I Attacked Because I Was Afraid Of Death

Chapter 3: Go be a hero

Chi Xin felt incredible anguish as she jumped off the huge wall with Jing Xiubai. As the wind buzzed in her ears, the people on the wall became black dots.
[Ding! The trouble value has risen to 55. Congratulations to the host, keep up the good work!]
This action had actually given her 50 points at once, offending the hero was obviously not small. Cold air blew in Chi Xin’s expressionless face and her heart almost stopped; in this irrational movie world, she could already see her ill-fated future.
But the system’s action awakened her. If the system could manipulate her at will if her trouble value was too low, what would happen if she never increased it? To whom would her body belong? Would she lose her consciousness without even realizing it? Would the system destroy her body to get rid of a nuisance? Or would she become stuck here, unable to control her action but able to see everything until the day she died? Fear spread in her heart.

In the rapid fall, Jing Xiubai’s glasses flew away and his clear and sharp eyes were full of disbelief. Chi Xin felt cold all over and a chilling feeling reached her bones until she realized she was still holding the male protagonist. Jing Xiubai wasn’t trying to kill her but forming a surface of ice around them, as their two bodies landed on a mountain of previously stacked unconscious zombies. Ignoring Chi Xin’s hands still tied to his body, Jing Xiubai stretched out his arms to protect the girl in his embrace, planning on using himself as a shield to withstand the impact of the fall.
His intentions were honorable, but for Chi Xin who had just offended him for some 50 points of trouble, his protection made her freeze. Regardless of the current situation, Chi Xin instinctively tried to push the hero away but as she freed her hands, Jing Xiubai’s momentum suddenly stopped and without the concealment of his frames, his eyes showed astonishment. In order to prevent the hard landing from tearing him apart, he had to let go of Chi Xin and his hands grabbed a zombie’s arm. He then quickly turned around to search for Chi Xin’s figure; even with the zombies as a buffer, landing after a fall this high would end up in internal damage.

Chi Xin at this time: Ah! Ah! Ah! So many zombies!
After being separated from Jing Xiubai, it took her a while to realize she had ended up on a pile of zombies. No! No! Don’t bite me!
She didn’t seem to notice these zombies were unconscious; her strong will to survive broke out again and her slender waist suddenly twisted upwards. In Jing Xiubai’s shocked eyes, she bounced up in a posture humans couldn’t accomplish. Her light body was like a butterfly, particularly beautiful among so many corpses, and her hand instinctively grabbed the hot and hard object she touched. She rolled over several times until she reached the ground, landing on one knee to maintain her balance, her long black hair was scattered all over her body, and the thing she had picked up was held to her side.
Dust stirred up on the ground and she stood up before looking up at the people above her, ignoring the frenzy of zombies behind her.
People on the wall: …
Jing Xiubai: …
Chi Xin with the machine gun that had appeared from nowhere in her hand: …

This series of actions really shocked all the survivors of Base L. Cao Yan, who had been trying to kill her a few minutes ago, patted Yu Xiang on the shoulder with a dazed look: “Isn’t she your classmate?”
Yu Xiang nodded blankly: “Yeah.”
Cao Yan: “Aren’t you from some normal, prestigious university? Or are you actually special forces in training?”
Yu Xiang was silent for a moment until he gazed up at him: “Why don’t you push me down to see if I can do the same?”
The survivors watched Chi Xin’s operation and their deep-rooted impressions of her were slightly shaken.
“This… If Chi Xin is so skilled, she wouldn’t rely on men to survive, right?”
“Yeah… she is so powerful, I am afraid only Jing Xiubai can match her. Saying she is raised by men… I don’t believe it.”
“In fact, nobody saw her ask anything from men before, no? Those were all rumors.”
“Could it be that this attack had a hidden agenda? She is so powerful, there is no way she would have brought back so many zombies.”
Everybody fell silent when they thought about it; it was human instinct to respect the strong and the once unwavering desire to kill her decreased.
“What are you talking about?” Someone asked, “What if she is powerful? She brought back the zombies! She must pay with her life, we can’t just let her off!”
But this time, fewer voices joined in agreement. The man’s angry face distorted, but like the others, he couldn’t help but look at Chi Xin who had reached the ground; in any case, right now they could only watch what this weak girl could do.

Chi Xin knew nothing about the dispute that had just broken out between the survivors. She raised her head to look at Jing Xiubai who was still hanging in the air, trying to gather enough courage to talk to him.
Suddenly, the loud noise of the machine gun firing resonated. The people, who were still arguing, thought she had something to say and became quiet all of a sudden to stare at her. Chi Xin became the center of attention and the embarrassment in her heart was through the roof, but after the gruesome scene of the pile of zombies, she was completely frightened and her face had a glacial expression.
She wanted to say: What are you still hanging there for? Come down so we can find a way to kill this high-level zombie! They’re coming!
Instead she said: “Jing Xiubai, are you trying to provide the zombies with dried meat?”
Everyone on the city wall who heard her voice: …
In the distance, Chi Xin couldn’t see the hero’s expression but just after she shouted this sentence, a board made of ice was condensed under his feet and he stepped on it before joining her in just a few seconds. When the survivors saw this scene, they fell into another shock.
“Did you see it?”
“I did, what is it?”
“Came out of nowhere! It looks like ice!”

