After Fan Xin was forced to self-destruct, she was reborn back to before the apocalypse descended. Unexpectedly, even after rebirth, she was still a zombie. Unwilling to repeat her previous life...
Fan Xin saw Shen Ping coming over, put the burnt rabbit aside, turned around, picked up a rabbit and shook it: "Can you roast it?"
Chen Ping looked at the skinned rabbit. The meat was very tender and fresh, as if it had just been slaughtered.
His Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed his saliva: "Yes."
Fan Xin nodded and waved to him: "Then you come and grill it."
Shen Ping walked over, sat by the fire and started roasting rabbit meat. He was still a little dazed. He glanced at the burnt rabbit next to him and asked, "What should we do with this?"
Fan Xin sat next to him and watched him roast the rabbit meat. She still didn't understand why hers became burnt while roasting. The key point was that the part that was not burnt was still raw.
She had no experience in grilling or cooking, but in her opinion, this should not be difficult.
"No." Fan Xin said casually.
Chen Ping's throat choked, and he looked at Fan Xin with an indescribable expression, as if he was looking at a rich girl who was ignorant of the sufferings of the world.
How precious is food in the apocalypse? Can you just give it up if you don't want it?
If I had known this earlier, some people would be so hungry that they would have to eat dirt during this food shortage.
Chen Ping pursed his lips, walked over, picked up the burnt rabbit, and placed it next to the fire to continue roasting.
Fan Xin had placed a complete set of barbecue tools here, including various seasonings, knives, and scissors. Chen Ping picked up the scissors and cut the burnt part with a painful snap.
By the time he finished cutting, only a very small amount of meat was left on the rabbit.
Fan Xin did not stop him. She seemed to be very interested in how Shen Ping grilled the barbecue and kept staring at the movements of his hands.
Brush oil on the rabbit, make cuts on it, and turn it over from time to time to ensure even roasting.
After a short while, the rabbit meat was sizzling with oil, and the rich aroma of meat filled the air.
The tender pink rabbit meat is roasted into a red sauce color, which makes people's appetite increase just by looking at it.
When seasonings such as cumin are applied, the aroma becomes stronger and makes your mouth water.
Saliva kept secreting from Shen Ping's mouth, his eyes were fixed on the rabbit meat, and after it was roasted, he almost couldn't control himself from biting it.
Fortunately, he restrained this impulse in time and handed the skewer to Fan Xin: "Okay."
Slurp——
Fan Xin clearly heard the sound of Shen Ping slurping his saliva. She reached out and took the skewer, pulled off a rabbit leg, and smelled it. It smelled very fragrant.
She regained her sense of taste when she reached the fourth level, but she still ate very little in such a long time and had no desire for food at all.
It’s the kind that you can eat or not.
But after reaching level eight, she slowly began to recall the various delicacies she had eaten before she turned into a zombie.
Fan Xin took a bite of the rabbit leg. The meat was tender and a slight numbness and spiciness spread across her tongue. She narrowed her eyes slightly, enjoying the rare delicacy.
When she ate the rabbit legs, she sliced them slowly and carefully, giving people a sense of leisure and elegance, but in fact, her eating speed was really not slow. In just a short while, she finished two rabbit legs.
Shen Ping watched her eat bite by bite, his eyes wide open, swallowing unconsciously.
"This, do you still want this?" Shen Ping asked, holding the rabbit meat that he had picked out after being roasted by Fan Xin.
Fan Xin glanced at him and tore off a piece of meat from the rabbit: "No more."
Shen Ping breathed a sigh of relief and took the rabbit meat and started eating.
He had previously hired someone to teach him how to barbecue because his girlfriend loved it, but after the apocalypse, he was in danger every day and never barbecued again.
Shen Ping didn't know how well he baked it or how the flavor was adjusted, but once he took a bite, he couldn't stop.
When Fan Xin finished eating a whole rabbit, Shen Ping had just finished eating too.
He was still sucking his oily fingers reluctantly.
“Do you know where the Institute of Geological Sciences is?” Fan Xin held a wet wipe in his hand, slowly wiped his hands, and looked up at Shen Ping.
Shen Ping was still savoring the delicious taste of rabbit meat.
He was not full yet, and his eyes could not help but look at the charred meat he had just cut off.
Burnt meat will produce some toxic substances that are very harmful to the human body, so it cannot be eaten. But...
Just when Shen Ping was about to reach out to pick up the rabbit meat, he heard Fan Xin's voice and immediately retracted his hand, feeling inexplicably guilty.
"What?" He didn't hear clearly what Fan Xin said just now.
"Where is the Institute of Geological Sciences?" Fan Xin asked again.
"Scientific Research Institute?" Shen Ping shook his head: "I don't know."
Fan Xin was silent for a moment, then she nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's find someone who knows."
Shen Ping: “…”
He glanced at the already dark sky: "Now?"
Fan Xin nodded: "Well, I'm in a hurry."
Shen Ping frowned and said, "It would be very dangerous to go out at night. Safety is more important than rushing. How about waiting until morning?"
Fan Xin looked at him expressionlessly: "No."
Shen Ping choked.
She stood up and walked outside: "Let's go."
Shen Ping was silent for a moment. He found that all his previous discomforts disappeared after a good night's sleep.
He rolled up his sleeves and took a look at the wound. The wound had been bandaged, so the wound could not be seen, but he vaguely felt an itch coming from the wound.
