feet up.

Ding Qiuyun wasn’t embarrassed at all. He whispered boldly to Gu Xinzhi, “We didn’t hide it well enough this time.”

Gu Xinzhi: “Mm.” FiMhX3

Ding Qiuyun shifted his foot and prodded Gu Xinzhi with it, “Hey.”

Gu Xinzhi: “Hm?”

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It was also a long time later that Ding Qiuyun learned that Gu Xinzhi had never touched the half packet of bad cigarettes that he’d tossed back. It was put away in his private warehouse, part of his treasured collection, in his own important place.

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––It had taken them both that long to learn that they’d fallen for each other at first sight.

Ding Qiuyun’s hand came to a stop at Gu Xinzhi’s left wrist. It was trembling slightly. eP2f87

Gu Xinzhi’s bloodless right hand was also moving towards the only heat source on his body, his fingertips trembling badly.

He’d had such realistic and terrible dreams for so many years. Gu Xinzhi was afraid, and he didn’t want this time to also be part of his dreams.

A breathy, hopeful sound came from deep inside Gu Xinzhi’s body, and his chest, which contained three broken ribs, fluctuated violently. “Qiuyun……”

When his hand was only three inches away, Ding Qiuyun moved. However, even Chi Xiaochi hadn’t expected this movement–– oJK3Ph

Ding Qiuyun, who had almost no control over his own body, had found the strength to break out from somewhere. He avoided Gu Xinzhi’s hands and bent down abruptly, hugging his head and using one hand to cover Gu Xinzhi’s eyes!

He also closed his own eyes tightly, raising his head to let out a hoarse wail. Tears fell, and two droplets of water landed on Gu Xinzhi’s shoulder.

Chi Xiaochi closed his eyes, then opened them again three seconds later.

The regret value that had been kept controlled at 99 on the display screen jumped up to 100. 8wCqn6

… Mission complete.

Gu Xinzhi didn’t know what this hug meant or signified.

But he suddenly felt relieved.

These 12 hours of pain and suffering in exchange for this hug, he felt that it was very worth it. xrHRqz

He lay on his back in Ding Qiuyun’s arms, feeling that warm palm gently close his eyes. He felt like he was trapped in an underground sleeping palace, surrounded by warm soil that wrapped him up and made his restless, uneasy heart finally, slowly calm down.

However, he still refused to die. After that short period of calmness, he felt an even stronger desire to live.

He coughed quietly, then called out hoarsely, “Qiuyun. …Qiuyun, I don’t want to die, help me––”

However, Gu Xinzhi didn’t have time to finish saying his wish. 3L2E5d

His hand fell back down and landed by his side. His forehead rested against Ding Qiuyun’s embrace, and there was no more movement or sound.

Chi Xiaochi set him down, raised his hand, and carefully wiped away the tears that Ding Qiuyun had shed. He restrained the great grief that wanted to rise up from the depths of his body, stood up, and just happened to meet Yan Lanlan’s eyes as she stood across from them.

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He turned his head away, “Find a spot, we’ll bury him.”

The tears that were threatening in Yan Lanlan’s eyes surged forth. She opened her mouth, moved it, but could only say the word “Gu,” before crouching down and bursting into tears. pl7H0y

Chi Xiaochi stepped outside of the resting area and leaned against the door, looking up at the gray sky.

… Outside, people who’d once died because of Gu Xinzhi were now crying for him.

In their opinion, although Gu Xinzhi had broken into their lives somewhat inexplicably and was cold, solitary, and aloof, he had still been their vice-captain.

… A vice-captain who had been with them for over a year, who never knew what it meant to feel fear or flinch back. FNZeOK

Everyone had regarded him as an invincible god, so no one had expected that Gu Xinzhi would become the first and only person to die from Ding Qiuyun’s team.

Chi Xiaochi gave himself two minutes to escape from the original owner of his body’s emotional influence, then pulled Sun Bin with him to the front of the main base.

He couldn’t stay here for much longer, so he had to seize every minute, “Position, launch.”

