The six of them huddled together for half the afternoon, discussing the matter. Although the main food section was out of stock, the snack section wasn't completely sealed off, so the floor was now littered with pistachio shells. (Novel)
"Are we really going to retreat? Going out would be a near-death experience. Shouldn't we take another chance?" Even though they had discussed how to get to the cafeteria, how to close the doors, and how to deal with emergencies, Qiao Siqi was still a little scared. He felt that compared to outside, the supermarket was at least a safer place.
Zhou Yilu snatched the half-pack of pistachios from his hand with a huff and slammed it aside, forbidding him from munching on them like a squirrel and disrupting morale: "There's only so much food. If we eat it, they'll have none left. How do you plan to fight?"
Qiao Siqi raised his chin: "The key to the gate is in our hands, so let's use that as leverage to fight them and let them know that if they don't let us live, we'll open the gate. It'll be a fight to the death, and nobody will survive."
Qi Yan asked coolly, "If they really won't give it to you, will you really open the door?"
Josh said awkwardly, "Then we'd all be dead, so how could we really open it? We're just trying to scare them."
Luo Geng sighed: "As long as you're not really willing to go all out, you won't scare them. This kind of standoff won't last more than ten minutes before they see right through you. Even if you succeed, what about next time? Will you fight to the death over a meal?"
"Besides, even if they don't come, we'll still have to move our base in a month or two. We're just bringing forward our original plan." Song Fei said, stuffing the pistachios that Zhou Yilu had confiscated back into Qiao Siqi's hand. "So now, eat whatever you want. Don't force yourself."
Qiao Siqi gripped the bag of pistachios tightly... Song Fei's words not only made him lose his appetite, but also made him reflexively wonder how many days he could live. Looking at the pistachios, he couldn't feel happy at all!
After standing still for too long, everyone was a bit tired. Since the decision had been made, some stretched, some moved their necks, and Zhou Lu even lay down to stretch his body, preparing for the upcoming breakthrough battle.
Lin Dilei breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, and Song Fei immediately followed suit.
Lin Dilei looked at him suspiciously: "What a coincidence again?"
Song Fei chuckled: "It's that amazing."
Luo Geng couldn't stand it anymore and finally spoke up to complain: "Hey, that's enough. You've been going to the toilet every time someone goes since yesterday, without fail. What exactly do you mean by that?"
Song Fei looked completely innocent: "Everyone has to go to the bathroom sometimes, it's not something I can control."
Luo Geng wanted to say something more, but Lin Dilei shut him down with a question—
"Why don't you come along too?"
Luo Geng quickly shook his head. In his simple understanding, he always felt that following a girl to the restroom was perverted behavior, but Song Fei was gay, so he couldn't figure out whether Song Fei's behavior should be categorized as perverted or as a display of friendship. After all, going to the restroom together was a favorite activity for girls, although male students would never understand it.
As always, Song Fei and Lin Dilei walked to the restroom side by side. As always, after confirming that no one was in the restroom, Song Fei said, "I'll close the door, you go first."
The door Song Fei wanted to close wasn't the stall door, but the main toilet door. Once the door was closed, only Lin Dilei would be inside, so he would stand outside and wait. His reason was that it would be too awkward if they went in together and could both hear each other. Usually, after Lin Dilei came out, he would urge her to return to the main group before he went to use the restroom himself.
This time, however, Lin Dilei didn't go in by herself as usual, but instead forcefully pulled Song Fei into the toilet as well.
Song Fei thought they had already tacitly agreed on this arrangement, so she was a little stunned when she was suddenly pulled. By the time she realized what was happening, she was already leaning against the toilet wall.
Lin Dilei is 172 cm tall, a little shorter than Song Fei who is 176 cm tall, but when she slaps her arm against the wall, she still manages to make a stunning wall slam.
"What did they say?" Lin Dilei asked directly, without any preamble.
Song Fei was taken aback and blurted out, "How did you know?"
Lin Dilei rolled her eyes: "You're acting so strangely, if I still can't guess what's going on, I'll really be a naive fool." Every sudden change has a trigger, but nothing unusual has happened on her side, so it can only be that Song Fei heard something, which is why he's so nervous that he becomes alert whenever she needs to go to the bathroom.
He wasn't worried about her going to the toilet, but rather that she might be alone.
"Anyway... I'll just say you're pretty!" Song Fei mumbled. He didn't want Lin Dilei to know these things; they were too disgusting and unbearable. No girl could stand them. Otherwise, he would have said it yesterday. Why choose such a stupid method?
Lin Dilei wasn't necessarily trying to get to the bottom of things; she was just trying to bluff. Now it seemed that what she thought was pretty much the case. She had actually sensed those malicious gazes and those lewd, obscene smiles.
