Chapter 577 Self-Inflicted Humiliation

the next day.

Before Ling Ran even saw the Beijing Weekly, she came across research findings about becoming a zombie king on the Shenlin app.

As soon as she entered the dining hall, she saw Su Yimo and the others reading newspapers.

Upon seeing Ling Ran approach, Pei Xiu and the others immediately rushed forward: "Sister, quickly look at the newspaper. The zombies we killed before that could eat their own kind were actually zombies that could become zombie kings."

"That's terrifying," Su Yimo exclaimed, glancing at her newspaper. "I remember we've encountered several like that before."

"That's right. Although those zombies hadn't become zombie kings yet, their level was indeed higher than most zombies. Luckily, we killed them all, otherwise they would be a menace now."

Ling Ran took the newspaper and sat down at the dining table. The headline on the front page was: Shocking! The zombie king captured alive by the adults actually researched these things?!

The person who wrote this news didn't forget to lick Ling Ran's boots even now.

I kept watching, and I didn't forget what came after.

Every time the zombie king is mentioned, it must be said that Ling Ran captured the zombie king alive. Finally, it must be concluded that Ling Ran deserves 90% of the credit for this research result.

It has to be said that Ling Ran was quite comfortable being the one being fawned over.

"So that's how it is."

After reading the headline, Ling Ran didn't continue reading. She returned the newspaper to Pei Xiu, picked up her chopsticks, and started eating breakfast.

Pei Yi sat opposite Ling Ran, drinking porridge as he said, "I think the scariest thing about these zombies is that they have no threshold, or rather, they have a threshold, but we can't figure out where that threshold is yet. In short, their threshold is much, much higher than that of humans."

“Hmm.” Gu Zijing nodded: “This means that even a max-level ability user can’t defeat the Zombie King at all, not to mention that the Zombie King can control far more zombies than we human ability users.”

Survivors were already few in number, and those with superpowers were even fewer, probably just a fraction of the number of zombies.

If a zombie king were to appear, what would humans use to fight it?

If nuclear weapons were to be developed, not to mention how many cities would be destroyed, what about the nuclear radiation? We hope that it would lead to various ecological problems.

Shen Nian concluded: "Therefore, the best way for humanity is to nip the zombie king in the bud as much as possible, but it's not easy to find one."

"It depends on luck. I was scrolling through videos this morning, and I only saw one blogger mention that they encountered it."

"That's terrifying."

Breakfast consisted of congee with preserved egg and lean pork, soy milk and fried dough sticks, rice noodles in soup, and mutton stew with bread.

Eating these in the dead of winter, especially mutton stew with bread, will warm you up from head to toe.

Ling Ran ate a little of everything else, but she ate the most rice noodles in soup.

Uncle Chen's smile widened when he saw this.

Hmph, so what if he's a chef who's served at state banquets?

When it comes to making rice noodles in soup, adults still prefer his.

After breakfast.

Pei Xiu and his group regained their energy and formed a team to go and take on a mission.

The tasks they've been taking on these past few days have been relatively simple, and they're all day trips. Today they're discussing taking on something a bit more difficult, a task that will take four or five days.

Pei Xiu was currently struggling with this: "Going on missions is fine, but I really feel bad about not being able to eat home-cooked meals."

“Yes, I’ve been out on missions these past few days, and I haven’t been home for lunch, which has already made me feel really unwell,” Zhou Hang nodded in agreement.

It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Uncle Chen said from the side, "If the young master wants to go out on a mission, I will try my best to make something delicious and easy to carry. Fortunately, the weather is cold now, so it shouldn't spoil easily."

"Brother Chen, why don't you come with us?"

Pei Xiu then set his sights on Shen Nianshen.

Shen Nianshen looked at Pei Yi: "You call your brother, and if your brother goes, I'll go too."

So Pei Xiu went to torment Pei Yi again, and the latter, unable to withstand his nagging, reluctantly agreed. With Pei Yi's agreement, Shen Nianshen also went.

Seeing that the line was getting bigger and bigger, Gu Zijing folded up the newspaper in her hand and said, "Then add me in."

"Then let's count the number of people."

Pei Xiu, Zhou Hang, Chen Le, Chen Xiaoying, Pei Yi, Gu Zijin, Shen Nianshen, and Wu Tong, seven people and one pig.

If we count seven and a half people, that's enough for a superpowered squad.

The remaining people who didn't go were all busy.

Although Uncle Chen and Liu Xiuping both possess superpowers, their most important task remains cooking for Ling Ran.

It's impossible to delegate the task of cooking to others and then go through the experience yourself.

Fan Chuan and Hu Meiying, on the other hand, have been having a lot of inspiration since moving into the Prince's Mansion, and have been writing like crazy lately.

Finally, Su Yimo joined Bian Chen's team. The two could see each other every day and still do their missions without any problems. After several months, they were still very much in love.

The way they looked made you think they were getting married any second now.

"Then we'll leave this afternoon. Uncle Chen and Aunt Liu, please prepare some food and put it in Brother Chen's space."

"Okay, let's get started now."

As for Ling Ran, she was curled up on the sofa scrolling through her phone.

Should we invite an adult to go along?

That's impossible.

With adults around, what's the point of them getting any training?

Ling Ran was scrolling through the live stream, thinking that they would be gone for at least four or five days, so she instructed, "Pei Xiu."

"Sis, what's wrong?"

Pei Xiu's speed was incredible; he instantly teleported in front of Ling Ran.

Ling Ran took out a card: "Take the food out and exchange it for more points for me."

"All right."

Pei Xiu took the card.

I'm a little unhappy.

My sister has been giving money to those livestreamers every day lately, it's nothing.

He was a little jealous.

It made him want to do a live stream.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Sis, if I did a live stream, would you watch it?"

Ling Ran glanced at him: "Isn't watching you at home every day enough? Do I have to watch your live stream too?"

Pei Xiu: "..."

Well, he brought this upon himself.

After lunch, Shen Nianshen took the food prepared by Uncle Chen and the group set off. Just after they left, Bian Chen came to pick up Su Yimo, along with Bai Liuyun and others, all members of the team.

Bian Chen's team spotted Ling Ran from afar and excitedly whispered among themselves, completely unaware that their conversation was being overheard by Ling Ran.

"You're so handsome, I don't even dare to get close from a distance."

"What do you think the adult is looking at so intently? He must be looking at the research results of the Zombie King, right? Indeed, outstanding people are also very hardworking in private."

Ling Ran: "..."

She quietly turned down her phone's ringtone to avoid others hearing the host repeatedly referring to his family in the live stream.

"My lord, I shall be going now."

"Um."

"Remember to think of me."

"Um."

After Su Yimo finished speaking, she put on a simple combat uniform with a warm outer layer, took Bian Chen's hand, and the group left the palace.

Once they left, the mansion instantly became much quieter.