Chapter 3: Gaining New Skills
"Brother, I'm hungry and want to eat the egg fried rice you made."
"Brother, you are the best. Xiaoxue loves you so much."
"Brother, you must be careful, I will wait for you to come back!"
The familiar voice echoed in his ears, and everything seemed like yesterday. Staring at the necklace, Chu Fei's eyes gradually became moist.
He could suffer no matter how wronged he was, but he could not let his sister be wronged.
Even, Chu Fei is willing to die for his sister.
Strictly speaking, Chu Xiaoxue is not his biological sister and has no blood relationship with Chu Fei.
The father went to the desert for archeology and brought the child back. The mother also had a big quarrel with the father over this.
He even suspected that Chu Fei's father had another woman outside, and that she was the child of him and another wild woman.
But no matter how much the mother argued and made trouble, the father remained uncharacteristically calm and never offered any explanation.
It was precisely because of this that my mother finally got angry and moved out of the house with Chu Fei, who was only nine years old at the time.
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"Are you talking about this necklace?"
Liu Min took off the necklace, held it with her hand, and showed it to Chu Fei. She couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. It turned out that she had misunderstood, and he was not peeking at her.
Before Liu Min could say her apology, Chu Fei was so excited that he grabbed the necklace and stared at it, a sterling silver snowflake pendant.
Because he was wearing sunglasses, Liu Min didn't know that behind the lenses, Chu Fei's eyes were already red and blurred with tears.
You can’t be wrong! On this snowflake, the scratches Xiaoxue carved with a knife are clearly visible. There will never be another one like it in this world.
"do you know her?"
Liu Min guessed that she was naturally referring to Chu Xiaoxue. Chu Fei remained silent, just nodded, picked up the pen and notebook, and wrote down a few more words.
"Is she still alive?"
While handing over the book, Chu Fei still didn't give up. He made the worst plan in his mind, but still hoped for a miracle to happen.
When he saw Liu Min nodding, Chu Fei trembled his lips, really afraid that he would cry if he couldn't hold it back.
There is no good news that makes Chu Fei more excited than hearing that his sister is still alive!
"That little girl is very strong and sensible. She was not infected, and she helped me take care of the injured survivors."
"Her smile is beautiful. Every time I see her smile, I seem to forget that this is the end of the world, and I no longer have fear in my heart."
"I think you should be her brother? When we were in the camp, she would always call someone's name in her dreams. You should be that Chu Fei, right?"
After learning more news about his sister, Chu Fei was so excited that he was as happy as a child, smiling with tears in his eyes.
Liu Min recalled that the place where she finally parted with Xiaoxue was on the fourth floor of the inpatient department of the city hospital.
At that time, someone in their team was seriously injured and had to take a desperate risk and go to the hospital to find some medicine.
The other group of people went out to look for supplies, and Liu Min was in the latter's team.
Next, Liu Min told Chu Fei one by one how he met Xiaoxue and what happened between them...
Gulu!!!
Glancing at the clock on the wall, it was already two o'clock at night. Chu Fei felt a little hungry and his stomach growled.
The strange thing is that a few hours ago, he had eaten more than half of the dog meat, weighing at least four or five kilograms.
But now, he is just hungry.
Chu Fei glanced outside the door and saw the corpses of the zombies lying on the ground that he had killed during the day. They seemed to be thinking about something.
No, he still can't do it!
Although the gastric juice was like sulfuric acid, constantly irritating his nerves, he still chose to persevere. This was his final bottom line.
Eating zombies is almost the same as eating people. At least for now, Chu Fei will never be able to do it.
"I'm sorry, that's all I have left."
Liu Min also heard Chu Fei's stomach growling, so he put a plastic bag on his dirty little hands and gave Chu Fei the last bit of bread.
Chu Fei shook his head, unable to bring up his appetite at all. Remembering that he still had some packed dog meat, he raised his finger and pointed at himself and then outside the door.
Liu Min was very smart and quickly understood. He stood up and walked to the bookcase, opened the bottom drawer, and handed over the flashlight that Li Fei found.
Chu Fei shook his head in response, indicating that he didn't need it.
Walking out of the street, Chu Fei hid in a deserted corner, no longer having to avoid it, and took out the remaining dog meat from the wrapped clothes.
It let out a low roar like a wild beast, and started biting into pieces.
After a hearty meal, Chu Fei's experience bar was full and he successfully reached level 2, gaining one more evolution point.
"Congratulations on reaching level 2 and unlocking a new skill, [Rage State]."
Skill description: Under special circumstances, the host can overdraw energy as a price to strengthen itself and reach its peak state.
The skill is non-permanent and lasts for five minutes.
Chu Fei became stronger again, and he still chose to add the extra evolution point to agility.
With the upgrade, Chu Fei's body changed again, and his rotten skin was rapidly recovering at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
When she returned to the clothing store, Liu Min had already fallen asleep. She didn't know what she was dreaming about, but she had a sweet smile on her face.
Staring at Liu Min's face, Chu Fei felt a sense of happiness in his heart at this moment.
I don’t know how zombies should rest? Should they stand, lie down, sit, or lie down?
Chu Fei almost changed his movements, but he was still not sleepy. Thinking about the zombies he saw in the movie, it seemed that they didn't need sleep.
Lying quietly on the floor, Chu Fei was surprisingly calm at this time. Although he didn't want to separate like this, he had to leave.
Only by leaving Liu Min can he protect her, because he is also a zombie and cannot get too close to humans.
He had already noticed that when he was staring at Liu Min just now, the smell of fresh flesh and blood emanating from Liu Min was constantly stimulating him.
Picking up the pen and notebook, Chu Fei left a note.
"I have to go to the hospital tomorrow. Just stay in the room and don't come out! Wait until I come back."
The last four words were added by Chu Fei later, but were crossed out with a pen.
After hesitating for a moment, Chu Fei simply tore off the piece of paper again, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
When he looked at Liu Min, Chu Fei felt a complicated emotion in his heart. Even he himself couldn't explain what was going on.
He wanted to smoke a cigarette and touched his pocket. Chu Fei's expression suddenly froze, and then he smiled helplessly. Only then did he suddenly realize that he was no longer a human being.
After staring at Liu Min for a long time, Chu Fei quietly closed the door and left.
Not long after he walked out, Liu Min, who was sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes and seemed to be pretending to sleep.
Getting up quietly, Liu Min walked to the door and saw through the gap in the blinds that Chu Fei had not left, but had found a place to sit down outside the house.
Smiling happily, Liu Min lay back down peacefully and fell asleep with a smile on her face. The sense of security that Chu Fei brought to her made her sleep very soundly that night.
Early the next morning, Chu Fei, who was meditating with his eyes closed, was awakened by the roar of a zombie.
After a night of repairing, he felt extremely relaxed. He stood up and moved his stiff body.
Chapter completed!