PDLP Chapter 25 Killing that Saint
Chapter 25 Killing that Saint
Miao Yin felt a slight pull on her clothes and turned around to look.
Yan Shuzhou lowered his head, his voice hoarse and pleading: "Sister, don't leave me alone..."
"You want to come with me?"
"Ah."
Miao Yin leaned back against the support column, her dark eyes half-closed, like a lazy and content leopard, her voice light and airy.
"You can come with me, but I prefer someone obedient and sensible. If I say I want tea, you have to wash the tea set, boil the water, and put in the tea leaves. If I say I want to change the bedding, you have to clean my whole room. If I tell you to go east, you can't go west. If I tell you to die, you can't hesitate. Yan Shuzhou, can you do that?"
Hearing this, Yan Shuzhou slightly raised his head, his eyes, brimming with tears like those of a mountain after a fresh rain, looking at her with longing: "I can... I can do it all... Sister, I will be very obedient..."
Miao Yin chuckled and said, "I also like listening to stories, the more convoluted and bizarre the better. Since you say you're very obedient, then tell me your story first."
"But time is of the essence, there's no time to hear about your tragic childhood experiences, so just tell me the story of how you got trapped here."
Yan Shuzhou's body trembled, and his eyes widened slightly as if a pair of hands were holding his heart in the air and gripping it firmly.
Miao Yin's cold palm touched his forehead. She bent down, and her face, like a flower in water or the moon in a mirror, looked down at Yan Shuzhou. Her dark eyes met his gaze, piercing his heart without hesitation, making Yan Shuzhou feel cold all over.
A faint, almost imperceptible smile played at the corners of her lips. "Also, I absolutely hate lying, so I hope you'll be honest."
“I understand…” Yan Shuzhou lowered his head, took a deep breath, and began to tell the story in a stammering manner.
From the moment the apocalypse arrived, through the struggle for survival in the control room, the adventure in the amusement park, to the final step of Miu Yin and the escape of everyone.
Miao Yinyuan would call this story "Killing That Saint".
The story was clichéd, and Yan Shuzhou's narration was rather dull, but Miao Yin still listened with great interest.
The protagonist of the story is Lin Yaozong, the first person to find the control room.
On the eleventh floor, where the power went out, the once joyful amusement park instantly turned into hell, with screams echoing everywhere.
Lin Yaozong pulled his fiancée Liao Qian open the door to the control room and shouted for the other survivors to come in.
The survivors who had already escaped urged him to close the door quickly to prevent the monster from breaking in.
But Lin Yaozong stayed at the door until no one else came in before locking the door.
Yan Shuzhou's family was also pulled in by Lin Yaozong at that time. They were the first group of more than 30 people to be trapped in the control room.
They immediately took out their phones and dialed 110 to ask for help, but by then the outside world was in chaos, and all the calls were busy.
They spent their first night listening to the monster's roars.
After the staff had urgently repaired part of the power supply, Lin Yaozong, carrying the only utility knife available, volunteered to go check on the situation outside.
He returned shortly afterward and told them that there were terrifying monsters everywhere outside, and several were even lurking near the nearest survival passage. They were trapped on the eleventh floor.
But despair wasn't just about being unable to get out. There was only water in the control room, no food. If they stayed there too long, they would all starve to death. Hunger and the shadow of death haunted everyone at all times.
Everyone's morale was at its lowest point, and even Lin Yaozong's constant encouragement to persevere was to no avail.
So he decided that while everyone still had energy, he would take a few people to the amusement park to find something to eat.
But apart from him, no one was willing to go to their death. After some debate, they finally decided to draw lots.
The six of them went on their first adventure to the amusement park, and then four of them died on the way.
Lin Yaozong also hurriedly hid in the haunted house and unexpectedly discovered the people hiding there.
When the anomaly started, they were all inside the haunted house and thought the screams were just the NPCs in the haunted house trying to scare them. It wasn't until they went outside that they realized something was wrong and quickly went back inside.
They hid in places used by NPCs to hide and scare people, and endured it for two whole days.
Lin Yaozong then told them about the current situation in the control room, persuaded them to go out and find food together, and finally led them back to the control room with the food.
The survivors, who had narrowly escaped death, sat on the ground weeping, praising Lin Yaozong for saving their lives and promising to repay his great kindness once they got out.
Lin Yaozong scratched his head shyly and said, "It's my pleasure. Next time I go to the amusement park, I'll check if there are any survivors and rescue them all. It would be great if everyone could live."
After that, Lin Yaozong took the lead in distributing resources equally to everyone, establishing rules to alleviate conflicts, and thinking of various ways to survive.
It was at this time that Yan Shuzhou discovered his special ability.
This incident aroused everyone's fear. Just as Zhang Manyu said, everyone hated him, thought he was a monster, and kept their distance from him. Even his parents told him to get away and not to come near them. Only Lin Yaozong treated him as before.
But because there wasn't enough food, everyone ended up trying his rabbit instead.
When the rabbit was killed, Yan Shuzhou was in great pain, which surprised everyone and further confirmed Yan Shuzhou's strangeness.
Because they were afraid the rabbits might be poisonous, no one dared to try them at first. After much back and forth, Lin Yaozong was the one who tested them first. Once he found that nothing was wrong, the rabbits became a hot commodity.
At first, Yan Shuzhou could only summon two rabbits a day at most, and one every hour, which was far from enough to satisfy everyone's appetite. The extremely hungry people asked him to try harder and summon one more.
However, with his powers depleted, he was unable to do it, and the death empathy further weakened his body.
But everyone thought he was just putting on an act, that he was deliberately trying to weaken them so they could be fed to the monsters outside. Otherwise, how could he have produced six of them later?
They all accused him of betraying humanity, of being unwilling to make sacrifices for others, of his incompetence, and wished they could squeeze every last drop of blood from his bones.
From then on, Yan Shuzhou's situation became increasingly difficult, and even Lin Yaozong was at a loss. He could only comfort him, saying that everyone was just in a bad mood, but they were still very grateful to him.
Yan Shuzhou foolishly believed it and comforted himself with the idea that he was saving people, enduring excruciating pain every hour.
Because there were many people and food was consumed quickly, he formed three teams, leading the charge each time. Although there were casualties, the results were still quite good.
But there were too many people in the control room. Even if they brought back a lot of food, it wouldn't be enough to feed them several times. More than sixty people were crammed together, and their pent-up emotions grew until they finally exploded.
They pinned all the blame on Lin Yaozong.
It's because he saved so many people that they are facing shortages of supplies and overcrowded conditions!
He failed in his duty and caused the death of his companion who went out to find food!
He even spoke well of Yan Shuzhou, that monster; he had ulterior motives!
Amidst the heated argument, they decided to take a gamble and rush out together, reasoning that there's strength in numbers and what if they succeeded?
Lin Yaozong tried to stop them anxiously, but it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; no one listened to him at all.
The crowd rushed out of the control room in a frenzy and excitement, but before they had even reached halfway, they were met with a one-sided massacre.