Chapter 158 (Catching Bugs)
There is actually not much water stored at home. Even though Yun Jinshu used all the containers in the house to store water in the limited few hours yesterday, the water resources are still visibly decreasing.
Yun Jinshu filled the container with water again, and then took her daughter to sit on the mat in the living room to rest.
Although it feels baking hot underneath when lying on the mat, at least you can feel the new coolness after turning over.
The mother and daughter lay on a small mat, listening to the increasingly dense sound of zombies fighting for food downstairs.
The system was lying in a flowerpot playing cartoons for its host. Yun Mian became a little distracted while watching them.
She thought of the crystal core again.
So Yunmian simply turned over and sat up, holding the crystal core in her hand, and whispered to her mother what the system uncle had said before.
Finally, the child held the crystal core in his hand and asked obediently, "Mom, if you eat this, it will hurt so much, and you might turn into a zombie... Do you really want to eat it?"
Yun Jinshu took the crystal core from her daughter's hand, rubbed the little girl's head, and said gently but firmly: "Be good, Mommy must take a gamble. With the arrival of those people below, we can't stay here for too long."
Moreover, national rescue may arrive soon, and they cannot search and rescue each household. Therefore, Yun Jinshu cannot let her daughter bear all the dangers on the way to the rescue point.
Yun Mian hesitated and pursed her lips. After a long while, she fell into her mother's arms, hugged her and compromised softly: "Okay then... But mom has to be strong, very strong."
Yun Jinshu hugged her daughter silently, her heart aching.
Who is not afraid of death?
But this is no longer a peaceful era. Since there is a choice before her, she cannot be a waste and become a burden to her daughter in the future.
However, Yun Jinshu was not particularly afraid that he would turn into a zombie after using this crystal core.
After all, the words of the being that was talking to Mianmian clearly conveyed one key point: willpower.
Every ordinary person can awaken superpowers by using crystal cores, but the prerequisite is extremely firm and strong willpower.
Yun Jinshu looked at the little girl who was hugging her and refusing to let go, bent down and kissed the top of her head, then took the crystal core and went to the empty upstairs.
In fact, it would be more reasonable to let Yunmian go upstairs while he stayed downstairs, but there were not many supplies upstairs and there was no defense. Yun Jinshu thought about it and decided to go up by himself.
Once she is about to transform into a zombie, Yun Jinshu will fall from the balcony without hesitation, not leaving any chance for her zombie self to hurt her daughter.
Yunmian watched her mother's figure being blocked by the closed door. She could no longer concentrate on watching cartoons, so she simply moved a small stool to sit on the balcony, tilted her head back and looked up. The only silk thread at her fingertips slowly climbed to the balcony on the upper floor.
Soon, she "saw" her mother pushing the door open.
Yun Jinshu didn't know that her daughter was "monitoring" her in other ways. She sat on the sofa, looked down at the crystal core in her hand, which was about the size of a glass marble, and then threw the crystal core into her mouth without any hesitation.
Yunmian and the system became nervous.
Yun Jinshu clenched his fingers and waited for any changes to occur in his body.
Forcibly awakening superpowers through zombie crystal cores is hundreds or thousands of times more painful than awakening naturally.
When Yun Jinshu, who had such a strong character, curled up on the balcony in pain because of this tiny crystal core, groaning as he dug his fingertips deeply into the soil of the flowerpot, the system finally understood why there were not many people with superpowers even though there was such a channel to obtain superpowers in the first round.
It’s not that they don’t want to have super powers, but it’s too hard to bear. They can’t endure the severe pain that lasts for three or four hours.
Yunmian looked at her mother huddled on the ground and trembling, tears streaming down her cheeks. However, like her mother, she chose to endure it. She covered her mouth with her hands, trying to stifle all her cries of heartache and fear, not daring to let her mother hear them at all.
Mom is in so much pain, I can't make any sound to make her worry and sad.
Across a balcony, Yunmian curled up in the innermost corner with her mother, just like when she was sick, her mother always held her and stayed with her.
The system looked at the mother and daughter and was also unable to do anything. It could only fly over and put itself into the child's arms, accompanying them silently.
