Translator: transcendentwings
Song Fei had imagined many situations in which they would bump into other surviving students, but one where he was dangling in midair, swaying back and forth, while someone slammed a window close right in front of his face was a scenario that was definitely not on his list. Even with the lesson of the supermarket before him, he still didn’t want to believe that the entire university’s students had become like that. What’s more, the path for safe and steady survival was right within reach, so forcing him to choose to jump off the building where both the probability of safety and danger wasn’t defined without any struggle, of course he’d be unreconciled!
Across the window, the bald classmate had yet to leave. Although he didn’t seem like he would open the window again, he also didn’t seem like he’d just brush his sleeves and walk away. He only stood there calmly having a stare-off with him.
It was right in front of him. Even with the window acting as an obstacle, they could still hear each other speak.
Thinking of this, Song Fei lowered his eyes and tried his best to reorganize the expression on his face. When he raised his head again, he had casted away the ugly, angry look that was there when he kicked the window as he roared in anger. The corners of his eyes drooped gently, his brow wrinkled in misery, and a pitiful look gleamed in his eyes: “I’m already at the end of my rope, if you don’t let me in, then I can only fall down which will make me half-crippled at best even if I didn’t die. But don’t worry, I won’t be disabled for long, after all, very soon the zombies will converge and gnaw on me until even my mother wouldn’t be able to recognize me. Do you really have the heart to watch the classmates you get along with every day die without a place to be laid to rest?”
A trace of being shaken and a conflicted look flashed across the bald classmate’s seemingly calm as still water face.
How could this escape Song Fei’s radar, he immediately forged ahead, imploring until even his own heart was breaking: “Do you think it’s the zombies that will kill me? No! They merely ate my flesh, but you are the one who destroyed my soul!”
The bald classmate didn’t remain stubborn any longer, allowing the turbulent emotions in his heart to break through the floodgates and pool in his eyes. In the end, it finally transformed into a strong and powerful action as he opened the window with excessive force: “If you continue to be disgusting, do you believe that I’ll kick you down myself!”
Song Fei was instantly silenced and reigned in all of his emotions at the same time. When he piped up again, there was only incomparable sincerity and honesty in his weak voice: “My classmates all have food, drinks, and a base on the first floor, all I wanted was to settle down for a moment here then I’ll leave after a rest.”
The bald classmate was finally satisfied: “Next time, state your main purpose first.”
Song-tongxue pursed his lips in disappointment and flatly grumbled: “En.”
People were eavesdropping on the floor below.
The five comrades who were hiding by the window on the first floor, were listening to the entire conversation. When they heard the rustling sounds of someone being hauled in, the stone hanging in their hearts finally fell to the ground, then immediately after, they remembered that there was a male classmate beside them who was also in need of care and concern.
Qi Yan still maintained the position of tightly gripping the window’s handle, his knuckles already white due to the overextended force. His face was expressionless, but it rendered his comrades distressed for a while.
Zhou Yilu patted his shoulder in comfort: “No matter what, the most important thing is that the person himself is safe.”
Qiao Siqi followed suit and came over to give him two pats as well: “Besides, he’s always been garrulous and could strike up a conversation with anyone. It definitely can’t be considered being flirty, not to mention fickle or lascivious. Besides, the two of you have already broken up, so technically, it shouldn’t be considered cheating.”
“. . .” Qi Yan exhaled softly, finally let go, then turned around and directed a polite smile at Qiao Siqi, “Thank you for summarizing all of the possibilities.”
Qiao Siqi gulped and turned to Zhou Yilu as he trembled.
The latter turned his face away, determined not to save his comrade who was seeking death.
“Can Fighting for Survival Class 1 hear me? I’m very safe now, under no circumstances should you open the window, the zombies have already come—”
Song Fei’s reminder suddenly exploded above their heads. It was obvious that he had successfully gotten in, but hadn’t closed the window yet, thus the voice was transmitted loud and clear.
Then turning sideways and looking towards the east through the window, there were indeed zombies ambling over.
Qi Yan raised his head and hollered back loudly: “Just as long as you’re safe! Call out if anything happens. Wait until there are fewer zombies or find a chance to come down tomorrow morning!”
The five comrades exchanged glances with each other, you see, the main point is that you must come down to me.
Song Fei didn’t have the luxury to read between the lines and answered succinctly and neatly: “Roger that! I’m going to go get Little Landmine now, you guys lure the zombies to the east side for a bit!” After he finished speaking, he quickly shouted upwards: “Little Landmine, I’m on the second floor. There are other classmates here, just use the rope to descend slowly, I’ll be waiting to receive you on the second floor—”
Lin Dilei had been watching the situation for a long time already. Although she was very surprised that there were other lucky survivors on the second floor, but she still echoed back: “OK—”
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In the blink of an eye, papapa once again resounded through the snowy night.
