Chapter 896 - 881
The blades fell, and the brains of two zombies were pierced almost simultaneously.
Hidden around the corner, Derek was utterly stunned by the actions of the two men reflected in the mirror.
Initial stalking, mid-stage advancement, late-stage neck binding, neck twisting, decapitation. All actions flowed seamlessly, akin to a precision instrument set to a timer, without any delay, leaving Derek in fear reminiscent of the previous night when Xu Renjie sneaked up on him from behind.
It must be understood, if the other party had had the intent to kill at that time, Derek wouldn’t even know how he died; he would be reporting below at Yama Hall to receive his certificate.
Having dealt with the obstructing zombies, Xuan Zhanxiao didn’t pause for a moment. After the blade fell, he immediately pulled it out, crouched, and returned.
He then sneaked back to the entrance, lightly tapped Derek’s shoulder twice, signaling him to quickly move forward and lead the way.
Snapping back from the shock, Derek dared not delay and immediately got up to guide Xu Renjie toward the opposite side of the building.
The entire open-air corridor was about 200 meters long, and from this alone, it’s enough to illustrate the "power" of this school.
It’s hard to imagine such a large-scale campus would be built in such a remote town.
This is the most popular militarized management school nowadays. It’s called militarization, but really it’s about putting the school in a godforsaken place, using the environmental advantage to quash the students’ ideas of play.
But the school never considered that some things can’t be solved by external intervention.
Their self-righteous approach to management ultimately stifles not only the students’ talents but may also provoke more active resistance measures from them.
At least, to enjoy the youth of their prime, students would rather skip classes and trek dozens of kilometers to a relatively developed town for fun, than comply with the school’s ridiculous militarized management.
Over time, helplessly, the school had no choice but to recruit a batch of "modern" entertainment merchants to appease students’ minds on campus.
Only when students are at ease will parents, who hope their children become great, willingly hand over their hard-earned money to the school.
With no zombie obstruction, Xu Renjie, Lei Tong, and Derek moved very smoothly.
On this stretch of road, they didn’t need to be wary of desolation on either side; they only needed to watch their back.
But perhaps from the previous road journey, the trials were considered a test from heaven, so on this nearly 200-meter long sprint, the rescue team did not encounter any forks.
Upon reaching the opposite building, what stood before the rescue team was a thick tempered glass door.
Upon arrival, Derek made no extra motions, directly placing his hand on the lever, then pushing it with force.
Luckily, the door hinge surprisingly didn’t scream.
Yet even so, Xu Renjie felt helpless about the students’ zombie resistance measures.
Because according to Derek’s left eye, this side of the building’s 10 floors is currently under student control.
In other words, this glass door is a boundary between two realms.
As long as you enter past this boundary and step inside the building, it means you’ve resisted human occupancy.
But such a crucial location is left by the students without any protective measures which indeed embarrassed Xu Renjie, this soldier.
However, now was clearly not the time to dwell on this. When the door opened, Xu Renjie immediately took over, letting Derek and Lei Tong pass before slipping inside and starting to close the door.
As Xu Renjie was about to bind the door handle with a dead knot using his shirt for a makeshift lock.
Derek suddenly crouched down and felt out a key from under the bricks at his feet.
Before Xu Renjie, near dumbfounded, Derek inserted the key into the lock hole and gently twisted it, "click," the door locked.
What the hell was this!! Xuan Zhanxiao really didn’t understand what these young people were doing!
All this time you had a key! If you had the key when going out, why not lock it?
Don’t you know the consequences of doing this? Do you really think this door is unpushable?
Of course, Derek didn’t know what Old Xu was thinking.
Similarly, Old Xu didn’t know Derek’s difficulties.
The young man, after all, was a foreign-educated student. Such simple rationale, how could he not know?
But as the saying goes, when under another’s roof, you must bow your head.
This turf wasn’t Derek’s, all the rules had to follow those stipulated by the students from Japan.
As for why the door wasn’t locked primarily, the key was only one. Japan’s students worried Derek would lock it and not return.
If that happened, for them to exit later they would have to break the door, and amidst a campus full of zombies even a fool knows what the consequences of breaking the door would be.
Thus, Japan’s students ordered Derek: when going out to gather resources, leave the glass door unlocked, lock it upon return.
As for Old Xu’s concern about zombies "pushing the door"in after Derek locked it and walked about 50 meters away, Old Xu immediately understood the students’ "boldness."
In front of his eyes stood a huge iron gate cast in reinforced concrete lying flat on the ground.
Old Xu gauged it and found each steel bar was as thick as a thumb. Forget zombies, even ordinary people with tools would have a hard time bending them.
And behind the door, various tables and chairs were stacked like building blocks on both sides, turning the entrance way into a wooden defensive position.
Seems like he underestimated these students!
After seeing everything in front, Xuan Zhanxiao felt a bit guilty for misunderstanding the students previously.
Derek led the way as usual. As they reached the door, he lightly knocked a few times on the gate panel.
The sound wasn’t loud but very rhythmic, and the sensitive Xuan Zhanxiao immediately deduced this was a code.
Three long two short, it’s mostly students using this as a way to determine if it’s a living person or a zombie.
Indeed, shortly after Derek finished his tapping, a lean youngster stepped out of the room closest to the door.
The lean youngster cautiously peeked out, and upon seeing it was Derek, he harshly said, "Why are you back so late? How much resources did you gather?"
Upon hearing the lean youngster’s tone, Xu Renjie felt a bit relieved.
Undoubtedly, just from the somewhat questioning tone, it’s clear that Derek wasn’t lying —he indeed isn’t in cahoots with the students.
"Huh? Who’s behind you? Damn it! You’ve brought others back?"
Due to the limited field of view just now, the lean youngster hadn’t seen Xu Renjie and Lei Tong.
Now, upon getting closer, he immediately raised a bit of alert.
At the same time, he knocked on the door window beside him, and soon another young student stepped out from the inside.
The young student upon settling also raised an eyebrow.
Seeing the situation about to deteriorate, Xu Renjie quickly stepped forward, instantly smiling as he said...(to be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com for more reading.)