kvmb Chapter 260 The Little Salted Fish in the Apocalypse (6)
Chapter 260 The Little Salted Fish in the Apocalypse (6)
"Let's see how that zombie is doing. Wangyou said the effects of the first injection hadn't been fully absorbed yet, but they should be by now!" Chen Sasa suggested, seeing that everyone was feeling a bit down.
"Let's go check it out!" Several girls went to see the zombies together, leaving He Yuan and the others to set up camp and cook.
"The normal area seems to have moved down a little from his neck, but his whole head has returned to normal," Xie Baozhu observed and said.
"Can he talk? Can he speak? Hey, do you remember who you are?" Chen Sasa couldn't help but laugh.
"He probably can't speak yet, but judging from his expressions, he probably has human-like thoughts. You can tell by how skillfully he rolls his eyes," Song Shishi said with a smile.
“Zombies can roll their eyes now, show me another one.” Chen Sasa leaned closer with interest, startling the zombie.
"Alright, stop scaring him. I'll give him another injection. Who's going to keep an eye on things?" Wangyou asked, pulling out the blue syringe.
"Me, me, me!" Xie Baozhu raised her hand high, seemingly very interested in the zombie.
Chen Sasa and the others exchanged glances. Something was wrong. When did Xie Baozhu become interested in written records?
Wangyou glanced at Xie Baozhu strangely, then at the zombie. The zombie was quite good-looking, but there were good-looking people too.
"Sister, why are you looking at me like that? When did I ever think you were working so hard taking notes? Let me do it. I haven't done much work along the way. Don't worry, I'll definitely record everything in great detail, not missing a single change," Xie Baozhu said loudly, though she seemed a little guilty.
"Okay, take the notebook and write it down carefully. I'm going to give him the injection." Wangyou took out the syringe and ruthlessly stabbed the zombie in the neck. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at Xie Baozhu and, unsurprisingly, saw Xie Baozhu's pained expression.
"Sister, is it done yet? He should be able to feel the pain by now!" Xie Baozhu noticed that Wangyou hadn't taken the needle out yet, so she quickly pulled it out and observed it for a moment.
"No, but let's stay away!" Wangyou pulled Xie Baozhu back two steps, and the others followed suit.
After a two-second pause, Xie Baozhu took out her notebook and began to record the zombies' reactions, but the occasional pang of heartache in her eyes betrayed her emotions.
Wangyou gave Chen Sasa and the others a wink, and they quickly left the carriage.
"Wangyou, Baozhu seems to know this zombie, and it seems like their relationship is more than just casual. Do you know him?" Chen Sasa asked in a low voice.
"I don't know her either. It's true that Baozhu and I are sisters, but our circles are completely different. Let's see when we get back to the base!" Wangyou wasn't worried; she was sure she wouldn't suffer much loss.
The effects of the drug lasted for eight hours, and it wasn't completely absorbed until dawn. The zombie's upper body had turned a fleshy pink, and the slight rise and fall of its chest indicated that it had a heartbeat.
"It really works!" Xie Baozhu exclaimed excitedly as she hugged Wangyou, tears welling in her eyes.
Very good, it's confirmed. Xie Baozhu does indeed know this person, but Wangyou won't ask. After all, she'll find out when the time is right.
He Yuan and the others were also pleasantly surprised to see this change. After obtaining Wang You's consent, they sent the experimental results back in the form of images.
The base laboratory was also very excited when they received the news. They had also collected some fifth-tier mutated plants, but so far they had not made a breakthrough, and they had not even come across the fifth-tier Gelsemium elegans.
"Professor Xie, the base wants us to go back quickly," He Yuan said after finishing the call.
"No rush, let's go back the way we came. There will definitely be a lot of upgraded mutated plants along the way. Let's bring back more for research. If we go back to the base and wait for others to send them, who knows how long we'll have to wait!"
"Then I'll tell them over there." He Yuan was very anxious, but what Wang You said made sense. They had been staying in the deep mountains for years, but they were not completely unaware of the outside world.
Just like those with superpowers, let alone seventh or even eighth-level superpowers like them, even sixth-level superpowers are extremely rare. Improving one's superpowers is not an easy thing.
While Wangyou and his companions were traveling and harvesting mutated plants and medicinal herbs, an old man in the Beijing base laboratory extracted a special substance from a sixth-tier mutated orchid. Experiments showed that it had the ability to purify ash, but the effect was very weak. However, it was still a glimmer of hope.
At the same time, the Harbin Institute of Technology base shared the research results sent back by Wangyou with other bases. At the same time, all bases jointly issued a task to collect high-level alien plants, but unfortunately, very few alien plants could be brought back intact.
But this is humanity's hope, and no matter how difficult it is, all researchers will continue to study it.
Meanwhile, the experimental subjects on Wangyou's side completely returned to normal after receiving three injections of the drug, but they lost all their memories from before the apocalypse.
Xie Baozhu hugged the man, laughing and crying at the same time. Only after she finished expressing her joy did she begin to tell him about their relationship.
Simply put, a rich girl falls in love with a poor boy, but the poor boy feels inferior and never dares to face his feelings. It is only after the rich girl pursues him relentlessly that the poor boy says he wants to make his own career so that he can stand proudly by the rich girl's side in the future.
This man's name is Yan Xu, and his family situation is truly terrible: a gambling father, a cowardly mother, and a broken man like himself. This combination is practically the setup of a post-apocalyptic villain.
“Sister, I didn’t mean to keep it from you. It’s just that Ah Xu said things were really bad for him back then, and he wanted to get better before he came back to see you with me. But then the apocalypse suddenly came, and we lost contact. I thought I would never see you again in this life.” Xie Baozhu started crying again as she spoke.
"Don't...cry..." Although Yan Xu had returned to normal, he was still a blank slate. Seeing Xie Baozhu cry made him instinctively feel uncomfortable.
"Ah Xu, we'll never be apart again." Xie Baozhu threw herself into Yan Xu's arms and burst into tears. Yan Xu was a little anxious and kept wiping Xie Baozhu's tears with his hands.
Wangyou suddenly remembered that when she watched the plot, there was a zombie king who kept causing trouble for the male and female protagonists and almost killed them in the end, but was ultimately defeated by the protagonist's halo. Could this zombie king be this guy?
Wangyou suddenly felt like she'd been screwed over. Was this what cannon fodder was supposed to do? Every cannon fodder had a villain who would avenge her.
"Alright, alright, sis, stop crying. If you keep crying, he'll start crying too," Wangyou said, rubbing her temples with a headache.
"Don't... cry, it hurts my heart," Yan Xu said earnestly.
"I suddenly feel like I'm stuffed," Chen Sasa said, rubbing her stomach.
"Now that you mention it, I feel the same way. I haven't even had lunch yet, but I'm already full," Zhang Wanting said with a smile, though her eyes were full of teasing as she glanced at Xie Baozhu and Yan Xu.
"Stop joking around, let's get down to business!" Wangyou laughed for a second before becoming serious again. "Sis, ask Yan Xu if he should have superpowers now?"