Chapter 61: The Little Writer of the Apocalypse (Yu Hui) 08 What do you like about him...
The corner where the two of them were was quite secluded. In the huge reading room, there was also the background sound of their classmates' sleeping breathing, which made them feel more at ease than being alone.
"What do you want in exchange?" Before Song Qingqing could figure out how to answer Lin Kai's question, he had already taken the arrows. When he took them, his slightly cold fingertips accidentally touched the girl's warm and soft fingers, and he paused imperceptibly.
Lin Kai's action and question undoubtedly showed that he had agreed to the deal.
Song Qingqing's eyes lit up, and after realizing what was happening, she immediately pressed the piece of paper into Lin Kai's palm. Lin Kai's body temperature was lower than normal, and it felt cold to the touch, but Song Qingqing didn't care. She hurriedly put forward her request, deliberately lowering her voice. "I want to learn archery from you, senior. This is something we found in Professor Ye's laboratory. I heard from Senior Tang that you are a student in Professor Ye's group. I wonder if you can tell anything about it?"
He was not polite at all and climbed up the tree, exchanging one for two.
Lin Kai: “…”
The tall and thin boy supported himself on the ground with one hand and sat slightly closer to the moonlight. He pinched the piece of paper that was stuffed into his hand, and raised his eyelids to look at the girl in front of him who was looking at him with hope.
Lin Kai's skin appeared cold and white in the moonlight, and his long eyelashes cast a small, light shadow, but it was just a light coldness, not to the extent of being inhuman.
"Didn't you find Teacher Ye in the underground laboratory?" Lin Kai looked down at the piece of paper in his hand and asked Song Qingqing.
Before the apocalypse began, there was no news from Director Ye, and he received no response to the report materials he sent to his supervisor. He had originally planned to go to the laboratory to look for him, but he had to put it aside because he didn't have an access card.
Song Qingqing shook her head. "When we rushed over, the laboratory was very tidy, but Professor Ye was nowhere to be seen."
After barely making out the string of characters on the paper, Lin Kai's gaze froze for a moment. "Do you have a pen?"
Hearing this, Song Qingqing touched the pocket of her combat uniform. Fortunately, she had taken the pen for drawing the map with her before leaving. She handed the pen to Lin Kai.
Lin Kai picked up a pen and began circling something on the palm-sized piece of paper, sporadically reading out the deciphered information, "A...C...explosion point, No. 7...Biological...Center, back?"
Lin Kai's voice suddenly stopped, his expression froze. He looked up at Song Qingqing, who looked bewildered.
"Do you remember where the first outbreak of the virus was reported in the news?"
Song Qingqing recalled the clips of a live stream she'd seen on her phone when it still had power, and replied with some confusion, "It seemed to be from the Central Hospital in City A. They said there were crazed patients attacking medical staff."
City A was completely destroyed not long after the apocalypse began. There were almost no living people left. Even if there were a few, they were probably eaten by zombies.
Lin Kai nodded, confirming Song Qingqing's statement. He pointed to the circled numbers on the piece of paper and said, "This is the Chinese character encryption algorithm that our group's teacher, Ye, created. 0973 refers to the neighboring city. I have two guesses for C. One is that it refers to the city center, corresponding to the deciphered explosion point. The other is that it refers to the city center where Research Institute No. 7 is located."
"As for the rest of the content, it should be the teacher's research institute branch, the No. 7 Biological Research Center, located in the basement of a prison on the outskirts of another city."
Song Qingqing quieted down. She seemed to suddenly understand why Lin Kai and Tang Mingpo used the prison as the infrastructure of their base in the plot outline. It was probably because Lin Kai later returned to the school's underground laboratory and found the piece of paper. He was about to go to Research Center No. 7 to find Ye Si, but he didn't find him.
Because Ye Si was in the city A which had already fallen.
The C inside should be the latter guessed by Lin Kai - City C.
It is very likely that Ye Si went to the research institute in City C to get something and rushed to City A. However, he did not expect that when he was still in City A and had no time to return to his own research institute, the virus implanted in his body by Zhou Zhanyun in advance awakened and broke out.
If you want to go to the central base, City A is the only way to go. It is no wonder that Zhao Zemu met Ye Si in the occupied area. If you take a detour, you will be blocked by vehicles on the highway. If you are unlucky, you will be stuck inside and drowned by the tide of zombies.
Lin Kai put away the paper, turned around to look at Song Qingqing's expression, and after a moment of silence, he said softly, "Are you going to look for Professor Ye?"
Song Qingqing nodded. "My brother said that this is a dangerous period. The newly built central base is recruiting talents related to biochemical research."
"If you don't mind, can you come with me?"
Of course!
Song Qingqing agreed without thinking, and did not consider how Zhao Zemu would react if she acted first and reported to him later. It can be said that she was very considerate.
While the two were talking, something unexpected happened quietly in the reading room.
In the pitch-black darkness, a boy was curled up against the wall near the toilet, his body twitching uncontrollably. He grabbed his arm tightly and kept scratching the same part, his face as pale as the wall.
Perhaps because he scratched too hard, bright red blood oozed out, staining the coat darkly.
