Translator: transcendentwings
“Have they gotten away yet?”
“Pretty much ba, this was already the duration of four tracks.”
“None of your four songs sounded like they belonged to a part of human society.”
“It’s you who doesn’t know how to appreciate them.”
“Sure, it’s fine as long as they like it.”
As Zhou Yilu spoke, he took a glance at the dark mass of zombies crowding around below and made sure that even the tallest zombie couldn’t capture his feet even if it reached up with its hands before he was able to feel more at ease. His hand which was grasping the arch on the wall was buffeted by the winds until it prickled with pain, and was now even slightly numbed. He carefully retracted his hand and attempted to maintain his balance as he shrunk his hand into his sleeve allowing it to gradually regain sensation from the warmth within.
Perhaps as a result of his slimness, Qiao Siqi stood more steadily on the window ledge and didn’t need to grab anything either to anchor himself as Zhou Yilu needed to do. Once his paper-thin like body was stuck closely against the glass, his entire body was practically completely embedded within the window frame.
“I won’t complain about the weirdness of your department’s building anymore.” Qiao Siqi abruptly stated.
Zhou Yilu arched an eyebrow, puzzled by this sudden declaration of appreciation.
“If it hadn’t been designed so avant-garde, we wouldn’t have been able to scale it. If it was like the canteen or the Gewu Building where the outer walls were so smooth that there was no place to put our feet, then the two of us would still be leading the zombies to run laps down below.” Every time Qiao Siqi thought of this, his heart would be plagued by anxiety.
John’s rare objectivity and fair point of view made Zhou Yilu feel a sense of fatherly solace, just as he was about to echo the other’s sentiments, a pa rang out from behind!
Zhou Yilu was so startled that he jerked and his body was about to tip over outwards. Fortunately, he lifted his hand at the last moment and pressed against the edge of the upper window ledge, finally stabilizing himself. From Qiao Siqi’s point of view, this pose was the standard mighty gesture of going on a mission to blow up a bunker.
However, this time, Qiao Siqi didn’t bother to roast the other for it. To be precise, he simply kept mum, because from his position he couldn’t see anything beyond Zhou Yilu’s window and could only nervously wait for his comrade to report.
The indomitable Zhou Yilu turned his head around stiffly and came face to face with a livid face on the opposite side of the glass pane.
In the dim light, Zhou Yilu couldn’t see clearly whether the other party was human or ghost, so he didn’t dare act rashly and could only engage in a staring contest with the other silently. Yet, within two seconds, the opponent abruptly opened its bloody mouth wide and charged over ferociously!
Zhou Yilu gave a start and instinctively wanted to back away and dodge, but as soon as he shifted his foot he recalled that this was the window sill and there was no room for retreat!
Dong!
The entire face of the zombie slammed heavily against the glass with its facial features pressed closely against it until it was deformed due to excessive force becoming terrifyingly distorted.
Zhou Yilu breathed a deep sigh of relief, fortunately there was still a layer of glass.
Although Qiao Siqi may not be able to see it, he was still able to figure it out by the noise, and asked with trepidation in a low voice: “Zombie?”
Zhou Yilu nodded wearily.
“Are these panes of your department sturdy?” Qiao-tongxue has always possessed a good gauge on dangers.
Zhou Yilu rolled his eyes: “Relax, even if you were to crack your head open, it wouldn’t shatter.”
Qiao Siqi made a face: “This example of yours, what good will it do you if I were to bleed?”
Zhou Yilu pondered it seriously: “. . . Satisfaction?”
If it weren’t for the fact that they were at two separate windows, Qiao Siqi hated that he couldn’t sever the other's family line: “I f*cking didn’t even want my life anymore when I tagged along to fight next to you. You don’t have to be deeply moved, but at the very least honorable and righteous ba, is this how you treat your bro?!”
Qiao Siqi’s voice was choked with sobs which shocked Zhou Yilu a lot. He swiftly confessed his sincere feelings: “I know that you are a true friend ah. If you didn’t treat me like a brother, would you have given up the main squad and came along with me to endure hardships here?”
“If you know it in your heart, why didn’t you say it with your mouth? No, you did say stuff, but none of it was any good!”
“Aren’t good friends supposed to love and hate each other at the same time ma! Do I need to hold your hand and say, Qiao Siqi, thank you for coming, with you, the wintry night will no longer be as cold, the sky and land will thaw, and all life will recover. You are electricity, you are the light, you are the only faith, is that what you’d like to hear?”
