Translator: transcendentwings
The zombies outside the window were temporarily stabilized, but the one on the inside was still eyeing its prey menacingly.
It also heard the singing, but only tilted its head slightly, paused momentarily, then fixated its gaze on the group of people separated by the single long, narrow kitchen counter.
No one knew when it would lunge over, perhaps never, or maybe in the next second.
Qi Yan quietly reached out for some rags and slowly wrapped them around his knuckles. He was already wearing the black leather gloves so the rags were actually wound around the gloves, forming another layer.
“Qiao Siqi.”
John, whose name was suddenly called upon, felt a chill run down his spine and an ominous premonition rose in his heart, the ending syllable of his acknowledging hum even trembled: “. . . Ah?”
“In a bit, you should make it chase you, then Wu Zhou, you should wait for the right moment to snatch the spear out of its hand. Even if you are unable to seize it, at least grab onto the handle and prevent it from attacking. Once its blade is restrained, I’ll cover its mouth from behind. As long as I block it, the rest of you should immediately come to assist and latch onto it together and try to anchor it in place. Finally, Zhao He, stabbing it through the head will be handed over to you.”
Just when Qiao Siqi wanted to protest why such a glorious task of baiting had fallen on him to carry out, Zhao He raised an objection before he was able to utter a single word—
“Rearrange the division of labor. You skewer it in the head and let me cover its mouth.”
“Reason.”
“You need height to cover the mouth and strength to keep it covered. I’m more suitable than you in both respects.”
After a moment’s consideration, Qi Yan unraveled the rags and took off the gloves, then handed them to Zhao He and entreated: “Be careful.”
Zhao He slipped the gloves on and wrapped the rags around them. Finally, he put the end of the rag close to the edge of his wrist and stuffed it into the glove, grinning confidently: “Just don’t stab it off-target.”
In a few brief words, the assignment of roles was finalized.
In this situation, the baseline physical strength played a largely decisive role in the turnout for this battle, so unless Wu Zhou and Zhao He were unwilling, no one was more suitable than them. However, there was no ambiguity with the two of them and they agreed readily. As a result, they unknowingly sealed John’s fate.
Others protested to switch to a more dangerous job, while his own objection was to go on strike. No matter how unpromising Qiao-tongxue was, he couldn’t open his mouth easily.
“John, ready?”
“. . . En.”
“Go!”
If I die, then I die ba, I’m going all out!
Following Qi Yan’s quiet, but powerful command, Qiao Siqi rushed out like a cunning rabbit, running all the way along the strip-shaped island table!
The zombie on the opposite side of the table was obviously more likely to react to a swiftly moving living, breathing person. Thus at this moment, its gaze was drawn to Qiao Siqi, its feet also shifted, gradually moving in the same direction parallel to the other.
Qiao Siqi ran to the end of the counter in one breath. Fortunately, he pulled an emergency break, otherwise he’d have nearly overshot it. Currently, Yu Zisheng was still a few meters away from the same position, but its footsteps accelerated while it firmly locked on Qiao Siqi, unable to hold anyone or anything else in its eyes!
Qiao Siqi was stared at until goosebumps rose layer after layer, as if needles were piercing every pore making him tremble all the way down to his bones. Yet he gritted his teeth and held his ground, insisting on standing steadfast as if he were confronting Yu Zisheng head-on, though in reality, he had been keeping tabs on Wu Zhou, who was crossing over sneakily.
Finally, Yu Zisheng had reached the end of the island and was about to bypass it and come over. However, just as it reached the corner, Wu Zhou, who finally caught the right timing, crouched down and lunged forward, snatching the long spear shaft that was being used as a dagger by the zombie, and wrenched on it violently!
The moment the spear shaft was seized, the zombie, who had been focusing all of its attention on Qiao Siqi seemed to have some sort of premonition, so when Wu Zhou grasped the spear, the former had already tightened its grip on the junction between the spearhead and the shaft!
One jerked.
One clutched.
The former was faster by half a beat after all, so the blade was torn through the clenched fingers, making blood splatter everywhere!
“Aaao—”
The zombie let out an extremely crazed howl as the hand that was around the blade was deeply cut. Blood dripped down to its fingertips in rivulets, gathering in small puddles on the ground.
It didn’t hurt. It wasn’t even capable of feeling pain.
Its shriek was of rage, similar to an animalistic howl of fury when its possession was snatched!
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No longer minding Qiao Siqi, the zombie swiveled around and pounced at Wu Zhou!
