No one expected that, just after welcoming the people from Base A today, this kind of thing would happen in the evening.
Yuan Yue was lying on the ground, unable to get up due to the golden blade’s throat-locking technique, but no one went to help him.
After hearing Li Nianqin’s words, Yuan Yue’s face turned red.
Li Qun said slowly, “You can control the zombies to protect you, how can I be sure you won’t control the zombies to do other things? Moreover, you did sacrifice your companions.”
The implications of these words are not good.
Yuan Yue was extremely scared and quickly shouted, “I-I really didn’t mean it, it was purely survival instinct, it only happened twice! Really, only twice! And my control ability is actually not good, most of the time I can only command the zombies to ‘leave’, controlling them to do other things like just now was completely an exaggeration!”
He struggled desperately, his face turning red with effort. “But, Li Laoshi, if you can help me fully develop this control ability, I won’t lose control of the zombies, and I absolutely won’t harm my companions, really!”
However, who can be sure that allowing such a despicable person to master such a powerful ability won’t cause problems?
Sitting beside Li Qun was another leader of the base, named Jin Lun, who Li Qun had asked to be called over just before entering the meeting room.
After a moment of contemplation, Jin Lun said, “If you can fully master this ability, can you locate the position of that mysterious psychic ability user?”
Since the other party can control such a large number of zombies, they don’t need to show themselves in front of them at all.
Other ability users, no matter how powerful, can only deal with the zombie tide and may not be able to find the instigator. This way, they will always be in a passive state and unable to solve the root of the problem.
Yuan Yue immediately said, “Of course I can, I definitely can!”
Li Qun shook his head, saying, “At this point, he will say anything to survive.”
“That psychic ability user is indeed a problem,” Jin Lun said, “Why would he attack our base? For supplies? There are plenty of supplies outside in the world. Since he can control zombies, he can freely enter and exit anywhere, he doesn’t need to come and fight us.”
That is indeed a problem.
Li Qun sighed.
Jin Lun made a decision, “Here’s the deal, give him to me, I’ll train him, I’ll also keep an eye on him. If he dares to do anything bad with this ability, I’ll kill him directly, how about that?”
Yuan Yue’s face turned pale.
There was silence in the meeting room for a moment, with no one opposing. Jin Lun said, “Then it’s decided.”
The meeting ended, and everyone’s mood was quite subtle, while Yuan Yue was still stuck on the ground unable to get up.
Li Nianqin’s Golden Blade would dissipate every once in a while when outputted in large quantities.
But if, like now, only one blade was condensed, it could last… who knows until when.
Yuan Yue couldn’t get up, and Li Nianqin looked coldly at him, apparently not intending to retract the blade himself. Jin Lun’s subordinates had no choice but to go and pull it out themselves.
It took a lot of effort to finally pull out the blade from the floor.
Yuan Yue finally managed to crawl up from the floor, looking disheveled all over.
As everyone streamed out of the meeting room, he could feel the disdainful looks falling on him, his face turning red as he dared not lift his head.
Only when Xu Yin passed by him, he suddenly looked up and said, “I’m sorry, I really didn’t mean it that time.”
Xu Yin raised an eyebrow.
Yuan Yue’s gaze became cunning, “But, Xu Ge, your body really recovered quickly. Why are you so different from others?”
Several pairs of eyes around them gathered on Xu Yin, especially those of Li Qun and Jin Lun.
Half-zombies are a very special existence. Some people believe that when a half-zombie regains its original appearance, it is the moment of true completion of evolution.
Their physical abilities are greatly enhanced, they can self-repair from mild to moderate injuries, and their anomalies mutate, often leading to a more powerful outcome.
This is completely a human evolution upgrade.
Therefore, some people think that not only should vaccines against the zombie virus be developed, but perhaps research on half-zombies should also be conducted—this may be the true way out for humanity.
Regardless of the truth, as long as there are bases with sufficient equipment and manpower, they will definitely not lack research on half-zombies.
