There are people on duty every ten meters or so near the protective net.

Seeing the zombies stumbling towards them, these people remained calm, brandishing their iron bars, piercing through the mesh of the protective netting, and using the sharpened tips of the iron bars to stab at the zombies' heads.

Zhang Yun had been standing too close to the protective netting when a zombie's brains splattered all over him after it exploded in the head.

"Sorry, I just reacted impulsively, it wasn't intentional..."

The burly man who had stabbed the zombie to death apologized, embarrassed, after realizing he had dirtied his clothes.

But there was little sign of apology on his face.

"It's alright. I just didn't see the sign over there that said not to get close to the safety net. It's not your fault. You go ahead with your work, I'll go back and wash up." Zhang Yun waved his hand dismissively.

Actually, the two were standing so close, he could have easily reminded Zhang Yun before making a move. The fact that he insisted on poking him and then apologizing clearly showed that he didn't like him.

Zhang Yun didn't understand how he had offended him while he was standing there thinking, but he was too lazy to argue and simply left.

"Old Li, have you lost your mind? Look at him, he's clean from head to toe, he must live in the first district. Why did you have to provoke him?"

"Give me a break. There are only a few superhumans and evolved humans in the base. They're always the ones who lead the charge every time a zombie horde comes. Everyone's seen it. This kid looks like he only got this treatment by sleeping with someone. I work hard on guard duty all night and only get a day's worth of food in return. He, on the other hand, gets food, drink, and even a shower after sleeping with someone for one night. Instead of staying in the first district, he comes to us at night to show off. I'd feel uncomfortable if I didn't disgust him."

"Ha, that's a bit sour! You're complaining that your parents didn't give you good looks, so you can live a comfortable life just by sitting on their butts!"

"Bullshit! I'd never do something so disgusting!"

"Stop talking! Didn't you see we've attracted zombies? If we weren't forced into it, who would want to be in that situation? Otherwise, do you expect someone with such a small frame to be poking at zombies with a stick like you? We're all just trying to survive; who has it easier than whom?"

"Sigh, what can we do? We're just not destined for awakening and evolving!"

"Awakening and evolution aren't much better. Every time there's a zombie horde, aren't they the ones at the front? Every time, several of them die. The high treatment they enjoy is earned by risking their lives. Although we suffer a bit, at least we have a stable life."

"Peaceful my foot! The number of zombies has started to increase these past few nights. I think it won't be long before another zombie horde comes. Each one is harder to fight off than the last. I don't know how much longer our little base can hold out."

"Pah, pah, pah, you jinx! Shut up! Can't you think of something nice?"

"..."

When Zhang Yun returned to the hotel, she saw an insulated lunchbox on the table, along with a note written by Yang Yiyi:

Big brother, I heard from the aunt downstairs that you went out. This is the dinner I made for you. Remember to eat it when you come back. I live next door to you. Call me if you need anything.

Reluctant to leave.

Zhang Yun sighed inwardly.

I don't know what Yiyi went through in the past two months, but she has grown up so much from being such an innocent young girl.

After putting down the note, Zhang Yun went into the bathroom, took off his clothes, and prepared to take a shower.

When I passed by the mirror, I noticed that the scab on my back had fallen off, and the skin behind me was completely healed, with no trace of the injury.

It is said that when a warrior reaches the fifth rank, as long as their head and torso are not separated, even if their limbs are severed, they can grow back on their own. Their tenacity is astonishing.

The only problem is that advancing in rank is too difficult. You have to keep getting injured and recovering in order to improve, and the higher the rank, the more injuries you have to take to improve.

Although wounds can heal on their own, the pain from an injury is something no one can be immune to. No normal person can endure that kind of suffering; we're not masochists!

Throughout the entire post-apocalyptic history, only one person raised their single-target recovery ability to the sixth tier.

But he himself went completely insane from the constant abuse.

He went mad and kept trying to end his life, but his regenerative abilities were too strong and he could never die, living a life of great suffering.

In the end, it was only through the personal intervention of a ninth-tier evolved being that his tragic and painful life came to an end.

Therefore, Zhang Yun will absolutely, positively not actively improve in this direction of evolution!

Adjusting the water temperature and letting the warm water wash over her body, Zhang Yun thought of the several burly men on night duty near the protective netting who seemed to have not showered for a month.

Suddenly I understood why they were unhappy with me.

