Chapter 66 Reappearance of Civilization
There is a canteen in the factory. Rong Yi had originally planned to leave the food for later arrivals so that they wouldn't come in empty-handed.
Now there's no need for that; the employees will immediately start targeting the canteen's food reserves.
Bags of rice and flour were carried out, and they worked with great enthusiasm. The tables and chairs fixed to the ground were all taken down, not to mention the stainless steel plates and chopsticks in the kitchen. It was more than a locust swarm passing through their territory.
Any spoiled vegetables, as long as they weren't completely rotten, were collected and taken away. The kitchen staff were on the front lines directing the operation; no one knew the kitchen layout better than them.
To thank Wei Yanqing for helping them store supplies, Rong Yi was about to escort them. The two chefs took the lead, cooking a large pot of rice while also preparing special meals for the two of them.
As for food, Wei Yanqing took the initiative to provide ingredients. The ingredients he stored all contained energy, and ordinary food would not fill them up and would only take up space in their stomachs. He also gave the employees a piece of black pig meat.
The chef is truly professional; as soon as the food hits the pot, flames erupt, making it a spectacular sight.
After stir-frying the last dish, the chef sniffed the air and said, "This smells so good! I feel full just from the aroma."
Rong Yi thought to himself: Uncle, you might not be imagining that you're full.
Everyone felt this might be the last time they ate so well, so they indulged themselves, even taking small sips of wine, but not daring to drink too much, for fear of delaying their journey the next day.
During the meal, several young female employees gathered around.
"What's the situation at the base? Are there really no zombies there?"
Rong Yi briefly described the situation at the base, focusing on the accommodations, while only mentioning the clearing of zombies in the surrounding area.
"The army is clearing them out in three shifts, so there are definitely no zombies left. There are also people on guard at the base."
"How will you live over there? Will you find a job? Are there even any jobs left in the world now?"
Rong Yi bit his chopsticks. "There will definitely be work. Just repairing the city wall will require a lot of people, plus the base will need people to maintain order. As long as you work, you will get to eat, but it won't be as good as before."
"What did they eat? Steamed buns?"
She really didn't know what the food at the base was like, since she had only been inside for a little over ten minutes. "I don't know, I haven't eaten there yet."
As she spoke, she looked at Wei Yanqing and found that he was focused on cooking, while two female employees were blushing and peeking at him.
As expected, even a mask can't hide a handsome man's good looks.
Seeing Rong Yi looking at Wei Yanqing, the female employee became gossipy and asked in a very low voice, "Are you two a couple?"
Rong Yi quickly shook his head, "We're teammates."
The gossipy group was a little disappointed, and said, "You guys are amazing. You managed to kill two such big black pigs. I was a little desperate before, thinking that only the army could kill the black pigs."
That's true. Given the strength of that male black boar, even superhumans would need to work together to take it down. Ordinary people could only rely on the powerful firepower of the army.
"Excuse me for asking how you upgrade your abilities. My ability isn't lethal, but I want to gather more water." The girl who spoke was a water-based ability user.
“Crystal cores.” Rong Yi pointed to the back of the head. “The back of the heads of zombies and those two black pigs have something called crystal cores. Absorbing them can enhance one’s superpowers.”
"See, I told you so, they probably have something in their brains." After Rong Yi finished speaking, a girl excitedly shook her companion's arm.
Many people read novels, especially those about the apocalypse, but no one expected that it would actually happen to their world.
After everyone worked together to kill the zombie that day, the girl suggested digging into the zombie's brain to see if there was anything there. At the time, everyone thought it was just a virus, how could there be such a fantastical thing as a crystal core? Moreover, digging into a person's brain was something they really couldn't do at that time.
“Actually, when I awakened my superpower, I guessed what you said made sense. Otherwise, if it were just zombies, we wouldn’t have been waiting for official rescue for so long,” said the girl with water-based superpowers.
After Wei Yanqing finished eating and put down his chopsticks, he saw that they were chatting enthusiastically and silently glanced at the food in Rong Yi's bowl. "You can ask me anything. Let her eat first."
After a while, everyone realized what had happened and showed embarrassed apologies.
Looking into Wei Yanqing's icy blue eyes, several of them blushed and stammered for a while before someone finally asked, "You said you came from the Jin'an District Security Base, so why did you come to Kangtai District?"
There's not much transportation available now, and the distance is quite far on foot.
"Yes, how did we get here?"
"Does our factory have some very important medicine?"
At this moment, their minds wandered, from antidote drugs for the zombie virus to secretly burying research data on medicines; there was nothing they dared not think of.
"We have a mission to complete, and the equipment and raw material bases here are in great need," Wei Yanqing said calmly, knowing that these bases were indeed in need.
Some people were pleasantly surprised, saying, "Then the base must be very strong; they've gathered all the supplies here."
They don't know how strong it is, but it looks pretty safe.
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Everyone enjoyed the dinner, and the staff found separate dorm rooms for Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing.
Rong Yi politely declined their offer to separate, since the dormitory beds were bunk beds anyway.
The next morning, they all set off at around six o'clock.
The level-five mutated animals were quite a deterrent; when they went out, there wasn't a single zombie outside.
The bicycle army set off, with Wei Yanqing at the forefront and Rong Yi behind, their roles clearly defined.
Because of the cleanup of the male black pigs, the employees didn't see the devastation outside, and their spirits were quite high on the way.
Until the first zombie was seen.
"Three on the left, two on the right, the right side is yours." Wei Yanqing's voice came from inside my head.
While pedaling, she would occasionally look back at Rong Yi's female employees. Suddenly, she pulled out a gun, held the handlebars with one hand, and fired two shots at the right side, startling them.
Thankfully, a muffler was installed, so the sound was very quiet; otherwise, it might have scared them so much that the car overturned and they fell over.
They quickly composed themselves and looked in the direction of the shot, where they saw two fallen zombies. One had most of its face bitten off, and the other had a bunch of intestines sticking out of its abdomen.
The zombies I saw in the factory were all intact; I had never seen a zombie like this before.
Some people covered their mouths and almost vomited, while others slammed on the brakes and vomited profusely.
Wei Yanqing stopped the car. "There are a lot of zombies like this outside. You'll have to get used to it. Next time, I won't stop to wait for you to finish throwing up."
The people who vomited were quite polite and apologized repeatedly.
"I'm so sorry, it's really..."
"I'm sorry to bother you."
Rong Yi and Wei Yanqing didn't owe them anything; they only symbolically accepted some supplies as payment. Naturally, they couldn't act arrogantly. This wasn't a customized service; if they threw a tantrum, they'd be left out.
After quickly packing up, they continued on their way.
What's even more surprising than the zombies is that these two actually have guns. Everyone previously thought they simply used their superpowers to kill the black pig.
(End of this chapter)
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