So, special cases like Xu Yin—
Xu Yin smirked, “Well, rest assured, I will cooperate with Dr. Lu’s research.”
Since Xu Yin ultimately ended up in this Base B, he was prepared to cooperate with the research.
Moreover, he didn’t like this kind of apocalyptic world anyway, so the sooner the vaccine could be developed, the better.
The pills in the systems’ shop could only be used on himself, but perhaps some residual information in his body could inspire the researchers?
So Xu Yin was quite cooperative.
Li Qun breathed a sigh of relief, while Yuan Yue’s gaze at Xu Yin became somewhat malicious.
The next moment, with a clang, another golden blade pinned his throat to the door behind him.
Yuan Yue: “???”
Others: “…..”
Li Nianqin expressionlessly placed his hand on Xu Yin’s back and led him away.
Li Qun was in a mess for a moment and shouted at his son, “Don’t make more holes in the meeting room! There are still rooms to be assigned, where are you taking Xu Yin?!”
Li Nianqin didn’t even look back, “He’ll stay in the same room as me and Yu Dong.”
Xu Yin smirked.
And behind them, Li Qun was stunned.
Jin Lun looked at his subordinates helping to pull out the golden blade once again, and said to Li Qun with a headache, “…Your son seems to be particularly kind to this half-zombie?”
Indeed.
Li Qun was suspicious.
When did he ever see his son react so strongly to someone else’s affairs?
This…
After the apocalypse, almost everyone had released their true nature to some extent—It’s the end of the world, why would I care what others think?
So at least in terms of emotions, everyone had let go and was no longer hiding anything.
It wasn’t until this moment that many people realized how many homosexuals and bisexuals were around them.
But Li Qun really never thought his son had such tendencies?? That kid looks completely like a straight guy?!
Li Qun was greatly shocked, and for a moment, he was even a little dazed!
***
The cafeteria is on the basement floor of this mall.
People from Base A are having their meal, but the more they think about the scene just now, the more unsettling it feels.
They thought that after this terrifying zombie tide, Base B would show some respect for them after witnessing Yuan Yue’s abilities, but each and every one of them still didn’t even look at them properly!
Moreover, when they escorted Yuan Yue away just now, Guan Qi even yelled at them!
“Guan Qi came here and immediately kissed the ass of the leaders here, completely ignoring Yuan laoshi!” someone angrily said.
“Yeah, and then he yelled at us!”
Xiao Yuan was a loyal supporter of Yuan Yue. Feeling upset, he put down his chopsticks and said loudly, “If it weren’t for Yuan laoshi, could they have repelled the zombie tide so quickly? They’re simply ungrateful!”
With a clap, there was another sound of chopsticks being put down, and Xiao Yuan shrank his neck.
Not far away, a big man said coldly, “Yuan Yue repelled the zombie tide? You guys have been hiding in here like cowards, what nonsense are you imagining?”
The phrase “hiding like a turtle” hit the shame of those ability users in Base A.
They retorted, “Yuan laoshi is already powerful enough, we don’t need to take action at all!”
“What do you mean by hiding like a turtle? You have so many people in Base B, is it reasonable to let guests take the field on the first day?”
People from Base B found it ridiculous.
“Guests?” a woman also put down her chopsticks, crossed her arms, and sarcastically remarked, “How come, did we ask you to come? After you repaired the signal tower yourselves, you eagerly contacted us, hoping to merge with us, let’s be blunt, isn’t it for the resources here? Guests? People from Base A can’t fight, but they’re good at taking advantage, huh.”
“What are you talking about!” a woman from Base A stood up excitedly. “We brought Yuan laoshi here to benefit you all!”
The term “benefit” is simply ridiculous!
Especially for some ability users in Base B who were almost deceived into a trap on the city wall before, they worshipped Yuan Yue as if he were a god, but then they were slapped in the face so quickly.
Recalling their foolish moments on the city wall before, they couldn’t bear it.
“Benefit my ass, he almost killed another leader of your base, that guy called Guan Qi!”
