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Chapter 56 Ji Yanqing suspected he might have developed feelings for Feng Yimo. These thoughts gnawed at Ji Yanqing, turning the once-delicious vegetables in his mouth to tasteless pulp. He quickened his pace, devouring the rest in under three minutes. The moisture in the greens soothed his parched throat, raw from dehydration, offering a fleeting respite to his taut nerves. Sated, Ji Yanqing didn’t rest. He sampled the dug-up vegetable stumps, confirming the rootless core was just barely palatable. Then, he circled the village’s vegetable patch, pinpointing the approximate location of the young bok choy for tomorrow’s scavenging. Beyond the village sprawled a vast mountain forest. A car could traverse it in half a day, but on foot, it would be at least a day and a half, maybe two. His long-term food stores were depleted. For the next two days, leaves would be his only sustenance. Though the weather was milder now, midday still scorched...

Chapter 55 “ You... What Are You?” That childishly furious roar ripped through the air, and in that instant, the entire world seemed to freeze, then fall silent. Ji Yanqing’s heart hammered against his ribs, a frantic drumbeat pushing him past his limits. His hands and arms screamed in protest from the relentless assault on the mall doors, his mind a blank canvas for a heartbeat. The next moment shattered the silence. Before Ji Yanqing could even register what was happening, the zombies that had been clawing and throwing themselves at them from all directions suddenly recoiled, as if a switch had been flipped in their rotting brains. They forgot their hunger, forgot their prey, and whirled around, scrambling away from the mall as fast as their decaying limbs could carry them. They moved with unnatural speed, a grotesque parody of flight. It was as if they had discovered fear for the first time, and the revelation had driven them mad. Ou...