Ch94 - Kuang Ye's Hope for Survival

Translator: transcendentwings

The name of the “water ghoul” was Kuang Ye, but apart from his name, he was sobbing and whispering and prattling on so much that no one in the Wusheng class was able to translate his words.

Huang Mo knew that this was the unstoppable release of emotions after being in a state of despair and panic for a long time, thus she couldn’t help but laugh and advise Song Fei, who had a helpless look on his face: “Let his tears flow freely for a while longer, it’ll be alright once he’s had enough of crying.”

“When he finishes weeping, I’ll be frozen into a popsicle!” Song Fei tried to yank this person off his body several times and still failed. The other’s strength was inversely proportional to the amount of clothing the other was wearing and he was practically getting strangled to death. He could’ve just bore with it if he was just out of breath, but he was soaked from the inside out and his clothes were like a layer of ice that swiftly robbed his body of any remaining heat. Now, even a small breeze could freeze him like a knife carving into him.

“A-chu—”

He didn’t know how many times he’s sneezed already.

“Wuwuwuwu aiai—?!”

Kuang Ye’s wail abruptly veered off into a questioning tone.

Song Fei only felt the weight alight from his body and realized that Qi Yan had come over at some point. He forcibly removed Kuang Ye from him, tossed him aside, swinging the latter into Zhao He’s arms.

Zhao He, like all the other students in the Wusheng class, watched on amusedly, never expecting that the one-twelfth of a chance for capturing the prize would actually happen to him. Seeing a patch of white flying towards him, he subconsciously stretched out his hands to catch and thus the other was passed on to him just like this.

The strength of Qi Yan’s move was quite considerable and as strong as Zhao He was, he was still knocked back half a step before he could stabilize himself and Kuang Ye.

Qi Yan was very satisfied with his choice, because when it came to picking up the slack, Zhao He was a professional.

However when he glanced at Song Fei’s pale face, which was no better than Kuang Ye’s, his expression turned foul. He frowned and utteredthreewords in a low voice that brokered no arguments: “Take it off.”

Words that came out of nowhere, the companions who heard it were confused and puzzled.

Song Fei understood right away, no, it should be that he had long since been unable to wait any longer!

Song Fei swiftly unzipped his down jacket and pulled off the garments on the upper half of his body in just a few quick movements. Then, without pausing, he started to take his pants off, half-naked.

“Ah—” Lin Dilei shrieked.

Huang Mo came back to her senses, blushed furiously, and immediately whipped around, looking away.

“Ya—” Lin Dilei screeched again.

Song Fei had stripped down to just a pair of underwear.

“So white. . .” Lin Dilei covered her eyes, and couldn’t help sighing.

Song Fei let out a long breath tiredly: “If you guys want to have a look, just do it openly, you don’t have to make it so hard for yourself.”

The eyes peeking out between her fingers blinked twice, then Lin Dilei pulled down her hand and smiled sweetly: “It’s precisely this frankness of yours that I like.”

“You and me both.” Song Fei had never been able to say this so naturally from the bottom of his heart.

Luo Geng became anxious and began to take off his down jacket: “If you like those who parade around shirtless, you should’ve just said something earlierah.”

Lin Dilei made a face, she was about to say that she had a choice in appreciating the charms of a male’s physical appearance, as a result, who knew when Qi Yan also removed all of the clothing from the upper half of his body on the other side.

Lin Dilei was completely flattered, one had to know, that when she had chased Qi Yan in the past, the other would hide as far away as possible, and in her impression, Qi Yan was the type of person who had his buttons done up all the way even in the summer, a classic example of the absolutely abstinent type. However, despite having said that, Qi Yan was indeed more attractive than Song Fei. Not only were the lines of his body more robust, but his chest was also. . .ah pei, that wasn’t the point!

A handsome boy showing off his flesh could be enjoyed and admired, but a bunch of men all taking off their clothes was too burdensome alright!

Qi Yan ignored Little Landmine and after stripping off all the fabric from his upper body, he picked up his down jacket and pulled it on again, then he stretched out his arms and called for Song Fei lightly, “Come here.”

Song Fei twittered happily, then like a joyous little bird, fluttered into the other’s arms, diving straight in with apulala.

