It was not that he was unwilling to confess his feelings, but he was afraid that by then, he would not even be able to remain friends.
He really felt like a coward.
He thought that maybe Wen Qiao was right; he still needed to work harder.
Then he would find a suitable opportunity to gather his courage and confess.
……
After about an hour and a half of sleep, people gradually woke up one after another, and the remaining ones were also called to get up. Sleeping too long was not good.
Not being able to sleep at night led to no energy during the day, and sleeping too long caused headaches.
Wen Qiao had already been awake for a while. She was quietly reading the novel that Wen Qiao had given her.
After that, everyone chatted, organized their belongings, and discussed future plans.
“I want to become as amazing as Wen Qiao Big Sister in the future!” That was Wang Yuhan’s voice.
After saying that, she randomly asked He Wangyan, “What about you?”
He Wangyan’s first reaction was to look toward Jun Bian, then she lowered her gaze, “As long as everyone can stay well.”
“Hahaha.”
The atmosphere was very warm, and everyone was very happy ^_^
Wen Qiao also said it was time to eat, so she placed food on the long table, and the sixteen people ate together.
“Wen Qiao Big Sister, can I also use your superpower?” Lin Xu pointed at the spatial energy barrier.
Wen Qiao nodded and pointed at Xue Qi, “Yes, but you still need to level up a bit more. He learned it today.”
“Wow! So amazing.”
Xue Qi received a wave of praise.
……
The next morning, everyone got up early and prepared to set out.
Wen Jiuya tidied her bed while frowning slightly, thinking about something.
Wen Qiao finished packing hers and walked over to help, “What’s wrong?”
“I was just thinking that Wang Ze and the others all have their own team names. Should we also pick one? That way, when we are in the broadcast room, we can introduce ourselves.”
“Sure, think about it.”
“Mm… let’s call it Wulong Team then, hehe (〃‘▽‘〃). We both like drinking peach oolong tea, and I sincerely hope this apocalypse is just a joke from the heavens—a big misunderstanding.”
Wen Qiao said, “That works. It’s a good meaning.” She put the items into her space.
Xue Qi came over, asking something.
Wen Qiao explained it briefly, and Xue Qi felt it didn’t matter. Thus, the team name was casually decided.
Ge Li: Ahem, before anyone else arrives, let me insert a message.
Author: Uh (′–﹏-`；) I’m bad at naming things, naming is really hard. Does anyone want to participate in two chapters? You can submit names, genders, and whether they’re protagonists or antagonists, and I can write them in ??’?’??. Everyone is welcome to discuss.
Back to the main topic.
Wen Qiao led Wen Jiuya, Xue Qi, and nine other people out together. The people in the canteen did not dare to make any moves.
Jun Bian and Qin Zhou were watching them closely, and He Wangyan did not speak.
The scariest ones were the silent types, as an old saying went—dogs that bite do not bark.
As for Lin Xu, everyone already knew he was a space-type ability user.
Having people backing them up felt really good. They advanced boldly and fought their way to the playground.
The playground was the most troublesome place, with routes leading in all directions. They made too much noise and could only move forward while cutting down zombies.
In a corner they did not notice, two tree branches slowly extended out and tightly wrapped around Li Xiaodong and Zhang Tu.
Everyone was shocked—it was a mutated tree.
They had said before that with so many trees in the school, it was impossible that none of them had mutated.
As expected, “when a child is quiet, it is bound to be up to something.”
They had not encountered it when they first came to the school; it really had been luck.
Or perhaps it was not luck at all—the mutated tree had been planning to trap them all along. Goodness gracious.
Now they had no choice but to fight zombies while watching where the branches would take the two people, so they could rescue them.
Wen Qiao could have stepped in to save them, but they were meant to train. She would observe the situation first.
Qi Hu reacted quickly and shouted, “Use fire-type superpowers!”
It could only be said that the branches were unlucky—there just happened to be two fire-type users, and both were selected.
The two immediately used their abilities, burning the branches. The two people fell to the ground, rolled twice, suffered only minor scratches, and landed safely.
However, the mutated tree seemed to be enraged and began launching wild attacks, attacking indiscriminately. Even zombies were shredded or swept away.
Wang Yuhan and the others could barely cope; many of them were whipped and injured.
It seemed to be a nearly third-level mutated tree, and even Wen Jiuya could only dodge while attacking.
Xue Qi still had the ability to fight it, but time waited for no one—they had to finish it quickly.
Wen Qiao had no choice but to step in.
“Your opponent is me~”
Wen Qiao stepped on her mental power, rising step by step into the sky. She stood high above, blocking all the branches by herself. The wind brushed through her loose hair, and her qipao fluttered slightly, making her look incredibly cool.
Then she removed the civilian-style small Republican-era hat that came with 【Qingman】 and threw it out.
【Qingman】 accessory
Dark green hat: absorbs same-type superpower energy.
The hat flew straight toward the mutated tree and began absorbing.
Goodness—the tree was even bigger than expected. Compared to ordinary trees, it was shockingly enormous.
While dealing with the branches and zombies, Wang Yuhan and the others also kept glancing at the mutated tree that Wen Qiao was handling.
The trunk was thick, and its branches were lush.
But under the hat’s absorption, it kept shrinking. The leaves gradually turned yellow and withered, falling off one by one, until only a thin, dry trunk remained.
After Wen Qiao dealt with the mutated tree, she returned to the group. With the tree gone, even the number of zombies seemed to decrease slightly.
Perhaps due to a biological chain suppression, the mutated tree could absorb energy from zombies.
Now the zombies became restless again.
“Let’s go, quietly,” Xue Qi whispered.
They jogged forward.
“We can also say we’ve done something big now (referring to defeating a mutated tree), hehe,” Li Xiaodong said while fighting.
He Jin reminded him, “Only when you can defeat one by yourself does it really count.”