In a spacious living room within a towering skyscraper, Wei Xuan’s gaze met the eyes of the two individuals sitting across from him.
Ever since Du Hang, who was beside Wei Xuan, took his seat, he had not spared a single glance towards the two individuals. This filled the hearts of the two people, who were currently nurturing their own zombie lovers and zombie children, with various forms of envy.
However, fortunately, their own zombies had also made some progress recently. So, at most, they could only yearn and fantasize a little. Their main focus was still on Wei Xuan.
It’s hard to say why, but despite considering Wei Xuan a bit slow-witted (raising zombies and randomly planting potatoes everywhere), they were very willing to seek his advice in certain situations.
Of course, Wei Xuan had no idea about the evaluations they held of him, nor did he want to know. After a difficult conversation just now, he took out a small notebook that had been kept in his backpack and spent a long time writing and drawing before summarizing some information.
“So, you mean that the further you get away from the city towards the wilderness, the more mutated animals there are, right?”
They nodded.
“And the people you encountered were living in a place surrounded by those mutated animals while they were fighting them? Their place was enclosed by those mutated animals, correct?”
They nodded.
At this point, Wei Xuan was a bit puzzled. “Why did you go in that direction before?” These two guys didn’t stay in the city, so why did they run to such a remote area?
The location of City T was relatively flat, but there were also some mountainous areas nearby, although much better compared to other provinces and cities. The place these two guys went to was a famous mountainous scenic tourist spot near City T before the apocalypse.
Generally speaking, mutated animals and plants liked to inhabit such areas after the apocalypse, while they were rare in the city.
Bai Guangnan sighed emotionally, “We went there to hunt for meat.”
Cheng Ma nodded repeatedly, “Last time, we found a hedgehog that came here, and we killed it. The meat was delicious.”
“There are many mountains there, and we thought there might be more meat!”
“It’s hard to find animals in the city.”
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“If we had known that the little zombie we encountered last time was fighting mutated animals, we would have gone and taken a leg from one of those animals.”
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“No need, you can keep it for yourselves.”
Wei Xuan didn’t know how these two stored meat, and he hadn’t even told them that meat from mutated animals was edible when they last met. He was afraid that the two of them would take risks, and now they had discovered it on their own…
But even if they hadn’t discovered it this time, he would have informed them eventually. After all, the food in the city wouldn’t remain there forever, and they would need to eat, so they would need to hunt mutated plants and animals to solve their food problems.
Once the two settled back down, Wei Xuan rubbed his forehead and looked at the notebook, continuing with his questions.
“The group of people you encountered, they were living in a large cluster of two-story houses… Should be villas or the kind of small buildings found in villages?”
The two glanced at each other, and Cheng Ma tilted her head.
“They should be villas.”
“Yes, yes, villas!”
Wei Xuan nodded in understanding. It should be a cluster of villas, and presumably, there should be plenty of open space inside to grow mutated plants… Skipping the farming-related issues, he continued, “Are those people keeping zombies? Are they their own family members? Or are they keeping many zombies as minions or experimental subjects?”
Wei Xuan couldn’t be blamed for being suspicious. In the post-apocalyptic world, there were not few people like him, like the two across from him, who couldn’t bear to part with their loved ones that had turned into zombies.
However, there were also many insane people who conducted experiments on zombies. Otherwise, how did they die in their past lives? Why did Du Hang attract their attention?
Moreover, those people had the ability to develop a converter that could convert crystal core energy. Wei Xuan didn’t believe that they didn’t possess a certain level of scientific research.
“It’s their son!”
“And their wife too!”
“And there’s another one who keeps an elderly couple, their parents.”
“And there’s someone who keeps a daughter, but she might be a mistress?” The two of them began counting the zombies they had seen in the other group’s base and introduced each other’s zombies, discussing their conditions.
It seemed that after discovering Cheng Ma and Bai Guangnan, the people inside realized that they were also keeping zombies in the city. They had only gone out this time to hunt, which gave them the idea of exchanging experiences with the other group. They introduced the zombies they kept in their respective homes and asked about the other party’s zombies.
Once the two finished their enthusiastic exchange and there was no more fresh vocabulary, Wei Xuan spoke again, “Did you mention my situation to them? How did you talk about it?”
