Zombie UniversityCh64 - Victory is at Hand

Translator: transcendentwings


Naturally, there was nothing wrong with Qi Yan at all. He was in excellent health and ate vivaciously, the can of luncheon meat he opened disappeared in the blink of an eye with not even a crumb left behind. Song Fei and He Zhiwen weren’t sure if it was because they didn’t exercise as much as he did, but the two of them split a can and weren’t hungry anymore. YG0H75

Compared with the bountiful food, the water was a bit stretched. The three of them only brought one bottle each. Qi Yan had already drunk all of his and Song Fei had only a shallow layer left on the bottom. Only He Zhiwen was the most economical and still had half, but he didn’t dare drink any further.

Oh right, I forgot to ask yesterday, where did you get all the ping-pong balls from?” Song Fei suddenly thought of this while rearranging his backpack.

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“There is a special table tennis room on this floor. When I broke through yesterday, only this floor had a lot of zombies. I didn’t make it to the elevator after a few tries and was forced to hide there a couple of times, so I grabbed a bagful along the way later.”

Ai, not only table tennis, their department also has an internet café ne and every semester an e-sports competition is held. They always invited us to watch the tournament time after time, euphemistically giving us priority seating under the guise as closely related departments. There isn’t a more wicked act!” This grudge hasn’t been brewing for only a day or two and it was hard to calm his outburst of emotions every time He Zhiwen was reminded of it. 6D3vmf

Song Fei has never watched the matches with his own eyes, but he still knew that the Computer Science department had such an enviable and fine tradition: “You guys arrange one too bei. Borrow a classroom, get a few laptops, and connect them to the internet, it could be arranged in minutes.”

“They are from the Computer Science department, they are famous for being the best in e-sports competitions, does our Physics department engage in e-sports?”

Song Fei really wanted to provide some constructive suggestions for the alumni of the Physics department, too bad he racked his brains and still couldn’t come up with a professional counterpart: “Your department is too serious, it’s not easy to come up with something.”

“You can’t really say it like that,” as a student of the Physics department, he could roast his own department, but other couldn’t criticize it, “The fixed pulley load-bearing competition is held by our school, the movable pulley innovation contest, and the free-falling objects from a high height shock absorption event, which one of these is sober? Which one would others not be eager to try after listening to it?”

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Song Fei: “. . .”

Qi Yan: “It does sound pretty interesting.”

He Zhiwen: “See ba, that’s right ba. Let me tell you, the fixed pulley load-bearing is the most impressive. Last year, a senior made a beautiful and super practical one and could even lift one of the professors from our department! If it weren’t for the fact that the pulley got stuck and the professor was stuck hanging in the midair for nearly an hour, then the champion would definitely be him!”

Qi Yan: “. . . How about you guys just stick with e-sports ba.” SiCVyw

For a long time after that, He Zhiwen leaned against the corner of the wall, silent and depressed.

Qi Yan didn’t expect his offhand comment to carry such a great blow. Originally, he was just casually chatting but unexpectedly encountered a fragile glass heart and couldn’t help but feel somewhat apologetic: “I take back my previous statement, the competitions held by your department are the ones that truly integrate knowledge and entertainment as one. It is in line with the spirit of contemporary college students. . .”

He Zhiwen was cheered up and hastily explained: “I wasn’t at odds with you.”

Qi Yan was puzzled. xP7DKJ

“I just kind of miss the old days,” He Zhiwen looked out the window where the sun shone brightly on his face, a brilliant and dazzling light, “Attending class, getting out of class, eating, conducting experiments, studying, taking exams. . . I didn’t feel like it was anything important at the time, but I suddenly really miss it now.”

Song Fei counted the days and replied with a grin: “Only twenty or so days have passed since the life you are nostalgic for.”

“Just twenty or so days?” He Zhiwen was taken aback and abruptly laid on top of the tables on his back, looking up at the ceiling, feeling melancholic, “Why does it feel like twenty years have passed.”

In fact, Song Fei understood He Zhiwen. jbJ5Mt

There was a saying, although very cliché, it was very apt—the happy times are always fleeting, while the hard times always make a day seem like a year.

The life that used to be as plain as water, reminiscing about it now, was full of subtle and tranquil emotions. Only, could those kinds of peaceful stability and those sorts of youthful and worry-free days still return?

