Zombie UniversityCh31 - First Victory

translator: transcendentwings


The moment Li Dilei buckled the suitcase, Song Fei decisively cut off the music and withdrew his hand to close the door. His task to create interference was already complete. As for whether his comrades-in-arms could return to the closed stacks smoothly, he had faith. Xi6WbP

The infiltration began from the balcony, so naturally he will backtrack along the same path for the return route. After slipping the phone with the lock screen engaged into his pocket, Song Fei turned around and just when he was about to take a step forward, he inadvertently lifted his gaze and was frozen on the spot.

The windows that were originally only partially shut were wide open now and the dry and cold air tunneled in, making the archive room that wasn’t warm in the first place gain a few more degrees of coolness. He clearly remembered that he had closed the windows after entering the room. Although originally the window wasn’t shut completely in order to prevent cutting off a speedy escape if zombies were suddenly to storm in, but based on the current seemingly nonexistent winds, it was impossible for the heavy window shades to be blown wide open naturally.

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The doorway was about 20 meters away from the window and there was only a narrow aisle between. Both sides were lined by neatly arranged cabinets, all of which were more than two meters high, making the room that was originally not so illuminated due to the cloudy weather appear even darker.

Song Fei could distinctively feel his heartbeat accelerating. He tried his best to suppress it and listened carefully to his surroundings. The archive room was still a picture of silence, so quiet that it made people wary. ANo3Vr

He held his breath and drew the scissors that were inserted into his waistband, then he lightly and slowly clenched it within his fist. After that, he slipped a shoe off nearly noiselessly and hurled it hard!

The shoe drew a sharp horizontal line in the air and slammed straight through the passageway onto the wall underneath the window with a solid thud.

At the same time this noise rang out, a zombie suddenly rushed out from between the third and fourth file cabinets on the left side in front of him and made a beeline for the spot where the shoe landed!

Song Fei decisively darted to the nearest file cabinet, yanked the drawers out into a makeshift staircase and scrambled up using both his hands and feet simultaneously.

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The zombie that had lunged towards the shoe heard the sound. It turned its head around and its dark pupils suddenly shrank!

Song Fei finally ascended to the top of the filing cabinet and the not-too-thick iron sheet under his feet emitted gezhi gezhi groaning sounds. At this time, the zombie already abandoned the shoe and came after Song Fei’s heels, imitating him move for move as it also started to climb up!

F*ck!

Song Fei cursed in his heart and immediately jumped on top of the second filing cabinet. The iron skin of the cabinet didn’t endure the abuse well and directly screeched this time. cPqQ4J

The zombie that climbed on top of the cabinet seemed to have been stimulated by the discordant noise and howled like a beast!

Song Fei was too familiar with such howls, if translated, it would be “Lao-zi was bullied, dear brothers, come forth and help”!

Peng peng peng, Song Fei leapt on top of the filing cabinet that was closest to the window and was just about to jump down when a leg suddenly straddled through the window!

Song Fei froze above. 9Yxcdb

It was a female zombie who came in and its white sweater was utterly filthy, stained with large and small spots of coagulated blood. Then, as if it was very sensitive to a particular scent, the female zombie raised her head as soon as she came in and locked onto Song Fei without any deviation!

There was a tiger blocking the road ahead and a wolf pursuing him relentlessly from behind. Song Fei gritted his teeth and abruptly lunged towards the female zombie below, borrowing the force generated from the downwards acceleration to plunge the pair of scissors straight through the crown of the other’s skull!

The female zombie didn’t have time to dodge and was directly knocked over by the huge impact! Song Fei firmly shoved the scissors inserted into the crown of her head downwards and fell backward with her!

The female zombie fell heavily onto the ground. Although Song Fei fell with her as a buffer, he was still knocked into a daze for a while. When his vision cleared again, the other zombie already sprung at him from the side! e2nvi3

Song Fei’s heart sank. He knew he should avoid it, but it was already too late!

Watching as that zombie was about to take a bite out of his shoulder, a leg suddenly flew in from the window and kicked the zombie directly on its face!

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The zombie was propelled two meters away. Song Fei turned his head, Qi Yan!

Qi Yan didn’t spare him a glance and dashed straight towards the zombie! RGFtLM

Song Fei forcibly yanked the scissors out from the top of the female zombie’s head while Qi Yan was already entangled with the zombie.

The zombie not only moved flexibly, but also had great strength. Qi Yan attempted to stab at its head several times but came up empty handed each time. Song Fei hurried over to provide support, but before he could reach them, Qi Yan was rammed into the slot between two rows of filing cabinets by the zombie!

