Ch105 - Underground Car Search (2)

Translator: transcendentwings

The atmosphere of the underground parking lot was always dusty and chilly, even if it was bright as day.

Unfortunately, the last condition was not met here.

The visibility was sufficient, but it seemed that it was only enough to maintain the minimum standard of “being able to see”. The light bulbs were low-wattage, evenly and sparsely distributed along the dark ceiling whose greater structure could not be discerned clearly, together with the intricate pipelines hidden in the shadows, they outlined this dim underground space.

It was obviously a large area, but it still made people feel claustrophobic and depressed.

About 60% of the total parking spaces inB2were occupied—Undergraduates weren’t allowed to go toB1, and the faculty members were unrestricted. Usually whenB1is full, they will go toB2—But this side near the elevator entrance was obviously a location rich in Fengshui and was packed full.

There were four zombies wandering in the distance, or perhaps more, but it wasn’t clear. Compared with the densely packed vehicles, at least for now, they were so free in number that they could be ignored.

The eight members of the Wusheng class who alighted first were lying flat in groups of two under four cars with higher chassis in the row of parking spaces closest to the elevators.

They squeezed in together tightly, hands clasped, shoulder to shoulder, holding their breath and listening to any movement by the elevators.

They heard the elevator doors open again and the sounds of footsteps coming out before its echoes gradually faded away once more.

Only two groups pressed ever closer, then finally with one leg stretched out, the owner of the footsteps slid in, probing. . . D*mn, there were people under the car!

Song Fei and Luo Geng trialed and errored three cars in a row before finally succeeding in getting under a car. As for Ma Weisen and Kuang Ye, who were lying under the first two selected vehicles with the imprints of shoe soles on their faces, they could only accept this sudden disaster with serenity.

With Song Fei and Luo Geng flat against the floor, all ten companions arrived safely to the designated fixed tactical positions. Although the five cars were not adjacent parking spaces in the actual sense, they weren’t separated by too great of a distance. Basically, the comrades on either side could be seen by turning one’s head sideways.

All they have to do now was pray and be patient, hoping that the car-seeking team would be successful and just wait for the experienced drivers to step on the accelerator to pick them up.

Was it going smoothly? At present, it seemed to be quite plain-sailing.

However the closer to success, the more nervous people were, always afraid that if they were careless for even a moment, everything would come crashing down and they would fail.

Unconsciously clenching his teeth, Song Fei silently cheered for the six comrades in his heart.

At this time, the six people were using a vehicle as cover, half-crouched as they advanced, slowly making their way to area A.

Thanks to the tightly packed vehicles and the dim lighting, they either skirted around or army crawled under cars, taking a multi-pronged approach, forcibly eking out a few minutes of safe progress.

However, the farther away from the elevator entrance, the lower the density of parked vehicles, while the density of zombies began to climb slowly.

Only until they reached the edge of area A did the eyes of the six people light up at the same time!

The rich eye-catching red of Qiao Siqi’s Wrangler was coquettish, but it was definitely a bolt of lightning, a beam of light, a handful of faith in this chaotic world, piercing through the barriers of one’s heart!

There were more than a dozen zombies wandering on the road in front of the red jeep and the rear of the car faced another empty parking spot and another road with six or seven zombies scattered around.

And between the car where the six were hiding and Qiao Siqi’s jeep, there was a spare parking space. It cannot be said that there was no cover, but the possibility of being discovered was very high!

Plan R?

Qi Yan mouthed silently at his five comrades.

In fact, there was no need to look at the shape of the mouth as all the comrades would’ve realized just by looking at the situation before them combined with the look in Qi Yan’s eyes.

The five of them nodded their heads tacitly.

Qi Yan narrowed his eyes and waved his hand forward!

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Start to run, sprintba, experienced drivers!

