BC Chapter 12
by Volare“Yes! Yes, yes, yes…” Hearing Lu Ziming’s question, the girl shuddered and finally snapped out of her dazed state. Afraid that Lu Ziming would abandon her again, she hurriedly responded and scrambled to her feet from the ground.
“Follow me.” Lu Ziming left these words behind, not looking again at the zombie she had killed on the ground, nor at the girl she had saved. She turned and walked towards the outside of the building without stopping. She had risked coming out, not to sightsee in the parking lot.
It was late spring and early summer, and the outdoor temperature in Clear Water City was still a bit low at night. The two approached the exit of the parking lot, which was on the back side of the building. There were still a few scattered daily necessities shops along the nearby roads. However, no wandering zombies were seen on the road here.
Although the girl still didn’t know where Lu Ziming was taking her, she saw that Lu Ziming always wore a deadpan face. Having just gone through the shock, she didn’t dare to ask. However, along the way, she took off her dirty coat and used the corner of her clean clothes to wipe the dirt off her face and hands, then threw the dirty clothes under a car. Now that they were outside, a small night breeze blew, causing the girl, who was only wearing shorts and a tank top, to shiver.
Lu Ziming saw the girl’s actions out of the corner of her eye but didn’t stop her. However, she didn’t expect that because the girl threw away her bloodstained clothes, they would avoid a disaster.
For Lu Ziming, it wasn’t the first time to fight zombies at close range, but it was the first time to kill a zombie who was a normal person just seven or eight days ago. To say that she had no qualms about it was absolutely impossible. But she also knew how special the situation was now. The situation simply didn’t allow her to have any thoughts or guilt. To be sentimental for a former human who had become a walking corpse?
Don’t be ridiculous. Even if a normal human died in front of Lu Ziming, Lu Ziming might not even blink, let alone a zombie?
Perhaps it was precisely because Lu Ziming didn’t have so much overflowing sympathy that she could make rational and correct judgments time and time again, avoiding certain death. So Dai Qianya and her son, whom she had saved, and the girl next to her, were really lucky to have been saved by Lu Ziming inadvertently.
The girl wanted to complain to Lu Ziming about the cold night wind, but thinking of Lu Ziming, who had been gloomy from beginning to end, she put down her trembling hand that she had reached out to grab Lu Ziming’s clothes. Lu Ziming was not her anything. It could be said that it was already a great kindness that she had saved her life just now, so how could she have the nerve to ask Lu Ziming to lend her a coat?
And Lu Ziming, at this time, didn’t have the leisure to take care of the girl behind her. Her eyes were always observing the situation on the back side of the building, including the dark places covered by the shade of trees. Because she hadn’t encountered zombies many times, she wasn’t sure whether zombies had reached the level of intelligence to conceal themselves to hunt living people. And now, careful observation was to avoid making mistakes later. This was not a trivial matter. Based on her experience of foraging for food, if there were loopholes in her observation, it would be a matter of life and death.
After waiting for a long time, Lu Ziming still didn’t find anything unusual. She waved her hand at the person behind her, meaning that she was leaving and that the girl behind her should follow on her own.
But she didn’t expect the girl behind her to misunderstand, thinking that Lu Ziming was asking her to take the lead, and she was about to walk out with great fanfare.
Lu Ziming was shocked and quickly grabbed the girl who was walking out, pulling her back.
“What are you doing? Don’t you want to live?” Lu Ziming, with her slender and tall figure of more than 1.7 meters, was half a head taller than the average girl. Although she looked thin and bony, it was actually because her body didn’t contain much useless fat, and her muscles were all solid and tight little muscle groups, so she seemed weak and fragile. But the truth was that Lu Ziming was someone who often used rock climbing as a hobby to relieve stress, so all her strength was hidden in her body. People who hadn’t been in close contact with her would never guess that Lu Ziming used to be the record holder for long-distance running in her university.
So at this moment, when the girl was grabbed back by Lu Ziming, she staggered back a few steps due to Lu Ziming’s strength and inertia and crashed into Lu Ziming’s arms.
“I… I didn’t. Didn’t you tell me to go first?” The girl first hurriedly denied it, and then thought of asking back.
“I mean, let you, follow, behind, me, and walk! Do you understand this time?! Okay, follow me.” Lu Ziming was originally a cold person and rarely lost her temper with anyone, but at this moment, she didn’t know why, but she felt particularly angry seeing the girl staring at her with an innocent look. It was probably because she was angered by the stupid things the girl had done continuously just now. She spoke her meaning word by word with anger. Seeing the girl nod timidly, she calmed down a little, released the girl’s arm, and without looking at the girl, she went ahead to lead the way.