The other party also kept zombies, which relieved Wei Xuan to some extent, but only slightly. He had heard their description of the appearance of the other group’s base and knew that they possessed astonishing armed and scientific research capabilities.
Although Wei Xuan respected their methods and sympathized with their experiences similar to his own, he didn’t really want to have any direct interactions with them, those people were not like the two crazy ones in front of him. They had rigorous logical thinking and considerable power. If they became interested in Du Hang, who knows what wicked thoughts they might have towards Wei Xuan and Du Hang.
The two individuals initially nodded and then shook their heads.
“I mentioned that there are zombies who plant potatoes,” Bai Guangnan pondered for a moment and answered seriously.
Cheng Ma also had a serious expression, “Yes, I mentioned that your boyfriend is also a zombie and now he’s helping you plant potatoes.”
Wei Xuan: …
So, his life is so intimately intertwined with potatoes to the point of wanting to kill him?
Wait, did she say “boyfriend”?
Wei Xuan’s expression distorted for a moment as he looked at the two serious faces without a hint of mockery. He silently swallowed the related questions on this topic and picked up his little notebook again.
“They have a lot of firearms and mutants in their base, right?”
Nods, nods.
“Are they also growing things?”
Still nodding: “They have potatoes! And some other things that we couldn’t quite identify.”
After a series of inquiries, Wei Xuan clarified the issues and incidents that the two had personally witnessed and could describe.
He then set aside his notebook and asked, “They gave you a desk lamp and a converter. Are they asking you to find something for them in the city?”
This point hadn’t been explained by the two before, as their train of thought was too divergent and Wei Xuan hadn’t had the chance to ask.
After all, they indirectly did him a great favor, since the converter was developed by this base, he no longer needed to worry about how to communicate and obtain such items from the official base in City T.
With so many small isolated bases in the urban area of City T, the two had encountered and discovered quite a few, some of which had even had contact with them.
Perhaps it was because the two of them also felt a sense of empathy toward him, seeing him as their ally. Every time they encountered something or faced a problem, they didn’t forget to think about his situation.
Compared to them, he was far behind, although they had good intentions that sometimes resulted in trouble.
So, when Wei Xuan inquired about what those people were looking for, he was prepared to help the two of them. They weren’t like him, there were some things they couldn’t easily find, but he didn’t face the same difficulties. As long as the items the others needed were available in the city and had a general location, he could help confirm the target location for them. Otherwise, if the two of them were to go out, it would be a sensational and terrifying event.
Upon hearing Wei Xuan’s question, the two quickly rummaged through their belongings and found two identical lists. Wei Xuan directly copied the items onto his own notebook and also opened a new page to write down: “Salt is available on Warehouse Street, as you told me last time. Most likely, there’s an entire warehouse of it there, and you’ll be able to see it when you go back. The clothing processing factory they mentioned, I passed by it before. I’m not sure if there are any clothes inside, but half of the factory building has collapsed due to unknown causes. If you go there, be careful…”
The items the others needed were quite diverse, ranging from common supplies to medical equipment known only to insiders. Wei Xuan knew the locations of those hospitals, and some of them weren’t too far from his home.
After discussing with the other two, Wei Xuan decided to help them by visiting two hospitals and several specific warehouses. The obtained items would be placed on the ground floor of the store where they previously met.
The locations Wei Xuan mentioned were places with a high concentration of zombies, and even if the two of them reached those areas, they would likely be overwhelmed by the sea of zombies.
Even if they managed to free up their hands to collect items, they wouldn’t be able to gather too much.
Fortunately, although the items they needed required a certain quantity, as long as these two individuals did their best to help, the others would exchange the devices they produced in return. With this condition for the exchange, they could treat it as a business transaction.
Hmm wonder what other plants they have at the Villas. Also they are high on the suspect list of who tried to experiment on DH. Their goal is to regain intelligence and our boy is smartest zombie.
Well, we know who tried to experiment on WX and DH, it was Base 7! Although these guys are suspicious, overall, they don’t seem actively malicious, and it’d be nice if the weren’t…
Potato and Potato’s boyfriend!!! ☆♡♤☆
Potato has nothing to say… blushes shyly
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING AWESOME!!!
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Yes, the zombie shopping district is very exclusive: if you don’t have the Wei Xuan VIP card, there is no entry—hahahaha. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️