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Qiao Siqi was the first to break formation. Although he possessed low strength and endurance, his starting speed and improvisation speed in short-distance sprinting was amazing. He was already leading the charge towards the jeep and this time with the sharp pivot, the distance between him and the other five comrades behind him widened even further. Seeing two more zombies appear in front of him, Qiao-tongxue, who had no sense of security whatsoever, immediately slowed his pace. He appeared to be still running vigorously, when in fact he was secretly waiting for his comrades to catch up.

In this way, the squad veered around when they spotted the zombies and then rotated again when they saw more, ultimately running in a square to circle back to the red jeep, clearing the area around the car!

When they were five meters away from the target, Qiao Siqi swiftly pressed the car key, snapping its lights on as the doors unlocked.

Nothing could be smoother than this, it was as if they had rehearsed it, everything was within expectations. . .

Guang!!!

. . . Except that his hand didn’t grip the handle accurately and he directly grasped at air.

After loosening his grip, the tightly shut car door was naturally motionless and Qiao-tongxue, who couldn’t slow down in time, was like an advertisement flyer,baji, heavily plastered against the vehicle’s door! The swiftness of the speed, the fierceness of the movement, the loudness of the crash, such a clear visual made others really see it in their eyes while experiencing the pain in their hearts.

The five companions who followed closely behind, shut their eyes in a wince simultaneously, their hearts full of pity.

However Qiao Siqi’s car was indeed a professional off-road vehicle. Even with this sudden accident, the door wasn’t the slightest bit dented, not even a mark was left behind, leaving the professional driver dazed as he swayed on the spot, obviously trapped in the vast universe of “who am I, where am I, what am I doing”.

In just half a second, Qi Yan had arrived, quickly helping him yank the door open, stuffing him into the driver’s seat, then looping around to the shotgun seat before sliding into his own designated seat.

The other four companions also opened their respective doors and took their positions without any chaos, strictly following their own positions that had been discussed in advance—Fu Xiyuan, Wu Zhou, Zhou Yilu went straight to the back seat while Zhao He hopped into the trunk!

It was called the trunk, but for a jeep, it was actually just the gap between the back seat backrest and the rear windshield. It was more than enough for a young man to sit in it, other than the fact that he would be unable to stretch his legs out, it wasn’t a cramped space.

Besides, Zhao He’s duty was to provide mobile support+keep watch. Qi Yan’s duty was to clear all obstacles in front while he watched their backs, so for him to be able to sit here, not only was he not insulted, rather he felt quite honored!

As the car doors slammed shut with a rhythmicpapapa, the world of Qiao-sijiwas finally no longer bursting with golden stars. Shaking his head, he quickly started the engine, stepped on the brake, then pushed the gear forward: “Get ready, it’s time to flylou—”

The five companions were unable to hold back their excitement: “Rev it up!”

The fastest pursuing zombie had already started to slap the car door, but it was a futile effort.

Qiao Siqi released the brake, stepped on the accelerator to the max, and the jeep shot out with ahuxiu!

The companions only felt their backs slam against the backrests and were stunned for a few seconds before they adapted to the lightning speed of Qiao-siji.

“Don’t just ride on thehigh, drive towards where there are cars to search for theVolkswagenandBYD!” Zhou Yilu yelled over the roar of the accelerator.

Qiao Siqi had always been straightforward: “I can’t see clearly, just try them one by oneba!”

Zhou Yilu made a face, but it truly was difficult to ask the driver to keep an eye peeled and ears perked in all directions, so he decisively lowered the car window halfway and with a car key in each hand, he aimed and pressed the car keys at every car he spotted along the way with abiubiubiu!

However, all of the four-wheelers that were in the parking spaces were all [indifferent.jpg]. Qiao Siqi’s jeep had already driven forward more than ten or twenty meters and Zhou Yilu’s shots garnered no responses.

Yet none of this discouraged him. It was just a matter of time. Finding two cars in the two-story underground parking lot wasn’t much easier than finding a needle in a haystack, they had already prepared for a carpet search. . .

