Chapter 872: Chapter 872: It’s Just Embarrassment

"Someone called him Captain Zhou, but those people are all dead. Only Captain Zhou is left."

Xiao Lan Zombie treated matters relating to her brother like watching a TV show, and she knew quite a bit about this.

Bai Xiqin, hearing Xiao Lan Zombie’s words, suddenly thought of the Iron Maiden Army at the Fire Phoenix Safety Base.

Captain Li Xue of the Iron Maiden Squad had countless ties with Captain Zhou, and Captain Zhou seemed very fond of Li Xue.

Now, with only Captain Zhou left, it means that Li Xue and her group...

A scene flashed in her mind, one where Li Xue and her team were trapped on the second floor of a supermarket.

They had just regained their freedom, becoming an Iron Maiden Army that made everyone at the safety base shudder; they wouldn’t be so unlucky.

Bai Xiqin was sure that Li Xue and her group weren’t dead, but she didn’t dare ask Xiao Lan Zombie for more details.

"Let’s go find Captain Zhou together!" Bai Xiqin tugged at Xiao Lan Zombie’s arm and continued, "If he really is the Captain Zhou we know, can we ask him to return the crystal cores?"

Captain Zhou was genuinely gentlemanly towards female compatriots; he had even helped her mom and grandmother simply because they were women.

She ought to plead.

"Okay! I’ll listen to you!"

Xiao Lan Zombie, who was just about to brutally kill humans, nodded immediately upon hearing Bai Xiqin’s words.

To hell with her brother!

She felt that Xiao Qunqun was much more important than her brother, especially since her elder brother hadn’t lost anything significant.

Just lost face, that’s all.

No big deal, Xiao Lan Zombie forgave him on her brother’s behalf!

There was nothing Xiao Qunqun couldn’t forgive when asked.

"Let’s go! I still remember his scent, we’re heading over now!"

Xiao Lan Zombie twitched her little, cute nose and led Bai Xiqin out of the bus.

Zombies are incredibly sensitive to the scent of humans, and even if she merely remembered Captain Zhou’s scent through zombie brainwaves, she could find him using this single clue.

"Wait for me, I’m going too!"

Fan Tangtang obediently tossed the residue of the crystal cores into the trash; the wound on her abdomen had fully healed.

She stepped forward, ready to follow Bai Xiqin outside.

"Oh, you still have blood on you! You’ll need to change clothes!"

Bai Yifan, standing closest to Fan Tangtang, immediately saw the black blood on Fan Tangtang and grabbed her, preventing her from following.

Fan Tangtang, with innocent wide eyes, could only watch hopefully as Leng Yebai and the others left.

Bai Anhai and the others exchanged a glance, ultimately deciding not to go together.

Right now, Captain Zhou should be at his most dejected and disgraceful moment; nothing could be more awkward than seeing a group of familiar faces.

Only Xiao Niu and Leng Yebai should go; it’s a must to see him when there’s an opportunity.

Crunch... crunch...

The sentiments of everyone did not stir much emotion in the mutated panda.

The most concerned moment for it was when Bai Xiqin left the vehicle, but it quickly adjusted its mindset.

The bus was here, so many hostages were on board, and even though the big guy ran away, the monk couldn’t escape the temple; they surely would return!

It would wait right here.

It hadn’t savored such delicious bamboo shoots for a long time; it needed to eat them meticulously and cleanly!

Yunhua Safety Base also had a "slum."

It was located to the west of the residential area where the bus was parked.

The survivors there were basically ordinary people—they either couldn’t afford, or simply wanted to conserve crystal cores, hence didn’t rent any housing.

They clung together, openly exposed alongside other survivors.

Eyes glazed over, refusing to engage in any task that might earn a commission.

Upon entering, a thick stench filled the air—it wasn’t much better than the decay odor emanating from zombies.

At Yunhua Safety Base, unless you’re exceedingly lazy, you can always find a place to belong, especially after incidents of collecting crystal cores; everyone had some cores with them.

Yet these people remained stagnant here.

Broken by life, losing the most critical family members, living aimlessly and without hope for the future.

Each had suffered substantial psychological trauma.

Bai Xiqin, Leng Yebai, and Xiao Lan Zombie arrived only to be met with countless stares.

However, they felt no discomfort.

Because for those people, it didn’t matter who came, they simply cast a fleeting glance with their dark eyes.

The Base Commander also wished to change the circumstances of these people.

After all, it was his family, and he didn’t want deplorable people in the base.

As for the relief efforts, they fell upon Song Hongfei and Song Ning.

Song Hongfei was the General Captain of the Superpower Users Squad, too busy to handle these matters, so he entrusted them entirely to Song Ning.

Song Ning’s approach was very straightforward—taking those without aims out one by one, searching for supplies and killing zombies, so they could see hope in the future.

It was essentially Song Ning acting alone, merely with a tail following him.

Song Ning, influenced by Xiao Lan Zombie’s situation, was particularly enthusiastic about executing the Base Commander’s task, wanting his sister to have more time with Xiao Qunqun.

Hoping that the relations could smoothly improve.

This led to encountering some peculiar "woman," and then he got deceived...

Song Ning ultimately concluded that life was filled with darkness, and he couldn’t accept the fact he almost got attracted to the odd "woman," having an excess of hormone secretion.

"It’s in that direction."

Xiao Lan Zombie’s nose twitched slightly, her slim finger pointing to a direction.

Many people were crowded in that direction.

In the cold winter, they instinctively huddled together.

Before Xiao Lan Zombie spoke, Bai Xiqin spotted someone wearing a white sweater, half-length fleece skirt, and thick leggings.

The "woman’s" clothes were clearly a size too small for "her" build, ill-fitting and tattered, clearly worn for some time.

The "woman" shivered from the cold, having long hair that seemed unnaturally luscious, like a wig, not growing straight from the scalp.

"Her" features resembled Captain Zhou’s, almost like a carbon copy.

Captain Zhou had very fair skin and slightly effeminate looks.

Additionally, the "woman" in front wore heavy makeup, looking especially feminine.

If they didn’t know he was male beforehand, you truly couldn’t ascertain whether this was Captain Zhou.

The "woman" nestled in a corner, appearing pitiful, aside from being taller than other women, there wasn’t anything noticeably different.

However, Bai Xiqin, with keen vision, quickly spotted masculine traits on the "woman," noticing a bit of stubble on the pale face.

As Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai arrived, Captain Zhou instantly recognized them but only gave a vacant glance, with no emotional change whatsoever.

As if they were complete strangers.

"Pull him out for a proper chat!"

Bai Xiqin whispered to Leng Yebai.

Captain Zhou was once the captain at Fire Phoenix Safety Base; even if had experienced grave betrayal by a woman, he shouldn’t have ended up in such dire straits.

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