Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Danger! Lu Chen actually came to save her
After returning to the cabin, Su Qing had a simple meal and then began to pack his backpack.
The system told her to build a base for survivors of the apocalypse. With the functions she had unlocked so far, she roughly understood that this was just an infrastructure development game.
Her general plan was to collect supplies, farm, build houses, develop infrastructure, and then recruit people, gradually grow bigger and stronger, reach the peak of her life, and then wave her sleeves, without taking a single brick or tile, pack up her bags and go home, hiding her achievements and fame.
What was the most desirable thing in the apocalypse? A stable environment and ample food. Although she still wasn't sure how to obtain a base with a protective shield.
The only thing we know now is to work hard to collect various supplies, build infrastructure, and refresh items.
There are too many building materials needed for the various constructions on the building page. If she wants to go home as soon as possible, it seems that she needs to work hard. She is really too poor now.
Just thinking about it made her feel overwhelmed.
And her food. Before, it seemed quite sufficient for her alone, but now with one more person, it is a little insufficient, not to mention how to ensure the logistics of a base in the future.
Currently, going to the city to search for supplies is also on the agenda.
As Su Qing was thinking, she felt sleepy again. Seeing that Lu Chen was motionless outside, she thought that she was no longer needed. She tidied herself up, lay down on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.
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With no strangers around and the system protecting him, Su Qing slept exceptionally well that night and woke up feeling refreshed.
After a quick wash, Su Qing looked into Lu Chen's house and found no one there. She looked around and saw Lu Chen standing in her field, watering the crops with a watering can.
"Good morning, I'll take care of this. You're still injured." Su Qing walked to the edge of the field and said to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen raised his head when he heard the voice, "It's almost done watering." His hands kept moving and soon he finished watering the last bit.
After leaving the fields, Lu Chen stood beside Su Qing and motioned her to pour some water for him to wash his hands. As he washed, he said calmly, "The crops in your area are growing very fast."
Su Qing looked at the crops in the fields that had grown several times taller than yesterday, feeling helpless. What excuse could she come up with?
"It's the end of the world, everything has changed. Who knows why these things grow so fast? Maybe the seeds have mutated. Isn't that what's written in novels? Plants and animals mutate."
Lu Chen nodded, shook off the water droplets on his hands, looked at Su Qing calmly and said, "Indeed, zombies exist, and plants may also mutate."
Sue breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them walked towards the house.
"It seems that you are very lucky. The land in other places is polluted, and it is difficult for seeds to germinate, let alone grow and survive. Nowadays, fresh fruits and vegetables are hard to come by in major bases." Lu Chen's words revealed a lot of information.
"What?" Su Qing was secretly rejoicing when she was startled by Lu Chen's sudden words.
Seeing Su Qing's expression, Lu Chen knew that she didn't know about this. He sighed in his heart again. This little girl was completely unaware of the situation outside. If she went outside and met other people, wouldn't she be exposed and in danger at any time...
Lu Chen stopped talking and walked away, leaving Su Qing standing there in a daze.
It took her a while to come back to her senses and she quickly walked back to the wooden house and closed the door. She really didn't want to face the man outside again. As soon as she saw him, Su Qing felt very guilty, but she also felt that this man seemed to be hinting at something to her.
Su Qing sighed several times. She was bored in the house, so she studied the roadmap for upgrading the building materials for the house. The cement factory was less than 20 kilometers away from her. She had nothing to do at the moment, so she could go there and stay away from people outside.
Once she made the decision, she did it immediately. She took out some food and water, put them on the table, and got up to go out.
Su Qing walked to the front of the hut and saw Lu Chen with his hands under his head and eyes closed, as if he was asleep. He called him softly, "Lu Chen."
After waiting for a while without any sound, Su Qing thought that if Lu Chen was hungry, he would go to the wooden house to find her, so that he could see the things on the table, so she didn't call him and turned to leave.
"What's up?"
Su Qing had just taken a few steps when a hoarse voice came from behind her. She turned around and saw Lu Chen walking out of the hut, looking at her with a slightly sleepy expression.
"I'm going to go out for a bit. There's food and water in the cabin. You can get some if you're hungry."
"Got it. Be careful." Lu Chen nodded and turned back into the house.
Su Qing walked to the front of the car, got in, started the car and headed towards the cement factory.
The car started and stopped, and whenever she came across a parked vehicle on the road, she would go over to see if there was any oil. However, most of the cars had their oil drained out. She also found a gas station, and as expected, the gas tanks were empty. It had been a long time since the end of the world, and most of the usable supplies had been taken away.
But she was particularly lucky this time. There was an overturned tanker truck in the open space behind the gas station, and there was still some remaining oil in it, which allowed her to fill more than three barrels.
In addition, there were some broken and moldy foods scattered on the floor of the store, and Su Qing was asked to pick them up one by one.
She looks like a garbage collector. It is her turn to take away the unwanted and broken things of others. It is really sad to think about it.
Fortunately, she had a big bug in the refresh system, otherwise she would have starved to death in minutes.
The cement factory was also in a suburb. On the way, Su Qing passed by a farmhouse B&B with a few zombies hanging around inside. She carefully avoided them and searched around briefly. She didn't know how many people had visited this place, and there was basically nothing left.
Su Qing found some quilts, sheets, pillows and disposable toiletries scattered on the ground in a place that seemed to be a warehouse. These things were covered with a thick layer of dust. She first put some of them into her backpack, then opened the refresh mall and saw that these could be refreshed, so she put them all away.
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she seemed to hear a few faint dog barks.
