Chapter 58 Farm
Lu Nange took out her key and unlocked He Zhuo's handcuffs with a click.
He Zhu shook his groggy head, and mechanically moved his wrists, which were numb from being handcuffed.
He staggered forward two steps: "Young master... no, you guys are way too fast! You have no sportsmanship! At least leave one for me!"
Gu Wan rolled her eyes at him without any attempt to hide it: "Fine, then pile the corpses together! Brother Ci can just throw a fireball and burn them!"
"Hey, Gu Wanwan!" He Zhuo exaggeratedly clutched his chest, but his voice gradually lowered.
"We've known each other since we were kids, I'm practically a zombie, can't you be a little gentler with me?"
Gu Wan scoffed: "You're three years older than me. When you were wearing open-crotch pants, I was wearing diapers. What kind of relationship do we have!"
She glanced at her watch and added coolly, "Besides, evil deeds live on for a thousand years."
The rate of resurrection is incredibly fast. You've been alive and kicking for two hours now, so I don't think you're going to make it!
He Zhuo suddenly swayed, and the scene before his eyes began to spin.
Just as he was about to fall, Gu Qi reacted quickly, taking a step forward and catching him steadily.
"He Zhuo? He Zhuo?" Gu Wan's voice suddenly tightened, and she reached out to support him: "What's wrong with you?"
He Zhuo leaned against Gu Qi's chest, forcing a smile: "It's nothing."
He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again, an unnatural darkness settling in them: "You... stay away from me!"
He tugged at Gu Qi's sleeve: "Old Gu, tie me up... quick!"
A muffled "bang" came from not far away, and Chi Yanzhou and his group abandoned the zombie corpses they were half-processing and rushed over.
"He Zhuo!"
He Zhu grinned, revealing a smile that was more like a grimace: "Brother Yan...promise me..."
He was breathing heavily, his Adam's apple bobbing with difficulty: "If... I become one of those things... give me a quick death..."
The broken voice carried an unprecedented seriousness: "I fucking...don't want to be a monster..."
Chi Yanzhou: "He Zhuo, if you don't want to laugh, then don't!"
Gu Wan turned her head sharply: "Sister Wen Qing! Look at him!"
Gu Qi was already half-squatting down, supporting He Zhuo's arm on his shoulder: "Give me a hand! Help Old He inside first."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Xici had already grabbed He Zhuo by the back of his knees.
He simply picked the person up horizontally and carried them in his arms.
He Zhuo's consciousness was already somewhat blurred, but he still couldn't resist making a joke: "Brother Ci..."
He murmured weakly, "In my next life, I'll change my surname to Lu... Is it too late?"
...
The sound of hurried footsteps echoed across the farm's concrete floor as everyone rushed through the gate.
What comes into view is a row of low, flat-roofed houses, gray and dusty, like an office.
The shops stood side by side, their windows covered in a thick layer of dust.
He Zhuo's body was burning hot, so the group chose the nearest office.
The dust kicked up danced in the sunlight.
Lu Nange put the obstructing desk and filing cabinet into her system backpack.
The space, which had been sealed off for too long, was filled with the smell of mildew and dust. Gu Wan and the others quickly opened all the windows.
Lu Nange took an air mattress from her system inventory and placed it on the ground.
Lu Xici tensed his arm muscles and carefully put He Zhu down.
Lu Nange extended her mental energy to make sure there were no people or zombies left on the entire farm before withdrawing it.
Wen Qing knelt down beside the air cushion.
A healing power covered He Zhuo's forehead, with a green halo that flickered between light and shadow.
After a long pause, Wen Qing looked up and said, "Young Master He gives me a feeling very similar to the last time Nan Nan had a fever!"
Gu Qi lowered his eyes and looked at Wen Qing: "Sister Wen Qing, do you mean that Lao He is going to awaken his superpowers?"
Wen Qing shook her head: "I'm not sure. But... they are indeed very similar."
Lu Nange skipped chapters when she read the novel.
She vaguely remembered that in the end, all the male protagonists survived and all of them awakened their superpowers.
But now that Wen An is dead, the continuous rain stopped a month early, and she and A Ye both survived...
The plot has long since deviated from the original story.
She wanted to call out "Youyou" to ask if He Zhuo would be in trouble.
But the second-level crystal core she casually put into her system backpack last time has remained untouched.
When she remembered to check, the crystal core was still lying intact in the backpack, and 'Youyou' didn't react at all.
She asked A-Ye, who said he couldn't use it, so she gave it to Chi Yanzhou.
During this time, she would occasionally put the level-one crystal cores she collected into her system inventory.
But the way it was taken in is the same way it was taken out!
It's unclear how many levels of crystal cores 'Youyou' requires.
My arm was suddenly tugged gently.
She bent down, and Lu Beiye stood on tiptoe.
She leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Don't worry, sister, Brother He Zhuo is just about to awaken his superpower! Those who get bitten but don't turn into zombies, and instead develop a fever, are all about to awaken their superpowers!"
Lu Nange relaxed slightly and ruffled the little guy's hair: "This place looks like it's been abandoned for a long time. Let's tidy it up a bit. We'll move He Zhuo to a cleaner place later, until he wakes up!"
Gu Qi's gaze was fixed on He Zhuo: "Old He shielded me from that blow... I protected him."
Everyone nodded silently, and a tense atmosphere filled the farm.
Chi Yanzhou and Lu Xi resigned to deal with the zombie corpses outside the door.
Lu Nange led the others to clean up the adjacent offices.
Lu Beiye followed closely behind his sister, but was gently pressed down onto a bench in the corridor.
"Is it alright for Aye to wait here for his sister?" She ruffled the boy's hair and placed a bottle of milk in his palm.
Lu Beiye straightened his back: "Sister, I can help!"
Gu Wan couldn't help but squat down and reach out to pinch his chubby cheeks.
Lu Beiye jumped off the bench, darted behind his older sister, and peeked out with half his head.
He spoke in a haughty tone, "My brother said that boys and girls shouldn't sit together after the age of seven, and they shouldn't touch each other!"
He put on a serious face and said, "So, Sister Gu Wan, you can't pinch me!"
Gu Wan was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Okay, okay, I won't pinch you."
She wiped her eyes and said, "Ah Ye is capable, all the older brothers and sisters know that, but you're still a child. Let us adults handle the cleaning."
Lu Beiye nodded, holding the milk: "Thank you for taking care of me, older brother and sister!"
...
As they pushed open the office door, a thick cloud of dust billowed up as they entered.
Sunlight streamed in through the dirty glass window, and countless tiny dust particles danced in the beam of light.
Everyone's attention was focused on the unconscious He Zhuo, and now they were coughing repeatedly because of the dust filling the room.
Lu Nange covered her mouth and nose, waving away the swirling gray fog in front of her.
"Sister Wen Qing, Brother Chi Yi, Ji Xian," her voice muffled as she covered her mouth, "please come out and wait a moment."
He turned to Gu Wan: "Wanwan, come with me for a moment."
She quickly turned back into the corridor, squatted down, and took Lu Beiye's small hand.
The three of them went into the office where He Zhuo was resting.
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