Chrysalis

Chapter 180: Target: A Zombie City

Translator: Law Editor: Hitesh_

Lin Qiao wrote on the clipboard— ‘We’ll leave this place in a few days. I’ve talked to them today. I told them to find a new place to build their base, because this place isn’t suitable.’

She had thought about that earlier on when she was talking with Yuan Tianxing. However, she didn’t say much immediately, preparing to talk more to them tomorrow about the location of the new base.

Xie Dong took over the clipboard and wrote— ‘Have you decided where the new base should be located?’

‘I want them to find a large city which used to be bustling but is now an untouched zombie city,’ she wrote in response.

She and Qiu Lili would allow the group of human beings to build a base in a large zombie city. They would select an area and drive the zombies away to create a zombie-free zone. But, this zone would be surrounded by zombies, so the outsiders wouldn’t be able to get in very easily.

Much more and better supplies could be found in large cities than in this remote small town. As long as the zombie crowd could be controlled, human beings would be able to live in any of the large zombie cities without worry.

Besides, most of the large zombie cites were occupied by high-level zombies which had each taken a territory. Lin Qiao could use some zombie nuclei to upgrade Viney.

Reading Lin Qiao’s words, Xi Dong figured out her meaning the first. Qiu Lili didn’t quite understand why she wanted to find a zombie city, but she didn’t care. She would follow her anywhere anyway.

Junjun thought about the giant zombie crowds in zombie cities and first felt that it would be very dangerous for Lin Qiao’s family and their people. But, she soon realized that those people would be with a zombie queen, a powerful mutant zombie at an unknown level, and a mutant male zombie. With these few powerful zombies, the group of human beings wouldn’t need to be afraid of any zombie crowd, no matter how huge it might be.

But, which city should they go? A nearer one or a farther one? This place was about a ten hours’ drive away from Sea City, which might be a little too close.

It would be better for them to pick a city that was relatively farther away.

Southern China had more large cities than Northern China. However, as the deadly enemies of Lin Family were in the South, they could only choose a relatively larger zombie city in Zhe Province.

Lin Qiao thought for a while. ‘Hangzhou had a large population, and it’s not far away. The center of Hangzhou City is just a short distance ahead.’

‘Sea City Base people might have already been to Hangzhou, but I think there will still be some untouched forbidden areas there. I’ll talk to them tomorrow. We’ll head to Sea City Base first to find some people, and also to try finding some information about zombie cities,’ she wrote.

Finding out that they would go to the Sea City Base, Qiu Lili pouted unhappily. However, she didn’t make any sound, just taking two steps sideways.

Lin Qiao glanced at her, then at Xie Dong. After that, she continued writing,‘But, we won’t enter the Sea City Base. We all carry the virus, so we won’t pass their detection devices. Maybe we’ll split up.’

Xie Dong nodded. He and Lin Qiao only looked like human beings, but their bodies still carried the virus.

‘Is it okay for you to follow me like this?’ Lin Qiao wrote a question down abruptly. Earlier on, she had told Xie Dong to follow her because she wanted to suppress his appetite for human flesh with her lake water. She was worried that he might be controlled by his desire and become a man-eating zombie. If that happened, he would be in serious trouble.

However, she didn’t know if Xie Dong was willing to follow her. Perhaps, he had other plans for himself.

Junjun followed her because of consideration for her son, and also because she had nowhere to go. By now, she trusted her completely. Like the former, Qiu Lili took her own initiative to follow Lin Qiao. Lin Qiao had observed Qiu Lili these days and found that she was great at self-control. At least, she wouldn’t eat human beings.

Xie Dong looked at Lin Qiao and shook his head to tell her that it was fine.

He had told her that he would follow her a while ago. But later on, he and Lin Qiao were separated by the level-five ice-powered zombie.

He was a little confused and helpless during the days without Lin Qiao. He wanted to find her, but how could he catch up with her car on foot? Besides, he was weak, not like Lin Qiao who had a space to hide from dangers.

Therefore, he had been hiding for a few days. Every time he sensed high-level zombies or human beings, he would move away.

He didn’t know if Lin Qiao would come back to Sea City or not, so he didn’t wait for her. A few days later, he found a zombie nucleus, which got him caught in trouble. But fortunately, he suddenly sensed that Lin Qiao was nearby. He didn’t know why he had sensed her, as it wasn’t like the sensation of zombies.

As he didn’t say no, Lin Qiao sighed slightly in relief. She then glanced at Junjun and found that the dark circles under her eyes had faded a little. So, she wrote,‘Junjun, your dark circles seem to have shrunk a little. Have you noticed?’

Finishing writing, she showed Junjun the question. Reading that, Junjun looked at her with both surprise and confusion, then turned toward Qiu Lili.

She didn’t quite understand Lin Qiao’s meaning.

As Junjun turned to her, Qiu Lili read Lin Qiao’s question out of curiosity as well. Then, she carefully looked at Junjun’s eyes and found that her dark circles had truly turned smaller compared to before. Apart from her eyes, Junjun’s skin had changed a little too.

Junjun’s face used to be bluish pale with some livor mortis, but that was gone now.

Xie Dong hadn’t met Junjun before, so he couldn’t tell how she looked different from earlier. However, he saw the surprised by the look on Qiu Lili’s face.

Lin Qiao was thinking about her lake water, which had been showing more and more miraculous effects. It could not only heal living human beings, but also cure the zombies.

She put the clipboard on the table, then abruptly stood up and walked to Junjun. She pulled her shirt slightly downward, then checked her shoulder. As she had expected, the color of the wound on Junjun’s body had become lighter.

Junjun was bitten by a zombie on the shoulder. When Lin Qiao saw her the first time, the shirt on the shoulder area was stained by blood. Back then, she had noticed her wound, the color of which was a lot deeper than now.

It seemed that Junjun had drunk quite some water in her space, and often showered with the lake water. However, she didn’t go down in the lake to take a bath naked like Lin Qiao, but always fetched water with a bucket to shower herself.

Lin Qiao had noticed the changes of Junjun’s body two days ago. But back at that time, she was eager to find Lin Feng and the others, and hence, didn’t observe her body closely. However, she had sensed that the latter’s vibe was obviously improved.

She thought for a moment, then wrote for Junjun— ‘From today, you should soak in the lake for an hour every day. If you are too afraid to go down into the lake, you can fill the tub in the bathroom with the lake water and soak yourself in it.’

After reading that, Junjun looked at her with confusion while Lin Qiao continued writing— ‘I think you’ll upgrade soon. You’re thinking and reacting faster than before, haven’t you noticed that?’