Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space
Chapter 256 - 256: Evacuation ( 1 )

Early the next morning, the Phantom team woke before dawn. After a quick wash-up, everyone checked their equipment and began preparing breakfast.

Li Qixuan was woken by the soft murmur of conversation around him and the mouthwatering aroma of food in the air. When he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Qi and Feng Yun stirring a pot while Qin Luzi and Jin Xuyan were busy wrapping dumplings.

He sat in a daze for a while, slowly remembering that he had joined a mercenary team and was no longer alone. Rubbing his face, he tried to clear the lingering drowsiness.

When he lowered his hand, he noticed a basin of water with a set of washing items in front of him. Looking up, he saw the young woman smile at him and say, "Brother, these are for you. Wash up, then come eat with us."

Li Qixuan accepted the items and watched her skip away happily. He couldn't understand why she treated him so kindly when they had just met yesterday. The way she spoke to him felt oddly familiar, like they had known each other for a long time.

After giving the items to Li Qixuan, Jiao Lizhi went to find her boyfriend. Seeing him wrapping dumplings skillfully, she said, "Brother Yan, I want ten vegetable dumplings and ten meat dumplings."

Jin Xuyan glanced at her and asked, "Will twenty dumplings be enough for you?"

As ability-users, their appetites were far greater than ordinary people's, especially dual ability-users. Since everyone in their team was an ability-user, the dumplings were larger, and they made more than usual.

Besides egg porridge, they had made dumplings with both vegetable and meat fillings. A hearty breakfast like this would give them the strength needed to fight zombies later.

"It's enough. I want porridge too," Jiao Lizhi nodded.

"Okay," Jin Xuyan replied.

An hour later, breakfast was finally ready. Sitting in a circle, five large iron pots were placed in the center. Two pots of porridge, two pots of dumplings, and one pot filled with milk.

Everyone eyed the milk with curiosity until Xiao Qi finally asked, "Captain, where did this milk come from?"

"It's from the husbandry area. Ah Zhi and I found several tanks of milk in the warehouse. Since it was still good, we just brought some back," Jin Xuyan replied casually, scooping a large bowl of dumplings for his girlfriend.

Hearing this, Li Qixuan smiled and asked, "So, Captain's girlfriend is also a space-type ability-user?"

Since Jin Xuyan had accepted him into the team, he knew it was only a matter of time before Li Qixuan learned about Jiao Lizhi's space ability.

Rather than trying to hide it, he decided to let things unfold naturally. And as expected, Li Qixuan had figured it out after just one day, his powers of observation were impressive.

While Jin Xuyan remained calm, the rest of the team, including Jiao Lizhi, turned to look at him, awaiting his response.

After a moment, he looked at them and said, "What are you all doing? Not eating?"

Everyone understood that their captain had silently acknowledged Jiao Lizhi's ability. Li Qixuan chuckled and said, "Captain, thank you for trusting me."

"Since you have joined my team, you are one of my people. Trust the ones you use, that's my principle. If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have let you join in the first place," Jin Xuyan replied.

Hearing this, the rest of the team realized just how serious their captain was about accepting Li Qixuan. Qin Luzi, in particular, was struck by his words. With a quiet sigh, he decided to give the new member a chance to prove himself.

With that change in mindset, he stopped scrutinizing Li Qixuan so closely and returned to his usual aloof self.

Sitting across from him, Xiao Qi nudged Feng Yun and whispered with curiosity, "Brother Yun, did you notice that Brother Qin stopped watching the new guy?"

Feng Yun held his bowl tighter as it almost fell from the nudge and said helplessly, "Xiao Qi, stop paying attention to Brother Qin's business. If you keep running your mouth carelessly, you will get punished."

Just after he finished his words, Li Sikai sat down beside them and said, "Old Qin is strict, but not unreasonable. As long as you don't cross his bottom line, he is actually pretty lenient and gentle. He is just a bit awkward when it comes to having contact with people."

"Brother Sikai," Feng Yun greeted him politely.

"You two are still growing, eat more," Li Sikai said as he handed them two large cups of milk.

Taking the cup, Xiao Qi said, "Brother Sikai, I stopped growing ages ago. If I keep growing, I will end up a two-meter giant."

Li Sikai glanced at him and replied, "Your height is average on our team. You should grow a few more centimeters so you don't drag down our height advantage against Old Wei's team."

Xiao Qi pouted in frustration the moment he heard his words. Even if he was average on their team, he was still 180 centimeters tall, it wasn't like he was short!

Thinking this, he turned to Feng Yun and asked, "Brother Yun, how tall are you?"

"181.7 centimeters," Feng Yun answered casually.

"You are just a student! How can you be that tall?" Xiao Qi asked in disbelief.

"My family's genes are good. I was born tall and handsome," he replied matter-of-factly.

Hearing such shameless words, Xiao Qi was left speechless. After a moment, he muttered, "Indeed, when you are close to a cinnabar, you are stained red. When you are close to ink, you turn black. Brother Yun, you learn bad things from the captain!"

At that, both Li Sikai and Feng Yun laughed, but didn't bother teasing him any further. They quickly finished their breakfast and began cleaning up.

Once they finished packing up, the team gathered around. Jin Xuyan stood in front of them and said, "Yesterday, I received information from Xun Che."