Chapter 296 Stubborn to the end...

With a slight movement of her fingertips, Lu Nange's RV appeared out of thin air in the middle of the alley.

Shi Xu pointed to the tall building on the left: "There are some zombies inside..."

Everyone immediately fell silent, and sure enough, they could hear a faint "hoarse" sound coming from the ice sculpture on the left.

Lu Nange probed with her spiritual power: "There aren't many. Aye and I will handle the cleanup. You guys get in the car and rest first."

Lu Xici: "Nan Nan, I want to go too..."

Chi Yanzhou understood and raised his hand, causing the ice wall on his left to begin to writhe: "I'll clear a path for you."

Shi Xu: "Then I want to go too..."

He Zhuo had just opened his mouth when Lu Xici and Shi Xu grabbed him from the left and right and stuffed him into the RV.

Shi Xu patted him on the shoulder with a serious expression: "We need you to hold the fort at the rear; our RV needs your protection."

He Zhuo pouted: "...Fine."

Seeing this, Gu Qi and the others told him to "be careful" before turning around and getting into the car.

Chi Yanzhou used his ice-based powers to create a passage on the side of the ice sculpture.

Lu Nange led Lu Beiye into the passage first, and fine golden light had already gathered in the little guy's palm.

Crimson flames danced at Lu Xici's fingertips as he followed closely behind Shi Xu.

The five figures were swallowed up by the dark blue ice corridor in an instant, leaving only a few sets of footsteps fading into the distance.

Meanwhile, Gu Qi and the others, who had boarded the RV, were unloading their heavy equipment.

Gu Wan had just taken off her winter coat when she called out, "Brother!"

Her voice suddenly rose: "You're injured?!"

Gu Qi's wrist wound was perfectly concealed by his black winter coat. Only when he took off his coat did the blood-soaked cuffs of his undershirt become visible.

The dark red bloodstains stood out starkly against the white fabric, already blackened and congealed...

"It's nothing, just a minor injury..." He casually rotated his wrist. "I tripped and fell while dodging zombies, and accidentally got cut by an ice sculpture..."

Gu Wan grabbed his wrist with such force that Gu Qi frowned.

"You call this a minor injury?" Gu Wan's voice cracked. "Are you planning to put on some kind of performance... a river of blood? You're almost bled to death and you're still being stubborn!"

"Our old Gu is even more amazing than a high monk... They can only burn relics, but our old Gu... he still has a mouth left after burning..." He Zhuo leaned over and clicked his tongue.

Gu Qi turned his face away: "I really forgot, I only remembered when I took off my clothes..."

He Zhuo gave a thumbs up: "A genius! With your injury, if you had just made a sound... Sister Wen Qing would have healed it on the spot, and you wouldn't have had to bleed so much..."

Wen Qing, who was walking towards the toilet, turned back upon hearing the sound...

Since reaching level three, her healing ability has returned to its original simplicity—no longer as dazzling as it was at the beginning, but rather as restrained as moonlight.

She grabbed Gu Qi's wrist, her palm gleaming with an almost transparent, shimmering white light.

The light seeped into the wound, and everyone could even see the torn flesh rapidly healing...

Three breaths later, the light dissipated.

Gu Qi's wrists were as smooth as new, without even a faint mark...

Chi Yi caught a glimpse of Ji Xian frowning as he carefully tried to remove his gloves.

He leaned closer and grabbed Ji Xian's wrist: "Sister Wenqing, there's another wounded soldier here!"

Ji Xian's injury was more complicated than Gu Qi's—in the extreme cold, the blood on his palms had already frozen the glove lining to the wound.

If you tear it with even a little force, it will tear off a piece of flesh.

He Zhuo looked at him with exasperation: "Hey! You guys, when you're roasting me, your mouths are like they're coated in poison, how come you've become mute now that you're hurt?"

He pointed to himself: "So you're going all out against me, huh?"

"What I was just about to say..." Ji Xian helplessly spread out his newly healed palm: "This injury froze on the spot. If I hadn't just taken off my gloves, I would have forgotten I even had this injury."

Gu Wan rolled her eyes and poked Gu Qi's shoulder with her fingertip: "You can forget even when you're injured? You two are truly remarkable."

Wen Qing held his hand above Ji Xian's glove, and light slowly seeped in like flowing water.

The frozen blood clots are gradually melting in the light.

"It's ready..."

After a moment, Wen Qing signaled to stop.

With a gentle tug, Ji Xian's healed hand slipped smoothly out of the glove.

Wen Qing: "If you get injured in the future, you must tell me immediately. You don't want me to check each of you one by one before you get on the bus for disinfection, do you?"

"What are you checking?" Lu Xici's voice came from outside the car.

Having just finished dealing with the low-level zombies, Lu Nange and her group were stepping onto the steps of the RV.

He Zhuo pointed at Gu Qi and Ji Xian: "Ci-ge, Mei-bao, Yan-ge, these two wounded actually concealed the extent of their injuries!"

Gu Wan nodded repeatedly: "That's right, my brother's arm was bleeding buckets, he almost had to have it amputated!"

He Zhuo added, "Ji Xian's hand and glove have grown together; his hand is almost gone!"

Gu Qi's lips twitched: [Amputation? I only had a cut...]

Ji Xian sighed, "[A severed hand? This drama queen, it's a real waste that she's not a screenwriter...]"

The two exchanged a glance and sighed simultaneously...

Lu Xici: "Are you seriously injured?"

Gu Qi rubbed his temples: "Don't listen to their exaggeration. According to them... you'll have to offer three sticks of incense to me and Lao Ji tomorrow..."

Wen Qing: "Nan Nan, it's just ordinary external injuries—Gu Qi has a cut on his wrist, and Ji Xian's palm was badly frostbitten, but both have been treated."

Lu Nange's gaze swept over the two of them: "Yes, from now on, whoever gets injured must tell us immediately."

Everyone nodded in unison...

The car door had just closed when He Zhuo's stomach let out a loud "gurgle—"

He Zhuo: "My stomach is completely empty..."

Wen Qing: "Hahaha... What does Xiao He want to eat?"

"Beef..." He Zhuo's eyes lit up: "Sister Wen Qing, I want to eat beef..."

As she spoke, she looked at Lu Nange expectantly, "Sister, do we have any beef to eat?"

"Yes..." Lu Nange nodded.

He Zhuo: "So...can we have steak today?"

"As long as you're not the one cooking," Gu Qi patted He Zhuo on the shoulder, "anything is fine."

"Oh, you're not mute, are you?" He Zhuo raised an eyebrow and retorted.

Gu Qi: "I've seen it in your eyes, and you're definitely not human!"

"How can you insult yourself like that?" He Zhuo clutched his chest, feigning deep sorrow.

Gu Wan took the dishes Lu Nange brought out and turned back at the island counter: "Get to work! If you two keep bickering, you might as well go downstairs and starve!"

The carriage suddenly became lively...

The sound of running water in the shower, the sizzling of steak cooking on the island counter, and laughter mingled together...

Lu Beiye sat on his special high chair, swinging his short legs, his hands supporting his chubby face, watching Zhizhi and the macaw pecking at fruit on the edge of the table.

The little guy's nostrils twitched incessantly, turning its head like a little hamster following the scent.