Chapter 116 - 108: Thrive in Adversity, Perish in Comfort (End of This Volume)

Chapter 116: Chapter 108: Thrive in Adversity, Perish in Comfort (End of This Volume)

BANG! BANG! CRASH~~

The climbing zombies smashed open the fifth-floor windows and crawled inside... They only found traces of human activity. After sniffing around for a long time without finding anyone, they roared in frustration and began climbing elsewhere...

Yu Dong and the others could already hear the sounds of climbing and shattering glass. The glass at Xiangti Bay was of poor quality.

Once they reached the 31st floor... they were doomed.

Zhou looked at Yu Dong and shook his head in despair.

"Dongzi... I don’t want everyone to be eaten by zombies. Just give the word, and I’ll do it."

He would rather everyone die by his hand than in the jaws of zombies.

At that moment, not only were zombies scaling the outside of the building, but a large number were also pouring through the shattered windows and rampaging through the corridors.

The entire Building No. 1 was overrun by a horde of corpses!

Liu Ye’ye suddenly hugged Yu Dong.

"Senior, this time... let me die in your arms. That way... I won’t be scared."

Yu Dong held Liu Ye’ye’s body, his eyes bloodshot!

’Why!’

’Why do I have to die again!’

’Why can’t I and the people I care about just survive!’

’Then what was the point of these two rebirths!?’

’Useless!’

’If I just had one more chance...’

Suddenly!

Yu Dong grabbed Liu Ye’ye by the shoulders and shook her fiercely:

"I’ve got it! I have a way for us all to survive! Kai and Wen Jie too! A way for all of us to live!"

Yu Dong’s voice caught everyone’s attention.

"What is it?"

"Rebirth! What if I can be reborn one more time?"

"Reborn... again?"

The others couldn’t wrap their heads around it, but Yu Dong cut them off.

"Listen to me! Everyone, listen to me!"

"We have one more chance to reverse the future... by betting that I can be reborn again! If that happens, we can fix everything we did wrong this time! We can start over! We’ll know in advance the major events of these three months!"

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The sound of shattering glass from downstairs was getting closer!

The army of climbing zombies was rapidly approaching the 31st floor, and countless more were swarming inside Building No. 1.

Though their situation was dire, Yu Dong’s eyes lit up. He was going to seize this last chance to turn the tables!

Qiao Ping and Sun Shan were completely bewildered. "Huh? What rebirth?"

Wang Xiuying had no idea what Yu Dong was talking about. ’It felt like he’d snapped under the stress, just like I have...’

"There’s no time to explain! I need you to be completely open with me! If there really is a chance... in the next life, I will find every single one of us!"

"Tell me a secret you would absolutely never tell anyone else—the kind of secret that, if I mention it, the ’you’ from seven days before the apocalypse will immediately believe me!"

"Quickly! Right now!!!"

Just then, Zhao Youcai caught on!

He understood what Yu Dong was saying!

"Dongzi! Tell me that you’ll let me witness my family’s death. I will follow you unconditionally! Trust me!"

"Got it. What about the rest of you? Hurry!!!"

The scraping sound of zombies on the walls reached their ears.

A huge number of climbing zombies were definitely about to break in!

Death was now certain!

Huang Zhiqiang followed his lead. "Tell me that you believe I’m not just a slacker, that I have a chance to make something of myself. Tell me you’re willing to let me handle a project..."

Zhou gave a wry smile. "I guess you already have a way to win me over..."

"Not good enough! Tell me a better one!"

"The core parameter for Experiment Nine is 13779926690... Repeat it."

"137..." Yu Dong repeated a few digits before giving up. "Never mind. My memory is super sharp after I die!"

Zhou: "???"

Qiao Ping didn’t have time to think. She just did as the others did. She trusted Yu Dong unconditionally. After all, this information was useless after the apocalypse; it would only be effective if shared before it began.

"Three years ago, my mom received a sum of money from the Shuangyang Group. The money is in a hidden compartment in the nightstand in my house. Only my mom and I know about it."

’Shuangyang Group?’

