Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 273 Fight, Healed!
As Old Huo walked with his hands behind his back along the village path toward the gate of Baiguoyuan, he saw his granddaughter stomping her feet at the departing cars.

Old Huo shook his head helplessly.

When he was captured by those people, his granddaughter was also captured and used to threaten him. At that time, a girl and a boy from their neighbor's family were with his granddaughter. Their family members had been infected and turned into zombies, so his granddaughter took them to their home.

The three of them grew up together and were childhood sweethearts, but the two children were beaten to death by those people when they tried to save their granddaughter.

When Jiang Minglang and the others rescued her, the little girl grabbed a knife and went to find the person who had killed her two childhood friends, but she couldn't find him. She didn't know if he wasn't there at the time or if he had already escaped.

Those people are clearly in cahoots with the group that Jiang is now trying to eliminate, the ones who created the zombie virus.

So Siyun wanted revenge.

"Sister Bai, I can take care of Sister Zeng Mei if I go."

Bai Li raised her hand and ruffled Huo Siyun's short, almost buzz-cut hair, changing the subject, "I remember my second aunt didn't give you this hairstyle, why did you mess with it yourself? It looks like a dog chewed it."

Ever since arriving in Yunxi Village, this girl insisted on having her head shaved like Ren Bin and Lao Sheng's in order to train like them. Since no one shaved it for her, she just haphazardly shaved it herself with scissors, like cutting grass, always feeling that she wouldn't stop until she made herself look ugly.

There are some psychological issues.

Huo Siyun didn't care about her hairstyle at all. She was just stomping her feet in anger. "Hey, I was talking about going on a mission with Uncle Jiang and the others. Why are you pulling my hair? Hurry up and get them to stop the car. We'll be late if we wait any longer."

She pointed anxiously at the gate, where only the rear of a car remained.

Bai Li smiled. She understood that Huo Siyun had only heard the gist of the story. After all, the zombie outbreak had caused quite a stir in Pengcheng yesterday, and the villagers of Pipa Village had witnessed it firsthand. So, within a day, almost everyone in Pengcheng knew that there was a group of heartless beasts outside the city who were specifically targeting ordinary people and injecting them with the zombie virus.
The rumors were so detailed and convincing that the teams that had planned to leave the city to do quests or find items were now too afraid to go out.

After all, everyone who saw it said that yesterday's zombie was completely different from the ones at the beginning of the apocalypse, except for its appearance. It was incredibly fast and incredibly strong. Even their village chief, who was a superhuman, was no match for it.

In short, this zombie possessed various superpowers, and it took Deputy Base Commander Jiang more than ten of his men to kill it.
Combining Lan Junliang's words to the zombie He Yan, they embellished the story, ultimately transforming the zombie into a monster that moved with incredible speed and was impervious to knives and spears.
Some people say that this drug is a combination of zombie virus and the blood of mutated animals, which is why it can turn people into this state.

In short, no matter what the rumors are, no team went out of the city to do missions yesterday or today.

That's good too. Before the outside is completely cleared out, it's definitely safer for everyone to stay in the city.

Huo Siyun had spent time in that perverse laboratory with her grandfather, so even without knowing the details, she immediately understood what was going on just from hearing this.

Those bastards have struck again!
Bai Li looked at her seriously and said, "Xiao Yun, I know what you want to do, but you've seen what level the people who went this time are at. Putting aside everything else, look at Bai Yang, he's not even qualified for this mission. Do you think you can do it? Going out into the world is a life-or-death situation, and no one can hold anyone back."

Bai Yang, who was caught off guard, froze on the spot, thinking to himself that this really was his sister, willing to step on his foot just to coax the little girl.

He's not qualified? Is he really not qualified? He successfully passed his brother-in-law's grueling training.

The reason he wasn't allowed to go was simply because his sister's due date was only two months away, and his brother-in-law was worried that he might not be able to make it back in time. It would be better if he were there.

But Huo Siyun clearly believed Bai Li's words. Despite her words that she could protect Zeng Mei, she knew in her heart that Zeng Mei, as the accompanying military doctor, did not need her protection at all. Xi Yu would definitely protect his wife himself.

So what I said earlier was just an excuse to get myself to go along.

