Chapter 623: Chapter 623: The Cleanup Task of Multi-Element Zombies

Mao Qiqi’s obedience brought comfort to the entire family, and when they had free time, everyone would help her with her homework. Nie Qing would also join in during Chinese lessons.

“I want to read subtitles,”

Nie Qing awkwardly held a pen and traced the characters Qiqi had assigned him on paper. If he could understand subtitles, he would be able to watch foreign movies and TV shows; otherwise, he worried that one day he would finish watching all the TV series in the Space.

“Uncle Nie, it’s fine, you haven’t even watched all the shows on the computer and tablets at home. There’s no way you’ll run out,”

Most of what Nie Qing watched now were the discs from the bookstore, and before the Apocalypse, Lin Xiuyuan had filled up everyone’s computers and tablets with shows. Su Jin thought it would take several years to get through them all.

“Hmph, once I’ve learned these simplified characters, I can also watch the entire Marvel set, that kid got all the originals,”

Nie Qing was increasingly realizing the importance of knowledge, otherwise he wouldn’t even understand the messages the girl brought in from outside the Space.

Su Jin and Li Xiuying exchanged smiles and continued to select vegetables for Lin Yunguo.

The spinach in their hands was tender and green, and there were no worries about bugs on it. Lin Yunguo wanted to make the most nutritious pregnant woman’s meal for Su Jin, and he had now found a book on nutritious meals for pregnant women in the bookstore to start his research.

“Xiao Hao and the others should have set off by now, right?”

Li Xiuying asked, as she often forgot about the time outside the Space.

“We waited for them to leave before coming in. They should be on the road by now,”

Su Jin replied, hoping that Lu Hao and his team would have a smooth mission today.

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On the battered streets, zombies wandered aimlessly. Among them, two zombies wearing white and green striped clothes clearly looked different from the others.

They released various Special Abilities everywhere, with one zombie unbelievably unleashing both Water Element Ability and Fire Element Ability simultaneously, creating a cloud of smoke from the collision of water and fire that enveloped the streets.

At that moment, three modified vehicles quickly plowed through the surrounding zombies and stopped at the roadside. A group of well-equipped Guard squad members leaped from the vehicles, skillfully dealing with the nearby zombies.

“Rong Yuan, take out the one on the left. Old Xue, cover him,”

Lu Hao quickly directed, then alone he advanced towards the Multi-Element Zombie on the other side.

“Got it!”

Rong Yuan and Xue Wanyi responded simultaneously.

Today’s Guard squad was led by Rong Yuan. Initially, Li Haochu was somewhat uneasy, but when he heard that Lu Hao and Xue Wanyi would accompany them, he fully relaxed and also advised Rong Yuan to learn from Lu Hao’s experience.

“Brother-in-law, what should I do?”

Lin Xiuyuan shouted.

“You can help with anything,”

Lu Hao said while tossing a Fireball at the Multi-Element Zombie that still had black hair. Although the zombie had been modified, its natural instincts remained the same, and it too quickened its pace, lunging at Lu Hao!

“Speed, Water, Fire Elements?”

Lu Hao shook his head. The combination truly lacked any taste.

Ha ha!

Ignoring the zombie’s roar, Lu Hao first destroyed its eyeballs. Amidst a flash of white smoke, the zombie, feeling no pain, also threw a Fireball at Lu Hao.

Lu Hao didn’t dodge but used the Tang Sword to cleave the Fireball in two, easily dodging the Water Arrow that followed.

At that moment, other zombies also began to surround Lu Hao.

“Brother-in-law, I’m coming to support you”

Lin Xiuyuan shouted from not too far away.

“No need,”

After Lu Hao spoke, he directly condensed two huge flames and threw them to both sides. In an instant, the zombies, including the three-series zombie, were all engulfed in flames. Lu Hao walked out of the fire unscathed, with the zombies behind him reduced to ashes.

“Ah,”

Lin Xiuyuan sighed, always feeling a bit superfluous. Why did it seem like his presence wasn’t needed?

Over there, Rong Yuan and Xue Wanyi worked together and had killed a dual-element zombie. By now, mid-afternoon, they had already dealt with six multi-element zombies. Although multi-element zombies were not difficult to handle, searching for them took up more time.

“Everyone, take a break after a while and have lunch, then we will continue moving forward,”

Lu Hao said.

“Sure thing, Big Brother Lu,”

Rong Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was indeed hungry.

Lu Hao looked at the current Rong Yuan. The boy had grown much taller than when Su Jin had bought him, his face now rid of its initial immaturity. Perhaps it was due to constantly fighting zombies and being trained by Li Haochu, but his eyes and brow now had a touch of valor, and the conspicuous mecha arm added a sense of power to his entire being.

The group found a clearing with few zombies and sat down to share the supplies they had brought.

“Brother Chen, you guys have quite the feast here,”

Lin Xiuyuan thought the guard squad’s food seemed pretty good; besides steamed buns, there were also some specially prepared mutant animal jerky from the base, coupled with the hot porridge they had brought in thermal containers. Wasn’t this much better than what the average person had?

“It is good, so we have the energy to take down zombies,”

Chen Man laughed heartily while sipping the still warm porridge. Their guard squad was well taken care of by the base with food and accommodation.

The other squad members echoed in agreement at this time. The base never short-changed their guard squad members.

Lin Xiuyuan began to understand why the guard squad members from their S City base seemed different from those from other bases. Indeed, people are like iron, food is like steel; such vigor is truly impressive.

“Come on, brothers, here we have some salted duck eggs provided by the Heart Talk Team, one for each person. We have more if you finish these,”

Xue Wanyi came over with a basket full of large white salted duck eggs, which were given by Lu Hao for him to distribute.

Having learned from last time, Su Jin made sure to let Lu Hao bring the storage bag, which was filled with all sorts of food and drinks. These duck eggs were also a token of goodwill she wanted to offer everyone.

“Salted duck eggs?!”

Chen Man and the other grown men were shocked. Salted duck eggs? In these times?

“Only the Heart Talk Team would have such rare items, truly too precious to eat,”

A middle-aged man held the sizable salted duck egg and commented, suggesting that he could bring it home for his family to taste something different; one egg could be shared by the whole family if sliced.

“Old Xue, give two to each of them,”

Seeing the guard squad members each holding a duck egg and reluctant to eat, Lu Hao instructed Xue Wanyi to distribute more.

“Thank you,”

The guard squad members stood up at Chen Man’s behest and bowed in unison to Lu Hao and his companions.

In the apocalypse, offering food is the most precious gift of all.

“It’s what we should do. Now that we’ve found the supplies, it would be a sin to let them expire. Let’s get back to work after you’ve all eaten,”

To avoid giving these men any psychological burden, Lu Hao specifically explained.