The backpack Jiao Lizhi had used to hold the supplies was her old one. It wasn’t big and had several tears from years of use. When people saw it, they assumed the boy had scavenged it from a trash pile.
It took the boy twenty minutes to run to the back of the villa. This area was desolate and used to house the sick.
This group came from a small village and didn’t know much about the zombie virus. So, when people got sick one after another and most of them died from high fever, they thought it was a contagious flu.
With the lack of medicine, food, and water, no one dared to get sick. Because of this, they isolated the sick in the backyard. The building used to house them was a small warehouse once used by the villa’s owner for storage.
Before, there had been more than twenty sick people. Now, only two remained inside, his sister and their neighbor’s brother who had grown up with them.
At this moment, only the three of them were living in the place. While everyone else was busy packing to leave, the boy had decided to stay behind with his sister and the neighbor brother.
When he returned, he quickly locked the door and checked the windows. He had heard about the chief’s plan to leave. Without someone to kill those monsters, he didn’t know what would happen to the place in the future. So, he sealed the windows and blocked the door.
Once he was sure they were safe, he opened the backpack and took out the medicine and water. He gave his sister and the neighbor brother water before checking the rest of the contents.
There were twelve packs of compressed biscuits, a bag of roasted nuts, two packs of chocolate, several protein bars, four bottles of medicine for fever and colds, and ten bottles of water. Aside from those, there were also many small transparent crystals in a side compartment.
He didn’t know what the crystals were used for, but he had heard they could be used to buy things. When the chief and his team went out to kill monsters, they brought crystals back and exchanged them for food with people who passed by.
Knowing how valuable these things were, the boy teared up and muttered, "Thank you, Sister."
He didn’t even know his benefactor’s name. But he would remember her face and he would repay her one day.
After leaving the compound, the Phantom team drove toward Pingjian City.
There was a natural lake near the city called Zhenze Lake. This lake was surrounded by Pingjian City to the southwest, Jinkui City to the north, and Gusu City to the east.
With the lake situated near these three cities, after the second rain, mutant animals would go on a rampage in the area. While the danger in this region would increase, they wouldn’t have to worry about running out of food, as mutant animals were edible, unlike zombie animals.
Thinking about this, Jiao Lizhi turned to her fiancé and asked, "Brother Yan, can we visit Zhenze Lake on the way?"
Hearing this, Jin Xuyan asked, "Ah Zhi, do you want to catch some fish?"
Jiao Lizhi nodded and replied, "We can dig a pond or just raise the fish in the irrigation canals inside my space. This way, we will have fish to eat in the future."
When he thought about their future children, Jin Xuyan nodded and said, "Okay. We should catch more so they can breed faster."
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