BC Chapter 146

Chapter 145

Sometimes, the greatest helplessness of being an adult is having to pretend to be omnipotent. Even when facing difficulties and setbacks, most of the time there’s no chance to retreat and escape. Because the essence of life is like this, seemingly giving you many choices, but in reality, none of us have the opportunity to choose at all. There’s only one road illuminated by a dim yellow light, seemingly tolerant, but in reality, it’s the cruelty of reality. We rarely have the courage to face other unknown darkness, so we all end up with roughly the same fate. So we pretend to be mature, pretend to be strong, pretend to be nonchalant, until the years pass, until we’re gasping for our last breath. And so, we all become insignificant extras.

But He Linglong, who understood this from a young age, is different from most people. For most of her life, she’s been like a complete gambler, betting that she can become a strong person, betting that she’s omnipotent.

Although born into a middle-class family, she has a stubbornness and seriousness in her nature that is incompatible with the rest of her family. Originally, her life script was supposed to be that of a mediocre person, but her unwillingness to compromise and be perfunctory has led her to live a flamboyant life with all the winning cards revealed.

Whether it was studying or mastering various skills, she forced herself to excel in everything. But it must be admitted that the energy level of excellent people is often double or even several times that of ordinary people. Even with a life rhythm that felt like a full schedule from elementary school to joining the army to college, she still managed to persevere with ease. Everyone around her could see how ruthless she was to herself. So the classmates, comrades, and colleagues who were usually completely suppressed by her gradually got used to it. When He Linglong was mentioned, everyone unanimously agreed that her body seemed to have a perpetual motion machine embedded in it from the start—she was so energetic that she didn’t seem like a living person.

Can a person compare with a machine in terms of persistence, willpower, and productivity? Of course not. So, the people around He Linglong gradually got used to it.

But for He Linglong, she doesn’t think she’s that amazing. If she had to say, at most, she’s just a little more persistent than others when it comes to doing things. So she never felt superior just because she had excellent grades. Whether in school, at the training base, or in the workplace, she considered herself an ordinary person. As for the rumors about her, she had heard them long ago. Some said she was arrogant, some said she was self-righteous, some said she had emotional issues. In short, thanks to these people, she was basically undisturbed by matters of the heart during her studies and training, and instead, she calmed down and completed all the things she wanted to do.

She also has her own views on matters of the heart. Unlike Lu Ziming’s disdain and Jiang Juncheng’s freedom, the person she recognizes will only ever be one. Either she doesn’t meet them, or she won’t let go. If the other person’s fate with her is not enough, resulting in the inability of two people in love to be together, then she will only keep the other person in her heart forever and continue to live a solitary life. Perhaps modern people think this is a kind of love brain, but He Linglong only knows that this is her once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and choice. If she loses her determination in love, then her past life’s persistence and beliefs will have no meaning.

Life always needs something that cannot be subverted, disturbed, or questioned. Going with the flow is the lifestyle of most people, but it’s definitely not He Linglong’s.

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To ensure everyone’s safety, after some discussion, they decided to temporarily house these people in the school’s teaching building. Although it’s only separated from the dangers of zombies everywhere outside by a wall, as long as everyone doesn’t make loud noises or emit light, there won’t be any problems. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is also the safest place, and besides, it’s still some distance from the gym. And they just happened to run into a melee of zombies outside, so it made more sense to go back and bring Jiang Juncheng to the school, which was safer and more reliable. Relatively speaking, the risk was also smaller.

So, after careful consideration, Chen Li decided that she, Leng Dongchi, and He Linglong would go back together to pick up Jiang Juncheng and bring him here, and also bring as many supplies from the gym as possible to provide for everyone to use, eat, and drink.

Calculating that the four of them could each share some, they would be able to bring almost all the supplies over.

Just as everyone was discussing, He Linglong, who hadn’t said much, suddenly felt a burst of inexplicable panic. Here, the only people who could truly make He Linglong feel this way were Zhou Yuanyuan and Jiang Juncheng. However, she turned her head and looked at Zhou Yuanyuan, who was sitting in the corner of the classroom holding Jin Shengzhe. Although she looked dull because her mood had been impacted, her overall condition was much better than the dozen or so women who had just been rescued. In other words, Zhou Yuanyuan temporarily didn’t have any problems that required her to worry, so other than her, only Jiang Juncheng, who was still guarding the gym, remained.

Why do I have a bad feeling… To ease her panic, He Linglong stood up from her seat and looked around the classroom, reconfirming whether there was anyone acting abnormally in the room, or rather, who looked like they had been injured by zombies.

But no, everyone was acting normally. Liu Qingyu had previously checked everyone’s skin, using her identity as a nurse as a cover, pretending to be doing it for everyone’s good, and checked the rescued people several times, confirming that none of them could have been infected.

So now, even if He Linglong was unwilling to think about it, she could only place all her guesses and worries on Jiang Juncheng.

She… should… no, she will definitely be alright.

The speed of the three returning was even slower than when they came. The chaos on the street had reached a fever pitch. However, He Linglong, who had been thinking about getting back quickly, seemed to be injected with chicken blood and quickly sped up, slowly widening the distance between herself and Chen Li and Leng Dongchi.

He Linglong, who was usually careful and steady, was now acting out of character. She no longer considered how to coordinate with Chen Li and Leng Dongchi behind her, but like a hero going to her death alone, she recklessly charged forward, only knowing to rush forward.

When He Linglong finally rushed to the bottom of the gym building, she realized that her sixth sense was surprisingly accurate this time. Some weightlifting equipment from the gym was scattered abnormally at the entrance of the stairs, causing her to withdraw her foot that she had originally stepped out—Jiang Juncheng, who was guarding the gym, must have encountered an uninvited guest, otherwise she would have no reason to throw these things out from inside for no reason.

And at this time, the stairs in front of He Linglong were the only entrance and exit to the gym. She didn’t even have to think to guess that there must be someone above, that is, blocking the door at the actual entrance to the gym, waiting for the people who rushed back to walk right into their trap.

So she looked around and directly turned to the side of the building, wedging herself between the walls in the gap between the buildings, and climbed up like a gecko.

Just as she was trying to pry open the window of that private classroom, Kang Jian, dragging Jiang Juncheng, who was still tied to a chair, actually appeared in front of He Linglong.

Kang Jian was afraid that Jiang Xiao and the others would change their minds, so he had been focusing his attention on the few people in the gym hall, so he didn’t notice He Linglong squatting on the windowsill outside in the first place.

Just after Jiang Juncheng, who had been beaten very badly, appeared in front of He Linglong, He Linglong, who had originally planned to sneak in quietly, only felt a fire in her chest rushing straight to her head. She directly pulled out the only remaining bullet from her clothes and shot it at Kang Jian’s shoulder through the glass.

The glass shattered in response. She used her elbow to directly strike the spot where the bullet had broken the glass. The broken gap was just enough for her to reach in her arm and open the window that was usually used for ventilation from the inside.