“Eat. You need to be full before you can work.”
The gray-clothed man happily accepted the self-heating hotpot. He had not yet understood what Liu Wanwan meant by the second half of her sentence, but that did not stop him from eating.
After the meal, Liu Wanwan’s supernatural ability had almost fully recovered. She looked at the zombies filling the street outside the boxing gym’s glass doors and helplessly sighed.
“Tell me about yourself.”
“My name is Zou Mingming. I’m nineteen years old, and I’m a speed-type supernatural ability user. I accidentally injured my arm, and those zombies followed me because they smelled the blood. It’s because…”
Zou Mingming hesitated, struggling with what to say, when Liu Wanwan spoke.
“Healing-type supernatural ability?”
“How did you know?”
“That? I guessed. Because I like reading novels.”
Liu Wanwan appeared calm on the surface, but she was extremely excited inside.
Who would have thought that she would meet one of the future support members of the male lead’s team this early?
Zou Mingming gave an “oh.”
After washing his filthy face clean, his original appearance was revealed.
Beneath his short, soft black hair was a clean, fair face full of youthful vitality. His features were delicate, and his clear, bright eyes were completely devoid of aggression. He looked exactly like an adorable little puppy who had walked straight out of a comic.
No wonder… Ahem, ahem, ahem!
“Mingming, look. Those zombies have been surrounding the entrance. We can’t just sit here and wait forever, right? So, here’s what we’re going to do…”
After hearing the plan, Zou Mingming rejected it internally. He was just about to shake his head when he saw purple lightning crackling in Liu Wanwan’s hand.
Zou Mingming:
“Ahhhhh! Help me!”
Zou Mingming lured a group of zombies toward another street. Seeing the number of zombies behind him increasing, he sped up. He was so frightened that he ran while screaming.
Meanwhile, the number of zombies around the boxing gym instantly dropped by half.
Liu Wanwan opened the glass door, brandished her large knife, and charged excitedly into the zombie horde.
She had discovered that every time her supernatural energy was completely depleted and then recovered, the amount of energy she could use actually increased.
Without the appearance of lightning-type crystal cores, this method of advancing could only provide a tiny amount of progress.
Now, even looking at the zombies with their incomplete body parts seemed much more pleasing to her.
Unfortunately, only Level One zombies could produce crystal cores. According to the novel, Level One zombies would not begin appearing until half a month later.
At this moment, Liu Wanwan had completely gone on a killing spree.
She swung her large knife while attacking with purple lightning. In less than ten minutes, a circle of zombies had fallen around her.
As for Zou Mingming, he had already led the zombies through numerous alleys.
There were many intersections in the alleys. Every time he entered an alley, some of the zombies would be diverted along different paths. In the end, more than a dozen zombies remained, and he simply could not shake them off.
He had no choice but to run back to the boxing gym.
Zou Mingming ran ahead with an expression of despair while the zombies fought desperately to catch up behind him.
Suddenly, a familiar figure appeared in his line of sight.
His nose tingled, and he desperately ran toward Liu Wanwan.
“Ahhhhh! Sister Wanwan, save me!”
Zou Mingming used up the last bit of his supernatural energy and suddenly accelerated until he reached Liu Wanwan’s side.
The supernatural energy within him was finally completely exhausted.
“Good work, Mingming.”
Liu Wanwan patted Zou Mingming on the shoulder. After leaving him with those words, she walked toward the zombies.
Left standing there, Zou Mingming looked at Liu Wanwan fighting the zombies and instantly developed starry eyes.
“Sister Wanwan is so cool!”
“Her movements when chopping zombies are so awesome!”
“The destructive power of lightning-type supernatural abilities is so strong!”
Zou Mingming sincerely marveled.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something. He slowly lowered his head as a sense of dejection surrounded him.
“What are you spacing out for?”
A clear and familiar voice rang out.
Zou Mingming blankly raised his head and looked in the direction Liu Wanwan was pointing.
In the distance, the sun was sinking below the horizon. The entire sky was dyed in the colors of dusk, forming a hazy, beautiful, and magnificent orange-red sunset.
