Slacking off in the Game of Survival

Chapter 46 Above the Wasteland(6)

Qian Yue was moving at a very fast speed, almost in the blink of an eye, she had already rushed to the vicinity of the school.

The people behind her were in hot pursuit.

However, due to malnutrition or lack of stamina, many of their speed noticeably slowed down when they encountered a few hills along the way.

Some even gave up and wanted to retreat, but when they thought about how they had come this far, they gritted their teeth and persevered.

Lin Zhengzhi shouted, “The playground is open, perfect for encirclement! Put in more effort, everyone, let’s go together!”

Qian Yue, “…”

While running uphill, she couldn’t help but look back. That guy had a skinny monkey face, his eyes were constantly darting around, looking like a crafty monkey.

At the moment, he was energetically chanting slogans with the group, clearly someone who loved causing trouble.

Qian Yue, “Alright, I remember you.”

There were many table legs, chair legs, and similar objects in the ruins, and many of them had been included in the range of item fragments.

But Qian Yue was in a hurry and didn’t have time to determine whether they were fragments or not. She just picked up whatever caught her eye and put them all into her bag.

She keenly spotted a burglar-proof door that she had been searching for. Apart from a slight dent on the surface, it was still intact.

This was not something she could miss!

Qian Yue quickly stopped and pulled it out of the ruins.

The others were taken aback.

Lin Zhengzhi, “???”

His group was charging forward with great momentum, and this person actually stopped to pick up things midway?

Is she looking down on us?

Or did she realize that she couldn’t outrun us, so she gave up resisting?

Lin Zhengzhi sneered inwardly, thinking that this person was nothing special, and said disdainfully, “You brought this upon yourself.”

He beckoned with his hand, and several people followed.

The previous group of more than twenty people automatically split into three teams, encircling from the back and both sides.

From the beginning, Lin Zhengzhi thought that even if she could run, a female player wouldn’t be able to get far.

So he was already confident of winning, even starting to think about how to shake off the locals and monopolize the items after obtaining the backpack.

However, he probably never imagined that his luck would be slightly off, for the person he encountered was Qian Yue right from the start.

She was not a woman who could be judged by the two words “female player.”

After running for so long, Qian Yue was slightly out of breath, but she wasn’t tired.

In the past, when she went out for field research, she almost always challenged her physical limits. This level of exercise was just an appetizer for her.

On many rural planets, not only were the transportation facilities outdated, but some road sections were completely impassable for vehicles, forcing them to carry instruments and walk.

The most difficult time was when they were observing the activity traces of an endangered animal. Several of them took turns carrying the instruments and ran frantically in the deep mountain forest for nearly two days and nights.

By the end of the run, everyone’s legs were trembling, and they couldn’t even stand up. In the end, it was Qian Yue who gritted her teeth and caught up to finish the last part of the video.

After filming, she had to lie in the hospital for half a month.

It’s not that Qian Yue was boasting, but she had probably run more roads outside than he had eaten salt in his lifetime. This distance was nothing to her.

The reason she stopped here was just intentional.

The others said, “Surround her! If we snatch it, we’ll have something to eat!”

Qian Yue asked, “You caught up?”

Seeing that the people behind had also reached the foot of the slope, Qian Yue calmly straightened up and continued running towards the school building.

Lin Zhengzhi led the locals in hot pursuit.

Qian Yue, “I advise you not to chase.”

At this point, who would want to give up? Everyone held their breath and couldn’t be bothered to respond.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer, and Lin Zhengzhi didn’t think anything was amiss; in fact, he believed Qian Yue was unable to run anymore, especially after what she said earlier, he was even more certain that she was at the end of her road.

Lin Zhengzhi was suddenly overjoyed.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, “She wants to go upstairs!”

The school building in front had been bombed, leaving only one wall relatively intact, and the rest was supported by a few cement pillars.

The staircases on both sides of the building were completely exposed.

The stairs had no reinforcement or railing, and they were supported only by the small pieces of cement connected to the wall. Some of the steps were even missing, which was quite scary to look at.

Qian Yue could manage to go upstairs alone, but at most, it would stir up some dust. If a few more people tried to go up simultaneously, who knows what might happen!

Some of the people who were already struggling to run immediately gave up.

Lin Zhengzhi noticed that several people had stopped, and his expression changed slightly. He quickly asked, “Why did you stop? Don’t you want the items anymore?”

After asking, Lin Zhengzhi regretted it.

