0p0 Chapter 151 Human Leaders Are Blind to the Truth (4)
Chapter 151 Human Leaders Are Blind to the Truth (4)
Perhaps because the captain had a "good impression" of Shi Qi, he was quickly accepted by the whole team, except for Jiang Weilan, who always suspected Shi Qi of having something to hide.
Si Yan unconsciously walked alongside Shi Qi, her cheeks slightly flushed, and asked, "What are your hobbies?"
Upon hearing his question, Shi Qi was somewhat bewildered and stunned: "..."
007 couldn't help but complain: "What kind of machine-generated speech is this?"
Shi Qi also felt that he was just making conversation out of nothing, but still looked at him and replied, "I don't really have any particular hobbies."
Si Yan was stunned for a moment. He felt that there was something hidden in Shi Qi's eyes when he looked at him, but he also felt that there was nothing special about it.
Before he could think further, Zhang Lie interrupted his thoughts: "Wait, boss, this conversation is way too awkward!"
Ye Xin nodded in deep agreement: "That's right, don't kill the conversation with your human-machine dialogue."
Si Yan: "..." Just as he looked at Ling Wei with hope, he saw Ling Wei nod affirmatively: "Boss, it is indeed a bit stiff."
Looking at Jiang Weilan beside him, he saw that Jiang Weilan glanced at him indifferently, then snorted and turned away.
Si Yan: "...Actually, I just wanted to get to know people a little better, but I'm probably not very good at chatting..."
Jiang Weilan frowned upon hearing his words; while the other three couldn't help but feel something was off, as if his words were... suggestive?
Shi Qi immediately knew that although the words were said to others, they were actually directed at him, as he knew this person to some extent.
As expected, Si Yan looked at Shi Qi again the next moment: "I'm not good at chatting, you shouldn't mind, right?"
Shi Qi shook his head: "It's nothing, I'm not very good at chatting either." This was absolutely true, and he was quite honest.
Jiang Weilan couldn't bear to watch their interaction any longer, so she asked the question that had been on her mind: "Shiqi, did you see any high-level zombies before you entered the mall? Or did you encounter anything unusual?"
“I haven’t encountered any high-level zombies, but there seem to be far fewer zombies around than usual. Could this be related to high-level zombies?” said Shi Qi, the “culprit.”
Jiang Weilan saw nothing amiss on Shi Qi's face, so she could only temporarily set aside her suspicions.
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After walking a long, unusually quiet stretch of road, Ye Xin suddenly spoke up: "Have you noticed that we haven't encountered any zombies along the way?" Her voice was slightly weak as she said this.
Shi Qi: "..." He seemed to have unintentionally caused a bit of panic again...
Zhang Lie's expression was somewhat grim as he guessed, "Could it be... there are still high-level zombies nearby?"
Jiang Weilan looked at Shi Qi with a stern face and said meaningfully, "Perhaps... that high-level zombie has been following us all along?"
Jiang Weilan's expression was quite obvious, but Si Yanren seemed oblivious to his subtle hint: "Dr. Jiang is right. Everyone should pay more attention to their surroundings."
Jiang Weilan was speechless: "..."
Shi Qi was silent for a moment: "..." After he came to his senses, he immediately asked 007: "007, is there any item that can conceal the aura of a high-level zombie?" Although high-level zombies can use their mental power to control low-level zombies, the instincts of low-level zombies will not allow them to attack high-level zombies, so we still need to find a reliable item.
007 quickly found the item Shi Qi needed after browsing the system shop: "The item to conceal one's aura costs 15,000 villain points. Host, do you want it?"
Shi Qi affirmed this, since villain value was never a valuable thing to him, and it would be useless once the mission was completed.
Not long after he equipped himself with the items, some low-level zombies began to appear in the surrounding area.
Zhang Lie: "Now that there are zombies around, does that mean that high-level zombie is no longer nearby?"
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Weilan poured cold water on his enthusiasm: "Not necessarily. It's said that high-level zombies can use their mental power to control low-level zombies. This might be a trap he set."
Shi Qi: He "found out" again. No wonder he's a PhD...
However, his words were somewhat superfluous, because for a long stretch of the road afterward, apart from some low-level zombies, they did not encounter the high-level zombie he mentioned, or even any of the fourth level or above.
Around noon, the team found a temporary shelter to rest...
Ye Xin patted Jiang Weilan on the shoulder: "Doctor, I think you're overthinking it. If there were high-level zombies following me, how could I not take action?" After saying that, she sat down on the ground past him.
Shi Qi was about to sit down with them when Si Yan stopped him.
Si Yan stopped him from sitting down, then took off his trench coat and placed it on the spot where Shi Qi was about to sit: "The floor is dirty, sit on my coat instead."
His solicitous gesture would have been met with immediate rejection by most others, but since it was a matter between the two of them, what could they do?
Shi Qi didn't stand on ceremony at all and sat down as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Seeing him sit down, Si Yan breathed a sigh of relief; he had been afraid that Shi Qi would refuse.
The others were stunned by what they saw; especially when they saw the jacket under Shi Qi's buttocks, they suddenly felt that resting was no longer enjoyable.
We've been teammates for so long, but I've never seen them receive this kind of treatment. In the apocalypse, who cares about the ground being dirty? Even Ling Wei, the most timid member of the team, received this from Si Yan: "In the apocalypse, if you can adapt, you live; if you can't, you die. Don't hold everyone else back."
This captain, who was so impartial even to girls, actually said to a man with level four superpowers: "The ground is dirty?!"
Seemingly sensing the resentful looks from the others, Si Yan coughed lightly: "Alright, everyone, take a good rest and replenish your energy. We'll continue our journey in thirty minutes."
The group then turned their attention away and began eating their dry rations. Ling Wei, one of the team members, possessed spatial abilities, so carrying and storing the rations was quite easy for them.
Shi Qi took the dry rations Si Yan handed him. Since he was now a zombie, he found the rations tasteless. But to avoid arousing suspicion, Shi Qi still ate them listlessly.
Fortunately, his food needs are not high, otherwise he would have to taste the blood of Si Yan, a human with level 5 superpowers. After all, for a zombie of the original owner's level, the higher the level of the human, the more satiating the blood is.
Si Yan's attention was mostly focused on Shi Qi. Seeing that he was eating slowly, she even asked him quite considerately, "Is the food not to your liking?"