Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space - Chapter 92

Chapter 92: Courting Death ( 1 )
By this point, most of the soldiers had already guessed that Feng Yun would be joining their team. When he squatted down beside them, Xiao Qi immediately spoke up.

“Hey, I’m Xiao Qi. You can call me Brother Xiao.”

Feng Yun nodded in greeting and replied, “Hello, Brother Xiao. I’m Feng Yun.”

“Feng Yun, how old are you? Are you really joining our team?” Xiao Qi asked.

“Yes, I will be following Captain Jin from now on. I’m 22 years old.”

“You are older than me and Brother Shen!” Xiao Qi exclaimed in surprise.

Feng Yun smiled and asked, “How old are you guys?”

“I’m 20, and Brother Shen is 21,” Xiao Qi said.

“You two didn’t go to university?” Feng Yun asked curiously.

“We skipped several grades and already finished our studies at the military academy. We joined the team right after graduation,” Xiao Qi replied.

Feng Yun was surprised. He had thought Xiao Qi looked a bit silly, but apparently, he was smart enough to skip multiple grades. It seemed this team was more impressive than he had initially thought.

“So, what’s your ability?” Xiao Qi asked.

“I have a space-type ability,” Feng Yun said.

“Wow, same as mine! From now on, you are in the logistics team. How big is your space?”

“I’m not sure of the exact size, but it should be about a quarter of a football field. How about yours?” Feng Yun asked.

At that moment, the soldiers eavesdropping on their conversation froze. They all turned to look at him as if he were a monster. After a long silence, excitement erupted as they suddenly rushed over, bombarding him with questions.

“Kid, how tall is your space?”

“Can you store cars and trucks in it?”

“You should put that big metal wall inside and use it to smash zombies later!”

Overwhelmed by their enthusiasm, Feng Yun was at a loss for words. Seeing his distress, Shen Jinzhe said, “Brothers, do you want to eat or not? If you keep chatting, Old Qin will beat you.”

As soon as they heard his words, the soldiers quickly dispersed and focused on doing their chores.

“Don’t mind them,” Shen Jinzhe said.

“Thank you.”

While the soldiers were filled with excitement, Pei Yijun’s team remained in a gloomy mood. Though they had little appetite, Chu Zhimiao still grabbed four cups of instant noodles and approached Jiao Lizhi.

Standing before her, she said, “Lizhi, could I get some hot water?”

“Sure, have a seat,” Jiao Lizhi nodded.

She helped Chu Zhimiao open the cover and add the seasoning before creating a ball of hot water and filling their cups to two-thirds.

Sitting beside her, Chu Zhimiao asked, “Lizhi, do you plan to go with the soldiers?”

“Well, even if I don’t want to, I doubt Brother Yan would agree,” Jiao Lizhi replied casually.

Hearing this, Chu Zhimiao chuckled and said, “If the boys at our university knew that the new university flower already has a boyfriend, they would definitely be heartbroken.”

Jiao Lizhi laughed at her words and replied jokingly, “Maybe at this moment, they are too busy roaring and eating human brains to think about me having a boyfriend.”

The moment Chu Zhimiao heard this, she froze. Although she knew that most of the people they once knew had died or turned into zombies, it was still chilling to hear her say it so casually, as if it were a normal joke.

Jiao Lizhi noticed her reaction but didn’t care. In the apocalypse, people came and went faster than the wind. Today’s friend might be tomorrow’s enemy.

More importantly, once they went their separate ways, they would have nothing to do with each other anymore. So, there was no need to take these shallow friendships seriously.

Three minutes later, she reminded the girl beside her, “Your noodles are ready.”

Hearing this, Chu Zhimiao snapped back to her senses and said, “Thank you.”

Jiao Lizhi picked up two cups of noodles and said, “Come on, I will help you carry them.”

Seeing her already walking toward Pei Yijun’s team, Chu Zhimiao quickly followed.

After hearing her joke, she no longer had any intention of getting close to Jiao Lizhi. For someone who could take life and death as a joke, she was not someone she could befriend.

After placing the instant noodles down, Jiao Lizhi said, “Have a good meal.”

Before Pei Yijun and his team could respond, she had already walked over to the soldiers’ camp. Her stomach had been protesting from hunger since they returned, and the fragrance of instant noodles only made her hungrier.

But just as she took a few steps, someone blocked her way. Seeing the woman in front of her, she looked at her with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes and said, “A good dog doesn’t block the road.”

Hearing this, Situ Bani’s eyes widened as she clenched her fists in front of her chest. If not for her dirty clothes and the strong sour smell coming from her body, people might have mistaken her for one of China’s great beauties—Xi Shi.

“Sister, did I do something wrong? Why are you treating me like this?”

The moment Jiao Lizhi heard this, she burst out laughing. In both of her lifetimes, this was the first time she had seen someone actually speak like this.

She had thought that this kind of over-the-top act only appeared in melodramatic TV shows. She never expected to witness it in real life.

Situ Bani was fuming inside but held back. Instead of showing her anger, she looked at Jiao Lizhi with teary eyes. To an outsider, it would seem as if she was being bullied.

With her head lowered, she glanced around and saw that the soldiers—and even the handsome silver-haired young man—were watching them. Although she wasn’t very smart, she knew how to gain sympathy and use it to her advantage.

While she was scheming in her mind, Jiao Lizhi finally finished laughing. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, “Please don’t call me sister. I don’t even know who my parents are, so how could I have a sister like you?”