Because he noticed that the person standing in front of him looked pale, gasping for breath in bellows, clearly exhausted and unable to run anymore.

He waved his hand helplessly and smiled bitterly, “Forget it… We can’t catch up anyway…”

If they had this much time, they might as well search around the school; they might find something to eat.

Lin Zhengzhi was taken aback, thinking for a moment that his plan had been exposed, but looking at the person’s reaction, it seemed like he wasn’t talking about him.

Lin Zhengzhi urged anxiously, “This person must have a lot of stuff on her. If you leave now, you would have chased for nothing!”
The person shook his head and was determined to give up, turning around and leaving.

Lin Zhengzhi, “…”

He glanced at the remaining few people, most of whom were elderly, weak, or disabled. He couldn’t be bothered to persuade them any further and quickly caught up with the others.

The faster runners had already caught up to Qian Yue and were climbing the stairs behind her. If he went there late, the backpack might be snatched.

Lin Zhengzhi said, “Forget it, do as you wish. Don’t blame us for not sharing things with you later.”

“Can we really share? It won’t be a free-for-all?”

Some hesitated for a moment, with some turning around and leaving, while others mustered their last bit of energy and followed suit.

After chasing for such a long time, it was indeed very frustrating to return empty-handed.

……

On the other end, Qian Yue was climbing the stairs.

The building still had two and a half floors left. Qian Yue directly headed for the stairs and climbed up.

The entire staircase was almost hanging in the air, with several steps broken halfway, making it seem like it could collapse at any moment.

Even between the second and third floors, two floors were completely blown apart, leaving a gap of at least twenty centimeters, like an impassable chasm!

The people who caught up with her were delighted, thinking she had no way to escape.

Lin Zhengzhi keenly observed, “There’s another staircase over there! Let’s flank her from both sides!”

Qian Yue, “…”

Always flanking, why is this person so annoying!

As she climbed up to the second floor, a tall and lanky young man with a bamboo pole caught up to the bottom of the stairs.

Qian Yue turned around and once again sincerely said, “I advise you not to chase. You can still turn back now.”

The young man ignored her and continued to climb up, filled with the joy of soon snatching valuable items.

Seeing that she couldn’t persuade him, Qian Yue couldn’t be bothered to waste more words. In a blink of an eye, she reached the broken section, and with a light push, she easily jumped up to the third floor.

Previously, it was said that there were two and a half floors left because this third floor was only half intact.

Lin Zhengzhi had instructed the other group to flank from the other side, but in reality, the other staircase only led up to the second floor and couldn’t really flank her.

A few individuals hesitated on the second floor, apparently worried that Qian Yue might jump from the third floor to escape.

Qian Yue casually took out a piece of hard bread from her bag, waved it playfully, and asked with a smirk, “You’ve been chasing me for so long, are you looking for this?”

The people below instantly became excited.

“Bread!”

“She must have more in her hands!”

“I can smell it even from here!”

What were they still hesitating for? Rush up!

Distracted by the food, the locals swarmed upstairs. Even those who originally intended to flank her from the other staircase began squeezing towards the same staircase!

Even if they guessed that she might jump from the third floor to escape, so what? What if she ran out of food on the third floor?

Lin Zhengzhi was furious below, jumping up and down, “What’s wrong with you all! Flank! She might just run from the second floor!”

However, Lin Zhengzhi forgot that the initial goal of these people was simply to snatch some food, and they were not pawns under his control!

When food was in sight, who would listen to him?

“Make way!”

Everyone rushed to go up, but they got stuck on the stairs. Several people were trying to climb up through the broken section, but others dragged them down by their hands and feet.

The worst of human nature was on full display at this moment!

Everyone wanted to be the first, but everyone was being dragged down and unable to climb up. In the chaos, someone even screamed and fell directly through a gap!

“Bam”

The person fell heavily onto the ruins, eyes wide open, their fate uncertain.

Second person, third person…

The stairs creaked under the heavy burden, but no one paid attention to it.

More and more people fell down, and at the same time, some struggled and climbed up to the third floor, pouncing towards Qian Yue!

“Hand over the food!”

“Do you want it?” Seeing the situation, Qian Yue tossed the bread into the air. “Then go get it.”

The crowd’s attention was involuntarily drawn to the bread.
Meanwhile, Qian Yue took out a nylon rope from her bag and hung it on a protruding steel bar. She then jumped off the edge.

“You finally decided to come down? I knew you would try to escape from here!” Lin Zhengzhi, who had been waiting on the second floor, had a victorious smile on his face as he reached out to grab Qian Yue’s leg.