Sighing, Lin Dilei withdrew her arm, looked up at Song Fei, and said, word by word, "From now on, whatever it is, just tell me. Anything that can't withstand a little landmine hasn't even been born yet. Got it?"
The girl's eyes shone with determination.
However, Song Fei could only recall the fear of being beaten by the older sister next door when she was a child, and she nodded hurriedly!
Lin Dilei smiled, glancing at him with a hint of amusement, and sincerely said, "Thank you."
This time, Lin Dilei took a little longer to go to the toilet. Song Fei thought it was because she had an upset stomach, but when the girl opened the door, he was dumbfounded.
Her long, flowing hair was cut unevenly above her shoulders and barely tied into a very short ponytail with a hair tie—no, it should be called a rabbit's tail.
Song Fei wasn't particularly obsessed with her hair, but she still felt it was a pity: "You don't have to be so cruel..."
Lin Dilei shrugged nonchalantly: "I've wanted to do this for a long time. It saves water when washing my hair and makes escaping easier."
Song Fei: "Can I ask you why you bring scissors with you when you go to the toilet...?"
Lin Dilei: "You really want to know?"
Song Fei: "Uh, never mind."
I always felt that the answer would hurt men a lot.
Lin Dilei's return to the living area startled her comrades. Although her face was still pretty, they had to admit that her hairstyle was also very important. Just one snip, and her glamorous, mature look was completely ruined. Now her style was hard to categorize... well... casual?
However, the female students didn't care, and the male students just made a few jokes. After that, the six of them quickly packed up their things and said goodbye to the newcomers before it got dark.
The so-called farewell was actually just sending Qi Yan to inform Yu Zisheng, so that he wouldn't be misunderstood again when he climbed through the window, causing unnecessary friction.
When Yu Zisheng heard that they were leaving, his expression was quite interesting. A variety of emotions, such as ecstasy, shock, and doubt, were displayed on his face in turn, and his facial features were not enough to express them all.
Qi Yan looked at him coldly, not wanting to say another word.
At 3:30 p.m., at the same window where Qi Yan had come in, the six friends climbed onto the shelf one by one and filed out, under the watchful eyes of seventeen classmates.
Perhaps their actions were too surprising, or perhaps the supermarket had enough supplies for the time being, but the seventeen students didn't insist on checking their backpacks. Someone mentioned it, only to be rebuffed by Qi Yan with, "If you keep doing this, we're not leaving."
As Qi Yan climbed onto the roof at the back of the line, the windows below slammed shut with a snap. The supermarket rooftop remained as quiet and open as when they arrived.
It was a gloomy afternoon; the sun was nowhere to be seen, and the north wind stung my face.
"If it weren't for the fact that the toilet window is too low and unsafe, we should have climbed up and left it open so they could have their fun," Qiao Siqi said, venting his anger.
"Alright," Zhou Yilu tightened the sushi gun strapped to his back, "Save your strength, the real battle is yet to come."
All the friends became serious.
The supermarket is about fifty meters away from the main entrance of the cafeteria, making it easy to rush in. The real challenge is the sheer number of zombies inside. This isn't just imagination; it's Qi Yan and Qiao Siqi's real, tragic experience. Furthermore, besides the main entrance, the cafeteria has side doors on both sides. Unless they're the Flash, it's impossible to lock everyone's doors at once. Finally, and most importantly, the cafeteria is a three-story building with a completely glass facade, offering no foothold for climbing.
That's why they spent half an afternoon discussing the plan.
"Are you ready?" Qi Yan asked.
The five friends responded in unison, "Yes."
Qi Yan nodded: "Remember, plana, if that doesn't work, seamlessly switch to bcd."
Song Fei: "Mainly collective relocation."
Zhou Yilu: "Flexibility and adaptability should be secondary."
Josh: "We can separate if necessary."
Luo Geng: "Survival comes first."
Lin Di Lei: "Go!"
In the blink of an eye, Qi Yan dashed off to the southeast corner of the roof, diagonally opposite, which was the furthest point from their starting point that they could reach.
In the blink of an eye, Qi Yan arrived, took out his phone, turned on the speakerphone, and used the same trick again!
The demonic sound rang out again, and in an instant, countless zombies seemed to emerge from the ground, swarming towards the southeast corner of the supermarket! The few that had been wandering under Song Fei's noses, though slow to realize what was happening and hesitant at first, were eventually drawn in as well!
Qi Yan quickly returned, still singing on her phone on the southeast corner of the roof.
This phone, destined to be sacrificed, escaped the first time, but not the second.
Without further delay, the six people quickly jumped down from the northwest corner of the supermarket while the zombies were all drawn away, heading straight for the cafeteria—the north side!
