Chapter 97 My Excited Fellow Cellmate
To be or not to be, that is the question.
Dark red blood and bluish-gray sclera swayed before Lin Xi.
"Seventh, eighth, ninth..."
"One step, two steps," Lin Xi silently counted, her lips barely moving.
She had been sitting cross-legged on the bed with her knees drawn up to her chest, but now she pulled up the thin blanket, slowly crawled under it, and lay flat without moving.
Lying down is easy, but maintaining a single lying position is difficult. Lin Xi's hands and feet went numb, but she could only grit her teeth and persevere.
After some time, the noise outside seemed to subside.
Lin Xi, lying under the covers, opened her eyes wide, her ears alertly listening to the faint metallic clanging sound gradually fading away.
Now!
The human-shaped figure wrapped in the white blanket sprang up, leaped off the bed, and took two steps to the railing, revealing its eyes as it did so.
The metal keychain dangled on the edge of my sight, about to disappear.
There's still time!
Lin Xi stretched out her right hand, which she had rolled up in a blanket beforehand, and grabbed the key chain dangling from the police officer zombie's waist.
But the keychain was fastened too tightly and couldn't be easily pulled off.
Lin Xi's heart suddenly raced, and her right hand reached out from under the covers, deftly fiddling with the buttons.
She was completely wrapped in a blanket, with only her right index and middle fingers exposed. This way, even if a zombie reached in to grab her, the blanket would temporarily block it, preventing it from tearing her skin and infecting her with the virus.
Lin Xi's right hand was indeed scratched, but he only felt pressure and no sharp pain.
She had just counted the zombies outside her cell; the police officer zombie was the eighth one, and there was another zombie behind it.
Lin Xi then began to conceive:
Zombies are visual and auditory animals; when they cannot see any living creatures for a long time, they lose their target and begin to wander.
So Lin Xi covered herself with the blanket and stayed still. The best chance of winning was when the zombies outside the railing left one by one and only the last two zombies remained.
So, as the sound of the key gradually faded away, Lin Xi put the blanket over herself again, using it as the first layer of protection against the zombies' scratches, and took two steps to the railing to retrieve the key.
The police officer zombie and the zombies behind it both noticed the living creature in front of them and began to scratch.
Hearing the sound of the outer bedding being torn, Lin Xi gritted her teeth and desperately clung to her last chance to escape.
"Click"
The key has been removed.
At the same time, the sound of tearing blankets came, and a hand missing two fingers crawled in.
Lin Xi gripped the key and retreated rapidly. The zombie was blocked by the railing, and even with her hand stretched to its limit, she couldn't reach it.
Her actions just now drew the zombies' attention back, and the zombies that had only taken a few steps away surrounded her again, completely blocking Lin Xi's doorway.
Lin Xi took a deep breath to regulate her heartbeat.
They got the key, but the doorway was surrounded by zombies, and opening it would trap them in a corner.
Moreover, it's unknown how many zombies are in the passage.
Venturing out would likely lead to certain death, but staying here would only mean waiting to starve to death.
She has the ability to be reborn, but she must do her best to follow every path to accurately test and learn from mistakes.
and……
Do not go gently into the good night.
We must not give up even if there is only a sliver of hope.
what to do?
Lin Xi suddenly shouted, "I have a way to get out of here! Is anyone willing to help me?!"
Her response was the howling of zombies and more zombies surging towards her cell.
Looking at the gaps in the railings filled with zombie hands and feet and the walkway completely blocked by zombies, Lin Xi was worried that the door would be flattened by the zombies if things continued like this.
But the doors, windows, and railings of the detention center are very sturdy.
The zombies can only roar outside.
A voice responded from a cell several cells away: "Go out? Isn't that suicide? At least the zombies can't get in if we stay here."
"Exactly! With so many zombies, you'd be swallowed whole if you went outside."
"Besides, what means do you have to get out of your cell?"
"I have the key! I just got the key from the police officer zombie." Lin Xi raised his hand and shook the key vigorously, trying to make the metallic clanging sound as loud as possible.
Unfortunately, there were just too many zombies, and their roars drowned out the faint sound of the key.
No one responded.
It seems everyone wants to stay inside the railings, at least to avoid a terrible death.
Just as Lin Xi thought she was isolated and helpless and was preparing to think of another way, a voice said in a low voice, "You... what's your idea? Tell me."
Before Lin Xi could speak, another strong voice replied, "You believe her? I heard that the person in that solitary confinement cell is a psychopathic killer. You believe she'd help you out of kindness?"
The faint voice seemed to have been persuaded and stopped responding to Lin Xi.
After a while, another voice responded to Lin Xi: "What help do you need? I'm willing to help you."
Another voice retorted, "Even if you get out, you're going to die! Stop messing around!"
The voice retorted, "Staying here will surely lead to starvation; we might as well go out and make our way in the world."
A third voice responded weakly: "That makes sense."
Lin Xi's eyes lit up, and he took the opportunity to shout loudly, "Make some noise and lure the zombies away from my door so I can open the door when I come out."
She didn't know why these people were imprisoned here, or whether the decision to release them was the right one. But before she could even come up with a rationale for letting them go, the people in the other cells automatically gave up on that option.
Someone outside shouted, "Open the door for me? Isn't that letting zombies in? I'd really appreciate it."
"I advise you to stay inside quietly. Maybe someone will come and eliminate these monsters soon."
"Yeah, what if they escape and the police come back to rescue us, and we end up being labeled as fugitive criminals?"
Lin Xi: "..."
She felt powerless.
It wasn't that she felt powerless over their choices, but rather that she had made the same decision on similar issues herself.
Content with the status quo, unwilling to take risks.
Discussions could be heard from other cells, seemingly debating the feasibility of Lin Xi's proposed method.
Some of the zombies were attracted away by the sounds, but there were still many zombies at Lin Xi's door.
She desperately needs help.
Another voice called out, "I'll help you. I'll call the zombies over. You have to promise to rescue me too once we get out."
She said "rescue them," not "release them."
Before Lin Xi could reply, a stern voice came from her cell:
"If you're going to get yourself killed, don't drag us into it!"
"That's right, you told her to open the door. If the zombies come in, all five of us will be in trouble too!"
Lin Xi has autonomy in her single cell, while most others are assigned to 4-6 person cells, making it difficult to resolve disagreements.
The man insisted, "I'll lock the door for you as soon as I go out, so I won't get you in trouble. Once I've wiped out all the zombies, you cowards will only deserve to starve to death here."
"What nonsense! If you dare help her or open the door, we'll kill you right now!!"
I could hear fighting coming from next door.
Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief and gave up the idea of asking someone for help.
At that moment, another voice came from afar: "I'm willing to help you!"
Although the woman's voice was strong, it sounded very weak amidst the roars and arguments of the zombies due to the distance.
After seeking help, Lin Xi experienced several moments of hope and disappointment within a few minutes, unsure whether the distant female voice could actually help her.
But the next moment, the girl called out from afar, "Coach Lin! Is that you? Is that you?!"
Lin Xi: "?!"
This person is...
Xiang Xin's voice sounded excited: "It's me! I was just arrested! I didn't expect you to be locked up here too! That's great!"
Lin Xi: Is this okay...?
It seems like a good thing.
Listening to Xiang Xin's voice, Lin Xi could almost picture her with stars in her eyes saying, "Coach, you're going to save the world."
Xiang Xin shouted loudly, "You want to lure them over with your voice, huh! I'll do it!!"
"ah!!!!"
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My darlings, get some rest early. We'll have two chapters tomorrow.
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