CH 71

Ling Liang’s dormitory is very simple. Because the other senior hasn’t returned to the dormitory for a long time, the other bed is still empty.

They opened the senior’s wardrobe and took out the cotton wool and quilt to make the bed, and also found a few pairs of leather gloves in the senior’s closet.

The senior is a locomotive fanatic. These old gloves may not be loved by the owner, but they are very useful to Qin Lang and the others. The three pairs of gloves were given to Xiao Fei, Yu Chao, and Zhang Mao. They were a little embarrassed when they saw Ling Liang and Qin Lang’s empty hands.

Ling Liang suddenly remembered something and opened his closet. There is a box inside. The packaging is extremely fancy with a very conspicuous and tacky red pull flower, which is completely different from Ling Liang’s temperament.

Qin Lang raised his eyebrows, “Yo, I can’t see that you still have this taste.”

Ling Liang said lightly, “Why don’t you open it and take a look? This is the birthday present I originally prepared for you.”

“…” Receiving this, the other three immediately looked at Qin Lang with teasing and suspicious gazes.

“I don’t understand what kind of bad taste you have but I’ll accept the packaging…” Qin Lang opened the gift box while muttering. There was a pair of gloves lying in it.

Listening to Qin Lang’s muttering, Ling Liang squatted down and pulled the big black bag under the cabinet, and explained, “Was it not because you disliked the gift I gave you when we were kids. Just because I didn’t wrap it, you thought I was throwing things I didn’t need at you, right?”

“…I, I was just talking casually at the time. Besides, a big red flower tied, and low push, I’m too embarrassed to say that it’s the future heir of the Ling family who came to give it to me…” Qin Lang touched the red glove. Though he couldn’t put it down, he didn’t leave any room for complaint.

“Um, you’re right. If I give you gifts in the future, I will definitely prepare them well, including the packaging!” Ling Liang smiled and did not respond to Qin Lang. Instead, he answered with a ‘good, good, whatever you say’ aura.

Qin Lang: “…” Suddenly shy.

The other three: “…” Suddenly they felt a little annoyed.

Ling Liang is in the tennis club. His bag contains tennis rackets, a few small green balls, and wrist guards. Some of these things might come in handy tomorrow.

Perhaps due to the early morning plan of Qin Lang, Ling Liang, and Li Bin, the suffocating sound of jumping from the dormitory buildings was no longer heard. Qin Lang and the others also went to bed early to recharge their batteries for the escape from the dormitory tomorrow night.

The next day, or the fourth day after the virus broke out, there was still no new news from the school’s broadcast. The light in the students’ eyes who were always waiting on the balcony had dimmed a lot – rescue still did not come.

But a bright day is always better than a dark, cold night. Of course, that’s just from the perennial living habits of human beings.

Li Bin removed all the sheets and quilt in his room, as well as clothes, tying them together one by one. Yes, their plan is to climb down the dormitory. They will wear dark clothes and climb down from the balcony, then wait until 1 am. They would land together, and run directly to the gate of the dormitory.

Outside the dormitory is a large artificial forest. There are shrubs, flowers, and rockeries, as well as a few particularly sturdy old locust trees. Although the hiding effect is not as good as the natural forests, it is safer to escape into this area first in the dark.

The previous plans to gather in the security room have been rejected. The target of the gathering is too large, so even under the cover of night, they will still be discovered.

So the plan formulated by Li Bin and his group was to evacuate in two batches. Qin Lang and the others went down from Ling Liang’s dormitory, so the zombies they encountered should be much less than the front of the dormitory building. When they arrive at the security room, a mobile phone will be placed in the security room and the alarm will be set.

After Qin Lang and the others put their phones away, they would run directly into the forest and climb up the tree, waiting to support the first group of students who ran directly from the front of the dormitory building.

At the same time, after seeing the first group of students lead away the zombies, the second group had to quickly land and flee towards the cafeteria.

At this time, the zombies in the middle will hear the alarm from the security room instead of the running sound of the second batch of classmates. The first batch of people, who escaped into the woods, would hide themselves. When the zombies did not see the target and turned back after listening to the bell, the second batch of students would have escaped safely.

Like this, the first and second batch of students have given a certain chance of escape for each other. According to this plan, the success rate of escaping the dormitory is more than 50%.

