CH 61

After the sun went down, everything was silent. The street lights on the highway have long lost their power and the sky was so blue that it could be confused as black. The sky and the earth seemed so dark that they blended together and only the rest stop had a faint light.

Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning woke up in less than five minutes and raised their watches to see that it was nearly ten o’clock. There were still ten minutes or so before their shift as guard duty so Hao Jian wasn’t in a hurry.

Lian Ru Ning felt that she was sweaty and sticky so she felt uncomfortable when she slept. She wanted to get some water and wipe her body clean but their current situation didn’t allow it.

Just as she was about to get up, Hao Jian stopped her, “There are some things that aren’t convenient to do later so it’s better to do them now.”

“?”

As soon as Lian Ru Ning reacted, Hao Jian covered her lips and gave her another lingering and passionate kiss.

Thinking that it was just one long kiss, Hao Jian found that the system actually considered it as three kisses. It was calculating the experiences and points she gains based on the number of times their lips would touch. So what seemed to be a lingering kiss in Lian Ru Ning’s perspective, Hao Jian had gained 3 experiences and 15 points.

“Let’s make it a whole number.” Hao Jian said. Adding the kiss they had during the day, she had already gained 10 experiences and 50 points.

Lian Ru Ning was a little confused, and when she remembered their kiss during the day, she became even more confused at Hao Jian’s way of calculating whole numbers.

“You weren’t like this before!” Lian Ru Ning didn’t refuse such a display of intimacy, but she still shouted shyly.

“The past is the past, but now, I have decided that since I’m with you, even if it’s the end of the world, even if it’s difficult, I will bear all the sorrows with you and will share all the happiness with you.”

Lian Ru Ning was stunned. It was the most beautiful words of confession she has ever heard.

In such a harsh environment, how many people tramble on the dignity and lives of others in order to survive. Personal feelings no longer matter. How lucky is she to have met Hao Jian?

Today, she didn’t hold back and just said things in her heart, but in fact, she’s only relying on Hao Jian’s feelings for her, right?

Their surroundings don’t allow them to linger any longer so Hao Jian first went to find Peng Mao and Xin Ting. Because guard duty is a little boring, the two would occasionally chat and after their conversation, the two would naturally grow closer.

“Go rest, just leave it to us here.” Hao Jian said while looking at the two who couldn’t help themselves but yawn.

“Then we’ll go to sleep. Remember to eat, if you think it’s cold, just reheat it a little!” Xin Ting reminded.

Hao Jian waited for Lian Ru Ning’s return from getting their share of a cold hodgepodge to eat. Of course, it wasn’t enough to eat so she took out two more meat buns.

It wasn’t technically accurate to call it meat buns since there was no meat in it. The only filling it had was vegetables instead.

Of course, they were also bought from the system mall, after all, it only costs 15 points. One shouldn’t expect to get meat cheaply in the mall where it’s more expensive than gold.

Lian Ru Ning didn’t question where the meat buns came from. After all, the materials Shi Gong Dui found today included some supplies that were once used to make hand-made cakes and flour cakes. There was a lot of easy-to-cook food in the rest stop near the expressway. The ingredients are easy to cook and as long as it hasn’t spoiled, one can make something out of it in just a few minutes.

After eating their fill, they sat for a while. Of course, they weren’t sitting idly but were trying to listen to their surroundings in the silence.

In addition to the sound of the wind and the bristling trees and leaves, there were also some vague familiar sounds around them. Hao Jian sighed, she couldn’t let her guard down for tonight.

The reason why they let Peng Mao and Xin Ting guard the first half of the night is that they just cleaned up the zombies. The walkers from other places won’t come here in such a short time. She, Lian Ru Ning, and Shi Gong Dui can better adapt to changes so they would guard the second half of the night.

Their original plan was to let Shi Gong Dui wake up by twelve and replace Lian Ru Ning while she sleeps for another two hours and replace Hao Jian. They would continue this cycle until the sun comes up but it seems they would have to wake Shi Gong Dui up now.

Before Shi Gong Dui could get dressed and rush out, Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning had used some magazines to cover their arms and neck. Hao Jian also bought two searchlights from the system mall and tied them to their heads for this purpose. Their vision isn’t as good during the day and they must be prepared for anything.

Because it’s impossible to determine how many zombies there were, Peng Mao and Xin Ting were also woken up who packed their things in their car to prepare them to leave at any given time.

Half an hour later, two zombies appeared wandering at the gas station and they were extremely excited when they found Hao Jian and the others. This kind of excitement was similar to the zombies they’ve encountered before. They would make weird calls so it seems they weren’t part of the ‘abnormals’.

Their binoculars didn’t have night vision for the dark so Hao Jian couldn’t count on it. After dealing with the two zombies, she decided to rely on the searchlight to scout further.

Peng Mao and Xin Ting didn’t dare to go back to sleep even if they were sleepy until Hao Jian observed their surroundings and said, “I don’t see anything abnormal around now. If there’s a zombie swarm, the noise should be rather loud, you guys go to sleep first!”

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It wasn’t until four in the morning did the zombies reappear around them.

Hao Jian and the others who have been guarding at night weren’t in the mood to go back and sleep for another two hours so they woke Peng Mao and Xin Ting up and prepared for their departure.

Although the sky was still ghostly blue at four in the morning, by the time they get to Xiaochuan county, the sky should brighten up.

The earlier it is in the morning, the less alert people are, so when they arrive in Xiaochuan County, Hao Jian and the other wouldn’t have to worry about being surrounded by the people from ‘Wugui’

Although it was unclear whether the commotion in Chengxiang City was also caused by ‘Wugui’, they didn’t dare take the matter lightly.