Jing Xiubai’s eyes were as black as ink and Chi Xin didn’t dare to stare into them. She looked towards the incoming zombies and said: “You should know why I brought you down.”
Now that this had been done and she had already offended him, why not admit it and take the opportunity to use his protagonist aura?
Jing Xiubai watched her and the guess in his heart was confirmed. With some shock and caution, he asked: “How did you know?”
I saw it in the movie.
Chi Xin didn’t know how to explain it and couldn’t make an excuse on the spot. Seeing the zombies getting closer and closer, she looked at him straight in the eyes: “Is it really important right now? If you want to live, do one thing: cover me.”
Jing Xiubai seemed to have a lot to ask but the current crisis was indeed more pressing. He only had time to take a deep look at the girl and raised one hand up: “It seems that we all have secrets but you have been concealing yours even more.”
Chi Xin was too weak-hearted to speak. She felt the temperature around her suddenly drop and the screams of everyone on the city wall could be heard from far away. She looked up and watched the ice cones getting formed in the air one after another, sharp enough to pierce zombie’s heads.
Chi Xin couldn’t help but say: “How about you…”
The system suddenly sounded in her head: [Warning, the trouble value is decreasing!]
“… Cover me!” Chi Xin turned her head abruptly.
She choked silently; it seemed that the dog system wanted her to kill the high-level zombie with her own hands and in order to punish her for trying to have someone else do the dirty work, it had deducted ten points ruthlessly.
[This is the host’s first offense, ten points were deducted as a warning.]
Chi Xin: I want to kill it.
She had no choice and no way of retreating. She held her weapon and rushed headfirst to the surging tide of zombies.
“Bang!”
Her first shot exploded the head of the zombie closest to her and countless of them swarmed over her petite body. Light burst from the sky and many ice swords reflected the sunlight before piercing all the zombies around her. Chi Xin looked back at Jing Xiubai; his expression was cold, his handsome facial features not hidden by his glasses anymore and he manipulated the ice like a God creating the world.
Chi Xin: Good job, the hero is so reliable!
Chi Xin’s worries greatly diminished and with a resolute look on her face, she rushed into… ah, ah, ah, so many zombies! Ah, she was really going to die! Why on earth was this dog system tossing her around? Couldn’t she use the male protagonist to lie down and win? Did the system want to kill her?
Even with Jing Xiubai clearing the way, the disgusting mouths and dirty limbs of the zombies kept trying to get a hold of Chi Xin’s hair and body. Her heart was full of panic and madness as she listened to the constant [+0.1 trouble value, +0.1 trouble value] notice of the system, fiercely motivating her to get rid of these disgusting things.
Stingy! Stupid system! Killing a zombie gave so little point!
In the eyes of Jing Xiubai and the other survivors on the city wall, Chi Xin waved her machine gun with her left hand, every single shot accurately exploding zombie brains, while her right hand slashed others with her knife. Countless zombies were either headshot or cut into pieces and fell on the ground. She was killing everything on her way, whether they were tall, short, fat, or thin, no zombie could stop her space; even if nobody could see her expression at the moment, they could imagine how determined such a fierce and fearless warrior would look at this time.
Jing Xiubai looked at her slender back and the doubt in his heart faded a little. With a twist of his wrist, thicker and sharper cones of ice condensed and he stabbed all the zombies that were trying to attack Chi Xin with no hesitation. He was also observing the high-level zombie, trying to attack it from a multitude of angles, but after several attempts, he realized it could always unnaturally escape.

At the same time, Cao Yan once again patted Yu Xiang‘s shoulder and was about to open his mouth.
“It’s not a magic or a martial arts school. The two of them aren’t human, that’s all.” Yu Xiang’s expression was dumb and he blocked the words first.
It didn’t prevent Cao Yan from speaking and the excitement in his voice couldn’t be controlled: “Whether they’re humans or ghosts, I want to say… maybe we can really be saved!”
During the apocalypse, what was the difference between humans and ghosts? As long as they could survive, turning people into ghosts didn’t seem to be a problem. And before they knew it, people looked at the two figures with reverence and hope; no matter what any of them had done before, at this exact moment, it was water under the bridge. When people were facing death, as long as they could survive, there was nothing they couldn’t bear; and as for the voices that had still been questioning Chi Xin a minute ago, they were now completely silent.

***

In the tanks.

Each tank was equipped with three soldiers and they were the few remaining ones from Base A. They had been ordered to support Base L but everybody had underestimated the intensity of the fight there and despair had captured them.
After they had run out of cannonballs, they had taken guns to shoot frantically at the corpse but the army seemed endless; when they finally ran out of ammo, only a small part of them had been killed.
“It looks like this is the end.” The commander-in-chief struggled to look at the others, “I am sorry.”
“No, Commander!” A soldier responded loudly, “Communication is blocked, no one knew there would be high-level zombies and nobody can fight with them at present.”
Not only nobody could kill them, but under the protection of layers of zombies, no one could even get close to them. Everyone understood this truth and when the last bullet was fired, all the soldiers showed a desperate yet fatalistic look, planning to rush into the zombie with their tank, hoping to crush some to death.
But suddenly, several transparent ice cones stabbed the zombies surrounding the vehicles. The soldiers were stunned and they saw a petite girl, barely the age of the daughters of some of them, covered in blood and carrying a machine gun too big for her. She was kicking the zombies in front of her, leaving bloody corpses behind her and stepping on them as she walked forward. With flying black hair and cold eyes, she threw the empty gun in her hand at one of the soldiers.
The soldier’s eyes widened and tried to avoid it before noticing it passed him and slammed into the head of a zombie that was about to pounce on him. The long barrel of the weapon pierced through the zombie’s eye and came out from the back of its head, startling people at how much power was contained in this slender girl.
“What are you waiting for?”
The girl twisted her thin hands and snapped the head of a nearby zombie directly.
“Cover me so I can go kill this goddamn high-level zombie!”