Of course, the premise of this success rate is that Qin Lang and others can put their mobile phones in the security room to set the alarm as promised, and the time should not be too different from the plan. Otherwise, if the zombies have not left, and the other classmate just runs to the security room, the ringtone would just be a reminder.

Link by link, if Qin Lang and the others have set their time, but the first and second batch of people are not well-controlled, there will still be chaos.

So, for batches, Li Bin and the others have already decided. For those on the fourth floor and above, they must prepare to climb down with ropes. Some of them have been hungry for four days and can’t support it for too long, so they were the first batch of people to leave. The remaining ones from the first to the third floor were the second group. Two minutes after seeing the zombies in front of the dormitory building leaving, they would get out of the dormitory and rush towards the cafeteria from the opposite direction.

Li Bin repeated the plan again on the balcony, some of them had already made up their minds to do it. He repeatedly emphasized time, so that the first and second batches won’t panic at the critical moments, especially so they won’t make noises in advance to expose themselves.

Li Bin was actually uneasy in his heart. Although this was not the first time he had assembled students, it was the first time he had used this method to escape.

“Ling Liang?” Li Bin called to the opposite side, but no one answered him, “Qin Lang? Ling Liang? Are you there?”

The balcony on the opposite building opened, and Wang Lei came out slowly with a bowl in his hand, smiling: “President, don’t yell, they left last night.”

“What?!” Not only Li Bin, but those classmates who had decided to follow them were all shocked.

“I didn’t lie to you, they really left last night.” Wang Lei shrugged, “I asked them, and they didn’t tell me anything.”

“President, what should we do now?”

“Wuwuwu…Liar! What are you talking about, since you decided to run away secretly, why do you want to give us hope…”

“President, what are we going to do now? Are we still going to the ground as planned?”

“Wait…” Li Bin felt uneasy, because the Qin Lang and Ling Liang he knew were not such untrustworthy people, but now they are surrounded by zombies so he was a little panicked about the situation, “Let me think about it…”

“The one on the fourth floor! You must be lying!” A girl on the third floor of Building 3 shouted, “How could my husband be like that! If he doesn’t want to be with us, why would he say it? Wouldn’t it be the same if he left without saying anything?”

“Your husband?”

The girl was very aggressive: “Ling Liang! My husband!”

“…” Speechless. Even when they are crazy, they’re still brain-dead fans.

“Fourth floor…” Li Bin suddenly grasped this point in his anxiety, he squinted and looked at the opposite side, “You are the one who pushed his teammates to the zombies the night before yesterday, right? You saw Qin Lang’s bedroom lights on, so you pushed your teammates and then asked Qin Lang and the others for help, and they opened the door for you!”

Wang Lei guiltily put away his smile, “You, don’t talk nonsense!”

Li Bin calmed down, patted his head, and suddenly laughed: “Why did I forget it! Ling Liang’s dormitory is opposite Qin Lang. They must have gone to Ling Liang’s dormitory last night. They must be planning to go down from the back of the dormitory.”

The rowdy balcony became quiet as they gradually regained their senses. Despair tormented them, so much so that they were so angry when they heard that their other glimmer of hope suddenly disappeared.

Now that they think about it, if they really leave early, is it necessary to lie to them? They can just go away by themselves without saying anything.

“Speaking of the back…I don’t know if the students on the back can hear it. If they can hear it, it is still the same as the previous plan. The first batch will land at 1:01 am, and the second batch will land in the second minutes. Once you reach the ground, don’t think about anything, just run. The way to the cafeteria is not far, grit your teeth, persevere, and live!” Li Bin looked at Wang Lei coldly, “Of course, I also hope that those students who are unwilling to leave will not play small pranks. If you suddenly make a noise at a critical moment to attract the attention of the zombies, you will kill a lot of people. I’m sure you will have a restless conscience for the rest of your life, right?”

Holding the bowl, Wang Lei quickly went into the room and closed the balcony, lying on Qin Lang’s bed and covering himself with the quilt. However, he couldn’t sleep, because of Li Bin’s words, his mind was full of the night when he pushed his classmate into the zombie. The brutal picture of his classmate’s shoulder flesh being bitten off, and the despair when they jumped off the building is like another sad curse…

The rest of the time, everyone who wants to go out is preparing. There are people in the dormitory like Qin Lang and Yu Chao, who moved from the upper floor to the lower floor, and waited for the night with their classmates.

Autumn nights are silent except for the occasional rustling sound when the wind blows the leaves.