Qi Yan wrapped Song Fei up into his down jacket, and the two of them walked to the corner together like conjoined twins. Qi Yan slid down into the corner while Song Fei sat against Qi Yan, their skin stuck to each other, one cold, one hot.

Song Fei could clearly feel his body slowly warming up, he knew that he was absorbing Qi Yan’s heat.

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Kuang Ye was so dumbfounded that he forgot that he was crying just a second ago, and even forgot why he was sobbing—This scene was the ultimate horrorah! Crazier than the zombies, he must have ran into a group of fake classmates!!!

The physical bodies dedicated to art transformed into a vicious show of affection and Little Landmine didn’t want to endure it any longer, but seeing the two of them, one relishing in pleasure and the other completely intoxicated, then thinking about how they were surrounded by zombies, it seemed understandable that they would think about having their fun before meeting their demise.

“Ai, you’re not crying anymoreah?” Lin Dilei glanced at Kuang Ye out of the corner of her eye and exclaimed in surprise.

As soon as she reminded them, the Wusheng class focused their attention on their new partner once more.

As soon as Kuang Ye opened his mouth to answer, he let out an earth-shattering sneeze.

Zhao He immediately let go of the other and took two big steps back, declaring righteously: “My down jacket fits perfectly, there are no gaps at all!”

Kuang Ye made a face and was finally able to utter his first complete sentence after being rescued: “Even if you can stuff a noodle vat into it, I wouldn’t go in!”

When straight men meet, they feel a particular kinship.

Zhao He decided to play the good guy until the end as he brought Wu Zhou, Fu Xiyuan to ascend the roof again in order to retrieve the suitcase that had been stuffed under the wall next to the downspout.

Ultimately, he fished out a set of thermal underwear, a pair of long johns, and a cotton-padded jacket. They were all brought from Song Fei’s dormitory and were now messily pieced together for Kuang Ye to use to keep him warm for the time being.

When he was about to close the suitcase, Huang Mo suddenly stretched out a hand to block his movements.

Zhao He paused and saw Lin Dilei with her, obviously they harbored some intentions towards the suitcase.

Zhao He obediently retreated and let the girls take control.

Lin Dilei reopened the case and dug out a pair of fleece sweatpants and a short down jacket then glanced at Huang Mo uncertainty: “Take it?”

The latter nodded: “Grab itba.”

Lin Dilei was still hesitant: “Will this incur resentment?

Huang Mo sighed softly: “It’s better to be hated by others than to beblindedby them.”

Lin Dilei peeked towards the corner of the wall, just now, the image was toomagnificentthat she didn’t dare look, but the pair had already let go of themselves completely and were barreling towards a union of the body and the soul now.

Dry and clean clothes would certainly be comfortable.

However neither Song Fei nor Qi Yan, who received the articles of clothing, appreciated this gift very much.

Due to the pressure of the public, Song Fei could only break away from the embrace and get dressed huffily.

Qi Yan narrowed his eyes and cast his gaze around.

All the comrades held their heads high and were neither humble nor arrogant—f*ck, in such a public setting, putting the car in neutral, stepping on the accelerator, turning on the interior lights, spraying the windshield fluid, activating the windshield wipers, other than actually driving, everything else that could be done had been carried out and they still acted as if reason was on their side!!!

After going through this mess and getting provoked, Song Fei regained his energy while Kuang Ye also finally recovered from his initial breakdown, his speech becoming clearer and more coherent.

However, he didn’t address his own affairs first, but eagerly inquired about what was going on outside: “What happened to the school, what’s up with those people, how’s the situation outside, besides you, where are the other students!”

A series of rapid-fire questions representing both his fear and his confusion.

Despite being trapped here for a long time, everything that happened still felt too unreal.

The companions filled him in on everything they knew about the situation. At first, Kuang Ye didn’t want to believe it, after all, a zombie virus sounded like something out of a movie, but when Song Fei showed him the broadcast that was recorded on the other’s cell phone, he had to believe it.

For a long time after listening to the broadcast, Kuang Ye just sat on the ground.

The companions accompanied him patiently, waiting for him to digest it.

