Chapter 31: The Boy Asks for Directions
Li Huiyin's eyes were shining, and she was so excited that she kept making "hmm" sounds with her covered mouth.
As soon as Xu Zhiyang loosened his grip, Li Huiyin started to howl. He quickly covered her hand again, "Calm down. Gold energy isn't easy to come by."
Hearing this, Li Huiyin was hit hard. She hugged her knees with a wronged look, resting her chin on them and staring at Xu Zhiyang with resentment.
"Okay, I will observe carefully along the way and try to collect gold energy as soon as possible to break through to the first level."
Xu Zhiyang patted Li Huiyin's little head affectionately.
Zhu Ci's forehead veins twitched inexplicably, and he coughed, "Xiao Yu, can you control your wings?"
Qin Shiyu was surprised for a moment after hearing this, but after careful consideration and calculation, he concluded, "I'm afraid not. I'm an evolver, not a superpower like my elder brother and sister."
"Although my energy belongs to wood energy, I cannot use my wood energy at will for the time being. If I overuse my brain, the energy will be depleted. Even if I replenish my energy, I will prioritize using my brain."
Xu Zhiyang: "But if you reach the second and third levels, your body's energy storage will increase, and you can store more energy. At that time, there may be extra energy that can be separated and used to control the wings."
Li Huiyin was confused, and after thinking it over twice, she finally understood. "You mean that your current energy storage is just enough for your brain. If you want to use energy to control your wings, you have to wait until you advance and the energy storage vessel becomes larger?"
"Yes! That's what I mean!" Qin Shiyu snapped his fingers.
Zhu Ci: "Let's not talk about this for now, the zombies are already surrounding us."
The few of them stopped discussing. Xu Zhiyang looked down and saw groups of zombies wandering around the streets.
"Momo, let's go!" Qin Shiyu patted it. Momo barked to indicate that he understood, then took a step forward and continued to move forward.
Zhu Ci took out a map to check. He had to go through the city and head north. There was no internet or electricity, so he could only rely on the map.
"I really can't adapt to life without my cell phone." Xu Zhiyang muttered to herself.
Zhu Ci raised his eyes when he heard it, and for the first time ever, he made a cold joke: "Playing with your phone will distract you. If there's danger, you'll be dead."
Xu Zhiyang smiled politely, "So where do we go next?"
“Along the river, the city roads are intricate and it’s not easy to make mistakes along the river, and most zombies and monsters gather in the city.”
Qin Shiyu also came over to look at the map, pushed his glasses and said, "I thought so too, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave Rongchang District today."
Just as Xu Zhiyang was about to ask why, he felt the sky darken. It was the kind of sky that was suddenly covered with dark clouds, as if heavy rain was about to pour down.
"It's going to rain. This season is really unusual." Xu Zhiyang felt cold and rubbed his arms, saying, "We need to find a place for Momo to hide before it rains."
"Momo, go down the stairs on the right. Let's go to the river, the river where I often take you for a walk."
“Woof woof woof!”
Momo turned quickly and walked down the stairs out of the city center. The evolved Momo ran on all fours as if he had Hot Wheels.
Even if they ran past a group of zombies, they would disappear with their masters before the zombies could react.
Zhu Ci pointed to a spot on the map that he had marked with a red pen. "The closest place to here is a factory. Most of the factory sheds are high enough for Momo to hide in."
"Then let's go here and continue our journey after the rain stops." Qin Shiyu took the map and sat in the front to show Momo the way.
Xu Zhiyang had nothing to do, so he turned his gaze to the river.
The river has beautiful scenery. It is wide, clear and majestic. The trees on both sides are lush and green.
Suddenly, Xu Zhiyang paused and saw two people standing by the river not far ahead. Qin Shiyu, who was also sitting in the front, also saw it and asked Momo to stop.
When they got closer, Xu Zhiyang saw that they were two girls, but they were dirty, with unkempt hair and faces, and one of them was holding a bunch of vegetables in her hand.
The girls had defensive looks on their faces, and the taller girl pulled the other little girl back a few steps.
"What are you doing?!"
Li Huiyin looked at the two of them curiously, "The little girl has a loud voice. We can hear her clearly even though we're sitting so high up."
Qin Shiyu patted Momo, "Momo, lie down."
Xu Zhiyang probably knew what he wanted to do, so he slid down with Qin Shiyu. Momo's fur was very smooth, and he could slide down along the dog's legs.
"Be careful." Zhu Ci whispered.
Xu Zhiyang raised his hand and gestured OK, then walked over with Qin Shiyu and stopped in front of the two girls.
The tall girl picked up a sickle cautiously, "What are you doing? Are you trying to steal the food?!"
Xu Zhiyang quickly waved his hands, "No, we just wanted to ask for directions, we don't mean any harm."
"Yeah." Qin Shiyu smiled with eyes like crescent moons, looking harmless. "Sister, do you know the situation of Rongchang Pipe Factory?"
The tall girl remained on guard, "I know, but why should I tell you?!"
Xu Zhiyang turned around and looked at Zhu Ci. The latter immediately understood and reached out to take the last bag of instant noodles from Li Huiyin and threw it down.
Li Huiyin pursed her lips as she watched the instant noodles disappear into the distance, angry but not daring to say anything.
Xu Zhiyang raised her hand to take it, and bent down slightly to look at the little girl behind her: "Little sister, tell me what's going on there, and this bag of instant noodles will be yours."
The little girl looked pale and thin, and it seemed that she had a hard life. She hadn't seen oil or water for a long time, and her eyes were glued to the bag of instant noodles when she saw it.
"It's a lie!" The tall girl took a few steps back, her face tense. "Sister, don't be fooled by them! They must be in cahoots with the Six Gods Gang!"
Li Huiyin was puzzled: "Six Gods Gang? What the hell? Floral water?"
Xu Zhiyang raised the end of her eyebrows slightly, and the small black mole at the end of her eyebrows moved. To show her sincerity, she leaned over and put the instant noodles on the ground and pushed it over.
"I have no ill intentions, and we're not from the Six Gods Gang. We really just want to ask for directions. Once we understand the situation here, we'll continue on our way. We won't harm you."
The tall girl stared at Xu Zhiyang for a while and felt that he really didn't look like a bad person.
Xu Zhiyang is a young man with soft features, a pair of big brown eyes that are clear and bright, a fair complexion, and thin and exposed wrists, which makes him look very youthful.
His appearance is exactly the type that girls like, thin and handsome, the school idol level.
The tall girl coughed, a blush appearing on her cheeks covered in mud and dust. "Then ask... ask, but this bag of instant noodles is your reward!"
"Okay, thank you."
Xu Zhiyang smiled at him, then looked at Qin Shiyu.
Qin Shiyu stepped forward and asked, "Sister, are there any zombies or mutated monsters in the Rongchang pipe factory?"
The tall girl thought carefully for a moment before she said, "I passed by here three days ago. It was quite quiet inside, and it didn't look like there were any monsters."
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