Mingmei decided to investigate the Zhen brothers' "concealment" herself. On the morning of the second day, Mingmei finally "bumped into" Zhen Hu when she changed shifts in the cafeteria.

"Bright and beautiful?"

Zhen Hu was somewhat surprised when he saw Mingmei appear. Mingmei also pretended to be surprised and walked up to him, then said, "Zhen Hu? Oh, so you prepared the cafeteria breakfast?"

"Ah...yes."

Zhen Hu subconsciously looked behind Mingmei. Hmm, Mu Chen isn't here?

"What a coincidence, I was just preparing lunch!"

Mingmei chuckled lightly, explaining in one sentence why they had met here. Then, with a slight smile, she asked casually, "By the way, did you and Zhen Po come into the city together?"

"Um."

"That's great. Lu Xiaoyao was talking about you guys with me yesterday."

"Huh? Lu Xiaoyao came to the city too?"

If Mingmei didn't know that the Zhen brothers weren't very good at emotional intelligence, she would have directly confronted him with a fierce look and questioned what he meant.

Were you surprised that Lu Xiaoyao came to the city?

Hmm, okay, there was a moment of brightness that I think is possible, and a little surprising.

However, Lu Xiaoyao herself said that she was taken in by kind people along the way, and later met the search and rescue team. In short, she was very lucky.

Perhaps because her bright eyes were too obvious, Zhen Hu realized that he had made a mistake in his words and quickly explained that he did not mean that.

Mingmei didn't pursue the matter further, only saying, "Yes, besides Lu Xiaoyao, Bai Xiao also went to the city. However, I was too busy the past few days and didn't have time to visit the base, so I don't know if the other classmates went to the city."

"Ah, there are a few players next to my place, but they're not from our school. We only arrived the day before yesterday. Yesterday, I heard from Aper that he saw a lot of familiar faces. I guess a lot of players should have arrived at the base in the last few days."

"Ah, that's pretty good."

Since there doesn't seem to be any competition in this game, Mingmei believes that cooperation and mutual assistance among players is the key to getting through the days to come.

The theme of this round is probably "unity".

"I'll bring Lu Xiaoyao and the others to visit you in a few days. Speaking of which, you really got your superpower for free. I heard that you and the NPCs you brought made a total of four people, and you got a courtyard just because of your lightning superpower."

"No, no, it was just a coincidence." Zhen Hu said modestly, but the unnatural look that flashed across his face for a moment made Jinni, who was watching the live stream, slap herself on the forehead.

She dared to say that the girl in front of her had already figured out that her student had a problem.

"Sigh... is it really true that the higher your mental strength, the smarter you are?" Ginny was starting to question the meaning of life. cascoo.net

Her students' acting when they interact with others is absolutely terrible!

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"That works too. You work here anyway. Just let me know in advance when you agree on a time, and I'll cancel my assignment that day." He had arranged to go to Mingmei's place together when she and Lu Xiaoyao were off work.

"A mission?" Mingmei frowned, recalling her colleagues' casual conversation from yesterday. "Aside from the missions in the cafeteria, are any of the other missions you've taken on dangerous?"

"The danger isn't high. Compared to their search and rescue missions, I'm much better off," Zhen Hu said honestly. "Recently, the base has formed a team to clear out the zombies outside the base. I heard they're going to leave the land for farming."

"Outside the base? What if there are zombies suddenly appearing..."

Mingmei found it unbelievable. She could understand clearing out the surrounding zombies, but planting outside the city?

Mingmei naturally knew the distribution of the base, which was divided into inner and outer cities.

The outer city mainly consisted of farmland, some manufacturing workshops, and residential areas near the inner city.

Besides residential areas, the inner city also has dedicated research and hydroponics areas. Why is it located outside?

Is the food shortage really that bad?

"This... I don't know either, that's what the higher-ups said."

Zhen Hu didn't understand. He scratched his head, wondering why Mingmei was so concerned about these things. Mingmei's eyes darkened slightly. After exchanging greetings with Zhen Hu, she prepared to leave to attend to her own business.

Now, because of the shift system, Mingmei is no longer as busy as before, working until midnight. She leaves the cafeteria before the sun sets.

I also brought along a dinner that was just made in the kitchen; it couldn't be fresher.

A bowl of millet and sweet potato porridge, two cornbread buns, and two transparent, cloudy stones—crystal cores—given to her because of the boxed lunch she handed over.

This must be what's inside a zombie's head, right?

After putting the crystal core in her pocket, Mingmei returned to her dormitory. After finishing her dinner, she checked the time on the clock before going out.

As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Mu Chen standing not far away in the dormitory building, waiting for her.

"You're back?"

"Yes, I came back this afternoon and rested for a bit."

Hearing Mu Chen's words, Mingmei wasn't too displeased or dissatisfied that he had only come at this time. Yesterday morning, before he went on his mission, he had told her that he might have to stay overnight away from home. Sure enough, he only returned this afternoon.

"Have you finished eating?"

"have eaten."

How have you been these past few days?

"This mission covered a rather long distance, but we rescued quite a few people, including Lu Gui, Qi Haikui, and Li Yuan."

"These three together?"

These are all his classmates. It's too much of a coincidence that Mu Chen rescued them all during this mission.

"Yes." Mu Chen nodded and then suddenly burst out laughing as if he couldn't help it. Before Mingmei could ask him what funny thing he had thought of, Mu Chen started telling Mingmei about it.

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