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The singing soon ceased, and the night returned to tranquility.
Song Fei released a long sigh of relief, shut the window, and then turned around to size the bald classmate up seriously.
The bald classmate was dressed in casual sports clothing, very tall, even taller than Qi Yan by a bit, about 184 or 185 at a glance. His skin had a healthy wheat color of someone who had been exposed to the sun all year round and his facial features were very handsome. Just by looking at his brow and eyes, you could tell that his looks were similar to those popular warm men, but adding on his complexion and his strangers beware aura that was surrounding him, then he would be completely unrelated to the word warm.
During the whole rescue process, this classmate provided no other welcoming gestures except to provide a venue and he had a guarded look in his eyes from beginning to end, showing that if the two of them made any suspicious movements at any given moment, then the other would draw their gun.
“Thank you for letting us in,” the best way to resolve hostility was to be frank, “My name is Song Fei, from the Department of History. Her name is Lin Dilei, from the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. Student, what is your. . . honorable names?”
The sudden appearance of a few heads in his field of vision almost startled Song Fei into biting his tongue.
It wasn’t that he had bad eyesight, rather there were other students who were hiding behind the countertop in the distance like moles. This kitchen, that was divided into a separate space, couldn’t be considered to be spacious nor considered to be cramped, and the window and countertop just happened to be opposite each other. Six classmates leaned against the stove with their backs to it and their hands resting on the chopping board one next to the other, all only revealing half of their heads. All of them had a head of beautiful, black hair, a complete contrast to that of the student who opened the window and with a cursory glance, it was as if black bowls that were placed on the countertop had cultivated into fae.
But looking at it carefully, in addition to the vigilance that the bald classmates had in their eyes, there was also anxiety and fear that the bald classmate didn’t have.
“Zhao He, from the Athletics Department.” After the bald classmate voluntarily reported his origins, he turned around and called out with contempt, “All of you, don’t just spectate. There are six of us, why should we be afraid of being unable to beat the two of them?”
The students behind the countertop were all hesitant and took a long time before deciding to finally emerge. Four male and one female, two were tall and stalwart like Zhao He, looking at their build, they were most likely also students from the Athletics Department. The other three looked more similar to the other normies, and all seemed like ordinary students.
Originally, hearing which department Zhao He belonged to made Song Fei and Lin Dilei groan internally. Although they both understood that good and bad, benevolent and malicious, existed in any given group of people, the shadows of the past still made them instinctively produce a psychological reaction. However after looking at the six classmates who showed up later, the two became slightly confused again and couldn’t wrap their head around what sort of combination this was.
After successfully summoning his “roommates”, he waited a long time for them to speak up, but no one ever did. Zhao He hated iron for not becoming steel, but fate bound them together, and he couldn’t choke the throat of fate, thus he could only introduce them to Song Fei one by one: “Fu Xiyuan, Wu Zhou, are from the Athletics Department just like me. Zhao. . . Your name is Zhao what again?”
Song Fei, Lin Dilei: “. . .”
The two of them were just waiting to be introduced to the non-Athletics Department students ne, so that was just great, they were already stuck right after the first one!
The one who had been called upon was a slightly chubby boy. He wasn’t very tall nor was he burly, his face was somewhat round adorned with equally round glasses, displaying a simple and honest look. At this moment, he helplessly pushed his glasses up and looked at Zhao He: “Ge, my last name is He, He Zhiwen.”
Zhao He had a sudden realization: “Ah right, He Zhiwen, I just remembered that your surname is He ma. From the Art Department right?”
He Zhiwen wanted to cry but had no tears: “I’m from the Physics Department and have had no connection with the four arts since I was a child.”
“I’m the one from the Arts Department, thanks.” The one who spoke was the male classmate who was next to He Zhiwen. This person was a bit taller than He Zhiwen and was extremely thin. His arms and legs were so skinny that only Qiao Siqi could compare and even then, Qiao Siqi may not win. His hair was longer than the average male with his bangs almost covering his eyes. Normal males with such a hairstyle would either look slovenly or like a sissy, but on this person, it fit very well with his temperament, especially since his skin was very pale and because he had an exquisite and clean-looking face. Rather, if he trimmed his hair in a buzzcut, he’d probably only look awkward instead.
Song Fei gazed at Zhao He with admiration. It should also be considered a skill to misremember this classmate who exuded an artistic aura from head to toe.
On the other hand, Zhao He was in a pretty good mood. There were only five “roommates” in total and now that he had stumbled through four of them, the remaining female classmate could be directly identified using the process of elimination: “This is Feng Qibai from the Psychology Department.”
When the thin and quiet girl with glasses, who was only as tall as Zhao He’s shoulders heard this, she raised her head and sighed: “My name is Huang Mo.”