With water resources so precious these days, ordinary people don't have the opportunity to take a bath every day. Only the base's high-ranking officials, those with superpowers, and those who have evolved have this privilege.

However, treating everyone equally is simply impossible. Evolvers and Awakeners have made the greatest contributions to the base and have taken the highest risks. Why should they be treated the same as ordinary people?

The superhumans and evolved beings are the foundation of a base. If they are not treated well, they can leave for another base.

Any base would welcome these strong individuals to join them.

However, if a base loses the protection of these powerful individuals, it loses its foundation for existence. Therefore, in today's resource-scarce world, such differential treatment is necessary.

Zhang Yun rinsed the soap off his head and body, turned off the shower, and was about to turn around and leave when an arm suddenly reached out from the side of his face, pressed against the wall behind him, and trapped him in the small bathroom.

Zhang Yun was taken aback and quickly turned around. After seeing the other person's face clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about how startled he had just given her, Zhang Yun became a little annoyed again, "Yang Shize, can't you make some noise when you walk? You scared me to death..."

Before the last "了" could be uttered, Yang Shize had already covered her lips with his mouth.

"Mmm..."

Zhang Yun stared in shock, her eyes wide.

He pushed Yang Shize away with both hands, his lips parted slightly, and he had just said, "Wait a minute, I'll... mmm... mmm" when Yang Shize pressed him down and continued kissing him.

Zhang Yun grabbed his collar, trying to make a sound to stop the kiss, but Yang Shize didn't give him the chance at all.

He reached out and pressed Zhang Yun's head against his own.

Zhang Yun fell completely silent, and only the sounds of their lips and tongues entwining filled the bathroom.

Zhang Yun's heart was pounding as he forcefully kissed her head. She put her hands on Yang Shize's shoulders and couldn't help but respond to his kiss.

Did you miss me?

After an unknown amount of time, their lips parted, and Yang Shize asked in a pleasant tone.

"You, didn't you lead the team out?"

Zhang Yun had not yet recovered from the sensations of that kiss.

"I just got back before evening, finished handing over my work, and heard you were awake, so I rushed back. I didn't expect things to get to this point so quickly, but the moment I walked in, I saw you seducing me..."

As Yang Shize spoke, he pinched his waist.

"ah!"

Zhang Yun denied in a trembling voice, "Who, who seduced you!"

"Taking a shower with the bathroom door open, and you still say it's not seduction? Huh?"

Yang Shize bit his ear and then kissed him.

"I don't……"

Who knew you'd be coming back today!

Zhang Yun placed her hands on his chest and tilted her head slightly, as if trying to push him away.

"Ouch!" A sudden pain shot through my neck; I must have been bitten.

Zhang Yun pressed her hand on his chest with more force, but still couldn't push him away.

He asked with a hint of helplessness, "What...what are you doing...?"

"What do you think I'm doing?"

Yang Shize laughed, grabbed his unruly hands with one hand, pressed them against the wall above his head, and kissed him again.

"Mmm..."

...

Yang Shize finally let go of Zhang Yun when he was almost breathless from being kissed again.

Zhang Yun's head was spinning from the kiss, but the remaining rationality made him mutter, "What...what are we doing..."

"Let's do what lovers should do!"

As Yang Shize spoke, he released Zhang Yun's hand, grabbed his arm and put it around his neck, then hugged his legs.

Suddenly suspended in mid-air, Zhang Yun gasped softly and quickly wrapped her arms tightly around his shoulders.

...

Yang Shize carried him out of the bathroom and lay down on the bed with him.

Zhang Yun looked up at Yang Shize and suddenly kissed his eyes.

"You crossed the line first this time."

Zhang Yun met his eyes; his gaze was clear and bright: "Since you've provoked me, don't regret it later."

Yang Shize didn't say anything, but responded to his kiss passionately.

...

Now that things have come to this, Zhang Yun no longer wants to think about what their relationship is.

If this was just a ridiculous dream, he only wished he would never wake up.

...

As dawn broke, Yang Yiyi's knocking came from outside.

When Zhang Yun heard Yang Yiyi's voice outside, he was immediately startled and tensed up.

Yang Shize gave a low "hmm".

Zhang Yun was momentarily dazed.

Was everything that happened last night not just a dream?

Yang Shize and him...?!

"Brother, big brother, are you awake yet?"

