Everyone was somewhat silent.
Wen Jiuya smiled. “What’s there to hesitate about? If we can’t save them, then we just can’t save them.”
“If they can’t even make it to the first floor, that means they’re seriously injured. Even if they do reach the first floor, would anyone carry or support them to the sports center? That’s the best-case scenario.”
“Even if someone did, do we even have medicine? Would that person still be willing to take them to Minqi Base? That’s a 402-kilometer journey. Who’s going to be responsible for that?”
If they gave up halfway, letting people see hope and then despair, it would be better to completely let them fend for themselves where they were and suffer less.
“Alright, let’s split into groups. Leave some people in the canteen to open the door for us, and some people to lead the way for us.”
Wen Qiao interrupted Wen Jiuya’s words. She did not want her to be seen as the villain, and she tried to help this group of children whose sense of right and wrong had not fully adapted to the apocalypse understand the apocalypse.
The yellow-haired Li Xiaodong suddenly became serious. He looked at Wen Jiuya and said, “Big Sister, we understand what you mean. We just need time to accept it. We know things are not like before anymore. The longer time drags on, the more dangerous the road to Minqi Base becomes.”
In matters of natural disasters and human calamities, one must not be careless. So what they said made sense. The reason they were silent was because giving up always felt heavy.
Jun Bian felt it did not matter. As long as his teammates and He Wangyan were fine, that was enough.
He directly broke the silence. “He Wangyan, Lin Xu, Qin Zhou, and I will stay behind.”
Qin Zhou did not really mind whether he stayed or not, and only said, “Alright. With me and Jun Bian here, they wouldn’t dare to act recklessly in the canteen, and they also wouldn’t dare refuse to open the door for you all.”
Wen Qiao nodded, feeling it was acceptable, then turned to Xue Qi. “Xiao Jiu and I will take a team to the right side. You take a team to the left.”
The right side was more difficult because it was farther away, while the canteen was on the left campus, so the left side was naturally closer.
Xue Qi nodded. Wen Jiuya’s weakness was something he had always known clearly, not just recently, so he did not mind that Qiao Qiao took her instead of him.
Wen Jiuya: Is he really not minding or just pretending not to mind~
Then he reacted again—Qiao Qiao had assigned him to the closer side. The corners of his lips slightly curled up. Qiao Qiao still cared about him.
Wen Jiuya: Heh, Baby Qiao Qiao just doesn’t want trouble.
The final decision was made.
Wen Qiao’s group: Wen Jiuya, Peng Zhui, Wang Yuhan, Zhang Tu, Wang Ze.
Xue Qi’s group: He Jin, Li Xiaodong, Qi Hu, Li Ke, Dai Min.
The Broadcasting Room locations were specifically in a small house at the front right of the Junior High Section and a small house behind a small grove in the Senior High Section.
Rest assured, there were surveillance cameras in the rooms. The speed-run organization would not allow students to date, and the outermost area of the school was surrounded by walls.
The way they had entered the school earlier was by breaking through a small side gate from the main entrance and fighting their way in.
Then they exchanged information about each other’s superpowers, discussed routes, and finalized the plan. Everyone agreed.
They first went together to the playground. Then, going straight, Xue Qi’s group would turn left directly to reach the left Broadcasting Room of the school campus.
Wen Qiao’s group would turn right into the Senior High Section, pass through the back gate, and then walk along a small path to reach the right Broadcasting Room of the school campus.
After the discussion, everyone—having woken up early, fought battles, and now finally relaxed with full stomachs—began to feel sleepy.
Wen Qiao said, “Sleep. Later this afternoon, I’ll treat you all. I’ll take you to eat something good. Tomorrow, you must be fully focused.”
“Okay, Wen Qiao Big Sister.” The responses came scattered. After answering, everyone lay down and fell asleep. Only Jun Bian and the mental-type superpower user remained awake.
This was a form of shifting guard duty, quite clever, and able to handle unexpected situations.
Wen Qiao directly shrank the spatial isolation barrier to just their small area, blocking out all external sounds so they could sleep comfortably.
Perhaps because her superpower was maxed out and Xue Qi always made her train at the Wuda Club before, she did not have the habit of taking naps, so she remained energetic.
But Wen Jiuya could not handle it. She was so sleepy it felt like she had not slept for days.
They returned to their previous location. Originally Wen Qiao planned to set up another spatial isolation circle, but Xue Qi started first.
He tentatively formed a space over an empty area, then expanded it to include the three of them, then shrank it again to just slightly larger than their space.
Wen Qiao raised an eyebrow. He really learned quickly.
Xue Qi proudly said, “Not bad, right?”
Wen Qiao nodded. “Mm, you learn fast to begin with. That’s exactly your strength.”
Xue Qi became happy.
Wen Jiuya was already about to fall asleep against the back of the chair.
Wen Qiao called her over, removed her chair, and replaced it with a rocking chair from her home balcony with a soft cushion.
After Wen Jiuya lay down, she also covered her with a blanket.
Xue Qi said, somewhat jealous, “You’re not even this careful when taking care of yourself, are you?”
Wen Qiao shrugged. “So what? Taking care of her is like taking care of my younger self.”
Xue Qi was silent for two seconds. “Isn’t that just raising a daughter?”
“You could say that.”
“Then I’ll do it with you.”
Those words sounded like he was taking advantage of both of them—if they were raising a daughter together, then that would make him like a husband or boyfriend.
To Xiao Jiu, that would mean her seniority had suddenly dropped for no reason.
“You’re thinking too well of yourself. If Xiao Jiu knew, she’d get up and hit you.”
“Then just don’t let her know.”
The two of them spoke in very low voices, almost like whispers, yet the atmosphere was strangely ambiguous and perfect.
Wen Qiao glanced at him and went back to sit aside, taking out a novel to read.
Xue Qi smiled and also sat down, closing his eyes to rest.