It's Hard to Be the Female Lead's Best Friend (Apocalypse) GL - Chapter 17
The rain poured down, and the roads accumulated a lot of water. The zombies’ footsteps made a “slosh, slosh” sound as they walked.
“Ah—” A scream, like a booming bell, echoed.
Dai Xiaoya clutched her hand. Her little finger was bent at a twisted angle against her arm, and a lump protruded where her palm connected to her little finger.
Dai Xiaoya bit her lip tightly, cold sweat streaming down her face from the pain. Her fear was suddenly replaced by a surge of anger and grievance. What was even more unbelievable was that Chen Xiaobin had run into the room by himself, abandoning her.
Dai Xiaoya let out a self-deprecating laugh. She shouldn’t have expected anything.
Though the light was dim, Cheng Ziyu noticed her situation. Seeing the zombie approaching the tearful Dai Xiaoya step by step, she didn’t have time to think. Even with a zombie chasing her from behind, Cheng Ziyu still ran towards Dai Xiaoya, using her body to push away the zombie that was about to “dine.”
Dai Xiaoya stood up, clutching her hand. She pursed her lips, not a word of thanks, and turned to hide in the room where Chen Xiaobin had gone.
“Fvck!”
Now both zombies had their eyes on Cheng Ziyu.
[Food… delicious…]
The thuggish man also secretly followed and hid in the room, not forgetting to lock the door. Clearly, he wanted to leave the two zombies for them to deal with.
Dai Xiaoya remained silent, clutching her hand.
Chen Xiaobin had originally wanted to escape through the window, but the villa was surrounded by zombies, leaving no way out: “What do we do?”
The thuggish man reached for the dagger at his waist, stepping closer to Dai Xiaoya, his eyes glinting with malicious intent.
She noticed this and was startled: “Wait, even if I sacrifice myself to distract the zombies, it won’t last long. It’s better to wait until the fight outside is over. If they lose, even if you don’t say anything, I’ll find a way to escape.”
The thuggish man then released his hand.
••••
Cheng Ziyu only had a pair of scissors in her hand and dared not fight head-on. She could only lead the two zombies in circles.
Gu Qingli quickly slipped to the room door, gripping the doorknob. A hazy spatial power covered it. Although the doorknob was twisted, it was still intact: “Still no good, huh?”
In desperation, she bent down and slammed into the door.
“Bang!” The impact made the people in the room tremble, and the door swayed precariously.
“Bang…”
After several attempts, the door was kicked open.
Gu Qingli leaned against the door, smiling gently, her voice chilling: “Do you mind if I chop you all up?”
“No, no, I’ll go out and help.” Chen Xiaobin, having been in business for so many years, had never seen someone with such an imposing presence. He dared not defy her.
He pulled out his dagger and had no choice but to go out.
The thuggish man was so frightened by the force of the door impact that he didn’t dare to harbor any ill intentions. He knew he was no match and could only follow out to help: “I’ll go help too.”
Dai Xiaoya, clutching her hand, had cold sweat dripping down her cheeks to her collarbone. She was trembling from the pain: “I’d only be a hindrance if I went.”
Gu Qingli raised an eyebrow, the mockery in her eyes unspoken. As she turned to leave, she suddenly said, “Cheng Ziyu, she never owed you anything.”
Dai Xiaoya sat on the bed, feeling relieved. These people were different from the fragile girls she had imagined. Why was Cheng Ziyu always so lucky: “Why… why are you always so lucky?”
She gritted her teeth, not wanting to stay for another second. She had to find a chance to leave.
••••
Chen Xiaobin’s addition distracted one zombie.
Cheng Ziyu finally found an opportunity to turn and fight back.
“Bang!”
The thuggish man, taking advantage of the zombie’s attention being on Chen Xiaobin, circled behind it and lunged forward with a stab. However, the dagger only struck its back. The zombie turned and violently flung him away, sending him flying backward to crash into the counter.
“Are you kidding me? It’s only been half a night, how did the zombies get so strong?” Chen Xiaobin trembled, his words laced with fear.
The thuggish man supported himself against the wall and stood up: “They’ve evolved.”
“Thump, thump…” Although there were obstacles blocking the main door, the door was being pounded by the zombies over and over again. It wouldn’t last long.
Cheng Ziyu was slightly worried. If the door fell, and Shu Jingyun was still unconscious, it would be difficult to escape with her.
“Roar—” The zombie lunged violently.
The zombie’s claws were sharp. Cheng Ziyu dodged sideways while kicking it to the ground. Taking the opportunity, she stabbed its head with the scissors.
The zombie propped itself up. Gu Qingli took the opportunity to step on its back, and the scissors successfully pierced the zombie’s head. It didn’t die with one blow, so Cheng Ziyu stabbed again.
The zombie’s head had become much harder, but not harder than the scissors. Cheng Ziyu aimed her last strike at its eye socket, finally killing it.
“Come help!” Chen Xiaobin was losing.
Gu Qingli held out her hand: “Give me the dagger.”
Chen Xiaobin threw the dagger on the ground, kicking it towards her.
Gu Qingli picked up the dagger, her fingertips gently tracing the patterns on it. They were naturally formed, crafted by the hammer of a skilled artisan.
Her admiration for it was undisguised.
Flipping the dagger in her hand, she ran and leaped, her body gracefully drifting past the zombie’s back. The dagger plunged diagonally into its temple, killing it instantly.
Chen Xiaobin was stunned. He couldn’t understand how a girl could have such strength. She clearly had the ability to solve it alone, so why did she force them to fight together?