Finally, his lips trembled twice and then spoke slowly: “There weren’t many people in the gym, I just so happened to finish swimming and climbed ashore. Suddenly, I heard screaming outside and then Lu Miao ran in hollering that someone went crazy. At first, no one took it seriously and there were even some who wanted to watch the excitement, but those people rushed in at that moment and bit everyone they saw. I was scared silly. Lu Miao jumped into the water immediately and I followed suit on a moment of impulse. The two of us hid inside the swimming pool and watched helplessly as our classmates fled while the lunatics chased after them. Later, the swimming pool gym was emptied out. He said that we had to find a place to hide, so the two of us went to the locker room, who knew that we wouldn’t be able to leave once we’d entered. . .”

He Zhiwen: “You hid in the locker room for a month? Then what did you eatah?”

Zhou Yilu: “You guys hid for a month and only wore swimming trunks for that entire time?”

Wang Qingyuan: “Lu Miaone?”

Kuang Ye had already sorted out the answers to the first two questions, but the three words that Wang Qingyuan uttered last, shattered everything.

His eyes were haunted and he only whispered after a long time: “He couldn’t hold on. It just happened the day before yesterday. He decided that he couldn’t persist anymore and just opened the door and rushed out. . .” His voice choked up and it took him a long time to recover enough to continue, “It was also night, just like now, I watched him run in the direction of those things, and in the end. . . he also turned into one of them.”

The custodian’s closet was a picture of silence.

Everyone felt sorrowful in their hearts, they wanted to offer comfort, yet didn’t know from where they should start.

Placed before a tragic death, all words were as light as dust.

After taking several deep breaths, Kuang Ye tried his best to muster up a wry smile: “Fortunately, there were vending machines in the break area. We were quite optimistic in the first few days, thinking that the university would send people over here, then later we were really too starved and we couldn’t just keep drinking the cold water from the water pipe. Thus, after we didn’t detect any movement outside, we opened the door to exit. We were lucky, those wandering in the gym. . .un, zombies, they had all left by that time and the entire swimming pool was emptied out. The two of us wanted to escape at first, yet before we could even make it very far, we caught sight of the zombies wandering outside the main entrance. That’s when we accepted that it still was no good, and backtracked to the rest area to smash the glass of the vending machine, bringing the drinks and bowl noodles back first.”

“Fortunately, this side is more remote and there weren’t many people.” Song Fei felt fearful from just listening to the story.

“En, there aren’t many students who usually come to the swimming pool in general and that day was also an exam day.”

“You didn’t need to take exams?”

“I’m a fourth year.”

“. . . You’re a fourth year yet you weren’t looking for a job, what were you doing swimming in the university’s poolah!”

Song Fei wanted to fall apart, and the rest of his comrades felt so shocked that they weren’t sure where they should start roasting. Others weren’t able to run away in time, but this classmate jumped in front of the muzzle of the gun himself!

Kuang Ye was so aggrieved by their reprimand: “I found a job already, at one of the world’s top 500. . .”

Song Fei: “Then you should swiftly start the internshipah, what great task made you have no choice but to return!”

Kuang Ye: “Sign a tripartite agreement.”

Song Fei: “. . . That’s rightoh, which department are you from?”

The rest of the comrades supported their foreheads helplessly, how is that a moment for revelation!!!

Although the topic was changed very awkwardly, when Kuang Ye uttered the three words “Liberal Arts Department”, the companions instantly tossed the rest of this mess to the back of their heads and swiveled around to look at Li Jingyu.

The latter was dumbfounded: “I don’t know him.”

The companions narrowed his eyes and sized Kuang Ye up again, doubting his identity for the first time.

Kuang Ye was helpless: “You may not recognize all those from the same grade, he and I are not even of the same year, it is natural not to know each other.”

“Sure, even if that’s normal,” Song Fei recalled his previous enmity, “It’s not normal for you to conceal yourself under the water naked to scare me either, now is it?”

“That’s not it,” Kuang Ye replied, conflicted, “I didn’t want to scare you, I wanted to commit suicide.”

Song Fei was startled, not expecting this answer.

The other companions also widened their eyes.