Sun Bin was hiccuping and short on breath from crying. He took off his glasses and wiped his ears while asking, “Position… launch, what?” wfAYLM

Chi Xiaochi bent over and wrote down coordinates on a sticky note, then slapped it down in front of Sun Bin, “The AI’s main base station.”

Sun Bin’s brain hadn’t quite caught up, “This is…”

Chi Xiaochi said, “Blow it up for me.”

Sun Bin: “……” b nzA2

The impact that this information had was too strong. Sun Bin, whose mental tolerance was quite poor, was completely dumbfounded, “Captain Ding, how did you get this…”

Chi Xiaochi lied, “This is information from Vice-captain Gu. Cherish it.”

After hearing ‘Vice-captain Gu’, Sun Bin finally recovered his spirits a little. However, he came back fully to his senses as soon as he placed his hands on the console, “No, wait, Captain Ding, we can only start up the internal defense system against external threats from here. Those AI will be able to see any changes made in the data. If it’s linked up to the internet, then they’ll be able to find a gap and invade from the source of the signal. We’ll be completely done for––”

Chi Xiaochi leaned over again and inserted a high-precision hard disk that he’d redeemed from the warehouse into the main computer. UnkHhY

After a series of densely packed data flowed out and wove an airtight protection net, he said decisively, “Don’t worry, I’ve made arrangements.”

What the hard disk was loading up was 061’s achievements over the past three years.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

If if hadn’t been for the extreme oppression that the AI felt, then 061 wouldn’t have been labelled as an S-rated threat by the AI who were still active.

But obviously, the AI had still underestimated the threat that 061 posed. oHTNKE

In recent years, after going through many attacks and chases, he hadn’t stopped for a moment. He’d done repeated deductions and repairs and finally completed a perfect security program. He filtered out effective information from the bulk of the tracking feedback and launched an attack at the dormant AI main system’s base.

Everything, all of it, had all been for this moment.

Only by destroying the AI’s main system could Chi Xiaochi leave safely.

The human struggle may continue, but human kind did not need any additional judgement. N6tDhQ

……

After realizing that the arsenal had fallen, the AI also began 24 hour observation of the arsenal.

But in fact, they weren’t very worried.

In the past, those who guarded the arsenal hadn’t dared to casually use the weapons because they understood too much about how terrible the AI were. They would rather freeze the weapons than take any more risks. YNus3Q

This group of new humans was likely to be no exception.

Sure enough, three days went by and there continued to be no movement from the arsenal. The new humans who’d been killed until they fled in disgrace started stirring again. They surrounded the arsenal like locusts once again, licking their wounds and waiting for the opportunity to launch their next attack.

In their eyes, this group of old humans who’d taken the opportunity to get easy pickings had gotten the treasure trove, but they didn’t have enough strength to do anything else. It was really sad and ridiculous.

The weapons these old humans had on hand may not even be as plentiful as that of their predecessors. 2HxUI

So what if they’d gotten their hands on sophisticated weapons? They were still nothing but another trapped beast.

However, just when the people waiting outside and the AI all settled down, the old humans moved.

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51 comments

  1. NOOO HE DIED AWOOOOOOO

    I am in no position to judge Ding Qiuyun but I personally wanted him to live wuwuuwuw I somewhat understand what it means to do something wrong because of owns own flaws and not being able to see the wrongness of their judgements

    and he tried so hard….I hope he gets a peaceful rest now

  2. Since OG!DQ clearly is upset by his death I was sure he was going to be saved. Is it too late for him to come back as a new human?

  3. Thank you so much for the chapter.

    Man, that was painful, really thought he was gonna live ;w;

    At least he kinda got his closure.

  4. Omg I cried 😢

    I actually felt so bad for Gu Xhinzi but it also feels good that he really regretted his actions 100 percent when he died I thought this turn of events was very refreshing from the straight up typical face slapping of the gongs. He was made to regret by as a result of his own thinking process and experience. Really good arc. Also I didn’t read this for like a year and thought it was completed so imagine my fear when I realized at the last chap then my relief when it wasn’t done yet lol.