Shen Ping sighed and quickly ran over to stop Fan Xin: "Wait a minute, you want to go to the Geological Research Institute, right? I have a map of City B downloaded on my phone, you can look at the map."
Fan Xin glanced at him, leaned back against the wall, and folded his arms: "Why didn't you say it just now?"
Shen Ping pulled the corner of his mouth: "I just remembered it suddenly."
Fan Xin nodded, checked his condition and said, "You have recovered well. Let's go to the research institute now."
Shen Ping: “…”
Do you know the route or do you want to go out at this time???
Shen Ping sat in the passenger seat, his face pale as Fan Xin sped away. He held the handle above the window tightly, fearing that he would be thrown out of the car.
Following the map in Shen Ping’s phone, Fan Xin quickly found the Geological Research Institute.
The Geological Research Institute covers a very large area, and there is a large garden in front of the institute. Fan Xin broke the lock of the garden's iron gate and drove along the blood-stained tree-lined avenue all the way to the front of the institute.
The ground in front of the institute was covered with black bloodstains, but there was no body. It seemed that someone had cleaned it up.
Fan Xin's mental power covered the entire research institute building. There were not many zombies on the first to sixth floors of the building, but there were quite a few zombies underground.
Shen Ping didn't know what Fan Xin was doing here, but the place was empty, and there was blood everywhere, which gave people a very ominous feeling.
He rubbed his arms and said, "Sister, what are you doing here? I always feel that this place is not very good."
Fan Xin glanced at him calmly: "My name is Fan Xin."
Shen Ping nodded: "I understand."
Fan Xin walked into the research institute building. There was a special power supply equipment here, so there was no power outage. Fan Xin pressed the elevator button and the elevator door opened.
Shen Ping looked at the elevator that exuded a metallic luster and felt a chill.
He turned and looked at Fan Xin.
She looked indifferent, and the white light from the elevator shone on her, adding a sense of eeriness.
Shen Ping abruptly retracted his gaze, his heart pounding, a hint of fear in his eyes.
The elevator slowly descended.
Shen Ping felt that he was thinking too much, after all, it was Fan Xin who saved him when he was on the verge of life and death.
Suppressing the random thoughts in his mind, Shen Ping breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression looked much better.
The elevator door opened, and under the cold white light, there were densely packed zombies. Hearing the movement of the elevator, all the zombies turned their heads to look over.
Shen Ping's face turned pale: "Close the door quickly!"
He reached over Fan Xin and pressed the elevator door close button.
Fan Xin raised her hand to block him, then walked out.
Shen Ping was so frightened that he reached out to grab Fan Xin and shouted angrily, "You are crazy! Come back quickly!"
Fan Xin avoided his hand, turned back, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "What are you afraid of? Didn't you notice that they didn't move?"
Chen Ping was stunned. He was instinctively afraid when he saw the zombies and didn't care about the zombies' reactions at all. He was frightened by Fan Xin's action of walking out.
Hearing Fan Xin's reminder, he looked around subconsciously.
Sure enough, the zombies stood there motionless, staring at them with their scarlet eyes.
Shen Ping's scalp was numb and his throat was rolling because of being stared at. He moved his feet carefully and took a step outside, but the zombies still did not react.
He walked quickly to Fan Xin and asked in a low voice, "What on earth is going on?"
Fan Xin waved his hand, and the zombies moved, slowly walking towards the elevator.
Shen Ping shuddered and almost ran away.
Fan Xin said with a half-smile: "I said, I am a zombie."
She reached out and took off her contact lenses, and a pair of scarlet pupils exactly like those of a zombie appeared in front of Shen Ping.
Chen Ping's body was stiff, his mind frozen as if it had been put in a refrigerator. He stared at Fan Xin without blinking, looking into her eyes.
"How, how is this possible?" He took a step back in disbelief and bumped into a zombie.
He reacted and dodged immediately, but the zombie he hit ignored him and walked towards the elevator.
The elevator can carry more than ten people at a time.
After more than ten zombies entered, Fan Xin raised his chin to Shen Ping and said, "You take them up."
Shen Ping thought he was crazy, otherwise how could he encounter such a crazy thing?
A talking zombie who even knows how to wear colored contact lenses to pretend to be human. And this zombie saved him, and now he wants him to lead a group of zombies in the elevator to the surface!
Fan Xin took out a chair from the space and sat down slowly. She supported her chin and her eyes wandered casually over Shen Ping.
"I gave you your life. I give you two choices. First, you become food for these zombies. Second, you work for me."
Regardless of what this guy is like, the barbecue he makes tastes good. Fan Xin now begins to miss the taste of roasted rabbit meat.
Shen Ping's heart was in a mess, and his mind was even more confused.
"Wait, wait..." He made a pause gesture: "I'm a little confused now, too confused..."
Shen Ping rubbed his temples with his hands: "Am I really awake now? Am I dreaming? A very long, very strange dream?"
Fan Xin watched Shen Ping walking back and forth in the same place, deliberately avoiding the zombies around him, spinning around in circles like a confused dog.
She stood up and kicked towards Shen Ping.
Her kick hit Shen Ping's stomach, sending him flying. He slammed into the wall next to the elevator door, paused for two seconds, and then slowly slid down.
Shen Ping only felt a pain in his stomach, and when he hit the wall, his internal organs seemed to be displaced.
"Is it still messy?" Fan Xin walked up to him and looked down at him condescendingly.