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Chapter 699: Chapter 699: Stabilizing the Situation
"No matter how much you sleep during the day, it can’t make up for the night sleep. Plus, children’s biological clocks start ticking from the womb, so when you end up having two night owls, you’ll be the one crying,"
Lin Tianhui continued to nag non-stop.
"Mom, it’s my fault, next time I’ll make sure to bring Xiao Jin in to rest,"
Lu Hao couldn’t bear to see Su Jin being scolded, so he immediately took the blame onto himself.
"Alright, alright, let’s not talk about you two anymore, or else I’ll seem like the bad guy,"
Lin Tianhui laughed off the irritation, now that her son-in-law had come forward to defend her daughter, what more could she as a mother say?
"Come eat, come eat, Xiuyuan was so hungry just now that he gnawed on a sauced pork hock; you two are still chatting here,"
Li Xiuying started scolding Lin Tianhui again, noticing that Lin Tianhui did not dare to retort, Su Jin and Lu Hao couldn’t help but laugh.
"Mom, are there any more sauced pork hocks? I want to eat too,"
Lin Cheng said, drooling. He was so hungry now that everything sounded appealing, especially Lin Yunguo’s secret recipe sauced pork hock, his favorite.
"I want some, too,"
Lu Guanhai exclaimed as he came out wiping his hair.
"There’s plenty, I’ll scoop one out for each of you later, and there are also sauced pig’s trotters,"
Li Xiuying suddenly felt like she was feeding everyone, and watching everyone "share" the food she and her husband had made together filled her with happiness.
"Ah, back when we were young, desiring a meal of meat was like celebrating the New Year, but now we have so much we can’t even finish it all,"
During the meal, Lin Yunguo reflected, regretting only that they couldn’t sell the livestock from the space outside to supplement others in need.
"No worries, when the apocalypse is over one day, we’ll start a farm and sell all the leftovers,"
Lin Xiuyuan had already started daydreaming about the future while eating.
"Yeah, that’s a great idea, very good indeed,"
Su Xiangzhe said, giving a thumbs up, seeing it as a profitable endeavor with ready stock.
"Okay then, everyone eat up quickly. You’re going out after a nap, aren’t you?"
Li Xiuying asked. She still remembered the times when their family had to fend off the Zombie Tide outside, and now it seemed like their new location was an even worse situation.
"Yes, Grandma, we’ll go out first after resting,"
Lu Hao said.
The place they were staying now was found by Lian Zongren, a clean detached house with good privacy, yet they couldn’t stay in the space for too long.
After dinner, Su Jin also replenished the Special Abilities of both Lin Xiuyuan and Su Xiangzhe before she and Lu Hao headed back to the side yard.
Everyone’s Special Abilities ceased to increase once they were full, but it wasn’t the same for her now. She had used up all her Special Abilities just then, but having stayed in the space for more than two hours, they had already recovered by half. So she simply transferred that half to her family. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
"I should have brought a few Man-eating Flowers in earlier,"
Su Jin complained before falling asleep...
Outside the space, on the city walls of E City, the Special Ability Users were now able to concentrate on using their abilities to attack the Zombies below.
Because the city wall had been sealed with blocks of ice, scarcely any zombies could clamber over one another to get up anymore. Even if a Fire Element Zombie melted a section, an Ice-Element Ability User would immediately repair it. Some Ice-Element Ability Users were also maintaining the ice wall, and maintaining it didn’t require much Special Ability.
For a week beneath the city wall, the swaying Man-eating Flowers industriously devoured zombies. Many people watched the Man-eating Flowers, and there were even those who clapped.
"They’re so cute,"
Some girls couldn’t help but mention, there was a man-eating flower that got a prosthetic-limbed zombie stuck in its throat, and then the man-eating flower coughed a few times like a human and spit out a leg with a steel plate...
"It’s rather impressive, just a bit stinky."
Another person said, although the wind was already strong on the city walls and had blown away many of the smells, which is why the crowd found the odors bearable when they smelled them for the first time.
Lian Jiyue and Lian Zongren didn’t rest right away but relied on their previous impressions to find the base’s armory.
Lian Jiyue directly used his Metal Element Ability to destroy the armory’s lock, and the weapons inside looked like they had been gathering dust for a long time. The Zombie Tide had been ongoing for most of the day, yet no one had thought to pull out these resources, which was a sheer waste.
"Commander Lian, we know how to use these. Please give us your orders!"
Qu Zhixin said.
Though they weren’t directly under Lian Jiyue before, they were still his people, and because of this, they had escaped the ruin that came from the research institute.
"Thank you all for still believing in me."
Lian Jiyue only spoke a word of thanks, then started organizing efficiently. These weapons would best be transported to the city wall immediately to be effective.
...
Base E greeted the dawn, although the Zombie Tide was still raging at the foot of the city wall, and zombie corpses were scattered everywhere.
The deployment of weapons was indeed effective; Su Jin and Lu Hao noticed, as they came out from the house, that everyone in the base was bustling around with a busy confidence on their faces.
Not far away, the sounds of weapons and ammunition continued, suggesting the situation had already stabilized.
"Lu Hao, have you all rested well?"
Cen Chu ran over from nearby, they too had just finished resting, and his eyes lit up upon seeing the group in front of him.
"Captain Cen, long time no see."
Lu Hao greeted him, and the group walked together towards the direction of the base’s city wall.
Lian Zongren had experienced the Zombie Tide at Base S, and at the time, he had thought that many aspects of Base S were worth emulating. Now with a place to implement these ideas, he was so busy he had only rested for two hours.
The Ability Users of various elements were segregated on the city wall, all following Lian Zongren and Lian Jiyue’s instructions to deploy their abilities together. The cooperation between Water and Thunder Elements, Wind and Fire Elements, as well as how Metal Element could be more effective...
"How many more are there?"
Lu Hao asked, looking down at the dark mass of the Zombie Tide below.
"Over 1.6 million, but the resources inside the base are a bit scarce; not sure if we can hold out till the end."
Lian Jiyue’s eyes and brows were filled with fatigue; he had rested only one hour.
"Deal with us for supplies, we’ll give you a discount, just pay with Crystal Cores"
Su Jin whispered.
"Xiao Yue, you should rest a bit more; your mental state seems a bit unstable"
Mao Qiqi came over worriedly. She wasn’t sure why, but she could feel that Lian Jiyue was not in a good state right now.
"Go rest, leave this to us, don’t worry."
Lu Hao also patted Lian Jiyue on the shoulder and said.
Seeing everyone persuading him, a warm current flowed through Lian Jiyue’s heart. He nodded, rubbed Mao Qiqi’s hair, and obediently went down to rest.
There were still many people who cared about him, weren’t there?