Gu Qingli bounced the dagger in her hand, her gentle laughter tinged with a faint coldness: “I’ll keep the dagger. Any objections?”
So, it was for this dagger.
“No… no objections…” Chen Xiaobin unclipped the scabbard from his waist, making a gesture of good will, and gave it to her as well.
It was a shame about this dagger; it was an antique.
Qin Qingyan placed Shu Jingyun on the sofa: “How did this person turn into a zombie? Was it because they were already bitten by a zombie?”
Chen Xiaobin shook his head: “Impossible, he has no wounds on him.”
Cheng Ziyu knew it was likely due to the rain. Even normal people could get infected.
Gu Qingli saw the rain outside stop, and the zombies gradually became less frantic: “Keep it down, we’ll leave once the zombies disperse.”
Cheng Ziyu squatted down and began to poke around the zombie’s head with the scissors. Because the smell was disgusting, she covered her nose with one hand while digging with the other.
“What are you doing?” Qin Qingyan squatted down and asked.
“There’s a zombie core, don’t waste it,” Cheng Ziyu said. As she finished speaking, a small core was dug out by her.
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaobin’s eyes lit up.
“Do you think I’ll get an ability if I eat it?” Qin Qingyan looked hesitant. “Will I be as powerful as Sister Qing?”
Cheng Ziyu dug out the crystal core. It was covered in a bloody, gelatinous layer, slightly larger than a quail egg. She said in a joking tone: “Why don’t you try it?”
Chen Xiaobin, hearing this, immediately ran forward, snatched the crystal core, wiped it with a corner of his clothes, and swallowed it without hesitation. A foul, fishy smell made him nauseous, and the crystal core got stuck in his throat, neither going down nor coming up.
“Ugh—”
Chen Xiaobin vomited up the dinner he had eaten. He covered his mouth, and vomit oozed from between his fingers, with some grains of rice still visible, emitting a sour and fishy odor.
Logically, a normal person wouldn’t be able to swallow it.
But he forcefully swallowed the vomit and the crystal core.
“Oh… you…”
Cheng Ziyu almost threw up herself. She couldn’t believe he was so foolish. This crystal core was full of zombie poison; it couldn’t be consumed without first peeling off the gel and washing it.
Meanwhile, Gu Qingli also pulled out a crystal core. She carelessly tossed it to Qin Qingyan: “You can observe his condition before deciding whether to eat it.”
“Don’t eat it… it’s not clean yet.” Cheng Ziyu didn’t know why Gu Qingli was doing this, but she couldn’t just say nothing.
Gu Qingli glanced at her, smiling faintly without speaking.
“Don’t worry, I’m not stupid,” Qin Qingyan said, feeling a slight disgust as she touched the hard lump of “meat.”
“Hahahaha, I feel it! I feel an energy gathering in my abdomen!” Chen Xiaobin’s expression was excited. He felt a cold energy coursing through his body.
The strength in his limbs gradually increased.
He felt an excess of energy with nowhere to release it.
Chen Xiaobin stretched his muscles and punched the TV cabinet. With a “crack,” the TV cabinet shattered. “Hahahaha… I’m an ability user too!”
“It actually worked?” Qin Qingyan was dumbfounded.
“Look at his neck,” Cheng Ziyu said. This was the first time she had seen a living person get infected so quickly. Logically, the human body has antibodies, and it should take several hours at least.
Of course, if a person could withstand the virus, their body would be transformed into an ability user; but this probability was extremely small.
Dark purple lines gradually crawled up Chen Xiaobin’s neck. He instinctively scratched it, not even feeling it when he broke the skin, and a sticky fluid trickled down: “Heh heh, Cheng Ziyu, you’re not escaping today.”
The lust in Chen Xiaobin’s eyes reappeared. He swaggered closer, but then found that the coldness in his body made him lose interest. Moreover, his body was getting itchier and itchier. He kept scratching: “What’s… happening…”
Immediately after, he began to twitch slightly, only then realizing something was wrong: “Hungry… so itchy… hungry…”
Chen Xiaobin lifted his sticky clothes.
His stomach was swollen and purplish-black, and the veins on it were still wriggling and spreading. His pupils gradually dilated, and he subconsciously scratched his belly: “How could this happen? No… I won’t…”
“Hungry—” Chen Xiaobin’s pupils contracted.
In his final moments of consciousness, he stiffly pointed at Qin Qingyan: “It’s all your fault for talking nonsense, it’s all you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have become like this…”
“It’s all… your… roar…” Chen Xiaobin was gradually being consumed by zombie instincts.
Chen Xiaobin began to frantically scratch his mouth again: “My mouth… is also… so itchy… so itchy…”
The more Chen Xiaobin itched, the more he scratched. His cheeks were scratched raw and bloody, and the flesh on his face was gradually scratched away until only his entire tooth socket was exposed.
He stiffly turned and walked towards the thuggish man, extending his hands to him for help: “Brother, help me… look… scratch it… roar…”
The man retreated step by step in fright, trembling as he pointed at them: “You let them scratch you.”
The man accidentally stumbled over the zombie behind him. Seeing Chen Xiaobin still walking towards him, he wet his pants in fear. He raised his dagger and swung it wildly: “Don’t come any closer.”
“Are you afraid of me? You’re afraid of me… you’re asking to die.”
At this moment, Chen Xiaobin’s cheeks were completely devoid of flesh. His mouth was stretched wide open, as if his jaw was about to fall off, and his tongue slowly extended, now covered in barbs.
T/N: Hmp.. deserve!