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

After the three of them memorialized the past, they began to fret for their comrades who were scattered about elsewhere. Compared to the three of them who had a clear goal and were navigating directly to the radio, the four comrades who lured the enemies at the other two buildings were in a state of completely cut off from further intelligence. Would they choose to continue to stand their ground and await their comrades’ rescue, or would they suddenly break through and forcefully storm the Gewu building? Or perhaps, out of consideration of their various objective conditions, would they trust in their three comrades-in-arms and safely withdraw to the canteen like Zhao He? No one knew.

It was of course the best case scenario if they retreated back to the canteen, but if not, then the longer they delayed in the Gewu building, the more danger their other four companions would be exposed to. TqRkZ

Thinking of this, the three of them made a bold decision—to attack during the day.

Ten minutes later, the attack was aborted.

The only thing they gained from this was that the three of them moved their positions from the classroom on the seventh floor to the physics laboratory on the eighth floor.

“They are simply invincible during the day.” Song Fei still had lingering fears when recalling the life-threatening race half a minute ago. Xh2RO

“The brusque fear the fierce and the fierce fear the fearless. They don’t hide at all when they see an assault. If we could do the same, who knows whose hands would victory land in.” He Zhiwen was out of breath from the dash, but his fighting spirit was eternal.

“The question is, can we not hide!” Song Fei was so irked that he wanted to kick him. This remark was the same as not saying anything!

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After bickering for a long time, Song Fei realized, “That’s not right ah, this is the eighth floor, didn’t the floors above the seventh belong to the computer science department, why would there be a physics laboratory?”

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Song Fei nodded, counting it as clearing up his confusion, only to realize that Qi Yan hadn’t spoken since he entered. He looked up and saw that the other was sitting at the counter for experiments playing at being somber and thought provoking ne.

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Song Fei was just about to ask what are you thinking ne, when Qi Yan suddenly removed all the weights and dropped them into a plastic bag which he conjured from who knows where. Further, it wasn’t enough to just collect from a single table, his posture seemed as if he was about to loot the entire laboratory.

He Zhiwen was stunned and it took him a long time to react and come forth to hold the other back: “Aiai, you can’t touch the things in the lab, they are all public property. Besides, how will we conduct experiments after you have taken them all away ah!” DFtoj9

Song Fei seized the back of his collar and lectured: “I have already fully experienced your deep love for the department of Physics, but the prerequisite for running experiments isn’t that there is a full set of experimental apparatuses, it’s that the experimenters still have their lives.”

He Zhiwen hesitated, still unwilling: “But. . .”

Qi Yan stopped his actions and raised his eyebrow lightly: “If you were a superhero now, Physics Man, would it be appropriate for you to toss out flying daggers with a shuashua in a fight?”

He Zhiwen: “No!” qsRBwa

Qi Yan: “What about weights?”

He Zhiwen: “Handsome as hell!”

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The change of mindset was so drastic and rapid that He Zhiwen even turned around to suggest to Song Fei in high spirits: “I’ll be the knight-errant of physics, you should also come up with a cool name for yourself bei.”

Every youth harbored a superhero dream. vJdUmA

However—

Song Fei rolled his eyes at him and turned his head away silently.

Qi Yan poured the last box of weights into the plastic bag and explained gently: “No need, he is Black Widow.”

The sun set and the moon rose, the curtain of night fell. bmwgz0

Actually, it was only six o’clock in the evening, but the whole world was as dark as midnight.

Qi Yan poked his head out from the laboratory slightly and scanned the corridor left and right under the scarce light.

The next second, more than a dozen ping pong balls were sprinkled to the right, bouncing down along the hall at its initial speed!

Qi Yan instantly shut the door of the laboratory and placed his ear against the door to listen. NyE7fW

Song Fei and He Zhiwen held their breaths and were on standby, ready to take action at a moment’s notice.

A cacophony of footsteps came rapidly from the left side of the corridor, quickly bounding past the laboratory door and continued down to the right.

It’s now!

Qi Yan swiftly opened the door and dashed towards the left without hesitation! tlUaO9

Song Fei and He Zhiwen followed immediately, trying their best to keep their sprint on their tippy toes, muffling the noise to a minimum!

It was unknown if there was insufficient light at night, or if it was because of the temperature drop, but the activity of the zombies were also affected to a certain extent. The stairwell was deserted and empty. The three of them charged to the eleventh floor in one breath and when the twelfth floor was just ahead, they bumped into their first zombie.

That was an old man with silver hair and a thin figure. Half of his face was covered with dried blood clots and the other half was relatively clean, thus his appearance before his demise could be vaguely made out.