She looked around and found a dying puppy behind some boxes piled in a corner.
The dog is pitch black, doesn't look very big, and is skinny. I don't know how long it has been here.
The puppy lay there looking at her pitifully, barking at her weakly, and wagging its little tail with effort, looking so pitiful.
These were the only two living things she had found since coming to this world. Su Qing took out a towel from her backpack, carefully wrapped the puppy, and picked it up.
Walking back to the car, she took another closer look at the puppy. It was a little male dog, so dirty that its black breed could not be identified at the moment. It had a mouthful of small baby teeth and should be only two or three months old. Its hair was dull and bald in several places. The exposed skin was red and scabby, and it looked like it had some skin problems. It was so thin that it was unknown how long it had been hungry.
She remembered that there seemed to be two packets of moldy milk powder in her backpack, so she quickly opened the refresh system to look for the milk powder.
[Damaged and moldy milk powder - milk powder × 2, can be refreshed]
[Refresh successfully, get highly nutritious milk powder x 2]
Does milk powder have any additional effects? I don't know if this puppy is lactose intolerant. She really doesn't have anything that a puppy can eat, so she can only make do with it.
Su Qing took out a bowl and mixed some milk powder with mineral water. When the puppy saw the milk, he immediately pounced on the bowl and started drinking. In just a few seconds, half a bowl of milk was drunk by him. Su Qing was worried that his stomach couldn't handle the sudden food, so he didn't dare to give him too much. He just added a little less and the puppy drank it up immediately. The puppy kept licking the bowl, then looked up and barked at Su Qing a few times.
Su Qing looked at the puppy and said, "You can't drink it now. Your stomach won't be able to handle it. Wait for it to digest for a while and then I'll give it to you."
"Awoo~" The puppy whined a few times in grievance, and then lay quietly in Su Qing's arms, as if it understood.
Su Qing saw that the puppy was lying on her obediently, and it didn't affect her driving too much. Anyway, there were no people or cars on the road, so she started the car and continued to drive towards the cement factory.
The car soon arrived at the cement factory. She parked the car at the factory gate, saw that the puppy in her arms had fallen asleep, put it on the passenger seat, closed the car door and got out.
The cement factory was not very large, and some of the cement outside the factory had been taken away. Su Qing walked inside and saw some rotten corpses lying all over the ground. She covered her nose, not daring to look any further and walked past quickly. It was only when she reached the innermost part that she saw bags of cement piled on the shelves.
She hurriedly collected the cement bit by bit. As she was collecting it, she accidentally stepped on a wooden stick. Then her body became unstable and hit the empty frame behind her. The frame fell to the ground with a few crashes.
The shelf fell with a loud noise. She stopped and looked around carefully. Seeing that there was no movement, she quickly collected cement.
As she was collecting them, she suddenly felt a foul odor in the air. She saw a few zombies staggering towards her from behind, and they were about to get close to her.
Su Qing was startled and immediately took several steps back, away from the zombies.
Several zombies were circling around the place where the shelves had fallen, making hoarse sounds from their mouths.
One of the zombies stepped on the wooden stick that had just slipped on Su Qing. The zombie swayed a few times and fell straight towards Su Qing. She hurriedly dodged to the side, and the zombie fell on the shelf next to Su Qing.
The zombie's body was stuck and kept twisting. The shelf made a creaking sound due to the zombie's large swings, and then the shelf tilted forward, and the cement on it fell down. Su Qing was below, and seeing several bags of cement weighing dozens of pounds falling down, she closed her eyes subconsciously without being able to dodge.
"System, help!!!"
Su Qing screamed, and then a force caused her to fall sideways on the ground, rolling several times before stopping.
Behind me came the sound of concrete falling to the ground.
Su Qing opened his eyes and it was Lu Chen!
How could he follow her and save her!
"Why are you here?" Su Qing was held in Lu Chen's arms and looked at him intently.
"Just take a walk." Lu Chen quickly let go of Su Qing and helped her stand up.
Just walking around? Are you kidding me?
"What a coincidence! I just walked for more than 20 kilometers and ended up at the same destination as me." Su Qing stood up and rubbed his arm that was hurt from the fall.
There was too much noise here, and seeing all the zombies gathering here, Lu Chen didn't say anything more. He grabbed Su Qing's arm and ran out.
Su Qing was dragged by Lu Chen. Looking at the zombies surrounding them, he knew that this was not the time to argue. He followed him and the two of them quickly ran out of the factory, found Su Qing's car and quickly left the cement factory.
Watching the zombies chasing them gradually disappear in the rearview mirror, Su Qing hugged the sleeping puppy and turned to look at Lu Chen who was driving. She said with a stern face, "You're following me!"
"I just felt uneasy, so I followed him out to take a look." Lu Chen glanced sideways at Su Qing, then turned back to look at the road ahead.
Su Qing felt a little upset. Didn't that mean he had seen everything she had done along the way?
"Did you see everything?"
"What did you see?"
"That's right...that's right..." Su Qing was a little unsure whether Lu Chen had seen it or not. It was unlikely that he would follow her too closely, otherwise she would definitely notice. However, she was reckless and made big movements when collecting things. Even if one couldn't see what she was doing from a distance, the disappearance of so many things would always arouse suspicion.
And those zombies didn't attack her! Anyone with a normal eye would have noticed something was wrong.
"What is it?"
The author has something to say:
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Su Qing: Did you see it?
Lu Chen: What should I see?
Su Qing: You didn’t see anything!
Lu Chen: Okay, I’ll just pretend I didn’t see it.
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