Chapter 438: Doomsday Trading System (10)

Yu Baozhi was busy in front of the solar-powered Induction Cooker, serving a bowl of millet porridge each to her husband and son.

Knowing they had been eating and drinking very sparingly these past few days, their stomachs wouldn't be able to handle a sudden heavy meal, so it was better to have some millet porridge to soothe them first; once they found a place to settle down, she would cook a proper meal to celebrate the reunion of their family of four.

Hearing her husband say this, she sighed with emotion:

"I'm fine, but our daughter has truly suffered. You don't know, she went out to find supplies yesterday evening and came back with a high fever, her whole body burning hot. Fortunately, she managed to survive the Alienation, and even turned a misfortune into a blessing, awakening some kind of Trading Ability. My Great Strength, Yang Yang's Lightning Spear, my ability to accelerate plant growth, and even this Recreational Vehicle... they were all traded for by our daughter. Otherwise, how would we have had the ability to come find you all..."

"..."

"..."

Xie Yongcheng and his son held their porridge bowls and looked at each other in dismay.

They could understand the first part, but why couldn't they understand the latter part?

Were they on the same wavelength?

"Mom, I see Dad's complexion isn't very good. Has he not been sleeping well these past few days?"

After Xie Yang accelerated to rush out of the Zombie group, she looked back and said:

"How about we stop talking for now? Let Dad and my brother eat something, take a hot shower after, and then get a good night's sleep. We can talk about everything else later."

"The girl is right! Lao Xie, your eyes are bloodshot. Hurry up and drink your porridge, then go take a shower and change out of these filthy clothes. There's a bed upstairs; you and your son can sleep up there, it won't be crowded. We'll talk about the rest once you've had enough sleep."

The father and son were shooed away by Yu Baozhi to the bathroom at the rear of the Recreational Vehicle to shower.

She had prepared their clothes in advance, traded for by her daughter—

A set of tropical-style short-sleeved undershirts and floral boxers for each of them.

Although it was already September, the "autumn tiger" heat was still prevalent, so wearing short sleeves was just right.

The clothes they took off were too filthy to look at, so she packed them into a trash bag to have her daughter burn them with the Lightning Spear later.

After showering and changing into clean clothes, the father and son were urged by the wife/mother to go up to the second floor of the Recreational Vehicle.

The second floor was laid with a tatami mat that could fit two people lying side by side.

After the father and son lay down, they let out a sigh of comfort.

"Finally, we can lie flat!"

"My sister is truly amazing! She actually awakened an ability."

"Dad, why aren't you saying anything?"

Turning his head, he discovered his father was already asleep, emitting long, steady snores, which showed his body had reached its limit of exhaustion.

Xie Yan gently pulled over the air-conditioning quilt from the side and covered his father with it.

Then, he rested his hands behind his head and stared at the ceiling of the vehicle, lost in thought.

Not long after, he also fell into a deep sleep...

"Damn it! Cui Ge, they're actually ignoring us!"

"Follow them!"

Cui Ge stared gloomily at the departing Recreational Vehicle and waved his hand.

However, who knew what brand that Recreational Vehicle was; its performance was so good that even with so many Zombies blocking the way, it could still accelerate.

The Zombies blocking the road were either sent flying upon impact or burned to a charred black by lightning.

Before long, the Recreational Vehicle broke through the Zombie encirclement, drove away from the District Government Square, made a turn, and disappeared from sight.

Cui Ge and his group, however, still had to deal with the Zombies drawn by the noise.

No matter how powerful Cui Ge's Fire Ability was, he couldn't hold on after outputting it for half an hour straight.

He gritted his teeth: "Retreat!"

"But Cui Ge, we finally managed to get out..."

"I said retreat!"

The group retreated in frustration back to the cafe where they had been staying.

They had been hiding here for several days, and everything edible or drinkable had been consumed, which is why they thought about coming out to find another place.

Who would have thought that less than half an hour after coming out, they would return in such a cowardly manner.

Seeing Cui Ge sit cross-legged on the sofa to recover his ability as soon as he entered, they couldn't help but curl their lips.

Before, they looked at Cui Ge like a hero, but now they felt he wasn't even as good as the woman on top of the Recreational Vehicle.

Look at her, she played with her Wood Ability like a flower; not only could she attack from a distance, but when necessary, she could fold it into a ladder to move up and down freely.

If only they had that ability!

The Thunder Element ability was also powerful! In seconds, it could electrocute Zombies into charred ash.

Unlike the Fire Element, which had to burn first, and only when burned thoroughly did it become ash.

On second thought, they didn't even have a Fire Element ability, so what were they complaining about.

"Sigh..."

Just as the sky was darkening, Xie Yang finally drove the Recreational Vehicle out of the Zombie-infested City Center.

Thanks to the Recreational Vehicle being amphibious, she used the canal waterways to pass through the busiest district in the east of the city, arriving at the City South New District, where the infrastructure had only matured in the last ten years, and reached a newly developed Chinese-style Heyuan residential complex near the suburbs.

This residential complex was invested in by the son of the Xie Family Village chief in partnership with others. Because it was an unknown developer and located in such a remote place, not many people went to look at the houses when it first opened.

He went to the Relocation Housing in Xie Family Village to find people he knew to help introduce customers, even saying that if they reported his name, they could buy at an internal price, which was quite a discount.

It was at that time that Xie Yongcheng listened to him brag about the environment and layout of this complex: how when one gets old, one has to live in this kind of Heyuan villa, where you open the door and you're in the courtyard, and you don't have to worry about the Elevator breaking down and having to climb stairs; how a Grade-A tertiary hospital was going to be built less than a kilometer away, and the subway would reach here in three to five years at most...

In short, it made the couple, Xie Yongcheng and his wife, feel that this place was very suitable for retirement, and they were tempted to buy one.

Yu Baozhi had a sum of inheritance left by her maiden family, which wouldn't earn much interest in the bank, and the couple didn't know how to manage finances, so it was just sitting there; using it for the down payment was just right.

With the rent from four other properties covering the mortgage, there wasn't much pressure.

However, the area around this housing development is still empty land with nothing at all, so even though it is due for handover this National Day, the couple had no intention of moving in right now.

When it comes to daily life like grocery shopping and commuting, the Relocation Housing is still more convenient.

If it weren't for Xie Yang finding this residential complex based on the original owner's memories, the couple wouldn't have remembered this property at all.

Still, it is fortunate that the handover isn't until National Day, as the entire complex looks deserted with very few Zombies.

Xie Yang drove the Recreational Vehicle in a circle around the complex, killed the few Zombies on the perimeter, then came to the main gate, took care of the two tall and burly Zombies inside the security booth, manually lifted the barrier gate, drove the Recreational Vehicle inside, and then manually pulled the barrier gate back down.

However, looking at these two flimsy barrier gates, if the number of Zombies on the perimeter increases, they could just climb right over, so they wouldn't be able to stop them.

Thus, she spent a sum of Trading Coin to buy a three-meter-high, ten-centimeter-thick cast iron gate from the Trading Platform and used the Lightning Spear to weld and assemble it, which looked much safer than the barrier gate.

But the gate was installed to defend against Zombies; if there were people like their family coming to take shelter, they couldn't just keep them out.

She deliberately installed the gate backward, with the side of the latch facing outward.

Once the gate closes, the latch bolts automatically.

If someone wants to come in, they can manually pull out the latch, the gate will automatically unlock, and they can push it open.

This trick is to defend against Zombies but not against people.