It was a simple steel-plate house hidden behind the water room, and it was also the place that students loved to go to most besides the canteen - the express delivery pick-up point!
Yes, this was Plan A for the six-person team. After racking their brains and failing to figure out how to manage the cafeteria with just six people, they decisively opted for a less ideal solution!
Although the weather was gloomy, visibility was still acceptable. When the six people jumped down, they could vaguely see the pickup point. However, the two were separated by three green belts and several tall trees with only bare branches, which obstructed their view.
Qiao Siqi took the lead, hurdling across two neatly trimmed bushes with perfect form. Inspired by him, his five teammates followed suit. Qi Yan, tall and long-legged, was no match for him, and even Luo Geng easily overtook him with his incredible jumping ability!
With the express delivery point right in front of him, Qiao Siqi wished he could sprout wings and fly faster and faster, as if he were walking on a cloud!
Song Fei, who was in second place, was almost unable to keep up and could only grit his teeth and persevere.
Qiao Siqi is only ten meters away from the express delivery point!
Eight meters!
Six meters!
Four meters!
Joskey makes a sharp turn!
"planb——"
The rapidly vibrating air carried Johns' shouts.
Song Fei was already stunned. In his rapid run, he couldn't react in time to follow Qiao Siqi around the corner. Fortunately, the other man's shout gave his legs a direction, and he ran straight towards the big tree next to him!
The so-called plan B is a backup plan for when the number of zombies in the delivery point exceeds what everyone can handle, or when the door of the delivery point has been destroyed and even if they rush in, they will not be able to maintain the situation!
In the blink of an eye, Song Fei had already climbed halfway up the tree trunk. He was temporarily safe and looked back at his companions, only to find that Qiao Siqi, who had gone ahead of him, had been grabbed by the leg by a zombie that rushed out of the delivery point!
With a sudden burst of strength from the zombie, Qiao Siqi lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground!
The zombie seized the opportunity and bit down on George's calf!
Lin Dilei, who arrived shortly after, stabbed the zombie in the skull with a pair of scissors!
Zhou Yilu, Luo Geng, and Qi Yan, who were right behind her, attacked the zombie's head almost simultaneously, and the head was instantly mangled.
The zombie was only momentarily stunned when it was first poked, but now it is completely lifeless.
Qiao Siqi forcefully pulled his leg back, gritting his teeth and not uttering a sound the whole time!
Lin Dilei immediately grabbed him and ran to the nearest tree!
Qi Yan, Lu Geng, and Zhou Yi all made a decisive decision and also climbed the tree!
However, climbing trees is also a skill; some people have it lit up on their skill tree, while others have it completely gray.
Fortunately, everyone was prepared. Song Fei, who had climbed the tree first, lowered the rope to pull Zhou Yilu, who was unable to climb any further. Lin Dilei also lowered the rope and pulled and tugged to help Qiao Siqi climb up.
So when Zhou Lu used his bayonet to take down the second and last zombie who was attempting to climb the tree and who appeared to have a good chance of succeeding, the situation stabilized somewhat.
Six people fleeing for their lives, three trees that could save them, and eight zombies wandering helplessly beneath the trees.
Of course I was scared; my heart was pounding in my throat.
But at this moment, a deeper fear swept over all the friends.
No one knew how to begin; beneath the gloomy clouds, all was eerily silent.
Finally, Qiao Siqi spoke up: "Please don't do this..."
Song Fei's throat suddenly felt sore.
Zhou Yilu on the other end had also changed his tune: "Why the hell didn't you dodge? Are you stupid? If he bites you, just let him bite!" Although the three of them were running behind, they could see the whole scene clearly.
Qiao Siqi also felt wronged: "Did I let him bite me? He just grabbed me and started nibbling. Oh well, don't worry about it, he didn't even bite into any meat anyway."
Song Fei: "..."
Zhou Yilu: "..."
Luo Geng: "Huh?"
Lin Dilei, who was just a branch away, reached out and pinched his leg, knowing in her heart: "Warm fleece pants, super thick version."
Qiao Siqi's eyes widened in surprise: "Wow, that's amazing! There are even thermal underwear inside, and they're extra thick too!"
Zhou Yilu: "Give me a reason, or I'll kill you if you dare say it's cold."
Qiao Siqi: "Don't worry, would I be that fussy? It's only a few degrees. I wouldn't be afraid to go bare-legged in the dead of winter."
Song Fei: "So?"
Josie: "My biggest problem is that my legs are too thin, like sticks. If I don't wear several layers underneath, pants don't look good and I look too girly. Seriously, if you don't believe me, wait until we find a safe haven, I'll take off my thermal underwear and fleece pants and put on my outer pants, and you'll see for yourselves..."
Zhou Yilu: "Nobody can stop me from fighting him today—"