This Wave of Zombies is No Good - Chapter 27

Regarding whether he hoped Zou Lang would pass the assessment, Yu Jingtang was very hesitant and conflicted. He didn’t know why Zou Lang would come to K Division, his identity, the atmosphere here, everything they were about to face, and his personality, all these factors seemed very mismatched.

From a public perspective, Zou Lang had some qualities that could make him a special forces soldier, but at the same time, there were some unstable factors that were not suitable for special forces.

From a personal perspective, Yu Jingtang somewhat hoped to fight alongside Zou Lang, but he didn’t want him to face danger.

They were always soldiers, they had to face zombies. Entering K Division was equivalent to sending him to the battlefield.

Yu Jingtang himself didn’t care, apart from his mother, he had no worries. But Zou Lang had a happy family and a bright future. Why did he want to be a special forces soldier and risk his life?

“Okay, Instructor, I’ll be honest, the reason I came to K Division this time was to avoid the arranged marriage at home. But everything I do is after careful consideration.” Zou Lang’s expression suddenly became serious. Then he said, “In the past, I was a second-generation ancestor, my father was busy to death, and my brother is a tiger son of a general, they took care of all the worrying things, and I was idle at home every day. I’m not afraid to tell you, for a while, I changed girlfriends like changing clothes. I couldn’t even call out the name the next morning. My father couldn’t stand it, so he sent me to the army, but no one in the army dared to discipline me, anyone who knew my big name, who dared to provoke me? Like me running? That was my father chasing me with a stick to practice, shooting, that was shooting air guns, shooting birds to practice, I mixed in the army for two years, and became a non-commissioned officer.”

(t/n: a tiger son of a general- means that the parents have talents and their descendants also have extraordinary skills; it also means that the younger generation will not disgrace the family)

Yu Jingtang sat there, quietly listening to Zou Lang speaking, Zou Lang got to this point, paused, and gave a bitter smile.

“Suddenly the zombies came, suddenly everything was in chaos, someone in my unit was bitten, so half of the soldiers died first. The entire barracks were full of zombies and dead people.”

That period of time was not only a watershed in Zou Lang’s life, but also a watershed in many people’s lives. In just a few days, the virus spread rapidly. The plots that used to appear in zombie movies actually appeared in front of everyone.

(t/n: watershed-important turning point or turning point.)

“Later, we urgently relocated, the remaining people were divided into groups, and several rescue teams were established. The general headquarters lost contact, and I couldn’t find my father anywhere. Those people no longer cared whether I was the son of an army commander or not, they just assigned tasks to anyone who was still intact. At that time, they asked me to take two new recruits to rescue as many people as possible from the city.”

At this point, Zou Lang laughed at himself, “I thought at the time, damn, what kind of joke is this? You guys can’t even protect yourselves, and the work is arranged like a game? Don’t I know my own weight? Let me, a slacker, lead the new recruits to save people?”

Yu Jingtang knew that with Zou Lang’s personality of not being comfortable if he didn’t do something outrageous for three days, he was bound to do something out of the ordinary. Sure enough, Zou Lang continued.

“I thought, I might as well run halfway to find my father to see if I could contact him. I took a gun, said I was going to the bathroom on the road, turned off the walkie-talkie and ditched the two new recruits, then I picked up a car and ran onto the highway. Before getting on the highway, I came across a convenience store and thought about going in to get something…”

The passers-by ate and robbed everything, this part was very much in Zou Lang’s style. At this time, Yu Jingtang did not expect the twists and turns in the story behind.

“In the convenience store, I met a couple who were both bitten by zombies and were dying. Then they saw me come in, wearing a military uniform, and they stuffed a four-year-old child into my hands.” Zou Lang gestured the height of the child on the side, “Only four years old, kindergarten small class. I’m not married yet, when would I know how to take care of a child, I definitely can’t accept it. I pushed back, they kept stuffing, and then while they were stuffing, the parents turned into zombies.”

Yu Jingtang listened and looked at Zou Lang, not knowing what to say.