Yang Yiyi's voice came from outside, bringing the two who were still holding each other to catch their breath back to their senses.

"I just woke up, my brother is still sleeping."

Yang Shize said to his younger sister outside.

Yang Yiyi, who was standing outside the door, said, "Okay, I'll go do my work first. There's still some food at your brother's place. You guys eat some first, and I'll come back to cook for you at noon."

"good."

Apart from his voice being slightly hoarse, Yang Shize's tone was normal and exactly the same as usual.

You couldn't hear what he was just doing at all.

After Yang Yiyi left, Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and then dared to speak.

"Get up right now!"

"Okay, bro."

...

Zhang Yun pulled the blanket over herself, her face flushed, and commanded, "Don't look!"

Yang Shize took a deep breath, forced himself to look away, got off the bed and said, "Brother, go take a shower first."

"knew."

Zhang Yun nodded, and without getting out of bed, he teleported directly into the bathroom.

Seeing him suddenly disappear into thin air, Yang Shize's heart tightened.

He then heard noises coming from the bathroom, realizing that Zhang Yun had used teleportation, and his tense body relaxed again.

As Zhang Yun showered, she thought about how the two of them had inexplicably gotten together last night...

He blushed again, and his heart began to race.

How exactly did things get to this point between them last night?

Even though Yang Shize had previously looked down on him, and even though he had shielded him from a zombie's fatal blow, causing Yang Shize's affection for him to skyrocket, but...

It's impossible for things to suddenly get so good that they can sleep together!

Furthermore, what did Yang Shize mean by saying "do things that lovers should do"?

He was certain that he had not done anything complicated to turn a straight man gay and confess his feelings to him during his coma. Could it be that Yang Shize confessed to him while he was in a daze and he casually agreed?

Can a promise made while unconscious be considered a promise?

Also, how exactly did Yang Shize bend over?

Zhang Yun finished his bath with a belly full of questions, dried himself off, took out a new set of clothes from his spatial storage, dressed neatly, and then came out of the bathroom.

Yang Shize was standing outside the bathroom when Zhang Yun pushed open the door and came face to face with him.

His mind, which had finally calmed down, went blank again in an instant.

Zhang Yun, who used to be very successful in the entertainment industry and could handle any situation with ease, suddenly seemed like a socially anxious person, unsure of what expression or words to use when facing him.

Fortunately, Yang Shize didn't say anything, just smiled at him, and walked through the gap between his body and the door frame.

Seeing him standing motionless at the door, Yang Shize suddenly turned around, leaned in from behind, and teased him in the ear, "Brother, aren't you going out? Do you want to stay and watch me take a shower?"

Zhang Yun stepped out of the bathroom at lightning speed and closed the door in a second.

Hearing the sound of water coming from the bathroom, Zhang Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

His gaze fell on the bed sheets and blankets that Yang Shize had torn off, crumpled up, and carelessly tossed on the floor. His face flushed as he put the dirty set into his spatial storage, and then took out a clean set of sheets and blankets and spread them on top.

After doing all this, Zhang Yun stared blankly at the neatly arranged bedding in front of him.

Just then, Yang Shize, who was taking a shower in the bathroom, suddenly spoke up: "Brother, get me some clothes."

"Oh! Oh, it's here."

Zhang Yun took out a set of Yang Shize's clothes from his spatial storage, walked to the bathroom door, and was about to knock when the door was suddenly opened.

Yang Shize's well-defined, yet not exaggerated, eight-pack abs were right in front of him, and...

Zhang Yun froze instantly, unable to hold onto the clothes in her hands, which fell to the ground.

Yang Shize seemed very satisfied with his reaction. He smiled, stepped forward, and whispered in Zhang Yun's ear, "Brother, are you satisfied?"

"..."

Zhang Yun's face turned bright red.

"Brother, are you shy again? Why are you so shy? It's not like we haven't seen it before."

Yang Shize continued.

"Shut up! Go inside and put on your clothes!"

Zhang Yun took out another set of clothes, threw it on his head, pushed him into the bathroom, grabbed the doorknob, and slammed the door shut.

When Yang Shize finished dressing and came out, he found that Zhang Yun was nowhere to be seen, inside or outside the room.

But on the table in the room, there was a bowl of vegetable porridge, a plate of steaming meat buns, and a dish of dipping sauce.