After listening to Nie Ting reading out the contents of the three messages, the team called Nirvana was in an uproar.
"Let's go, let's go. We must rush to City C to rescue Dr. Xiao. We can't let other teams get ahead! That's ten tons of food. Then we can eat rice every day!"
"I almost forgot what rice tastes like! Captain Liu, Captain Nie, shall we set off immediately?"
Everyone urged him on, making Nie Ting eager to take action. Liu Ye's face did not show any excitement. She said calmly, "Don't worry, it's already late now. It's the time when zombies are most active. Let's travel at night. What if we encounter a zombie wave and get killed? If you lose your life, what will you eat? We must save people, but we have to make a plan in advance. Brother Nie, Xiao Tao, Qian Yifan... come in with me, let's discuss it first."
Liu Ye was obviously the mainstay of this team. He immediately picked out seven or eight masters and sent them into the room for a secret talk, leaving the rest in the hall outside.
Lin Dan has neither strength nor status, so naturally he cannot take care of these things. The only thing she could do now was to find a way to fill her stomach. Killing five zombies a day might not sound like much, but she could only smile bitterly as she looked at her rubbed palms. The original owner was a premature baby who had a disease since birth. It was good enough for him to grow up smoothly, but it was simply a dream for him to become a peerless powerful man and dominate the world.
Lin Dan shook his head while tearing the hem of his shirt to pieces and bandaging his bloody palm. Fortunately, she had a high tolerance for hunger. While others were tossing and turning holding their stomachs, she fell asleep quickly.
The next day, the team set off for City C, and something very dramatic happened on the way. Liu Ye just went out for a stroll and found an armory, where he got a large number of guns, ammunition and several military trucks. The team's strength was greatly enhanced, and the speed of travel naturally increased. Three days later, they arrived in City C and successfully rescued Dr. Xiao Junlin who was trapped in the laboratory.
To everyone's surprise, the famous Dr. Xiao was only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with an extremely handsome face and a temperament as cold as frost. When standing next to Nie Ting, he was not inferior to him at all, but instead had a tendency to suppress him. On his high nose bridge, he wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses that blocked the cold light in his deep eyes. His robe was as white as new, without a speck of dust on it.
He was protected by everyone and walked out of the institute quickly. Nie Ting was afraid that he might be in danger, so he tried to get closer to him, but he heard him say coldly: "Don't get within three meters of me, I have mysophobia."
A researcher blushed as he explained, "Captain Nie, our doctor has a serious mysophobia. Let's leave quickly before he can't stand it. The air outside is too bad, and the streets are very dirty."
Nie Ting's mouth twitched slightly, and he had to retreat three meters away from Dr. Xiao. Liu Ye, who was walking behind him, sneered, "It's the end of the world, why are you still being so hypocritical? There are zombies everywhere outside, and the air and water are infected by the virus. I think it would be better if he just didn't leave the institute and committed suicide directly? If he dies, he won't have to endure this dirty world anymore."
The researcher's cheeks turned red with embarrassment. He wanted to look at Dr. Xiao's expression, but he didn't dare.
Xiao Junlin frowned as he stepped on the dirt, his face frighteningly pale. More people came forward and tried to support him, but he avoided them all. He refused all touching.
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An hour later, the convoy finally got rid of the zombies' pursuit and left City C.
"Do you have new shoes? Give me a new pair." Xiao Junlin said in a deep voice.
Nie Ting turned to look at Liu Ye, who gritted her teeth and said, "No, it's the end of the world now, where can I find a pair of shoes of the right size for Dr. Xiao? You better be patient, I'll ask someone to clean your shoes for you when you rest at night."
Xiao Junlin turned to look at her with a sharp gaze.
Liu Ye felt that his gaze seemed to be penetrating and was seeing through everything about her. She couldn't help but feel a little scared, but she still said coldly: "I'm sorry, Dr. Xiao, I don't have new shoes for you, please be patient."
Xiao Junlin didn't say a word, but just looked away and looked out the window with his brows furrowed.
After nightfall, the convoy rested in a farmyard. Liu Ye gathered the researchers who had just been rescued together and asked, "What are your names and where are you from? We will be together for a long time in the future, so you should get to know each other better."
Lin Dan, who was hiding in the corner eating instant noodles, couldn't help but glance at her, feeling strange. You know, Liu Ye is not interested in anyone except Nie Ting. Even though she seems to be very caring towards her teammates and considerate of them in every way, in fact, that is just a means to win people's hearts. There was no emotion in her eyes, they were completely cold, as if God was looking at a world that was about to be destroyed.
Lin Dan didn't know where her sense of superiority came from, which allowed her to treat others as if they were nothing, but at the moment, it was undeniable that she had some interest in these researchers, otherwise she would not have taken the initiative to ask their names.
