Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Fu Ke looked at Lan Zhi: “You’ve seen it too, it’ll be difficult for them to accept you, so… do you want to come with me?”
Hearing Fu Ke’s words, Lan Sheng tensed up immediately. He widened his eyes and said, “This…this isn’t good, is it?”
However, Fu Ke ignored Lan Sheng, only looking intently at Lan Zhi, waiting for his answer.
Song Jing and the others had already realized that Fu Ke was deliberately trying to scare them and wouldn’t actually harm them. Hearing Fu Ke’s words, they subconsciously looked at Lan Zhi.
However, none of them spoke.
After all, even if Lan Zhi had regained consciousness and had his human memories, they couldn’t feel at ease keeping him by their side, much less treat him as the person he used to be.
Lan Zhi’s bloodshot eyes looked over, taking in the expressions of Song Jing, Song Fei, and Liu Qi, before finally settling on Lan Sheng.
He seemed to want to laugh, but the laugh that came out was exceptionally eerie, revealing a ferocious expression, not at all pleasant.
Lan Zhi controlled himself, stopping his howling, his throat emitting a hoarse sound.
Lan Sheng didn’t hear him yell, nor did he know if Lan Zhi had said anything. So he could only look at Fu Ke.
Fu Ke nodded and said to Lan Sheng, “There are still superhumans and ordinary people in the lab over there. You can take them to the nearby base together.”
“After you’ve taken them there, you can come find me at the D City base. I’ll take Lan Zhi to the D City base; we’ll be at the Exclusive Restaurant near the base entrance.” Fu Ke looked at the bound people: “I’ll only take Lan Zhi and the researchers; the rest are yours.”
Lan Sheng looked at Lan Zhi.
Lan Zhi silently stood beside Fu Ke, clearly telling Lan Sheng that Fu Ke was indeed telling him what he meant.
Lan Sheng looked at his brother from before and immediately showed a smile that was more like a grimace: “Okay, I’ll come find you at the D City base later.”
Fu Ke stood up and said to Lan Zhi, “Let’s go.”
Ya Ya finished drinking the soup from her instant noodles, looked at the stainless steel bowl, held the bowl in one hand, and held Fu Ke’s hand in the other.
….
The skinny guy couldn’t remember where Brother Long and Xiao Bai had met, but he remembered it wasn’t far from D City. However, after walking around the cities near D City for a long time, he still couldn’t find Xiao Bai.
After cleaning the house, the skinny guy caught a zombie for Qiu Yi to practice on.
During this period, whenever there was a place to rest, the skinny guy would catch zombies for Qiu Yi to practice on, and the results were indeed quite satisfactory.
Qiu Yi had a third-level spatial ability and a second-level wood-type ability.
Previously, he had only used first-level zombies for practice, but this time the skinny guy had caught a second-level zombie and even trimmed its sharp claws clean.
This meant that as long as Qiu Yi wasn’t bitten, he wouldn’t be infected.
The second-level zombie was much faster than the first-level zombie; the small-armed Qiu Yi couldn’t outrun it at all. He was panting heavily, and although he managed to control the vines to bind the zombie, it quickly broke free.
“Aaaaaah— Master, help me!!” Qiu Yi dodged left and right, but when he turned around, he saw the skinny guy eating a sausage, and his eyes immediately turned red with anxiety.
Aside from Xiao Bai, the skinny guy hadn’t shown any mercy to anyone since the apocalypse.
Even with Qiu Yi’s resentful gaze, the skinny guy remained unmoved: “Good luck, if you can’t take it down, you won’t get any tonight. Also, I’m not your master, call me Skinny.”
Qiu Yi pouted angrily, and the vines wrapped around the zombie again.
However, this time he didn’t control the vines to completely entangle the zombie but instead wrapped them around its feet. The zombie suddenly fell to the ground, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiu Yi quickly threw two seeds over.
After this period of training, his seed-throwing accuracy was extremely high, and he quickly controlled the vines to rise from the ground and entangle the zombie’s claws.
The zombie struggled fiercely, its blood-red eyes fixed on Qiu Yi.
“Roar—” Its howl became increasingly furious.
Seeing the vines were about to give way, Qiu Yi lunged forward, pulled out the dagger strapped to his leg, and plunged it into the zombie’s neck, pressing down.
Black blood flowed down the zombie’s neck, but the dagger was stuck in the zombie’s bone.
Clearly, Qiu Yi was used to it; he wasn’t strong enough to decapitate the zombie in one go. Instantly, the vines that were about to break free loosened completely.
Before the zombie could even struggle, all the vines tightly wrapped around its neck.
The dagger was pressed hard into the vines, and the zombie’s head fell off.
Qiu Yi plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.
‘Clap clap clap,’ the skinny man, munching on a sausage, lazily clapped his hands.
Qiu Yi rolled his eyes, got up from the ground, walked over to the skinny man, sat down, and slumped into the chair, not wanting to move at all.
The skinny man took out a loaf of bread and gave it to Qiu Yi. Qiu Yi held the bread, lost in thought: “Master, tell me, can we still find them?”
*Smack!*
“Ouch!” Qiu Yi clutched his head, glaring accusingly at the skinny man.
“I told you I’m not your master!” The skinny man gave him a cold look.
Qiu Yi pouted angrily, tore open the bread wrapper, and took a big bite.
The skinny man looked out the window: “As long as they’re still there, we’ll definitely find them.”
Qiu Yi’s eyes dimmed slightly after taking a bite of bread, and the bread in his mouth seemed to taste like wax. He wasn’t even sure if his mother was still there.
If she was, she would definitely come back.
