Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 34 - 22 Intermission Part Two
34: Chapter 22 Intermission (Part Two)
34: Chapter 22 Intermission (Part Two)
“There’s also a type of Shadow Barbie.” When Tang Zheng finished speaking, Qin Yan and Li Xinlan gave him a questioning look, “How come we didn’t know about this?”
“It was a special kind of infected that I encountered in the underground parking garage, even more troublesome than the well-camouflaged hunter zombies.
The distinctive features include a skinny and slender physique, surprisingly strong and fast.
They give off a creepy laughter, but the most critical point is that they can become invisible.”
“Invisible?” Everyone around unconsciously shouted out, feeling dread down their spine, instantly filled with goosebumps.
“It must be horrifying to have invisible zombies?” Bai Guo hugged herself tightly and shivered.
“If wasn’t wearing this protective clothing yesterday, I wouldn’t be here.
So, airport stewardesses, you should all follow suit.” Tang Zheng glanced off-handedly at Hu Qiong who had slipped back into her stewardess outfit, “A tight dress, is that any different from a swimsuit?”
“Damn it, you are so full of yourself.
Can you take your life seriously?” The bald man was completely exasperated and smiled bitterly, “You certainly are a kind of lunatic, completely irrational.”
Everyone nodded in agreement to such an assessment, but they were simultaneously relieved.
Having a leader like him, was somewhat reassuring.
“But what about us who don’t have protective clothes?” Zhao Jingye’s expression was ugly.
The thought of Shadow Barbie unnerved him; Lin Weiguo and the bald man didn’t look too good either.
Kang Songde touched the protective suit he was wearing, his face gleamed with joy.
The stewardesses also looked relieved, thankful that they had listened to Tang Zheng’s suggestion to choose protective clothing.
“Are we really that unlucky to encounter a Shadow Barbie?
What’s there to fear?
As long as we have guns, no matter how many zombies come, we can kill them all with one shot.” The high school student was not that scared.
After yesterday’s battle, although he hadn’t fired a single shot, Yang Bin thought he was quite formidable by his own right, especially now when he shouldn’t lose face.
“Get some bed sheets and make them into cloth strips, just wrap them around your body like a mummy.
You guys did quite well.
Just need to add a bit more thickness.” Once Tang Zheng finished speaking, he pointed at Kang Songde, “Old Kang, you have enough protection with the protective clothing as it is, why would you wrap more cloth strips and stuff books into it?
Don’t you feel that it affects your mobility?”
“Ha-ha, I was just worrying too much, who knows how well this protective clothing is made, anyhow, I’ll remove them after a bit.” Kang Songde kept chuckling and rubbing his belly, which was stuffed with a few books that had made him uncomfortable for a while.
He wanted to remove them.
“We should grab more guns for self-defense, that’s the correct principle.” Zhao Jingye was still obsessed with firearms.
He Olympianly eyed the Remington in the hands of Li Xinlan and Hu Qiong, a look of envy was unmistakable.
“Yeah, little Tang, why don’t you go and get some more guns?
It shouldn’t be too much trouble for you, right?” Kang Songde also began to instigate.
Pang Meiqin and Han Li along with other stewardesses also nodded in agreement, looking at Tang Zheng with hopeful eyes.
When they were in such dire circumstances, they felt it was never too redundant to have more guns and ammunition.
“Little Tang, I can accompany you if you think it’s dangerous.” Li Xinlan communicated a message with her eyes obviously signaling Tang Zheng to decline.
She worried that he might be too kind and audacious for his own good, suspecting that Kang Songde was trying to trick him.
“I am also going.” Qin Yan patted her MP5 submachine gun with a determined face.
This big sister was genuinely looking forward to battle zombies, her words were not mere lip service.
“I will go, but not now.” Tang Zheng deflected the conversation.
He wasn’t ready to do something reckless just because of others’ praise.
He guessed what Kang Songde was up to.
However, he appreciated Li Xinlan’s warning.
In the case of Qin Yan, this big sister was really ready to risk her life for the other stewardesses.
“Then what are you planning to do?
Find food?
We have enough food to eat for two days.” Zhao Jingye was not happy with Tang Zheng’s evasion and his tone was a bit harsh.
“The urgency of finding food can wait, the more immediate task is to clear a few more floors to create a space to escape if the zombies arrive.
It will leave no room to turn around.
And, we also have the chance to find the invading SWAT team from the hotel and get the equipment from their bodies.” Tang Zheng laid out his plan.
“It’s still better to find more food, there is no harm to store some and to kill the zombies in the hallway, it seems to have little significance.” Zhao Jingye was trying to increase his own say and presence by means of doing this.
“There are a few hunter zombies and a Tank Zombie in the kitchen.
You can always try it for yourself.” Li Xinlan laughed, “I’m not lying to you, if you don’t believe me, you can go to the security room to look at the surveillance camera.”
“Give me a gun, and I’ll go.” Zhao Jingye gritted his teeth, spoke aloud, and showed his determination.
He was regretting now for not going to the security room to find a gun which would not have made him suffer this frustration.
He finally realized that, in a nation like the U.S.
where it’s quite normal to be allowed to have firearms, it would be normal that the hotel manager or the hotel owners might have guns in their rooms.
He needs to search the rooms before anyone else does, instead of just hiding in his room.
“Those without guns should use the fire axe for now, wrap your bodies with bandages, and then put on the bulletproof vests.” Tang Zheng didn’t agree, “Or perhaps, you can persuade the stewardesses to let you use their guns.”