People from Base A were stunned.
What the hell? Yuan Yue almost killed Guan Qi? What is this…
They were about to refute, but the ability users from Base B who had just come down from the city wall started speaking up.
“That’s right, he couldn’t stop that wave of zombies at all. We would have died long ago if we relied on him!”
“Why do you think Guan Qi looks so gloomy? He was almost killed by his own base’s leader, of course, he’s not in a good mood!”
“The wave of zombies just now was dealt with by the half-zombie brought back by our base’s Li Nianqin, not Yuan Yue. Why does Yuan Yue want to take all the credit?”
“What’s the name of that half-zombie again… Right, Xu Yin, Xu Yin, damn it, wasn’t the main credit due to him? Nianqin was just assisting him!”
“Yes, Xu Yin’s ice ability is too powerful, he solved so many zombies in just a few seconds.”
As they chatted, these ability users started talking about Xu Yin, and there was nothing but admiration in their words.
With someone who can instantly freeze tens of thousands of zombies, what do they have to fear?
Such a person, who was originally a leader of Base A, is now being looked down upon by the people of Base A, who inexplicably regard that Yuan Yue as a god. Even the high-ranking officials can’t see that something is wrong, and they feel like they have mistreated Yuan Yue!
Are the people from Base A out of their minds?
The people from Base A were stunned.
The wave of zombies just now wasn’t dispersed by Yuan Yue, but solved by Xu Yin? How is that possible?
Wasn’t Xu Yin always only good at hand-to-hand combat with zombies? Isn’t his water ability very weak? And now there’s an ice ability? Is the ice ability very powerful?
The people from Base A didn’t believe it, and lost their appetite. They put their trays away and went to the upstairs hall, waiting for Yuan Yue to come down.
However, after waiting for a while, they did see the people from the meeting room, but Yuan Yue didn’t come.
Xiao Yuan ran over and grabbed Guan Qi, asking, “Where is Yuan laoshi?!”
Guan Qi, still with a gloomy face, replied irritably, “Don’t worry about him, someone is watching him!”
“What do you mean someone is watching him?” Xiao Yuan was stunned. “Is Yuan laoshi being locked up? Why?! They said Yuan laoshi almost killed you, is that true? This must be a misunderstanding. Yuan laoshi wouldn’t do such a thing—”
“How about you keep him company then?” Guan Qi’s eyes were sinister. “Next time you encounter such a zombie tide, you can see if he will feed you to the zombies.”
Xiao Yuan shuddered and froze.
Feed… feed to the zombies?
Isn’t that something Xu Yin would do? Yuan Yue is like a god, strong and gently protecting them…
Then they saw Guan Qi quickly take a few steps and catch up with Xu Yin, saying, “Xu Yin, I’m sorry, I really didn’t know that time in the supermarket you were harmed by Yuan Yue. I’m truly sorry!”
Xu Yin glanced at him, not seeming to care much about the apology.
Xu Yin’s calm and indifferent gaze left Guan Qi stunned.
He glanced at Li Nianqin, licked his lips, and said, “Can we find some time to talk? We both saved each other’s lives back then, based on this friendship—”
Xu Yin spoke, indifferently saying, “An eye for an eye, we’ve already settled that, haven’t we?”
Guan Qi froze in place.
Xu Yin turned around, and Li Nianqin’s cold gaze swept over Guan Qi.
Guan Qi tensed up.
After the two walked away, he clicked his tongue.
Actually, if it weren’t for Xu Yin’s face back then, he wouldn’t have stayed to build the base with him.
Later, when Xu Yin was attacked and Yuan Yue awakened his abilities, Guan Qi, although feeling a bit sorry for Xu Yin’s death, quickly shifted his attention to Yuan Yue—With such power, how much influence could they gain in the apocalypse?
He didn’t expect Yuan Yue to fall so quickly.
And Xu Yin didn’t give him any face.
Recalling that handsome face, Guan Qi squinted, regretting that he had been too harsh when they first met in the evening.
