Fugui Wants to Eat, Fugui Fights!

Crystal Cores are indeed a great supplement in the Apocalypse.

She can talk!

As Jiang Zhaosu was shocked by her sudden ability to communicate again, Qi Xing's expression was also a little subtle.

Although he always spoke to Jiang Zhaosu proactively, he had never actually treated Jiang Zhaosu as a person.

Now that he suddenly heard Jiang Zhaosu speak human words, Qi Xing felt a strange sensation, like a pet cat or dog he raised had become sentient.

What's more, Jiang Zhaosu's first words weren't "Daddy" or "Brother," but "Hungry."

As expected, zombies have simple minds, with only the basic desire to fill their stomachs.

Jiang Zhaosu only froze for a moment, and her shock was quickly replaced by a more urgent desire to eat.

The little zombie's eyes flashed with terrifying, eerie red light. Like a baby who had just learned to speak, she looked at him eagerly, constantly calling out, "Hungry..."

Her stomach was so hungry, she wanted to eat meat.

Clearly, one was a zombie and the other a human, a relationship between predator and prey, but due to the difference in strength, Jiang Zhaosu and Qi Xing's positions were completely reversed.

There was a piece of fatty meat right in front of her, but Jiang Zhaosu didn't dare to pounce on it. She could only pitifully say "Hungry," begging the other party to grant her food.

Qi Xing was not afraid of Jiang Zhaosu, who was so hungry her eyes were glowing red. He calmly picked a fish from a branch and handed it to her: "Here, eat."

Jiang Zhaosu took the fish and ate it in two or three bites.

After eating the Mutated Giant Rat's Crystal Core, the teeth in her mouth became even sharper. The hard fish bones were like solid chewing gum, which she crunched with a crackling sound.

"Hungry..."

Jiang Zhaosu continued to call out after eating.

Qi Xing watched her silently and took another fish from the branch for her.

Jiang Zhaosu ate them like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, several fish at a time, and soon there was nothing left of Qi Xing's fish.

When she saw the last fish on the barbecue grill and asked Qi Xing for food again, dark lines appeared on Qi Xing's forehead. He showed a rare bit of temper and said coldly to her, "If you're hungry, slap your mouth."

"Wuwu..."

Jiang Zhaosu's stomach was still empty, but since Qi Xing had said that, she didn't dare to ask him for food again. She pouted aggrievedly, hugged her knees with both hands, and curled up by the fire.

Qi Xing took the fish, which was charred black from roasting, off the branch and slowly enjoyed it.

This fish was the one Jiang Zhaosu had voluntarily handed over to him initially.

Qi Xing had indeed been slightly touched at the time, feeling a sense of relief that his own child had grown up and knew to be filial to their parents.

But then this unreliable Jiang Zhaosu, after giving it to him, actually wanted it back.

At noon, they were still well-off, with half a van full of food. Qi Xing had eaten a lot then and didn't feel much hunger now.

After slowly eating half the fish, Qi Xing couldn't stand Jiang Zhaosu squatting beside him, looking at him eagerly, with a look of grievance that made it seem like drool was about to drip from her mouth. He gave her the remaining half.

Jiang Zhaosu didn't mind eating Qi Xing's leftovers at all and immediately swallowed the other half of the fish.

Qi Xing got up from the ground, put on his clothes again, and used dirt to extinguish the fire on the ground, leaving only a burning wooden stick for light. He said to her, "We can't stay here. We need to find a place to rest."

Qi Xing was, after all, human and needed rest and sleep to replenish his energy.

The forest at night was dark and gloomy, full of dangers. The place they were in now had no shelter. Relaxing their guard here would be no different from seeking death.

He couldn't expect Jiang Zhaosu, this little zombie who was constantly thinking about eating him, to keep watch. He still had to find a place where he could sleep peacefully.

Jiang Zhaosu followed him closely, her mind torn between reason and desire.

Those few fish were not enough to alleviate the hunger in her stomach. She was so hungry she wanted to go mad, but her will was stopping her, warning her not to do something as foolish as attacking Qi Xing.

After walking for a while, Jiang Zhaosu suddenly smelled a strange, fishy odor in the air and quickly tugged at Qi Xing's clothes.

"What's wrong?"

Qi Xing looked back at her.

"There's... there's..."

Although Jiang Zhaosu could speak now, her enunciation was very poor, and she could only utter one word at a time.

She pointed her hand in the direction of the smell, trying hard to convey her meaning to Qi Xing.

Qi Xing quickly understood her: "There's something ahead?"

"Mm... na..."

Jiang Zhaosu's eyesight was better than Qi Xing's in the dark.

Not long after smelling the strange scent, she saw a blurry figure in the distance walking unsteadily towards them, seemingly waving at them.

"There's... a person..."

Jiang Zhaosu's eyes widened as she looked at the burly figure, exclaiming in surprise.

"A person? Is it Xiao Yi and the others?"

"No..."

This person's build was over two meters tall, clearly much taller and sturdier than the Sister Xiao.

Qi Xing illuminated the path ahead with his torch, but after squinting for a moment, he still couldn't see the person Jiang Zhaosu had mentioned.

Qi Xing reached out and touched the trunk of a nearby tree, closing his eyes to sense.

The tree's roots spread rapidly through the soil, reaching several kilometers away.

Upon sensing the person Jiang Zhaosu had indicated, Qi Xing's expression changed.

Qi Xing suddenly opened his dark eyes, his gaze complex. "Fugui, that's not a person, it's a bear."

In some of the northern forests, wild bears did indeed exist.

Bears were inherently ferocious and cunning. Some could even stand up and mimic humans waving to lure people closer to be hunted and eaten.

Qi Xing wasn't afraid of bears, but he was already very tired and didn't want to waste energy on unnecessary fights.

He took Jiang Zhaosu's hand and said, "Fugui, let's go in a different direction."

"No..."

Jiang Zhaosu tugged on his hand, lingering in place, and stammered, "I... hungry... eat..."

She was very hungry.

If she didn't eat enough, she could lose her sanity at any moment and attack Qi Xing.

"You want to eat it?"

"Roar..."

Seeing Jiang Zhaosu's anxious expression, Qi Xing deliberately said, "But Older Brother is tired and hungry right now, I don't have the strength, I probably can't beat a bear."

Jiang Zhaosu currently had two options.

Option one: Follow Qi Xing, lose her sanity along the way, attack Qi Xing, and die.

Option two: Go fight the bear, either kill it or be killed by it.

Choosing the first option meant certain death.

Choosing the second option offered a sliver of a chance of survival.

Jiang Zhaosu resolutely said, "We..."

She pointed at Qi Xing, then at herself, and made a punching motion with her other hand. "Roar roar!"

If they fought together, she didn't believe they couldn't defeat this stupid bear!

Qi Xing was amused. "Fugui has gotten strong after evolving, huh? You even dare to fight a bear now."

After consuming so many Crystal Cores without dying, even an ordinary person should have awakened an Ability. Qi Xing didn't believe Jiang Zhaosu would remain unchanged.

He released Jiang Zhaosu's hand and snapped his fingers.

A vine suddenly emerged from the ground, wrapped around his waist, and lifted him onto the high branches of a nearby large tree.

Qi Xing sat on a thick, sturdy branch, leisurely swinging his legs. He shouted down at Jiang Zhaosu, who was suddenly alone and bewildered, "If Fugui wants to eat, then Fugui go fight. Older Brother has no strength, I'll cheer for Fugui from the tree!"