However, what he didn’t expect was that she remained calm and simply used the rope to swing up!

Damn, she’s so daring?!

With no safety measures, she used just a nylon rope to descend from the rooftop. Lin Zhengzhi had only seen such bold actions in movies and was taken aback!

Qian Yue sneered and didn’t waste this opportunity. Lin Zhengzhi’s hands grasped the air, and the next moment, his shoulders sank heavily as Qian Yue deftly used her legs to clamp his neck.

“Crack”

“Ahh!!!” Lin Zhengzhi let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.

Qian Yue released her right hand, letting the rope fall with a “whoosh,” and quickly put it back into her backpack. She then threw Lin Zhengzhi to the ground, rolled over, and released the tension in her body.

Accidentally pressing her palm on the ground, Qian Yue let out a hiss of pain.

That hurt.

However, it wasn’t the time to worry about injuries. Qian Yue quickly rummaged through her backpack, found some medicine, and used it to restore her depleted health.

She turned around, intending to go down the stairs on the other side, but at this moment, she suddenly realized that Lin Zhengzhi seemed to still be alive.

He not only hadn’t disappeared immediately, but was lying on the ground staring at her, his eyes seemed to be spewing fire!

Lin Zhengzhi’s whole body was stiff and unable to move, “What have you done to me?”

Qian Yue made a puzzled sound and turned her head back, “You’re not dead yet?”

She suddenly realized something and half-squatted beside Lin Zhengzhi, apologizing with a smile, “Sorry, it’s been a while since I used this move. It seems I didn’t completely twist your neck.”

Lin Zhengzhi’s eyes widened, “!!!”

Qian Yue clicked her tongue twice, “You wanted to incite them to rob me, but you didn’t know if they would share the loot in the end, right?”

Without waiting for his answer, Qian Yue smiled slyly and added, “I guess they definitely will.”

“…” Feeling as if he had been mocked, Lin Zhengzhi suddenly had a bad premonition.

The next moment, Qian Yue said expressionlessly, “Since you’re so generous, let me help you out a bit!”

After speaking, she grabbed Lin Zhengzhi’s backpack and directly ripped it off him!

Lin Zhengzhi immediately panicked and gritted his teeth, “What are you going to do!”

“What am I going to do?” Qian Yue laughed playfully, her tone ice-cold. “Of course… get rid of you.”

From the moment Qian Yue jumped down the stairs and confronted Lin Zhengzhi, the conversation lasted less than half a minute.

At the same time, the native inhabitants also reacted.

However, this floor was at least two to three meters high, and they couldn’t swing down like Qian Yue with a nylon rope, so they could only squeeze back the same way.

“She’s there!”

Lin Zhengzhi’s heart filled with panic, and he shouted, “I advise you to give up. You won’t be able to open my backpack within five minutes!”

Apologies, I don’t need to open it.

Qian Yue stood up and took out a hard loaf of bread from her own bag, shaking it. “You’ve all been fooled. This man is using you!”
She threw the hard bread at Lin Zhengzhi, saying, “He has plenty of things on himself. If you don’t believe it, feel free to check!”

After that, Qian Yue used the same trick with the nylon rope, and jumped down from the second floor.

Several native inhabitants immediately arrived at the second-floor platform and rushed to snatch the bread Qian Yue had thrown down, just like hungry wolves going after their prey!

Lin Zhengzhi’s face suddenly changed!

But he had twisted his cervical vertebrae and was in a stiff state, unable to move at all!

“What are you doing? She’s the one deceiving you! She took everything from me—”

However, those people, after seeing the bread, could care less about the truth in Qian Yue’s words.

Even if they had lost the bread, they could still snatch Lin Zhengzhi’s pants, shoes, and clothes!

“Leave some for me!”

“Liars! We agreed to share equally, but he secretly kept a lot for himself! Beat him!”

The third and second floors combined had two whole pieces of bread, and the people who had been starving for many days all wanted a share. Some even had their mouths punched by others when they tried to eat!

“You bastards! If I can’t eat it, none of you will!!”

…

The voices behind became increasingly chaotic, and it turned into a melee!

Finally, with a loud bang, the suspended stairs couldn’t bear the weight and completely collapsed.

For a moment, dust filled the air, and cries of pain echoed, but there was no one to pity them.

And the mastermind behind all this— Qian Yue— patted the dust off her clothes and calmly left the scene.

“Hmm, this piece of door panel seems usable too…”

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