“I’m Feng Qibai!” Feng-tongxue of the Sculpting Department couldn’t take it anymore and scratched his hair irritably as he asked Zhao He, “Do you have something against me?”
For others, no matter the name or the department, at least Zhao-tongxue could remember one thing or the other, yet when it came to himself, he reversed right and wrong and didn’t get anything right.
Zhao He was also very aggrieved: “You all played at being solemn and didn’t speak, keeping silent as if we were the revolutionary martyrs in the Zhazidong. For me to be able to remember your names should already be considered outstanding performance on my part!”
Feng Qibai slammed his palm on the chopping board: “Just look at the situation outside. A school full of monsters, biting whomever they see. If we were to still be lively after all that then how big-hearted would we have to be?!”
Zhao He kicked the leg of the countertop: “Then why did you even break out ah. You should’ve just awaited death in the dormitories since you are no different from a state of suspended animation right now!”
Feng Qibai: “F*cking say that again! Don’t think that I wouldn’t dare beat you just because you are well-built and sturdy!”
Zhao He: “I’m really not afraid, here, come straight for the face, whoever dodges is a good-for-nothing.”
Feng Qibai: “F*ck!”
Zhao He: “Who are you cursing at?”
Feng Qibai: “Cursing at you!”
Zhao He: “Do you dare say it again?”
Feng Qibai: “F*ck you!”
Zhao He: “Is your throat dry yet!”
Feng Qibai: “A little bit!”
Zhao He: “There is cooled boiled water in the pot!”
Feng Qibai: “I know!”
They watched as Feng-tongxue walked to the stove then they moved their gaze and looked at Zhao-tongxue who was out of breath. Song Fei and Lin Dilei unconsciously held hands and retreated two steps back.
Song Fei: “Their state of mind seems to be somewhat unstable.”
Lin Dilei: “How about we jump down after all ba. . .”
“Don’t worry.” The only female classmate, Huang Mo from the Psychology Department approached them at some unknown point. The eyes behind the lenses were amicable and harmless, gentle and calm, “We just broke out of the dormitory yesterday and haven’t recovered yet, so having a stress response is normal.”
Huang Mo’s voice sounded bland at first, but after hearing it some more, it would make you unconsciously relax.
“You guys only made it out yesterday?” Seeing a fellow female classmate for the first time after so many days made Lin Dilei subconsciously want to talk to her some more.
“We could no longer remain in the dormitory. The food was pretty much completely consumed and there were always students who were jumping off the building. Later, I heard someone hollering from the boy’s dormitory, mobilizing everyone to make a break for it, so a few classmates and I. . .” When Huang Mo spoke up to here, sorrow welled up in her originally tranquil eyes. She lowered her gaze to sort out her emotions and only after a long time did she continue, “Actually, there were thirty to forty people who rushed out of the male and female dormitories and at least half remained when we reached the supermarket ne. Then when we didn’t enter the supermarket and by the time we decided to head for the canteen instead, it was already too late and there were only six of us left.”
Huang Mo didn’t cry. Her ability to control her emotions was better than most women and maybe even better than some men, but her grief and loss for words couldn’t be masked. There was also fear, the kind of deep fear that even if it was temporarily safe, one couldn’t help but tremble whenever there was some sort of movement. Even if one tried hard to control it, it could still be obviously felt.
Song Fei and Lin Dilei could see it clearly and understood how it felt because that was also how they had gotten to where they were now. In other words, even after engaging in combat for so many days, they were still afraid when facing off with zombies. However, unlike when the zombie tide first broke out, now they possessed more courage and fighting spirit to face these fears head on.
“Those bastards were inside ne. They thought we couldn’t see them if they pulled the curtains, f* ck!” Zhao He who had followed Feng Qibai to chug a few gulps of cold water, stalked back with a cold face and continued Huang Mo’s words, “I was plastered against the glass at the time, there was still a gap between the curtains so I saw it crystal clear. They were all from our f* cking major and we usually cross paths regularly. Really f *cking ruthless, I was about to get a sore throat from yelling and they still wouldn’t budge at all.”
Song Fei didn’t follow up and just asked: “And so you all just came here later?”
Zhao He shrugged, “What else could be done, we just ran to wherever there was hope be. Anyway if you don’t go all out, you will die, if you risk your life, you will live.” As he spoke, he used a finger to point at his “roommates”, “Don’t judge them based on how they seem now, because when we ran here, they were all fighting one against two and slashing three at a time. Give them an ax and they would be Li Kui the Black Whirlwind himself! This Feng. . . Qibai, I didn’t misremember this time ba, wielded a carving knife and each stab hit home. He was more powerful than Xiao Li Feidao. This female classmate, looks inconspicuous ba, yet brandishes the vegetable knife expertly, two of them! I just can’t figure it out, do the female dorms have an extra kitchen compared to the male dorms ah. . .”
