A Journey of Survival in the Apocalypse After Becoming a Beautiful Girl

Guo Rui let out a meaningful sigh.

"Mm. This blade has seen plenty of battles, too."

"Shing~ Shing~"

"Yuxuan."

"Hmm?"

"How are you feeling today?"

My hand paused. What did Guo Rui mean by that? Was she...

After a moment's hesitation, I started moving my wrist again, sharpening the blade stroke by stroke.

"The people in our group are all pretty decent. At least their attitudes are fairly positive, so they should be able to avoid danger and survive."

"Mm, I think so too."

As Guo Rui spoke, she gazed at the red cloth on the table, where the orange flames flickered. Her eyes seemed distant.

"Do you know? I've been in this group for more than half a year. All this time, I've constantly been thinking, imagining how to keep them safer."

"Sister Huo... Guo Rui."

Hearing her say that, I stopped what I was doing and stared at her.

"Thinking so much won't do any good. In this apocalypse, every day you survive is a bonus. There's no point in overthinking it."

Guo Rui froze for a moment. She looked at me for a long while, then gave a rueful laugh.

"Yeah... I know that, too. But I can't help thinking, imagining what we should do when we run into Mutant Monsters or a horde of Zombies, what we'd need to do to keep them all alive. In the end, I realized... how powerless I am."

As Guo Rui spoke, I realized that she really wasn't doing as well as she seemed on the surface.

That might be why she had such a bad temper. She wasn't actually hot-tempered by nature. Maybe all that mental pressure had made her vent her emotions, giving rise to the nickname "Sister Huo"?

"Sister Huo... you know what?"

I set down the