What Should I Do If I Wake Up and It’s the Apocalypse? (GL) - Chapter 10

Because the zombie had appeared too suddenly, and because there was no room to move inside the cab, Mu Xiao only had time to snatch Fatty’s watermelon knife and stab it out, sending both the zombie and the knife out the window together.

Fatty was still shaken, and Mu Xiao did not know whether that zombie was dead or not. She wanted to get out and retrieve the watermelon knife. After all, it was one of their few weapons.

Before Mu Xiao could move, one of the boys among the people over there suddenly ran over quickly. He bent down and vanished from sight, but judging from the sounds coming through the open window on Fatty’s side, he had probably finished off the zombie just now.

That series of movements took only a few seconds. Very soon, the boy who had run over appeared again at the window and handed the watermelon knife to Fatty. Sincerely, he said, “Can you give us a ride? Just take us away from here!”

Following the boy’s gaze toward the campus, Mu Xiao could not help shivering. Over there, a gate that looked like a side entrance was shut, and behind it, dozens of zombies were packed densely together, howling as they continuously squeezed against the iron-bar gate, trying to get out.

“Didn’t you see there’s still a huge crowd of zombies behind us? Hurry up and get out of the way. We need to leave!” Fatty still did not want to agree, but he took back the watermelon knife quite efficiently.

“Please help us. We really can’t run anymore! As long as you take us around and out of here, these zombies won’t chase for very long. Once they can’t see or hear us, they’ll stop!” The boy was practically hanging onto the truck door as he begged, revealing a bit of what they had learned from dealing with zombies.

“An Qi, stay here. You—tell your companions to hurry to the back of the truck!” Mu Xiao suddenly spoke, interrupting Fatty’s refusal. At the same time, she swiftly opened the door and got out. Before closing the door, she glanced at the dissatisfied Fatty. “Hurry and close the window!”

Fatty shivered and immediately did as she said. The words he had wanted to say to persuade Mu Xiao to come back died before they could be born.

Having received Mu Xiao’s agreement, the boy was overjoyed and ran back to speak to his companions. The group of four young people quickly rushed to the back of the truck and met up with Mu Xiao.

Mu Xiao had already reached the back of the truck. While opening the door, she turned back to check the massive group of zombies still chasing after them and estimated the approximate distance.

The truck door was quickly opened. Mu Xiao looked inside and met Ling Qi’s calm, rippleless gaze.

“There are four people getting in. You—”

Before Mu Xiao could finish, those four people had already arrived.

After only one glance at them, sharp-eyed Mu Xiao noticed that one boy had signs of bandaging on his arm.

“You’re injured? Was it done by a zombie?”

The boy who had come to negotiate at first reacted faster and hurriedly waved his hand. “No, it was cut by window glass. Don’t worry.”

He was still speaking to Mu Xiao when the other uninjured boy had already jumped into the cargo compartment and pulled the girl up.

Seeing the zombies behind them getting closer and closer, Mu Xiao frowned, but she knew there was no time to say anything more. She grabbed Ling Qi’s wrist with one hand.

“Ling Qi, come squeeze with us in the front.”

She did not say anything else.

Logically speaking, the cab of a small truck was not big. Usually, it could only seat two adults. It was still fine for An Qi to sit on Mu Xiao’s lap, but adding Ling Qi would probably make it far too crowded.

But Mu Xiao was clearly not very trusting of these injured strangers. Besides, there were three men on the other side, while Ling Qi was alone here. Mu Xiao did not feel at ease letting Ling Qi stay with them.

Ling Qi cooperated very well with Mu Xiao’s decision. Without saying a word, she followed her and jumped down from the cargo compartment.

The three people over there had already all climbed in. The boy who had first come to negotiate smiled awkwardly at Mu Xiao. “Thank you. My name is Kang Kai.”

“Hurry and get in. I’m locking the door.” Time was tight, and Mu Xiao did not want to say more. After urging Kang Kai into the cargo compartment, she locked the door, grabbed Ling Qi’s hand, and brought her to the front. Then she opened the truck door and pushed Ling Qi inside.