Companionship made the waiting less difficult, but it took more than four hours, from the sun hanging high in the sky to the moonlight pouring down, before Yun Jinshu on the upstairs balcony gradually stopped trembling.
Yunmian stood up nervously and slowly moved the silk thread in front of her mother, wanting to observe her current situation.
The system also performed a body scan on the host's mother.
Yun Jinshu upstairs slowly loosened his trembling fingers, whose joints had turned white due to excessive force, and slowly stood up while panting and supporting himself against the wall.
Physical condition: good.
Current skills: Psychic.
The system looked at this line of words and was silent for a long time. Then it decisively decided to go back and ask the people above to carefully check the soul strength of Yun Jinshu.
This is unscientific!
Even the protagonist of this world has not awakened any spiritual abilities. How could Yun Jinshu, holding a speed-related crystal core, awaken such a miraculous ability?
This doesn't fit her identity as a "cannon fodder" at all!
The system was not unconvinced, it just felt more and more that the host's mother seemed a little mysterious.
Curiosity kills the cat, but it's a system, don't be afraid!
So after this mission is over, be sure to check it carefully when you return!
Yunmian didn't care what the light ball was thinking. When she found that her mother was fine and didn't turn into a monster with red eyes, she ignored everything else, opened the door and ran upstairs.
"Mother!"
The child ran over but barely stopped less than a meter away. He just tilted his head and looked at her intently and happily with his bright black eyes.
A bit well-behaved, like a little puppy wagging its tail madly and wanting a hug.
Yun Jinshu's body was still numb from the severe pain. She could hardly maintain her balance. But looking at her daughter's bright eyes, she couldn't help but smile along with her.
After she sat down on the sofa at home, the puppy Yunmian climbed onto the sofa happily, and then gave her mother a super satisfying bear hug without hesitation.
"Mom~ I love you so much! Mianmian loves you the most~"
As Yunmian spoke, she rubbed her mother's face and neck. After that, she couldn't help but kiss her stickyly. She really was like a puppy that hadn't been weaned.
Yun Jinshu put his arms around his daughter's back, fearing that she might fall backwards.
Just listening to her daughter's straightforward and intimate expression, her eyes became a little red, and she patted the little girl's thin back and said softly: "Mom loves Mianmian too."
Love you very much.
The child who got the response lay in his mother's arms contentedly and couldn't act like a spoiled child.
Perhaps all losses can teach people to cherish.
At least when she lost her mother for the first time, Yunmian already understood very well. She would never hide her love in her heart. Instead, she was like a small flame, always trying to shine. As long as her mother came a little closer, she would jump with joy and use her own warmth and light to get close to her mother.
Love must be expressed. It’s not shameful to love your mother. Mianmian will always love her mother the most, she is the greatest love in the world!
That night, Yun Jinshu experimented with his awakened supernatural powers.
It was a bit special. Her thinking seemed to have been broadened a lot, and her already clear ideas became even smoother.
She can also control objects around her.
Yun Jinshu looked at the chopsticks floating in the air and called his ability "thought".
Concentrate your mind and use your consciousness to control an object to perform the actions you assign.
Even though it is still very weak now, Yun Jinshu does not underestimate its room for growth.
Perhaps once it becomes powerful, it will have more uses.
Perhaps in addition to continuing to use zombie crystal cores, there will be other ways to upgrade abilities.
After all, there are not many zombies that possess crystal cores, at least that's what it seems at the moment, and it's impossible for superpowers to upgrade by one crystal core at a time. Crystal cores will definitely become an important resource, so if you don't have enough crystal cores, you will need to make more attempts to improve your abilities.
Mom thinks too much, but Yunmian is different. She is completely content with her mom. Her head is empty and she does nothing but eat and sleep.
But before going to bed, she thought of those stupid brothers and sisters outside the community and yawned. The little girl was still thinking in a daze before going to bed: I hope they leave soon, otherwise it would be terrible if they attract a lot of monsters tomorrow.
Mom will be worried.
