The top of a low mountain.
All the trees on the mountain were bare.
A young man with a short haircut and a thin build stood on a boulder on the mountaintop.
He stared blankly at the eight plumes of thick smoke that suddenly rose from the other side of the opposite mountain peak.
A similarly thin girl walked up to the young man and whispered, "Brother Ming, Brother Yong is forcing Xiao Dan again."
Ming pointed in the direction of the thick smoke and said expressionlessly, "Qianqian, you're a local, do you know what kind of place that is?"
Qianqian looked in that direction for a while and said, "It looks like the Huaxi Valley Resort."
Ming asked again, "How many people lived there before? How far is it from here?"
Qianqian nodded: "Yes, it's a resort project developed by the Bai Group. There are hundreds of service staff alone. It's summer vacation now, so there should be quite a few tourists. But I don't know exactly how far it is, I've never been there."
Ming frowned and muttered to himself, "Why would someone go into a pile of zombies and set so many fires? What's their purpose?"
Qianqian glanced at the direction of the thick smoke again and said softly, "Ming-ge, do you think we should do something about Yong-ge's side? Xiaodan is only 14 years old."
Ming Ge's face turned cold. He drew a boning knife from his waist and walked straight down the mountain.
Not far along, we came to a spot halfway up a mountain, where there was a one-story old wooden brick house.
The house was so old that it was almost on the verge of being abandoned.
"Xiao Dan, you know how Yong Ge feels about you, so just promise Yong Ge that if I find something to eat, I'll share some of my food with you! Just once, just once is enough."
"Waaah, no, Brother Yong, please let me go..."
Before he even stepped inside, Ming-ge could hear voices coming from the main room, as well as a girl crying.
Enraged, Ming Ge grabbed his knife and went inside.
The house is not big; there is a small main room in the middle, and a bedroom on each side of the main room.
Inside the main room, a thin young man, only a little over 1.7 meters tall, with dyed yellow hair, was struggling with a little girl in a dress.
There was also a slightly chubby girl helping the little girl.
Ming slammed his knife on the table next to him and roared, "Guo Yong! Do you fucking want to die?!"
Hearing the voice behind him, Guo Yong released his grip on the little girl's hand.
Turning to look at Ming Ge with a grin, he said, "Wu Ming, damn it, what are you pretending for now? Xiao Dan and the other two sleep in your room every night. Who knows if you've already given Xiao Dan a free pass?"
He then looked at Qianqian and said with a grin, "Qianqian, how does it feel to be with a few people?"
Qianqian pursed her lips and squeezed out two words: "Shameless!"
Wu Ming pulled out his boning knife, walked up to Guo Yong with a cold expression, stared at him and said, word by word, "If you dare to force Xiao Dan, I will definitely kill you!"
Guo Yong said disdainfully, "Only officials are allowed to set fires, while ordinary people are forbidden to light lamps. Wu Ming, you're nothing special, even though you graduated from police academy."
Another slightly chubby girl gently patted the back of the little girl who was still crying and said to Wu Ming, "Brother Ming, there's not enough food. We can only cook one more porridge tonight. Starting tomorrow, there will be no food at all."
Wu Mingchao said to the slightly chubby girl, "First, cook the porridge for tonight. I'll go out and find some more food later."
After saying that, Wu Ming looked at Guo Yong and said, "You'll come with me later."
Guo Yong sat down on the bench next to him and said weakly, "Let's make this clear first, we're not going to that village at the foot of the mountain anymore. The day before yesterday, we went there and were almost surrounded by more than a dozen zombies. We didn't even get anything and just wasted our energy. Now we only drink two meals of thin porridge a day and we can't run anymore."
Wu Ming frowned as he glanced at Guo Yong, then returned to his bedroom.
After searching for a long time, I finally found a starch sausage that was half the thickness of my thumb.
Stepping out of the room, Wu Ming handed the sausage to Fatty and said, "Go cook the porridge now, chop this sausage up and put it in."
The chubby girl stared at the sausage, swallowed hard, nodded quickly, and walked towards the kitchen behind the main room.
Guo Yong shouted, "Fatty! If you dare to take a single bite without permission, I'll skin you alive!"
Then, staring at Wu Ming, he said jokingly, "You really are a treasure trove. You've been starving for so many days, yet you still managed to keep a sausage. No wonder you look so energetic and can even scare people with a knife. I wonder how much you've secretly eaten."
Qianqian glared angrily at Guo Yong and shouted, "Guo Yong! When we escaped to these mountains, Brother Ming brought twice as much food as you! He always ate with everyone and never ate alone!"
Guo Yong stuck out his tongue, looked at Qianqian with a grin, and said, "Qianqian, my little beauty, I was just joking. Don't you know what a joke is?"
Qianqian glared at Guo Yong and sat down on the bench next to him.
Xiao Dan, who had gradually stopped crying, glanced at Guo Yong in fear and then sat down next to Qian Qian.
The porridge cooked quickly and had the aroma of ham.
Wu Ming and Guo Yong each had a bowl of porridge, and their bowls also contained the most ham sausages.
The other three girls each only received half a bowl of porridge, with only a few sparse pieces of ham on top.
The porridge was very thin and had a very bland taste.
Even so, the five of them drank all the porridge in their bowls as if it were an exquisite delicacy.
They even licked all the soup inside clean.
Wu Ming placed the clean bowl on the table and said to Guo Yong, "You've had your fill, it's time to get back to work. Come with me to find something to eat."
Guo Yong rubbed his stomach, sighed, and picked up a shovel from the corner of the wall.
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