Chapter 133 Hungry, feed them.
Under the scorching sun, the air was like a steamer, the ground like a frying pan, the streets were deserted, and even the zombies hid in the shadows.
The entire city was deathly silent, as if it had been put on pause.
Around 5 p.m., the ice melted, and the people in the villa gradually woke up from their somewhat stuffy rooms.
On the first floor, Ji Xian and He Zhuo were standing guard by the window.
Luo Xingyou rubbed her slightly red eyes and walked over: "I'll keep watch for a while, you guys go back to sleep?"
"The shift just changed." He Zhuo pointed upstairs and lowered his voice, "Yan Ge and the others just went up to rest."
Apart from Chi Yanzhou and Chi Yi, who were still catching up on sleep on the second floor, everyone else gradually gathered in the living room.
With Gangzi perched on his shoulder, Gu Qi tiptoed upstairs and replaced the ice in the ice basin in their room with fresh ice.
Lu Nange took out several sofas from her spatial storage: three-seater, two-seater, and single-seater.
The boys passed around several cans of iced cola, water droplets constantly sliding off the aluminum cans.
Lu Beiye held a box of room temperature milk, and when the straw punctured the packaging, it made a soft "pop" sound.
The girls, who had just woken up and didn't want anything cold, shared several bottles of room-temperature mineral water.
Wen Qing said softly, "I want to learn shooting... I... don't want to keep holding everyone back..."
Luo Xingyou, who was beside her, reached out her hands, buried her face in Wen Qing's shoulder, and called out again in a muffled voice, "Sister Wen Qing."
Gu Wan: "Sister Wen Qing, why are you holding us back? Even though you, as a healer, can't be on the field, you're still fighting alongside us. Without you, how could we have gotten so easily injured? We'd probably be buried ten meters tall by now..."
He Zhuo jumped up, gesturing excitedly: "That's right, Sister Wen Qing, if this were a game, you would be our healer. Without your healing, we would have been wiped out long ago!"
Lu Nange gently patted Wen Qing's shoulder: "Sister Wen Qing, knowing that you're here gives us the courage to give it our all without any worries."
Lu Xici: "Sister Wenqing, you've always been the one taking care of us..."
Wen Qing clenched her fist and interrupted Lu Xici: "At first, I only joined you because you were strong, and I just wanted to find someone to rely on..."
She looked up abruptly, her voice more resolute than ever before: "But now, we are partners, we are family!"
"I want to fight alongside you, I want to become strong, I want to protect you!"
At the top of the stairs, Chi Yanzhou patted Chi Yi on the shoulder.
Chi Yi strode over knowingly: "Sister Wen Qing, I'll teach you."
He Zhuo immediately jumped up: "Wait!" He grabbed Chi Yi's neck: "Of course we should share this good thing!"
Wen Qing's eyes reddened slightly: "Everyone, thank you!"
'Gangzi': "Beauty, quack quack!"
[I'm hungry, feed me quickly!]
Lu Nange put a level-one crystal core into its mouth.
Zhizhi immediately swayed her wavy hair and came over, her vines wrapping around her wrist in a flattering manner, the leaves rustling.
"Perfect..." Lu Nange took out all the crystal cores she had collected last night from her spatial storage and handed them to Chi Yanzhou: "Both zombies and superhumans are evolving, we need to hurry up and improve our strength. Brother Yan, would you like to distribute them?"
Chi Yanzhou took the crystal core, and Lu Nange took out fruit from her spatial storage and continued to feed 'Zhizhi' and Gangzi.
I also took out the fruit I had washed earlier for my friends to eat.
Chi Yanzhou laid out the crystal cores on the table: "Zhizhi and Gangzi both contributed, so including them, you can divide them equally among yourselves. Give me, Nannan, and Aye the three level-three crystal cores first to upgrade them. We'll hunt for new ones once you reach level three?"
He Zhuo took a swig of cola: "No objection! You guys were the ones who risked your lives to kill the level three zombies anyway."
Gu Wan: "I have no objection either. Besides, the level two crystal cores... Nan Nan, Yan Ge, A Ye, why don't you share them too? You're always the ones who rush to the front to protect us?"
Lu Nange shook her head: "Let's improve our overall strength first."
The living room was silent except for the sound of water dripping from the melting ice basin.
Everyone nodded in agreement with the distribution plan, except for Ji Xian, who kept his head down, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned blue and white.
Gu Qi nudged him with his elbow: "Old Ji?"
Ji Xian suddenly looked up, his eyes red: "I'm sorry..." His voice was hoarse beyond words.
He Zhuo looked completely bewildered: "Ji Xian, what's wrong with you?"
"Let me finish!" Ji Xian suddenly stood up, his nails digging into his palms: "All along the way, I've been thinking about what I've lost, but I've forgotten the bond we've built up since childhood... I'm selfish, cowardly, afraid of death... Watching you all grow stronger and stronger, I..." He choked up: "I've been jealous of you like a rat in a sewer..."
"But you never gave up on me. When I was captured, you knew it was so dangerous, but you still came..." Ji Xian wiped his face and bowed: "Thank you..."
Gu Qi patted him on the shoulder: "We're brothers, so let's talk like this!"
Ji Xian: "Sister Wen Qing is right. Along this journey, they've been my partners, my family. What I should be thinking about is how to become stronger so I can fight alongside you all!"
He Zhuo suddenly slapped his thigh: "Such a touching moment, shouldn't we celebrate with some drinks and meat?"
"Pfft—" Gu Wan couldn't help but burst out laughing, giving a thumbs up: "He Zhuo, you're a master at ruining the mood."
Lu Beiye tilted his head, a tuft of hair sticking up and swaying with the movement: "Drinking...eating meat? --Meat?"
Lu Nange couldn't help but chuckle, reaching out to ruffle his messy hair: "Yes, I'll add pig's trotters for you, double the portion."
The little tree-man hopped over, its vines sweeping across Lu Beiye's head in a rather professional manner, the leaves rustling: "Chirp chirp chirp!"
[Feed them, give some to the master's cubs!]
Wen Qing: "Does our A-Ye want to eat meat? Sister Wen Qing will make it for you!"
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