“Just a minute ago, they were crying and begging me to take in their child, and a minute later, they pounced on her to bite her to death. Then I gave each of them a bullet. That was the first time I killed a zombie, or you could say it was killing a person. Although it’s a zombie, it still retains human characteristics, it bleeds when shot, it’s really no different from killing a person. After I fired the gun, my whole hand was shaking. The child was very obedient, just hugging my leg on the side, watching me kill her parents…” When describing the end, Zou Lang’s voice choked a bit. He took a breath and tried to regain his relaxed and happy tone, “Later, I still turned on the walkie-talkie, contacted my comrades, I took the child on the road, and saved a few civilians, then a helicopter came and rescued us. After we returned, the military’s contact was also restored.”

After the story was finished, Zou Lang looked at Yu Jingtang, his voice sinking more and more, “But, it was then, when the child was hugging my leg, for the first time in my life, I suddenly felt that I was not a waste, not a despised second-generation ancestor, wearing that military uniform, I was different, I was needed by people.”

Perhaps it was at that moment that he changed from a boy to a man.

Zou Lang’s eyelashes trembled, and he laughed again, “Later, I found out that there was a big traffic jam on the highway that day, and I encountered a wave of tens of thousands of zombies. Rather than saying that I saved that child, it’s better to say that she saved me.”

Zou Lang had never told anyone about this experience, not even his comrades. Today, he told this story to Yu Jingtang.

“Really, I’m not a particularly noble person. I’m quite useless, and I’m afraid of death. You let me talk about defending the country and sacrificing my life for righteousness, I can’t say it. I don’t lack money, and I don’t lack the desire to make achievements. Although my father has always held such thoughts, I am not interested in them. My thoughts are quite simple, I want to be a useful person, I want people to look up to me, I want people to think of me when they mention me, and not live in the shadow of my father and my big brother all my life. Also, I quite enjoy the feeling of being needed. I just think, if I really have this ability, I can’t stay at home. This country always needs someone to stand up.” Zou Lang continued.

This country needed people like them. He also wanted to become a person like Yu Jingtang. Zou Lang looked at Yu Jingtang, his eyes sincere. He was really showing his heart to Yu Jingtang, those drunken pasts, all the bloody things, one by one from his chest, and then like peeling an onion layer by layer. In the end, he finally let Yu Jingtang see clearly what kind of person was sitting next to him.

Yu Jingtang finally knew that Zou Lang was serious, and his decision to join K Division was his true thought in his heart after he put aside all the external factors. At first, this wish was loaded with confused feelings, experienced many twists and turns, but in the end, it was resolute.

Yu Jingtang suddenly felt a bit guilty, he himself was hesitant and indecisive in his heart, not knowing what to do with Zou Lang, but did not think to ask Zou Lang what he thought.

After hearing this story, Yu Jingtang suddenly understood Zou Lang.

This is his little rascal, no doubt.

Everyone grows up in their own way, and there are reasons for it. He seems to be unruly, but in fact, he has a sense of righteousness in his heart.

He looks like the most unreliable, but at the critical moment, he has never dropped the chain.

He is not perfect, but he is so real by his side.

He will continue to grow, he has what he does not have, maybe one day, he will go further than him, stand higher than him.

Yu Jingtang suddenly reached out and put his arm around Zou Lang’s shoulder, a bit stiff.

After Zou Lang finished speaking, he also moved himself in a mess. A pair of hands went to touch Yu Jingtang, bold and unscrupulous.

Yu Jingtang didn’t move, didn’t scold him, and didn’t dislike him. He just sat there, letting him run wild, and Zou Lang suddenly felt like he was being spoiled.

After a minute of silence, Yu Jingtang spoke again, “If we are together, we must set some rules.”

“What rules do you want to set?” Zou Lang frowned slightly, then shamelessly said, “Whatever you say, after all, I can’t beat you.”

His answer was so honest and natural, as if the person who broke the law and disobeyed orders many times was not him.

Yu Jingtang sighed, this was his nemesis, even if he had all kinds of methods, they all seemed to be not very effective on him, in the end, he still lost and said, “Forget it, let’s talk about it after you pass the exam. Bring your textbook tomorrow, I will mark the key points for you, you must memorize them, the ones marked with a star, not a single word can be wrong. For the analysis questions, it depends on your own performance.”

Zou Lang thought about the textbook and felt a headache, “Instructor, give me some motivation, if I pass the theoretical exam, can I invite you to watch a movie?”

Yu Jingtang was silent for a moment, seemed to be thinking about something, and after a while, he slightly turned his head and gave him a bad check, “Let’s talk about it after you pass the exam.”

(t/n: bad check-empty promise or lip service)