The people from Base A were dumbfounded when they heard the brief conversation between the two.
What do you mean Xu Yin was harmed by Yuan Yue in the supermarket?
Even that incident has problems? It’s different from what they know?
“Hey, Lao Guan, what’s going on…” Someone finally asked anxiously.
“What’s going on? Yuan Yue provoked the zombies in the supermarket, then fed Xu Yin to them and came back lying to us! Today, he almost fed me to them,” Guan Qi said bluntly. “I advise you to stop worshiping him. He’s a demon. If we hadn’t discovered it early, more than forty people in our base wouldn’t have been enough for him to feed the zombies!”
After Guan Qi finished speaking, the people from Base A were completely dumbfounded.
Demon? Yuan Yue? Feeding zombies?
“How is that possible…” someone muttered, unable to comprehend.
“I’ll say it again,” Guan Qi said coldly. “If you still want to worship him, go ahead. When you’re fed to the zombies one day, don’t blame me for not warning you.”
The people from Base A shivered.
They worshiped Yuan Yue, just like they worshiped Xu Yin at first, because these people could protect them.
But if they didn’t know when they would be thrown out to feed the zombies…
Then what was there to worship!
Everyone cherished their lives; life was the most important thing!
When Guan Qi said this, the people from Base A also lowered their heads, avoiding eye contact, and bit their lips, thinking—
If all this is true—
Then they had been worshiping such a person, like a god all this time?
How did they push out Xu Yin, who seemed to have contributed today?
What kind of stupid things did they do?!
***
The night was already dark, and the stars shone in the sky.
Ironically, in the peaceful world before, Xu Yin rarely saw such clear night skies in big cities.
He took a deep breath and heard Li Nianqin beside him ask, “Does it hurt when you get bitten by a zombie?”
Xu Yin paused and turned his head.
The man’s dark eyes were fixed on him.
Xu Yin recalled the memories of the original host.
It hurts a lot.
Even the most powerful person, when surrounded by a dozen or so zombies, would face overwhelming fear.
Fear, panic, heart racing, feeling like you can’t breathe.
Face, neck, arms, legs, all bitten.
Zombies instinctively tear at their prey until the zombie virus enters the body, then they release their “companion.”
Xu Yin lowered his eyes, smiled, and said, “Well… actually, I’ve forgotten. Some memories seem to have disappeared after waking up.”
Li Nianqin pursed his lips.
He knew Xu Yin was lying to him.
Xu Yin raised his lips and said, “Are you worried about me, Mr. Li?”
Li Nianqin was stunned for a moment, then quickly averted his gaze, his ears turning red.
He pondered for a moment and said seriously, “You are a good partner.”
Such a dull-witted person.
Xu Yin smiled at him and remained silent.
With Xu Yin’s silence, Li Nianqin became uncomfortable again, his eyes flickering away.
Even after such a big battle, the young man remained calm and elegant.
His hands were in his pockets, his black hair lightly brushed by the evening breeze, and his gentle eyes reflected the starlight and moonlight.
Li Nianqin couldn’t take his eyes off him for a moment, until he tripped over a stone at his feet, stumbling.
An arm reached out to support him.
The young man leaned close to his ear and chuckled, “I’m not a road, don’t stare at me.”
Li Nianqin: “…..”
His face was so red that it could almost drip blood.
…
After that, Li Nianqin was like a stiff walking redwood.
Behind the base were dormitories and fields—this area had been completely transformed by earth and wood ability users into a well-planned living area.
Xu Yin glanced around.
In the apocalypse, not only were animals completely invaded by the zombie virus, but even plants had undergone some mutation due to environmental influences.
In the fields of Base B, only lettuce remained unchanged, while the other strange vegetables were unrecognizable to Xu Yin.
Eating mutated food must have a negative impact on the body, but in the current environment, everything is inevitable.
All resources were so precious…
As he thought about it, he turned to look at Li Nianqin.
