Chapter 18 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The public elevator slowly stopped on the sixth floor. Four men crouched on the narrow top of the elevator—Pan Di, Li Qi, Zhao Ze, and Shen Chen.

Shen Chen looked down at the deep elevator shaft and ordered, “Zhao Ze, your goal is to go down to the fifth floor, pry open the elevator doors, then lead the zombies to jump down the shaft one by one. Five stories is enough for them to fall to their deaths.

Zhao Ze’s teeth were chattering uncontrollably. For the first time, he felt regret. Shen Chen was clearly using him as bait! But he couldn’t disobey, because Shen Chen was powerful, because he was aggressive enough! Because if he didn’t agree, Shen Chen would kill him immediately!

He could only grit his teeth, once again checking that the rope on his body was tied tightly, then say with a stutter, “Pull me up once the doors are open!”

Shen Chen nodded, then added, “You have to lead the zombies into the elevator shaft!”

Zhao Ze yelled in tears, “What if those b*stards don’t go down?!”

“That won’t happen. You just have to shout or pee on them, and they’ll jump at you immediately,” Shen Chen explained calmly.

Zhao Ze wanted to cry. He could only pray that Shen Chen would keep his promise.

“All right! Let’s lower him down!” Shen Chen ordered calmly. At the same time, Pan Di and Li Qi slowly let down the rope in their hands. When they lowered the rope to the lowest point, Zhao Ze successfully arrived before the elevator door on the fifth floor.

Shen Chen’s voice came from overhead. He said, “Don’t be afraid. Open the doors and shout, then we’ll pull you up!”

Zhao Ze stared at the dark elevator shaft with blank eyes. It looked like a giant horrifying mouth that wanted to swallow him whole. His fear reached a peak, and tears and snot ran down his face uncontrollably. He used the fire axe in his hand to pry the elevator doors open with extreme caution. At that moment, he really didn’t know if he wanted to open the doors or not.

After a while, Pan Di became a little impatient. He urged, “Hurry up, Zhao Ze. If our hands get tired, we won’t be able to pull you back up!”

Hearing this, Zhao Ze immediately moved more swiftly. He frantically stuck the fire axe into the gap in the doors and forcefully pried them open. The cold doors lived up to his desire and slowly opened. More and more light poured into the elevator shaft.

The sound of the metal doors opening alarmed the zombies on the fifth floor. When the door fully opened, the zombies in front of the elevator suddenly turned around. When they saw the living human hanging in the air, they all let out an elated growl. Then several zombies charged toward Zhao Ze.

“Ahh!!! Help! Help!” Zhao Ze burst out in shrill cries, screaming while flailing his limbs wildly. His cries were filled with fear and desperation. He had a complete breakdown.

He felt a rotten wind blow toward him. Countless arms grabbed at him like giant wriggling maggots.

“Shen Chen, hurry up and pull me up! You b*stard, pull me the f*ck up! Pull. Pull me up there… You f*cking b*stard. You want me to die, don’t you? Listen up. My uncle’s in the military. I’m going to shoot you dead! I’ll shoot you!”

Just as the zombies were about to get hold of Zhao Ze and bite him, a command came from above. “Pull!”

Shen Chen looked at Zhao Ze, who looked as pale as paper. Below him, countless zombies were growling and reaching for him, but they were all pushed down the elevator shaft by zombies behind them. One, two, three… just like dumplings falling into a pot.

Zhao Ze still didn’t get pulled up. He remained in mid-air, screaming and crying madly. At the same time, the zombies’ hands were kept at a slight distance from him. He was just like food hanging in front of a donkey: impossible to reach, but forever tempting.

Thirty minutes later, after no more zombies jumped down the elevator shaft, Zhao Ze finally shouted tearfully, “Pull me up… Pull me up!”

Shen Chen was unmoved. He said, “Do one last thing. Check if there are any more zombies on the fifth floor, then tell me.”

Zhao Ze said with a stutter, “Okay. Okay, I’ll check. I’ll check!”

The rope was let down again. Zhao Ze grabbed the elevator door and checked left and right, then said, “None. There’s none.”

“Alright!”

Shen Chen knocked on the elevator, then said, “Fourth. Boss. The two of you press the fifth floor button and quickly rescue those people. Then take the elevator to the first floor, and we’ll ride the through elevator back to the sixteenth floor.

“Alright!” Zhao Zhen and Guo Yuan nodded inside the elevator.

This time, Zhao Ze was finally pulled up. He crouched on the elevator and panted like an old dog. He was completely limp.