The six researchers reported their names and hometowns one by one. Liu Ye nodded to indicate that he remembered them, and then introduced his team members to them one by one. Everyone sat together by the fire and rested. The atmosphere seemed very harmonious, but Lin Dan could see that Liu Ye's attention was always on the researcher named Ma Ze. She talked to him much more often than the others, and she was trying to win him over without leaving any trace, but she forgot about the real person, Xiao Junlin.
Instead, Nie Ting frequently looked at Xiao Junlin who was standing alone by the window, and asked cautiously, "Dr. Xiao, are you hungry? How about I ask someone to make you dinner now?"
Xiao Junlin pointed at his leather shoes and said, "Do you have new shoes? I want to change."
Why are you still arguing with your shoes? Nie Ting's expression twisted for a moment, and he looked at Liu Ye again. Liu Ye said to Lin Dan who was sitting in the corner: "Go and help Dr. Xiao clean his leather shoes. I have a pair of slippers here, Dr. Xiao, please make do with them for now." After that, he took out a pair of unopened cotton slippers from his backpack.
Lin Dan put down the dry instant noodles and walked over.
Xiao Junlin stared at Liu Ye's backpack, his eyes flickering, but he didn't say a word. He took out a bottle of disinfectant, sprayed it on the cotton slippers, and waited for five seconds until all the bacteria were gone before putting them on. When he stepped on the dirty floor, his handsome face twisted for a moment, but he still gritted his teeth and endured it.
Lin Dan had been watching his every move, so he naturally did not miss the bulging veins on his temples. It seems that Dr. Xiao has a serious mysophobia. Making him walk in this dirty and smelly doomsday is tantamount to torture.
"Wipe it clean and spray it with disinfectant after wiping." Xiao Junlin instructed seriously.
Lin Dan nodded without saying anything. Afraid that he would be upset by seeing his dirty leather shoes, she went into the bathroom to deal with it. This farmyard had only been abandoned for three months but it was already extremely dirty. The ground was covered with dark brown bloodstains and unknown dirt, which should be the traces left by zombies attacking humans. I wonder if Dr. Xiao can bear to spend the night in a house like this. I guess he is feeling very sad now? Standing there was like standing in a cesspool, with every cell saturated with a feeling of nausea.
Lin Dan shook his head and sighed. She was afraid that the water she summoned was not enough, so she picked up a small plastic bucket and went to ask the girl named Xiao Qiu for some.
"My supernatural power has been exhausted. You can use this bucket of water to wipe it. This is what's left over from washing our faces and hands." Xiao Qiu said, pointing to a bucket.
Lin Dan took a closer look and saw that the water in the bucket had turned black and gave off a foul smell. How could it be used?
"I just need another half bucket..." Lin Dan begged patiently. She knew that these people with special powers would never use up all of their powers, so they had to keep some as backup in case of emergencies.
But Xiao Qiu was unwilling to pay attention to her and sneered: "You need clean water to clean a pair of leather shoes. Do you think it is still the end of the world? If you have the ability, go get water yourself and don't ask others. Go away. I'm tired all day. I'm not like you, a waste who only knows how to hide behind others and be lazy."
Xiao Qiu has a lot of opinions about Lin Dan, thanks to the original owner's senior who spread rumors about her everywhere, and also thanks to Liu Ye's attitude towards her.
Lin Dan gave up and walked back to the bathroom carrying her shoes. She had never thought of using dirty water to wipe Dr. Xiao's shoes. If she offended him, she would probably be driven away by Liu Ye immediately. What to do if there is not enough water? Can you use it sparingly?
She sat in the bathroom blankly, constantly using her mental power to knead the water in her palm into various shapes. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she compressed the water into a thin film to wrap the leather shoes. The water film kept vibrating, absorbing the dirt on the surface and gradually turned into a turbid dark brown.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on Lin Dan's forehead, and his face became paler and paler, appearing to be struggling. Summoning water requires the use of supernatural powers, but forcing the water to change into different shapes, or even vibrate at high speed to achieve a cleansing effect, requires mental energy. Although Lin Dan's physique is poor, his mental strength is extremely strong.
But it was her first time trying this operation, so she had little experience and consumed a lot of energy. She only persisted for five minutes before the high-speed vibrating water film fell off the surface of her leather shoes, fell into the bucket, and turned into a pool of liquid.
The leather shoes that were originally dirty have now become as shiny as new, lying quietly in Lin Dan's hands. She stared at it, her eyes changing constantly. When her ability level could not be raised and the amount of water she summoned every day could not be increased, she seemed to have found another way to become stronger.
She shifted her gaze to the dirty water in the bucket and thought silently: If I can't summon water, can I try to control the water that already exists in nature?
Just as she was lost in thought, a hoarse voice came from the door: "Have I polished my shoes?"
Lin Dan turned around suddenly, only to see Xiao Junlin with his hands in his pockets, looking at her quietly. His eyes were as sharp as a scalpel, as if he could see through everything about her.
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