Chapter 84 Soft Clay on a Wall

As the sound of water came from the bathroom, the other three people lying on the bed in the room turned over.

After an unknown amount of time, as they drifted off to sleep to the sound of water, the water stopped, and then the sound of a hairdryer began to play.

The rumbling sound continued incessantly, and three impatient sighs immediately echoed in the room.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the hairdryer suddenly stopped.

Just when everyone thought they could finally go to sleep, the light suddenly turned on and dazzled them.

A girl clicked her tongue, pulled back the curtains, and called out, "Can you please not disturb people's sleep so early in the morning?"

A sweet female voice responded to her, "Who knew you guys were still awake so late?"

"The dorm belongs to everyone. Don't you know you should be more mindful of the fact that the other three are sleeping?!"

A sweet, delicate female voice responded, "I'm sorry."

Lin Xiyuan stared at the blue bed curtains above her head, the sounds of arguing coming from afar, gradually becoming clearer.

That delicate voice sounded very familiar.

There was a time when Lin Xi had been eagerly anticipating this sound.

She abruptly pulled back the bed curtains and sat up in bed, staring wide-eyed at the world outside:

The four sets of bunk beds with desks underneath each occupied one side of the hallway, with a comfortable gaming chair next to one of the desks, taking up half of the already narrow passageway and making the common walkway even smaller.

A girl was lounging lazily on a chair, her face covered with a face mask, her slender, fair legs crossed, and her toes casually curled up.

She opened her eyes and saw Lin Xi, then sat up with a start: "Your expression is terrifying!"

It's Gu Yixuan, Gu Yixuan whom I haven't seen in a long time.

Lin Xi stared at her intently, longing to speak with the living Gu Yixuan, and now she was sitting in the same room with her.

Perhaps it was because her gaze was too intense, but Gu Yixuan turned her face away uncomfortably: "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Xi rubbed her throbbing temples, and awkwardly reached for her phone on the bed with her left hand to turn on the screen:

May 20, 2019.

There are still 6 years until the zombie outbreak.

I was reborn.

Lin Xi sighed in despair.

Death is not the end, nor is it liberation; it is endless torment.

She cannot escape this endless cycle of death.

Even if humanity were to become extinct, she would still be reborn.

"Um..." Gu Yixuan's voice lowered, her arrogance seemingly diminished, "I didn't mean to disturb your sleep, please don't do this..."

Lin Xi was brought back to her senses by her voice, and saw that Gu Yixuan on the floor and her roommates on the other two beds were staring at her in shock.

Lin Xi glanced at herself and saw that her left hand was still stuck in her hair, frantically kneading her head.

"..."

"..."

Are you alright...?

Lin Xi silently withdrew her hand and got out of bed to wash up in order to hide her strangeness.

The girl who had just choked Gu Yixuan spoke up again: "Look, even Lin Xi, who has the best temper, can't stand your noise anymore!"

In the private bathroom, Lin Xi mechanically swung her toothbrush, staring blankly at her reflection in the mirror.

The woman in the mirror wasn't the hunched, 33-year-old woman with thinning hair and sagging skin.

At 19, she had beautiful long hair, fair skin, a youthful face, and bright, bewildered eyes.

This confusion was interrupted by Gu Yixuan pushing open the door. Gu Yixuan walked to the pool and pushed her away, then took off her face mask and started washing her face.

Perhaps startled by Lin Xi's strange behavior, and remembering that she had woken Lin Xi up, Gu Yixuan smiled at her apologetically.

Then Gu Yixuan asked, "Why did you suddenly become left-handed?"

Lin Xi began to rinse her mouth.

Gu Yixuan wanted to get a spot in the mirror, so she stood very close to the pool and whispered, "Hey! Be careful not to splash water. My dress is brand new, it's..."

Lin Xi recalled that she and Gu Yixuan had comforted each other during a difficult period, but before that, she didn't like Gu Yixuan.

To be precise, nobody in this dorm liked Gu Yixuan.

The young lady is difficult to get along with and doesn't consider other people's feelings.

But he's not completely unreasonable.

Just like now, Gu Yixuan knew that she had woken up Lin Xi, which was why Lin Xi had behaved strangely that morning. The young lady felt a little ashamed, but Lin Xi, who was usually good-tempered, did not reply to her, and she began to feel a little nervous.

Gu Yixuan followed Lin Xi out of the private bathroom and took a box of exquisite chocolates from her table, handing it to her:

"Hey, I remember you like chocolate, right? This is a gift from my mom, she brought it back from Switzerland for you."

The young lady was trying to express her apology.

But Lin Xi didn't hold it against her at all; she was just reborn and hadn't realized what was happening yet.

She replied casually, "No, thank you."

Gu Yixuan blinked and asked tentatively, "Are you alright?"

"without."

"You're not angry, are you?"

"without."

Gu Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sweetly at Lin Xi: "I'm skipping class today. When you go to class in the main building later, could you please call out 'present' for me? On your way back, please pick up my package at the post station and also get me a box of Band-Aids from the shop next door. Remember to buy the XX brand."

Lin Xi: "..."

Lin Xi didn't go to class in the main building; instead, she wandered alone on the main road of Nanhua University.

The tree-lined avenue is lush and green.

Lin Xi casually picked a bench by the roadside and sat down, watching the college students coming and going.

Some people ran wildly with basketballs in their arms, some sped by on scooters, and many more were students from the same dormitory heading to their next class.

Looking at the bustling campus, a scene suddenly flashed through Lin Xi's mind—

A crimson sunset enveloped a dead city.

Lin Xi covered her face in pain.

She was confused.

She learned from her eight lives and devised a way to ensure her safety, and in fact, the method worked; she did survive.

She lived until the extinction of humankind, when she was the only person left in the world.

If she continues to refine her previous survival strategies, she can only improve her quality of life; the final outcome will still be the same.

The end of the world has come, and humanity is extinct.

Staying at home and trying to survive alone won't work; the only way to change your fate is to step outside and deal with the zombies.

This path was fraught with difficulties and dangers, and even Lu Wei, who was wise, persevering, and capable, failed.

Only if she survives to the end will she be someone who has the potential to change the world.

Lin Xi found it hard to accept this realization.

Lin Xi needs not only the courage to leave her home, but also the ability to fight zombies.

She was just an ordinary person, a coward who wasn't smart or brave enough, and had little will to survive.

If she could, she would rather close her eyes sooner and avoid experiencing the dangers of the apocalypse.

But the destiny of endless rebirth compels her to survive.

To rewrite the fate of death, the only way is to eliminate the zombies at their root and avoid the apocalypse.

Lin Xi suddenly felt a sense of mission:

The goal is to mold the soft clay onto a wall, transform it into reinforced concrete, and make it a pillar that saves the world.