Chapter 35
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临渊慕鱼 update:2022-07-22 17:49
When Gu Panpan woke up, she felt abundant with power causing her to nearly moan. Pushing open her door to enter the corridor, she discovered that her brother had already been sitting there waiting. On one side was Shao Qing with the corner of her mouth bruised and Yan Hanqing with a black eye. As well as Er Dai who was viciously staring down at Yan Hanqing and Xiao Baozi who was sleeping within Shao Qing’s bosom completely unaware.
Gu Panpan couldn’t help but ask: “Qing jiejie, you and Qing Ge…… what happened?”
“Nothing. We were just comparing some pointers.” Shao Qing sliced a piece of apple then using a toothpick to stab through it she passed the piece over to Gu Panpan. “Hungry? Do you need to eat something before we head out for a stroll?”
Gu Panpan bit into the apple, feeling a bit unclear. “Brother, are you hungry?”
Gu Chuan nodded his head. Gu Panpan then replied. “This is probably because we just advanced through. Since I consumed so much of the body’s power, I also feel a bit hungry……”
“I’ll go make dinner.” Shao Qing stood up and headed towards the kitchen, with Yan Hanqing immediately following. “I’ll come help.”
Maybe it was because of their talent. Shao Qing and Yan Hanqing’s cooking skills were not bad, with both their teamwork, they quickly finished making dinner.
After eating their fill, the group headed out for a stroll to see if they could exchange for something they would need.
Owing it to the apocalypse, the Chinese Yuan currency has already changed to have an existence equivalent to scrap paper. The majority of transactions now are barter items. Perhaps after life starts to gradually become steady again, for the sake of the businesses between bases, and for the sake of stabilizing people’s lives, the people who wields power in the upper hierarchies would release a similar form of currency.
Shao Qing predicted that this currency would possibly be zombie crystals. After all, super humans required crystals to advance in rank. If they were able to work out themselves to attempt to increase their rank, even eight lives would not be enough. Moreover, the structure of a crystal is rather tiny and extremely easy to carry, thus it would suit being used as a currency.
At present, there certainly are some people who have discovered the zombie crystals. But the people who did discover it are not a lot. In fact, the majority are probably thinking I discovered it, but I can’t tell anyone else. Even if I do tell others, I should wait until I am able to increase my own strengths to a level where people could only see but be unable to attain the same achievements.
Waiting until everyone has discovered the existence of the zombie crystals, the strength of super human users would have a sharp increase. Now the majority of the superhuman users were still rank one, the amount of rank two users were pitiful and rank three users were barely heard of. Using this kind of strength against a small number of zombies could probably still lead to victory, to explore a major city will be comparatively strenuous.
Letting her imaginations run wild, Shao Qing and the rest finally reached the exchange market of the base. Although it was called an exchange market, it was actually a strip of avenue with either sides filled with street stalls with goods.
Every kind of street stall you could think of was there. There were gold, jewelry, brand watches, precious stone, and other luxurious goods. There were also all kinds of clothes, daggers, axes, machetes, and other weaponry, including some guns.
Most of the guns were pistols, and within the mix, judging by the model number, it seems to be from a police station.
There was even a stall owner who was selling a little girl. This little girl was about twelve or thirteen years of age wearing a worn flowery skirt with a rather dull gaze, but her appearance was absolutely fresh and pure. Most of all, her enormous almond eyes with her long eyelashes paired with her powdered delicate skin, guaranteed that when she grows up she definitely will become a beauty.
When Shao Qing and the rest were passing by, the stall owner passionately tried to market the little girl. “This girl is still a virgin. You only need fifty jin of rice and you would be able to take her away. You are free to beat her or curse her, she’s absolutely clever and obedient.”
[Jin = Chinese measurement; weight equal to 0.5 kg]
Gu Panpan immediately wrinkled her eyebrows. She was itching to beat up that stall owner, but she still remembered that this was someone else’s base; thus, with great difficulty she resisted that idea. But she couldn’t resist mocking him. “Only someone who would let a dog eat their conscience would do these sort of things right?”
“This is my daughter. The only reason she was able to grow up this big was because of everything I gave her. Now, isn’t it time for her to pay me back!?” The stall owner spoke as if it was a matter of course.
Gu Panpan was angered until she was about to burst, unable to bear this any longer she glanced over at Shao Qing for help. Shao Qing also had her brows wrinkled up. Fifty Jin of rice didn’t really mean anything to her, however, the crucial point is what would happen to the girl after she bought her?
They almost immediately will have to depart from this base and the journey will definitely be treacherous. While this girl seemed like she had some problems with her IQ, not to mention that she was only around twelve/ thirteen, bringing her along would be just another baggage.
Now that Shao Qing had a team, she had to think for the team’s sake.
If she bought the girl and released her, at this sort of base, the girl would ultimately end up just like the team of girls they saw right when they entered the base.
She would be even more wretched. After all, she seemed like she had no ability to defend herself at all.
Gu Panpan also understood this matter, thus she hesitated. Feeling miserable, she stared at Shao Qing and then stared at Gu Chuan.
