The zombies not far away were still staring, their eyes filled with a hatred that seemed to hold a blood feud against Xiao Jiu, which even shocked Yu An, who was not afraid of zombies.
Yu An surfs the internet from time to time, so even though she has never been to university, she knows how difficult it is for students at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to complete their graduation projects.
Xiao Jiu's casual act directly ruined a student's path to graduation.
"This belongs to someone else."
Yu An was still keeping an eye on the zombie. He wanted to have Xiao Jiu put the bamboo back in before the zombie pounced on it, hoping to calm it down.
Xiao Jiu was not very willing.
He looked down at the bamboo and muttered, "This is the best bamboo we've ever grown. It looks so fresh and tender. If we take it back, we might even get some bamboo shoots to eat."
Xiao Jiu is dragging her feet and doesn't want to pay it back.
Yu An was getting anxious when Xiao Jiu squatted down and started digging the bamboo into the ground.
"cough."
Seeing that he had already started planting, Yu An cleared his throat and called out to the zombie who was still keeping watch. He said in a friendly manner, "Hello, sorry, we're not here to steal your bamboo."
"We'll throw it back at you now, don't be angry."
Yu An couldn't quite grasp how the zombie language was spoken, so he could only offer a dry apology to the zombie. Judging from the zombie's expression, the bamboo was clearly his.
After apologizing, Xiao Jiu finished planting the bamboo.
He patted the soil around the bamboo with his chubby little hands, and after settling it down, he exhaled and said, "Okay, big brother, is this alright?"
Yu An pulled Xiao Jiu behind him, cautiously keeping his distance from the zombies.
Xiao Jiu didn't understand: "Big brother, why are you afraid of him?"
With him and Liu Zai around, even if a dozen more zombies came, they wouldn't be a match for them.
Yu An held his little dirty hand and said softly, "Kid, you don't understand."
A touching graduation project, may it be struck by lightning.
This time, they really caused a mess.
Yu An held Xiao Jiu's hand, with Liu Zai tucked in her pocket. Under the menacing gaze of the zombies, Yu An steeled her resolve, turned, and ran.
The forest was vast, and this small patch of land wouldn't make a difference. The children followed their eldest brother, and soon they arrived at the other side.
"Sixth son. Is the old man still here?"
Yu An didn't want the zombie old man to discover him, and he didn't want to interfere with Xie Chiyuan's surveillance of the old man.
Six-Eyed Butterfly can fly, and it's so small that any branch can easily conceal it. Therefore, it could perfectly serve as a scout butterfly.
The scout butterfly reports the progress: "He's still here."
Yu An then asked, "Is he the only one?"
Little Butterfly shook her head: "He's communicating with other zombies."
The old man is the zombie king, so he naturally chooses easier methods when going out. For example, he can directly communicate with zombies or control them.
It has to be said that the Zombie King is indeed very useful with this control skill buff.
This is also a key reason why Xie Chiyuan risked cooperating with the old man.
Yu An deliberately avoided the old man, and led the child in the opposite direction. But after only a few steps, a zombie howl suddenly rang out.
It's that zombie from before.
Yu Anxin was startled and turned around to look. She saw that the zombie from before had, for some reason, pulled out the bamboo again.
He chased after Yu An, roaring as he carried the bamboo that had been pulled out.
Yu An: "..."
Without a second thought, Yu An ordered, "Zaizai, gag him!"
The old man can understand the howls of zombies, so it would be bad if he found them.
Xiao Jiu deftly extended his mycelium and sealed the zombie's mouth shut. A slightly fierce expression appeared on his chubby face as he asked his older brother, "Big brother, should I eat him?"
If you eat him, there won't be any more noise.
Yu An sensed that this zombie was somewhat conscious; at least it knew to chase them. He hesitated for a moment: "Don't eat it, it's not clean."
He doesn't approve of kids putting everything in their mouths.
Xiao Jiu sealed the zombie's mouth shut and glanced at the bamboo he was carrying. The roots of the bamboo were still covered in mud, but the leaves were visibly wilted.
No wonder the zombies were fighting so fiercely; it turns out their graduation project was a failure...
While they were talking, Xiao Jiu's mycelium had already wrapped the zombie up almost like a mummy. After he finished wrapping it up, he extended the strongest mycelium and used it as a tether to lead the zombie.
"Big brother, let's retreat."
The sixth child, hovering in the air, suddenly gave a reminder.
The howl from before still reached the old man's ears. He was on high alert and had already led the zombies behind him over.
Without hesitation, Yu An immediately took her child and moved away.
The school has no shortage of buildings of all kinds, such as laboratory buildings, teaching buildings, and dormitory buildings. Buildings are everywhere.
Yu An hesitated for a few seconds between the adjacent dormitory and teaching buildings before choosing the dormitory. He had always wanted to see what university dormitories looked like.
