“Speaking of this, can you confirm that the zombies you encountered during this trip into the city are not as terrifying as the rumors suggest?” In the meeting room, after listening to the report on the collection of supplies from the recent outing, someone suddenly posed a question.
“Yes, although there were casualties during the process of collecting equipment in this operation, the combat capabilities of the zombies have indeed improved significantly compared to earlier stages. However, they are not as horrifying as the base rumors suggested. At least we haven’t encountered zombies that set traps, nor have we encountered any strategically-minded zombies,” the captain replied truthfully.
“Just as I thought, those were all rumors!”
“No, during the mission in the spring, it was evident that it wasn’t ordinary zombies attacking our convoy. Don’t forget those videos…”
“It’s also possible due to probability… For instance, zombies that set traps might be just a small portion?”
“Perhaps we can increase the number of teams entering the city for reconnaissance tasks. We can determine the real situation in the city based on the feedback from those teams.”
“But the population in the base is limited now. Entering the city for tasks is too risky. Even if the zombies aren’t as dangerous as rumored, the casualties will still be significant over time.”
“But it’s the city after all! Think about the surroundings! Most of the former farmlands and wilderness have been taken over by those mutated creatures. If we can reclaim the city, it will definitely be more advantageous for our future development!”
“We can’t rush into this matter. We need to observe first…”
Due to a major success achieved by an official team entering the city to find supplies, it brought about a new round of debates and discussions within the official base. Although the mission was difficult and the casualties were significant, it was still far better than the possibility of complete annihilation.
This was because they didn’t encounter traps set by zombies as they did during the early spring, nor did they encounter zombies with astonishing combat capabilities.
Perhaps, the number of these zombies is scarce, and they have already left the city? Or maybe, the unexpected event wasn’t an accident but rather caused intentionally…
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However, although these imaginations are creative, they are ultimately just guesses and fantasies. There is no evidence to support these claims. It’s just like the theory that “zombies are actually created and controlled by certain scientific lunatics (alien invaders) to eliminate all humans except for them.”
Regardless, the city at this moment doesn’t seem as terrifying as imagined. So, can they try to find a way to reclaim the city?
The incidents where two bases around the city were completely wiped out after bombings at the beginning of the year are indeed concerning. However, since it’s unclear why those bases lost contact, many would rather believe that those bases had pre-existing problems. Or, as long as they don’t use massive weapons of destruction and gradually eliminate the zombies bit by bit, they can eventually achieve their goal…
“So, we will collaborate with other bases near T city and gradually expand tasks in the city area. After collecting data and waiting for the mutated animals to enter hibernation and migration in winter, we can conduct exploratory clearance work in the city?” Eventually, the attendees reached a relatively unified agreement, and they all nodded after the person presiding over the meeting confirmed again.
“Alright, we’ll arrange for personnel to notify other bases and gradually release some high-reward tasks in the city.”
Wei Xuan felt that the biggest impact of the arrival of that convoy on himself was that whenever he went out with Du Hang, if Du Hang kissed him, the nearby wandering zombies would give out “harassing messages”…
These groups of zombies seemed to have opened the door to a new world, just like a puppy learning a new skill, whenever they saw Du Hang kiss him, they would always make a fuss and want to do the same.
Before the apocalypse, there was a trend of “national husband” on the internet. Now, could he be considered a “zombie husband”? But the problem was, he had no money and no exceptionally handsome looks. Perhaps the only thing he had was control over the zombies’ food supply in the entire neighborhood? Was that really worth being so highly sought after?
Although Wei Xuan could feel that the reason this group followed suit was due to their lack of intelligence, thinking that Du Hang’s kisses to him were rewards for Du Hang, so they wanted the same. But when he was attacked by this group with bubbly emotions, he had the urge to vomit blood.
Dragging his weary body back to the room, Wei Xuan collapsed onto the sofa, resting his head on Du Hang’s thigh. After receiving Du Hang’s customary kiss, Wei Xuan weakly poked his chest, “Don’t randomly kiss me in public anymore. If they see and make a fuss, you’ll have to shout at them, and I’ll have to deal with the headache and exhaustion, understand?”
Du Hang looked down at Wei Xuan, with an expression that seemed to say “I don’t understand, I don’t understand.”
The “shouting” didn’t refer to the kind of roar zombies make when facing prey or enemies, but similar to what Du Hang did a couple of days ago, when he messaged those guys “mine.”
Yes, every time Du Hang kissed Wei Xuan in front of those zombies, they thought it was some kind of reward, and then they would show envy and express that they also wanted kisses. Then Du Hang would angrily tell them that Wei Xuan was his and shout at them a few times.
