Chapter 40.1 - “Zombie” Ji
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Wei Yanhua slightly smiled. "It was a last-minute decision. Geng Yan came to the door to inform us, so we came. He was very thoughtful and considerate, even the seats had already been arranged."
To the two sides of Wei Yanhua sat Zhou Liang and Gao Xun. With just a glance it could be seen that Geng Yan had been deliberate.
"Geng-ge, why did you decide to have a team meal all of a sudden? Is there something big to celebrate?" Ji Anran had just woken up, so the ahoge[1] on the top of his head would bounce up and down as he walked over.
Geng Yan’s inner heart was turned into a mess from this cuteness, he then walked over and raised his hand to press down on that foolish hair.
"I felt that along the trip back this time, having to get past several waves of people, it was really too exhausting for us - having to make haste while still fighting day and night. So I just thought I should cook some food to make it up to everyone."
When Gao Xun heard this, he was deeply moved.
"Geng-ge, I’ll only follow you in this life of mine!"
"Is that so..."
Ji Anran still felt that there was something wrong somewhere, but with the good food right in front of him, he didn’t continue to ponder about it.
And so, this group of people all sat around the table and very happily started to eat.
After the entire table had been eaten clean, the team members were also very proactive and went to help clean up and wash the dishes, utensils, and so on.
The chef, Geng Yan, even made a fruit platter, placing it on the table.
"Everyone, come have some after-dinner fruits, wash out the heaviness of the food."
Ji Anran picked up the cut fruits one after another with a toothpick, he practically couldn’t be happier.
After he was finished with the fruits, Ji Anran walked into the kitchen.
"Let me also help with the dishes."
"Anran, just sit down, no need to do this. All the bowls at home are porcelain; if they fall and break, they wouldn’t be able to be used anymore." Geng Yan quickly stopped the other person.
Wei Yanhua couldn't stop laughing. "Anran, your lethality isn’t low ah."
"I... I'm not that stupid. After breaking a few bowls in the past, I got better. And wasn’t that only because the soap was too slippery." Ji Anran's ears were already completely red, yet he was still trying to dispute it.
"Fine, fine, we’ll take care of it over here. You go wipe the table?" Wei Yanhua handed the kitchen towel that was next to him to Ji Anran.
Ji Anran received it and obediently left to go wipe the table.
After everything was cleaned up, everyone went to sit in the living room to start the meeting.
"The fact Anran is a wind-type ability holder is something only the team knows..." Geng Yan explained his plan.
The others listened with their widened eyes.
After digesting the huge amount of information from just now, everyone said that they would work hard to cooperate with the plan. When they all went back, they started to train their acting skills.
When he was seeing off the guests, Geng Yan also came out along with them.
Wei Yanhua raised an eyebrow. "Why did you come out as well? You were sending off guests, did your mind forget?"
"Your mouth offends people too easily, hold it back a bit." Geng Yan's face was calm, the eyes he used to gaze at Wei Yanhua was just as if he was looking at a child who was causing trouble for no reason.
Wei Yanhua curled his lips but didn't continue to quarrel with Geng Yan.
"Gao Xun, as a person, you’re really bad in some aspects. I'll head out with you since there’s a bit of time, I'll give you a lesson." Geng Yan revealed a smile that he was settling accounts at this opportune moment.
Finished with lunch, Ji Anran just sat at home, annotating on a map of the base.
Due to the plan, he doesn't plan on going out for the next few days.
"Shocking news! The base has developed an ability stimulating serum!"
"Because the zombie tide is just around the corner, the base has decided to provide the serum free of charge to all residents of the base. However, the serum only has an inducing effect, so whether one can actually activate an ability would depend on whether one has that potential."
"If you take the serum but fail to activate an ability, your physical constitution will decline, causing weakness and frailty! Please consider it carefully!"
After the base sent out this news, everyone was stunned by the explosiveness.
This was particularly so for the ordinary people, who were going crazy from the excitement一 They finally have a chance to change their fate!
Although there was a risk of failure, it still couldn’t stop people from wanting to become stronger.
After all, it wasn’t easy to survive as an ordinary person during the apocalypse. Although a bare living could be made, life at the bottom was very difficult, where they would often fluctuate between being hungry one moment but stuffed the next. Moreover, with the imminent zombie tide, as an ordinary person, one has to worry about getting wiped out by the zombies even if one runs.
There was a sea of people in front of the window where the serum was being dispensed, all making a racket, all very lively.
"There is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. If you want to get an ability stimulating serum, you will need to sign this pact. If you successfully activate an ability, you will be required to join the base’s zombie tide resistance team and must follow the arrangements of the base in fighting against the zombies from the ‘city’ wall. Of course, all ability holders of the base are quired to go up to the city wall to fight against the zombies. It isn’t something aimed just at you guys."
"If you fail to activate an ability, you will still have to participate in our logistics team. During the period of the zombie tide, the logistics team will need to assist in transporting various supplies to frontline personnel, take care of the wounded, and so on..."
The base was still rather kind. Though those who get the serum would still need to work in repayment, it was only during this period when the zombie tide was breaking out.
So not only ordinary people, but some of those with rather useless abilities also felt something move within their hearts. They hoped to get a powerful offensive ability, so they also came this time to sign up.
The leader of the base was very happy to see such proactiveness to participate from the masses. He hoped that there would be more people amongst this group who would manage to activate a strong ability so they can all defend the base together.
Of course, there were also some who were timid and so were not participating because they feared failure, leading to the decline of their constitution.
[1] You know, that one (or multiple) piece(s) of hair that sticks out from the top of some characters in an anime that bounces around (or for certain characters, seem to have a mind of its own)?
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