She looked like she just turned twelve/ thirteen and was young and sensitive. If she allowed this young girl in front of her to be sold and destroyed, her mind would definitely leave behind a shadow.
Shao Qing also didn’t know what to do. While they were in the midst of hesitating, a middle aged man looking like he was from the Mediterranean walked over. His gaze was coarse and vulgar. When he swept his eyes over Shao Qing and Gu Panpan, it seemed as if he was looking through their clothes and was able to see their private areas.
At that time Shao Qing wanted to claw his eyeballs out and stomp on them.
Speaking to the stall owner, but looking towards Shao Qing, he asked. “How much is the girl?”
The stall owner promptly replied. “Fifty jin of rice!”
The man clicked his tongue and sighed. “That’s a bit expensive. Looking at this girl, she seems rather frail and weak. Maybe after playing around one or two rounds she would break. Not worth it. Not worth it at all.”
The stall owner at once extended his finger. “We’re all honest, sincere people. Thirty Jins, I can’t go any lower!”
The man was roughly thinking about haggling down a bit further, when he heard Shao Qing quietly speak. “Thirty jins, I’ll take her.”
Volume 3 36 The blackened Ah Qing
The facts show that it was beneficial to look a little scary. At least even with Shao Qing’s mental quality, she would feel herself unable to make a move when facing this stuff.
She hadn’t even moved, when Da Hua shot out. A lot of vines were drilled out from under the leaves of Da Hua. The heart-like thing was wrapped around in a circle and pulled out with brute force.
The roots of this thing looked like octopus tentacles. They were soft and wriggly. Shao Qing was a bit worried. She couldn’t just walk around carrying that thing.
Then she had a whimsical thought. All her cooked dishes could be placed into the space, what about this thing?
Trying to test it out, she stuffed this thing into the space and it really did get stuffed in. Her space had always been unable to put living things inside, could it be that this thing isn’t alive?
Whatever the case, this was a good thing, at least it was more convenient. Shao Qing also deliberately planted something in the red soil before climbing out.
The family was now tired and weak, but they finally completed the task in a satisfactory manner. They could leave without any regrets.
On the way back, Shao Qing originally wanted to pull out a variety of plants to plant near Jiangcheng or directly into the city. As a result, she found that most mutant plants can be placed in the space.
But after taking it out, it can only be eaten as a dish. The only thing that remained alive was the heart.
She had no choice but to leave reluctantly. She was already planning to organize some stuff to come back again.
After they returned to the beach at the fastest speed, Qin Zixi had already returned to Jing Du once and brought news back from there.
Jing Du had confirmed sending people to country M. In addition to the previous two reasons, there was now an additional reason. That is, to find the source of the black bugs.
After the research in Jing Du, it was found that this kind of black bug had a mother entity. As long as the mother did not die, it could produce many black bugs every day. It would be useless for them to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
Among those who were going abroad were Wu Jiaojiao, the boss of Thorns Roses, Jin Mingyu, the boss of Frozen ice, and Zhu Mochen.
In addition to the three of them, there was also a very powerful person named Tu Xian, a man who looked polite and skilled in the literary arts.
Two civilians were also brought along.
Plus Qin Zixi, and Shao Qing.
Shao Qing did not plan to bring Yan Qiyue this time because someone had to send Xiao Baozi and the rest back. Yan Qiyue was completely against it, but the head of the family was Shao Qing……
He could only wail and then take the three children to leave and allow Shao Qing and Er Dai to enjoy their two person get away.
Before they got on the boat, the others weren’t informed of the two people being added in this operation until the boat was about to sail and Shao Qing and Er Dai were aboard the boat.
As soon as the two of them came on, some people became stiff. At that time, Shao Qing was infuriated and had nearly torn apart Jing Du. They all saw it with their own eyes.
Now this killing god actually wanted to go on a mission with them?
Shao Qing waved and smiled: “We meet again, how have you guys been doing recently?”
Jin Mingyu said dryly, “Fine……”
Wu Jiaojiao was rather curious. This was because she did not believe it even till now that Shao Qing and Er Dai were zombies. How were they like zombies?
If zombies were like the two of them, humanity would have been extinct.
The two civilians were more afraid and shivered in the corner.
After Shao Qing greeted them, she went over to Qin Zixi and Zhu Mochen in the corner. The group near the railing chatted while watching the sea.
On this trip, Shao Qing had actually been quite selfish. She wanted to spend a honeymoon with Er Dai alone, then a honeymoon with Yan Qiyue alone. In the order of first-come-first-serve, naturally Er Dai was first.
Three people spending their honeymoon together, for some aspects, that would be very inconvenient. In fact being intimate with that one would make the other feel left out. While being intimate with the other one, the other would feel left out. That’s why a romantic couple getaway for two was the best.
“I remembered the last time we went to sea, we encountered an eruption on the seabed.” Shao Qing thought of it and wanted to laugh: “I always felt that my character is good, but wherever I go, there will definitely be something happening.”
Qin Zixi immediately changed his face: “Qing Jie, don’t make such auspicious remarks.”
