"Let's go back then."
As she finished speaking, Ming Li, carrying An Li, turned to leave.
Xia Lianrong's brows furrowed slightly as she asked, "Aren't you coming back with us?"
"Are you sure nothing will happen if you keep messing around like this?"
Without looking back, Ming Li replied perfunctorily, "The world is so big, I want to see it."
Xia Lianrong: "..."
Halfway there, Ming Li noticed a group of little followers trailing behind her.
Ming Li turned around and asked, "Why are you following me?"
Xia Lianrong replied somewhat awkwardly, "Your sister returned to the base that day and said you were in trouble. We... we were worried about you."
Ming Li's beautiful eyes narrowed imperceptibly, and she asked in a flat tone, "Oh? Is that so? What did she tell you?"
Xia Lianrong: "She said... you encountered zombies."
Ming Li thought for a moment, then revealed the hideous wound on her arm.
Seeing the wound, everyone: "..." They swallowed hard, and their footsteps involuntarily retreated a step.
Xia Lianrong exclaimed in shock, "You were bitten!"
Ming Li, her voice devoid of emotion, began to talk nonsense, "Otherwise, how do you think I became so awesome?"
The crowd let out a collective sigh of relief.
At this moment, one of the girls stepped forward and asked curiously, "Dr. An, what's your ability? That sword you used just now, you're not a metal-type esper, are you?"
Ming Li thought for a moment and nodded without speaking.
System: "..." Its head lifted proudly. Want to know about the all-around boss?
In the end, Xia Lianrong and her group insisted on following Ming Li. Ming Li, feeling helpless, could only let them.
Xia Lianrong: "Where are you going now?"
Ming Li: "I don't know, just wander around."
Xia Lianrong: "Aren't you afraid of getting yourself killed?"
Ming Li's lips curved slightly as she said, "I haven't encountered any opponents that make me wary yet."
Xia Lianrong: "..."
Ming Li and her group walked eastward for over half a month. They encountered many zombies along the way. Xia Lianrong and the others collected so many crystal cores their hands were numb, and their abilities also surged rapidly, rising from level two or three to level five or six.
Finally, Ming Li grew tired of walking and simply found a place to establish a base.
One day, the system, with two pears in its mouth, ran out of a room quickly.
Behind it, a girl about seventeen or eighteen years old chased out, "Damn it! Little Red! You stole my food again!"
Little · System · Red: "..." Hearing the name it had been given, it stumbled, almost tripping itself.
The system put down the pear in its mouth and couldn't help but shout directly at her, completely forgetting that the person in front of it wasn't Ming Li, but someone else. "You're Little Red! This lousy name you gave me is like my host..." The system braked abruptly, covering its mouth with its trotters, its eyes filled with terror.
"Holy crap, holy crap! It's over! It's over! I've been exposed!"
Liu Yu, who had caught up, stood frozen in place.
Liu Yu swallowed with difficulty, "Ho-holy crap! What did she just hear? A pig... a pig can talk!!!"
"Mom! There's a monster here!"
Suddenly, the entire base erupted in a piercing scream.
"Aaaaahhhhhhh!!!"
Hearing the sound, everyone rushed over.
Upon arriving at the scene, they saw Liu Yu squatting on the ground, hugging her head with both hands, still screaming.
System: "..." Did it... cause trouble? Would the host probably stew it?