Guangdang!

The harsh sound of an object crashing into the file cabinet made Song Fei’s heart clench. He sprinted over as if he were flying and only saw that Qi Yan was being brutally pressed against the drawers that he had previously pulled out as a makeshift staircase! u9RXyW

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“That’s enough.” Qi Yan felt that he couldn’t bare to watch any longer and spoke out loud to stop him.

Song Fei was startled and came back to his senses, but the color of his face still looked bad. yx4Nhv

It’s strange to say it, but although clearly only the eyes could be seen through the gas mask, Qi Yan was still able to easily capture the current emotions of the other party: “Why are you angry?”

Song Fei bitterly wrenched the scissors out: “When you hit someone, you don’t hit their face. When you ram into someone, you don’t ram into their waist, a man’s waist is very important ah!”

Qi Yan didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. After pondering, he suddenly had a great idea. His eyes darkened as he murmured in a raw voice: “Just let it be rammed, not like I’ll have use for it now anyway.”

Song Fei forgot all that he wanted to add on and sighed helplessly: “Bro, who gave you the courage to not forget to drive the car at a time like this?” 0A4c1Y

Qi Yan didn’t respond and only quietly looked at him through the protective lenses.

Song Fei felt that the other’s eyes contained a smile, but he wasn’t completely sure. In fact, if there was no face shield, he would’ve been able to see it as clear as day. Qi Yan was not only smiling, but was smiling very warmly, like the spring breeze caressing the corner of his eyes and his eyebrows, filled to the brim with warmth.

A noise suddenly rang out from the window making the alarm bells in Song Fei’s head ring loudly. Just as he was about to get up, the person who arrived moved faster and had already zoomed in from the aisle—

“Are you guys all. . . right.” cdbG3Z

The Legendary Oriental Deer Qiao-tongxue was stunned on the spot. This was a quite difficult to describe scene— Song Fei’s chest was pressed on the zombie, the zombie’s chest was pressed on Qi Yan, and Qi Yan’s back was against the drawers.

Wang Qingyuan who had barreled in after him was also slightly shocked, but his ability to resist bombshells obviously trumped John’s. He quickly adjusted his mentality and shattered this embarrassing predicament: “If you’re killing a zombie then just kill it seriously. Did you have to do it with such a high level and difficult positioning?”

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Song Fei: “. . .”

Qi Yan: “. . .” K5wNde

Song Fei made a face, and promptly clambered up.

Qi Yan shoved the zombie off and also stood up. He didn’t look at Wang Qingyuan and only replied to Qiao Siqi: “Fine. Two zombies. Maybe they climbed up from the third floor balcony.”

As soon as Qi Yan’s voice fell, the other three companions also arrived onto the balcony and for a moment, the seven dragons gathered together for a stare down through the window.

Before his comrades-in-arms could speak, Song Fei beat them to the chase and answered: “I’m fine. I bumped into two zombies and was delayed.” ldIciJ

Zhou Yilu surveyed around to confirm that there weren’t any other zombies that climbed through the window and turned back to Song Fei, stating solemnly: “Your music library of local songs is definitely the instigator. It pulls aggro too well.”

Song Fei made a face: “. . .”

Lin Dilei was much gentler and rolled her eyes in a half-blaming and half-angry way: “You worried us to death.”

Song Fei breathed a sigh of relief. There was finally a touch of warmth in the wintry cold world. iFf2pE

“Can you guys worry about me a little first—”

As if from very far away, Li Jingyu’s pitiful cry was transmitted over.

The four people in the room immediately went to the balcony and were reunited with their three comrades as the seven dragons sought out the origin of the voice in one neat motion— a dozen of windows away, at the corner of the last floor below, Li Jingyu was bodily embracing the railing of the first balcony from around the corner in a very sincere posture. One leg seemed to want to continue to straddle over onto the other side, while the other leg and his entire body exuded a firm rejection of such an action.

“You guys must all be connected to high-tension wires. . .” Li Jingyu still couldn’t believe that the robust skills of his comrades didn’t contain any special effects. yWLudc

Lin Dilei consoled him: “Take it slow, we also matured gradually.”

Li Jingyu was a little ashamed. He gritted his teeth and finally took a step and hooked onto the edge of the next balcony at last. He shakily loosened the arm from the same side and reached over bit by bit. As soon as he touched the balcony, he immediately tightly grasped a point to use as a fulcrum and swung his body over. His entire body made an airborne leap and landed steadily inside the balcony.

