Chapter 61: Old Friend
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The earth under the moonlight undulated in ripples.
Li Zitong’s face twisted in a grimace as he exerted his superpower with all his might to transport the corpses of the zombies in Good Hope Village to the outskirts.
His superpower was indeed useful and he saved a lot of ti in collecting the corpses.
At the bottom of the watchtower, as Li Zitong withdrew his superpower, the iron gate reappeared. Wang Xiong opened the iron door, and the survivors walked out of the underground shelter.
“Let’s rest for today. We have plenty of work to do tomorrow.”
Under the moonlight, the survivors saw the condition of the gathering place.
Apart from Lu Ming’s watchtower and a few houses, the entire gathering place was in ruins.
The fruits of their hard work were destroyed in a large-scale zombie wave.
So emotional people could not help but shed tears on the spot. However, most survivors maintained a positive mindset—after all, surviving the afternoon was already a victory in itself.
The survivors found their own places to rest.
But the Awakened ones still had things to do.
Wang Xiong, accompanied by Zhang Lixin and ng Jie, arrived at the entrance of Good Hope Village, where they were t by a burly man striding over.
Under the moonlight, Zhang Lixin saw the man’s face and sucked in a breath of cold air. He hurriedly jogged forward and saluted the man.
“Colonel Bai!”
Zhang Lixin and Bai Tianyu were both from the military system.
It was normal for them to know each other.
It was mainly because Bai Tianyu was famous in the military before the apocalypse. To put it in more detail, he was Zhang Lixin’s idol and the first Awakened person in the military, as Zhang Lixin often ntioned.
Bai Tianyu was not very familiar with Zhang Lixin, but after seeing ng Jie, he imdiately recognised him.
“Captain Zhang and Dr. ng.”
Upon hearing Bai Tianyu call out his surna and position, Zhang Lixin’s face lit up with a smile. He was about to say sothing when he saw Bai Tianyu walk past him and approached ng Jie.
“Dr. ng, are you alright?”
ng Jie nodded gently, about to speak when she heard Bai Tianyu continue, “You have no idea how worried and anxious Dr. Huo was after he lost contact with you.”
ng Jie instantly shut up and glared at Bai Tianyu, but Bai Tianyu pretended not to notice.
Zhang Lixin and Wang Xiong exchanged puzzled looks.
“There seems to be so gossip going on. Colonel Bai, please elaborate.”
Bai Tianyu did not delve into ng Jie’s gossip. He just followed Wang Xiong into the gathering place, scanning the surroundings as if he was looking for soone.
After a while of not finding the person he wanted to et, Bai Tianyu had no choice but to say to Zhang Lixin, “The Awakened who was at the top of the observation tower just now…”
Zhang Lixin suddenly realized, “You an Brother Lu? Brother Lu has gone ho to rest.”
“I wonder if you can introduce to him?”
This posed a dilemma for Wang Xiong and Zhang Lixin.
Lu Ming did not like eting strangers.
And what Lu Ming did not like was strictly prohibited in the gathering place.
Wang Xiong was about to speak when ng Jie sighed and said, “Little Lu is already very exhausted. Let him rest for a while. Let’s talk about our own matters. Besides, I want to ask you sothing.”
Bai Tianyu said, “Is it about Dr. Huo Sheng? Well, I have plenty to say then.”
ng Jie frowned and looked at the naive Bai Tianyu…
She did not know if this big guy did it on purpose. Why does he always bring up sensitive topics?
The mont the zombie wave ended, Lu Ming imdiately returned ho.
This ti, it was not because it was too dangerous outside.
Lu Ming wanted to see how much damage his ho had suffered.
From the outside, the overall condition of the house looked relatively intact. This was one of the few buildings that had not been destroyed by the zombies.
However, when he got closer, Lu Ming noticed so cracks on the wall.
This made Lu Ming’s heart ache as he roared angrily, “There’s air leaking in! F*ck!”
Beside him, Li Zitong had to console him. “Brother Lu, why don’t I help you fix it?”
With his earth control superpower, he was also skilled in fixing houses.
But Lu Ming thought about it and shook his head.
Suppressing his heartache and urgency, Lu Ming feigned calmness and said, “There are still so many people who arc holess tonight. If you have the energy, go help others repair so livable houses.”
Li Zitong, Zhang Chcngchcng, and Zhao Honglei were all stunned.
It was only when Lu Ming entered his ho and locked the door that Zhang Chcngchcng sincerely exclaid, “Brother Lu is truly admirable. His character is beyond reproach.”
Li Zitong nodded in agreent.
Zhao Honglei scratched his head in confusion.
He actually did not quite understand why Brother Lu Ming had such a strong obsession with houses.
There was nothing special about this house…
There was so good news, though.
The supplies were all intact.
Although the house had cracks, it did not collapse. The overall structure was still intact, and the supplies inside were undamaged.
That was fortunate.
Another piece of good news was that after dealing with the zombie wave this ti, Lu Ming’s skill level had once again increased.
Slingshot Shooting Lv2O-Lv2i (1081/2100). Agility increased by 2.1.
Throwing Lv4-Lv6 (152/600), all attributes increased by 1.1.
As a result, Lu Ming’s attributes beca:
Strength: 82.7
Physique: 83.4
Agility: 105.1
The house could no longer protect Lu Ming. His attributes beca Lu Ming’s only reliance.
But after all, ho was still ho.
Whether it had protective capabilities was one thing, but the sense of belonging was another.
After going to the basent to take stock of the supplies and confirming that nothing had been damaged, Lu Ming changed into his pajamas with a worried expression, washed up, and lay on the bed.
At this mont, all that occupied Lu Ming’s mind was one thing.
Repairing the house!
Reinforcing it!
45th day of the Apocalypse Calendar, Tuesday.
Lu Ming got up on ti at six in the morning.
After washing up, making breakfast, and eating, it was already 8:30 in the morning—the ti taken for cooking and eating had beco a burden for Lu Ming.
After a short rest, Lu Ming went out and was about to start exercising when he realized that Wang Xiong had been waiting at the door for a while.
“Good morning, Brother Lu.”
“Good morning, Wang Xiong.”
As he ward up his body, he observed Wang Xiong’s expression. Lu Ming had a hunch that Wang Xiong had sothing to say.
As expected, Wang Xiong spoke as he ward up.
“Zhao Honglei left this morning. He’s preparing to return to the Red Thunder Martial Arts School and bring everyone over. In the afternoon, I’m planning to go pick them up. So, we’ll be counting on Brother Lu to take care of the ho.” Lu Ming nodded. “That’s easy.”
The zombie wave brought another benefit—the surrounding zombies were attracted. There were not many zombies in the short term, so there was not much danger. Wang Xiong and the other Awakened ones could finally go out more easily.
“There’s one more thing. The military personnel ca yesterday.”
Lu Ming nodded in realization. “The tall and strong one?”
“Yes, his na is Bai Tianyu and he’s from the official side. He ca yesterday because the official shelter in the city center detected the advancent of a Level 3 Awakened, so he ca to help.”
“They left last night, but they gave us the address of the official shelter.”
After saying this, Wang Xiong hesitated for a mont..
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