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The next second, he gripped the edge of the counter with his hands and launched himself into the air like a fish leaping out of the water, he flew straight over it and landed steadily behind Yu Zisheng! Before the zombie could trace the source of the noise, he stuck a hand out and covered the opponent’s mouth and nose!
The zombie instinctively raised its hand to grab the hand of the prey covering its mouth. It was so strong that even through the rags and gloves, Zhao He’s hand still throbbed from being pried!
Song Fei, Zhou Yilu, Feng Qibai, and He Ziwen, the four warriors adorned in masks and goggles hurtled over immediately, caging Yu Zisheng tightly in their arms as if they had finally reunited after a long separation!
It was only too bad that the zombie reacted like it was shocked by electricity and started to kick and twist frantically, not letting anyone get close at all. Song Fei luckily managed to dodge the kick, but as soon as he looped his arms around its waist, he was strangled by its hands and nearly suffocated!
Stopping the frenzied digging with its fingers and tugging was of course, a good thing, but for these hands to turn its claws to attack his comrade made Zhao He incomparably anxious. Because all of his strength was concentrated on not letting the head under the palm of his hands break free, he was unable to free up a hand to save others.
Zhou Yilu switched to a dagger early on and was in a rush to save the other. He had no time to consider anything else before he plunged the knife into the zombie’s arm!
But the zombie didn’t react to it at all!
Realizing the gravity of the situation, Feng Qibai and He Zhiwen each caught a hold of one wrist and pried them to opposite sides roughly!
Just when the parties were deadlocked, Qi Yan charged to the zombie’s flank, raised the spear to aim at its temple, and brought it forward powerfully!
The moment right before the blade arrived, the zombie abruptly cast Song Fei aside and leaned its head back roughly. Zhao He, who was trying his best to restrain it, was originally pulling back with the hand muffling the zombie along with his entire body to prevent the zombie from inclining forwards to break free. As a result, the one struggling to break out suddenly also fell backwards causing an abrupt change in force, pushing him off balance, and one person and one zombie stumbled back in unison.
This wobble wasn’t a big deal, but the blade that was originally aimed at its temple brushed against the back of Zhao He’s hand instead. If Zhao He’s backward leaning angle was a little smaller, the knife would have accurately stuck him in the hand. Even though he had great luck and narrowly escaped at the moment, the close distance still made the hairs on the back of his hands distinctly feel a chill.
“I already warned you not to miss ahhh!” The skin and flesh on the back of Zhao He’s hand wasn’t lacerated or torn, but his nerves were already so tense that they completely burst.
Qi Yan also felt lingering fear, but what he felt more was annoyance. Of course he didn’t want to be off-target, but the monster in front of him was simply uncontrollable!
What was even worse was that under the constant swaying struggle of its head, the rags on Zhao He’s hands were shimmied to all four fingers and at this time, the palms that were truly floundering to cover its mouth, only had the protection of the leather gloves remaining!
“Hurry and strike ah, if you keep wasting time, the glove will be gnawed through!” Zhao He was so perturbed that he began sweating profusely.
“Then make sure you keep it under control ah!” Qi Yan was also disquieted. Not only was it necessary to strike the zombie in the head, he also had to avoid Zhao He’s hand that was covering half its face. If he attacked from the side, then he’d have to take the back and forth swaying movements of this pair of conjoined twins into consideration. If he was unable to finish the zombie off in one hit, he’d still have a second chance, but if he were to stab his comrade-in-arms with the knife, then that couldn’t be undone.
“I also want to be able to hold it down, but I’d have to have the f*cking capability to ah! This is a monster!”
While he roared anxiously, Zhao He had already been forced to retreat all the way to the vegetable washing sink. While grappling with the zombie, the sink dug into Zhao He’s waist and Yu Zisheng’s backward momentum was now sealed. Aiming for the right timing, Song Fei and Feng Qibai dashed over, embracing the lower half of Yu Zisheng’s body!
The mad zombie hammered the two’s arched backs until they nearly vomited blood.
Soon after, Wu Zhou and Zhou Yilu snuck close and each pasted themselves to an arm!
Yu Zisheng was once again restrained, but Zhao He knew that this would only last for a limited time. Suddenly there was a rough grinding sensation on the palm of the hand which had been gnawed on until it throbbed with pain—The zombie turned its face to the side and tried to take a bite out of his defenseless wrist!
