BC Chapter 111

Chapter 110

For He Linglong, simply exchanging names with someone she just met was already a very sincere gesture. If she hadn’t seen that the other team was all female, she probably wouldn’t have even bothered to reveal her name. After all, she believed that in the current situation, it wasn’t a good time to go around making friends and forming connections. Although most of the time, the saying “strength in numbers” holds true, this wasn’t a peaceful time where victory relied on sheer quantity. Having more people didn’t necessarily equate to an increase in combat power. On the contrary, it could bring devastating disaster to everyone if they were dragged down by the weakest link.

However, this time was different. She was willing to reveal her name first to express sincerity because, in this brief encounter, she had already noticed some peculiarities about the other women.

First of all, they intended to rescue the three of them. Judging from what they had seen along the way, it was safe to say that the other women hadn’t simply stumbled upon them on a street. In other words, they had witnessed their encounter with the zombies from some high-rise building around the parking lot. The situation at the time was very chaotic. The periphery was constantly being swarmed by zombies attracted to the parking lot, and there were also two very troublesome super-speed zombies in the parking lot. If it were ordinary people, even if they had the heart to mind other people’s business, they probably wouldn’t dare to come to the parking lot after seeing the situation. But these four women did.

Not only did they come, but they also seemed to have done so without much effort, appearing unscathed before the three of them.

This was very telling. If they didn’t have the strength to deal with that kind of situation, how could they have dared to make the decision to rescue the three of them so easily? Therefore, He Linglong concluded that these four women were definitely not as simple as they appeared. Moreover, in addition to being remarkably strong, they were also rare good people with a conscience in this situation.

Other details could be learned later, but these two points alone were enough for He Linglong to think highly of them. Therefore, she hardly hesitated before announcing her name before the red-scarved girl could. Strength was the foundation for He Linglong to treat them as equals, and kindness was a bonus. They hadn’t even said anything yet, but He Linglong already believed them to a certain extent.

“This girl is called Liu Qingyu. She used to be a nurse and knows a lot about medicine. Her wound treatment skills are superb,” the red-scarved girl said, gesturing towards the ponytail girl in the yellow and white jacket standing to her left.

The girl named Liu Qingyu slightly raised her eyes and nodded shyly as a greeting.

“This is my deputy leader, Leng Dongchi. She used to be a member of a street workout and parkour team. She has amazing short-distance running speed and is very agile,” the red-scarved girl said with a smile, pointing to the short-haired girl in all black on her right.

“Hello,” the black-haired girl, although also of a quiet and reserved nature, was slightly more outgoing than the introverted and shy Liu Qingyu. The greeting was short, but one could sense that it was her way of showing goodwill.

He Linglong glanced at Leng Dongchi, realizing that the cold female voice that had asked, “Are there any survivors inside?” must have come from this one, which made sense. It was just like something she would say.

“This beautiful woman here is called Jiang Yuan. She used to be a talent show streamer and has good stamina,” the red-scarved team leader girl reached out and pointed to the purple-clad girl on the far side, continuing her introduction.

Good stamina?? For some reason, as soon as Jiang Juncheng heard this sentence, the thoughts in his head uncontrollably went astray. He subconsciously wondered, “Stamina in what area?” It wasn’t until he looked up and met Jiang Yuan’s bright smile that he scolded himself for being so disrespectful and gave her an embarrassed, polite smile in return.

But immediately, as soon as he turned his head and saw He Linglong glancing at him, Jiang Juncheng’s mind uncontrollably wandered again, wondering, “Is her stamina as good as He Linglong’s? He Linglong has trained before…”

No! Ugh, get a grip! What am I thinking?! Jiang Juncheng, are you crazy?! What is all this?! To hide the strange look on his face, Jiang Juncheng quickly raised his hand and pretended to scratch his forehead, using the hand as a shield to adjust his unnatural expression.

Finally, the red-scarved girl at the head introduced herself: “I am the leader of this team. My name is Chen Li, Li as in beautiful. But because I used to be a fitness coach, people who know me call me Sister Li, Li as in strength. Judging by your appearances, you can’t be older than me. I’m already over thirty. If you don’t mind, you can call me that too.”

This surprised the three of He Linglong a bit, as Chen Li didn’t look like she was over thirty at all. Perhaps people who exercise regularly simply look younger. At first glance, one would think she was a young woman in her twenties.

“We were all saved by Sister Li. The fifth floor of the commercial building across the street is a gym, which is our temporary base. Although Qingyu saw you during the day, you should also know how active those things are during the day. Our only choice was to wait for it to get dark. Fortunately, we saw you temporarily hide in this garage and thought about coming to rescue you after dark. But we didn’t know if you could hold out until we came to rescue you, so we were really just trying our luck. It was Sister Li who insisted that we couldn’t give up easily as long as there was a glimmer of hope, which is why we were all able to be saved. So even if there was only a fifty percent chance of success, we still came,” Leng Dongchi took over after Sister Li finished introducing the four of them, continuing to explain to the three of them.

“Gym…” He Linglong pondered for a moment before asking, “Have you obtained supplies? Do you have enough food and water?” Currently, the three of them had exhausted their supplies. Although leaving the garage was their primary goal after dark, if the next place they were going to stay lacked supplies, they would have to take advantage of this time to search the surrounding area as much as possible for the food and water they needed to conserve their strength. So He Linglong’s immediate question was this. She didn’t want to cause trouble for them, so she could only make arrangements for the three of them for the next step after clarifying the situation. Since they had already received the life-saving grace of Jiang and Zhou, she subconsciously tied the three of their lives together. Just like the deep feelings she had cultivated with her comrades in arms who had gone through life and death situations together in the army, she now obviously placed the safety of Jiang and Zhou at the same level as her own. After all, the two of them had not suffered too much, and were lacking in terms of physical strength and awareness when facing problems. He Linglong naturally placed herself in the position of a responsible person to consider the issue. After all, Jiang Juncheng was just an ordinary person, and Zhou Yuanyuan was just a low-level mutant, so she had to try to avoid situations where the two of them were in danger.

Unlike Chen Li, who led the other three, she didn’t have Chen Li’s compassionate mindset. She had also seen scumbag groups harming survivors, so her thinking was more rational than Chen Li’s.