Usually such elderly people were professors re-employed by the university. Although the three of them couldn’t be regarded as the other party’s students, seeing an elderly gentleman who had fallen into such a state made them feel discomfited in their hearts. sFpdqc

The three of them only hesitated for a moment and the zombie on the opposite side already pounced over. Fortunately, the speed of the zombie wasn’t too fast, probably having something to do with their age and physique from when they were alive. Qi Yan gripped the makeshift mop-spear tightly, neither planning to retreat nor deciding to dodge and when the zombie entered his attack range, he instantly launched an attack!

Qi Yan’s tactic was very simple, knock him down with one stab, then withdraw it and follow up with a thrust to the head while Song Fei and He Zhiwen were ready to cover him at a moment’s notice.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

Experience proved that this was a very effective combat mode.

Yet this time, he kicked an iron plate. hq Wvx

When the zombie was about to get skewered, its body suddenly shifted, dodging Qi Yan’s attack. Then it actually raised its hand to grab the shaft of the spear and with a tug, yanked Qi Yan forward along with the spear!

Qi Yan had a premonition the moment the spear was seized by the opponent and was prepared for a head-to-head battle. Unexpectedly, the enemy’s strength was far greater than he imagined and also utilized very efficiently and skillfully. It wasn’t brute force, but some sort of unstoppable momentum that was hard for others to counter. Grip-anchor-wrench and Qi Yan was unable to stand anymore as he staggered forward and fell into the opponent’s arms!

The zombie was long prepared and didn’t hesitate the moment Qi Yan toppled over, gnawing at the other’s face in one chomp!

In the nick of time, Qi Yan, who was unable to break free, raised his hand and pushed against the enemy’s jaw, buying himself two seconds to take a breather! 3POBbd

And in those two seconds, Song fei’s metal chopsticks went straight for the zombie’s temple!

He Zhiwen’s short dagger also assaulted the zombie’s face!

He only needed to hold on for another 0.01 seconds and the tip of Song Fei’s metal chopsticks would be inserted into the zombie’s temple. However it was no good, he really couldn’t hold on anymore!

Qi Yan’s hand was ultimately still pressed back down by the zombie’s head, and then the zombie’s skull was abruptly brought down heavily, hitting Qi Yan’s protective goggles with a dong! gRKAnJ

This move just happened to make it avoid Song Fei’s chopsticks!

But He Zhiwen’s knife still struck true, only that it was originally aimed for the face, and now it went directly into the forehead and was stopped by the skull, thus it unfortunately didn’t pierce all the way through.

Fortunately, Qi Yan, who freed his hand, yanked out a short dagger from his waist at an unknown time and inserted it into the zombie’s temple.

The zombie no longer moved and pressed heavily on top of him. mu6bG

Qi Yan placed it down as lightly as possible, leaning it against the corner of the stairwell.

Although it was a close call, after all, it was still “with a scare”, Song Fei couldn’t wrap his head around it and asked with his exhalation: “It’s already so old and it still had the strength to restrain you?”

“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you,” Qi Yan replied helplessly, “But it really wasn’t ordinary, perhaps it had training before.”

Song Fei made a face: “What kind of training would professors from the Computer Science department participate in?” ntYViu

“Tai Chi.” Classmate He Zhiwen with the constant yet unnoticeable presence, was well-informed about the various movements in the Computer Science department, “In the past when I attended my classes and outside of class, I would always see him practicing Tai Chi in the open field downstairs. I heard the students from the Computer Science department say that this old gentleman liked it when he was young and practiced it for more than ten years.”

Qi Yan: “. . .”

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Song Fei: “In the future, you must report this sort of information in advance!”

Although the other party had transformed into a zombie, when it changed from a simple “unidentified stranger zombie” to a “mutant with substance and a past”, the emotions of the three became more complicated when they cast their gazes upon the corpse again. 1LIQja

Taking a deep breath, Qi Yan took the first step and continued to head upwards.

Song Fei and He Zhiwen exchanged a glance and quietly followed behind.

The eleventh and twelfth floors were the meeting rooms and personal offices for the professors of the Computer Science department. It normally had fewer people than downstairs and when the accident happened, it was the weekend, so it was nearly vacant. As such, up until when they reached the twelfth floor corridor, the three of them didn’t encounter another zombie again.

This was of course a good thing. DxkN5u

Yet good things where things went too smoothly always made people feel uneasy.

The hallway was empty as could be, yet the three of them still crept forward, holding their breaths.

According to He Zhiwen, that professor’s office was located at the end of the hall, completely opposite to the stairwell. And currently, they have shortened the distance to the office by a third.