Zhao He no longer hesitated and also didn’t wait for Qi Yan anymore, he waved his arm and loosened his hand. The moment the zombie chomped on air, he zipped out from behind the zombie and with a flip of his body that was practically indiscernible by the naked eye, his left hand slapped harshly onto the zombie’s face and shoved down hard!
With a guangdang, the zombie’s head was directly pressed into the stainless steel sink and the back of its head knocked loudly against the bottom of it!
Zhao He went for it, regardless if for the penny or the pound, he drew the military-grade knife by his waist, lifted his left hand swiftly, and brought it down directly on the zombie’s exposed face!
Yet, at the moment exact Zhao He raised his hand, the zombie shook its head wildly and when the military blade finally arrived, its head just so happened to be angled slightly toward the side, making the weapon missed its intended target and plunged through its cheek instead!
Dark red, viscous blood immediately oozed out from laceration made by the military knife.
Zhao He wanted to remove the blade and try again, but didn’t expect the other to borrow the momentum of his knife pulling motion and raise its head, slamming it straight against his goggles!
The force of the collision made Zhao He see stars.
The zombie continued its persistent efforts, keeping its upper body rigidly upright as it swung its two arms vigorously!
Zhao He was directly rammed away while Zhou Yilu and Wuzhou who were holding down its arms also became unsteady on their feet.
Before they could cement their feet again, the zombie had already tried to chew on Zhou Yilu, who was wrapped around its left arm!
Zhou Yilu had no choice and had to let go.
Regaining its freedom, the zombie’s left arm immediately reached out to claw Wu Zhou’s face!
At the same time Wu Zhou was forced to give up, the zombie suddenly charged forwards, bringing Song Fei and Feng Qibai, who were latched onto its lower body, to crash into the kitchen island!
The bone tingling pain caused by the violent impact made the latter two instantly lose their grips and then the zombie whipped around while swinging its arms, blocking Qi Yan’s spear and directly shook off Luo Geng’s short knife.
Although the price was gaining two more deep cuts on the arm, but it seemed to have entered an extremely frenzied state. It climbed onto the kitchen counter using both its hands and feet, and immediately leapt down upon Lin Dilei who was standing opposite!
It wasn’t the first time Lin Dilei had won this honor, so she had been prepared and fled promptly. However after taking two steps, something felt off and she turned back instinctively. The zombie wasn’t pursuing her at all, the one the other had chosen this time was Li Jingyu!
Compared with Lin Dilei’s combat experience, when had Li Jingyu ever been treated like this. Although he could run long distances, he simply couldn’t muster up the explosive force needed for sprinting short distances, and could only embarrassingly flee in a bumbling manner!
“How did I provoke you ah—”
Li-tongxue genuinely wanted to cry. If only one Nobel Peace Prize could be bestowed upon the fourteen students in the two Wusheng classes, he would be the sole nominee you know!
The companions held their breaths and their original vague conjecture could now be affirmed—
“It specifically selects the weak ones to target!”
“I thank you guys!!!”
Little Whale, who was devastated both physically and mentally, suddenly caught a glimpse of the soybean oil on the stove while fleeing like mad and immediately called out loudly to his comrades: “Can’t we douse it with oil and burn it to death?! Urgent, waiting online—”
“No!”
“Even if we don’t die from this bundle of flames, we’d be relegated to sleeping on the streets!”
“Cut off from our food and water!”
“Short of clothing, having less to wear!”
“Then come and help me ah!!!” Li Jingyu swore that he’d engrave this profound camaraderie into his memories for the rest of his life.
And how could the companions not come to his aid ne? Throughout the quibbling, Song Fei had already arrived behind the zombie, but as soon as his hands caught the other’s clothes, he was shaken off by its full speed sprint. After unlocking the same bad ending following several consecutive attempts, Song Fei was so anxious that he kept surveying his surroundings for any ideas then his eyes abruptly lit up!
“Little Whale, hold on!”
“I can, but my legs may not—”
During this Q&A, Song Fei had already taken off his down jacket and drenched his close-fitting sweater with detergent. Tossing the empty plastic bottle aside, he scrambled onto the other end of the kitchen island table where it was just enough to intercept the wildly charging Li Jingyu.
“Little Whale, avoid me a little!”
With a loud roar, Song Fei suddenly lunged at the ground at an extremely low height and used his inertia and the lubricating force of the detergent to rocket forwards at a high speed like a bolt of lightning!
Li Jingyu didn’t understand Song Fei’s intentions, but reflexively followed through with the command obediently. Watching his squadmate slide in his direction flat on the floor, he sidestepped and dodged to the side agilely.
