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Chapter 22 Ruan Wen Leaves

DAY45

On the forty-fifth day of the outbreak, Nguyen Van also broke out...

However, unexpectedly, Ruan Wen was caught red-handed by Zhong Qiang.

Gu Nanfeng's villa has three floors, so the six of them each have their own room. That night, Zhong Qiang was so hot that he couldn't stand it and couldn't sleep, so he got up and wandered around.

He strolled to the floor-to-ceiling window of the small living room on the second floor and saw a mini drone fly out of the window of Ruan Wen's room on the third floor. At first, he didn't think much of it, assuming that Ruan Wen just wanted to send the drone out to check the surroundings.

When he strolled around for the third time and came back, he found several zombies around the villa. They were uncoordinated, with the whites of their eyes facing outwards, scratching outside the courtyard wall.

Although Gu Nanfeng's villa had undergone special reinforcement and renovation of its doors and windows, the courtyard wall was still integrated with the overall design of the community. It was made of the kind of craft bamboo fence that looked nice but was actually useless. It could be blown away by a slightly strong wind and would be torn down by zombies in no time.

This startled Zhong Qiang so much that he screamed, and everyone else in the villa was also called out.

"Damn it, Zhong Qiang, didn't you smash a zombie's head? How come you're so scared!" As soon as Lu Yuan said this, he immediately sobered up, his small eyes darting around, and he quickly covered his mouth. How could he have blurted out his thoughts? It was so embarrassing.

Lu Yuan and the other two lived on the second floor, so they arrived quickly. Soon, Yang Xiao and Ruan Wen from the third floor also came down.

"Old Zhong, why are you yelling like that in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?" Yang Xiao was quite calm when he saw the zombie that had entered the yard downstairs and started scratching at the reinforced glass on the first floor. Instead, he scolded Zhong Qiang for making a fuss.

Zhong Qiang saw Ruan Wen hiding behind Yang Xiao, rushed forward, grabbed his collar and led him to the French window. Pointing to a small piece of something under the fallen fence, he questioned him, "You, what were you thinking? Why did you bring the zombies here!"

"Hey, you have sharp eyes!" Yang Xiao looked in the direction Zhong Qiang pointed and could vaguely see a small fragment that looked like a drone.

Yang Xiao is a shrewd person. He noticed that Ruan Wen's behavior had become increasingly strange in the past few days. Although he didn't say anything, he had been secretly observing her. So when Ruan Wen released the drone, he saw it in the room.

"You, what makes you think I brought them here?" Ruan Wen tried to argue, but he didn't know that everyone present knew the truth.

“I watched your drone fly away, and the body is still there!” Zhong Qiang pointed to the piece of debris on the ground, then to his eyes. “I have 2.0 vision, I can see anything from far away!”

"Did you grow a pair of microscopes?" Pei Sihao couldn't help but tease.

"You all knew?" Ruan Wen pretended to be innocent, but now he knew what he had done. Everyone else had seen it, so he stopped pretending. "There are zombies all around here. Aren't you going to run?"

"Why should we run? Why don't you just run?" Gu Nanfeng showed no mercy to his fellow disciples. "I know why you want to go to the base. Indeed, given the current situation, going to a safe base is the best option for you."

He tossed the keys to Ruan Wen's G-Class car to her, saying, "Here's the car. Pack your things and leave."

"It's only a half-hour drive from here to the Central Hospital. You should be fine on your own, right?" Yang Xiao patted Ruan Wen's shoulder, seemingly indicating that he wouldn't be traveling with him.

Ruan Wen glanced at Zhong Qiang, who was still angry, but didn't say anything. She went upstairs to pack her things and quickly drove away from the underground parking garage.

By the time Zhong Qiang realized what was happening, the taillights of the G-Class were no longer visible.

"Wait, what's going on? What does Ruan Wen mean by this?" Zhong Qiang was completely bewildered. "Although the food here isn't great, it's still very safe."

Zhong Qiang calmed down, and the zombies downstairs also calmed down because Gu Nanfeng controlled them to close all the curtains. Although there were still several zombies downstairs, they couldn't get in and it didn't have much of an impact.

“He probably wants a different life.” Gu Nanfeng had talked to Lu Yuan and the others about Ruan Wen before. Pei Sihao didn’t quite understand, but Lu Yuan knew very well. “His family background wasn’t good. He finally gained the professor’s appreciation and was exceptionally admitted to the best new materials research group in the country, but then the zombie outbreak happened. Now the research group definitely can’t go back for a while. So if he wants to achieve upward mobility, he can only go to the shelter or safe base at the beginning of the outbreak and rush to support the government when it needs talent the most. Then, as long as he can survive…”

Lu Yuan didn't continue, but judging from Zhong Qiang's expression, he probably understood. His own academic performance wasn't good, so he applied to a sports major and constantly participated in competitions, hoping to change his family's circumstances. For people from the lower rungs of society like them, the only way to achieve upward mobility is through continuous hard work and dedication.

"Kid, are you regretting not going with him?" Yang Xiao patted the dejected Zhong Qiang on the shoulder and comforted him, "Following us might not be so bad. I'll teach you how to fight zombies tomorrow."

DAY46

Ruan Wen's departure did not affect the others in the villa. The next day, Yang Xiao did indeed take Zhong Qiang to practice fighting zombies, and Yang Xiao once again proved his combat power.

Zhong Qiang now idolizes him to death. After all, they are about the same age and have experienced the zombie virus outbreak together. Yang Xiao's strength is simply off the charts. If it weren't for his personality, Lu Yuan would also cling to Yang Xiao and become his little fanboy.

During the month and a half that Lu Yuan stayed at the villa, he actually spent every day learning self-defense skills from Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao, and also secretly watched Yang Xiao teach Zhong Qiang how to kill zombies. Although he hadn't put them into practice yet, he now had a basic grasp of the theory.

In the past month and a half, Gu Nanfeng has also improved Wei Guo's plastic armor. Now it's at least not so ugly, and it's one-piece molded, making Wei Guo look much cleaner. Most importantly, the new armor has a better isolation effect against zombies.

He went out with Yang Xiao and the others to test it out. Now, only zombies about three meters away from him could detect him. They used this method to lure the zombies outside the villa one by one and smash them, thus successfully eliminating the zombie crisis around the villa.

After clearing out the zombies around the villa, the five people and one machine inside held a small celebration. Although the food was still simple, everyone was in good spirits, which was a small relaxation during this period.