The moonlight was bright. drRcLz

This was a cloudless night that couldn’t be clearer.

The shadows of the three were stretched out very far as if they were going to extend into the depths of the darkness.

Passing by a concealed utility room, after hesitating for two seconds, Qi Yan backed away.

Song Fei and He Zhiwen were puzzled and froze in place. K8cAaD

Qi Yan pushed open the door carefully and a narrow and messy room came into view, however they could guarantee that there weren’t any people nor zombies.

Qi Yan entered first and signaled for his comrades to enter with his eyes.

Song Fei had an approximate guess of what Qi Yan intended, so he also ducked inside while tugging on the still baffled He Zhiwen.

Qi Yan slowly closed the door, leaving only a gap for his arms to slip in and out, then he threw a ping pong ball in the direction of the stairs they came from. Yr5Rkg

The sound of one ping pong ball wasn’t loud, but it was clear and distinct at this moment when everything was quiet.

Only until the bouncing noise of the ping pong ball almost completely disappeared at the end of the corridor did sporadic footsteps gallop past the utility room. There weren’t too many, it sounded like three.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

He Zhiwen also got it, this was Qi Yan’s final action to clear the scene.

The professor’s office was close at hand, but the closer you are to success, the more sober and cautious you must be—to a certain extent, Qi Yan who was able to think of this, was terribly calm. gJwyGV

When they opened the door to traverse the hallway again, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief in unison in order to not only give themselves a moment to recover, but also to make themselves more composed.

After taking about a dozen steps, the three of them finally came to the door of the office.

This was a solid wood door with no visible glass window on it. And the only two office windows were blocked with closed shutters which were a tight fit, leaving no gaps.

Qi Yan held the doorknob, pressed down lightly, and pushed forward with his wrist subconsciously. iSv0DV

The door was unlocked!

Qi Yan’s heart skipped a beat, the door was pushed open effortlessly and everything in the office was revealed with no holds barred.

In the cold moonlight, most of the workstations were deserted, except for a lone figure sitting before a desk. His back was facing the doorway and he sat motionlessly in the chair. From the entrance, it was hard to tell if it was a “he” or an “it”.

Song Fei and He Zhiwen also caught sight of it. rZ 6pQ

There was a faint sound coming from the corridor in the distance, like footsteps, or perhaps it was something else. Qi Yan didn’t hesitate any longer and swiftly entered. He waited for Song Fei and He Zhiwen to follow and then immediately shut the door.

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The moment the door was sealed, Qi Yan locked it.

Song Fei and He Zhiwen felt something squeeze their hearts, but they also understood that this was the safer move, that at least they would only need to deal with the singular one within this room without needing to watch their backs at the same time. cEIL4p

It’s just that, even closing the door and locking it didn’t make this one turn around, making the scalps of the companions tingle.

“Professor?” He Zhiwen called out tentatively, “That, we’re here to borrow the radio.”

Qi Yan and Song Fei looked at him in surprise.

He Zhiwen nodded slightly, the meaning couldn’t be more obvious—This was the owner of the radio ah! HBWYFT

The person in the chair originally had a bent back, as if the head was about to drop onto the table, but upon hearing this, the other abruptly straightened the upper body slowly.

The next second, the swivel chair suddenly moved, a guzhi sound rang out and the figure switched from the back facing the entranceway to the front facing it and the companions finally clearly saw his bloody face and the small black radio that was already hidden in his arms for an unknown period of time.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

“I don’t know what you guys think,” Song Fei swallowed, “Anyway, I think he may not be too willing to lend it out. . .”


Author’s Chapter Summary: 6Mwy9U

Innumerable trials and tribulations to reach the top floor, unwilling to let go for a lifetime of ardor


The translator has something to say: Tai Chi, the art of borrowing force and redirecting it, what a wonderful practice

And sorry for the lateness of the chapters recently!!! I wish being on track can be a New Years resolution, but unfortunately work and real life has been. . . well, complicated so as a last minute Christmas gift, update

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Translator's Note

侠 (xiá) –  as in a skillful fighter, knight-errant, swashbuckler, like in Spiderman

Translator's Note

the full phrase used previously for “close call” was 有惊无险 (yǒujngwxiǎn) – lit. “with a shock/scare but no danger” and here SF is just breaking the idiom in half to just talk about the scare part

Translator's Note

千辛万苦到顶楼,一生挚爱不撒手!(qiānxīnwànkǔ dào dǐnglóu, yīshēng zhìài bú sàshǒu!)

Translator's Note

1/3, so stay tuned for more!

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