Yu Dong didn’t dwell on it and instead looked at Wang Xiuying and Sun Shan.

Wang Xiuying shook her head. "Don’t look for me in the next life... I want to die with my husband. Then there wouldn’t be all this trouble."

Sun Shan: "This year I bought three 2D-character replica molds... I use the Hu Tao one the most. The ’Advanced Studies’ folder in my browser’s bookmarks has all the incriminating material..."

Well now, Sun Shan was so desperate to survive in the next life that he was willing to sell out his browser history.

It was clear just how strong his will to survive was.

Persuaded by Zhao Youcai, Xia Yao also revealed a secret of her own.

"My number is 139... Call me and give me 10,000 yuan. You can be my sugar daddy, and I’ll come live with you."

CRASH!

The kitchen window shattered, and a cold wind blew the putrid stench of the zombies into the room.

A cabinet and a sofa temporarily blocked it from getting past the window.

Yu Dong looked at Liu Ye’ye and Shen Xinyi.

"And you two?"

Liu Ye’ye: "Senior, as long as you find me, I’ll go with you... This time, give me the ice cream in person!"

Seeing the tacit understanding between Yu Dong and Liu Ye’ye, Shen Xinyi’s eyes filled with resentment and a trace of jealousy.

"Yu Dong! If you want me to follow you... then pursue me! You’ll succeed, and then I’ll go with you. If you don’t... then just let the next version of me die in a zombie’s mouth for all I care."

Yu Dong was stunned.

’There’s a method like that?’

CRASH!

The sofa was pushed aside by two climbing zombies, which then started crawling into the room.

Everyone grabbed their nearby weapons, wanting to fight to the death, but... six more climbing zombie heads appeared outside the window, and more and more were drawn toward the scent of humans.

Resistance was meaningless. Yu Dong had already gotten what he wanted.

"Zhou, send everyone on their way..."

CLICK!

Zhou lit the detonator in his hand, passed it to Yu Dong, and simultaneously pressed a remote-control button.

Qiao Ping held her baby tightly. "Don’t be scared, sweetie. Mommy will always be with you..."

Huang Zhiqiang wrapped his arms around them both. "Pingping, I’ll protect you in the next life."

The climbing zombies charged forward!

Yu Dong stood in front of everyone, clutching the detonator, his eyes filled with determination.

"Please, give me one more chance!!!"

BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

The detonator went off, triggering the bag of detonators Zhou was holding to explode as well. In an instant, countless flames and a powerful shockwave burst from the 31st floor, blasting the surrounding climbing zombies away and splattering them into paste on the ground below.

At the same time, the large quantity of crude explosives left on the first floor was successfully ignited by the remote device Zhou had set up.

Then...

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A massive explosion erupted from the first floor, engulfing more than ten stories, instantly killing a mountain of zombies and setting many more ablaze within the horde.

The load-bearing walls and steel reinforcements of Building No. 1’s first floor were obliterated, and the entire building began to shake...

RUMBLE~

The building, into which Yu Dong and the others had poured countless hours of effort, collapsed with a deafening roar!

Humans, supplies, and zombies were all buried in a sea of ruins.

...

...

Hot. Noisy.

THUMP-THUMP~ THUMP-THUMP~ THUMP-THUMP~

The intense beat, like a bolt of lightning splitting the night, instantly shattered the chaos before Yu Dong’s eyes!

"Ah!!!"

Yu Dong shot up from his chair!

He frantically felt his head.

His last memory was of the detonator exploding, his head flying off... his entire body blown to pieces.

Next to him, Huang Zhiqiang watched Yu Dong shoot up from his chair and rub his head like a fly wringing its legs, then slowly offered him a cool bottle of mineral water.

"Dongzi, have some water first. I’ll take you to the infirmary in a bit..."

But as Yu Dong looked at the familiar freshman welcome party in front of him, a joyful expression appeared on his face.

"I’m really back again! Huang, let’s go!"

"What for? I still want to watch the show..."

"Watch the show my ass! Your wife and kid are dead! And you’re still watching!"

Huang Zhiqiang: "???"

(End of Volume Two)