The girl was startled by Lu Ziming’s anger. After being stunned for two seconds, she quickly stepped forward to catch up with Lu Ziming, determined that before doing anything in the future, she must understand Lu Ziming’s meaning and obey all commands. But she didn’t notice that she, who had always been rebellious in school and at home, had already inwardly accepted Lu Ziming in front of her. But it was also possible that the environment of the school and family was too superior, which caused her to lose her backbone when something happened and had to rely on Lu Ziming.
The streets under the night were shadowy because there were no street lights and the moonlight was blocked by the shadows of trees on both sides. The two walked slowly on the side of the street, carefully observing the movements around them, but they didn’t know that they had entered someone else’s sight.
“Another living person found.” Wang Dong, who was squatting by the first-floor window, peering outside with night vision binoculars, made gestures while saying to the three women behind him.
“Really? Where?” As soon as Mei Ting heard this, she quickly put down the playing cards in her hand, jumped up from the ground, and snatched Wang Dong’s binoculars to look outside.
“Are you going to make contact?” Seeing Mei Ting’s eagerness, Wang Dong frowned and asked. If it were up to him, he would definitely not make contact with strangers. He was already a reclusive person, and he had lost some social skills due to being a shut-in for a long time. Therefore, for him, the existence of strangers was no less than a flood of beasts giving him a threat. Since this was the case, of course, he would avoid contact as much as possible.
“Of course! If I hadn’t suggested teaming up with Xiaolin and the others before, if it were just me and you, we’d be short of one for playing cards. How boring! Xiaolin, what do you think, right?” Mei Ting said her thoughts while not forgetting to look back at Huang Xiaolin and Hu Ying to seek agreement.
“Yes, yes.” After the initial unfamiliarity, the three girls basically had no barriers by now. At this moment, as soon as Mei Ting’s words came out, she naturally received unconditional approval from the two. In the beginning, Huang Xiaolin and Hu Ying agreed to team up with Wang Dong and Mei Ting, also because they didn’t have a sense of security. Furthermore, Mei Ting’s personality was completely opposite to Wang Dong’s. She was a particularly extroverted girl, and a few eloquent words convinced Huang Xiaolin and Hu Ying. Also, because there was still Wang Dong in the four-person team, as the only man, although the otaku Wang Dong didn’t have a physical advantage, he could also bring some psychological comfort to the three girls. At least if something happened, there was someone who could step up. Thus, there was the four-person team at this time.
“Who’s going?” Wang Dong asked this question with a bitter taste in his mouth, but he already knew the answer in his heart.
“Is there even a need to ask? Of course, you first, then me!” Most of the decisions of the four-person team were actually made by Mei Ting alone, but she always had reasons to persuade the other three to listen to her. Of course, Mei Ting also unceremoniously attributed this phenomenon to one sentence: I have innate leadership skills!
“…Okay.” Although Wang Dong was unwilling, Mei Ting was his girlfriend after all. He, as a man, couldn’t always let his girlfriend solve problems, right? Besides, Mei Ting also knew that Wang Dong definitely couldn’t solve the problem. Letting him go first was just to test the other party’s attitude. If the other party’s attitude was uncertain, then it would be Mei Ting’s turn to take action.
Gently opening the window, Wang Dong pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, jumped onto the windowsill with force, and then jumped from the windowsill to the grass below.
Under the night, Wang Dong, dressed in gray, bent over and ran towards the street where Lu Ziming and the girl were, like a large mouse. Behind him, Mei Ting looked around and followed closely.
Although Lu Ziming was leading the way in front of the girl, she took every step as cautiously as possible, wishing she could see in all directions and hear in all directions.
So when Wang Dong was approaching the two while sneaking behind them and preparing to step forward to make contact, Lu Ziming’s heart suddenly moved. Her left hand wrapped around the girl behind her counterclockwise and pushed her away sideways, and her right hand, holding the long knife, swung it forcefully in the same direction.
“Hah!” Lu Ziming’s speed was too fast. Fortunately, Wang Dong was not too close to the two of them and only had time to stop his steps. The tip of the knife swept horizontally past his face with a ray of moonlight…
Wang Dong felt that his heart had stopped, so that the scream that should have been made was choked by a gasp of cold air, only making a low, surprised sound.
In the next second, Wang Dong only felt that he was covered in cold sweat. Damn! Is this even a woman?! This skill, she must be from the special forces!! Wang Dong subconsciously touched his neck, until he confirmed in shock that his head was still safely on his neck.
“Who is it?!” Lu Ziming was about to kick out with her next foot when she realized that the person behind her was not a zombie, but a living person.