Chapter 399: 399
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People were working on the construction site with their upper bodies bared, sweating heavily . They had all been tanned over the past ten days .
As Lin Qiao and Yuan Tianxing arrived, they all glanced at the two of them .
Li Zheng and his people were managing the construction site . They walked to Qiao and Yuan Tianxing at the sight of them . Li Zheng looked at Lin Qiao as a life-saver and quickly said, "Ah, Miss . Lu is finally back! Please tell that one to go away…"
While speaking, he pointed at the elderly zombie who was wandering in the construction site with his hands behind his back .
The workers on the construction site would have their body turn stiff and limbs become inflexible when the elderly zombie approached them . But still, they had to keep working while he was nearby . They just couldn't stop .
Lin Qiao had sensed the old zombie's vibe before she arrived . As she got here, she saw him strolling in the construction site without doing anything special . She looked around and found that the area on the other side of the river was assigned to the elderly zombie earlier on by her to guard .
The zombie old man's clothes were still clean . Lin Qiao didn't know how long he had been wearing those clothes for . She wondered if he would take those off to wash while nobody saw him . Otherwise, how could those clothes be so clean?
As Lin Qiao looked at him, the zombie old man immediately stopped walking, then turned and walked toward her .
Seeing him approach, Li Zheng instantly moved to another side of Lin Qiao and said to her with a bitter face, "You have no idea! Since the day we started working here, he's been watching us . We were scared to death that day! Thankfully, Qiu Lili came over later and made some peace . But, since that day, he comes here every day just to watch us . He has nothing else to do except walk about in the construction site with his hands behind his body . If any of us get a little lazy, he would silently stand behind him and gaze straight at him . "
Upon hearing Li Zheng's description, Lin Qiao imagined that some workers decided to take a little rest, but suddenly felt that someone was behind them, and then turned back to find a zombie leader silently standing behind them . That was pretty scary for sure!
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She looked at the zombie old man and laughed, "You can't do this . You'll hinder their work . "
"Roar!" The zombie old man roared at her with discontentment .
As Lin Qiao was here, the others were less afraid of him .
"What did he say?" Yuan Tianxing asked curiously .
"He's unhappy," said Lin Qiao, "He said that he's supervising these people . If any of them isn't doing his work, he'll drag him away and eat him . He's being a supervisor . "
Lin Qiao's words sent shivers down the spines of all who had heard them .
After saying that, Lin Qiao looked at those people with a big smile and continued, "I was kidding . He doesn't need a reason to attack people . Do you think zombies need reasons to attack you? I've given my zombies strict orders, so they won't hurt people . "
Li Zheng and the others knew that her zombies wouldn't hurt people . However, those people still found them very scary when they even approached .
"So… what did he say just now?"
"He just said that I owe him ten days of water," said Lin Qiao .
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"What water?" The others looked at her confusedly .
Meanwhile, she looked at zombie old man and said, "Give me your cup . "
Then, the others saw the zombie old man rummage under his clothes, and then noticed that there was a bag hiding under his loose-fitting clothes .
Next, they saw the old man zombie take out a cup and hand it to Lin Qiao .
'Eh? It's not the cup I gave him!'
Lin Qiao looked at the ceramic cup with lid, then glanced at the old man zombie with surprise .
She didn't say anything, but took over the cup and shook her hand . In two seconds, the cup in her hand was filled with water .
She handed the cup of water to the old man zombie, and the latter took it over .
The others thought that he would drink it immediately, but he didn't . Instead, he took over the cup and put on the lid, then turned and left .
The others watched him walk up to the second floor of a half-torn-down building nearby, grab a chair there, and sit down .
Only after that did he raise the cup and began drinking the water with an elegant manner .
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"Was he drinking that water as tea?" The others looked at Lin Qiao with confusion .
Lin Qiao shrugged and said, "Maybe . "
"Do you need to give them water everyday?" asked Yuan Tianxing, "Do zombies need water as well?"
Lin Qiao glanced at him and responded, "They surely don't need ordinary water . " After saying that, she walked into the construction site and took a look at the current work . She and the others were now standing before a bridge, which would be the gate of the base center .
She observed the surrounding environment but didn't say anything .
Yuan Tianxing stood behind her, telling her about the current progress . For anything she could think of, Yuan Tianxing and the others had thought that already .
The nearby buildings had been torn down . Lin Qiao guessed that only earth-powered people like Yuan Tianxing were able to do a wide range demolition like that .
She took a look at the surrounding small buildings . All of them looked twenty or thirty years old .
Yuan Tianxing guessed what she wanted a small building for . "You want to put a small building in your space, right? Why don't we go over there? The buildings here are all residential buildings, with five to seven floors . You can find some smaller, independent buildings over there," he said .
Lin Qiao glanced where he pointed at, then turned back . The buildings in this area were all old indeed . The relatively newer ones all had five or six floors, and the smaller ones looked dangerous . Those buildings might fall down soon .
"Alright, let's go over there and take a look," she nodded, then followed Yuan Tianxing to that area .
"Lin Yu, go and bring the car . We'll drive there," Yuan Tianxing said to Lin Yu, who stood beside him .
"Yes, sir," Lin Yu responded, then turned and ran to the side of the construction site . Soon, he drove a black off-road vehicle over . Lin Qiao and Yuan Tianxing sat into the backseat . After that, Lin Yu drove the car toward where Yuan Tianxing pointed at .
Ten minutes later, they arrived at a residential area . All buildings there were independent and two or three stories tall, built by their previous owners .
Lin Qiao got off the car and found that all those buildings looked less than ten years old . She guessed that these buildings were built just a couple of years before the apocalypse, and their previous owner hadn't lived in them for long .
"What do you think? The buildings here look nice, don't they?" Yuan Tianxing got off the car and asked .
Lin Qiao nodded . Those buildings weren't fancy, yet looked sturdy enough . They were her best choice at the moment, as the villa area was a bit far from here .
Lin Qiao found a relatively good-looking building, then pointed at it and said, "This one . Let's take a look inside . "
Yuan Tianxing nodded and followed her to the doors of the building .
This building had double doors . The door outside was made from iron, and the one inside was wooden . The doors weren't broken, but were wide open, with dark-brown stains . That was the most often-seen kind of stain in the buildings which still had people in them after the apocalypse .
That dark-brown color was the color of blood which had been dried over the years .