From the rest stop all the way to the border of Xiaochuan County, after making sure that the county doesn’t have the same roadblocks as Xinghua city, they continued to drive for more than 20 kilometers while the road was still clear. They only stopped at the junction of the expressway and the national highway.

From the topographical point of view, Xiaochuan county is located in a valley. Its plains basically appear along a river and of course, it doesn’t have much flat land, so it is one of the relatively underdeveloped counties.

The expressway would cross from Xiaochuancounty and then enter the more open plains of Chengxiang county after 20 kilometers or so. The national highway will pass through Hexian county – a neighboring county of Xiaochuan- which also leads to Chengxiang but will be closer to Xiang city.

However, a major problem in front of them is that, although the population of Xiaochuan county is less than He county, one has to go through the main urban area of Chengxiang city to get there. If they will go from He county, the terrain of the county is relatively open and its population and building density are several times higher than that of Xiaochuan county.

Hao Jian didn’t hesitate for too long and chose to go to Xiaochuan county.

Although the national highway in He county is closer to the city, Hao Jian’s main purpose is to take Lian Ru Ning back to Southern city. The situation in Southern city is dangerous, so it’s naturally better to head to their destination through the mountainous and forested area in the northeast.

Everyone had no objections, after all, from the current situation, Xiaochuan county is clearly safer, and when they get to Chengxiang city, they can also take the road in the rural area. As for the threats in the area, they’ve prepared to deal with them long before their departure.

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The group didn’t face any danger when they crossed the main plains of Xiaochuan county and soon followed the mountain road towards another town. This section of the road alone allowed them to clearly see the remoteness of the place.

Peng Mao lamented, “I thought our place was already considered poor and remote, but I didn’t expect this place to be even more remote. It won’t be an exaggeration to describe the distance between towns to be as far as Wanzhong Mountain. Moreover, there are more than 10 kilometers in between that are inaccessible. Since transportation in this place is inconvenient, I bet the people would only rely on the river to travel!”

“You should feel proud, it shows that our country is such a big place.” Shi Gong Dui said.

“How come I didn’t know you believed in our country so much? Before head contractor eavesdropped on state secrets.”

“Stop bringing that up, if the cult organizations heard you, they would kill me!” Shi Gong Dui argued with him again.

Right then, Lian Ru Ning ahead of them spoke through the intercom, “Ahead is one of the highway’s entrances and exits, the situation isn’t clear so be prepared to turn back.”

Shi Gong Dui hurriedly took the walkie-talkie and replied, “Turn back? Turn back to Xiaochuan county?”

Lian Ru Ning didn’t answer but he soon saw that the vehicles parked in front of them were indeed more than the previous road. When he was torn between clearing the road together or turning back, Hao Jian spoke, “I’ll go ahead and scout. I’ll let you know once I confirm the situation.”

After a while, Hao Jian sent back a message, “There are people on the road.”

“Are you sure they’re alive?”

“Sure, they seem to be clearing the congested vehicles on the highway.”

Peng Mao was overjoyed, “Then we can go over there and join them!”

After all, after traveling for so long, he didn’t seem to have encountered a team of the same nature aside from the military!

Hao Jian didn’t object and Shi Gong Dui drove the car to join her. He then confirmed through the binoculars that there are indeed people ahead and they weren’t just a single-digit number, they had a medium bus with them which he fears would be filled with people.

He wasn’t happy when he looked at them, he was instead a little suspicious like Hao Jian, “There are so many people with weapons. I doubt there are any ordinary organizations that would organize people to clear roadblocks.”

Shi Gong Dui thought that if they’re ‘lawfully good’, ‘lawfully neutral’, or ‘neutrally good’, they wouldn’t have to worry too much, but in case they’re a cult or a team with a ‘chaotic’ or ‘evil’ nature, they will only be entering the tiger’s mouth.

Based on what Lian Ru Ning, Peng Mao, and Xin Ting understood if the group’s nature belonged to the first three, they wouldn’t hurt others without reasonable doubt, like the military.

And ‘lawfully evil’ would refer to cults like ‘Wugui’ that is organized and has order but still wouldn’t care if they hurt others to achieve their goals.

Of course, the vast majority of evil forces that exist in this world still belong to the ‘chaotic evil’ that has no sense of law and order and is extremely indifferent to death, morals, human rights, and so on.

After hearing such a novel setting, Peng Mao asked, “Then, what camp do we belong to?”

“. . .” The people other than him really didn’t care what camp they belong to but Shi Gong Dui still answered, “I don’t know about you but I should belong to either neutrally good.”

Hao Jian chuckled, “I think you belong to chaotic good. If you really were neutrally good, you wouldn’t be eavesdropping on military secrets.”

“. . .” Just drop the matter already you two!

Shi Gong Dui felt that his eavesdropping on military secrets would become a ‘crime’ that would accompany him for the rest of his life.

But in the end, it was just a joke to lighten the mood.

Because of their inability to determine what nature the other group belonged to, Hao Jian didn’t rashly decide to join them.

Peng Mao took a curious look through the binoculars and clicked his tongue, “In that team, there are quite a few women, I think it should–“

He was suddenly startled that his words paused mid-sentence so everyone noticed his strangeness.

“What’s wrong?” Xin Ting asked.

Peng Mao put down the binoculars. Something flickered in his eyes as he looked at Hao Jian, “I want to go there.”

Hao Jian raised an eyebrow, “You know someone there. . . your brother?”

Hao Jian: The past is the past, but now, I have decided that since I’m with you, even if it’s the end of the world, even if it’s difficult, I will bear all the sorrows with you and will share all the happiness with you.

Me: THAT IS BASICALLY A FREAKIN PROPOSAL!!! Where’s the ’till death do us part’??!!! WHERE??!! ASDFGHJKL *flips table while looking for a ring* >/////////<

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