Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 115: Chapter 108: Thrive in Adversity, Perish in Comfort

The terror of the encroaching monsters loomed over everyone.

An overwhelming horde like this was not something a group of ten people with spears and crossbows could possibly hold off.

Even the army, equipped with gear from the militia training base, had ultimately fallen to the horde.

Now, it felt as though the fate of all ten of them was in the hands of the zombies...

"Yu Dong, are we going to die?" Shen Xinyi’s body trembled uncontrollably, and she had to lean against Yu Dong to steady herself.

The despair of utter helplessness was the most agonizing feeling.

"We might... But we’ve already done our best. Now... we can only leave it to fate."

Yu Dong had no desire to comfort anyone. He just felt sick... ’There are still things I haven’t done, and now I have to face the horde.’

"If I’d known, I would’ve gone with Liangzi and the others to the cruise ship... I never thought something like this would happen. I thought the army had already cleared out a lot of territory. My uncle’s death was heroic, but... in the end, they couldn’t even fight their way out of Zongshan. The situation was that dire, and he didn’t even tell us."

Huang Zhiqiang said, full of regret.

Zhao Youcai, meanwhile, pulled a gold bar from his pocket and stroked its gleaming surface.

"Sigh... It was all just a dream in the end. Whether we survive today or not, this thing is useless now. The zombies are endless. What kind of order can there be? ...If I’d known, I wouldn’t have gone to the bank, and Wen Jie wouldn’t have died."

The news had hit Zhao Youcai the hardest. Besides the impending horde outside, what tormented him most was that his dream of wealth... was shattered.

With the army gone, what order could possibly remain?

This was worth less than a can of food.

Yu Dong sighed. "Who could have predicted this... We were too optimistic. Thinking back, given Qiao’s position, what he said... it was probably just to reassure us. We shouldn’t have believed all of it. But it doesn’t matter anymore. We probably... really won’t make it through today. Whether we live or die is not up to us."

Helpless. Utterly helpless.

Just moments ago, Yu Dong had stood on the roof and watched the horde swarm past one building after another. The vast number of climbing zombies swept clean every place they passed. He felt their chances of surviving the night... were slim.

Hearing them talk like this, Qiao Ping couldn’t hold back any longer. She hugged her child and began to cry.

"It was me... We lied to everyone. The truth is, the army’s situation was never good... The day you all went to the bank, I called my uncle..."

Qiao Ping quickly explained the army’s true situation, then pulled her child tightly into her arms.

"My child is innocent. I was afraid everyone would push us away because of Wen Jie’s death... I didn’t want my baby to be born without a father... It’s all my fault."

Qiao Ping finally confessed everything, and at that moment, it all clicked for Yu Dong.

’So that’s how it was... The military presence here is that small? ...Right, this was never a major military town. This is all we had.’

Yu Dong no longer had any desire to blame Qiao Ping. There was no point. He was just disappointed in how complacent he’d become recently.

"We shouldn’t have been indulging ourselves like that, pinning all our hopes on being rescued by others. We should have been focused on saving ourselves... Only you can save yourself! We survived this long because, in the beginning, we were desperately trying to survive. But then... Heh. We started enjoying life. We walked so far down the road that we forgot how we even started the journey."

Yu Dong couldn’t even remember when they had started to let their guard down. It seemed that even before the bank run, they’d mostly stopped thinking about survival. The whole team had started fantasizing about what things would be like after order was restored, even getting caught up with gold bars and jewelry!

"If only we’d known sooner," Zhou said with regret. "We could have made different decisions... we wouldn’t have been so dead-set on staying here."

Zhao Youcai opened his mouth, but in the end, he just looked at his gold bar. A thousand unspoken words turned into a single sigh.

"What the hell? What are you guys mumbling about? You talk as if you could have changed anything. In the end, aren’t we all just waiting to die? This is a horde the army couldn’t handle. What were you going to fight it with? It was better to enjoy a few months and die happy."

Sun Shan looked at them, speechless. ’They’re talking as if they could change the world...’

’Hilarious!’

Liu Ye’ye took hold of Yu Dong’s other arm.

"Yu Dong, in my past life... when I died, did you hold me?"

"No. I went to get ice cream."

"If that person really was me... I’m sure she would have wanted you to hold her at the end."

What Liu Ye’ye said was strange, but Yu Dong didn’t dwell on it.

The sounds of the zombies outside grew louder. Yu Dong could hear the thud of countless footsteps arriving just outside their complex.

He wracked his brain, searching for any possible way to survive...

Huang Zhiqiang found a pot lid that fit his hand well.

"I’ll stand by the window. If a zombie gets in, I’ll just shove it out! They’ll fall thirty-one stories to their death... I’ll make this window invincible!"

"Dongzi, you guys guard the other one! We’ll have two invincible windows! We can definitely handle them!"

Yu Dong shook his head. "We can’t hold them... Our only hope is that the zombies don’t notice us and just climb past. The second we open a crack... countless climbers will pour in. And then..."

Just then, Zhou opened his backpack, revealing a bundle of dynamite.

"If it really comes to that... I’ll make sure it’s less painful for everyone."

The group understood.

The perimeter wall of the complex was instantly swamped by zombies, and then countless more squeezed through... In the face of a horde of this magnitude, all the defenses they had built were like a child’s playset.

RRRROOOOAR~~~

The zombies poured into the complex grounds and began to surround Building One. Climbers broke from the pack one after another, scrambling up external air conditioning units and pipes, ascending with terrifying speed!

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