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The morning sunlight gently caressed Liu You'er's face, yet it brought no warmth. Her hospital gown was completely soaked with cold sweat, as she had not eaten anything for nearly a day, and even water was hard to swallow, leaving her extremely weak.
Recently, an influenza outbreak had swept through, and unfortunately, she had also "won the lottery." She thought she would recover in a couple of days, but unexpectedly fainted on the street and was taken to the hospital by emergency services. Thankfully, she held some shares in the company; otherwise, she wouldn't have even had a private room—she probably would have had to sleep in the hallway. Still, she hoped that Liu Yue, that brat, didn’t know about this; otherwise, he would have another excuse to skip class!
Liu You'er’s chaotic thoughts led her to unknowingly fall asleep.
When she opened her eyes again, everything was dim. Her vision was blurry and unclear, her eyelids felt unusually heavy as if they weighed a thousand pounds, forcing her to close her eyes again for some comfort.
“Creak”
The door was gently opened. Liu You'er wanted to open her eyes to see who it was but found that she could only maintain awareness; her body was completely unresponsive and could only lie there.
She sensed that someone had quietly stood beside her, watching without speaking or moving. Although she felt no malice, it still made her uncomfortable.
As time passed, her consciousness began to blur. She vaguely sensed that someone seemed to be injecting something into her...
Suddenly, Liu You'er opened her eyes wide and sat up abruptly from the bed. Looking around in surprise at her surroundings, she realized she was still in the small apartment at the base. The room was dark; only the hazy moonlight filtered through the window, faintly illuminating the room with just a bed.
She lay back down dejectedly and raised her hand to check the time—it was only 4 AM. She thought to herself: after leveling up to Tier 2, her sleep time had actually decreased by an hour. But what had just happened? Was it a dream?
Unable to make sense of it all, she could only stare wide-eyed at the gray-white ceiling throughout the night until the smell of food wafted in from outside...
"Sigh~ You can dodge the first day of the new year but not the fifteenth~"
After the third knock on the door sounded, Liu You'er finally got up reluctantly and went to wash up. Since she was at the base and didn’t want to expose any secrets about her space, she couldn’t take out her toothpaste or skincare products for a proper use; instead, she pitifully exchanged instant noodles for coins to buy those items that were clearly piled up like a small mountain.
That fire-type Ability user had brought her into this small apartment in Zone B after she passed the test. He said something about "compensating for any damages" and "arranging tasks later," then tossed her a business card that only bore the name "Wang Yan" with no other information before disappearing from her sight... never to be seen again!
It has been a week now! Yue Xingze is doing fine; no one is bothering him, so he can support himself by introducing others to the base. Although he is busy every day, leaving at ten in the morning and returning at eight in the evening, still! Kid, I know you mean well, but you really, really don’t have to make me breakfast! Just enjoy your meal! Or, I could accept a piece of raw meat; even cooked like yesterday wouldn’t be a problem!
But this kid heard somewhere that not eating vegetables would lead to illness and death, completely ignoring his strong opposition to the idea of having meat one day and vegetables the next. Clearly, the vegetables at the base are more expensive than meat and not fresh at all!!!
“Sigh~”
After sighing for the N+1 time, he poked the vegetable leaves in front of him with his chopsticks. He couldn’t understand why Ability users couldn’t come and go freely from the base. He just wanted to say that damned Wang Yan should hurry up and assign him a mission! His instant noodles and water were almost gone! If he didn’t go out for some fresh air and replenish his resources soon, he would really die... die like a Zombie!!!
Unfortunately, that bastard Wang Yan never showed up again!
Liu You'er was so angry that she kept poking the vegetables with her chopsticks when she suddenly heard a “cough cough” sound nearby. The stern gaze made Liu You'er’s brow twitch. Pretending to be calm, she withdrew her actions and swallowed all those pitifully destroyed vegetable leaves under Yue Xingze’s satisfied gaze.
“Ugh~”
Just after sending Yue Xingze away, Liu You'er rushed into the bathroom and threw up violently into the toilet. After emptying her stomach, she felt much better, realizing she was just asking for trouble. Unfortunately...
After finishing in the bathroom and rinsing her mouth at the sink, she heard the doorbell ring. Wiping her face with a towel, she stepped out of the bathroom only to see Wang Yan shamelessly walking in. Upon seeing her, he showed no embarrassment about barging into someone else's home and instead said with an annoyed expression, “Why are you so slow?”
Honestly, this was intolerable!
She threw a punch at Wang Yan's face, but he quickly pulled out a white card to block it. The card had “Team Mission” written on it, successfully stopping Liu You'er’s fist.
In his smug gaze, Liu You'er snatched the card from him. It read: “Liu You'er, effective immediately you are enrolled in Wang Luojie's Jie Ren Team. Please gather at the base entrance with this card tomorrow at 2 PM for a mission. Duration unknown; please bring important items. For details, consult the mission communicator. Thank you.”
“What?!”
Liu You'er felt like a herd of wild horses was galloping through her mind; although she wasn’t used to showing emotions in front of others, her lips involuntarily twitching completely betrayed her feelings.
Wang Yan looked at Liu You'er, maintaining his arrogant expression that seemed to be a part of his face, and said, "I know you are fine, just like that." He then immediately turned around and walked out the door, leaving Liu You'er with a cold back.
"Bang!"
The thread of reason in Liu You'er's mind finally snapped. In a flash, she rushed over and kicked Wang Yan, who had not yet exited the door, sending him flying. Watching his body successfully soar over the protective railing, she finally felt a sense of relief.
"What? You say this is the fifth floor? Hmm... I know that, so what?"
The next day outside the base
The monkey disdainfully said, "Jay, you don't think the new recruits coming in this time will be like last time, right? They were randomly assigned to our team because no one wanted them! If that's the case again, we would be really unlucky."
Wang Luojie seemed to think of something and said coldly in a gentle voice, "As long as they don't hold us back. If they are like that last one, just throw them away. After all, this time we are going to City A to find resources. One misstep could attract a horde of Zombies."
Hearing this, Lu Feng nervously moved a little closer to Sun Xiang. Upon seeing the slight worry in Sun Xiang's eyes directed at him, he quickly mustered his courage and suppressed his anxiety. Meanwhile, Qiaoyue was talking to a girl who looked a bit younger than her. The girl was charming and had a sparkle of vitality in her eyes. She seemed very lively and kept whispering something to Qiaoyue.
Wang Luojie glanced at the clock; it was already 1:55 PM, but the new team members had not yet arrived. After a while, he looked toward the entrance again, and a hint of impatience flashed in his gentle eyes.
Finally, at 1:59 PM, he stopped waiting and said coldly, "Get in the car!"
With that, he turned around and walked away...
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