After daybreak, Yunmian listened to the knocks on the door and the whispers of conversation outside. She turned around to look at her mother with a cold expression, pursed her lips, and wanted to go back to the daydreaming self she was having before going to bed last night.
I let you have wild thoughts, now it comes true!
Mom is angry...
Yunmian climbed onto the sofa, reached out to hug her mother, patted her on the back like a little adult, and whispered in her ear: "Mom is not angry, Mianmian will help you drive them away!"
Yunmian is not the kind of kid who would particularly reason with others.
Those who make my mother angry are bad people.
There is no need to reason when beating up bad guys!
As soon as he finished speaking, the child's fingertips moved slightly, and a silk thread that was completely invisible to the naked eye slipped out through the crack in the door.
However, a second before she could do anything, her hand was held down by her mother.
Yunmian looked back in confusion: "Mom? Aren't you going to chase them away?"
The system finally reacted and said quickly: "Mianmian! Don't do anything yet. The protagonist is in here... The protagonist is in here. If you kill the protagonist, we will die with him!"
Yun Mian opened her eyes wide in surprise, and was finally willing to observe the people outside through the silk thread.
At the same time, my mother's deliberately low voice rang in my ears: "Be good, Mianmian, wait for me to think about it."
Oh well……
Yun Mian "looked" at the people outside the door, and his face gradually wrinkled into a chubby shape.
Looks so familiar.
It was those particularly stupid brothers and sisters from yesterday.
Looks so familiar.
These were the bad guys who came to my house the day before yesterday and tried to swindle me away.
Yun Mian looked at Gu Jiangan, Gu Jiangxin and the old lady, who were getting closer to her mother, and her innocent and gentle expressions gradually became more defensive.
"Mom, it's those bad guys and liars." Yun Mian was a little nervous, grabbing her mother's sleeve and asked anxiously: "Do they want to take me away again?"
Her silk thread can only deal with one person at a time. What if these people attack her together and take her away from her mother?
Yunmian hid behind her mother, but then she felt that she should protect her mother, so she reached out and hugged her mother. She plucked up her courage, pursed her lips and listened to what the people outside were saying.
They are still knocking on the door.
The sound is not small at all.
Persuade Yun Jinshu inside to open the door.
"Sister Yun, we really have no ill intentions. We just heard from Brother Gu that you and the child were alone at home, and we were worried that something might happen to you, so we came here. We have more people, so we can form a team together. When the rescue arrives, it will be safer for us to go together..."
The person who was speaking was a girl. She sounded young and should be a student in the university town.
Yun Jinshu could tell that they were truly kind-hearted.
But these college students are kind-hearted, so should we open the door for them?
They are surrounded by people from the Gu family.
Yun Jinshu closed his eyes in annoyance, hating himself for filling in Gu Jiangan's cell phone number in order to discourage those delivery men.
He must have guessed that I had stockpiled supplies, otherwise he wouldn't have brought these worried students to his home.
Yun Jinshu suddenly felt a surge of murderous intent towards Gu Jiangan.
But she quickly suppressed it herself.
Afraid that they would attract zombies if they knocked for too long, Yun Jinshu stood up and walked to the door.
The sound of approaching footsteps in the room made the people outside the door quiet down as well.
Yun Jinshu did not open the door, but said softly through the door: "Thank you for worrying about me and my daughter, but I'm sorry, I don't know whether you are good or bad, I won't open the door."
Before they could say anything, she reminded them softly, "But if you just want to stay here for a while, you can go upstairs and take a look. There seemed to be a quarrel between the residents upstairs yesterday, and someone jumped off the building at night. There may be no one upstairs now, so you can stay here."
The group of students outside the door were all unexpectedly surprised.
Gu Jiangan frowned and looked at the door in front of him.
When they worked together to open the fire escape just now, he guessed that Yun Jinshu must be at home and must have made a lot of preparations.
Thinking back to those phone calls...
Gu Jiangan walked past the crowd and raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Jinshu, I'm Jiang An. Are you and the child okay at home? Is Tangtang okay? I have awakened my lightning ability. You can come with us from now on. I can protect you and your daughter."
