binnovel Chapter 80 Zombie World
Chapter 80 Zombie World
A short while later, several people brought up a large amount of food. Wang Hai said, "We had already eaten, but since we didn't know Uncle Jin Hai would be able to rescue the two young ladies today, we just started cooking again, so it was a bit slow. Please don't mind." Li Chenglong immediately said, "You're joking. Taking out so much food to treat us during this time, how could we mind?" Seeing that the bowls and chopsticks were already set, Jin Hai quickly urged everyone to eat, "Don't say anything more, let's eat quickly. This old man is quite hungry, hahaha." Li Chenglong walked to the table and saw that everyone had a large bowl of rice, but the side dishes were rather meager: only a stir-fried vegetable dish, a cold wild vegetable salad, and a stir-fried bean sprout dish. Jin Hai sighed, "Alas, resources are monopolized now; even this little bit was hard-won." Li Chenglong shook his head, "No, it's already very good."
After the guests and hosts were seated, they exchanged pleasantries, mostly welcoming them, and then began to eat. Han Xiaoling almost spat out the bean sprouts she had just put in her mouth. Even Zhao Rui, a self-proclaimed foodie, frowned slightly. Then, Han Xiaoling whispered in Li Chenglong's ear, "Brother, this doesn't seem to have any salt." Li Chenglong tasted it and confirmed it was indeed saltless. Wang Hai said embarrassedly, "To be honest, we haven't had any salt for the past few days. Without salt, none of us brothers have any energy."
Li Chenglong had already considered this while on horseback. Although it was a trial ground, there was no need to be overly restrained or endure excessive hardship. After all, no one in Dawn City would go hungry now. Moreover, he had already grown a lot of vegetables and fruits in the natural area of his storage ring, and the psionic persimmons and apples were almost ripe. In addition, there were a large amount of living supplies in the warehouses in the non-natural area. Since time was absolutely frozen in the warehouses, the supplies would remain exactly as they were when they were put in, no matter how many years they were stored there. With these, he could ensure his livelihood. Furthermore, the system only said that he could not reveal information about his world, but it did not say that he could not use the supplies.
Li Chenglong took out two large bags of salt from his storage space, each weighing 50 kg. This salt was produced in the second production area of Shuguang City, and had no other markings except for the three characters "Shuguang City." Li Chenglong moved the salt aside: "Captain Wang, this is salt, you can take it and use it first." Wang Hai's jaw almost dropped to the ground as he scrutinized Li Chenglong, wanting to know where the salt came from. Zhao Rui quickly said, "Captain Wang, please accept it. Consider this our payment for this meal." Wang Hai wanted to say something, but Jin Hai stopped him: "Then we'll accept it respectfully." Then Li Chenglong also took out several lunchboxes, filled with various stir-fried dishes. He had made these in his spare time because Yun Lan said she wasn't used to the cafeteria food, so he simply made a lot and packed them in lunchboxes so Yun Lan could take them out to eat whenever she wanted.
Li Chenglong invited everyone to eat and gave each of them a large chicken leg, for which Jin Hai and the others quickly thanked him. Jin Linfei and Jin Mengfei, however, kept staring at Li Chenglong with curious eyes. Jin Hai took a sip of water and said, "Captain Li, I heard this brother named Zhao Rui call you that, so I'll call you that too. You asked me earlier about the current situation with the zombies, and actually, I don't know too much, but I'll still tell you everything I know." Li Chenglong smiled and said, "You can call me whatever you want, but please tell me what you know."
Jin Hai waved his hand: "Don't use 'yours,' let's talk as equals. I'll tell you what I know." Afterwards, while everyone ate, they listened to Jin Hai talk about the situation after the zombie outbreak in this world, which gave Li Chenglong a general understanding of this world.
This planet is only similar to Earth in that it has four continents of varying sizes, with the rest being oceans. The land-to-ocean ratio is similar to Earth's, roughly 3:7. Their continent is called Pangaea, the largest of the four continents, but it only has one country, the Kingdom of Sangu, which operates on a federal system. It consists of 30 states, with a total area of 450 million square kilometers. They are currently in Jinlan State, a state inherited by the Jin family for generations, with an area of 20 square kilometers. The zombie outbreak occurred more than two years ago when a huge, incredibly bright meteor streaked across the sky, like another sun. It then crashed into the sea south of the kingdom. Within a month, the zombie virus swept across the globe at an astounding speed.
Jin Linfei picked up a piece of potato, which was stewed with the alien beast chicken. It was delicious, and she had already eaten several pieces. Putting the potato in her bowl, she said, "I heard my dad say that the zombies came out of a ruin that crashed into the sea." Li Chenglong's mind went blank for a moment. He looked at Jin Linfei and asked, "Is that true?" Jin Linfei, feeling a little insecure under Li Chenglong's gaze, replied, "I heard it from my dad, but he didn't see it with his own eyes. A few months after the zombie outbreak, he attended the last Sanggu Kingdom conference as a representative. A representative from the South China Sea said they had discovered a ruin emerging from the ocean. They sent planes to investigate and found that the ruin had many doors, and some zombie-like things were going in and out. When they tried to observe further, the ruin suddenly emitted a red light, and all the planes exploded. Later, due to the zombie attacks, they were no longer able to organize investigation teams to investigate the ruin."
After listening, Li Chenglong felt that this ruin was indeed very strange. Extraterrestrial objects, attacks, and zombie-like creatures coming and going. Just as he was pondering this, Zhao Rui casually asked, "I have a question that might seem odd. According to you, those zombies are incredibly powerful, sweeping across the globe in just one month. So how did you survive?" Wang Hai drank some egg drop soup: "You wouldn't know this, but the zombies don't attack every day. They attack in shifts, three times a year, and the months are always fixed. But although it's fixed, from our observations over the past two years, each attack has become more intense than the last." Wang Bing exclaimed in surprise, "Is that even possible? How long until the next attack?" Wang Hai calculated and said, "Ten days. August is exactly when they'll attack." Hearing this timeline, Li Chenglong also seemed thoughtful.
Han Xiaoling is 12 years old this year, and her age is close to that of the Jin Linfei sisters, so the three of them chatted and laughed together, seemingly ignoring what Li Chenglong was talking about. Zhao Liying, on the other hand, listened very attentively. After everyone finished eating, under Jin Hai's arrangement, the five of them, including Li Chenglong, were divided into three rooms to rest: Li Chenglong had one room, Zhao Rui and Wang Bing had one room, and Zhao Liying and Han Xiaoling shared a room.