BC Chapter 152

He Linglong and Jiang Juncheng had just secured their footing on the rooftop adjacent to the gym when Jiang Xiao and the others burst through the wooden door into the private classroom. Qian Junchen, with his swift movements, even rushed to the window, raising his compound bow.

He Linglong, who was supporting Jiang Juncheng, saw the man across the window aiming his drawn bow directly at Jiang Juncheng’s back. She quickly pulled Jiang Juncheng into her embrace, stepping forward and turning her body to knock them both to the side. As they swayed, Qian Junchen released the arrow. Due to the close proximity, He Linglong miscalculated her attempt to dodge the arrow—it was too fast. Before they could fully fall, the arrow pierced He Linglong from behind.

Jiang Xiao and Qian Junchen were the captain and vice-captain of the archery team, respectively. While wealth and power played a role in their positions, it couldn’t be denied that they had the skills to join the archery team in the first place. Therefore, for Qian Junchen, hitting a moving target at such close range was not difficult.

However, He Linglong was carrying a backpack. Inside, she had a small amount of food and water, but mostly weapons and practical tools. Qian Junchen’s arrow was indeed accurate and ruthless, hitting He Linglong’s backpack squarely. It pierced through the backpack, even puncturing a bottle of water inside. However, the arrow tip ultimately failed to fulfill its mission—it didn’t touch He Linglong’s flesh, because there was a wrench diagonally placed against the back of the bag, and the arrowhead struck the connection point between the wrench’s head and handle.

Jiang Juncheng, shielded in He Linglong’s arms, was unaware of this. Before being pulled down, she had turned and seen Qian Junchen raising the bow. A sense of foreboding exploded in her heart, and she immediately understood He Linglong’s intentions. But He Linglong moved too quickly. Even though she didn’t want to be the one being saved, she could only succumb to the momentum and fall. Then, midway, He Linglong’s body lunged forward, the impact even transferring directly to her.

“Linglong!!” Fear gripped Jiang Juncheng’s heart like a giant hand. She had finally found genuine love. Was fate so cruel that it had to destroy her lover just as she acknowledged her true feelings?

No!! She couldn’t accept it!

But her hands, instinctively clutching He Linglong’s back, felt a cool, wet sensation on the back of her hands…

“No!” Her heart felt like it had been torn open by two hands, the sudden pain overwhelming her, making her forget how to breathe…

Impossible, unacceptable, absolutely not!!! Tears flowed instantly. Jiang Juncheng’s devastation and disarray were unlike anything she had experienced in her smooth life. But she couldn’t care less about money, status, or image. If she could, at that moment, she would trade everything she owned for He Linglong’s safety and longevity!

“Ha….” Qian Junchen at the window nearly grinned from ear to ear upon hearing Jiang Juncheng’s heart-wrenching cry—this damned woman who suddenly appeared, daring to dream of rescuing someone from their hands, ruining his and Jiang Xiao’s image of authority in everyone’s eyes, was simply delusional! Unforgivable!

Now it was good. The capable woman had been dealt with by his arrow, leaving only the useless woman they had previously subdued, who posed no threat. As long as someone jumped over and brought her back, the problem would be solved.

However, they completely overlooked the attraction of He Linglong’s gunshot to the zombies below—almost as soon as the shot rang out, the zombies swarmed towards the base of the two buildings. Although the entrance to the gym was small, the horde of zombies managed to find it. With a breach, a large number of zombies surged up the stairs from the entrance. The guards at the gym door were initially distracted by the commotion caused by He Linglong, until one bald-headed guy suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet vibrating strangely. Puzzled, he asked his partner, “Hey, do you feel the building shaking?”

“No, haha, look, Kang Jian, that human-shaped teddy bear, got wrecked by a woman! Serves him right!” The partner, focused on watching the others’ misfortune, wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings. He replied impatiently, then continued to watch the fun in the gym with a smile.

“No, really, the building’s shaking!” The bald guy, ignored by the first one, repeated to another partner who was playing a single-player game on a new phone stolen from a phone store.

But the gamer didn’t even look up. “Oh, maybe it’s an earthquake! Whatever, it’s either being crushed or bitten by a zombie, either way, it’s a bad death… Crap! Zombie!” As the gamer replied to the bald guy, he glanced at him and seemed to see something behind him. When he frowned and turned to confirm, he was instantly terrified and threw his phone at the approaching shadow without a second thought…

“Huh? What did you… Ah!!!” The bald guy didn’t immediately understand his partner’s words. But seeing the terror in his eyes, he turned his head questioningly, only to be bitten on the cheek by the lunging zombie. Instantly, screams, blood, and a continuous stream of zombies filled the stairwell. The guy at the door, being closer to it, tried to pull it open and escape inside, but a zombie with only half a body grabbed his trouser leg, tripping him at the entrance. His body blocked the gym door from closing.

Now, it was as if they had given the zombies who couldn’t open doors a green light.

The guys inside heard the guards’ screams and leaned out of the private classroom to investigate.

They discovered that zombies were stepping on the bodies of the guards, squeezing in through the doorway that only allowed one person to pass at a time…

The sudden appearance of a large number of zombies panicked everyone in the room. They picked up weapons and hacked at one zombie after another, but it felt like the zombies were appearing endlessly.