Chapter 14 Chapter 14 I am also your brother
Apart from his teaching assistant duties for this lecture, Chen Luan currently has no other classes in the afternoon.
So after the lecture, Chen Luan simply left work and did not follow the military academy's car back.
It is dinner break time now, the school gate is open, and some day students who live nearby will go home for dinner.
Chen Luan was coaxed into playing basketball by several kids, including the one who ran over and asked for a handful of candy. His name was Qiao Zhile.
Chen Luan actually didn't know how to play basketball very well, but because the kids were too enthusiastic, he had to force himself to shoot a few shots that didn't go in at all, and then he spread his hands to show that he really didn't know how to play.
Jiang Ling turned to look at him in confusion: "Didn't you join the basketball team in high school?"
Chen Luan: “…”
"I haven't played for a long time, so my hands are rusty." Chen Luan evaded the question.
"It's normal to have raw hands. Just practice more and it will be fine." Qiao Zhile squeezed over, holding the ball and trying to pull Chen Luan's arm:
"Come on, brother, you taught us how to play billiards before, now we will teach you how to play basketball!"
But before he could touch Chen Luan, Qiao Zhile's hand was slapped away.
"Go away. If he's your brother, just call him brother."
Jiang Ling stepped in front of Qiao Zhile and said, "Your fighting skills aren't that good either. Do you understand what I'm teaching you?"
"Oh, just playing for fun."
"No need." Jiang Ling dragged Chen Luan out of the crowd and spun the ball in his hand: "I'll teach you how to play?"
Chen Luan actually wanted to say that he was already quite old at such a young age, and his old arms and legs made it impossible for him to move around much, but Jiang Ling seemed very interested in teaching him how to play basketball.
In order to ease the relationship that had finally been established, Chen Luan didn't want to spoil his brother's fun, so he nodded.
"OK."
The two of them found an empty basketball rack. Jiang Ling then ran to buy two bottles of water, opened one of them and handed it to Chen Luan.
"You can take care of people, Jiang Ling." Chen Luan raised his eyebrows and looked at the ice water in his hand, which had even been opened, feeling a little flattered.
"Drink it if you want, or not. If you don't, give it back to me."
"Drink! My dear brother screwed the cap on the bottle himself. Why not drink it?" Chen Luan dodged Jiang Ling's hand that came to grab the water and took two sips. "By the way, why don't I see your brother? Where is he?"
Jiang Ling's hand, which was twisting the bottle cap, paused for a moment before answering, "He went to the auditorium. There's a debate competition on Wednesday, and he's rehearsing. What do you care what he does? Is he still going to fight?"
"Come."
Jiang Ling played the ball beautifully, with clean and neat movements. Only then did Chen Luan realize that Jiang Ling had become the captain of the grade basketball team.
Those kids are basically all my teammates on the team.
It’s just that maybe Chen Luan really doesn’t have any talent in basketball.
When he stood under the basketball rack and shot, seven out of ten shots went astray, which made Jiang Ling completely lose his temper.
After jumping around randomly for a while, Chen Luan, exhausted from playing, sat down on the side of the court to catch his breath. He saw Jiang Ling take off the sports headband from his forehead and wrap it around his wrist. He then took out a small packet of wet wipes from his sports jacket and threw it to him from a distance: "Got it."
"Thanks." Chen Luan raised his hand and caught it easily. He took it out and wiped the sweat from his forehead and nose, and carefully cleaned the dust on his palm.
At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the golden light shone through the clouds, making Chen Luan's pupils glow with orange and gold.
He was so focused on watching the teenagers laughing and making noise in the sunset that he didn't notice that his own image was also reflected in the eyes of the people around him.
However, the calm and peaceful atmosphere was soon torn apart by a sharp and rapid alarm.
Chen Luan stood up and looked in the direction where the chaos started. Some students were running out in a panic.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Jiang Ling grabbed a classmate.
That seems to be the direction of the auditorium.
"Hoo, auditorium! Auditorium - hoo-" The child bent over, holding his knees and panting, pointing behind him.
"What happened in the auditorium?" Chen Luan and Jiang Ling's expressions changed slightly.
The child finally caught his breath, his face pale and his eyes filled with fear. "Over in the auditorium, a teacher suddenly disappeared! He injured several people, but—Jiang Xun, Jiang Xun is still in the auditorium!"
Jiang Ling's expression changed immediately, and he shook off his hand and tried to run over.
"Jiang Ling! It's dangerous!" Chen Luan frowned and pulled Jiang Ling back: "I'll go over now, you wait for me in a safe place."
Jiang Ling looked into Chen Luan's eyes: "That's my brother!"
"I'm your brother too."
Chen Luan pulled Jiang Ling over to his classmates and said, "If this is a patient with the desolate disease who has entered the mutation stage, you will be courting death if you go there! Be obedient and wait for me to come back."
"Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Chen Luan wanted to pat Jiang Ling on the head, but after stretching out his hand, he paused for some reason, and finally landed on Jiang Ling's shoulder. Then he turned around and went against the flow of people, quickly disappearing from sight.
"Let's go, Jiang Ling. Someone has just called the police."
