Chapter 433 I'm leaving, I'll take a detour home!
After confirming that there were no more valuable supplies in the prison, Lu Nange said, "Let's go out..."
The team members followed Zhizhi, who was holding a searchlight, and walked back the way they came towards the prison gate.
The dim light flickered in the eerie corridor, casting long and short shadows on everyone...
Footsteps echoed through the empty prison, occasionally clattering as they stepped on broken glass or unidentified objects, keeping everyone on high alert.
It felt as if countless eyes were watching them from the darkness. Even though they knew the zombies had been cleared out, the chilling feeling lingered...
"This godforsaken place, I feel like I could stay here for even a second longer..." He Zhuo muttered to himself, subconsciously moving closer to Gu Qi.
"I always feel a chill down my spine."
Gu Wan already felt uneasy, and He Zhuo's words made it even worse: "...Can you shut up? Don't scare yourself. Can't you just shut up and leave?"
He Zhuo: "...Another day at the bottom of the food chain!"
Finally, the blinding sunlight streamed in through the door...
The moment they stepped out of the prison gates, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had returned to the world of the living.
After walking a hundred or two meters, everyone couldn't wait to take off their masks and breathe in the fresh air.
The afternoon sun shone brightly on everyone, dispelling the chilly atmosphere that had settled in the prison.
"I'm alive again!" Gu Wan exaggeratedly took a few deep breaths: "If I had stayed any longer, I would have been pickled by that smell."
Lu Nange's gaze swept around, finally settling on a grove of trees casting a dense shadow in the distance: "Let's rest over there..."
The group quickly walked towards the shade of the trees. With a thought, Lu Nange conjured two large ice buckets emitting wisps of white steam in the open space. The surrounding air temperature seemed to drop several degrees instantly, isolating them from the heat.
"So refreshing!" He Zhuo exclaimed, placing his hand over the ice bucket.
Then Lu Nange took out a large outdoor canopy.
He Huaijing, Xie Lin'an, and a few others saw Chi Yanzhou, Lu Xici, and several other boys approach them naturally and take the components.
With poles, ropes, and anchors, a sturdy canopy was erected under the shade of the trees.
Once the canopy was set up, Lu Nange took out tables, chairs, and benches from her spatial storage and placed them under the canopy.
After carefully disinfecting themselves, washing their hands and faces, everyone took their seats.
Lu Nange then brought out steaming white rice from her spatial storage, along with a dazzling array of dishes: braised pork belly, stir-fried snow peas and yams, beef brisket with potatoes...
The rich aroma of the food instantly filled the air, stimulating everyone's taste buds.
Xie Linlin: "Now I finally understand why He Zhuo always says 'I'll die without my little sister'..."
With Nan Nan here, this isn't a dangerous adventure, it's more like a picnic!
He Zhuo had already stuffed a large, trembling piece of braised pork into his mouth, and mumbled incoherently, "Hmm...that's...that's really true!"
If it weren't for my little sister, I don't know if I could have gotten through these awful days...
Thinking back to the earthquake, I was separated from my sister for half a day. That half day was the darkest and most helpless nightmare of my life!
I can't eat or sleep well; I feel like my soul isn't whole!
Gu Wan nodded in deep agreement: "Fortunately, we were only separated for half a day. If it had been another half a day..."
I reckon what you see later won't be Gu Wan, but rather a homeless man named "Wanwan," emaciated and suffering from hunger and cold...
No, could you please save me a piece...?
After the meal, Lu Nange put all the tableware back into her spatial storage and took out the lemon tea that Wen Qing and Luo Xingyou had previously developed to aid digestion and cut through the greasiness.
While everyone was having tea to digest their food, she took out the high-level crystal cores she had collected that day and placed them in the center of the table.
"This morning's harvest..." Lu Nange began, "Four level-five crystal cores and thirteen level-four crystal cores."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chi Yanzhou said, "Nannan, you can make the arrangements!"
He Zhuo looked at He Huaijing and the others: "Nan Nan makes all the decisions. If you have any opinions, you can raise them... but we won't take them into consideration!"
Gu Qi looked at Xie Lin'an: "That's right, if you're not happy, then keep it to yourself!"
Sang Che and Sang Yan naturally had no objections and immediately nodded, indicating that they had no objections.
The He brothers and the Xie siblings immediately voiced their support, expressing their complete obedience to Lu Nange's arrangements.
Lu Nange then directly allocated the crystals: "Give the level 5 fire crystal core to Sister Wanwan, this metal crystal core to Sister Xingyou, and the earth crystal core to Brother Jixian."
Chi Yige is already at level 5, so he doesn't need it for now.
Since none of us remaining are wood-type ability users, I plan to leave this level-five wood-type crystal core to my uncle, Sang Xu.
This allocation plan is reasonable, taking into account each person's special ability and the team's needs, and everyone agreed to it.
"As for these thirteen level-four crystal cores..." Lu Nange continued, "Brother Che, Sister Yan, He Huaijing, He Huairang, Sister Linlin, and Xie Lin'an, each of you six will get two cores."
The remaining crystal, along with all the level-three crystal cores harvested this time, will be left to Sister Wenqing, Zhizhi, and Gangzi.
He Huaijing, holding the two crystal cores he had been allocated, said, "We didn't actually put in much effort..."
Chi Yanzhou: "Just listen to Nan Nan, and you all need to improve your overall strength as soon as possible."
He Huaijing and the others stopped refusing and put the crystal cores into their pockets...
Lu Nange raised her hand and glanced at her watch: "It's still early. How about we take a detour home? See if we can run into some more high-level zombies, or collect some supplies along the way?"
Chi Yanzhou: "Shall we just go back via Huaibei District? There are several industrial parks there..."
“I don’t know the way,” Lu Nange shook her head decisively, “You guys decide!”
Chi Yanzhou: "Shi Xu, do you remember the way? It's over in Huaibei District."
Shi Xu: "Pretty much the same!"
Xie Linlin nudged her unusually quiet younger brother with her elbow, lowered her voice, and asked with a hint of teasing.
"Why are you so quiet? You used to talk a lot, always chattering away."
Xie Lin'an rolled his eyes: "Didn't you tell me not to say it?"
Xie Linlin looked at him mischievously: "One hundred and forty pounds of weight, and one hundred and thirty-nine pounds of rebellious spirit! I think... you've been completely impressed by Nan Nan and the others' fighting power and this generous distribution, so you're too embarrassed to keep nagging, right?"
Xie Lin'an straightened his back and said confidently, "This is my admiration and respect for the strong... shouldn't I?"
While the two siblings were whispering to each other, Lu Nange had already put all the items back into her spatial storage. Then, several SUVs appeared in the open space...
Everyone boarded the vehicles, and the convoy slowly started moving, driving away from the prison area...
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