“I love it very much.”
“Do you have to be so fussy ah!”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“I’m just that finicky! Fragile! Heart of glass! Little pwincess!”
“. . .”
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“Aimaya, hold it ba, it’s too disgusting.”
“Tbe pera rjlv atja sbe ibnfv la rb wemt!”
“I take it back.”
“. . .” Heavens above, why don’t you smite him now!!! Even if there is no thunder, at least release a flash of golden light ah, and take care of this evildoer ba!!!
Dong!
Thunder didn’t strike, but the zombies came.
Swiveling his head around angrily, Zhou Yilu wanted to confront the zombie separated by a single sheet of glass again when he realized that the face originally behind him was nowhere to be found.
Then where did that sound of collision come from?
Just as Zhou Yilu was puzzled, he heard Qiao-tongxue chastise the perpetrator with righteous indignation: “It’s okay to scare Zhou Yilu, but it’s wrong of you to terrorize me. Besides, if you really wanted to eat me, then you come out ah, what kind of skill is it to alarm people through the glass. . .”
He also couldn’t see the situation at Qiao Siqi’s window, but after some thought, if the zombie could smack his glass, then it naturally could also beat on Qiao Siqi’s pane. And compared to his own simple and blunt methods, John obviously hope to thoroughly baptize the zombie on a spiritual level—
“As far as your current behavior is concerned, I can only give you five words, I look down on you! Not enough? Then there is still an eight character one, you. . . do not open the window ahh. . .”
Zhou Yilu stared wide-eyed at the window sash facing Qiao Siqi as it was slowly opened from the inside and was still trapped in a state of complete, unbelievable shock when he heard another guang and Qiao Siqi had already stretched out his hand to close the sash again, yanking it towards himself.
One living, one zombie, one exterior, one interior, brimming with power, evenly matched, the same window, the same dream.
“You f*cking come and help me ah—”
“Why do they know how to open windows ah!”
“Can this question be investigated after I’m safe!!!”
Qiao Siqi’s bellow roused Zhou Yilu’s mind. He immediately stretched out the hand that was roosting in his sleeve for a long time, reaching out to firmly grasp the protrusion on the wall again while his other hand was extended towards Qiao Siqi without hesitation: “Jump over!”
Qiao Siqi’s heart became hot and he nearly couldn’t hold back his tears: “Your arm is too short, I can’t f*cking reach it ah—”
Zhou Yilu resisted the urge to help the zombie take a bite out of his comrade together: “Then climb up!”
Fortunately Qiao-tongxue was quite obedient, rapidly scanning his surroundings for a foothold then he removed the hand from the window sash without hesitation. The zombie that was locked in a struggle against him for a long time was unprepared and fell backwards with a guangdang.
Qiao Siqi seemed as if he was possessed by Zhao Feiyan and with a single step, his lightweight body left the window sill and stuck close to the building, ascending to a spot obliquely above Zhou Yilu with a cengcengceng.
Zhou Yilu suspected that he saw a fake Qiao Siqi and exclaimed in disbelief: “Since when did you become so agile.”
Qiao Siqi made a face: “We’ve been on the run for almost a month now, I can’t have not made any progress at all ba.”
Zhou Yilu deliberated it, he had a point. A month ago he was still cutting sushi, now, the knife is still that knife, but the dish isn’t the same dish anymore.
When his life was peaceful, he believed that five years was the same as five days. It would be nothing more than going to class to study, flirting with goddesses, not that he’s ever succeeded before. Yet when that tranquility was broken, a short twenty odd days felt like the passing of a century.
“Wei,” Qiao Siqi’s voice came from above, “Should the two of us find a classroom to hide in for a while? It’s too dangerous for us to be exposed out here to the elements as delectable and appetizing as we look and smell.”
Zhou Yilu agreed with Qiao Siqi’s proposal, but didn’t reply promptly, instead he fell into some sort of deep reflection.
Qiao Siqi thought that Zhou Yilu was still hesitant, so he continued to urge: “Even if we were to escape, we’d have to wait until the crowd below disperses ba. We’re both so dashing, if we don’t disappear, how will they scatter?”
“True.” Zhou Yilu finally spoke.
Qiao Siqi rolled his eyes exaggeratedly at the sky: “You didn’t have to wait until I called you handsome before you’d agree ba.”
