Chapter 26: Conflict (1/2)
Chapter 26: Conflict
The two policemen walked into the supermarket and saw the food strewn all over the floor as their eyes lit up as they rushed forward and placed a bread as well as as instant noodles greedily into their mouths before seeming to think of something as they stopped and turned to look at the group.
“Can they be eaten?” The policeman in his thirties asked, it was clear that he was suspicious of the origins of the food.
Qin Jia Gui nodded as an expression of befuddlement appeared on his face, the two men dressed in police uniforms did not seem like they were rescue personnel who could help them but rather seemed as though they were people like them who were fighting for their lives within the forest.
Seeing Qin Jia Gui’s nod, the cop took a sniff and felt that the bread seemed fresh before finally placing it into his mouth and began eating, thereafter he also took a bottle of water from the ground and gulped big mouthfuls from the bottle before sighing as his face recovered some of its vigor.
The other cop who seemed slightly younger cop found the cigarettes within the glass cabinet as he opened the lid of one and took a cigarette before tossing one over to the other cop.
The older cop caught the cigarette as he placed it into his mouth before receiving a lighter and lit it, taking a puff he looked at the group of people before him and spoke: “I’m Yu Guo Zhi, he’s Sun Da. We’re police officers from the local police station of Ji Xian, you’re all students from that college? Only the few of you? No teachers?”
Qin Jia Gui looked back at Lin Shi as he said: “I’m called Qin Jia Gui, he is the only teacher within our group.”
Yu Guo Zhi looked at Lin Shi as he said: “Teacher, what are your current circumstances, can you give an account of it?” It was clear that he was unwilling to engage in a conversation with Qin Jia Gui and these younger students and seemed to feel that only the teacher had the authority to represent this group and speak equally with him.
Lin Shi stared blankly before speaking: “Yesterday around two in the afternoon, our school suddenly appeared within this forest. There are now over a thousand teachers and students stuck there, unable to advance or retreat and the food within the school will only barely last two days. The situation is very dire……”
Lin Shi seemed as though he wanted to continue but Yu Guo Zhi was already waving his hand: “I understand, the few of you have been sent out of the school to investigate the surroundings right? Ha……”
Lin Shi made an affirmative noise in response but did not know how to carry on.
Zhao Shi Chang took over: “Officer Yu, are the two of you…… could the two of you…… be the same as us? What is the reason for all that is going on?”
When Yu Guo Zhi and Sun Da had first appeared, the group was wildly elated however after some interaction, their excitement died down. Seeing the sorry figures they cut and their actions as they went at the food like hungry ghosts, it seemed that they had fared even worse than them, and looking to depend on them seemed impossible.
Yu Guo Zhi took another puff before he replied: “It’s simple, we also don’t know the reason but we have indeed been brought to this area within the forest. All means to communicate with the outside world have been cut off and it is exactly as you see it, we are like stray dogs that have no where to return to, or it could be that some superpower created this practical joke or we could all just be dreaming……”