“What are you thinking about? Give it to me if you don’t want it.” The skinny man said, reaching for the bread.
Qiu Yi jumped back, looking at the skinny man warily: “Don’t even think about it!”
From City A back to City D, if she wasn’t with a group of people, Fu Ke wouldn’t even need to take a car to get back quickly.
But now she was with a group of researchers.
Except for Dr. Cheng, everyone else was there. Dr. Cheng’s death was gruesome; and at the end, his body was withered and looked like a dried corpse. This terrified the researchers, who immediately decided to go with Fu Ke rather than die.
Fu Ke easily got the dozen or so people to drive away in a truck from an abandoned factory.
Lan Zhi and the others were in the back, while Fu Ke, holding Ya Ya, sat in the passenger seat, letting several researchers who could drive take turns. With Fu Ke there, they didn’t encounter any zombies along the way, as peaceful as if this wasn’t the end of the world.
However, Fu Ke and the zombie in the truck reminded them that it was indeed the end of the world— there were two zombies right beside them!
Although Fu Ke didn’t look like a zombie.
Throughout the journey, Fu Ke was listless; she held Ya Ya and closed her eyes to rest, but her mental energy was constantly monitoring the surroundings, the driver, and the people in the truck. Her mental energy caused all the zombies to avoid them, so they naturally didn’t encounter any.
Suddenly, Fu Ke opened her eyes sharply: “Stop the car!”
“Screech—”
The screech of brakes suddenly rang out, and the people in the back of the truck, caught off guard, tumbled and cried out in pain.
However, they dared not complain, only whispering, “What happened? What’s wrong?”
Fu Ke narrowed her eyes: “Head into the city!”
The journey from City A back to City D involved passing through several counties. Normally, taking the national highway would have been a quicker route to City D, but Fu Ke insisted on going into the city.
The driver dared not disobey Fu Ke, nor say anything more, fearing Fu Ke would devour or kill him.
Thinking of Dr. Cheng’s appearance, he suddenly shuddered and drove in the direction Fu Ke indicated.
Fu Ke hadn’t expected to detect the skinny man with her mental energy. But what surprised her even more was Qiu Yi— that little guy was actually with the skinny man.
At the gate of a farmhouse on the outskirts of the county town, the large truck stopped.
The skinny man sleeping inside suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Qiu Yi who was sleeping soundly beside him, and nudged him: “Get up, quick, there’s noise.”
“Ugh…” Qiu Yi, nudged, rolled over and continued sleeping. Hearing the skinny man say there was noise, he immediately sat up and looked at the skinny man in alarm: “What noise?”
“You stay here and act accordingly. I’ll go check at the door.” The skinny man said, getting off the bed and cautiously peeking through the crack in the door.
It was the height of the sun, and he could clearly see that there was nothing in the yard, but a huge truck was parked at the gate.
The skinny man squinted. A truck— if someone could drive a truck like that out, there must be a lot of people on it.
This was the suburbs; logically, no one would come to the suburbs to collect supplies. There were a few farmhouses here, but there was nothing there.
Qiu Yi couldn’t stay in bed any longer; feeling uneasy, he got off the bed and quietly went to the skinny man’s side.
“How is it?” he asked softly.
The skinny man glared at him when he saw him coming over: “Didn’t I tell you to stay in your room?”
Qiu Yi looked at the skinny man: “But I’m worried. If anything happens, I can help.”
As he spoke, Qiu Yi pressed his face against the doorway, trying to peek outside.
“Be careful!” They didn’t know what was going on outside, whether it was friend or foe. The skinny man covered Qiu Yi’s mouth and backed away, carrying him up the stairs to the second floor.
They stopped right at the entrance to the courtyard, and the skinny man’s mind raced. He was with a child, and he wanted to avoid conflicts with others as much as possible.
Although the child also had special abilities, there were always stronger people out there, and the skinny man didn’t dare to gamble.
If he were alone, he certainly wouldn’t be so cautious.
Fu Ke saw their actions, a wicked smile flashing in her eyes.
“You all get out of the car and surround this courtyard.”
The courtyard wasn’t big; so a dozen or so people could easily surround it. Fu Ke then got out of the car and went around to the other side of the vehicle, out of the skinny man’s sight.
She then pulled a suit out of his spatial storage and tossed it to Lan Zhi: “Put this on.”
A flicker of doubt crossed Lan Zhi’s bloodshot eyes. He looked at the suit, making a hoarse sound.
“Don’t ask so many questions, just put it on.”
Lan Zhi’s clothes looked dirty and tattered, but Fu Ke hadn’t shown any intention of changing them. Now, however, he was offering her a suit.
Lan Zhi gave Fu Ke a strange look, making another hoarse sound.
“Hurry up and put it on!” Fu Ke found it somewhat amusing. Was he afraid she’d peek at her? If she wanted to see, she could just turn around and she’d still see.
He rolled his eyes, but seeing Lan Zhi’s stubbornness, he turned his back to her.
Lan Zhi changed slowly, only telling Fu Ke with a hoarse sound after he was done.
Fu Ke took out sunglasses from her spatial storage and put them on Lan Zhi. If you didn’t look at his hands, he would appear as a pale, frail man.
“Alright, go stand at the gate of the courtyard,” Fu Ke said with satisfaction.
The skinny guy was definitely not a passive person; she wanted to see what he would do.
Although he used to be good to her, he also loved to tease her, though he always succumbed to her innocent gaze. But this time, it was her turn to tease him!
Lan Zhi looked at Fu Ke strangely; the way he smiled clearly showed he was happy. But Lan Zhi didn’t know what she was happy about. He just jumped out of the car and stood at the gate of the courtyard as instructed.
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