This kind of sound is too light for zombies, so every time such a sound is heard, they will stop and look up at the surroundings blankly, and then continue to wander aimlessly.

Xiao Fei swallowed his saliva, his heart drumming with nervousness.

They are now standing on the balcony on the fourth floor. Fortunately, today’s moonlight is dim and the light is weak.

Qin Lang patted Xiao Fei on the shoulder and whispered, “We’ll go down together, don’t be afraid.”

Xiao Fei closed his eyes, he inhaled deeply, nodded to Qin Lang, put on a rope and slowly descended.

Qin Lang took the ropes made from clothes and sheets they found during the day and climbed down.

There is a green area downstairs in the dormitory on this side, with a row of sweet-scented osmanthus trees and some low shrubs. Then there is the main road. If one goes left, they can enter the inner yard of the school, and if one goes right, they can go to the back gate of the school.

They can’t expect too much since they don’t know the situation outside the school, so the road to the back door is temporarily abandoned.

Stepping on the grass, the slight sound was like the night wind blowing through the treetops, which did not make the zombie on the road notice Qin Lang and the others.

As soon as he landed, Qin Lang pulled Xiao Fei to squat down and hid behind the bushes.

Ling Liang and Zhang Mao followed, and Yu Chao was the last.

All five of them stepped on the grass and breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Lang glanced at the time and nodded to them all. According to their plan on the balcony just now, they need to kill this zombie before they can go around the road to the dormitory building and go to the security room to put their mobile phones there.

Qin Lang took a deep breath. He suddenly stood up from behind the bushes. Xiao Fei and Zhang Mao hid away, Ling Liang and Yu Chao both hid behind the bushes in front of Qin Lang.

“Ss ss ss…Lue lue lue…” Qin Lang’s voice was louder than the wind blowing leaves.

Sure enough, the aimless zombie turned around and quickly locked onto Qin Lang at the base of the wall, rushing towards him.

The zombies came running, the bushes in the way blocked his distance from the food. He moved his steps laboriously, and suddenly, Yu Chao, who was squatting on the ground, quickly wrapped the zombie’s hands with a wire, while Ling Liang on the other side used a thorn made of clothes hanger wire to pierce his head.

Their speed was very fast, there was only some sounds of clothes rubbing together and iron wires piercing flesh.

When Ling Liang took out the small iron rod, his hands trembled a little. In the night, he couldn’t see the specific faces of the five people, but in these ten seconds, all five of them broke out in cold sweat.

It took them a few seconds to recover. The zombie was planted straight down into a bush. There was no more movement after falling to the ground.

They didn’t choose to go to the road, they just stepped on the grass of the green areas and walked along the wall all the way, then turned the corner to reach the door of the dormitory.

The security room is next to the gate, there are no zombies near the gate. Qin Lang guessed that someone in the dormitory building must be talking on the balcony during the day, which led the zombies inside.

This situation is good for their current task, but obviously not good for the first batch that will be down soon. No matter how fast they run, hunger makes them weak, it is estimated that several of them will become food for zombies.

Qin Lang looked at the other and saw the solemnity in each other’s eyes. Yu Chao leaned against the wall, glanced inside the dormitory, and made a hiss.

“What should we do?”

Qin Lang also glanced inside. He stretched out his hand to Xiao Fei, and Xiao Fei handed him the phone he had planned, “No, there are too many, I’ll lead them away. You have them hurry down and run towards the cafeteria.”

“No!” Ling Liang pressed Qin Lang’s shoulders, “I don’t agree!”

“I am the long-distance running champion of the sports meeting every year.” Qin Lang raised his chin, his expression arrogant and firm. His pair of peach blossom eyes caught Ling Liang’s resisting and flustered expression, jokingly said, ” Ling Liang, don’t forget, you have run and lost to me several times.”

Ling Liang remained silent, clasping Qin Lang’s shoulders tightly, not moving at all.

“Remember Yuanyang Lake, one of our school’s sacred dating places? Just go through this forest.” Qin Lang pointed in the direction, “There is a canteen two hundred meters away from Yuanyang Lake. I will lead them away, run around this road and jump into Yuanyang Lake. I’ll leave my phone halfway along the way. When I’m in the lake, they won’t see me and they will go back to the place where the alarm rang. By then… I’ll wait for you, wait for you to rescue me, and then we’ll go to the canteen together.”