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Chapter 517: Chapter 517: The Change in Attitude
A Speed Element Ability User, yet knowing the use of this Mutated Moss, is indeed a bit strange.
"Don’t worry, I’ll investigate this thoroughly,"
Ye Rongxin nodded in response.
In the end, the fiasco finally ended with the death of Zeng Peng, the team captain of the Sun Moon Rivers and Mountains Team.
Li Haochu, though greatly regretting the situation, had to acknowledge that the vice-captain of the Sun Moon Rivers and Mountains Team, Bai Qiu, stepped forward to clarify that the incident had nothing to do with the Base Guard Squad, as it was the result of internal strife within their own team.
Bai Qiu, the short-haired woman who stood behind Zeng Peng previously and accused Xie Hengrui of ingratitude, was also the vice-captain of the Sun Moon Rivers and Mountains Team. She felt that Zeng Peng and Xie Hengrui were like the story of the Farmer and the Snake.
"I only hope that Captain Ye will punish Xie Hengrui severely, and our team will also continue to pay attention to this matter,"
Bai Qiu said to Ye Rongxin, accompanied by her team members.
Ye Rongxin nodded and said, "To kill is to pay with one’s life; it’s been a matter of course even before the Apocalypse, I will give you an explanation."
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The time had reached the afternoon, and Li Haochu planned to drive everyone back to the base using another small road.
The corps of the twenty to thirty thousand zombies that had been cleared out in the morning were all packed into the spaces of a few Space Element Ability Users.
Of course, their spaces had containers prepared in advance for storing the zombies; later, they would simply take out those containers accordingly.
As for these zombie corpses, they were to be used as fuel for heating in the base.
The base used water heating, but besides a small amount of coal, these zombie corpses were the main source of fuel.
There were also some zombies scattered along the small road, but not many. It took only half an hour for everyone to take care of them all.
"Who would have thought these zombie corpses would actually be treasures,"
Nie Qing marveled. He had been curious about the base’s heating system before, and now it turned out that the water was heated using these corpses.
"That’s why this S City is the cleanest,"
Lin Xiuyuan thought of the other cities they had visited, where not only were there many zombies, but also many corpses with their Crystal Cores extracted had been left unattended on the roads, causing filth and blockages.
The return journey of the convoy went smoothly.
After they had driven onto the only road in front of the base, they didn’t encounter a single zombie anymore. The snow near the base was always being cleared, so everyone quickly returned to the gate of the city.
Because the blizzard had not stopped, in these past days, hardly any outside Survivors had arrived at the S City base, so Liang Jiuqing, who was on duty at the registration office, simply let everyone wait indoors for two hours; it was too cold outside.
"Su Jin, will you go out again tomorrow?"
Liang Jiuqing looked at the people who were so tired they were sprawled on the floor, then at the Heart Talk Team, who showed no signs of fatigue, and asked.
"We will; we go out every day,"
Su Jin answered with a smile.
"As expected of the super rank, our team will take a break tomorrow; we need to rest and recuperate for two days,"
The Gale Team captain, Dou Lierao, said from the side. Not only him but also his team members were utterly exhausted. After all, they had been killing zombies since early morning.
Su Jin just smiled. Going out to kill zombies every day was indeed exhausting, but his family was able to rest for a long time in their space at night, and that’s why they chose to do so.
That very evening, Liang Jiuhui had someone deliver the day’s reward of Crystal Cores—twenty thousand Crystal Cores in total, which turned out to be much more than everyone had anticipated.
"Not many, we’ve killed more zombies, so stingy."
Lu Hao said this in front of the Space Element Ability User, Song Sibo.
"..."
Song Sibo struggled with whether or not to relay this remark to Liang Jiuhui after he returned.
The family had become familiar with Song Sibo, this young man who had arrived to deliver them Crystal Cores. Although he was merely following orders from the base, Su Jin still had Su Xiangzhe pack some steamed buns and pies to stuff into his hands.
"We made these ourselves, you must try them."
Su Xiangzhe said with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle, but this is too precious, I..."
Song Sibo touched the warm and soft steamed bun, feeling that this family was really too hospitable.
"You have to take it, last time Supervisor Shao and the others accepted theirs."
Su Xiangzhe then pushed Song Sibo to the door, afraid he would put the food back down.
Song Sibo thanked them repeatedly, temporarily stored the items in his space, and then stepped back out into the snowy night with snowflakes fluttering all around.
The moment he turned around, he suddenly felt like crying.
His own family had been like the Heart Talk Team’s, cozy and close, but unfortunately, it had all been destroyed by the apocalypse... 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
After Song Sibo left, Su Jin finally stored the twenty thousand Crystal Cores into her space.
She had converted a room next to the Pill Room in her space into a Crystal Core storage room. Her goal was to fill that room with Crystal Cores, but it was still empty, with only a few boxes of cores in the corner, all of which were earnings from the two Heart Talk Stores’ sales.
Every time she walked into the Crystal Core storage room, she felt a sense of being impoverished. Now, she simply stopped looking inside and just stored the cores.
During dinner, Guo Yang was somewhat sighing. Recently, there hadn’t been many survivors arriving at the base, and business was not as booming as before. Although he knew this was temporary, he couldn’t help feeling a bit down.
Liao Yifan, however, took the initiative to comfort Guo Yang: "It’s okay, these days everyone stays put, surely using up their previous stockpile. Also, without going out to kill zombies, they’d have no Crystal Cores to shop with, right? It’s perfectly normal, all you have to do is take good care of the store."
"Yifan, now that you put it that way, I’m not upset anymore; you’re so good to me. So, how about this, tomorrow you stay with me at the store for the day, okay?"
Guo Yang asked with deep affection. Yin Chengtian and Shi Jin had been out on missions these past few days, and if Yifan agreed to help watch the store, it would mean the two of them alone in the store all day long—just the thought was delightful.
To everyone’s surprise, Liao Yifan agreed.
Lin Tianhui and Lin Tianzhen exchanged a smile; they had noticed that Liao Yifan’s attitude towards Guo Yang had changed a lot recently. It seemed their supposition was correct; it looked like the warmth of Guo Yang’s thoughtfulness had heated up Yifan’s stony heart.
"Yifan, you’re an angel in human form; you’re too wonderful!"
Guo Yang was so excited he didn’t know what to say, Yifan had actually agreed to him! Tomorrow he could spend the entire day with Yifan in the store!
Liao Yifan, who hadn’t realized his attitude had changed so much yet, continued drinking the fragrant chicken soup Su Jin served, feeling his stomach and whole body filled with warmth.
In the dead of winter, a bowl of chicken soup was truly delicious.
Su Jin just smiled. It seemed this winter might bring some progress for the two of them.
Yin Chengtian was also very happy. He was still savoring today’s battle, as he could now use his Wood Element in combat! Even though it was only for defense, he was already very content.
