Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 563 - 553: Juli Sports Arena (Part 5)

As night fell, Lin Junfu took on the role of the night watchman.

To be honest, he was also very tired, having driven all day with high tension, a fact that all the team members understood, but Old Lin still refused everyone's request to take his shift.

In his view, as the leader of the trip, he had the responsibility and obligation to do a good job of guarding.

Especially now, as they had just arrived in such a new place, everything here was unknown to the team.

So, to allow the team members to have a relatively restful and sound sleep in this unfamiliar environment, replenishing the physical exhaustion due to travel and mental tension, Old Lin naturally took on the burden of the "first round" of night watch.

However, this night watch business is easy to talk about, but doing it truly tests one's willpower.

Especially around midnight. At that time, the body's metabolic system begins to slow down, and the autonomic nervous cells continuously send signals to the tired body to relax and rest.

Old Lin was in such an excruciating phase at this moment. He had already been working hard all day today, and now he had to stay awake all night, unable to sleep, and this feeling of wanting to sleep but being unable to practically made him uncomfortable, and he just felt his eyelids constantly fighting against each other.

After yawning more than a dozen times in a row, Lin Junfu reluctantly picked up the cigarette box on the table and pulled out a cigarette.

It's unknown how many times he's done this tonight, but regardless, he always restrained his addiction and never lit the cigarette he drew out.

Why? Mainly because the temperature has dropped significantly, and with winter's arrival, the day-to-night temperature difference often hovers around 10 degrees. So, for warmth, the room where the survivors stayed was tightly closed with windows and doors.

And smoking in such a closed environment is undoubtedly a very bad behavior.

So, to create a good environment for his brothers to rest and sleep, Old Lin strived to control his smoking urge.

He, like an addict, repeatedly placed the cigarette under his nose, sliding it back and forth in the dark midnight, as if it could soothe his restless heart.

However, this method ultimately fails to address the immediate need, as without cigarettes to rejuvenate him, Lin Junfu found it quite difficult to rely solely on willpower to finish the first half of his night watch vigil.

But Old Lin also had another killer move to resist drowsiness, a habit he developed from his past high-speed duty.

Once again, lifting the survival pot beside him, Lin Junfu poured the freshly boiled water into a portable lunchbox, instantly inundating the space with a pleasant tea fragrance, invigorating him significantly.

"Clatter, clatter!" Suddenly, just as Old Lin was enjoying the intoxicating tea fragrance of Tieguanyin, a rustling sound came from outside the house.

Old Lin, alert, perked up his ears and looked around, seeing that the three men, Wang Qiang, all wrapped in sleeping bags on the ground, were snoring loudly, determining that the sound did not come from inside.

Since it wasn't from inside...

Gently placing the survival pot back to its place, just as Old Lin got up, the sound came again, this time clearer than before.

This time, Old Lin could very clearly determine the source of the sound—it was the shattered soda can shards he had scattered outside the door as an alert when he closed the door before.

Without a doubt, the scattered soda can shards on the ground wouldn't make a sound for no reason unless they were...

Thinking of the only possibility, Old Lin instinctively wanted to wake up his snoring companions.

But who would have thought, before he could act, Wang Qiang suddenly yelled loudly as if he had taken the wrong medicine: "Help! Help! Don't... don't come over!"

Hearing this, Old Lin immediately felt his hair stand on end, then hurriedly stood up with a shiver, quickly leaping to Wang Qiang's front without any pause, and without hesitating covered Wang Qiang's noise-making mouth with his hand, while also lightly kicking Hu Xiaodong and Tang Xiaoquan beside Wang Qiang to wake them up.

"I..." Wanting to get angry upon waking from his dream, Wang Qiang found his lips tightly pressed by Old Lin.

Due to his commotion, the survivors almost immediately woke up.

"Shh!" Bending his fingers to make a silence gesture, Old Lin pointed to the door.

In an instant, four people, eight eyes all shifted towards the door, from which the persistent "clatter" sound was issuing.

Zombies! This was something that no longer needed confirmation! Because only these beasts would be bored enough to wander to someone's door in the dead of night.

Closest to the door, Hu Xiaodong slowly stood up, gently removing the cover on the peephole, and then carefully placing his eye to it.

Outside the door was a deep blackness, impossible to discern anything else beyond this dense blackness, let alone identify the number of zombies.

After shaking his head to the three closely watching behind him, Hu Xiaodong retreated.

"Damn, why are there zombies? Didn't we clean them out earlier?" Upon Hu Xiaodong's return, Wang Qiang began with his ten thousand why's.

Tang Xiaoquan decisively pointed upwards twice: "From upstairs, we only cleaned the first floor before."

"Damn it, then what the heck, let's go out and finish them!"

Recalling the two zombies they killed in the afternoon, Wang Qiang's tense heart suddenly relaxed a lot.

After speaking, Wang Qiang reached for the steel blade Hu Xiaodong had placed on the ground, stood, and prepared to head out.

Seeing his actions, Old Lin quickly stretched out his hand to stop the moving Wang Qiang.

"Don't be impulsive! Qiang Zi! The situation outside is unclear now, we can't rush out!"

Undeniably, Old Lin's concern was reasonable; after all, it's midnight now, not to mention nighttime combat is disadvantageous to humans, but the commotion in the silent night is something they can't afford now.

However, Wang Qiang appeared quite indifferent to this, sharply turning his head to retort: "What are you afraid of? I can deal with it in no time."

After speaking, Wang Qiang didn't forget to wave the steel blade in his hand, the bright blade surface emitting a chilling gleam in the dark.

"Qiang Zi! Don't forget your promise before departure! I now order you to come back!"

Knowing Wang Qiang's temperament, Lin Junfu decisively brought up Old Xu's previous instructions.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Wang Qiang showed rare hesitation, ultimately choosing to obediently return to his original place, taking a glance at his brother Tang Xiaoquan.

So what do we do next?

"Wait!"

Since going out to slash the zombies wasn't an option, Old Lin felt staying safely inside the room was wiser, and it's not too late to make plans tomorrow morning when the sky brightens.

But what time is it now? It's sleep time, yet to avoid attracting more curious beasts due to snoring, the four of them could only force themselves to stay awake.

Seems like this is destined to be a sleepless night! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)