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Thanks to “Bunny”for the Ko-fi. I’ll upload extra chapters today. 
Recruitment?
Xu Song sighed helplessly, “The situation inside the base is getting more and more chaotic.”
Yue Zheng smiled, “If our situation wasn’t unique and we didn’t have plans, the best choice would still be to join a side. If our strength were stronger, cooperation wouldn’t be out of the question.”
The current world order has been completely disrupted by the mutations of living beings. Those without enough manpower or insufficient abilities might not survive even one or two days. People had to unite with others of their kind to find ways to survive together.
What Xu Song and Yue Zheng were fortunate about now was that their luck was good enough. In the early stages of the apocalypse, their abilities started ahead of other ability users. Later, they were fortunate enough to gain a method for rapid strength growth, ensuring their safety when going out. However, this was only relative safety.
Even Yue Zheng couldn’t guarantee that if they encountered a situation similar to when Luo Wen’an and others escaped from S City, they could smoothly escape with Mother Xu, the two children, and their entire belongings, plus three mutant beasts. Of course, with their abilities, they might be able to escape alive, but carrying all their belongings, along with three mutant beasts, would likely be challenging.
Skipping the topic about the base, ability users, and ordinary people, the two returned the conversation to Luo Wen’an and the others.
“What do you think about that person?”
Seeing Yue Zheng ask, Xu Song frowned, “After meeting today, I could feel that person’s emotions… it should be human.” If it were a plant person or an animal person, although Xu Song could sense their life signs, he could hardly feel any emotional fluctuations.
Of course, it’s not entirely that he couldn’t feel anything; generally, their emotional fluctuations were more direct and mostly occurred just before they attacked. However, this Zhao Xin was different. Xu Song could feel his emotional fluctuations similar to an ordinary person.
Yue Zheng also nodded slightly, “I paid attention to the flow of his blood vessels.”
…Wait, blood vessel flow? It sounds a bit scary…
Xu Song swallowed saliva, not daring to interrupt him.
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“Green… blood?”
Yue Zheng nodded, “That’s right. Although the speed of blood flow is the same as that of ordinary people…” Seeing the distorted expressions of Xu Song and Mother Xu, Yue Zheng considerately concealed the situation he encountered when he met those ‘plant people’ and ‘animal people’ earlier, “But you can see from his superficial blood vessels that his blood color is indeed not red.”
Recalling the situation when he had a close encounter with that person, Xu Song nodded, “I remember his complexion wasn’t very good, somewhat pale. Thinking about it now, his pale complexion wasn’t due to lack of blood color but the color of his blood… green…”
Yue Zheng laughed and put a large piece of scrambled eggs from his bowl into Xu Song’s bowl, “Yes, his complexion is different from someone with anemia. Especially since he’s relatively thin, so blood vessels are easier to see.”
Upon hearing the word “thin,” Xu Song, who had been referred to as “fat” by some unsavory individuals, glared at Yue Zheng. He decided to vent his daytime frustrations on someone when they got back to the big bed: “I guess his complexion is usually like this, not just because he’s injured now. We can ask Luo Wen’an and the others about it later.”
“Is he still a human now?” Mother Xu hurriedly asked.
The two exchanged a glance, “For now, he should still be considered human.”
As for the future… because the two didn’t know when Zhao Xin was invaded by plants, they couldn’t speculate whether the invasion would continue.
Sighing, Mother Xu shook her head with emotion, “In this world now, it’s hard to say if people, even with human skin, are still human when you can be eaten by animals or plants.”
Xu Song and Yue Zheng had nothing to say.
After dinner, the two climbed back onto the upper bed, leaned against each other, and continued to quietly discuss the events of the day.
“I think… since he can be with Su Daji, he should… still be considered human, right?” Xu Song finally said what he had been holding back for half the day. Having children and an old mother by his side, he didn’t feel comfortable bringing up this matter… well, he was a bit melodramatic, but thickening one’s skin wasn’t something that happened overnight.
Yue Zheng laughed, patted his shoulder with the hand that was hugging him, and said, “It should be fine for now. Regarding this kind of invasion situation, although we’ve encountered a few cases, we can’t claim to fully understand it. Perhaps there are cases where humans have been invaded by plants, and there may also be cases where humans have used plant abilities for themselves. He might be such an example. The only difference from other humans is that parts of his body have been transformed into plants…”
It was a bit difficult to describe concretely, but both understood the meaning. After all, what hasn’t happened in this post-apocalyptic world? What unexpected events can’t occur?
