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Chapter 646: Deciding on a Path
Chapter 646: Deciding on a Path
Having finally sorted out the two feuding girls, I took the lead in scavenging for food in the empty kitchen.
Those that were cooked were naturally edible right away, but those that were raw could only be stowed away in my inventory for later usage.
As I did so, Bitongs warning about the zombie virus potentially infecting the food stuck in my head. Thus, I decided to seek out System Lady and ask her about a method of detecting the virus.
System Lady, are you there? I need your help.
No. The system immediately cut me off with a refusal.
Awkward
All I wanted to ask was if our kind, generous and oh so big hearted System Lady could help me check if the food has been infected
Valued host, you may spend points to scan the food for the virus.
Dont be like that. Why is it always about points this, points that. How cold.
Cold, hard points, you mean.
Sometimes I really wonder if my System Lady is actually even a system at all. Every other system Ive read about were all like that doting grandmother you had when you were young. Always protecting and looking out for the needs of their hosts. Always warning their hosts about any detected dangers. Even providing an appraisal service so that they can identify their items. You know, stuff like if an object is poisoned or not. Or maybe a map for someone bad with directions, one that will label all the enemies with a big red dot.
As for mine? If it isnt points, its about how she wanted to find another host heartbreaking heartbreakingly cold
Finally fed up with my whining, the system caved in.
Honestly, using points to scan your food is both cheap and reassuring for your mind. Would you rather spend some meager points, or always worry about whether that carrot you just swallowed would end up biting you in the back?
Smooth as always when it came to pushing her services, I unfortunately wasnt going to bite this time
That necklace was a necessity. For now, spending points on the system to scan others would have to suffice, at least till I slayed more zombies and earned more points.
As for that single name slot Perhaps now wouldnt be the best time to mention it a war might just start because of that definitely not something I wanted now.
I confirmed the expenditure of 5 points to scan those around me and the food we had gathered. To my relief, all of them checked out clean.
Ive just used my system to scan the food -they are safe. We should eat more while we can, and preserve our strength. I doubt we will get many chances like this to rest in the future.
Because the kitchen was empty except for us and the prepared food, we casually found a clean spot and all sat down together.
However, just outside of the kitchen was a room full of rotting corpses. No one was in a particularly hungry mood; Jiaojiao almost puked a few times while trying to eat
I looked at the poor girl and couldnt help but sigh to myself. Honestly, the amount of corpses I had seen today was more than all the other days combined. Let alone Jiaojiao, even I was feeling uncomfortable. Facing hell on earth at the tender age of 11 was truly a tall order for her
I quickly finished my food and gently reached out for her spoon. As I did that, she had just finished retching again, and her eyes turned red with tears.
I began feeding her while comforting her, and strangely enough, she seemed to be able to keep down the food
Because my inventory wasnt able to preserve food, we could only choose food with a long shelf life. Thankfully, its storage space was rather large so that wasnt even a concern.
I had originally intended to search the kitchen for anything that could also function as a weapon, but I came up short in the end. Kitchen knives were too short, and there was no metal pipe to attach to them as a hilt.
Finally, we left the kitchen and held a simple meeting on our future path.
Right now, the first order of business would be to ascertain what happened outside. Though from what weve seen in the inn, it wasnt going to be a pleasant sight.
Normally, the rational choice would be to seek out a place with survivors and find shelter together. However, this zombie virus made that essentially impossible
I wiped Jiaojiaos mouth clean with a paper towel while stating my observation. The communication airways still seem to be closed. Barring short-range communications, the whole city should be cut off from the outside world.
Bitong nodded and calmly continued down that train of thought. Im sure the surrounding cities and the military should have noticed this abnormality as well. Help should already be on the way. The police in this city arent weak either, so Im sure they are already enacting a countermeasure. Besides, every city has at least a division guarding it. We should be fine on the military front. What we need to do now is survive till help arrives.