The boy's face was pale, his eyes were red, and his gray eyeballs were stained with bloodshot. He trembled and lifted up the sleeve of his left hand, on which was a tooth mark that was bleeding. At this moment, he could clearly feel the changes in his body. The color in front of his eyes gradually turned gray, and he couldn't help making a hoarse sound in his throat.
No, how could it be possible...
He had clearly counted them, he had counted them. Those classmates who were bitten by zombies changed in less than ten seconds, but it had been so long for him.
He really didn't want to die, didn't want to turn into that ugly and scary zombie, and even more so didn't want to hurt his classmates...
Tears flowed continuously from the boy's red eyes. He lowered his head and cried silently. The saliva secreted because of his desire for fresh flesh and blood pulled out thin threads between his dry lips.
He wants to go home.
A classmate who got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night noticed that something was wrong with the boy. He had seen the boy go to the bathroom several times today, and his face was pale every time he went. He wondered if he was not feeling well.
He walked up to the boy and patted him on the shoulder, "Hey, buddy, are you okay? Are you feeling...?"
His voice stopped abruptly.
Because the boy who was originally curled up on the ground suddenly jumped up, pounced on him, and tore off the flesh on his face in one bite. Blood gushed out and splattered all over the ground.
The voice suddenly turned into a sharp cry of pain.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
The tragic screams woke up all the students in the reading room, and the originally quiet and peaceful room instantly fell into chaos.
The students who were awakened crawled out with their hands and feet uncontrollably, shouting for help.
Lin Kai, who was still in the corner, reacted very quickly. He quickly stood up and protected Song Qingqing behind him. He put the arrow given by Song Qingqing on the bowstring and aimed at the boy who was pounced on people and kept biting them.
To be precise, he had turned into a zombie, and the classmate who was knocked down and bitten by him was obviously beyond saving.
Lin Kai's eyebrows drooped slightly, his face hidden in the darkness, his expression a little gloomy and unclear, and he lowered his eyes.
As his fingertips loosened, two sharp arrows with white tail feathers shot out from the air and pierced the two men's heads accurately. The chaos finally subsided. Tang Mingpo stepped forward and squatted down. After checking that everything was correct, he stood up silently.
In the dead silence, the classmate's frightened voice suddenly rang out, and she was still trembling while speaking.
"How could Wang Shuo suddenly turn into a zombie?! He had been with us in the bathroom on the 8th floor for so long and he hadn't changed at all..."
"Sun Li was still alive and could be saved. Lin Kai, you are... murdering people."
"Shut up."
Lin Kai's face was cold, and it was the first time he gave such a serious order. He walked to the zombie named Wang Shuo, bent down and pulled out the arrow stuck in his head, then used the arrow head to lift up his sleeves, trouser legs and shirt hem for careful inspection.
Finally his eyes stopped on the tooth mark.
Lin Kai turned around and asked the boy who had just accused him of murder with a blank expression, "What are the consequences of being bitten? You didn't see it clearly just now, did you?"
Zhao Zemu, who hurried over from the conference room after hearing the screams, frowned when he saw the tragic scene in front of him. He was very sure that with his team there, this group of students would definitely not be bitten by zombies when they followed him to evacuate.
He was tall, and his height of 1.9 meters was very intimidating, especially when his sharp eyes swept over, many students lowered their heads in fear.
Zhao Zemu: "Has anyone of you been with this student? Do you know when he was bitten?"
In this state, obviously no one dares to admit it.
In the endless silence, a frail girl finally raised her hand tremblingly and whispered, "When the chaos first started, a few of us hid in the bathroom. When Wang Shuo closed the door, I seemed to see him block a zombie with his hand..."
She said uncertainly, "Wang Shuo might have been bitten at that time."
But that had happened a while ago, and the students were immediately shocked. What did this mean? Could the zombie virus still lurk in the human body?!
Song Qingqing, who had been observing the situation silently, spoke up. She didn't miss the momentary gloom on Lin Kai's face, as if he was regretting his carelessness.
"To ensure our safety, students, divide into groups of boys and girls and go to the restroom to check on each other."
No one objected to Song Qingqing's suggestion. They all walked into the bathroom in twos and threes in silence, and then dragged their bodies out in silence.
It was almost dawn, and no one had gotten enough sleep, but no one wanted to sleep any longer.
Song Qingqing sat next to Zhao Zemu with her knees hugged. Not far away were Tang Mingpo who was distributing food to the students and Lin Kai who was cleaning arrows in the corner.
Zhao Zemu's sight suddenly stopped at the quiver worn by Lin Kai. There were a few arrows with snow-white tail feathers mixed in with the arrows with bright red tail feathers, which were extremely conspicuous. He turned his head and found that the girl was staring at the tall and thin figure quietly and obediently. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and he couldn't help but click his tongue in his heart.
Lin Kai is a tall and thin guy, with not much muscle on his body. He looks good but is useless.
Song Qingqing was looking eagerly in that direction, waiting for Lin Kai to teach her archery when she suddenly heard Zhao Zemu's suppressed and low voice asking her.
"What do you like about that boy?"
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