"It's a bit heavy."
He stared wistfully at the railing in front of him, which he could only lift less than ten centimeters, and bent over, panting.
I tried it, and it was the same for me; I could only barely lift it up, but I couldn't maintain the movement for long.
"Do we need this?"
The female student who had spoken to us earlier rushed over with her stroller. Judging from her fluent speech, she was no longer afraid of us.
"What are you all preparing for? Can you tell me?" she asked again. "I am [Xiaoxi], and I also hope to do my part to help everyone."
"It's not as noble as you make it out to be; we're just working towards our personal goals."
I glanced at her; the young and beautiful girl had clearly never done hard labor before, but even so, she gritted her teeth and tried her best to lift the railing onto the trailer.
"But that just means you have a plan for what's going to happen in the future, right?" Xiaoxi still didn't give up. "Please take me with you. I won't hold you back. I'll definitely be able to help."
"What can you do? You're good-looking, but we don't need a pretty face."
“I’m not just a pretty face. I can help you move things and prepare the necessities you need. I know the locations of many landmarks in this city. I can also help you communicate with others—many people here are afraid of you because they don’t know you, but as long as I’m there to facilitate communication, everyone will realize that you are just like us, kind people struggling to survive…”
I interrupted, "We don't really care what others think, because I can't be sure we can protect everyone. Wouldn't it be better to assist the two newcomers? They're probably more approachable than us, aren't they?"
"No, how should I put it, it's just an intuition... I just felt that if I could keep up with you, my chances of survival would be better..."
Could things really develop this way? I was a bit dumbfounded.
The person who provided the information seemed to have been persuaded, and secretly tugged at my sleeve from behind, indicating permission.
"Do you know her?" I asked quietly.
But Sheng shook his head and said no: "No, this is also my first time meeting her. But rather than rejecting her, I'd rather give it a try. Maybe this is a variable that never appears in the game, and it's also proof of the difference between reality and the game."
His reasoning, at best, convinced me.
Xiaoxi clenched her fist excitedly upon receiving acceptance into the team. Even though I said it was just a temporary observation period, it didn't diminish much. Instead, she took the initiative to busy herself with various tasks, and even tried to equip herself with an easy-to-use crossbow among the weapons—by the way, how did this thing end up here? I don't remember it being here just now.
So, one back row plus one back row that was temporarily unable to fight became one back row plus two back row that were unable to fight.
It looks like a mother hen is about to take her chicks on a picnic.
"[Juncheng] and [Duheng] can't be moved for now, but we can try inviting another new boy," Sheng reminded him. "That guy has excellent shield-wielding talent and is very sturdy. Apart from being too tall, he's a qualified front-line tank. Do you need vision to cast your spell?"
"...I can try blind firing, the accuracy will decrease slightly, but not by much."
I did not mention perception because it might be a difficult concept for these people to understand, so I explained it in terms that they could understand.
Sheng nodded with the expression I expected, and led Xiaoxi to talk to the man who had been helping her. A few minutes later, she led him back.
"[Mountain]."
After briefly stating his code name, he stood silently to the side with his arms crossed once again.
Without a doubt, as the character recommended by Sheng, he possesses superhuman strength and power, and even if he is slightly inferior in agility, it is not a big problem.
Those who qualify for the front row position will be awarded a place.
After clapping his hands to get my attention, Sheng began explaining the upcoming mission—this was also the first time I'd heard him explain it in detail: "Just so you know, what we're about to do is a hidden mission. Although completing it will exempt you from the rat infestation for a certain period, that's not our main objective. It's to sneak into the mission area before the fourth main mission begins and obtain the hidden reward at the end..."
Of course, I'm more focused on one thing right now than any of that.
How did that bastard suddenly get out of my current perception range?
Is he going to do something crazy and bastardly again?
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