“Aiaiai, speed bumps—”

Qi Yan’s urgent reminder suddenly popped up from the co-pilot position. Whatever could make Qi-tongxuelose his composure was sure to be a very serious situation. . .

Gedeng!

Gedeng!

A full two times, first the front wheels then the rear wheels, both of which were lifted high when they passed over the speed bump, the body of the car going airborne, nearly flying into the sky and becoming shoulder to shoulder with the sun!

With the body of the car in this state, it goes without saying that the people inside the car, without exception, all had their buttocks lifting off from their seats and the crowns of their heads hitting the ceiling of the car with adong.

All except Qiao-siji.

The other didn’t even step on the brakes, that stance as if he wanted to soar over the horizon directly.

What’s more amazing was that Qi Yan, who similarly didn’t wear a seat belt, was shaken until he was thrown all over the place, while the other had a firm grip on the steering wheel, unaware of all the shaking and bumping, only boring straight ahead with a bright look in his eyes, no, his eyes were clearly flashing with the light of a murderer on wheels!

Another sharp turn!

Qi Yan, who was trembling with fear while securing his seat belt was thrown and hit the glass above the door with aguangdang, but fortunately he inserted the seat belt buckle in at the last moment and escaped death.

Wu Zhou and Fu Xiyuan, who had learned from their mistakes, had already grabbed the handle high up above and the handle on the back of the front seat. Zhou Yilu, who had both hand occupied with hisbiubiubiu, also knew to use the webbing of his thumb to jam it against the upper edge of the half-lowered car window to stabilize his body.

Only Zhao He suffered.

Every time the car jolted, Wu Zhou and Fu Xiyuan could hear the heartbreaking sound ofguangdangguangdangbehind them. They could even tell which time the other banged his head, which time they hit their elbow, and which time their entire back was the one suffering.

Gedeng—

Gedeng—

After the third time a speed bump was run over at high speed, Zhao He finally struggled up to get a choke hold on the backseat headrest. His face was blanched, his lips were pale, his expression was dull, and he lost all desire to live, just like the small iron ball that was frequently and ruthlessly shaken incorrection. . .

More than ten minutes later, the red jeep sped across all the lanes ofB2, twice.

All the zombies inB2were strung along at the rear of the car, and the speed finally dropped from speeding and passion back to the speed of a seventeen-year old bicycle, not too fast, not too slow, the wind a gentle breeze.

The companions finally recovered their damaged souls before the scene in front of their eyes turned black, and Fu Xiyuan decided once they got back, he must apologize to Ma Weisen—Compared to this deadly jeep, Ma Weisen’s crazy motorcycle was as sweet and picturesque as a carousel.

Zhao He covered his still throbbing forehead and stood back at attention on the rear line of the lookout likeHouge: “It’s a bit slow, drive faster, they’re going to catch up. . . D*mn, there are at least forty zombies, what are all these people doing in the underground garage after parking their cars—”

“It may also be that they hid in here after the outbreak or also thought about driving away in their own car to escape, but were ultimately chased in. . .aiai, turn the steering wheelah!!!”

Qi Yan found that he couldn’t split his attention and talk, if he didn’t pay attention, Qiao Siqi would steer the car towards the path of destruction and death!

This was already the third time that they passed this small van that blocked the road in zone C, but Qiao-sijiwas still heading straight for it. Just when they were nearly right in front of it, he spun the steering wheel in a rush. Although the speed of the car wasn’t high, he still turned the steering wheel fast enough to cause it to drift for an instant, which played with the other’s heartbeat.

“Aiyouholy, that was too d*mned refreshinghahahahaha—”

Qiao-sijiwas a frank boy who never knew what silence was.

Zhou Yilu hated that he couldn’t mute him with the car key, but for now, he had to endure it: “Go toB1!”

Qiao Siqi: “Are you sure?”

Zhou Yilu: “We’ve already circulated this level twice and no car has responded, these two cars are definitely not inB2!”

Qiao Siqi: “Oh, sit tight—”

Qiao Siqi’s “sit tight” sounded like the signaling horn of the underworld to the ears of his companions.

