BC Chapter 109

Chapter 108

The two already had a physical disparity, and now with Lu Ziming losing the combat power of one hand, the duel could no longer be considered a fair fight, but rather a one-sided beating of Lu Ziming.

Although Lu Ziming had been introverted and withdrawn since childhood, the children at the time she was in school were relatively simple-minded, so she didn’t experience things like school bullying. Since the beginning of this disaster, her luck had been very good, so she hadn’t suffered too much. This time, it could be considered the first real tribulation in her life.

Even if her non-dominant left hand could still wield a weapon to block more fatal blows, the injuries to her body were still gradually increasing. Although the opponent’s strength had also been greatly reduced due to injuries and prolonged physical exertion, it was still more than enough to deal with an injured Lu Ziming. So another temporarily redirected attack directly hit Lu Ziming’s right leg, which she didn’t have time to protect.

First her right hand, then her right leg, only half of her limbs that could be considered combat power remained. Lu Ziming was almost dragging one leg, stumbling and dodging the opponent’s attacks. It could be seen that the movement speed of both sides had slowed down significantly, but it was still impossible for Lu Ziming to escape. She could only dodge and retreat at the same time.

At this time, the man opposite her had one arm and half of the upper body of his clothes stained red with blood flowing from his shoulder. Coupled with his gloomy face and the clanging sound of the golf club dragging on the ground, he looked like an evil ghost who had come to claim Lu Ziming’s life.

The more Lu Ziming retreated helplessly, the more excited he became, because he knew that in this one-sided “hunt,” he would still be the victor in the end. Just like how he had sacrificed one eye to save his sister and still survived the virus’s invasion after being infected by a zombie.

Just as he was closing in on the powerless Lu Ziming and was about to deliver the final fatal blow, his raised left wrist was suddenly pierced by an arrow, and the golf club in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

“Ah—Damn it!!! It’s you busybodies again!! Come out! Come out! Don’t think I can’t guess it’s you playing tricks!! You son-of-a-bitch archery team!!” The man squeezed his injured left arm with his right hand, ignoring the still bleeding wound, his expression twisted as he gritted his teeth and shouted.

“What’s wrong? Zhao Qi, judging by your angry look, did they also push you and your sister out to feed the zombies?” Xu Rubing, sitting on the eaves of the house at the man’s former hiding place, pulled her bow fully and smiled lightly at the man.

The man turned his head in the direction of the voice and finally saw Xu Rubing sitting on the eaves of the second floor. He immediately looked as if he had seen a ghost, his pupils contracted violently, and he muttered to himself in disbelief, “Xu, Xu Rubing?!”

The woman who had already gotten up and was running towards Zhao Qi also stopped and turned her head in surprise, “You, you, you… Are you a human or a ghost?!”

“Oh, you’re not afraid of living people or zombies, but you’re afraid of ghosts? I’ve really lived to see it, hehe.”

“Pushing you out to attract zombies was decided by the leaders together. We were just forced to become accomplices. The blame lies with them! If you want revenge, you can go find those people!” Seeing that the situation was unfavorable to them, Zhao Qi quickly endured the excruciating pain and shouted loudly.

“My brother is right! Those people deserve to die!! We were ostracized by them after you left. They cursed us siblings as perverts behind our backs and bullied my brother for various reasons. They deserve to die a thousand times!” Zhao Lin, the woman who had already supported Zhao Qi, quickly echoed her brother’s words.

“Oh? Is that so? But… to be honest, I also find your incestuous relationship disgusting. Moreover, when those people pushed me out, weren’t you siblings also among those who raised their hands in agreement? As for the reason, well… I think I know.” Xu Rubing said, moving the fully drawn bow and arrow in her hand back and forth between Zhao Qi and Zhao Lin. “You think the lives of poor people are not as valuable as your family’s dogs, so it’s okay to die, right?”

“…” This time, Zhao Qi and his sister Zhao Lin looked at each other, but couldn’t continue to argue.

Back then, most of the members of the archery team were from wealthy families, and only a few were from poorer families, so they were always treated worse in the team, and were rarely individually instructed by the coach. This included Xu Rubing, who was from the poorest family. Moreover, she was the most miserable, always being blocked in the toilet by a bunch of girls and used as a punching bag to vent their anger – fighting with their parents, unsatisfactory competition results, being criticized by the coach, failed confessions… all were reasons for Xu Rubing to be beaten. There was no way around it, who told her that her family was poor, who told her that she didn’t even have an elder in her family to support her. Her parents had divorced and remarried, starting new families and having new children when she was only three years old. The grandmother who raised her was illiterate, so she only stayed in the village to farm, year after year. Her archery skills were sponsored for free by her junior high school homeroom teacher, Teacher Yu, so even though she was always looked down upon and often bullied at school, she was still the most talented and hardworking in the archery team. Because she didn’t want to disappoint Teacher Yu, she liked seeing the smile on her face when she took competition trophies and certificates back to Teacher Yu.

In fact, she didn’t know what her future would be after leaving the national team, but what Teacher Yu asked her to persist in would never be wrong. So she endured those insults, scoldings, and beatings – in fact, besides enduring, she had no other way to escape that environment.

It was only when she got to the national team, a mixed environment, that she gradually understood many things – for example, grades don’t represent everything. For example, even if you don’t have to worry about food and clothing, it’s not easy to live with dignity among people. For example, gender and age are not thresholds for choosing a romantic partner, and she had even seen relationships like Zhao Qi and Zhao Lin, who didn’t care about blood relations. Of course, she would always be an observer of things like love. For example, the most reliable relationship between people is based on the exchange of interests. For example, when a person doesn’t have the ability to protect themselves, being valuable is actually the greatest tragedy.

Perhaps, in the process of her enduring those injustices and dirty insults, her psychology had already changed, and being pushed into the zombie pile was just the last straw that broke the camel’s back.