The remaining 14 eliminated people comforted everyone, telling those who stayed to carry on everyone's legacy and continue to work hard to bring glory to the city. After the treatment was completed, the 15 people pressed the withdrawal button themselves.
After they were teleported back, the atmosphere among the 34 members of the Water City team was still very delicate.
“I know you all had a problem with my brother from the beginning, so no matter what he does, you subconsciously think he's wrong.”
I admit that my brother is not a perfect person; he has flaws, but he is not a bad person either. He just likes to play.
When he landed in a horde of zombies at the start, it wasn't that he wanted to take someone down with him; it was because that person pulled him first. He just doesn't like to explain, but I don't want you all to keep misunderstanding him like this.
Gong Yunxiao finally couldn't help but reveal the truth; he hadn't said it before because his younger brother wouldn't allow it.
Because speaking out would put that person in the spotlight and subject them to criticism, and since Gong Yunting already had a bad reputation, a few more misunderstandings wouldn't matter.
“You might think that I’m biased towards him because I’m his older brother.”
Actually, that's not the case. After spending these few days together, I realized that I haven't been a good older brother all along.
In the past, no matter what happened, my subconscious thought was that my younger brother was wrong and that he was bad.
I thought he was a playful child, so playful that he didn't distinguish right from wrong, but I never expected my younger brother to act this way.
I've always been dismissive of him and never really cared about him. Now I suddenly understand what that look in his eyes meant when he suggested going abroad.
He told me, 'Brother, I have no expectations of you anymore.' At the time, I thought my younger brother was being immature.
Standing beside him, Gong Yunting suddenly felt a little embarrassed and at a loss as he listened to his brother's analysis.
The understanding he had waited for all these years finally arrived when he had given up hope.
In the past, when he got into fights at school, his older brother never asked him why. He would just make him apologize to others, but he didn't know what kind of school bullying he was suffering.
Because his parents were all doing their own thing and had a bad reputation, his classmates constantly verbally abused him, made sarcastic remarks, and isolated and ostracized him.
They even said that he and his brother were illegitimate children born to their mother and another man. He tolerated whatever they said about him, but he wouldn't allow anyone to talk about his brother.
That was the first time he had rebelled, and the first time he had seen the blame and disappointment in his brother's eyes.
He didn't explain and remained silent. He thought his brother would understand his grievances, but his brother told him to apologize to the other party.
At that moment, he thought what he had done was a joke, a joke that everyone else found funny, but he himself didn't find funny at all.
Gong Yunxiao didn't disbelieve his younger brother at the time, but his brother's complete lack of explanation put him in a very passive position.
His parents don't care about them; if they misbehave at school, they will be expelled.
He didn't want himself and his younger brother to be deprived of education. He wanted to work hard to give his brother a better life and to give his uncle's family, who had been supporting their education, a better life.
Only now does he realize that there is no right or wrong between the two of them; the mistake lies in the fact that they both thought the other could understand them, but they didn't say it out loud.
Everyone fell silent after hearing Gong Yunxiao's account. Did they, like Gong Yunxiao at the time, have a preconceived notion that Gong Yunting was bad?
So when something happens, the first thing they do is not ask about the actual situation, but to directly accuse others.
"Gong Yunting, I'm sorry, I apologize for what I said before. You're right, there's nothing that should be protected. We didn't ask you to help protect Yu Fei before."
"I think if we told you, you would definitely do your best to protect her while protecting your brother." The man who had initially accused Gong Yunting came over and apologized.
Gong Yunting felt a little awkward; this was the first time someone had apologized to him so earnestly.
"It's nothing, I didn't take it to heart."
Gong Yunting didn't take it to heart at all. He had argued, cursed, and retorted, and as long as he didn't suffer any loss, he didn't care.
The zombie rats lingered here for almost two hours before slowly dispersing, presumably heading to other areas.
It's 10 a.m. now. After the zombie rats dispersed, the outside world is a mess, with many buildings half-eaten up.
If Fang Xiyue hadn't frozen it, the hotel wouldn't have survived.
The zombie rats have likely eaten up most of the supplies in this area.
Fortunately, they found a lot of food yesterday, which should be enough to last for a few days. Even if they don't have staple food for the last two days, they can survive on vegetables.
Today we'll use it to kill zombies; we need to gather 100,000 zombies first.
"We'll leave one person each in the hotel with the abilities of wood, water, fire, wind, healing, light, and spirit. These are all indispensable superpowers, and losing any one of them would put us in a very passive position."
Therefore, it would be more beneficial for our entire team to ensure that at least one group can stay. Who do you think should stay?
Of course, if none of you are willing, then we won't keep you here, and we will do our best to protect you.
Before leading everyone out to kill zombies again, Fang Xiyue decided to leave a group behind.
Everyone participates in the competition because they want to take action. Being stuck in a hotel all the time would be very boring and there would be no sense of participation.
Even if they win in the end, it seems like it has nothing to do with them. Many viewers may not remember their names, since they didn't have much screen time.
"I'll stay." Dandan was the first to raise her hand. Although she also wanted to go out, she wanted to be the first to support Sister Yue.
“I’ll stay too.” Wang Quan’an glanced at Dandan and raised his hand as well.
With those two leading the way, things went much more smoothly afterward, and they quickly assembled a group.
"After that, we'll take turns going out. Today your group will stay, and tomorrow another group will stay, so everyone can participate."
Fang Xiyue wouldn't allow them to stay cooped up in the hotel indefinitely; that would be too stifling for those who wanted to go out and explore.
"Okay, Sister Yue."
After they stayed behind, the others set off to kill zombies. Since the focus was on killing zombies, they didn't care whether they could get supplies in the areas they went to.
Anyway, just keep killing, make sure all the zombies around them are cleared out, and the safety level will be much higher.
"Brother, you guys with earth and metal elemental abilities, instead of killing zombies, build a high wall around the hotel first. I have a feeling the hotel will be dangerous like this."
Fang Xiyue looked back one last time before leaving, and finally told Fang Xichen and the others to build the wall first.
Some people might think she's overstepping her bounds, since there's already hotel protection, why would she need a wall?
They don't live on the first floor; they live so high up that zombies can't get up there. What are they afraid of?!
But Fang Xiyue just had a feeling, a feeling that building a wall would make her safer, since building a wall with her superpowers wouldn't consume too much energy anyway.
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