But now the problem is, they've all left, so who will train her these next few days?
Poplar?
But he's not even qualified to go out on missions with her, so how could he train her?
As dawn broke and it was almost time for regular training, Huo Siyun saw her grandfather standing by the roadside. She ran over, stuffed her backpack into his arms, and without a word of explanation, turned and rushed off to the training ground.

Even when no one is around, we can't slack off. We need to do our usual physical training first.

Bai Yang then went back and dragged Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe out of bed. "Let's start a beautiful day with the kids," she thought.

After breakfast, Jiang Qi ran off to the stable to check on the foal.

The two mutated horses gave birth to a foal a month ago. Because the male and female horses were relatively tall, the foal was born looking almost like an adult horse from before the apocalypse, with bright red, glossy fur that was very pleasing to the eye.

So, this little horse naturally became Jiang Qi's new favorite.

His father had already taught him to ride a horse, and when the foal grew up, he would make it his personal mount.

After giving the foal some water and playing with it for a while, Lin Zhe and I rode our bicycles to the mountain south of Pingjiang Bridge to find medicinal herbs.

Because the two of them had been progressing relatively quickly in their studies, the old man gave them a break during this period, so that they could wait for the children at Yunxi Village Elementary School who had just started school and attend together with them.

That's why the two little ones were free to either run north or south out of the city.

Because their combat strength is indeed considerable, and the two are well-behaved, they won't run too far.

But today, I was stopped as soon as I arrived at the entrance of Yunxi Village.

"It's a bit chaotic outside right now, so I'll stay with you two."

Jiang Qi stared blankly at Huo Siyun, who was carrying a backpack and riding a bicycle, clearly prepared for the occasion. Just as he was about to speak, his good friend blurted out what he was about to say, "Sister Xiaoyun, are you going out with us to protect us, or are we protecting you?"

Huo Siyun raised her eyebrows and glared at Lin Zhe with her beautiful eyes. "What do you know, you little brat? Without an adult with you, there will always be people with ill intentions who will try to trick you. That can't be solved by fighting; it can be solved by using your brain, understand?"

"So, Sister Xiaoyun, are you saying that we're both brainless?"

"Yes, but you're just kids, you don't have much of a brain."

Jiang Qi & Lin Zhe:
The two children looked at Huo Siyun with some suspicion, not quite understanding what was wrong with her today.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go."

After Huo Siyun finished speaking, she took the lead and rode her bicycle onto the road in front of the gate.

The last two children didn't go to the mountains of Chengping City to gather herbs; Huo Siyun forced them to leave the city and go to Ancheng in the north.

"This place has been cleaned up so thoroughly, shall we go for a stroll around Takagi?"

After wandering around Ancheng for most of the day without finding any people or animals for her to practice combat with, Huo Siyun was getting a little impatient and wanted to continue heading north.

The two clever children finally realized what the older sister's purpose was; she hadn't come out to see anything unusual, she had come out to fight.

The two exchanged a glance, recalling the village with calves and dogs they had stumbled upon before the heavy rain. Perfect timing, they'd been planning to visit it in the next few days anyway; bringing Xiaoyun along wouldn't be a bad idea.

Jiang Qi blinked and asked, "Sister Xiaoyun, what level is your water blade at now? Do you see that tree branch over there? Can you slice it down with one water blade?"

The water blade attack method was specially designed for her by Jiang Minglang based on her special ability. At first, it wasn't very effective. When it hit someone, it was like tickling them, causing no pain or discomfort.

But after receiving guidance from Du Qiyan and through her own persistent practice, she was able to punch through a wooden board that was one finger thick.

That's amazing.

"Tch, it's nothing."

As soon as Huo Siyun finished speaking, she flicked her wrist, and with a snap, a branch of the large willow tree next to the tree Jiang Qi had pointed to broke off.

The two children stared with slightly open mouths at the mutated banyan tree, which was no longer a normal banyan tree. Light brown liquid oozed from the wound on the branch that was missing a branch, while the branches of the main trunk were slowly drooping.
The two children swallowed hard at the same time, thinking to themselves: Oh no!
"How was it? This branch was harder to break than the dead tree branch you pointed to, but I managed to break it down, and it only took one hit."

Completely unaware of the impending danger, Huo Siyun stood with her hands on her hips, smugly pleased with herself. It wasn't until she saw the two children get on their bicycles and turn around and run away that she stopped smiling and realized something was wrong.

"Hey, you two, damn it!"

