Chapter 15
After leaving the mall, Murong Jiao quickly went to a cleaner place. When these soldiers blew up the heads of those zombies, they really didn’t leave a clean place on the ground. After searching for a while, she found a small patch of clean ground not far from their truck, free of zombie blood and rotting flesh. Standing there, she used her little vine that was already stained with zombie blood as a pen.
‘I’ll get the goods out now. After taking my stuff, you can’t go back on your word, or I’ll blow your head off too.’
Leaving such threatening words behind, she used her mental power to clear some area, making more room for items to be placed. Fifty soldiers looked at the remains of the zombies with great interest as if it was being blown by the wind. It wasn’t long before they saw one thousand gallons of water appearing from that spot out of nowhere.
In surprise, their eyes widened. Before they could regain their composures, fifty baskets of fresh fruits, such as apples, grapes, bananas, pears, lychees, jackfruit, longan, mangoes, watermelons, honeydew melons, peaches, oranges, papayas, pineapples, strawberries, and even coconuts all appeared neatly by the water’s side. There were exactly fifty different kinds of fruit in those baskets. A few seconds later, a hundred kilograms of fresh meat appeared in a large stainless steel basin.
Looking at the blood that was still oozing out of the fresh meat, they couldn’t help swallowing. Although it was pork and not beef, they still couldn’t believe their eyes seeing the freshness of the meat. What they didn’t know was that Murong Jiao was already suffering from a headache due to the high fertility of her animals.
The animals in her spirit courtyard do not follow the time of the outside world, but the time flows in the spirit courtyard. And as mutated animals, their reproduction speed is frighteningly fast. They can give birth to a new batch of animals every day. In just a few weeks inside the spirit courtyard, the number of the animals has increased thousands of times.
Fortunately, she can deal with those animals with her spiritual power. Otherwise, she will die of exhaustion if she needs to do it manually. She’s even thinking about selling meat or using it as currency. After taking out the things they asked for, she moved the small vine and wrote another sentence.
‘This is what you want. Now, you must help me get what I want. If you help me finish faster, I’ll add more for you.’
Forty nine soldiers all looked at their captain, waiting for his decision. Their eager eyes unknowingly brought invisible pressure to the captain. Under their fiery gaze, the captain remained calm when he spoke.
“Alright. But we have to get the supplies back to base first, before we can go to the hospital.”
She thought for a while and started writing on the ground again.
‘What if you lie to me? Where can I find you to retrieve my things?’
Knowing that her worry was normal, the captain answered her calmly. “You can follow us to the base.”
Murong Jiao snorted at his words. Without the need to use her brain, she already knew that when he said this, he was secretly plotting against her. Who dares to follow him back to the tiger’s den? She didn’t dare for sure. Moving the small vine again, she wrote another string of words.
‘I refuse.’
“Then what do you want?”
‘Since you want to go back and I don’t want to follow, then if you want these supplies, come back again. In the meantime, I’ll save it for you first.’
After that, she put the fresh meat, fruit and water back on the corresponding floor of the warehouse. The soldiers were disappointed to see that the food was gone. After thinking about it, she took out ten boxes of meat buns. There are ten meat buns in each box, which are as big as her palm.
‘Since you guys have worked hard today, and I have gained something from your work, just take it as my gratitude. Come to the gate of J University if you want to find me.’
Leaving this sentence on the ground, before they could answer, she flashed into her spirit courtyard. The soldiers looked at the steaming big meat buns in the insulation boxes, and then at their captain, waiting for his permission. Sensing their gaze, he nodded.
With the permission from their captain, the soldiers quickly picked up the ten boxes on the ground with smiles on their faces. This is the first time they have eaten more than one piece of hard bread in a single day after the end of the world began. With the diminishing of the supplies, there is not much they can get every day.
For soldiers who stay at the base, they can only get one piece of hard bread and one bottle of mineral water a day. Those soldiers who go out can get two pieces of hard bread and two bottles of mineral water a day. They also earn contribution points, which can be exchanged for supplies or rent a house. But the price is too expensive.
After bathing and changing into comfortable clothes, Murong Jiao put the two talisman papers on the low table in the dining room. Curious about their reaction to her handmade meat buns, she goes to the mirror room to have a look. Stepping into the mirror room, she saw fifty tall and strong men devouring her big meat buns with relish.
She chuckled at their reaction, as she watched them with pleasure. After watching for a while, she found that none of them drank water. Some of them even choked on the buns while eating. Thinking of the polluted water source and the disappearing water area, she looks at them with pity.
Seeing how happy they were when eating her meat buns, she generously sent over fifty cups of cold milk tea. The milk tea is packaged in a plastic glass with a lid. Although she made the milk tea herself, she still made it according to the recipe and packaging sold in the mall. The exterior looks presentable enough to give out as a gift.
The soldiers looked at each other when they saw a box coming out of nowhere. With their captain nodding, one of the soldiers went to check the box. He squatted down and opened the box carefully and his face froze when he saw what was in the box.
Seeing his reaction, the captain asked, “What is that? A bomb?”
The soldier shook his head and said, “It’s milk tea. Fifty of them.
“Huh?”
Hearing the soldier’s answer, even the calm captain was taken aback. Thinking that he had heard it wrong, he asked again. “What did you say?”
The soldier pursed his lips for a moment before speaking loudly. “It’s milk tea. Fifty of them.
“……..” ‘Milk tea? Here? In the apocalypse?’
Seeing the captain’s disbelieving face, he picked up the box. Without waiting for his permission, he distributed the milk tea to the others. Holding the large cup of cold milk tea in his hand, the captain couldn’t believe his eyes.
“It’s very delicious! There are several pieces of ice in it!” One of the soldiers praised it after taking a big sip of milk tea.
“Yes. It’s really refreshing.” The soldier that handed out the milk tea before also agreed.
Looking at the soldiers in the mirror eating meat buns and drinking milk tea, Murong Jiao felt complacent. Although she is not a chef, she is a researcher. Just follow the recipe and she can cook anything!
After eating the delicious meat buns and milk tea, the soldiers climbed on the roof of the trucks and drove away. Seeing that they were about to leave, she quickly walked out of the spirit courtyard, took out the military vehicle, activated the camouflage system, and followed behind the trucks.
Back on the same road, five trucks drove out of the central district slowly, as the soldiers exploded the heads of the zombies in a good mood. Seeing the smiles on their faces as they blew up the heads of those poor zombies, she couldn’t help but shudder. Why did she think they looked scarier when they were full?
Shaking off the nonsense in her mind, she opened her eyes wider and followed the trucks all the way until she left J City. After learning about their strength, she decided to visit their base in incognito. She looked back at the disappearing J City from the rearview mirror, and her heart was surging with excitement.
With a smile on her face, she said, “New world, here I come.”