“That’s not fair, why do you all have two guns each?” Xu Lu jumped out and pointed at Tang Zheng and Lin Weiguo, then turned to Li Xinlan, “And why do you have more bullets?
Do you really need that many?”
Everyone didn’t say anything, but from their looks, it was evident they thought Tang Zheng was favoring Li Xinlan a tad bit too much.
The bullet belt loaded with twelve shots of buckshot ammunition on the lady was indeed jaw-droppingly too much.
“How about giving some to me?” The bald man had also started to timely claim his rights.
Li Xinlan pouted and was about to say, “Tang Zheng still has a belt full of bullets for me in his travel bag.”
“Xinlan, take out the two boxes of number twelve cartridges from my travel bag for Hu Qiong and the bald man.” Tang Zheng didn’t plan to hold onto them, as he had lots of these bullets.
Li Xinlan couldn’t possibly finish using them all, so it would be better to distribute them and increase their firepower.
“You’re not bad.” The bald man was satisfied, grabbing the cartridge box that Li Xinlan had just pulled out, then craned his neck to look in the travel bag, “Let me see, what else do you have?”
Li Xinlan covered the backpack opening, staring at the bald man.
Wu Xudong smiled and sat back on the sofa.
“Little Tang, this is really unfair.
If you have other bullets, share some with everyone.” Kang Songde knew he couldn’t get a gun, so he changed tactics and asked for favors for everyone, hoping to win their favor.
“Kill one zombie and I’ll give you a Remington shotgun and lots of bullets.
That’s my promise.” Tang Zheng ignored Kang Songde, finished speaking firmly, then looked at everyone and warned, “But please remember, you’re killing zombies not for me, but to keep yourself alive.”
Everyone fell silent.
Indeed, they had no right to make Tang Zheng do these dangerous things.
He didn’t owe them anything.
“How did you get the guns?” Zhao Jingye was very concerned about this.
With guns, he wouldn’t be afraid.
“That’s my mission.” Tang Zheng calmly retorted, “And even if I told you, you wouldn’t succeed.”
“How do you know Jingye can’t do it?” Xu Lu frowned, “If I had a gun, I could kill zombies too.
I’m at least no worse than Hu Qiong.”
“Zhao Jingye, I’ll tell you.
The method is to bait zombies.
You can try it in the backyard.” Li Xinlan disliked their behavior and told them the method that Tang Zheng used.
She didn’t believe Zhao Jingye had the guts to try it.
A few people with ideas brightened when they heard this.
But the sight of the zombie horde flooding the streets immediately diminished their courage.
Zhao Jingye suddenly recalled Tang Zheng mentioning SWAT breaking into the hotel and thought it might be better to kill zombies in the corridor instead, and try his luck.
“How is floor division assigned?” Xu Lu didn’t want to work for nothing.
“Each floor has different numbers of zombies.
The amount of spoils of war also varies.
Is what’s found owned by whoever finds it?
Or should it be shared by everyone?”
“You decide on the floor.
As for spoils of war, they belong to each individual.” Tang Zheng didn’t care about those spoils of war.
And he understood that without the stimulation of loot, they probably wouldn’t be that motivated to kill zombies and would slack off.
It was necessary to stimulate their enthusiasm.
“Not just weapons, all valuable things can be collected.
Don’t forget this is Los Angeles in 2020.
Many ordinary things would become valuable once taken back to our world.
Of course, if you have the guts, you can also search the rooms.
The guests have all turned into zombies, and their luggage is unclaimed.
You can search as you please.”
As expected, hearing this made everyone chomping at the bit to start.
No one dislikes making a fortune.
“How do we divide into teams?” Zhou Zhou raised another question concerning everyone.
All eyes were on Tang Zheng again.
“Volunteer principle.” Tang Zheng scanned these people.
He estimated the bald man would likely end up alone.
“I’m with you.” Zhou Zhou was the first to speak up, not caring at all about what others thought, “I just trust you.”
“I’m with you too.” Pang Meiqin was the second.
Then Cheng Chen and Han Li also expressed their willingness to act with Tang Zheng.
Zeng Xue stole a glance at Xu Lu, quite hesitant.
She wanted to be with Tang Zheng, but she didn’t want to embarrass her friend.
It seemed that she had to be with Zhao Jingye, but Captain Zhao’s ability was just not up to par.
“Ha, if you all choose Little Tang, then why don’t we all form a team and act together.” The bald man knew he’d be singled out.
Seeing the atmosphere, he immediately put forward a new suggestion.
This was most beneficial to him, but he was beginning to feel jealous of Tang Zheng.
This guy’s performance was really winning over these stewardesses.
Seeing this, Zhao Jingye clenched his fists.
He knew he had no appeal at all.
Except for Xu Lu who followed him wholeheartedly, everyone else felt Tang Zheng was reliable.
If he insisted on acting separately, absolutely no one would join and he’d completely lose face.
So Zhao Jingye took a long breath, then continued to maintain his expressionless face, said, “I agree.”
“A very rational decision.” Qin Yan didn’t mean anything else, but this phrase sounded particularly harsh in Zhao Jingye’s ears.
He decided to seize the opportunity to show this woman her place.
“This is how we’ll do it then.
Grab the walkie-talkies, get ready, we’re leaving in five minutes.” This time, Tang Zheng solidified his position as group leader.
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PS: Begging for recommendation tickets on the ground,
Additionally, thanks to the student Transforming Elixir for the reward.
