Chapter 149: Chapter 21: The Drama Queen Sister Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder (Part 21)

Jiang Lai definitely can’t be the one taking care up close.

Jiang Chao, feeling a bit tired, thought about it and finally decided to take care of it himself.

“I used to be ambitious, always dreaming that I could lead a group and establish a human base of my own. Now it seems I lack the skills. The next stop is beyond the border; let’s try our luck at the Zero Base.”

“Zero Base? Do you think they will accept us? I’ve heard it’s full of Superpower Users, and the residents are all former super-rich people. We probably… don’t have much chance.”

“Let’s give it a try. I know someone at the base, maybe he can help us out.”

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With fewer people now, Jiang Lai could single-handedly occupy the entire row of seats behind the cockpit. He lay there with one leg crossed over the other, munching on chips redeemed with points, sipping soda, quite at ease.

Yan Zhouxing enjoyed the perks of being with Jiang Lai, not giving his mouth a rest all morning until now.

Everyone assumed Jiang Lai had a space for superpowers packed with delicious food.

“Little Jiang Lai, you’ve hidden so deep, so many skills and still so humble.”

“Oh, you’re too kind. Mainly I’m just worried being too flashy might cause trouble.”

“Makes sense! Plus, I suspect Gu Han Yan has a space like yours. Every time we go searching for supplies, things mysteriously disappear—I bet she keeps them for herself.

Brother Chao, I didn’t want to mention it before, but you two aren’t happening anyway, so I won’t hide it anymore. Last time, didn’t we come across a pharmacy with so many zombies that we barely cleared out? I almost got bitten, yet everyone entered to find only expired, useless medicine inside.

After cleaning up, Gu Han Yan was the first to enter, and I’m sure she hid the meds before us.

And didn’t our car’s meds keep mysteriously decreasing lately? I suspect she did it too.”

Jiang Chao shook his head helplessly, saying such things now was pointless.

“Why didn’t you mention it earlier?”

“Weren’t you with her then… I was afraid you wouldn’t believe me, worried it might affect our friendship.”

“What’s past is past.”

“But she’s getting her comeuppance too. Jiang Lai, I think she’s going to be disfigured.”

Jiang Lai, eating in the back, chuckled lightly.

“Hmm, I think so too.”

If she’s not disfigured, it’d be a waste of the effort she put in.

Lin Yan’s side has so many good things; after working like a horse for so long, surely he would send some benefits.

So, he gave her a pile of both edible and inedible medicine.

Doesn’t Gu Han Yan like to hide things secretly?

Jiang Lai just laid those things out for her to hide, as changing the bottles still makes them medicine. Let’s see how she takes them later.

On the other side, Yang Jun and his group took Gu Han Yan back to the human base. After finding a doctor and offering a whole bottle of fever medicine, they finally agreed to treat her.

“It’s burned down to the flesh, and there’s extensive damage over the entire body. I can’t guarantee survival.”

The doctor was afraid of being troubled as these people might die under his treatment.

On the sickbed, Gu Han Yan was in anguished desperation, gritting her teeth with difficulty.

“I have to live, I must live.”

The doctor admired her strong will to live and spent an entire night helping her drain the blisters, during which she screamed in agony several times. Finally, after dealing with all the blood blisters, he applied burn ointment all over her body, leaving only the nose, eyes, and mouth uncovered.

“Just hang on.”

Yang Jun looked at her, his eyes full of pain.

“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine.”

“Will there be scars?”

Yang Jun paused, not knowing how to reply.

There definitely would be scars. Such burns required skin grafts in the past, but saving a life was already fortunate under current conditions; scarring wasn’t even a concern.

The room fell silent as death.

“Get out.”

“Han Yan…”

“I said get out!!”

Despite the pain, Gu Han Yan rummaged through her space, swallowing all the anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving medication she could find. Afterward, she cried and struggled in anguish, muttering Jiang Lai’s name with venom in her eyes.

Elsewhere, Jiang Lai did nothing but listen to the continuous growth of her Death Value stat around her.

“Gu Han Yan is really working overtime to hate you.”

Jiang Lai didn’t worry and even felt unusually delighted.

Such a plentiful Death Value delivered right to her door, she truly hoped Gu Han Yan could live a few more years and put more effort into hating her.

Little Buding realized that Jiang Lai truly had no concept of fear, with an extraordinarily strong mentality.

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Along the way, stopping and starting, they even stumbled upon a cornfield. Unfortunately, the corn had all been picked, but Jiang Chao luckily found a cellar next to the cornfield, packed with potatoes and sweet potatoes.

In the following days, Lin Yan survived on baked potatoes and sweet potatoes, as all the cook-savvy people in their group had left, leaving only Jiang Chao with some clumsy skills. The food he made was barely edible at best.

Jiang Lai could cook, but she didn’t want to, having no worries about food thanks to an ample supply of snacks from point exchanges.

Jiang Chao avoided unhealthy snacks, preferring to cook his own meals.

And as for Lin Yan, he had grown accustomed to 100-point apples daily. After agreeing with him, he was to research the zombie serum post-apple consumption. Jiang Chao even dedicated a partition in the car as a lab for him.

Whatever was needed, they retrieved from nearby hospitals and medical facilities. Jiang Chao and Jiang Lai were formidable fighters, often acquiring whatever they sought.

The day before reaching Zero Base, Jiang Lai asked Lin Yan.

“How’s the research progressing?”

“No leads at all.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m too hungry to have strength.”

Jiang Lai drew a cold breath, trying to suppress her temper.

“We’re reaching Zero Base tomorrow. You better come up with something to prove you’re useful, or you might not get in.”

Lin Yan pondered seriously for a while.

“In the past, people came for me, and this is my first time needing to prove my value to others.”

“The times have changed, my friend.”

“Hmm, understood. Leave the apple and head out.”

Jiang Lai gave him a look, seeing him still placidly flipping through an English book, not worried or anxious, which was infuriating.

She grabbed an apple and took a bite.

Sour-sweet, juicy, and with a sandy crisp texture, it was especially delicious—a fitting apple for 100 points each.

Finally, Lin Yan showed a reaction. He put down the book, quietly staring at the bitten apple in Jiang Lai’s hand, with an inexplicable undercurrent of danger in his otherwise calm tone.

“Wash me another, and I’ll forgive you.”

Jiang Lai laughed, took another bite, then placed the rest back down, teasing him with the apple taste lingering in her mouth.

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