Shao Qing replied helplessly: “How can words be so effective where they’ll occur if I say it out loud. If that’s the case then our trip will definitely be peaceful.”
She laughed when she said it, “If my words were so effective, I would first curse those who are against me.”
Qin Zixi just smiled helplessly. At night, several people gathered around Shao Qing’s stove in her room. Cheng Lixue prepared a mandarin duck pot. One side was seafood while the other side was hot and spicy soup base. The group ate and their lips soon turned red and felt a little numb.
At this time, there was a sudden panicked voice came from the helmsman: “We encountered a storm. Everyone try not to come out of your rooms, especially not to the deck.”
Shao Qing: ……
Qin Zixi and the rest looked at Shao Qing, their eyes a little weird. This crow’s mouth was so accurate!
Shao Qing only felt that she had shot an arrow at her knee.
“Come on, after you finish drinking and eating, hurry back to your room.” Shao Qing said helplessly: “Listening to this, it shouldn’t be a big storm. We’re also not far from the shore, even if the boat……”
“Qing Jie!” Qin Zixi turned pale from fright: “Don’t say more!”
Shao Qing: ……
She was silent, then honestly took Er Dai to bed. Shao Qing was not concerned about the boat turning over. Her only concern was that if the boat turned over, they would have to go back and change to another boat which would waste a lot of time.
As for other aspects, she was not worried. This is probably the confidence brought by strength.
Shao Qing hugged Er Dai and climbed onto the bed. Then she discovered that she hadn’t hugged Er Dai like this for a long time. The last time she hugged Er Dai was quite some time ago.
She had neglected Er Dai recently.
Er Dai can’t speak, can’t express his joys and sorrows. Even if he was not happy, he would only look at Shao Qing quietly with a pair of big puppy eyes.
Yet, as long as Shao Qing looked at him, there would only be happiness in his eyes.
Er Dai was too honest and well behaved. He was so well behaved, it made people unconsciously relax, thus forget. Shao Qing was distressed. She hugged Er Dai, kissed the top of his head and said: “Actually your jealous appearance is quite cute, same with your naughty look. No matter what, you’re cute in every way.”
Er Dai hugged Shao Qing back. Since they’ve been together, he became more silent and more lovable. It was as if he matured overnight.
But in fact, if you look closely, you will find that he was still the jealous and coquettish Er Dai.
“When we go back, we will find a way to plant the entire Jiangcheng area with plants, the kind that we can eat, the best to eat, and that can also defend. I will open up a piece of land separately and plant all the things you like to eat.” Shao Qing leaned on Er Dai and sighed, “Even if it’s the end of the world, our family will be happy.”
Er Dai quietly peeled off his clothes so that Shao Qing could sleep on his chest. Satisfied, then he took Shao Qing into his arms.
He didn’t understand much, he only knew that he liked Shao Qing and wanted to stay with her all the time.
For others, if it were not for the fact that Shao Qing cared for them, Er Dai would not give them a second look.
The best time in his life were the days with Shao Qing. However these days, there have always been some weird pictures flashing in his mind. Him in those images…… was not like him.
He should be Er Dai, the one belonging to Shao Qing, the dumb silly Er Dai; not the one in his mind, a gloomy and terrible teenager.
That cannot be him. Shao Qing would not like him like that.
Er Dai thought about it and shrank back and hugged Shao Qing tightly. The instinct of a beast told him that those memories were not necessarily good, so he resisted them.
The more people with amnesia cooperate to find their memories, the faster they will recover. The more they resist though, the slower they will recover.
This was normal.
Er Dai was resisting, but even though he was resisting, he was still recovering bit by bit. This is why he became more and more silent.
Sometimes he would not be able to distinguish reality from memory, but as long as held Shao Qing’s hand, he would settle down.
Because only in reality could he possess Shao Qing……
“If you could talk, would you……” Shao Qing touched Er Dai’s cheek and couldn’t help but stop. If Er Dai recovers, he would probably leave……
She imagined that Er Dai would be a completely different person. Perhaps the real Er Dai was cultured, refined and estranged.
Or he might be calm and independent. He might not care about what happened when he had amnesia or even find this relationship ridiculous.
Or he might calm down and then think it was shameful to share a woman with another man.
But no matter what she thought, or how she built his character, as long as the person in her imagination was Er Dai, she would still think he was cute.
She already could not be helped.
Even if she told herself every time that if Er Dai recovered his memory and would leave, she would let him go, she was actually calmly preparing to imprison him.
This was the terrifying difference between reality and appearance.
She was really able to do it. Imprisoning him, using a steel chain would probably be a good choice. Then he could not leave. Even if he hated it, he could only stay with her.
Thinking this way, Shao Qing’s eyes were a little red. She couldn’t help covering her face. She had indeed caught on to Yan Qiyue’s bad ways. She was already bad……
But this was also very good……
Er Dai pulled Shao Qing’s hand seriously. He kissed the corner of her eyes, the tenderness in his eyes was about to overflow.
Shao Qing hugged Er Dai’s waist and closed her eyes contentedly, he could only be hers.
No one can take him away.
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