"Want a massage? We have both meat and vegetarian options, feel free to pick anyone you like, it's fun and inexpensive."
As they were talking, a dark-skinned middle-aged woman swayed over into the shop. Her eyes scanned Lu Sheng and the others up and down, and her face broke into a fawning smile.
These days, everyone is having a hard time. These people are dressed neatly, and their skin is smooth and supple. They must be rich and noble to have never suffered.
"Meat...vegetarian...?"
Sun Tiantian was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what was happening and her face suddenly turned red.
"How much money can I take this person with me?" Lu Sheng stepped forward quickly, shielding Sun Tiantian behind him, and asked, pointing at Sun Zhe.
In her previous life, she had seen similar massage parlors or brothels, and the owners were mostly local bullies with some background or martial arts skills.
The people in the shop were almost all bought cheaply from slave markets or desperate families; as long as you paid the right price, you could take them away.
Now, anything that can be solved with money isn't a problem, since she has more crystal cores than she can spend.
She had originally thought the other party would take the opportunity to ask for an exorbitant price, and she was already prepared to bargain. However, when she heard that Lu Sheng specifically asked for Sun Zhe, the middle-aged woman immediately beamed with joy.
"This? Only 15 primary crystal cores! You can take it now!"
"The money and goods are settled, there's no going back."
After Lu Sheng paid, the middle-aged woman couldn't wait to push Sun Zhe into Lu Sheng's arms and immediately locked the massage parlor door from the inside.
Fearing that Lu Sheng might change his mind!
"Finally got rid of this glutton. He almost ate me out of house and home for more than half a month."
As soon as Lu Sheng and the others turned around, they heard the middle-aged woman muttering behind the door.
Lu Sheng and the others: "..."
What exactly did Sun Zhe go through in the past two weeks?
After the group returned to the car, Xu Yi immediately took out an Ebola virus test kit and had Sun Zhe tested.
"The test kit came back negative, but antibodies to the virus could be detected in the blood sample."
After an anxious wait, Xu Yi handed the test results to everyone.
"What does that mean?" Zhang Xiaojuan tilted her head and stared at it for a long time.
"This result means that he was infected with the virus but has recovered, and there are antibodies against the Ebola virus in his blood." Xu Yi adjusted his glasses.
The people in the car stared at each other in disbelief.
After questioning Sun Zhe, the group finally figured out what had happened.
Sun Zhe left the base with Liang Xiaoyun and the others, but they got separated during the beast tide. Sun Zhe was picked up and sold to the slave market.
The massage parlor owner bought him because he was young and healthy, originally intending to train Sun Zhe to provide special services to some innocent male college students in the shop.
Unexpectedly, Sun Zhe would fall asleep during lessons and show off excessively during meals, and even the massage parlor owner couldn't teach him properly.
They've already hit and scolded him, but if they don't feed him, he's afraid he'll starve and lose everything.
As sunk costs continue to rise, the massage parlor owner is left with no recourse but to suffer in silence.
In the end, they had no choice but to take Sun Zhe and two other employees who couldn't make any money to Gujia Hospital to sell their blood in exchange for some food to break even.
Seeing that Lu Sheng and the others were about to take people away today, they even sold them off at a drastic price, just to reduce costs by eliminating one good-for-nothing.
"Xiao Zhe, did you feel any discomfort after the blood was drawn?" Sun Tiantian checked Sun Zhe's body with concern.
Sun Zhe thought for a moment, "I was only a little dizzy on the day of the blood test, but I felt fine after taking a nap when I got back."
Lu Sheng and the others: "..."
The antibody that Gu Die and Jiang Qichen had been searching for so desperately turned out to be Sun Zhe. What a cruel twist of fate!
"Brother, you're really lucky... Tonight, you're the chosen one, and the only one!"
Having witnessed the devastation of an Ebola outbreak, Zhang Xiaojuan was completely convinced and gave Sun Zhe a thumbs up.
"Great! We've found the antibody! Captain Li and Sister Xiaoyun are saved!"
Xiaolin and Baishi were so excited that they cried uncontrollably. The two of them grabbed Sun Zhe's arm tightly on either side, like monsters from Journey to the West who had caught Tang Sanzang's flesh and were afraid that Sun Zhe would run away.
"Jiang Qichen's death is somehow related to us. Are these two reliable now that they're with us? Are they planning to infiltrate K3 and kill us all in the middle of the night?"
Zhang Xiaojuan glanced at Xiaolin and Baishi, then leaned close to Lu Sheng and whispered something in his ear.
"If the chairman were murdered while you were at work, would you avenge him?" Lu Sheng asked, holding Zhuangzhuang and closing his eyes to rest.
"No way, I might even rally my colleagues to crowdfund the murderer's legal fees, since that bastard signed the pay cut."
"They are the same."
"Sister Lu, I understand." Zhang Xiaojuan nodded heavily.
Upon hearing that Liang Xiaoyun had been infected with the virus, Sun Zhe immediately became restless, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, constantly urging the car to hurry back to the K3 base.
After the blood was drawn, Sun Zhe begged Ma Dongmei to get him a special pass so that he could go to Liang Xiaoyun's intensive care unit every day to take care of her.
Sun Tiantian's earnest attempts to dissuade him were futile, and she could only helplessly let him go.
Everyone was on high alert for the past few days at the West Market, and only when we returned to the safe zone did we finally relax.
The K3 base has taken in a large number of refugees from the surrounding area in the past few days, and it is noticeably more lively than before.
With 20,000 to 30,000 people pouring in at once, the management of the K3 base was overwhelmed and could only designate an entire area to temporarily house the refugees and allow them to live independently.
There is a separation line between the resettlement area and the normal living area of the K3 base. These refugees cannot enter the normal area without identity cards.
It's called a resettlement area, but it's actually a slum in the K3 base.
"I heard there's a spontaneously organized night market over there, shall we go check it out?" Han Rui, still itching to go shopping, immediately suggested as soon as she heard about the night market.
There aren't any formal stalls at the night market; most people just spread out a rag on the ground and sell secondhand items.
The refugees were all starving and thirsty, and aside from human lives, they put out almost everything they could to exchange for food.
Lu Sheng and his friends strolled around the night market for a while, exchanging a few primary crystal cores for a limited edition game console that was impossible to buy even before the apocalypse, and also bought a large amount of dog food for Rocket at a low price.
Just as I was enjoying my stroll, a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away.
"Pay up! You think you can get something for free? Have you no shame?!"
A familiar female voice rang out a dozen meters to the side and in front of Lu Sheng and the others.
"That sounds familiar."
Sun Tiantian, who is always at the forefront of gossip, immediately stood on tiptoe to look around.
An old man emerged from a tent propped up by a tattered tarpaulin and a few wooden sticks, pulling up his trousers. As soon as he stepped out, a young woman rushed out of the tent and grabbed his leg.
The young woman was blind in one eye, which was hastily wrapped in a rag, and had two obvious scars on her face.
Then, a disheveled, lame woman stumbled out and grabbed the old man's hair.
Two women grabbed the old man from both sides and shouted at the top of their lungs.
"Come quick, everyone! Someone's getting women for free without paying!"
"At your age, you have no shame! You're pulling up your pants and then denying everything!"
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