The Academy of Agricultural Sciences is indeed in City S, but the Academy of Geological Sciences is not in City S, but in City B.
Fan Xin looked at Zhou Jinchen's unpleasant expression in the rearview mirror and said calmly, "The end of the world has come. Are you still afraid that I will do something detrimental to the research institute?"
Zhou Jinchen: “…”
Yes, it’s the end of the world.
But even though it’s the end of the world, the institute is still a very important place for the country.
Fan Xin continued, "I went there just to see if the researchers at the institute had been rescued by the military. You know what the situation is like out there right now. If the military couldn't get there in time to rescue those researchers, every single one of them would be a loss to the country."
Zhou Jinchen was startled and patted his forehead: "So that's how it is. I knew it."
"Hey, sorry, brother. I'm just too suspicious. We need to hurry. The Agricultural Science Research Institute is three counties away from here, and the old road is a bit far. It would be great if we could get on the highway..."
"But why only go to the Geological Research Institute and the Agricultural Research Institute?" Zhou Jinchen asked puzzledly.
"We are facing a food shortage and doomsday. Isn't the most important thing to figure out how to grow food in this environment?" Fan Xin asked Zhou Jinchen in confusion.
It seems that this is indeed the case.
Zhou Jinchen sighed, "But the Geological Research Institute is in City B, not here. According to our current route and speed, it will take at least half a month to reach City B. Even if the military fails to rescue them in time, it will be too late for us to rush there."
Fan Xin hummed, "Then let's go to the Agricultural Research Institute first."
Zhou Jinchen sighed: "Brother, you are thinking ahead and considering the future of the country."
Fan Xin twitched the corners of his mouth but said nothing.
She didn't go to the institute to save anyone, but of course, if someone was really trapped inside, she wouldn't mind helping.
But her main target is the zombies in the research institute.
Ten years after the previous life, humans combined the soil and seeds to grow some things, but not only was the yield low, the variation was also very high. Although it was non-toxic and rich in nutrients, the taste was simply not good.
After becoming the zombie king, his body is not much different from that of a human being. He can eat and sleep.
Fan Xin had tasted the food at that time and found it bitter and astringent, making it difficult to swallow.
I don’t know whether the yield of those grain species increased or whether the taste improved after her death.
During the break, Fan Xin took out some biscuits and water from her backpack and handed them to Zhong Yi.
"Get out of the car and move around."
"Well, thank you, brother." Zhong Yi took the biscuits and water, opened the car door and jumped out.
Zhou Jinchen's Adam's apple rolled, he swallowed, and his eyes kept looking into Fan Xin's backpack.
Fan Xin handed some biscuits and water to Xu Yan and looked at him: "Get out of the car, what are you still doing in the car?"
Zhou Jinchen chuckled and said, "Brother, I haven't eaten for two days. Can you give me some?"
The words of repaying seemed to be empty talk. Zhou Jinchen had nothing to give to Fan Xin, so he could only blink and act cute to him.
But now he has an unshaven beard and looks sloppy, and it seems that he is acting stupid again.
Fan Xin opened the door and got out of the car. She opened the back door and pulled Zhou Jinchen out. "Go clean it up."
Zhou Jinchen staggered after being pushed, and found that there was a pond next to him. The water looked quite clear. He looked down and saw his own reflection in the pond.
His face and head were covered in dried blood, his hair was messy and clotted together with blood, and he looked like Sharp Brother.
Zhou Jinchen: “…”
No wonder Fan Xin and the kid looked so disgusted with him.
The weather was very hot during the day. The sun burned my skin and even the water in the pond was hot.
Zhou Jinchen happily jumped into the pond, rubbing his clothes and body, and dirty bloodstains spread from his body.
Fan Xin didn't know what Zhou Jinchen was so happy about all day. He seemed not to be affected by the doomsday atmosphere at all.
"Why did you come so far?" Fan Xin sat by the pond, drinking a bottle of tomato juice.
Of course, the drink inside had long been replaced by the blood in the space by Fan Xin.
Zhou Jinchen: "We met in person, but something happened right after I got here, so we haven't been able to get in touch since."
After washing, he held his breath and dived into the water.
Fan Xin reached out and grabbed Zhou Jinchen by the collar and pulled him out of the water.
Zhou Jinchen was stunned. He turned to look at Fan Xin, then looked at himself and gave Fan Xin a thumbs-up: "Brother, you are really strong."
Fan Xin felt that this person was stupid.
"You've washed all the zombie blood into the pond, and you still dare to dive in? Aren't you afraid you'll turn into a zombie if you drink it?"
Zhou Jinchen scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Will it?"
Fan Xin said expressionlessly, "Yes."
She looked at Zhou Jinchen's silly look and wanted to throw him down to drink some water to see if that would work.
Zhou Jinchen took a breath. "What should we do then? What if someone comes here to use the water... not to mention washing, what if they drink water here when there's no water to drink? Wouldn't that be terrible?"
