RTIWTLITEOTW Chapter 67

“Are you really going to do this?” Qi Xiaoyao’s voice trembled slightly, carrying a hint of disbelief. However, the only response he received was a simple and firm word: “Yes.”

Yi Yuzhi’s gaze was like a torch, staring straight at the other person without the slightest wavering. Faced with such a determined attitude, Qi Xiaoyao was silent for a moment before finally nodding lightly.

He slowly turned around and walked towards the safe hidden in the corner. With the slight friction sound when the safe door opened, a chill rushed towards him.

Inside the safe, there was a heart tightly wrapped in ice, emitting a chilling cold light. Qi Xiaoyao carefully took it out and handed it to Yi Yuzhi. Yi Yuzhi reached out his hands to take the cold heart, as if holding an incomparably precious but dangerous treasure.

Qi Xiaoyao took a deep breath, concentrating his mind to dissolve the ice covering the surface of the heart. In an instant, cold air spread everywhere, and the temperature of the entire room seemed to drop a few degrees.

Yi Yuzhi lowered his head and stared at the heart in his palm, his eyes filled with complex emotions. He hesitated for a moment, but quickly opened his mouth and bit down without hesitation.

At the same time, the lights in the camp that had been plunged into darkness suddenly flickered, followed by a steady sound of electric current.

Before long, the camp’s power system finally returned to normal operation. Yi Yuzhi stood in place, subconsciously reaching out to touch his chest—where a heart was beating powerfully.

“I’ll live for you…” he murmured to himself, his voice so soft that almost only he could hear it.

Just then, the people in the camp began to discuss the new camp leader. After a fierce discussion and nomination, everyone unanimously decided that Jiang Xianchuan should take on this important position. However, Jiang Xianchuan himself had a look of unwillingness on his face.

“Oh, come on, Jiang Xianchuan, just be the camp leader! I really believe in you!” Bai Su looked at Jiang Xianchuan with a smile on his face, his eyes full of expectation and encouragement. But Jiang Xianchuan waved his hands repeatedly and shouted loudly, “I don’t want to! You don’t know how troublesome it is to be a camp leader. There’s a bunch of broken things waiting to be dealt with every day. My brain isn’t suitable for this kind of work. I’m stupid.”

Qi Xiaoyao stood next to him and echoed, “I also think you’re very suitable.” Jiang Xianchuan looked at Qi Xiaoyao with a helpless expression and complained, “Qi Xiaoyao, even you’re saying that?”

Just then, Yi Yuzhi slowly walked over. Jiang Xianchuan seemed to have found a life-saving straw and hurriedly pointed at Yi Yuzhi and said, “Then let Yi Yuzhi do it! I raise both hands in favor of him!” But Yi Yuzhi shook his head gently, indicating his refusal, and said, “No, I actually support you to take on this role.”

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Xianchuan widened his eyes, his face full of suspicion, even wondering if he had heard it wrong, and asked in disbelief, “What? You actually support me?” Yi Yuzhi stared at Jiang Xianchuan with a firm gaze and nodded seriously, then explained, “That’s right, it’s precisely because of those words you said before that I woke up as if from a dream. Compared to someone like me who is weak in character and indecisive, perhaps you are the most suitable person.”

Seeing this situation, Bai Su quickly seized the opportunity and persuaded, “Jiang Xianchuan, don’t decline anymore! We all really support you! Besides, I always like to run around, and I really don’t have time to manage the big and small affairs in the camp; and Xiaoyao is usually taciturn and not very good at communicating with others. Taking everything into consideration, only you are qualified for this job!”

After listening to these words, Jiang Xianchuan couldn’t help frowning and said with a bitter smile, “Does that mean that my thoughts and opinions are not important at all?” Unexpectedly, Bai Su nodded without hesitation and replied, “Yes, they are not important!” Jiang Xianchuan’s mouth twitched a few times in anger, and he responded in a huff, “Alright, alright, since you’ve all made up your minds to play it this way, what else can I say?”

Shi Yi and Li Lingyu stood next to them, watching the lively scene in front of them with great interest, and muttered, “Jiang Xianchuan is really lucky this time!”

In the midst of the crowd’s noise, this seemingly hasty election was settled. From beginning to end, no one cared whether Jiang Xianchuan himself was willing to accept this result, as if he was just a puppet to be manipulated.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Su quickly took out a thick document from his arms, handed it to Jiang Xianchuan without hesitation, and said with a serious face, “Jiang Xianchuan, oh no, now I should call you Camp Leader. This document contains important information that we obtained from our last expedition. Please be sure to read it.” Jiang Xianchuan frowned slightly and reluctantly took the heavy document. When he caught sight of the dense, text-filled pages, he immediately felt his head buzzing, and a burst of severe pain struck him.

You have to know that reading is one of the things Jiang Xianchuan hates doing most in his life, because as soon as he starts reading books, he will inevitably become sleepy within a few minutes.

But at this moment, faced with such a crucial task, he could only grit his teeth, bite the bullet, and force himself to concentrate on reading this document.

Although drowsiness surged in like a tide, almost submerging him, Jiang Xianchuan still struggled against the strong drowsiness with his tenacious willpower.

Finally, after a difficult effort, Jiang Xianchuan finally finished reading the entire document, and several key points in it successfully attracted his attention, instantly refreshing him from his original drowsiness.

It turned out that, according to Bai Su and others’ reports, they had encountered a mutated zombie that could control the actions of ordinary zombies during their expedition. And even more shocking was that there was a large group of zombies with the ability to communicate verbally!

After seeing these amazing discoveries, Jiang Xianchuan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought. A bold idea gradually emerged in his mind—if there was another opportunity to go out on an expedition in the future, perhaps he could try to capture a few of these strange zombies and bring them back for in-depth research and experiments, maybe he could find an antidote to the zombie virus from them.

So, after taking a deep breath, he finally made up his mind to tell Bai Su the idea in his heart, “Do you think we can catch a few zombies back for experiments next time we explore?” After saying this, he paused slightly, observing Bai Su’s reaction.

Bai Su nodded seriously, indicating that he understood what he meant, and patted his chest in response, “No problem! Guarantee to complete the task.” His firm and confident eyes seemed to be conveying an invisible power to the other party.

Looking at Bai Su’s confident and composed appearance, Jiang Xianchuan hurriedly waved his hand and said repeatedly, “No, no, it’s not necessary to catch them, your safety is still the most important thing.”

Bai Su was not shaken by Jiang Xianchuan’s seemingly concessionary remarks. Instead, he showed a sly smile and winked playfully, “Camp Leader, you’ve already spoken, as your capable subordinate, how could I not try my best to complete it? Just relax, I always have a sense of propriety in my work, and I will never act rashly!”