“Black wood ear mushrooms, white mushrooms, and some thinly sliced mutton with a hint of pale pink. Wei Xuan sat by the steaming table, happily dipping these few ingredients, and he also searched for various types of noodles, dried potatoes, and radishes from the room where he usually stored non-perishable food.
Unfortunately, it seemed that there were very few things at home that could be used for dipping, and Wei Xuan’s nearly year-long slumber had not allowed him to develop any new vegetables using the home planting machine to add variety to his meals. So, for now, he could only make do with these things.
Fortunately, for Wei Xuan now, there was no need to worry about filling his stomach. His only purpose in eating now was to satisfy his cravings.
Although the dried potatoes and carrots at home could be cooked, their taste was not particularly delightful, so Wei Xuan only used them as a side dish. What he primarily devoured was the freshly sliced mutton.
Outside, the autumn wind blew gently, filling the room with steam.
At this point, the outdoor temperature was slightly chilly for ordinary people, but Wei Xuan didn’t feel it at all. After all, last year at this time, he had no sensation of this temperature, and now, he was almost no different from an ordinary zombie.
In no time, Wei Xuan, who was eating hotpot and seemed like he was about to start singing, finally finished all the sliced mutton. He had also consumed some of the other ingredients. Now, he turned off the heat and leaned back in his chair contentedly, digesting this meal that could be considered either lunch or afternoon tea.
“Thank goodness, I didn’t eat as much as yesterday,” he patted his slightly bulging belly and sighed again. Having taste buds and delicious food to eat made him feel truly happy. He didn’t have to work hard and spend too much time on three meals a day anymore. As long as he occasionally prepared a meal that satisfied his taste buds, it was enough.
In normal days, it was better to focus on eating snowflakes.
With a satisfied smile on his face, Wei Xuan rested his head on Du Hang’s shoulder, thinking about melting snowwater to collect snowflakes later. Suddenly, he remembered something when he looked at Du Hang next to him. He thought, “Since I automatically absorb after eating, can Du Hang do the same?”
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By the way, what did he forget this time?
Wei Xuan, who was full and energetic after today’s meal, quickly regained his mobility after packing up. He continued to lead his subordinates in cleaning up the “junk” in their residential area.
With his subordinates helping, Wei Xuan only needed to check what was at home and have them remove the things that were useless. During this neighborhood cleanup, Wei Xuan also took the opportunity to thoroughly check all the rooms in the neighborhood. He moved out any furniture, appliances, or expired daily necessities that he didn’t need, and organized the emptied rooms by category, making notes in his little book.
In reality, sometimes things like smartphones aren’t always useful. Although Wei Xuan had known this situation for a long time and had made preparations when he started recording certain things, his feelings were deepened once again after waking up this time.”
“If the phone runs out of battery or breaks, it’s probably impossible to retrieve the contents in today’s world. On the other hand, a notebook that he usually carries with him is more likely to survive, as long as he doesn’t encounter bad luck like a fire or water damage.
At this moment, Wei Xuan had serious concerns about smartphones, especially the intelligent ones that were popular worldwide before the apocalypse. These devices had very short battery life, and even slightly more power-hungry ones needed to be charged almost every day. The main reason Wei Xuan had kept and used these phones until now was to check the date.
This was not just to know the current date but also to calculate how many days it took for crops to grow, flower, and bear fruit. It helped him plan outdoor planting and harvesting dates.
So, Wei Xuan considered looking for a long-lasting, multi-functional electronic watch when he went back to the city center. After all, such devices were much more durable in today’s world compared to smartphones, which were now mainly used as gaming devices or for certain special apps.
This round of cleaning took more than a week to complete. During this time, Wei Xuan mobilized almost all the zombies in the neighborhood to help. However, even with their assistance, they had only moved out temporarily unused items. They had not organized everything into categories yet. Layers of pots and pans still piled up in the open space in the neighborhood. Wei Xuan would have to continue organizing them slowly with his subordinates in the future.
Once these items were dealt with to some extent, Wei Xuan returned home. While eating lamb skewers, he held a few golden leaves and threw them at a stack of targets hanging in the room, which consisted of about a dozen dartboards.
