Dangerous Survival in the Apocalypse Chapter 24 part2

Translator: Onion
Editor: Katie is a wandering fujoshi

Shen Shian's lips were tight and he shouted, "Throw the bag!"

The middle-aged man was covered in oil and sweat. And when he heard what Shen Shian said, he subconsciously tightened his grip even more.

The two people that were going to close the door were so anxious that they might go crazy, "If you die, will you be able to still hold the bag? Is your life worth the money? Why do you have to take everyone to die with you?!"

The crowd in the library immediately rioted, urging Shen Shian to close the door. Even the girl and the young man were a bit hesitant.

Shen Shian's voice was unpleasant and he shouted, "If you don't throw it, then just wait to be killed by the zombies!"

The middle-aged man trembled, and finally he threw his face and threw the bag out. The briefcase landed and rolled. After a few rolls, it sprinkled gold bars and bundles of neat cash along the way.

After throwing the weight, his speed was finally a lot faster. When he was half a meter away from the gate, Shen Shian reached out an arm and grabbed his neckline, pulling the man closer, while holding the thorn stick with his right hand. With a push, the young men and the girl on the left side slammed the door shut.

The two-meter-long door bolt was just inserted into the groove to lock it, and the muffled sound of numerous bodies slamming against it was heard. The strong impact caused the whole door to violently shake, and everyone could not help but gasp and step back two steps.

However, the load-bearing ability of the solid wood gate is obviously better than that expected by Shen Shian. After the first wave of zombies, it was motionless, like a door that is invulnerable.

The middle-aged man was softly panting on the ground, breathing heavily, raising and lowering his head, "…Thank you, thank you, thank you little brother for saving… saving my life…”

Shen Shian's face was cold and his tone was even colder, "You don't have to thank me. If you took a slower step, I would also shut you out to feed the zombies.” If not because he was worried that the fresh blood and flesh would make the zombies even more crazy, this last person would not survive.

They have not had time to relax when they heard a sound, "Peng!" "Peng, peng!"{note1}  More zombies ran into the floor-to-ceiling windows of the library, and the turbid eyeballs pressed tightly against the glass, as if they were patrolling their prey. When they turned back and forth, they even left a sticky water stain, which was more psychologically disturbing than the dark red blood fingerprints.

{Note1: SFX of something hitting other things.}

When the crowd was finally calm, suddenly a scream was heard.

The city library was a regular hexagonal prism building. A cylinder was hollowed out in the center of the prism to cultivate plants. Considering the need for lighting and aesthetics, the hexagonal prism faces each other and was equipped with a transparent glass window with a half wall.

In order to build the first landmark of the city, the city government spent a lot of money. All the glasses were military-grade and high-end custom made. The mayor laughed at the ribbon-cutting ceremony and said, “Even using a cannon, it would not break.” Therefore, Shen Shian did not worry too much at the beginning.

Just being surrounded by a whole circle of zombies as food, the psychological pressure was too great. In addition, considering that the zombies may still have some vision, it was obviously not wise to attract them using fresh flesh. Not only that, the city library was built twenty-five years ago, who knows whether these glasses had or hadn't exceeded the shelf life.

The proposal to move bookshelves to cover the floor-to-ceiling windows was quickly approved. Shen Shian reminded him, "Be careful, we should watch each others' back, there may be zombies inside the bookshelves." The zombies on the first floor should be attracted by the explosion. Shen Shian encountered a lot on the way to the library. He hadn't seen one since he went in, but there's nothing wrong with being cautious.

The library was very large, and the glass windows covering the six walls were not a simple thing. It was hard to imagine that they would use the bookshelves filled with books to cover them all. Even if more than 50 survivors helped out, it would take more than half an hour to finish the task. Then they have to check the entire floor again, ensuring that there were no zombies hiding in the corners. They also had to ensure that all entrances and exits were safely locked.

After blocking all the windows, the library was dimmed at once. Even with Shen Shian's eyesight, it was difficult to see things two meters away. He held the child with his right hand on his back and held the thorn stick with the other hand. He tried to find their position as if he were looking for something.

After the light was blocked, the zombie's groaning, the muffled sound of the door being banged, and the sound of scratches on the glass windows became clearer. Some people couldn't help but think with so many zombies outside, could they still get out alive?

