A bald, middle-aged man came scrambling toward the convoy amid agonized screams.
His face was full of terror, and two glaring red tooth marks on his arm were oozing black blood.
Only when the middle-aged man reached the edge of the convoy did someone stride toward him.
The one who met him was not the captain, but the girl in a green dress who stepped out of another small truck.
The girl wore an outfit resembling that of an ancient swordswoman, with a long whip reaching her hips swaying behind her, looking particularly valiant.
"Come here."
The girl in green waved at the middle-aged man. Not daring to hesitate, he hurried toward her.
Lin Qi watched the whole scene. When the middle-aged man reached the girl in green, she merely waved a hand, sending a cloud of pink mist out from her palm.
Once the pink mist enveloped the middle-aged man's wound, it took only moments for the injury to heal completely!
"Hahaha, thank you, thank you, esteemed Extraordinary, hahahaha..."
Seeing his wound healed, the middle-aged man laughed wildly as he thanked her. He soon realized something was wrong, and his face filled with terror. "Hahaha, what's... what's happening to me? I can't stop laughing, hahahaha!"
The girl in green seemed long accustomed to this. She waved dismissively. "It's fine, just a tiny side effect. Tell me, what did you run into?"
"Oh. Hahaha." Hearing that it was only a tiny side effect, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief before hurriedly explaining, "I don't know, hahaha. I was searching for Ghost Cash in the weeds. I'd just pushed a patch aside when a fist-sized bug bit me, then he burrowed into the ground."
"A little bug? Nothing to worry about, then." Hearing it was a little bug, the girl in green lost interest. Then he called out to the other survivors, "Ladies and gentlemen, my healing is free! Get out there and search for Ghost Cash!"
The girl in green seemed to be trying to fire the survivors up.
But after seeing the middle-aged man get hurt, the survivors were clearly much less enthusiastic about searching for Ghost Cash. After all this time, only one person had found a hundred Ghost Cash.
The returns were not worth the danger. Many survivors abandoned the idea of searching for Ghost Cash and stayed put with the group.
Naturally, Lin Qi also gave up on searching for Ghost Cash. A hundred Ghost Cash really was not worth it.
Instead, he was full of curiosity about the girl in green. This was his first time seeing the convoy's other Extraordinary in action. He had not expected her to be a healer.
No wonder they only ever sent the Giant Bear Extraordinary out to search for supplies.
"Hey, man, interested in teaming up?"
As Lin Qi was observing the girl in green, a young voice sounded beside his window.
"Hm?"
Lin Qi turned to see several filthy young men looking at him with sincere expressions.
"Don't turn us down just yet, man. You're on your own now, and you've offended that old woman. I've got a few brothers here. If we work together, you won't have to be afraid of him."
"Oh, right, I'm Wang Feng. They all call me Brother Feng." The sincerity in the young man Wang Feng's voice practically spilled through the screen.
"Sorry, I don't need to right now."
Lin Qi shook his head lightly. After Li Xing's betrayal, he figured he would not look for teammates for a long time.
"Come on, brother, I've been watching you for a while. You seem pretty capable. That's why I wanted you to join us." Wang Feng was still trying to persuade Lin Qi.
Since the other man treated him with respect, Lin Qi would naturally not respond harshly. He smiled in return. "I'm not considering it right now. If I need to team up, I'll contact you."
"All right, then. Remember to find me if you want to team up." Seeing how firm Lin Qi was, Wang Feng could only leave with his brothers.
Just after Wang Feng left, another figure approached him.
Still wearing a sweet smile, Yi Xue jogged purposefully toward the SUV.
Lin Qi just wanted to rest for a while. He was about to close the window to keep her from approaching, but Yi Xue reached the SUV first and grabbed the window.
"Your ladyship, don't you ever rest?" Lin Qi looked utterly speechless.
"Hehe." Yi Xue's eyes curved into crescents. She glanced around, and only after seeing that no one was paying attention did she whisper, "Handsome, do you have any sanitary pads left?"
"How many do you want?" Lin Qi casually pulled over the backpack from the back seat and unzipped it. Seeing that more than half of it was filled with sanitary pads, Yi Xue covered her little mouth in surprise. "Bro, why do you have so many sanitary pads? Don't tell me..."
Lin Qi was exasperated. "Can't I use them to start fires?"
"Hehe, I'll trade for another pack." Yi Xue was not bothered by the change in his tone. Still cheerful, she carefully took a chocolate bar out of her pocket. "Give me a little discount, won't you? I don't have much left either..."
"Here."
Speechlessly, Lin Qi lifted the backpack. "Why don't you trade for all of them at once? I'll give you twenty percent off. Save us all this back-and-forth."
Yi Xue froze. She earnestly counted on her fingers for a long while before hurriedly waving her hands. "No, no, I'd starve to death."
"Ugh."
Lin Qi felt that Yi Xue was simply a genius of a girl. Impatiently, he tossed her a pack of sanitary pads and took the chocolate.
"Hehe, thanks, handsome."
Yi Xue took the sanitary pads, tucked them inside her clothes, and jogged away.
With no one bothering him, Lin Qi could finally close his eyes and doze in his seat for a while.
Yi Xue was in a very good mood, humming a tune as she returned to the bus.
Outside the bus, Teacher Gu was leading the male students in cooking porridge.
Yi Xue was about to take the sanitary pads onto the bus and hide them away. Just as she reached the door, a tall, handsome figure appeared in front of her.
At exactly a hundred and sixty centimeters tall, Yi Xue could only look up at the male student before her.
Seeing him, Yi Xue's happy little face tightened. "Li Xiang, what do you want?"
A flash of resentment passed through the tall young man's eyes, quickly replaced by a worried expression. "Xue, don't get too close to that guy. I heard he's no good."
"Hmph, I can judge for myself whether he's good or not. It's none of your business. And don't call me Xue!" Yi Xue clearly had little liking for Li Xiang.
She moved to go around him and enter the bus. Li Xiang clenched his fists until they creaked, but forced his face to remain gentle. "Even if he is a good person, he's offended so many people. If you get too close to him, you'll get dragged into it..."
"It's none of your business."
Seeing that Li Xiang would not move out of the way, Yi Xue could only push him aside before darting onto the bus and disappearing.
"Xue..."
Li Xiang stared after Yi Xue, his face contorted and his teeth clenched.
"Brother Li, did Xue turn you down again?"
A call came from behind him.
The distortion instantly vanished from Li Xiang's face. Wearing a gentle expression, he turned toward his classmate. "It's fine. I believe I'll win Xue over someday."
Seeing him like this, his classmate looked full of regret. "Brother Li, if I were a woman, I'd be throwing myself at you!"
"Get lost." Li Xiang looked disgustedly at his fat classmate, whose whole body was covered in flab. "Fatty, use your head a little."
As if remembering something, he turned his gaze to Lin Qi's SUV. "Right, help me look into his background when you have time. You know how much I love Xue. I need to know his background to compete fairly, don't I?"
The chubby boy promptly gave him a thumbs-up. "That's my Brother Li, a true warrior of pure love!"
"Honestly, if I were a woman, I'd really want to be with you."
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