That’s right; Wei Xuan had finally realized that he had become a zombie with tough skin, strong self-healing abilities, and incredible strength. He had decided to develop his abilities properly.
Because he had subordinates to do all the work according to his instructions, Wei Xuan often checked the situation in several rooms in a building and arranged the cleaning work inside. He then had Du Hang accompany him to bounce around and exercise his jumping ability everywhere.
In addition to that, while cleaning the neighborhood’s environment, they unexpectedly found many golden leaves scattered in various places. After interrogating a group of unreliable subordinates led by Du Hang, Wei Xuan was heartbroken to discover that most of the seeds he had collected had been planted by these guys!
Yes, they had actually planted them!
When Wei Xuan had just awakened, he thought he saw potatoes and carrots in the neighborhood, but who could have imagined? Under Du Hang’s leadership, a group of zombies who were used to Wei Xuan planting crops everywhere not only planted all the potatoes they had stored in their homes on the open ground but also “filially” planted all the seeds Wei Xuan had originally intended to keep for experiments in all the empty spaces in the neighborhood, one by one!
Among them, the vast majority of the seeds, of course, couldn’t even grow a single leaf. However, for some reason, a few of them actually sprouted! Among these, those golden leaves belonged to the most common plants among the randomly planted crops.
After learning of this result, Wei Xuan had absolutely no idea what expression he should make. Should he be pleased that these crops could indeed grow naturally outside? Or should he be heartbroken about the sacrifice of all his seeds?
Unfortunately, he couldn’t dig up those randomly planted seeds now even if he wanted to. There were still pots and pans filled with rainwater on the open ground in his neighborhood!
Fortunately, at least Wei Xuan had planted many of these golden leaves on his own balcony and on the balconies of certain rooms in the same building. Their seeds were also easy to collect, preventing these crops from going extinct entirely. Otherwise, he might have cried in front of Du Hang and the others!
Currently, Wei Xuan was experimenting with his accuracy. He hadn’t played darts or shooting before the apocalypse, but he remembered that at least during his school days, he had good accuracy when throwing chalk into the chalk tray.
Unfortunately, Wei Xuan’s throwing accuracy seemed to have been limited to throwing chalk during his school days. When he tried to use the golden leaves as deadly weapons, he discovered that his accuracy was not great—eight out of ten throws missed. This contrasted sharply with Du Hang’s accuracy.
Fortunately, when Wei Xuan threw the golden leaves, he was mostly able to hit the target, even if he couldn’t target a specific spot like Du Hang, or even hit the same spot every time.
What’s more, although Wei Xuan’s accuracy was lacking, each time he threw a golden leaf, it would penetrate deeply into the target or even completely pierce through it. Only when the targets were stacked together to increase their thickness could they barely withstand the impact. Nevertheless, these targets were consumed quickly. Wei Xuan had already planned to find a couple of withered tree stumps outside in a few days to bring back and use as targets.
After throwing all the golden leaves, Wei Xuan looked at the results on the targets with satisfaction and finished the last piece of lamb meat on a skewer. “Not bad, my accuracy is much better now than it was a few days ago.”
After tireless practice over the past few days, if he were to throw all the golden leaves he had now, even those mutated creatures would probably have to take notice.
He went forward to painstakingly retrieve each golden leaf that had pierced through multiple layers. Wei Xuan had also discovered through experiments these days that while his strength and jumping ability had improved considerably, he still lagged far behind Du Hang. If Du Hang were to throw the golden leaves, it would be more than just piercing through these targets; he could even go through a wall and nail them to the wall behind!
The same applied to jumping ability. Wei Xuan could jump to a height of about two meters, but Du Hang could easily jump up to at least three stories high and still have plenty of strength left. This meant that when in a hurry, Wei Xuan would probably have to ask Du Hang to carry him…
“Tomorrow, we’ll go out for a trip,” Wei Xuan picked up a skewer of lamb meat that was sizzling on a small grill on the table. “And… we’ll visit the Technology Building to see if those two guys are still there.”
Thanks for the update
At last we’ll know what happened to the only surviving human amongst the unconventional duo…
+1 i was wondering that too
I really hope they’re ok!
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
Thanks for the chapter!