Mrs. Gu next to her was proud of her son, but she also felt that it was not worthwhile to protect two burdens in the end, so she also said, "If you don't want to be involved with our family, why don't you hand Tangtang over to us? It's better to have Jiang An protect Tangtang than to have you, a woman, to follow him. You can't survive in this world with Tangtang."
The condescending tone in her words made everyone around frown at the same time. They always felt that Brother Gu's mother seemed a little... well, quite annoying.
A girl who was carefully protected in the middle of the corridor also felt uncomfortable after hearing these words, and couldn't help but retort: "Auntie Gu, there are so many girls here, what do you mean by saying this?"
Mrs. Gu didn't expect her to speak suddenly. Thinking of the fact that her son's injuries were healed by this girl's special ability, she suppressed her temper and sighed, "Alas, I'm not talking about you, but my daughter-in-law is very stubborn. You can see that we knocked on the door for so long. It was so dangerous outside, but she was so cruel that she refused to open the door for us. Compared with you, Xiaowan, you are much worse.
Besides, Tangtang is only five years old. If she follows her, she will suffer a lot. If she is caught or bitten by zombies, how can a child like Tangtang survive?"
What she said seemed to make sense and she even praised Ji Wan. Her words were always for the sake of everyone and Yun Mian.
But college students’ eyes can look innocent and foolish, but their words always hit people’s heart.
Ji Wan didn't even need to say anything, as several students who had been enduring beside him spoke first.
"Auntie Gu, Sister Yun has told us that we can live upstairs now, what else do we want?"
"Yeah, it's already very rude of us to come here and ask to stay. If we force her to open the door, what if we are really bad people?"
"Aunt Gu, you are just like those aunts in our village. Every New Year, they keep saying that they are urging me to get married for my own good. But in fact, I always suspect that they want to push me into the fire pit because they are not living well themselves."
"Fuck, Third Brother, what you said rhymes!"
"Hehe, huh? I think so too. If it weren't for the apocalypse, I would definitely have a certain status in the rap world in the future!"
Mrs. Gu: “…”
She had a heart attack, and was so embarrassed by what these kids said that she almost lost her face.
Especially when she noticed that Gu Jiangxin and Gu Jiangyuan were also hesitating and lowering their heads, feeling a little embarrassed, she was so angry that she almost pointed at this group of students who did not respect the elderly and loved the young and scolded them.
Ji Wan looked at this scene, a smile flashed across his soft eyes, and then there was deeper sorrow and hatred.
My classmates, everyone I cared about...they all ended up dying tragically in my previous life.
How could she not hate?
In a room just separated by a door, Yun Jinshu listened to their conversation with a smile in his eyes as well.
Rubbing Yunmian's head, Yun Jinshu smiled and said to the group of students outside, "You guys escaped from the university town, right? Go upstairs and have a good rest for a day. If anything happens later, we can help each other."
Then he lowered his tone and said calmly: "Gu Jiangan, since you are walking with college students, you should learn more about quality and ideology and morality from them. So what if you have awakened your abilities? Is a powerful bad guy not a bad guy anymore?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Jiangan's expression changed slightly. Before he could say anything, the group of students around him began to discuss in a low voice again.
"Wow! This sister is so good at speaking!"
"Yes, yes, yes. And did you hear that? She praised us for our good character~"
"That's right! College students are the most cultured ones! When I go to the supermarket, I always give up my seat to the elderly people who are grabbing eggs!"
"...Is it that you can't squeeze in at all?"
"Oh, don't worry about so many details. Let's go up quickly. I've been hiding for two days and I'm almost gone. Now I just want to lie down on the bed and think about nothing until the end of the world."
"Come on, go on, go upstairs. Where's the scout? Xiao Si, go and see if there's any danger."
“Here it comes!”
Rustle, rustle, rustle, chirp.
Gu Jiangan sighed helplessly as he looked at their cheerful backs. Gu Jiangxin and Gu Jiangyuan grabbed their brother and their mother respectively and dragged them away from the door of Yunjin Bookstore.
Yun Jinshu was not lying when he said that Gu Jiangan should learn some qualities from this group of students.