The next morning, Xu Song and Yue Zheng took the twins to Luo Wen’an’s place. As expected, when they saw the twins, Liu Shishi’s eyes glowed green, wanting to directly kidnap the two little twins—ever since recovering from her previous mental trauma, a certain woman had set her sights on creating offspring with a certain person. Unfortunately, until now, she hadn’t successfully carried a small bun.
Of course, Luo Wen’an, despite usually being unreliable, was relatively rational. In this current world, not to mention raising children, even the certainty of one’s survival couldn’t be guaranteed. Although he understood someone’s eager feelings, he didn’t dare easily cultivate offspring when life wasn’t assured.
After all, Liu Shishi with a big belly… who knew if she’d be a danger when facing danger? So… the mastermind who prevented someone from successfully seizing a little bun was actually the one around her.
Tiancheng and Tianyou smiled sweetly. The two little guys held onto the corners of Xu Song’s clothes, with shy smiles, refusing to let Liu Shishi’s claws get them, causing a certain woman to emit green light from her eyes—a murderous green light.
Yue Zheng smiled and looked at the four people making a commotion over there. Xu Song in the middle, used as a shield, looked helpless. He couldn’t stop the two little troublemakers from treating him like a spinning top, and he couldn’t really intervene to stop Liu Shishi’s actions. He could only act like a mother hen shielding her chicks from an eagle.
“Ah…” Luo Wen’an suddenly sighed and looked at Liu Shishi with a somewhat helpless expression. “She really likes children…”
Yue Zheng raised an eyebrow, “Don’t plan on having one?”
Luo Wen’an helplessly curled the corners of his mouth, raised both hands, and said, “Want, but how to raise?”
Indeed, it was a difficult task.
Looking at the two little troublemakers smiling like crescent moons, even if they didn’t have abilities, it would probably be challenging for him and Xu Song to take good care of them until now.
Moreover, many times on the road, it was because they had the two little guys with them that they could protect what was around them so well. Not to mention Tiancheng’s plant-based ability, he could even create a path on the destroyed road, allowing their RV to pass through.
If it was just him and Xu Song, even if they could reach City B, they could at most bring some personal belongings. Today’s 0246 team cannot function without any one of them. Every member plays an important role. Especially…
“Don’t!” The two little troublemakers once again attempted to counter Liu Shishi’s plan to lure them away with the condition of “good food.”
“Grandma’s cooking is so delicious!”
Mother Xu’s cooking skills and electric-based abilities were equally formidable, making her an indispensable member of the team.
In the midst of their contemplation, Yue Zheng noticed someone walking towards their convoy, and one of them looked familiar.
Seeing this, Yue Zheng stood up, walked to Xu Song, and gently patted him, “That person, it seems like…”
Xu Song followed his direction and looked, “Oh, isn’t that the vice leader of Brilliant?”
The vice leader of Brilliant? Indeed, it was someone they had collaborated with before.
Yue Zheng nodded, patting his shoulder again, “I’ll go check the situation.” Clearly, the Brilliant personnel were also here to find them. Yesterday it was Panlong, today it’s Brilliant. Were all the major guilds coming here for a visit?
“Oh, by the way, his name is Li Wenkai,” Xu Song remembered that Yue Zheng might not remember the person’s name, so he reminded him quickly.
Yue Zheng nodded, walked towards the approaching group, and waited until he was a bit far away before Luo Wen’an stood up, patting Xu Song, “I say… did you guys stir up something? Why are the leaders of these squads coming one after another to find you?”
Xu Song looked innocent, “Who stirred up trouble? We met during previous missions.”
Wang An and the others looked at each other, “Missions? What kind of mission would make you acquainted with the leaders of these squads?”
Xu Song shrugged, “It was missions from a while ago. Who told you guys to come late?” Although those missions were level-restricted, who told them to come late? It’s better not to casually reveal these messy things. He didn’t want to show off these chaotic matters.
With three mutated beasts guarding the entrance, no one dared to approach easily. Li Wenkai’s people had just called out at the door, and before Mother Xu could respond, Yue Zheng had already walked over.
“Vice Leader Li?”
Li Wenkai turned around when he heard the voice and quickly recognized Yue Zheng, “Ah, Captain Yue?” Although Yue Zheng and Xu Song didn’t have the team emblem on them, they were still relatively easy to recognize—so clean, dressed so neatly, and no beard, who wouldn’t recognize them?
