The tough man checked the crystal nucleus, threw things over, and looked at the little girl standing at the other end from time to time.
From the time they met until now, he hadn’t seen her expression change.
“You’re… Alone?” The tough man was still vigilant at the bottom of his heart.
Chu Zheng hummed, cold and alienated, making people unable to answer.
The three men whispered for a long time without talking to her or driving her away.
Night gradually enveloped the earth.
The whole city fell into darkness. The once bustling city now only had a few living people, leaving only a bunch of disgusting zombies.
“I think she’s really alone.” The male student whispered, “She should have got these nuclei by accident.”
“Yi Xiao, don’t be so kind. Think about what happened last time.” The tough man stared at him.
Yi Xiao scratched his head. He didn’t dare to say anything again.
In addition, the thin man answered with caution: “It’s the end of the world. I think it’s better to be careful. Why don’t we leave here?”
Yi Xiao glanced at Chu Zheng: “Let’s wait until morning. Anyway, we have no good plans except to live.”
Oh!
And the nuclei they just got.
Thinking of this, Yi Xiao urged the sturdy man “Brother, hurry up and absorb the crystal nuclei so you don’t have to think much about it.”
The thin man thought the same.
When you get crystal core in your hand, you have to absorb it quickly to be safe.
The three of them gathered together, packed their things, and found a room.
–
-The next day-
The tough man came out first. He absorbed the crystal core and his strength improved significantly.
He looked around the corridor. The little girl from yesterday was gone.
“Is it really a pie falling from the sky?”
The tough man muttered and asked the other two to get up and pack up to leave.
They were looking for supplies and cars.
Now cars were easy to find. The hardest thing was gasoline.
In the past six months, all places that could be searched have been searched. Materials and gasoline were very scarce.
The tough man walked on the street vigilantly with two fuel containers.
The shops on both sides either had broken glass or the doors were wide open.
The shops for food and some necessities were ransacked.
Those shops that sell furniture, or things that were not needed in the last days were in good condition.
“Roar!”
“Ah!”
The thin man was pounced by a zombie from the dark place and instinctively shouted.
The tough man reacted very quickly and knocked the iron rod in his hand on the zombie’s head.
The corpse, which was disgustingly rotten and with its brain exposed, fell to the ground with a slap.
The thin man was pulled up by Yi Xiao: “Are you okay?”
The thin man touched his body in a panic and shook his head: “It’s all right.”
The tough man clenched the iron bar in his hand and looked around warily. In the streets and shops, wobbly zombies began to appear.
Their eyesight was close to nothing, but their hearing and smell were amplified.
The thin man’s voice just now attracted these zombies who were wandering in the dark.
“Brother Bao!” Yi Xiao shouted nervously.
“Left.” The tough man immediately said, “Run!”
The three men ran to the left at the same time. The wobbly zombies chased after them as if someone had pressed their switch.
They crossed the street and there was a lot of movement. More and more zombies joined.
Creak——
A pure black SUV suddenly stopped in front of them.
The three of them didn’t care who was in the car. They ran over as fast as they could. Seeing that there was no objection from the person inside, they opened the door and went up.
The zombies pounced on the side of the SUV. The car moved forward and slammed on the brake. The zombie was thrown down. Then the car turned and ran away to another road.
In the safe space of the carriage, the three big men were relieved for their lives.
The tough man looked at the driver and was slightly surprised: “it’s you… Thank you.”
The girl driving the car was no one else. It was Chu Zheng who traded with them yesterday.
She looked straight ahead. When the tough man made a sound, she took out a bag of crystal cores: “I’ll hire you to go to Qing’an base.”
The tough man was stunned.
The two people in the back seat were also dumbfounded.
So many nuclei were taken out yesterday, but there’s still so many today?
Is this girl a crystal core maker?
“Hire us?” The tough man was vigilant: “Little sister, look at the three of us. It’s difficult to protect ourselves. We don’t have the ability to protect you.”
“Yes.” I just want to lose money and find someone who can drive.
After all, there were only three living people here, and she had no choice.
“…” What do you mean? The tough man said that he couldn’t understand.
Chu Zheng maintained the posture of handing over the crystal nucleus.
She didn’t want to take it back at all.
“Brother Bao…” Yi Xiao winked at the tough man.
The tough man scratched his head inexplicably. The little sister had just saved them. If he didn’t answer, he would be too ungrateful. Besides, he was given such a good reward.
The tough man finally took the crystal core: “First, our ability is limited, and I can only try to protect you.”
Chu Zheng nodded.
She slammed on the brake.
The car stopped and Chu Zheng got off.
The three were stunned by Chu Zheng, and the zombie behind was still chasing after them.
“What are you doing?”
Chu Zheng opened the door and said coldly, “You drive.”
Tough man: “…” Even if you want him to drive, can’t you wait until they get rid of the zombies?
The zombies roared after them. The tough man ignored Chu Zheng’s operation and directly changed from co-pilot to driver’s seat.
–
“My name is Yi Xiao.” The boy said, “This is our Brother Bao. His name is Cai Xiaobao.”
Brother Bao stares at Yi Xiao. Brother Bao is brother Bao. Why do you have to introduce him as Cai Xiaobao?
“This is He Cheng.” Yi Xiao was not afraid of the fierce-looking Brother Bao and introduced another man.
The man raised his hand and said, “Hello…”
The combination of these three people was strange.
Yi Xiao was just a college student with no power.
He Cheng looked very timid and also had no power
Brother Bao was a muscular man. He seemed to be quite capable. He was also the only one in the team with supernatural ability.
Chu Zheng leaned against the seat. Her voice was cold: “Chu Zheng.”
“Ah? Which word is it?” Yi Xiao was a little curious.
Chu Zheng didn’t bother to speak. She took out a paper and pen from her bag and wrote down the word Chu Zheng.
The two characters looked beautiful.
“I thought it’s the one from expedition*.” Yi Xiao scratched his head. (TN: Idk, probably means that there is a character that was also read as Chu [or Zheng] that means expedition.)
“You can’t leave the city from there.” He Cheng suddenly made a noise.
Brother Bao immediately changed his route.
Chu Zheng took a look at He Cheng.
Yi Xiao explained: “He Cheng has a good memory. He can remember the maps of all cities in the country.”
He Cheng was still a little bit cautious and didn’t say a word.
Chu Zheng could understand why they took He Cheng, a timid-looking man.
It’s much better if there’s someone who knew the city route in the end of the world than going around like headless flies.
“Why does he remember the map?” What is this strange hobby?
“I was going to take part in the Guinness World Records.” He Cheng took the initiative to say: “It’s a pity… Unfortunately, we are at the end of the world, I’m actually not very useful.”
That’s right.
But sometimes it could help.