As the crowd gradually fell into some uncontrollable panic and despair in the dark, something seemed to be knocked over from the left side of the reception desk, and even a scream piercing the eardrum was heard, "Ah!!!"

Pa{note2}. Shen Shian found the light switch and turned it on, the library was bright again.

{Note2: SFX of light switching on.}

He followed the sound and looked at what was happening. His eyes darkened and in a few steps, he pierced the zombie's head with the thorn stick. However, it was too late. A man of about 30 years old next to the zombie had a bloody shoulder.

“He was bitten! He was bitten by a zombie!!”

Before he even reacted, the people who saw the scene screamed and retreated. In the blink of an eye, a large part of the crowd quickly emptied a space around the man.

“He was bitten, he will soon become a zombie!”

“What are you waiting for? Kill him quickly!”

“Or throw him out, you can't throw him from the first floor, throw him away from the second floor…"

The man's face was getting paler and paler as the discussion of the crowd progressed. He shivered and looked at Shen Shian with eyes full of horror. "Don't kill me. I'm not a monster! I'm still a human. I don't know her. Why did she become a zombie? She was still good before. I said something to her after entering the door. I beg you! I don't want to die, I don't want to die…"

Shen Shian eyebrows wrinkled and he shouted, "Quiet!" The noisy arguments calmed down, and he pointed the stick at the bitten man. “You mean, she is just like us? Hiding inside after the explosion? A survivor that just turned into a zombie?"

The crowd reacted to it. The first floor has been checked everywhere. Where did the zombie emerge?

Someone stared at the ground, looking at the zombie. The zombie's brain had been completely destroyed, and some liquid was oozing out of the piercing, “Oh! I remember her! She ran in behind me, and she was pushing the bookshelves right beside me."

"I remember, I also talked to her!"

"How could she become a zombie, I didn't see any wounds."

"Maybe she was bitten in a position that was not easy to see… “

Just the thought of having a person infected with the zombie virus close to them, and even having a friendly conversation with her, everyone felt chills from the soles of their feet to the end of their hair.

What if the person being bitten was them? What if the person standing right next to them became a zombie? Without any preparations, could they avoid the zombie?

“Fuck your mom,” someone smacked at the zombie, “She was bitten by a zombie yet she didn't say it. She wanted to take us to our grave!"

“If there are other people who are also bitten or scratched, but they don't say it, I think that all of us would die here. It was hard to escape the zombie tide and we have to die in this secure library?"

The fear of 'There are other people who are also bitten or scratched' made all the survivors subconsciously spread out and open a long distance from other survivors. Their eyes were all guarded and vigilant.

“I want to say that in order to ensure everyone's safety, we must check each other. Once we find that there is a wound on their body, we have to throw them from the second floor of the library! Anyway, they are all zombies. Just go outside and reunite.” The voice was from one of the two survivors who wanted to close the door in advance, the oval face, looking and talking with the air with both eyes are full of light. And after that, he turned his gaze to Shen Shian, the blood on his face that was mixed with mud was too obvious.

The oval face voice had just fell, and some people immediately disagreed. “Before, the explosion of the plane was so destructive, all kinds of cement blocks and debris were flying around. Can you survive without any scratches? Can you tell whether it was a zombie's bite or just a scratch or even a bruise? How could you just simply say to throw them out? Are you fucking mentally abnormal or mentally ill? "

“I think he is clearly a cold-blooded, selfish, obsessed with safety refuge! He wanted to close the door so early when the zombies hadn't even been seen yet. If not for the little brother's generous help, all of the people outside would have died!"

"You saying scratch is a zombie scratch. If it is indeed a zombie's scratch, you would transform into a zombie, you wouldn't know anything, but we would be exposed to danger. This kind of thing is truly selfish and cold-blooded!"

"I have long seen that you are not pleasant to my eyes, then come and fight with me!"

“Who is afraid of who? You take off your clothes and prove that there is no wound, otherwise, I'm not interested to accompany a zombie practising its hand…"

Problems after closing the door continued. The people in the library once again split into two groups because of the problem regarding the wound checking. Under the weight of death, the fire burned even more.

Chapter end