At least after they went upstairs to confirm that it was safe to live in, they sent someone down to fix the damaged fire hydrant on that floor.
Ji Wan knocked on Yun Jinshu's door and said softly, "Sister Yun, thank you. We have repaired the door of the fire escape for you. You can close it after I leave. In addition, I have healing abilities. If you or Tangtang get hurt by accident, you can come to me. My classmate has also awakened the water ability. If you are short of water, you can tell us."
After saying that, she prepared to leave.
But as soon as he turned around, the door behind him opened.
Ji Wan turned around in surprise, and then saw two people with similar facial features, one big and one small, standing inside the door.
The shorter one was staring at her curiously with his face tilted upwards. His clean and fair little face looked particularly easy to pinch.
"Wait a moment." Yun Jinshu smiled at her and then closed the door.
Ji Wan stood there, his mind full of Yunmian's soft, tender, and cuddly face.
Damn, I kind of want to steal a child.
I wonder what color sacks kids like?
Yunmian didn't know that the beautiful sister was thinking of some bad things. When her mother went to get something, the little girl held the light ball in her hand and said righteously, "Uncle, I think the protagonist sister is a good person!!"
“……”The system pretends to be dead.
Yunmian pinched it and shook it twice, then continued, "That sister is pretty, speaks well, and can help mom fix the door. You can stop saying bad things about her."
“……”Continue playing dead.
Yun Mian puffed up her face unhappily and poked the light ball with her finger: "Uncle, don't be silent. Only children who feel guilty after doing something bad dare not speak. Tell me that sister is not a bad guy. Tell me now!"
The system finally came back to life: "I'm not guilty! I just, just... doubt my life, don't bother me!"
Yunmian didn't understand why she was doubting her life. She wanted to say something but then she saw her mother coming out with a lot of things. So she shut her mouth and continued to observe the protagonist sister when her mother opened the door.
Looks so fragile.
You are so skinny, you must not even have enough food to eat~
Even in this situation, the system uncle still calls me a bad guy.
She is so pitiful...
"I think you guys probably don't have much to eat after running all the way here. I'll give these to you. Even though there are a lot of people, you still have to be careful."
Yun Jinshu stuffed a bag full of food into Ji Wan's hands.
Ji Wan looked at her gentle admonitions, and for some reason, his eyes suddenly became red.
She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, when she went back to school, her parents kept stuffing food into her bag, fearing that she would be hungry and cold at school. But then the end of the world suddenly happened. Her father died on the way to protect her mother. After reuniting with her mother, she recognized that the person in her body was not herself, but was pushed into a group of zombies by that woman and did not even have the chance to become a zombie.
"Why are you crying?" A gentle voice interrupted her memories.
Ji Wan wiped away her tears and said a little embarrassedly: "It's nothing... Sister Yun, we brought some food with us. You can keep these. They will become more and more precious in the future."
"Take it." Yun Jinshu chuckled and pushed the bag back. "These are some frozen foods from home. There was a power outage last night. If we don't eat them now, they will go bad soon in such a hot day. It's better to eat them than to throw them away."
Ji Wan listened to her talking and felt like crying again.
She thanked him hurriedly and ran away with the bag.
If she stayed any longer, she was afraid that she would not be able to hold it in and would burst into tears out of embarrassment.
I want my parents not to be embarrassed, but it’s a bit embarrassing to cry in front of other people’s mothers…
I struggled for a long time, but finally I decided that college students should be like college students, focusing on clarity and stupidity, rather than being fake saints who harm others and themselves and don't know how to judge the situation.
Thanks to the little angel who cast the mine:
An ordinary convert relies on 1;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution:
44400786 198 bottles;
74 bottles of 哓咲xuekeyan;
Chi Baimiao 40 bottles;
Yi Yi Ge 28 bottles;
22 bottles of shock;
Salted fish, 20 bottles of sponge;
OvO, Mo, Xiaodao Miya, about 10 bottles to the north and south;
8 bottles of wine;
Also picked 3 bottles;
Left and right are right left, Wumian, Garfield who loves cats, 28281713, 32667567, Jiuyan, Buxiong is not a little bear 1 bottle;
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