Chapter 57 - Sudden Power Outage (1/2)

Plates of meat and vegetables went into the pot, and a dozen people scrambled to eat them. Even Duoduo had gotten on a chair, using both his hands to snatch at the food. He looked so adorable with his cheeks stuffed full that the girls couldn’t help pinching his face.

Everyone forgot their sorrows and worries, as well as the zombies waiting for them outside. In that moment, all they could think about were the plates of food waiting to be eaten and the bottles of beer waiting to be drunk.

Indulging in the merrymaking provided a brief respite from their troubles and temporarily allowed them to escape from the uncertainties that lay ahead of them. What was most important to them in this moment was the fact that they were still alive. Carpe diem, baby!

After several rounds of drinking, Guo Yuan shouted enthusiastically, “Turn on the TV! How can we have hotpot without turning on the TV?”

Guo Zhen chuckled. “Do you think there will be anything to watch?”

Zhang Hongtao circled around the television and suddenly smiled. “There may be nothing on TV, but we could watch DVDs!” He held up a bunch of discs. “There’s a DVD player, and there are DVDs. What movie should we watch?”

“Let’s watch Resident Evil!” Guo Yuan chortled.

“What the heck? Haven’t you had enough of killing zombies? You still wanna watch something like that?” Pan Di slapped him on the back, then quipped, “Are there any ‘artistic’ films? Y’know what I mean!”

“Hey!” The girls became indignant at Pan Di’s suggestion. They walked up to him and pinched him hard. “You’re such a pervert! And shameless! How dare you talk about stuff like that in front of us girls!”

“Oh, c’mon. As if you girls don’t watch stuff like that in the female dormitory. Don’t you girls love reading comics of the same genre?”

“Shameless! Despicable!” P*ssed off at Pan Di, the girls chased him around the room!

Watching Pan Di begging for mercy, Ye Xiaoyu couldn’t help but chuckle, “That Pan Di’s a real jokester!”

Shen Chen shook his head at the lively scene in front of him, then suggested, “How about a comedy? What’s available?”

“What do you think of ‘Lost in Thailand?’ It was really popular back then,” Zhang Hongtao said as he looked at the disc he was holding. “It stars Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang.”

“Okay, put that on. It’s pretty funny. Let’s watch that!”

Everyone cheered as the 60-inch television was turned on. Unsurprisingly, there was nothing but static and white noise on the screen.

Just as Zhang Hongtao was about to press “play” on the DVD player, they heard a robotic female voice from the television. “May I have your attention, please? Kindly take note of the following announcement. The Huaxia army is now stationed in every city. Temporary shelters have been set up for survivors. Please find details below about the shelters in each city. Ten shelters have been set up in BJ City, located at…”

Clatter! Their chopsticks fell onto the table.

Everyone was fixated on the static on the television screen, as if it were the best movie in the world. A deluge of emotions threatened to overwhelm them, and their eyes brimmed with tears.

“It’s zf!” they thought. “They haven’t given up on us! They’re coming to save us!”

Everyone was incredibly focused. They listened intently, not willing to miss out on a single bit of information.

“H City…” the female voice continued.

“Where is it, where is it…” Li Jing muttered to herself.