Zhou Yilu made a face and came back to his senses completely: “I was considering where we should take shelter!”
“Have you figured it out?”
“En,” Zhou Yilu stated with a determined look, “There is a place that’s absolutely safe.”
In terms of brains, Qi Yan took the top spot. In terms of physique, Zhao He ranked first. In terms of moves that inflict the greatest damage, Song Fei was first. In terms of martial arts, Luo Geng was the best. In short, taking into account the two Wusheng classes together, Zhou Yilu may not be the one closest to the summit of any ranking list.
However, this person possessed comprehensive strength.
He had a bit of smarts, some build, a little destructive skill, dabbled in martial arts, and in addition, possessed a certain amount of courage and loyalty. Thus this made him unexpectedly reliable. He would neither randomly go into a fit like Song Fei, nor would he be disorganized like Zhao He. Similarly, comrades who stick next to him, like John-tongxue for example, could trust him wholeheartedly.
Since Zhou Yilu declared that there was such a place.
Qiao Siqi would believe it unconditionally.
It’s just—
“It’s located upstairs ba?”
“Why do you ask?”
“Because if we don’t climb up soon, it’s very likely we’ll be dragged down.”
Zhou Yilu instinctively lowered his head and saw seven or eight new faces that joined the horde down below at some point currently scaling the building at lightning speed with a kaka, while the fastest of them was already about to reach the space between the first and second floor windows!
“Go to the top floor!” Zhou Yilu hollered and began to scramble up with the use of both hands and feet!
Qiao Siqi was originally already above Zhou Yilu and immediately took action after hearing the order. After moving up two steps, he subconsciously raised his line of sight to take a glance at the so-called “top floor”, and fell into a quagmire: “Couldn’t you have chosen a closer destination!!!”
There were a total of ten floors in the Luban Building and Qiao Siqi’s current location was at most on the third. The distance to the roof could truly be described as the mountains are distant, the rivers are distant, the mountain and rivers are distant as the road is far away.
What was more terrible was that the speed of the zombie’s ascent was still becoming faster and faster!
In a brief moment, Zhou Yilu already kicked off a zombie that attempted to grab his ankle!
Qiao Siqi, who withdrew his gaze aimed at the upper level, just happened to catch a glimpse of this scene and was about to lose it: “Why are they so dexterous all of a sudden ah!!!”
Zhou Yilu booted another zombie that had crawled to his side, wanting to cry but had no tears: “They must have bounded over here from the Yixin Building!”
“Why did your department of architecture have to be constructed next to the department of the arts ah!”
“Human beings possess a shared appreciation for beauty ah!”
“. . .”
It was unknown if it was spurred by the pursuing soldiers, but when they reached the sixth floor, Zhou Yilu overtook Qiao Siqi. In addition, the zombie hot on Zhou Yilu’s heels now became Qiao Siqi’s neighbor.
At first, Qiao Siqi only noticed Zhou Yilu and originally wanted to complain to the other of not lending a hand to the underachievers. However, before he could open his mouth, his arm was tugged on and if he hadn’t been able to break free quickly, his wrist would’ve become someone else’s meal.
Taking a closer look, the zombie was only an arm’s length away.
Qiao Siqi’s scalp exploded in goosebumps. He didn’t dare to chatter about this or that any more and tried his best to climb higher in an attempt to leave his deskmate behind. Yet he also felt that it was all a futile effort in his heart and he would definitely be engaged in a fierce battle with the other party in a brief moment. However, to be locked in a fierce battle on the body of the building, there was a one hundred percent probability he would plummet to the ground without even two exchanges.
Instead of getting stuck in that predicament, it was better to just find any room where one could enter and stabilize the current fatal situation first ah!
After thinking about it like this, Qiao Siqi immediately wanted to bring it up to Zhou Yilu. But after he raised his head, he was instantly blindsided, there was only a vast structure above his head and no shadow of his comrade-in-arms.
A sudden sourness plagued his heart which overwhelmed him immediately.
“Zhou Yilu ahhhhhhh—”
Qiao Siqi scream was heart-piercing, there was no light in the heavens or on the earth, and the grass and the trees were all affected by it.
“What are you yelling for!!!”
Qiao Siqi’s tears and snot had already leaked out and became stunned when he heard this, half of his snot was hanging and flapping in the wind. He wasn’t sure which way to turn so he just blankly stared at an unknown direction: “You, You didn’t fall?”