Kuang Ye sighed: “After what Lu Miao did, I didn’t want to live anymore either, but I was afraid of getting bitten, so I wanted to drown myself. However my swimming ability is quite good, I held my breath underwater for a very long time, waiting around, but I still didn’t die. Following that, you came down, I assumed that it was a zombie and thought that since I was going to die anyway, I’d drag one down with me in order to relieve my hatred. . .”

Song Fei raised his head and sighed, there was no way to resolve this unexpected calamity.

“Why did you take your clothes off so cleanly before committing suicide?” Zhou Yilu was still puzzled, “Wouldn’t it make you sink faster with clothes on?”

Kuang Ye shook his head and stated seriously: “In life, one arrives with nothing, similarly one should take nothing when one departs. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, to move on naked, one can leave without any regrets.”

Zhou Yilu: “. . .”

All the comrades: “. . .”

Li Jingyu: “No doubt about it, he’s from our department.

The new companion’s twenty-eight days in hell were thoroughly cleared up and he was also accepted by the Little Whale as well. Everyone was finally able to rid their mind of any thoughts and concentrate on resting.

It was already late at night and they had only completed less than half of their journey. At this speed, it was impossible to reach the underground parking lot before dawn. Their physical strength was no longer that high, although it wasn’t overdrawn, the levels weren’t optimistic.

Taking in the tired faces of his comrades one by one, Song Fei thought it over several times and suggested: “How about we spend the night here todayba.”

Feng Qibai was the first to yawn and seconded: “I agree.”

The comrades exchanged glances and voted for it unanimously.

This was a new campsite, thus it naturally required new flooring.

When Kuang Ye left the men’s locker room, he was focused on committing suicide and didn’t shut the door. Everyone was originally worried that zombies would get in, but later when they went out to investigate, they found that zombies were hanging around the swimming pool. Slipping in smoothly, they closed the door and locked it. Sauntering in freely, they rifled through all the lockers.

Other than Kuang Ye’s own clothes, the rest of the clothing brought back were used as material for bedding. However, in addition, the companions were also able to obtain six phones as well as their most prized loot—two bunches of keys.

There were keys in almost every locked locker, but of them, only two key rings also had car keys hanging from them.

When the companions in the Wusheng class saw it, their eyes lit up.

When Kuang Ye saw it, he felt an inexplicable swelling and pain in his cheek. Although there was no direct connection between the car keys and being slapped in the face, he still touched his face amidst the jingling of the keys and then asked uncertainly: “Did someone hit me earlier?”

Zhao He subconsciously stood in front of Huang Mo.

Song Fei yanked Kuang Ye over and stared into his eyes, serious and stern: “No, it was all you beating us up. In the water, on the shore, in the custodian closet, have you forgotten?”

Kuang Ye was taken aback for a while and then mumbled guiltily: “I’m sorry.”

Song Fei shook his head: “It’s okay, we are all classmates.”

Huang Mo, who was blocked by Zhao He, couldn’t help laughing, but also feeling inexplicably moved at the same time.

This feeling didn’t simply come from Song Fei or Zhao He, but from everyone in this group.

Lin Dilei once told her that this was a group of very reliable male classmates.

She now wanted to let the other know that this was the best class she had ever encountered.

Author’s Chapter Summary:

The new classmate is desperate for survival in despair, the Wusheng class is temporarily underrepairs!

The translator has something to say: I have a feeling that KY will be a drama queen, he talks so much, and his logic, although doesn’t sit right, also cannot be refuted, is this the power of the liberal science majors? SF and QY are also jumping back into the role of lovers so smoothly and shamelessly, it’s amazing how they can completely ignore all those pairs of eyes on them when they are having a “moment”

Aaaaand I’m back! Sorry for the long hiatuses last year, I won’t promise that I won’t break from updating every 1-2 weeks because I’m not sure I can keep it, mainly because work is very stressful and I let it get to me too much some times. Last year was pretty bad to be honest which is why I couldn’t bring myself to translate and post consistently because it started to feel like another job to me. Although I CAN promise that I will post more often, my impossible goal for this year is to finish at least one of the two I’m translating. Thank you all for your patience and I’m really sorry for not updating in so long and hope that you guys won’t abandon the story just because I’m a terrible translator. I really do appreciate all of you who are holding on and generous with me, really, truly, thank you.