Chapter 28: The Great Food Battle

It seems that because the dead bodies in this vicinity were cleared out once yesterday by Lingyun and his group of three, the surrounding dead bodies did not attack this occupied Villa, which allowed those on night watch to breathe a sigh of relief.

In the morning, Lingyun opened his eyes early. Seeing that everyone around him was still sleeping, Lingyun did not wake them, but instead went to the bathroom to wash up on tiptoe.

When he finished washing and entered the kitchen, his face turned red all at once. There was only one person in the kitchen now, and that was Saeko. But Saeko seemed to be wearing nothing at all right now, wrapped only in an apron. Lingyun's face turned red on the spot, and he turned to leave.

"Oh my, isn't this Ling-kun? Why are you leaving the moment you see me?" After he turned around, Saeko's slightly amused voice came from behind him.

"Um, classmate Saeko, why aren't you wearing any clothes?" Lingyun asked with some embarrassment.

"There's no help for it, my clothes are still drying, and I can't find any other clothes for the moment."

"Cough, cough, that's not very good either. What if someone else sees you?"

"Could it be that you don't like how I look right now, Ling-kun?"

Upon hearing this, Lingyun spoke directly: "Um, classmate Saeko, I still have things to do, I'll go first. It's more important that you put your clothes on." After saying this, he fled the kitchen directly.

Having left the kitchen, Lingyun let out a long sigh of relief. Saeko's appearance just now really was a bit too much for him to handle.

"Seduced my master first thing in the morning, Saeko, is this very interesting?" Luo Yexi's voice rang out at the kitchen entrance.

"Don't you think Ling-kun just now was very interesting?" Saeko glanced at Luo Yexi, then took her clothes out from a cabinet in the kitchen and began to put them on.

"Tch, I'm warning you, you'd best not treat my previous words as wind in your ears, otherwise, you'll have plenty to regret in the future." Luo Yexi gave a warning, then left.

"What a truly interesting master and disciple pair. Luo-san, it seems you have also fallen for your master." Saeko said in a low voice.

After finishing breakfast, one of the girls responsible for cooking spoke up: "There are so many of us here now, and this place didn't have too many ingredients prepared. I estimate it's only enough for us to eat for half a day to a day."

"Is that so? That means we have run into a food crisis once again. When we came here yesterday, we didn't collect too much food. Now we must go outside to collect food." Igou Hisashi spoke up.

"Then what about the personnel allocation? This operation won't be as easy as keeping watch." Komuro Takashi asked.

"This personnel allocation?" Igou Hisashi also became troubled.

Lingyun, who was to the side, spoke up: "I remember when we went out to clear the dead bodies, I saw there seemed to be a convenience store nearby. It's not too far, about a distance of five hundred meters. The dead bodies in this vicinity have already been cleared by us once, so the danger level won't be too high. Let's do this: apart from the two of us, draw half of the boys and girls, and we will set out to collect daily supplies. The two of us will accompany you."

"Re, really?" Igou Hisashi could be said to be overjoyed. They had all witnessed the strength of Lingyun and Luo Yexi with their own eyes; with the two of them escorting, the possibility of an accident on this trip would be greatly reduced. "But won't this be too tiring for you?"

"Rest assured, the two of us are practitioners of Kung Fu; in some aspects, we are much stronger than you all." Lingyun spoke up.

"Then we will trouble you." Igou Hisashi stood up and bowed to Lingyun.

With a "Click!", the door of the Villa was opened. The group walked out quickly, then closed the door. There were not many dead bodies around, presumably because they had been cleared out once yesterday.

The group moved quickly toward the direction of the convenience store. The few dead bodies that occasionally gathered around were easily defeated by Lingyun using his Long sword. Even if a few dead bodies bypassed the two of them, they were killed by the others using the weapons in their hands.