The classmate tugged at his arm but couldn't budge: "Jiang Ling?"
Jiang Ling looked back at the direction Chen Luan left, pursed her lips and clenched her fists.
He thought for only a moment before saying, "Find a place to hide first. Don't worry about me."
After saying that, he turned around and followed Chen Luan.
"Hey! Jiang Ling——"
All that was left for him was the back of the young man running into the crowd without looking back.
The other side.
Chen Luan went upstream and soon found the source of the riot - the auditorium.
Students kept screaming and running out of the gate in panic, and the school security personnel and teachers were organizing the evacuation of the crowd.
Chen Luan pulled up a student who had fallen in panic and happened to see the debate team badge on his chest.
"Have you seen Jiang Xun? Where is he?"
"I...I don't know. He seemed to be still in Hall 5 when I came out."
"What's going on inside?"
The student choked and waved his hands, "Blood... a lot of blood. Teacher Feng suddenly..."
As if he recalled some unacceptable scene, his throat rolled uncontrollably and he tilted his head to the side and began to retch.
Unable to obtain any other useful information, Chen Luan first took everyone to the evacuation point and returned to the auditorium entrance.
"Hey! Hey...are you a student's parent? Don't go in! It's very dangerous." Someone shouted.
"We've called the police, the task force will be here in ten minutes!"
Chen Luan ignored it.
He had dealt with two incidents of people being injured by patients with the desolation disease at the base. Once a patient entered the desolation stage, it would only take a blink of an eye for him to tear someone apart.
If he really waited for the task force to arrive, he was afraid that the Jiang family would start the banquet right away.
He quickly ran into the auditorium, which was beginning to become empty, and followed the signs on the wall towards Hall No. 5 on the second floor.
There were some half-made decorations on the tables in the hall, and it seemed that the venue was being set up.
Chen Luan couldn't find a suitable weapon, and finally grabbed a large pair of art scissors from the table.
As soon as he entered the stairwell, Chen Luan smelled a strong smell of blood.
A tattered human figure was lying at the corner, with a huge wound on his chest and abdomen, and there was nothing inside.
The school uniform was dyed a dark reddish-brown, and the eyes were wide open in fear.
Chen Luan walked over silently and gently closed the other person's eyes.
Judging from the shape of the wound, the patient may have entered a period of desolation.
He carefully groped his way up to the second floor, following the wall. The suffocating fishy smell almost swallowed him up.
There were blood splatters everywhere, and there were four bodies lying in the hall, three of them were wearing school uniforms, and one was wearing a school teacher's uniform.
From the shadows in the northwest corner came the heavy, beast-like panting sound.
Chen Luan walked lightly and held the scissors tightly in his hand.
At this time, Jiang Xun and three classmates were hiding in the utility room in the northwest corner. They sprayed a huge amount of lavender air freshener and propped up the door with tables, chairs, benches and other things.
Through the window on the door, several people could see the strange figure wandering outside the door.
Although he was still wearing the staff uniform issued by the school, he had almost lost the basic shape that a human should have.
The body seemed to be forcibly stretched, with a neck that curved forward, slender limbs covered with scales, sickle-shaped bone blades at the end, spike-like bone clusters growing on the back of the head, strange compound eyes on the face, and a cross-shaped crack in the mouth, which was filled with fine and dense sharp teeth.
Behind Jiang Xun, a handsome boy with a pale face was covering his mouth tightly and crying.
Several people held their breath nervously.
The monster was lying on the door at this time. Its keen sense of smell could smell the faint smell of food coming from inside, but it was confused by the stronger smell of lavender essence.
It's not very certain.
The glass window on the door was blocked by layers of debris, and it was difficult to see clearly.
So it thought slowly for a moment,
Then he picked up a fallen vase and smashed it against the glass window with a loud crash.
“Ahhhhhh—”
Suddenly, a devastating scream was heard in the room.
"Is there...food...?"
"Bang--"
"boom--"
It began to bang violently against the stuck door.
The faces of several people in the room immediately turned pale, and they rolled and crawled to block the door.
But it was too late.
The wooden door of the utility room was thin and light, and after just two knocks, the mortise lock was knocked open and deformed, and the debris blocking the door inside was also knocked away.
Several people were completely exposed to the monster's gaze.
"Help... Help... I, I, I don't want to die..."
The handsome boy who had just screamed clutched the corner of Jiang Xun's clothes, shaking uncontrollably, his face covered in tears and snot.
"I found... you..."
The monster's neck was bent into a strange arc, blocking the door, with most of its body lying on the wall.
Jiang Xun broke out in a cold sweat on his back. He forced himself to calm down and looked around, trying to plan an escape route, but he felt a sudden push from behind!
He crashed into the monster uncontrollably!
"I'm sorry, Jiang Xun, I'm sorry!! I'm sorry, I want to live! I still want to apply to the Federal Military Academy, I want to join the Pioneer Fleet as an officer! I, I can't die here!!"
A cry was heard from behind, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.
The monster in front of him stared at the delicious food that was flying in front of him with its compound eyes, tilted its head, and raised its sickle-shaped bony limbs.
Jiang Xun's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a needle tip and his breathing stopped.
...Oh no.
There's no escape.
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