“Zhao-tongxue,” Huang Mo gently reminded, “Using inconspicuous to describe a girl is very boorish.”
Zhao He was stunned for a while, obviously unaware of his error, but his attitude was good, and knew to correct his wrongs: “My apologies, then you give me a phrase.”
Huang Mo smiled and adjusted her glasses: “Low-key.”
Zhao He: “. . .”
Song Fei and Lin Dilei watched with complex emotions as a 1.8 meter big boy was completely subdued by a 1.5 meter little girl. They didn’t know whether it was Huang Mo-tongxue who had superb skills or that Zhao He-tongxue revered women.
Only the four of them were engaged in conversation, but the other students were listening in with rapt attention, especially Fu Xiyuan and Wu Zhou. When they heard the part about the supermarket, they could hardly hold back how furious they were. Although they weren’t like Zhao He, who was in the same major as them— Zhao He was in the Competitive Sports major while they were in the Social Sports major, but they were all still in the same department and in the same grade. Usually everyone was very familiar with each other, calling each other bros, yet they didn’t expect that when it was a matter of life and death, things became like this. Thinking that they might’ve died if they hadn’t ended up escaping here, their fury couldn’t be suppressed.
Although that topic of conversation had come to an end, Fu Xiyuan still couldn’t hold back and scolded fiercely: “Those in the supermarket will get their retribution!”
Song Fei and Lin Dilei involuntarily exchanged a glance, wanting to speak, but hesitated. In fact, when Zhao He mentioned the supermarket just now, Song Fei had the opportunity to speak. However, so what if it was brought up, would it really make them happy? Not necessarily.
“You guys have also been to the supermarket ba.” Huang Mo suddenly stated.
The two were taken aback. Lin Dilei reflexively questioned: “Why would you say that?”
Huang Mo sized them up silently, and continued after a while: “The two times we touched upon the supermarket, both of you had an unnatural and stiff expression. Either, you two also went through some things there, or. . . you guys know some insider information that we are unaware of.”
Lin Dilei was startled, surprised at how sharp Huang Mo was.
Song Fei sighed and explained: “Actually, we were the first to break out of the dormitories to the supermarket. It was on the fifth day after the incident. They escaped a few days later and we let them in. But maybe it’s because they felt that there was a limit to the amount of food in the supermarket and needed to prepare for a rainy day ba so with their advantage in numbers, they occupied the warehouse and barred us from entering. At that time, the food on the shelves were pretty much all eaten already, so if we stayed, either we starve, or use force. Six against seventeen, using brute force would be hopeless, hence we took the initiative to leave.”
Song Fei didn’t go into much detail, but everyone who was listening understood the ins and outs of it all. Some specifics didn’t need to be imagined as the image would leap out even just by listening.
The three from the Athletics Department were so enraged their faces turned white and even He Zhiwen, who seemed to be good-tempered, also couldn’t help but rant: “That is too inhuman!”
Song Fei didn’t continue.
Lin Dilei also lowered her head.
Huang Mo didn’t let any of their expressions go unnoticed. Seeing this, she half-guessed and half-sounded out: “You two climbed down from the roof, did you guys see something while you were up there?”
Song Fei and Lin Dilei weren’t surprised anymore, this time they were shocked. How is this Huang-tongxue, this is clearly Huang-banxian ah!
Having revealed so much, there was no meaning in hiding it any further, Song Fei divulged everything about the supermarket.
The bunch of them who were originally extremely infuriated suddenly became lost, as if there was a fissure in their emotions, one that they didn’t know how to bridge.
And that was exactly why Song Fei and Lin Dilei didn’t want to disclose the information.
Because they were completely attuned to that sort of feeling. Watching the doors of the supermarket get smashed, seeing the zombies rush in, they couldn’t remember any grudges at all. They only knew that more people were going to die again, that many vivacious lives were about to be or had already been swallowed into the night. There may have been those who had harmed them in the past, and there may have been innocent classmates whom they had never known. However, when they pass on, only sorrow and misery are left for those who survived.
This is the instinctive benevolence of the human heart and the reverence and respect they had for life.
Author's Chapter Summary:
The dormitory has become Hell Island, the surviving classmates are highly vigilant!
The translator has something to say: really a chapter of mixed emotions, but I’m glad that the new group they met seem to be like them and haven’t lost their initial heart and are still holding onto their humanity
thanks for the chapters <3
Thanks for the chapter!
Poor Qi Yan separated. Song Fei is off making new friends
As a psychology student I wish I’m as observant as her 🤧
La benevolencia no es instintiva del ser humano, si fuese así, el grupo de 17 personas hubiesen abierto la puerta ya que ellos también son humanos 🤷🏻♀️
Si fuese* hubiesen*
Yay more girl s!! Let’s beat the misogynistic stereotype that all girls cry and are useless in the zombie apocalypse