As soon as they entered the convenience store, Lingyun and Luo Yexi had the others form a circle temporarily while the two of them went to deal with the dead bodies in the store. There were not many dead bodies in the convenience store, just a few shop assistants and some people who had turned into dead bodies. However, in just a few minutes of effort, Lingyun and Luo Yexi had cleared this place out completely.

"Quick, we'll guard the store entrance, you all get to work collecting things. We don't have much time." Luo Yexi spoke up.

"Let's go." Igou Hisashi nodded to the others, and the others began to collect daily supplies according to the list decided on earlier.

Standing at the entrance, Lingyun suddenly spoke up: "Ye Xi, you felt it, didn't you? The difference in some of them."

Luo Yexi's gaze swept over the busy people in the convenience store and she nodded: "Yes, especially that one called Igou Hisashi. The inexplicable fluctuation on his body is the most obvious. Although it is somewhat similar to the kind of fluctuation on Saeko, it is also completely different. Master, what is going on? I remember that this world didn't seem to have this kind of power before!"

"This world has already undergone some kind of change, so we must be careful. If the human side has already seen the appearance of Evolutionary, then the dead body side will certainly see the appearance of Evolutionary as well. Although there are no traces of them within the range of my divine sense, and I don't know in what way they will appear, being vigilant from now on is the correct course of action." Lingyun reminded her.

"Yes, Master. I will be careful." Luo Yexi nodded.

"Hmm, it looks like they are also prepared." He watched as Igou Hisashi took a rope out from his person and began to tie boxes of things onto himself. "In this apocalypse, their growth is also very fast!"

"By the way, Master, those few dead bodies just now were intentionally let through by you, right?" Luo Yexi asked in a lowered voice.

"Of course. Did you think your master would make such a low-level mistake? Didn't you see? Although they were trembling while walking earlier because they were scared by the dead bodies, after personally knocking down a dead body, the fear in their eyes has faded a lot, hasn't it? As long as they pass this hurdle, in the future, even without us, they won't just wait for death when facing dead bodies, right?" Lingyun laughed.

"Then what if they failed to kill the dead bodies? Or didn't manage to kill the dead bodies in time?" Luo Yexi asked.

"Look." Lingyun smiled slightly, his right hand flipped, and in his palm appeared several sharp iron shards. With these iron shards, Lingyun could completely annihilate those dead bodies he let in whenever they encountered danger.

"Ling-san, Luo-san, we are done, let's go." Igou Hisashi walked toward the direction of Lingyun and Luo Yexi. On each boy's body, there was at least sixty or seventy catties of goods, and each girl also carried some things that were lighter but relatively larger in volume.

"Alright, let's go now. For every extra minute we stay in this place, our danger increases by one point." Lingyun nodded.

The return journey was much more difficult than when they came. On one hand, most of the people were carrying heavy things on their backs, and on the other, the surrounding dead bodies had begun to gather in their direction. Fortunately, the strength of Lingyun and Luo Yexi was strong enough that all the dead bodies blocking the way fell under their swords.

When they returned to Nanlixiang's home, everyone except Lingyun and Luo Yexi was exhausted and collapsed on the ground.

Lingyun looked at the people present and smiled: "Compared to before, you have already made great progress. Although your abilities are not yet very strong, the fact that there were no casualties when facing the dead bodies is already a remarkable thing. At the very least, you should be proud that you possess the most basic qualifications to survive in this apocalypse."

"Ling-san, could it be that those few dead bodies were let in by you?" Igou Hisashi looked at Lingyun with a face full of surprise.

"Of course. Otherwise, did you think those dead bodies could break through my line of defense? But I can guarantee that even if you couldn't kill those dead bodies, I would have defeated them before the dead bodies could hurt you." Lingyun waved his hand.

"It really was hard on you, Ling-san." As smart as Igou Hisashi was, he naturally could understand the intention behind Lingyun's approach, so he braced his body and bowed to him.

"I just didn't want to see the people I worked so hard to save from the campus die at the hands of the dead bodies without any power to resist in the future!" Lingyun waved his hand, then turned and left.