Fan Xin: “…”
Zhong Yi ran over, took Fan Xin's hand and said, "Just put up a sign."
"Yes, we should put up a sign!" Zhou Jinchen nodded in agreement, then looked around for a wooden board. Not finding any, he brought back a stone and wrote in a circle on the ground beside the pond.
"There's zombie blood in the pond, you can't drink it!!"
Fan Xin looked at it expressionlessly. Even if he wrote it, the words would not last long. He had no idea why Zhou Jinchen took the trouble to do so.
Zhong Yi also took a stone and drew a big X on the ground.
After washing himself clean, Zhou Jinchen looked handsome and a little bit handsome. With that little stubble, he looked quite good. Zhong Yi was not so repulsed by him anymore.
In addition, the two of them drew words and Xs on the ground together, and their relationship became much better in an instant.
"Hey, why is your mother still in the car? Isn't she tired of sitting all the time?" Zhou Jinchen noticed that Xu Yan did not get out of the car, poked Zhong Yi's arm and asked.
Zhong Yi tilted his head: "Mom likes to sit in the car."
Zhou Jinchen thought Zhong Yi was still young and probably couldn't express himself clearly, so he automatically transformed it into: "Mom doesn't like strangers, or Mom doesn't like to be too close to others, so she stayed in the car alone."
After a while, Zhou Jinchen's clothes were dry and they got in the car and left.
When passing by a county town, a group of zombies suddenly appeared a few miles away from the fork in the road, roaring and screaming. There were so many of them that it was terrifying to look at.
Zhou Jinchen leaned against the back of the driver's seat, staring ahead. "My goodness, what's going on? Why are there so many zombies?"
Zhong Yi also imitated Zhou Jinchen and leaned forward to look: "Brother, those zombies are coming towards us!"
Fan Xin nodded, turned the steering wheel and turned around.
As soon as the car turned around, a group of zombies came out from behind and staggered towards them.
Looking at the crowded scene, Zhou Jinchen's scalp tingled: "What, what should I do?"
He was about to cry: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have washed away the zombie blood. Brother, can we still get zombie blood now?"
Jiangshui County is a county town relatively far away from S City, close to the border with D City.
This county town is relatively small, but it has a large population. Just looking at the hordes of zombies coming in, you can tell how crowded this county town is.
What Fan Xin couldn't understand was that these were all first-level zombies, and their senses were not that sharp. Even if the sound of the car alarmed them, it shouldn't have attracted so many zombies.
Something was clearly not right.
The zombies automatically formed a circle, coordinating well with each other, leaving only one path for them, and deliberately forcing them into that path.
"Hurry, hurry, brother, there are no zombies over there!" Zhou Jinchen excitedly pointed in the direction that had not been surrounded and kept urging Fan Xin.
Fan Xin really didn't know what was going on in this guy's head.
But it just so happened that she also wanted to see where these zombies were going to force them.
When the car drove to the bottom of a shopping mall, zombies blocked the road ahead.
There were dense swarms of zombies all around, and even if you wanted to drive the van, you couldn't get out.
"It's over, it's over. It's really over now." Zhou Jinchen looked ahead in despair, his eyes wide open, wanting to cry but unable to.
He thought he had boarded a car that would take him home, but who knew he had boarded a car that would take him on his way. If he had known, he should not have boarded the car. Maybe he could have waited for another car.
Fan Xin parked the car in front of the mall and opened the door: "Get out and go into the mall!"
With Zhou Jinchen around, Fan Xin didn't put the car back into the space. She just carried her backpack and held Zhong Yi in her arms.
He held Zhong Yi in one hand and handed Zhou Jinchen a machete: "Take it, and chop the zombies' necks when you encounter them."
Zhou Jinchen held the machete and blinked, a little confused. Where did the knife come from? Did Fan Xin have a knife in her hand before?
"Don't be in a daze." Fan Xin said coldly, then picked up Xu Yan and ran towards the mall.
"Hey, wait for me!" Seeing Fan Xin holding Zhong Yi and Xu Yan and running away, Zhou Jinchen put aside the doubts in his mind, tightly grasped the machete in both hands, and ran towards the mall.
The rolling shutter door of the shopping mall was closed, but fortunately it was not locked. Fan Xin reached the door and pulled it up with force, and the rolling shutter door rose up with a rattling sound.
They entered the mall and immediately pulled down and closed the rolling door.
Zhou Jinchen collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath and wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Phew, that was a close call, that was a close call, so exciting!"
Fan Xin observed the mall, his eyes casually sweeping over the surveillance camera in the corner of the mall.
Those surveillance cameras were installed very secretly, and they flashed red lights from time to time. It was obvious that the surveillance cameras were still on and someone was watching this place.
Fan Xin walked to the stairs and looked up.
Zhou Jinchen, who had been sitting on the ground, looking almost paralyzed from exhaustion, quickly stood up, walked over, and looked up: "Brother, what are you doing? Are you trying to go up there?"
Fan Xin glanced at Zhou Jinchen and said, "My name is Fan Xin."
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