“Another one!” Li Jingyu was a little excited, he could feel his skills slowly becoming more adept.

The comrades-in-arms not too far away didn’t hesitate to encourage him— NyqK2s

Lin Dilei: “Good job!”

Song Fei: “Do your best!”

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Luo Geng: “No rush!”

Zhou Yilu: “We’ll wait for you!” H9deN6

Qiao Siqi: “Come on!”

After a long and stimulating fourteen minutes, Li Jingyu ultimately rendezvous with the majority of the unit. Seeing the thumbs up from all of his companions, he felt the power of being in a collective for the first time!

Li Jingyu couldn’t help but clasp Luo Geng’s hand which was the closest, his emotions surging: “What’s next!”

Luo Geng gripped his hand back firmly: “Climb back together!” oGZBfu

Li Jingyu: “. . .”

After they returned to the closed stacks, Li-tongxue contemplated his life for a very protracted period of time. His comrades-in-arms thoughtfully didn’t disturb him and assisted Lin Dilei in cataloging the spoils instead.

Peeled chestnut, wafers, M beans, Whoppers, jelly, bowl noodles, beef jerky, etc., were mixed with broken glass and filled the suitcase to the brim. Lin Dilei wanted to pick them out herself, but how could the male classmates allow that to happen. In the end, Song Fei pulled her aside and half-forced her to put her gloves away.

Lin Dilei sat on the sidelines feeling reluctant in every possible way. She glanced at her groundhog-like comrades every now and then, but ultimately couldn’t hold back: “Can you guys not treat me like a girl?” PyBdfM

Song Fei took some time to spare her a glance: “We’re begging you, treat us like men ba.”

Lin Dilei chuckled out loud in merriment, not vying with them anymore.

The snacks were rapidly picked out and the broken glass was dumped into a corner of the library. So far, the fourth-floor vending machine scrimmage was won successfully.

“It’s a pity about those drinks.” Qiao Siqi-tongxue was still brooding over the other vending machine that they had given up on. VwA4ZR

“Drink some more water and drink less of those. Soft drinks aren’t healthy.” Qi Yan answered Qiao Siqi with his words but his eyes seemed to flicker towards Song Fei.

Song Fei smiled, then promptly turned around to reach into his bag to fish out a bottle of AD Calcium Milk. He plugged the straw in and started sucking on it.

Qi Yan lowered his gaze, pondered for a moment, then suddenly pressed his back near the waist with his hands, his eyebrows furrowed as if enduring pain with great difficulty.

Song Fei immediately spit the straw back out and inquired in concern: “Your waist still hurts?” OcWEuz

Qi Yan pursed his lips tightly and shook his head gently.

However, he shook his head in a very slow and difficult-to-bear manner making Song Fei almost plagued to death by anxiety: “Don’t just bodily endure it, if it hurts then say so. That’s right!” Song Fei was reminded of the first day they arrived at the library and when the other had fallen down; it seemed that he had fallen onto his shoulder, “What about your shoulder, does your shoulder still hurt?”

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Qi Yan was stunned and a trace of confusion flitted across his eyes before it was quickly replaced by forbearance: “Also. . . Still okay.”

But in Song Fei’s ears, still okay, equated to still not okay: “If it’s painful then just say so ah. Otherwise what would we do if it got more and more serious?” xiGjaH

“Then I’ve told you now,” Qi Yan gazed at him quietly, “What can you do about it?”

Song Fei was unable to respond. After all, he wasn’t a doctor, so what could he do.

Qi Yan immediately followed up: “I have a way.”

Song Fei was stopped in place as he listened with rapt attention. KrQq5u

Qi Yan blinked lightly: “Give me a kiss.”

Song Fei: “. . .”

The party involved was rendered speechless for a while and the comrades listening in had a mental breakdown. When they perked their ears, they had thought something actually happened with Qi Yan and their hearts were in their throats. But when they listened until the end, f*ck, it was just a bowl of dog food!

Luo Geng hauled Qiao Siqi over and interrogated: “What the hell did they do in there? There were only two zombies so how did it go as far as hurting the shoulder and waist?” kKpQND

Qiao Siqi recalled the human sandwich model and swallowed hard, stating the truth as he saw it: “They were already done when I went in.”

Luo Geng was dumbfounded: “Wha, what was already done?”

Qiao Siqi: “The fighting ah, it was all done.”

