Xu Qian sighed and said, "You were a zombie to begin with. Aside from the fact that I can't accept you eating raw meat, everything else is fine."
In her eyes, he was just Xiao Ping and Xu Lu, someone who was very good to her.
[Ding, Xiao Ping's favorability +5, total favorability is 65.]
Xiao Ping's heart trembled, and he reached out to pull her into his arms.
This was the first time they had shared such a formal embrace.
Xu Lu was just a child and didn't understand anything. When it turned into a zombie, it lost its human instincts. Everything had been taught to it by Xu Qian from scratch.
Xiao Ping was older in psychological age, but inside, he was still a pure boy.
Simply put, he had memories but not many.
"Qian'er, why are you so good?"
"Oh? That's not what you said before."
Xiao Ping knew she was referring to his arrogant attitude when they first met, but later... hadn't he been tamed by her...
"Aren't I very well-behaved now?"
Xu Qian truly smiled, her eyes curved into crescents.
She patted his back as one would pat a child.
"Let's go."
Xiao Ping hesitated, then finally spoke, "I want... to dig for crystal cores."
"En?"
"Ability users'?"
Xiao Ping nodded truthfully, "I think it will help me recover my memories."
Those memories were like fragments, occasionally popping up a little, but never forming a complete picture.
Over time, it was agonizing.
The crystal cores of ability users should be better than those of zombies.
Xu Qian glanced at him. His expression was filled with only regret and pain, clearly tormented.
"Go ahead, I'll wait for you."
Hearing her permission, Xiao Ping eagerly went to dig for crystal cores.
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes slightly. After he finished digging, this building could no longer be kept.
If it were discovered that all the dead people in the building had their crystal cores dug out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Xu Qian closed her eyes and opened her map. Apart from herself and Xiao Ping, there was not a single living person in the entire building.
Where had those women gone?
Xu Qian, with nothing else to do, went to their warehouse. There were many items, but most of them were expired food.
Moreover, due to the high temperature, a foul odor permeated the air.
Xu Qian lost all interest in collecting supplies and turned to leave.
Suddenly, a "drip, drip, drip" sound of water droplets echoed.
Her eyes flickered, and her gaze shifted to the few boxes in the corner.
They were not ordinary boxes, but insulated containers.
Insulated containers could store ice, and the sound was coming from here.
Because the lid of the insulated container had been lifted, blood was seeping down.
So much blood, could it be?
Xu Qian strode forward and lifted the lid. White severed arms were neatly arranged inside the box.
The young woman's eyes were somber. These dismembered limbs had been soaked in ice water. Now that the ice had melted, the blood had flowed out.
She opened each box one by one. Forearms, upper arms, lower legs, thighs, internal organs, human skin, even private parts were clearly separated.
Xu Qian shook her head and closed each lid one by one.
Three years into the apocalypse, could one expect these people to have normal thoughts?
Eating humans was as normal an act as any other to them.
Xu Qian's mind raced, and a can of gasoline appeared in her hand. She poured gasoline around the boxes and the surrounding cardboard boxes of supplies.
The young woman stood at the doorway, struck a lighter, and threw it towards the boxes.
The cardboard boxes immediately caught fire. Xu Qian narrowed her eyes and said softly, "Rest in peace."
With a "snap," the main door closed.
Not long after, the entire building began to burn.
The Shangdong Base thus disappeared into the apocalypse, unnoticed and forgotten.