As countless willow branches lashed out at Huo Siyun, she struggled to dodge while simultaneously conjuring water blades around herself to cut and shred the branches that approached and struck her. But she soon realized that her cutting speed was far slower than the branches that grew back.

She wanted to escape and get far away from this willow tree, but every time she was about to leave the area covered by its branches, it would entangle her and pull her back, then continue to beat her mercilessly.

In short, there is no escape.

Even if she uses her powers to create a water wall, it can be dispersed by its countless branches.

Clearly, this is a mutated willow tree with powerful supernatural abilities.

Moreover, Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe knew about it.

They certainly knew about this big willow tree; in fact, they had fought with it more than once.

Without using their special abilities, the two of them combined couldn't defeat this mutated willow tree. Fortunately, it never attacked people indiscriminately, and it often took in weak birds and homeless kittens.
Well, you could say this is a mutated but loving old willow tree.

I was passing by here today and didn't intend to bother it, but who knew that Sister Xiaoyun would take it upon herself to cut its branches?
The two ran a distance, stopped and looked back to watch the fight. Then they realized that Sister Xiaoyun wanted to fight, and it seemed that fighting the big willow tree wouldn't be bad either.

"Congratulations on Xiaohe's recovery, this is for you."

After Li Xiaohe had a high fever for a whole week, her body temperature finally returned to normal, and she awakened her wood-type superpower.

Bai Li had a good impression of the uncle and nephew, so on the day Xiao He recovered, she brought her a brand new pink hoodie to congratulate her on defeating the zombie virus and awakening her superpowers.

"Thank you, Miss Bai, thank you."

Li Si's eyes were slightly red, his voice choked with emotion, and he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

Compared to Bai Li, an outsider, not many people from their own village have come to visit Xiao He these past few days.

He didn't think of blaming everyone. After all, in their hearts, Xiao He, who was infected with the zombie virus, was in danger, and he, who spent all day with Xiao He, was also in danger. So, for their own safety, it was understandable that they didn't come.

I understand, but I still feel a little uncomfortable.

Especially Bai Li, an outsider from another village, has come four times in these seven days, and each time she has brought something with her.

In Pipa Village, only a few of his close subordinates would take turns bringing him meals every day, but he never saw anyone else.

On one occasion, the brother who brought him food looked quite grim because before he arrived, more than a dozen villagers had approached him, asking him to persuade the village chief to abandon Xiaohe, since she had already been infected with the zombie virus and was in danger even if she recovered, and that they could not bring her back to Pipa Village.

We can't put everyone in danger just for her sake. She's not even our biological daughter, just a niece, and she's mute too. Why burden her in this difficult apocalypse? The village chief is so capable, wouldn't it be better for him to find a wife and have his own child?

"These ungrateful wretches, they don't even think about who deserves credit for the achievements our loquat village has made today."

Li Si's brothers were indignant. Xiao He was such a good girl, how could they bear to say such things?
Li Si didn't say anything, but no one knew what he was thinking.

Bai Li was completely unaware of this. She only stopped by because of a slight liking for Xiao He, and also to bring her some necessities for girls.

A twelve-year-old girl should be getting her period soon, right?

There was nothing to be embarrassed about. After asking Li Si, I gave him a plastic bag full of sanitary napkins.

This item is in high demand now; you can't get it even if you want to.

But Bai Li has no shortage of them. After all, before the apocalypse, not to mention the ones she collected herself, Jiang Minglang had found dozens of boxes for her, enough to last her for ten or twenty years.

Li Si never expected that his niece's injury would actually gain the favor of this bigwig from the Bai family.

After thanking Bai Li profusely, Li Si's smile vanished as he turned to pack his things and return to the village with his niece.

Why won't they let Xiaohe return to the village?

Has he been too nice to these people? Has he made them think he's a coward? And has he forgotten who actually built up Pipa Village bit by bit?

The military vehicle took the uncle and nephew to the village entrance. After they left, Li Si turned to look at the tightly closed gate and laughed in anger.

The fields outside the village were deserted. He had only been gone for a week, and the weeds that had been cleared away had grown to ankle height again, but no one came out to weed.

What? You're fed up with life?

Li Si glanced down at his niece, met her calm eyes, and smiled.

Then he slowly used sign language to tell her, "After you come in, go home with Uncle Liu. Uncle has something to take care of."

My cockatiel laid another egg today, I took a picture to show you.