Amid Fatty’s wide-eyed protests, Mu Xiao had only just stepped one foot inside when she shouted for him to drive. By the time she stepped her other foot in and barely squeezed inside, heavily closing the door, the truck shot out like it was flying.

“You, really. Aren’t you just looking for trouble for yourself?” After the truck steadily shook off the zombies behind them again, Fatty glanced at Mu Xiao. Even he himself did not know what kind of mood he was in when he said those words.

At this moment, Mu Xiao was worried that she was squeezing Ling Qi, so she was trying hard to cling to the truck door, twisting herself into a posture that looked exhausting. Hearing Fatty’s words, she could only grin and say, “You wouldn’t have been able to run them over anyway.”

Fatty froze and had nothing to say.

After all, they were living people. He really could not just run them over like that.

Mu Xiao, however, continued, “Although I don’t know what things will be like in the future, right now, if I watched people die without saving them, I wouldn’t feel at peace.”

Fatty fell completely silent. He drove without speaking, and no one knew what he was thinking.

No one could really question Mu Xiao for saying this. After all, weren’t there already two people in the cab whom she had picked up along the way? Fatty could not refute it.

Ling Qi, however, turned her head and looked at Mu Xiao after hearing those words. A hard-to-detect trace of surprise and confusion was hidden in her eyes.

Just then, Fatty turned the steering wheel sharply to the right. Mu Xiao, who was pressed against the right-side window, was caught off guard and pounced toward Ling Qi due to inertia.

“Aowu!” Fatty let out a pig-slaughtering scream. Before Mu Xiao could figure out what had happened, she heard him muttering, “Hey, little girl, your teeth are almost the same as a zombie’s. Look, the skin broke. It’s bleeding!”

Earlier, his right hand had been on the gear shift, ready to change gears at any time, and as it happened, Mu Xiao’s teeth had knocked into it.

Mu Xiao’s front teeth also hurt from the impact. Of course, she was not worried about Fatty, who was shouting so loudly. She was worried that she had bumped into An Qi and Ling Qi.

After finally finding a place she could brace herself on, Mu Xiao hurriedly propped herself up. Seeing that An Qi was near the windshield and that she had landed between An Qi and Ling Qi—on Ling Qi’s lap—she finally breathed a sigh of relief. While trying to find another place to support herself so she could get up, she turned her head toward Ling Qi and apologized repeatedly.

But the moment she turned her head, Mu Xiao realized she was far too close to Ling Qi. What entered her line of sight was Ling Qi’s ear and cheek. Her pale, delicate skin flashed before Mu Xiao’s eyes, and Mu Xiao instinctively held her breath, afraid that even her exhaled breath might reach Ling Qi, let alone speaking.

In that brief moment of distraction, Fatty suddenly stepped on the accelerator. With a bang, Mu Xiao uncontrollably slammed forward again.

This impact was much harder. Her vision went black, and her nose was struck painfully.

“Beautiful! We knocked three zombies flying!” Fatty proudly cheered himself on. Seeing that the road conditions ahead were fine, he finally found time to glance to the side. This look left him dumbfounded. “Mu Xiao, how did you end up smashing into the back of the seat?!”

It turned out that just now, Mu Xiao had been turned sideways, dazedly facing Ling Qi’s direction. When the truck accelerated, her whole face had headed straight toward Ling Qi.

Fortunately, at that moment, Ling Qi had shifted slightly to the right, narrowly avoiding Mu Xiao’s head.

“…Inertia,” Mu Xiao replied dully, feeling that her nose was both painful and numb. After much effort, she braced her left hand against the rear wall of the cab and supported herself up again, only to feel her cheek brush against something, leaving behind a soft, delicate sensation.

Mu Xiao froze again. Her nose heated up, and something flowed out.

“Mu Xiao Sister, nosebleed, nosebleed!” An Qi had been stunned by the series of collisions. Now that she saw red, she quickly reminded her.