Qi Yan gripped the handle above his head with both hands, while Fu Xiyuan, Wu Zhou and Zhou Yilu, finally sat back in their seats, squeezed in the back row and trembled. Zhao He stretched out his long arms and wasn’t sure whose chest of the two in the back he was hugging. . .

As Qiao Siqi floored the accelerator, everyone’s body went backwards while their souls went forward, everyone’s hair whipped backwards as their heads snapped forwards, while they accelerated full speed ahead!

The passage fromB2toB1was obviously uphill, but Qiao Siqi somehow gave them the pleasure of feeling as if they were going downhill.

The five companions didn’t plead for anything at the moment, only hoping to at least keep an intact body!

However, after climbing the slope and enteringB1, the insignificant question of whether the comrades would die with an intact body or not had been thrown to the back of their minds—IfB2was described as being too smooth, thenB1was the cruel reality.

The vast sea of vehicles were scattered all over the place.

The sinister zombies were as numerous as insects and ants.

Four-fifths of the vehicles inB1were parked in their original positions and one-fifth were in the middle of the road. However, this one-fifth had already successfully blocked most of the paths—They were parked randomly in the middle of the road without any rhyme or reason and many of them were chain collisions of three to five vehicles. It could be imagined that there must be few successful escapees because most of the cars were left in a state of the wreck, but the cars were empty inside with no drivers to be found, only the bloodstains left behind.

The zombies were either densely packed like sardines, wandering about aimlessly, shuttling and weaving around between cars, or loitering around the scene of the accidents, some were even howling angrily at each other for some reason.

The oppressive space, the sinister cold air, the scrapped vehicles, the ferocious zombies, the smell of dust, gasoline, and blood. . . all these painted this picture of hell.

The sound of the engine attracted most of the zombies inB1. When they swarmed towards theB2–B1slope, even the hands of the crazed Qiao-sijithat gripped the steering wheel trembled a bit: “Still, still going?”

“Continuing your sisterah—” Zhao He, who had been staring out the rear window shouted, “F*cking quickly reverseao—”

Before the word “car” could leave Zhao He’s mouth and see the light of day, it was replaced by a howl that was not quite like a human voice.

Qiao-sijifloored the accelerator yet again.

For John, shooting forwards or backwards was only a matter of shifting gears and it had nothing to do with the accelerator. That, he only needed to make sure to rev it to the max.

Zhao He was caught off guard and his whole body was tossed around with a crispdingling guanglang.

After finally adapting to the reversing speed, he struggled into an upright position and sat back while facing the glass in the rear when his hair stood on end, all of his pores opened up: “Z-Z-Z-Zombie ah—”

Dong—

The rear end of the jeep that was sliding down the slope at high speed collided with the flock of zombies that were chasing fromB2. The speed of the jeep was hindered and the zombies that were struck were launched high into the sky!

Qiao Siqi had hit everything in his short driving experience, other cars, walls, guardrails, isolation barriers, but he had never hit a living thing before. This time, blood and flesh flew everywhere and he instinctively stepped on the brakes!

Speeding when he wasn’t supposed to be, braking when he shouldn’t be. Noticing that the zombies that weren’t struck were swarming over and the terrifying zombies fromB1were rushing down from the top of the slope, Zhao He completely collapsed.

At this moment, his mind was blank, all fears evaporated beyond cloud nine, Zhao-tongxuequietly studied the hoard of zombies stampeding over and was only left with thoughts and longing for his comrades who stayed behind; “I should be under the car, not in one. . .”

Author’s Chapter Summary: The road to find the car was difficult, encircled and intercepted by a wave of zombies!

The translator has something to say: QSQ drives like he runs, like how his thoughts run, in short commands, like the firing of nerves, he forcibly turned a drive in the parking lot into a rollercoaster that goes forwards and backwards, it’s funny for us to read, but those poor souls that were his passengers were left to pick up the pieces (of themselves)