“Look. The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but evening is already approaching. And we’re still alive.”
At that moment, Zou Mingming’s mind suddenly went blank.
He stared at the distant sunset for a long time without coming back to his senses.
“Let’s go. Back to the boxing gym. I’ve had enough of killing all these zombies. I’m exhausted.”
After saying that, Liu Wanwan turned around and left. The fading sunlight stretched her shadow a long way across the ground.
“Okay.”
Zou Mingming came back to his senses and softly replied before following Liu Wanwan.
Inside the boxing gym.
In a room on the second floor, Liu Wanwan stared helplessly at the pile of rice, ginger, chili peppers, frozen pork, frozen chicken, and other ingredients and seasonings spread across the table.
She had ingredients, cooking utensils, and electricity.
But she couldn’t cook.
Right!
Liu Wanwan turned around to look for Zou Mingming.
She did not see him on the second floor and was just about to go downstairs when Zou Mingming came around the corner carrying a pile of snacks. He grinned happily.
“Sister Wanwan, I found these.”
“Um… Can you cook?”
Liu Wanwan asked hesitantly.
“Of course I can. It’s just a pity that because of the apocalypse, the water and electricity have been cut off, and the temperature is gradually rising. Without ingredients, I can’t make delicious dishes like spicy chicken, braised pork, sweet and sour ribs, and so on.”
After saying that, Zou Mingming felt his mouth watering just thinking about the food.
Liu Wanwan’s eyes lit up.
“Great. I have the ingredients and cooking utensils. You just need to do the work.”
Zou Mingming stood there blankly for several seconds before Liu Wanwan pushed him into the room filled with ingredients.
His eyes instantly lit up.
“Hahahaha! Delicious and adorable ingredients, here I come!”
An hour and a half later.
Seaweed and egg drop soup, braised pork, and stir-fried chicken with wood ear mushrooms were brought to the table.
Liu Wanwan took out two cans of beer, one for herself and one for Zou Mingming.
She pulled the tab open with one hand.
A burst of cool vapor hissed from the can and dissipated into the air, bringing a refreshing chill.
Holding the cold beer can, Zou Mingming finally asked the question that had been bothering him.
“Sister Wanwan, you…”
“Shh. It’s a secret!”
Liu Wanwan raised her beer can.
“Come on. Cheers.”
“Cheers.”
The cold beer went down their throats, instantly making them feel refreshed.
“Sister Wanwan, where are you planning to go next?”
“Well…”
Liu Wanwan paused with her chopsticks in hand before saying, “First, I’m going somewhere to save someone.”
“Who is this person? Is he very important?”
Zou Mingming continued asking.
“Very important. And…”
Liu Wanwan paused, then looked at Zou Mingming’s small and delicate face with a meaningful smile.
“And you’ll need to help me save him.”
“Okay.”
Zou Mingming agreed.
Although he did not know who this person was, he trusted that Sister Wanwan would not harm him.
In the evening, night descended and a full moon hung high in the sky.
The two decided to take turns keeping watch. Zou Mingming would guard the first half of the night, while Liu Wanwan would guard the second half.
Holding a bottled coffee, Zou Mingming sat leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor, observing the area around the boxing gym.
Bright moonlight spilled across the wide, dirty road. Countless zombies could clearly be seen lying disorderly on the ground, giving off a desolate and eerie atmosphere.
Some zombies had been decapitated, black blood spilling across the ground.
Some had first been severed at the waist and then decapitated, leaving their bodies split into three pieces.
Others had been turned directly into entire chunks of black charcoal.
Looking at the ways the zombies had died, Zou Mingming got goosebumps.
He felt increasingly sorry for these unlucky zombies.
This made him even more determined to follow Liu Wanwan.
Suddenly, the sound of a car engine came from the distance.
A dazzling headlight entered Zou Mingming’s field of vision. The bright beam gradually widened and shone directly toward the boxing gym.
A black Mercedes stopped in front of the boxing gym.
Three women and two men got out of the car.