Tall, handsome, easily embarrassed, obedient, and sensible.
He felt sorry for his Lao gong, not wanting him to eat these strange foods.
Li Nianqin, who was still blushing: “…?”
Xu Yin stroked his chin, opened the systems’ shop, and called out 018.
018 said: “Of course, there are seeds in the shop! But they are not the vegetable seeds from your world. They are created based on the vegetable seeds from the dimension world where the system creator is located. After they grow, they may look like mutated vegetables to you, but they are actually normal vegetables, just more advanced!”
018 showed Xu Yin the introduction of those seeds.
There were a total of one hundred types of seeds, some excelling in taste, some in nutrition and effects, each costing one thousand points.
Xu Yin took a deep breath, feeling a bit sorry for the points, but his concern for his Lao gong prevailed. So, he temporarily chose five seeds that looked slightly more normal, spent points to buy them, and put them into the space. He planned to deal with them tomorrow and went into the dormitory with Li Nianqin.
Li Nianqin’s room was on the top floor of a dormitory building.
The dormitory wasn’t large, as space was more valuable now than ever before. It was modified to accommodate four people per room, and originally, Li Nianqin’s room also housed Huazi and Yudong. Now, with Huazi dead and Xu Yin joining, there were only three people.
Yudong had quickly gone to his former captain’s side after going up to the city wall earlier. Although he had also witnessed what happened between Yuan Yue and Xu Yin, he didn’t follow them to the meeting room because he was far away.
After finishing their meal in the cafeteria and waiting for the two to return, he quickly asked, “Where’s Yuan Yue?”
“Taken away by Mr. Jin,” Xu Yin replied.
“I knew it. His abilities are just too strange!”
After learning about the discussion in the meeting room, Yudong became even more excited, cursing that he knew Xu Yin would never feed a companion to the zombies, and he knew something was wrong with today’s zombie tide!
Xu Yin smiled. They and Li Nianqin hadn’t had dinner yet, but Xu Yin checked and found some ingredients in the small fridge—according to Yudong, all obtained according to the rules.
Xu Yin said to Li Nianqin, “You go take a shower first, I’ll cook something.”
Li Nianqin nodded gently and walked towards the bedroom. The room, designed for four people, had two types of structures: one similar to a university dormitory with bunk beds, and the other a small two-bedroom, one-living-room layout, each bedroom with a large bed. The latter was usually for couples, often with two couples sharing one room.
Many people found it uncomfortable to sleep in the same bed with someone else, so almost all the singles rushed to grab rooms in the student dormitories, leaving the couple’s rooms vacant.
As a result, Li Nianqin and Yudong had no choice but to move into one of these couple’s rooms after everyone else had picked their rooms.
Now, Yudong and Li Nianqin each occupied one of the rooms…
Suddenly, Li Nianqin thought of something, stopped in his tracks, and just then, he heard Yudong ask, “By the way, Xu Yin, who do you want to sleep with?”
Yudong’s question was quite cunning.
He looked around from side to side as he asked.
Li Nianqin turned his head slightly away from them.
Xu Yin also had his back to them, bending over to take vegetables out of the fridge.
While picking vegetables, he teased, “What, do you want to sleep with me?”
Instantly, Li Nianqin turned his head sharply, a fierce and icy gaze shooting straight at Yudong!
Yudong thought : ‘Damn, it’s not me, don’t talk nonsense!’
Xu Yin took out the ingredients, turned to the side, and suppressed a smile, saying, “Alright, go take a shower.”
He looked at Li Nianqin and said with a smile, “I think there should be two pillows in the room, right?”
Li Nianqin: “…” He nodded, his ears still red, and added expressionlessly, “Even if there’s only one pillow left, I can share half with you.”
With that, he turned satisfactorily and went into the room to get his change of clothes.
Xu Yin watched his back, smiling.
Beside them, Yudong chuckled, “Hehe, if there were no pillows, I bet you two would still manage to sleep with one of you resting on the other’s shoulder.”