After that, those guys would switch to mumbling, using small, resentful, and envious emotions to continue expressing, “Even though you say he’s yours, we still really want him…”
“It’s all your fault for causing this mess! You have to deal with them afterward, don’t you find it annoying?” Seeing Du Hang’s persistent clueless expression, Wei Xuan couldn’t help but exert a little more force with his fingers.
Du Hang blinked, lowered his head again, and kissed Wei Xuan.
Wei Xuan was exasperated by this guy’s antics, so he could only try to regulate himself. He felt like he had been stepped on by several elephants continuously and then ground into the ground, bones aching all over, as if he had sustained serious injuries. Who knew when he would recover?
His own zombie boyfriend was either truly clueless or pretending to be so, avoiding questions and behaving the way he did, kissing and hugging. Wei Xuan didn’t even know how to tell him not to kiss him randomly in public. It was as if the communication and understanding skills he displayed a couple of days ago had diminished overnight.
Of course, this could also be understood as, perhaps Du Hang was a special type of half-zombie that doesn’t falter at critical moments but is just as clueless as ordinary zombies otherwise?
Wei Xuan poked at Du Hang for a while before mustering some strength to check the refrigerator. He wanted to see what he could prepare for lunch. This morning he went out for a stroll and replenished the snow for those darn little brothers. When he stood up and prepared to walk towards the refrigerator in the living room, he unexpectedly noticed that he seemed to have overlooked something in his busyness these few days?
“Huh?! Could they all have grown?!” Running a few steps over to the planting machine, Wei Xuan almost pressed his face to the glass cover.
Among the crops he planted earlier this year were mutated golden cash crops and originally green leafy vegetables. He had planted some of each. Whenever they matured and were harvested, Wei Xuan would plant more and even put some of them in pots on the balconies of other rooms.
Apart from these mutated leafy vegetables, he also harvested some rice that tasted extremely unpleasant. Now, other grains, cereals, and vegetables had ripened one after another!
Looking at those plump beans and bright red chili peppers, Wei Xuan’s heart was once again filled with anticipation. He truly hoped that at least one or two of these crops would be edible. Although their growth cycle was significantly longer than before the apocalypse, he could wait. Even if he could only harvest once a year, even if he used them just as a variation, it would be great!
“Red beans, green beans, peanuts, chili peppers, edamame…” Opening the glass door, Wei Xuan took out those crops one by one according to the labels attached to them, placing them on the floor of the room. Then he began to pick the fruits from above.
Among this harvest, various grains were predominant, supplemented by some of the most commonly used cash crops. Although the yield of each plant was also much lower than that of similar crops before the apocalypse, having so many varieties together was enough for Wei Xuan to play around with for a while.
What pleased him most was not those uncertain food crops, but the red chili peppers with the most eye-catching color and the easiest to identify as edible or not.
The chili pepper seeds Wei Xuan obtained were the most common bird’s eye chili, and the appearance of these crops when they grew wasn’t much different from those before the apocalypse. So the newly grown green chili peppers mixed with the surrounding leaves were very inconspicuous. Once Wei Xuan got busy, he didn’t pay much attention to them.
However, the chili peppers that had completely turned red now were vibrant and eye-catching. Just looking at them made Wei Xuan involuntarily raise the corners of his mouth, anticipating whether they would have a taste and flavor similar to pre-apocalypse times…
Wei Xuan placed all the harvested beans and the labels indicating their original crops together, and temporarily set aside those that needed to be air-dried, like red beans, green beans, and sorghum. Then he took a small red chili pepper and walked into the kitchen.
Through his efforts from last year to this year, he only managed to grow this type of vegetable that looked nearly the same as pre-apocalypse crops (potatoes and carrots were already known). So now, his expectations for it were quite high.
If he could confirm that it was truly edible, with a taste and flavor not much different from before, it would be one of the biggest accomplishments since the apocalypse began!
Somehow I’m expecting the chilli to be the apocalyptically spicy…. hehehehhehe
It would make a great scene, Wei Xuan running around and sweating because of the spice with a worried little zombie around him hehehe 😈🧟♂️
I think Wei Xuan is mixing up Du Hang’s “I don’t understand” expression with his “I don’t want to” expression.
Exactly!
It’s more of a don’t understand why I should than I don’t understand what you mean
I’m a little worried about the hiding green peppers…am I just getting apocalypse paranoia???…pfft! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🫑🌶️👀
Hopefully he isn’t on the ground crying from the spiciness!! Wei Xuan the dragon! Lol