The zombies in the dormitory building were almost all clustered together. Xiao Jiu went first, and Xiao Liu went next.
Yu An walked last and locked the dormitory building door again.
"Brother, there's so much dust here."
The cleaning ladies have all turned into zombies; the dormitory building is unattended, only a bunch of zombies that just wander around. After months of this, it's naturally far from clean.
Yu An glanced into the corner and, seeing a broom, picked it up casually.
“Kid, let’s stay here for now. We’ll go out after the old man stops making a sound. Perfect timing, let’s see what their dorm is like.”
Yu An admired learned people. As he climbed the stairs, he said, "When there are no more zombies, you can go to school too."
The mutants can live a long time, so it doesn't matter if they start attending kindergarten.
When Six and Nine heard this suggestion, they both fell silent. Neither of them spoke; neither wanted to go to school.
We arrived at the third floor.
Yu An found another dormitory room that he could leave. There was a large pool of dried blood on the floor of the dormitory room, leaving dark marks on the floor.
Without careful observation, it's not immediately obvious what it is.
Yu An had inspected several dormitories, and this one was undoubtedly the cleanest. Aside from the slightly dirty floor, everything else was fine.
"Let me see if there's any water left."
The dormitory is a four-person room with a small bathroom. Judging from the layout and items, it's a male dormitory.
Yu An pushed open the small door to the bathroom, intending to go in and get some water.
Six-Zai stopped by the window and continued his lookout. The zombies they had brought in earlier were sitting on the ground behind them.
Xiao Jiu loosened his ties a little, then squatted down in front of him, trying to communicate with him: "I just pulled out one of your bamboo stalks, why are you going crazy like this?"
"No, are you going crazy because I pulled up your bamboo, or because you're a zombie and want to eat people?"
After asking, Xiao Jiu realized something was wrong. None of them were human. Even their eldest brother had been bitten by a zombie long ago.
Xiao Jiu was extremely curious.
He asked for a long time, and when Liu Zai turned around, he was speechless: "Xiao Jiu, you've shut him up. Even if you ask him for another half hour, he still won't be able to answer."
Xiao Jiu didn't care: "I wasn't expecting him to answer anyway."
The zombie, its mouth sealed shut, glared at Xiao Jiu, looking as if it wanted to devour her alive. The fiercer it acted, the more Xiao Jiu tried to silence it.
If the zombie suddenly howls again, it will definitely attract the old man.
The faucet in the small bathroom was usable; after a basin of rusty, yellow water was drained, the water gradually became clear.
Yu An filled a basin with water and mopped the floor clean.
He's a clean freak; even if he's only staying here temporarily, he can't stand a dirty environment. After mopping the floor, he tidied up the room a bit more.
Six-year-old's eyes sparkled as he looked at it.
The beautiful and proud little butterfly also likes to be clean.
After Yu An finished packing, he called the three kids who were waiting in the RV outside. He explained his situation: "We're still at school, and we don't know when we'll be able to leave. Be careful outside, and don't come looking for me. I'll leave as soon as I'm done."
If Yu An hadn't mentioned this beforehand, the three little ones really were planning to come looking for him.
"Brother, you should also be careful."
Chiu Chiu leaned close to the phone and told her older brother, "Qi Zai and I won't run away, so don't worry about us."
After exchanging words of advice, Qiuqiu watched Qizai hang up the phone with reluctance. Bazai didn't get much of a chance to speak, so he looked rather unhappy.
The call ended.
Seven ignored Eight. He looked at Chiu Chiu, who was clinging to his older brother, and suddenly became worried: "Chiu Chiu, you're so clingy. What will happen if my older brother marries Xie Chiyuan and can't take care of you anymore? Why don't you come live with me?"
“I’ll buy a big villa. My older brother and Xie Chiyuan will live there. You can live next to me, and I can keep you company.”
Chiu Chiu was stunned; his attention was completely drawn to the large villa. His older brother had said that large villas were extremely expensive, costing a great deal of money to buy.
Chiu Chiu asked instinctively, "Seven, do you have lots and lots of money?"
Seven: "..."
Seven was a little unsure of himself.
He glanced at Tan Zhan, who was making him milk tea, and mumbled, "A little."
Chiu Chiu was envious. He also wanted to have a lot of money so he could use his own earnings to spend on his older brother. The last time he bought a gift, it was with pocket money given to him by Qi Zai.
As Qi Zai chatted with him, the topic veered off course.
Fortunately, Qi Zai steered the conversation back on track. He tossed his phone aside and reminded him, "You haven't answered my question yet."
"Would you like to live next to me?"
Seven asked the question again. He felt that Xie Chiyuan and his older brother were very close, and if Qiuqiu was always in front of them, Xie would inevitably get impatient.