“Are you happy or disappointed ah!!!” Finally, a familiar head appeared from the seventh floor window right above him.
Qiao Siqi was overjoyed, not only was Zhou Yilu safe and sound, but also because the other thought of the same thing!
Suddenly, a cold glint flashed before his eyes and the sushi-spear was launched forth from the window, eliminating the zombie that had silently come up beside him.
“Hurry and get in!” Zhou Yilu already gave up his desire to roast this single-celled comrade who had never been able to focus on multiple tasks, let alone have sharp eyes and keen ears to be observant and alert of all directions.
It was only then that Qiao Siqi discovered that the window where Zhou Yilu was positioned had no glass. To be precise, the pane already shattered and fell for unknown reasons, leaving only a few fragments attached to the frame, it was no wonder that Zhou Yilu was able to easily enter.
And now, in this empty window, his comrade-in-arms stretched out his hand to him once again.
This time, Qiao Siqi didn’t disdain his teammate for his short arms anymore, instead he took a deep breath, lifted his hand to clasp the top edge of the window sill, raised his foot to step on a protrusion and with a sudden propulsion of force, he leapt upwards another half a meter and before he stood steadily, he swiftly reached out to clutch onto Zhou Yilu tightly!
Zhou Yilu promptly returned his grip and repeated briefly but forcefully: “Come up!”
Qiao Siqi’s heart surged and with a step of his foot. . . he slipped.
Zhou Yilu only felt his arm being yanked on hard! Fortunately, he reacted quickly, tensed up, and shifted backwards when he felt that something was wrong so that there was little conflict and resistance between forces, otherwise his shoulder would definitely be dislocated!
“What are you doing ne!” Zhou Yilu was furious.
Qiao Siqi, whose entire body was dangling in the air, also wanted to give himself a slap like his comrade wanted to himself: “I didn’t step firmly and slipped wu. . .”
While speaking, Qiao Siqi had already gripped Zhou Yilu with both hands. Just from the temperature of the other’s palms, the latter could feel the onrushing desire of I don’t want to die.
Just as he was about to drop the sushi-spear and stretch out his other hand to pull his comrade-in-arms in, he abruptly had a bad premonition about the area behind him, and the moment he looked back, he saw that there was indeed a zombie charging towards him!
There were no zombies in sight when Zhou Yilu jumped into the room, but he didn’t have time to lock the door, so it wasn’t too surprising that there were zombies attracted by the previous commotion.
His lunging attack missed!
The zombie was already here!
Zhou Yilu readied his skull and used the power of the protective goggles to knock the opponent back two steps, but half of his body was dragged away by the comrade hanging outside so he couldn’t take advantage of the advantage to pursue the enemy. He could only turn his head back around and call out towards the window: “Hurry up, I can’t preserve much longer—”
Qiao Siqi, who was on the exterior side of the window, was trying his best to find a foothold, but unfortunately it was really difficult. Every time he felt like he was about to step on it, he would be shaken away by the sudden violent movement of his comrade’s arm.
“Don’t move ah!!!” Qiao Siqi nearly had his toes ramrod straight, attempting to hook onto the purchase, but it always ended in vain.
The comrade on the interior side of the window was also in a dilemma: “A zombie was about to take a bite out of me, could I not move ma!!!”
The word zombie made Qiao Siqi’s heart tremble and he wailed almost reflexively: “Then you mustn’t let go ah!!!”
“If you don’t get your ass up here, I will really let go!”
“If you dare to let go, I won’t leave you alone even as a ghost!”
“As you like!”
“I’ll haunt you everyday in your dreams at night and read English words to you, making you dream of Lily, Lucy, Hanmemei, Lilei, Jim, Uncle Wang!”
“. . . Ahhhhh!!!” Zhou Yilu seemed like he was possessed by a series of childhood playmates nightmare-like names. Raising his head to roar at the sky, he finally pierced the zombie’s head with a single strike and reversed the direction of all the force he could muster in his hands to rapidly haul Qiao Siqi in with a teng like he was yanking out a weed!
Author’s Chapter Summary
Meeting danger at Luban for the sake of comrades, isolated with no aid in a battle to escape!
The translator has something to say: a glimpse at the situation with the other comrades!
XD These two are so funny XD
These two are such comedic relief I love them!