  5. No I didn’t want him to die…. at least you should have let him live…. he might be a scum but I felt pity for him…. ah now he’s dead and gone I felt genuinely sad 😥

    Thank you for the chapter and it’s really nice to seeing this update after a long time 🥰💞

  6. God that was painful….. Holy sh*t. I really didn’t expect him to die….. but in hindsight, were I in DQY’s position, I don’t think any amount of of time or any form of punishment could allow me to forgive GXZ….. I honestly don’t think I would have chosen to save him either…… oof.

  7. »He took off his glasses and wiped his ears while asking..« wiped his eyes, right? xD

    Am I the only person who isn’t sad about his death? :’D And have fun blowing up the AI’s >D

    Thx for the ch ٩(。˃ ᵕ ˂ )و

  8. OMG! He really died!? I…I feel really sad about this. 😭 Scum gong became like a model, reformed BF. Poor DQY, I wonder what he will do?

  9. SPOILERS!!

    I have been waiting for almost a year since I MTL this ending. I guess I have to wait for the next chapter to really understand what happened Gu Xinzhi (because mtl is quite unclear and I hope that 061’s technology is super advanced that it was just not a piece of talking mechanical object)

  10. Oh f, I- 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    I guess this is for the best but, my teras can’t stop falling 😭

    Thank you for the chapter!

  11. My heart is broken. Qiuyun, even if you couldn’t forgive him, don’t you think he deserved a second chance? He tried so hard to understand you and become what you (or Xiaochi, for you) wanted, even though he couldn’t understand it, and he really did change. He hung on so long, just for you… And you could have saved him. Did you really hate him that much?

    Or maybe you didn’t hate him, but you wouldn’t, ever, forgive him, and you knew that the only reason he wanted to live was for you. Then, was that a mercy-kill?

    I’m crying. Gu Xinzhi, you were just a ‘scum gong’ in a single QT arc, but I will never forget you.

  12. Honestly GXZ really grew on me xD. I’m a little sad but I’m also happy that Qiuyun is resolved enough to make the decision. I hope XZ has learnt his mistakes and could rest in peace.

    Thanks for the chapter and the arc ends 🥲💞

  13. I mean I guess I understand but at the same time he tried really hard to change and learn and he made progress different . Also QD seemed very affected by Gu death. I can’t know QD thoughts but I do know I wanted him to live.

  14. He died?I don’t think that it’s fair…I mean he tried so hard and really changed himself for the better…even those other scum gongs didn’t die so Why’d you kill the most forgivable one out of them

    • +1

      FR! He got like the best character development out of all the scum gongs in the previous arcs. How could those worse scums live while he dies?! I mean yeah he’s a scum too but I got so attached to him. I want him to live :’)

  15. Man. I hope Qiuyun would live. He did his best in this timeline to atone for a crime he himself hadn’t even committed yet. And that unknowingly parting message was proof. I’m crying already but let’s see where this goes.

  16. Honestly this arc was a bit too heavy for my tastes and I had to force myself through it the first time I read it. This re-read, I skipped a lot because it’s just a slow and boring arc for me.

    But one thing I really liked is how the oml died despite his genuine regret and change. Irl a lot of people pressure you to forgive and accept people who show what seems like genuine remorse for what they do. But there are things you can do that can break a relationship, platonic or romantic. Once it’s broken, forcing it back together is the wrong choice to make. It’s okay to love someone and let them go.

    Seeing the omc recognize the love and the grief he feels, while also recognizing that Gu Xinzhi had done something so wrong that there was no coming back from it, was a very nice and uncommon take in this genre imo.

  17. God I can’t focus anymoreee Gu Xinzhi’s death has me rattled👁️👄👁️ Ding Qiuyun dodged his hand because Chi Xiaochi said to hold his hand??? I can’t 😭

  18. I feel like ultimately, DQY just didn’t want to bend the laws of life for GXZ because of the impact of the apocalypse added with the guilt of his teammates’ death from his past life… Ah, GXZ, may he rest in peace now.

  19. A perfect example of us readers not understanding the characters. Any other transmigrator would’ve probably felt bad like we did reading all that from an ominescent POV but like CXC stated, it’s entirely upto DQY. We all assumed at some point that he would forgive him but no, despite all his feelings he chose something else. This proves that no one can make decisions on someone else’s behalf, on their situations