CH 100

Chapter 100 - So why were you squatting in a group of zombies? (2)

On the way back, Du Ruo shared his adventure last night with them in detail.

Bei Nuan pondered, "So the person that gave Du Ruo the virus inhibitor…"

Lu Xingchi continued her thought, "He's probably the guy that Huo Ren was looking for."

Bei Nuan was puzzled. The zombie virus was undoubtedly brought by the meteorite. She had witnessed that. That was what was written in the novel too. And yet, the outbreak of the zombies had only been a few days ago. How could that mysterious man already create a zombie virus inhibitor?

Now that Du Ruo had gotten an inhibitor injection, he looked like his normal self, but how long would the inhibitor last?

Du Ruo had almost mutated once tonight. Having experienced a brush with death, he had the same mentality as Bei Nuan when she discovered that she had transmigrated into a novel after being run over by a large truck; he had come out ahead. Moreover, even after he got the injection, zombies still ignored him now, which meant that the zombie apocalypse had no impact on him. He was thrilled.

"So why were you squatting in a group of zombies?" Bei Nuan asked.

"I wanted to see if I could communicate with zombies," Du Ruo said, "After all, I'm a guy who's going to become a king of zombies."

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Song Xiyi, who was guarding the gate, was startled when he saw them returning.

Bei Nuan explained, "His red eyes were just an allergic reaction. He was being silly, insisting that he was going to become a zombie. He's fine now that he's taken allergy medicine." She didn't care if that explanation was plausible.

Song Xiyi looked at Du Ruo.

Du Ruo's eyes looked perfectly normal now. There was a clear distinction between the whites of his eyes and his pupils. His smiling eyes looked as if there was nothing wrong with them.

"Sorry for the misunderstanding," Du Ruo repeatedly apologized.

Jiang Fei and the others had already woken up and noticed their absences. They were waiting with solemn expressions, even Jiang Xu was there.

Their lie about Du Ruo could pass muster with others, but Jiang Xu wasn't fooled.

Jiang Xu glanced at Du Ruo's eyes and asked, "What's going on? My broad-spectrum antiviral drug definitely won't have this effect."

Du Ruo shared what happened to him. Jiang Xu mulled over his words for a long time.

"What's this guy's origins. There's only a few guys that specialize in this subject. I know all of them. I don't know any guy that matches his description. They're all older than him. Who could this guy be?"

Jiang Xu checked Du Ruo's eyes again. He scanned downwards, all the way to Du Ruo's arms.

Jiang Xu softly and politely asked, "Can I please…"

Du Ruo clutched his poor arm that was stricken with needle marks and took two steps back. "Even if I have to die, I won't let you guys draw more blood from me today."

Seeing Jiang Xu's disappointed expression, he painfully amended, "Tomorrow. I'll let you draw blood tomorrow.

Due to Du Ruo's matter, the group hadn't slept well for two consecutive nights. They decided to rest here for a day before taking off.

This place was a cafeteria, and it was convenient to do anything here. Jiang Fei kept his word. He got up early in the morning to make Du Ruo his grandma's version of fried pork with red fermented bean curd and bamboo shoots

Jiang Fei mushed up the fermented bean curd, added sauce, the freshly dug bamboo shoots, and pork belly into a pot, heated the pot to a boil, and let it simmer.

Bei Nuan saw that he was using marbled pork belly, an ingredient that she didn't like, but once she took a bite of the dish, she discovered that the fatty part of the meat had been infused with the flavor of fermented bean curd. It didn't feel greasy at all. It was even more delicious than lean meat.

It was simply too delicious when paired with rice. The pot of steamed rice was emptied out in no time.

"The rice is pretty good. Too bad we don't have an electric rice cooker. Otherwise, the rice would taste even better," Bei Nuan was a bit regretful.

As Du Ruo ate the meat, he reminded her, "An electric rice cooker wouldn't be that useful. There's electricity here, but there won't be electricity in other places."

Bei Nuan finished eating her share. With her free time, she glanced at the task bar. Little Three had mentioned a newly released task.