Chapter 143 Courage is True Courage!
None of Roddy and his group noticed that the vines not far away were trembling slightly.
Lu Nange and her group stood quietly, listening to every word clearly.
Gu Wan chuckled lightly, "It seems there are still some reasonable people among this group."
Luo Xingyou: "Fortunately, I didn't save an ungrateful wretch."
Lu Beiye suddenly tugged at Lu Nange's sleeve, his upturned face showing obvious grievance: "Sister...am I really that short?"
He Zhuo opened his mouth to reply, "Ah Ye, you're just different from your peers..." but Gu Qi covered his mouth before he could finish.
Lu Nange squatted down, looking her younger brother in the eye: "You're only eight years old now, still growing. When you grow up, you'll definitely be taller than all of us."
Lu Xici playfully ruffled his younger brother's hair: "Remember what I told you? Our family's genes are short at first, then tall." He gestured, "You'll definitely grow taller in no time."
Lu Beiye's big eyes lit up immediately, his long eyelashes fluttering, and he even unconsciously tiptoed.
Chi Yanzhou: "When your brother He Zhuo was your age, he was half a head shorter than you!"
Gu Qi: "I'll be your witness!"
Ji Xian, Chi Yi, and Gu Wan all said in unison, "I will testify."
Wen Qing looked at Lu Beiye gently: "Aye, don't worry, children will grow taller quickly as long as they eat and sleep more!"
Luo Xingyou: "Aye, look at your brother and sister, you'll definitely grow up to be tall, with legs longer than your brother He Zhuo's life."
Chi Yanzhou kicked He Zhuo in the shin with a light kick, and Gu Qi followed up with another kick.
Ji Xian, Chi Yi, and Gu Wan struck simultaneously, the force of their blows on He Zhuo's shoulder causing him to stagger.
Gangzi and Zhizhi became excited when they saw everyone "bullying" He Zhuo.
Gangzi flapped its wings, ready to swoop down, while the little tree man's vines wiggled eagerly.
Lu Nange stopped the two little ones with a single glance; these two mutated species were quite ruthless...
Gu Qi let go, and He Zhuo said to Lu Beiye in a serious tone, "My brother was much shorter than you when he was eight years old."
He gestured to Lu Beiye's chest: "That's about the height. He only grew taller because he ate and slept a lot."
Lu Beiye blinked, then suddenly remembered that he wasn't much taller in his previous life—he must have been hungry and hadn't slept enough!
The child said earnestly, "I'm going to sleep now! Goodnight, brothers and sisters, I need to grow strong!"
After the three Lu siblings went upstairs.
Gu Qi: "Shut up to your chatter! A-Ye is young, all he cares about is his height, don't you know that?"
He Zhuo immediately switched to acting mode, clutching his chest and backing away: "Ouch, my leg! We're all family, are you trying to kill me?"
As she spoke, she spread her hands: "Hey, besides, I'm like a human ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) system, automatically raising the bar. There's nothing I can do about it. My stubborn mouth is running ahead, and my brain is like a whirlwind chasing after it. I can't catch up, you all know that..."
Seeing everyone turn and head upstairs, He Zhuo exclaimed, "My legs hurt, my shoulders hurt, my arms hurt! Am I going to die?"
Gu Wan turned around and rolled her eyes: "Serves you right!"
Gu Qi: "If you really die, at worst, I'll just watch a 60-second commercial to bring you back to life."
He Zhuo: "..." I really want to go out for a walk, anywhere is fine, I don't even care if I get lost!
As Lu Nange got into bed, preparing to sleep, she habitually asked the usual platitude, "Yes, yes, are there any main or side quests in Shun City?"
'Youyou': [Nannan, hehe. I'll say it again, the quest is triggered, unlock it yourself.]
Lu Nange: [No, I'm going to sleep.]
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The next day, Lu Nange and Gu Wan woke up early and went downstairs to relieve Gu Qi and He Zhuo who were on guard.
As everyone gradually came downstairs, Lu Beiye, who doesn't like eating vegetables, asked for a balanced meal of meat and vegetables for dinner.
During the meal, everyone discussed the upcoming itinerary.
Chi Yanzhou: "This journey will only get more dangerous. Why not stay two more days, improve our strength, and practice on the zombies in Shun City?"
Lu Nange picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks and put it in her younger brother's bowl, nodding and saying, "The weather is harsh, and food is scarce. When survival becomes the top priority, the evil in human nature will be amplified infinitely. From now on, we not only have to guard against zombies, but also against survivors."
Lu Xi said, "I am not worried about scarcity, but about inequality."
After dinner, the living room was set up as a training ground again.
The plan was to practice a bit first to warm up, and then go out for actual combat when the temperature dropped a bit in the evening.
While Chi Yi and He Zhuo were practicing, Zhi Zhi suddenly shouted a few times, "Chirp chirp chirp!"
Lu Nange probed with her spiritual power and, sure enough, several people were hanging upside down around the perimeter of the vines.
Chi Yanzhou: "Is someone outside the courtyard?"
Lu Nange: "Mm."
The group arrived outside the courtyard and, as expected, it was Old Yu's gang. Lu Nange softly called out, "Zhizhi."
The vines loosened upon hearing the sound, and Lao Yu and the others fell to the ground in a sorry state.
Gu Qi: "What, are you here to die?"
Old Yu quickly pointed to the white bag beside him: "Gentlemen, we are here to apologize. What happened yesterday was wrong of us no matter what. This is our apology. It's not much, please don't mind."
Yu Xuan bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble."
Lu Nange: "We received your apology. Please take your things."
After speaking, everyone followed Lu Nange and turned to walk towards the automatically separating vine passage.
Old Yu: "There are still more good people than bad... Mo..."
"Brother Yu!" Roddy grabbed him. "Stop your urge to recite a poem! Why don't we just leave the stuff here?"
Yu Xuan shook her head: "Uncle Luo, they won't take it. They're all good people! Let's go, aren't we still going to check on Xiong Chao?"
Roddy: "Let's go, let's go rescue people first. That beast Xiong Chao has mocked countless people."
Second brother: "Aren't you really going to ask these experts if they want to come with us?"
Old Yu: "Stop having those dangerous thoughts and get out of here!"
Behind the vines, He Zhuo and his companions were peeking furtively from behind the branches and leaves.
"They look like they're going to rescue someone!" He Zhuo's eyes lit up. "Should we go check it out?"
Gu Wan: "Yesterday these people mentioned women, children, and pregnant women, we could go and take a look..."
Sitting on the eaves, Lu Nange said, "Aren't we looking for a place to practice? Why don't we go with them and take a look?"
Gu Qi: "Yeah, anyway, we just happen to need a place to practice."
Chi Yanzhou: "Let's go."
The two groups left the villa area one after the other, and Lao Yu and his group did not notice the slightly wriggling green vines on the ground—those were the little feet of the branches.
Lu Nange and the others followed the vines as they killed zombies.
The roots of the branches extend underground, and every now and then a small bud sprouts to guide the way.
About half an hour later, the vines suddenly stopped extending and trembled slightly in front of an abandoned shopping mall.
Old Yu and Roddy were crouching down, handing out signals to prepare their ambush strategy, when the group of hotheads behind them completely misunderstood their intentions—
"Charge! Kill these bastards!"
Old Yu gritted his teeth: "These brainless brutes!"
Inside the mall, although Xiong Chao had taken away the main force, the more than twenty desperate men who remained were no pushovers either.
Hearing the commotion, the group grabbed their weapons and rushed outside.
He Zhuo, who was following behind, clicked his tongue in amazement: "Good heavens, are they here to rescue someone or to throw their lives away?"
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