Luo Geng: “Can you not omit words when you speak in the future!!” HThZpI

In the end, Song Fei put a stop to this fantastic scene with the sentence “then continue being in pain”. Qi Yan had long expected that and was not only not annoyed, but was actually quite pleased when Song Fei rolled his eyes at him.

This was a very peculiar feeling that Qi Yan wasn’t sure how to describe. He had just suddenly remembered the four words that Song Fei had always shamelessly said to him. And at this moment, he seemed to understand the happiness that it brought.

The other side of the closed stacks.

Zhou Yilu: “I think we should have a class meeting.” molD64

Qiao Siqi: “About?”

Luo Geng: “Rectifying combat discipline!”

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Wang Qingyuan: “Forbiding classroom romance.”

Lin Dilei: “I’m neutral.” JaPxQV

Li Jingyu: “. . .”

Lin Dilei: “Little whale, what’s wrong with you, your expression looks like you’re running low on water.”

Li Jingyu: “He, he, they. . .”

Zhou Yilu: “They’re gay.” CeMTbL

Qiao Siqi: “It’s said they started dating last semester.”

Wang Qingyuan: “But they’ve currently broken up.”

Luo Geng: “But the possibility of getting back together isn’t ruled out.”

Lin Dilei: “You were completely unaware?” 3 wkIs

Li Jingyu: “. . . I’m a transfer student!!!”


The author has something to say:

Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, and Zhuangzhuang has already returned home and started Chinese New Year mode. Striving to be able to update daily, but the update time may not be consistent because I’ll be typing in random gaps of time I can spare TAT. . . Hiding from elders, hiding from brats, and hiding from mahjong. . . OTZ. . . Happy new year to everyone in advance! And then, if you guys are happy to read this story then leave plenty of comments and love ha. The encouragement you guys provide is Zhuangzhuang’s motivation. Sometimes when I get overly excited reading the comments, the inspiration that comes is astounding! Haha. Love you all~~ Mua Mua Mua Mua~~


Author's Chapter Summary: mZlrF2

Hidden dangers in the archive room, shamelessness is a necessity to get back together!


The translator has something to say: everyday is a let’s-mess-with-little-whale-tongxue day! And Qi Yan’s lost injury has returned!

Translator's Note

I took a liberty here. The author wrote “细心” (xìxīn) which means “careful” or attentive”, but I think the author meant “信心” (xìnxīn) which means “belief” or “faith”

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依样画葫芦 (yī yáng huá húlù) – lit. “followed the image to draw a gourd”; fig. “Imitate as is without innovation”; FYI: the origin of this idiom is from the early Song Dynasty where a scholar Tao Gu served the court for a long time and hoped to be promoted, but wasn’t. He was eventually able to convey his ideas to the emperor (founder of the Song Dynasty), but was told in return that his words were just embellishing the methods of the past and offered no insights of his own, thus just drawing a gourd as it was. Tao Gu, offended, wrote a poem to address his grievances basically saying that the emperor looked down on tradition and conservative thinking and that an official position can only be obtained if they had no ties to the past. He also hints that it shouldn’t matter where the ideas come from as it’s all the same if it’s used. Obviously after this, the founder of the Song Dynasty dismissed him as he wanted to revitalize the country with innovation and not struggle under the shackles of the past

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老子 – lit. “old one”; not to be confused with the philosopher Lao Tzu, it is the speaker addressing themself in third person while showing contempt for those they are speaking to, often used jokingly

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开车 (kāi chē) – remember “old driver” from chapter 18, this is basically another internet buzzword connected to that, because after all, what else would “drivers” do

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technically the 吧 (bā) sentence modifier was here, but in English, it would be weird so I split the all right (没事 méishì) with the ellipses instead

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东方神鹿 (dōngfāng shén lù) – reminder, refers to the film telling the story of a long-distance runner Wang Junxia who won many international competitions and became known as the “Legendary Oriental Deer”

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七龙聚首 (qī lóng jùshǒu) – I’m not sure if this is making a reference to the Japanese manga and anime Dragon Ball or Fairy Tale or maybe even neither of the two

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M豆 (M dòu) – lit. “M bean”, stands for M&Ms on this context

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壮壮 – the author

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档案室里藏凶险,想复合就不要脸!(dǎngàn shì lǐ cáng xīongxiǎn, xiǎng fùhé jìu bùyào liǎn)

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8 comments

  1. Thank you for the chapter!

    Those climbing zombies are unpredictable.

    Qi Yan still oblivious to what he should do with Song Fei

  2. “I’m a transfer student ” 🤣 I’m going to use it every single time when I have no idea what is going on