CHAPTER 142: CHAPTER 14: THE DRAMA QUEEN SISTER REFUSES TO BE CANNON FODDER (PART 14)

Everyone present was there, and Superpower Users have a sense of each other to some extent. Jiang Lai had just glanced at them, and those two went crazy and started attacking each other. Clearly, Jiang Lai must have a Spiritual Ability, and it’s quite powerful.

Jiang Chao was also somewhat shocked. He asked in a low voice.

"Was it you?"

"I don’t know either. Was it me?"

"Silly girl, if it’s not you, who else could it be? You likely just triggered another superpower without realizing it."

In Jiang Chao’s eyes, his sister was just a sweet, naive girl, though a bit childish and inexperienced, but reliable in serious matters.

Amidst the envious and amazed gazes of the crowd, Jiang Lai sat down gracefully and then, under the curious gaze of everyone, took out two vacuum-packed corns from her arms and handed them to Lin Yan.

"Fresh corn cobs."

Jiang Lai emphasized the word "fresh" heavily, watching Lin Yan’s disdainful expression as he glanced over the corn. Fortunately, he nodded in the end.

"Boil them again with pure water."

"Alright, sir."

Under Jiang Lai’s watchful eye, the man elegantly and slowly ate two corn cobs clean. It was evident he was still hungry; Jiang Lai had never seen anyone eat corn so cleanly.

"Fresh fruits and vegetables are too hard to find. Try canned food; it actually tastes pretty good. Give it a go."

Lin Yan glanced at Jiang Lai, his lips curling with arrogance and indifference as he spat out a few words.

"My body doesn’t allow me to eat this junk food."

"Does your body know the dynasty has changed? All those who don’t eat junk food are dead?"

The man smiled, and his smile was rather charming.

"You’re here, aren’t you? You don’t want me dead, so take good care of me."

Jiang Lai looked at him, hesitating whether to put up a last-ditch struggle or outright deny it, but the man’s eyes were full of understanding and calmness, as if he was sure she wouldn’t argue.

"Well... to be honest, you look a lot like my late ex-boyfriend. Seeing you reminds me of him, and I can’t help but want to be good to you, protect you, and care for you."

"Well, just based on my face, please protect me and take care of me. If you need emotional support and comfort, come to me anytime. I’m just picky about food."

Jiang Lai was very curious about how he managed to say such obscene and despicable words with such a serious, decent face.

Fortunately, Jiang Lai had thick skin; she directly reached out her paw to touch his face and even rubbed it.

"Really smooth, not bad."

Jiang Lai saw that he was still smiling, but the smile was obviously not as genuine as before. His gaze focused on her hand seemed to carry a bit of a murderous intent.

"Death Value: +77."

Goodness, this man was even more dangerous than those cannibalistic zombies.

Tsk tsk tsk, not sincere at all. Fortunately, Jiang Lai wasn’t afraid of death; hearing the Death Value increase, she was tempted to reach out and touch him again.

"Don’t touch him anymore, or he’ll chop your hand off while you’re asleep."

"So vicious?"

"What do you think caused such a high Death Value? It’s a kind of danger warning; take it as it comes. He killed everyone in a base and conveniently involved you in dealing with the aftermath."

Hearing this, Jiang Lai asked curiously.

"What’s his deal? He had food and drink at the base, so why bother coming out?"

"The base leader wanted to keep him there, take possession of him. He wasn’t happy and happened to encounter you, someone not afraid of death, knowing you love taking risks, so he used you to destroy the base."

"What about those researchers? How did he manage to prevent them from escaping?"

"He preemptively injected neurotoxin into those people, controlling the outbreak time himself. When he found a suitable sucker, he’d abandon those people and leave. So to him, you’re just a temporary servant; don’t push too hard. After all, you took his medicine; you might suddenly keel over one day."

Jiang Lai nodded.

"Next time, you can wait until I’m almost dead before telling me these key pieces of information."

"He’s not the protagonist; there’s limited information. Gathering this info takes time, okay? Just make do with it; you’re not dead, are you."

Little Buding always shirks responsibility since Jiang Lai never really argues with it. This time was no different; Jiang Lai cursed once and said no more. Her paw was more obedient, but her gaze kept drifting towards Lin Yan.

"Death Value: +50."

Jiang Lai: "..."

This person is so petty.

Can’t even take a look.

Knowing the team has welcomed a precious individual, a skilled doctor, Jiang Chao felt responsible for taking care of him and decided to stop the car on roads passing villages to search for vegetables, fruits, and livestock along with Jiang Lai.

This time, they stopped only to find a deserted village; in the vast fields, not a single stalk of wheat could be seen. Let alone food, everything buried underground had been thoroughly dug out.

Behind them was the village committee’s conference room. Once the door opened, a large group of zombies rushed out, all dressed as local villagers. Not very harmful but the smell was particularly foul. In this hot season, dozens of zombies filled the tiny conference room, the smell of corpses fermenting in the heat. The moment the door opened, even Jiang Chao almost fainted from the stench, while the others dashed to the side to vomit.

Jiang Lai recognized the place; in the original plot, the team indeed came across a village and encountered a houseful of zombies. Everyone only thought the road led to an ordinary abandoned village. They cleaned up the room and stayed over that night.

A minor earthquake occurred that night, directly collapsing the land beneath the village, causing everyone to fall into a giant pit. Subsequently, they faced unprecedented dangers within the pit, with the team suffering massive casualties, Jiang Chao severely injured and barely surviving, while Gu Han Yan unexpectedly came across an opportunity, obtaining Alien Crystals from Space Ability enhancement.

Thinking about it, the car stopped here because Gu Han Yan suggested it, saying that since it looked sparsely populated, there might be gains.

No one doubted her; after cleaning up all the zombies, they all found places to rest.

Yan Zhouxing found good stuff at the village chief’s house, a slab of cured meat hanging on the roof beam, dried black by the wind. Apparently, the raiders didn’t know what it was, so it remained until now.

Yan Zhouxing was starving. He took the cured meat and asked the team cook aunt to steam a cured meat feast for everyone to enjoy.

The team was large and strong, gathering quite a bit of supplies. It was rare to have a place to settle today, the scenery was nice, and the aunt cooked a lot of delicious food.