Yet the zombie wasn’t so lucky. After the road-blocking tiger, who abruptly appeared out of nowhere, slid past Li Jingyu, he stretched out his arms and captured its two feet firmly!
The zombie’s stride was forced to a stop, but its upper body was still operating under the influence of its momentum, making its entire body fall forward in a straight line as a result!
Song Fei, who had expected this outcome, released his arms and rolled aside the moment it lost its balance.
As soon as he left its strike zone, he heard a peng and the zombie slammed face down on the ground heavily. Then Luo Geng, who had been keeping an eye on the battle situation, immediately sat on its waist and raised his knife in order to. . .
Yi, where’s the knife?
Luo Geng looked at his empty right hand and was about to have a breakdown. In his high strung state, he actually forgot that his weapon was knocked flying by the zombie earlier!
“Luo Geng!” Zhao He shouted hastily, “Catch!”
Luo-tongxue raised his head acutely and only saw the military blade that originally belonged to him tearing through the air and returning to him sharply!
Luo Geng was emotionally stirred up and then promptly. . . shifted away to dodge.
Danglang—
The military knife collided with the marble floor and made a crisp clang.
Zhao He was going crazy: “Why didn’t you catch it?!”
Luo Geng felt that the other person was the lunatic: “My hand would be done for if I f*cking caught that thing!”
Zhao He: “It’s always done like that in the movies ah!”
Luo Geng: “And those in the movies are all handsome men too ne!”
Zhao He didn’t know if Luo-tongxue was slandering himself or if he was firing a MAP Weapon, but at the moment he couldn’t care less. Noticing that Yu Zisheng was unwilling to be sat on and was about to overturn Luo Geng, he and a couple others who were a short distance away, all lunged over instinctively.
However, one person faster than the rest of them.
Guangdang—
An unprecedentedly heavy muffled sound signaled a cease fire in this battle.
No one clearly witnessed what happened, when their focus finally aligned, the cast iron wok in Li Jingyu’s hand was already bashing Yu Zisheng on the head.
An almost one meter in diameter cast iron wok smashed onto one’s head was not a joke and a hole appeared on the forehead of the zombie directly as its blood flowed like a stream.
It didn’t die, but seemed to have entered some sort of trance-like state. All of its thrashing was temporarily stopped while its empty eyes just silently stared.
Li Jingyu struggled to lift the iron wok and smashed it down harshly repetitively!
“Who let you bully people!”
Once.
“Who let you chase after me!”
Twice.
“Who let you bite my classmates!”
Thrice.
The zombie finally closed its eyes and there was a temporary curtain call.
In fact, one could no longer make heads or tails of the mangled, bloody head and unless it also had a wife to steal the immortal grass from Mount Emei, this should be its eternal slumber.
In contrast, the companions were more concerned about the warrior who bravely slaughtered the enemy.
At this moment, he had cast the wok away and had a dazed look on his face which stemmed from suddenly having a new lease on life. In fact, residual fear was still reflected in his eyes.
“Little Whale,” Lin Dilei called to him, “Are you okay?”
Shuttering his eyes blankly, Li Jingyu’s spirit returned and his lost gaze gradually became focused and firm: “Xue-jie, what you said was right, women must be self-reliant.”
All of the comrades: “. . .”
Lin Dilei: “What?”
“No, that’s not it,” Li Jingyu swiftly rummaged through Little Landmine’s audio transcript in his head again, “You’ve said too many things so I was a little confused for a bit. . . Yes, that’s right, it’s this, you, yourself have always been strong.”
The bewildered comrades-in-arms finally felt relieved, nearly thinking that this person’s true potential really was unleashed after a fierce battle.
So the moral of the story is that you can’t just pick on the soft buns to bully them until they’ve been backed into a corner, because maybe their stuffing was actually made of arsenic.
Everyone quietly stared at Li Jingyu, whose eyes were resolute, as if they saw a new combatant, a rising star, slowly ascending in this university that had descended into madness.
Author’s Chapter Summary
It’s difficult to resolve an enemy in a round robin, yet victory was still unexpectedly begotten!
The translator has something to say: (It’s always the quiet ones. . .) I shall hereby declare that today’s MVP is Little Whale! (eyes the wok from the corner of my eye)
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA I MUST SAY LITTLE WHALE IS AMAZING !!
thank you for the chapter!
Little Whale is amazing
Thanks for the chapter
Never underestimate the soft buns!
Little whale representing for all of us!
Thanks for the chapter!
That last line is certified ICONIC lol