Chapter 30 I am merely a servant of the adults.

Hu Shuo composed himself and looked at Ling Ran next to Liu Xiuping: "There are quite a few superpowered experts in the base, so your safety can be guaranteed to a certain extent. If you want to go to the South Province base, you can wait until we complete our mission and we will take you back, or you can wait until our colleagues arrive and go back with them."

Liu Xiuping looked at Ling Ran without replying.

Whether or not she should go with the soldiers was not a decision she could make.

Ling Ran glanced at them: "You're here to clear the way, right? What are you looking for at the hospital? Maybe I can help."

Hu Shuo was surprised by Ling Ran's keenness; she had actually guessed their mission.

He quickly asked, "Comrades, do you know what's going on with this hospital? Why are there so few zombies?"

There wasn't a single zombie in sight.

They had seen many zombie corpses on their way here, which they guessed probably all drifted over from here.

"I don't know." Ling Ran looked innocent. "I'm a resident of this community. There were so many zombies before that I didn't dare to come out. But these past few days, I noticed that the zombies seem to have disappeared, so I came out."

Hu Shuo keenly noticed that when Ling Ran said she didn't know, Liu Xiuping next to her momentarily failed to conceal her emotions.

They must know something, they just haven't said it!

"You really don't know anything? The zombies suddenly disappeared, and we didn't hear a sound inside the house?"

No.

"..."

Hu Shuo was now certain that the young girl was hiding something.

He thought for a moment and said, "The journey back to base is dangerous. Would you like to wait for us to complete our mission and then come back with us?"

Ling Ran thought for a moment after hearing this, "I'd like to leave in the next couple of days. Are you all able to complete your tasks in the next couple of days?"

If someone protects you and you don't have to lift a finger, wouldn't it be better to just lie back and enjoy yourself? Ling Ran isn't destined to be a workaholic; on the contrary, she loves to enjoy life.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be pursuing delicious food in the grueling world of cultivation.

"Not necessarily." Hu Shuo said uncertainly, "But I'll inform my colleagues in a bit. They should arrive later, and you can choose to go with them then."

"We'll see how it goes."

Now that she had someone to protect her, Ling Ran took out a small rattan stool from her spatial storage and sat down. Seeing this, Liu Xiuping, who was next to her, quickly took out an umbrella from her backpack and held it over Ling Ran.

The man next to Hu Shuo, with binoculars hanging around his neck, looked young, probably in his early twenties. He had rosy lips and white teeth, and didn't look like the rough soldier people usually imagine. Instead, he looked like an easily fooled male college student.

He couldn't help but ask, "Are you mother and daughter?"

Fei Fei was genuinely curious; the middle-aged woman's appearance reminded him of a servant in the Qing Dynasty imperial palace.

Before Ling Ran could speak, Liu Xiuping quickly waved her hand in denial: "Don't talk nonsense. How could I possibly have a daughter like you, Master? I'm just your... your servant."

After thinking for a while, Liu Xiuping couldn't come up with a suitable word.

Fei Fei: "..."

Good heavens! I just had that thought, and you actually admitted to being a lackey!

And, sir? What kind of address is that?

You two are adults, and you're a servant. Could it be that you really traveled from the Qing Dynasty?

Seeing that they were unwilling to reveal anything, Hu Shuo did not press them further, for he had not forgotten his mission.

"You follow behind us, we're heading to the hospital." After telling Ling Ran and the others, Hu Shuo turned around, his voice steady: "All hands, target hospital, alert! Prepare to move out!"

Everyone replied, "Yes!"