AWB Chapter 216 The calm before the storm
Chapter 216 The calm before the storm
They hadn't had such vegetarian food in a long time; the only exception was the large pot stew at Baijishan, which would have a few slices of salted meat or something.
Although each person can only get a small piece, at least they can still see the meat.
But here in the capital, there isn't a single speck of flesh to be seen.
Lu Xingye tried to resist, but in the end, he couldn't resist the craving for sweet and sour pork ribs he'd been thinking about all day, so he tentatively asked Yan Qian:
"Um... big brother, would you mind if we ordered a few more dishes..."
"Huh?" Yan Qian paused upon hearing this, looking over in surprise. "Weren't you originally planning to give me extra food? Before I came, Yan Xiao told me that there were countless delicious foods in your space, and even suggested that I come along and freeload off you..."
Zhou Yang and the others: "..."
So is this the real reason for inviting them to dinner?
What else can be done now that things have come to this?
Zhou Yang took out several meat dishes directly from his spatial storage.
As for vegetarian dishes, I didn't take any, since I couldn't let the few vegetarian dishes on the table go to waste.
Looking at the several large, delicious-looking meat dishes in front of him, Yan Qian couldn't help but widen his eyes. He finally understood why his second brother had repeatedly told him to go and freeload meals with Yan Fei and the others whenever he wanted. They really were eating well.
Thinking this, Yan Qian said directly, "Okay, you can all eat here from now on, there's plenty of food."
"..."
Are you sure it's not that we have enough meat?
Zhou Yang and the others silently complained in their hearts, but none of them dared to say it out loud.
Let's eat together, we're family anyway, it's no loss.
However, Chi Feng and Yu Hui had no choice but to continue eating alone.
Because Yu Jing's meat dishes were so delicious, even the vegetarian dishes tasted better.
The group devoured all the food in a whirlwind, even exchanging a few words along the way.
When everyone had finished eating and stopped, there wasn't a drop of soup left on the table; they had truly completed the "Clean Plate Campaign."
After the meal, Zhou Yang put all the empty plates into his spatial storage before asking Yan Qian to have someone take away the other pots and pans.
Afterwards, the group chatted about the two bases and everyone's recent situation, and finally mentioned the previous sea monster night attack.
The mutated creatures in the sea are very powerful, and their evolutionary paths are all strange. Fortunately, their basic weaknesses are still there, otherwise I wouldn't know how to fight them.
After listening, Yan Qian understood the situation and secretly memorized the characteristics and weaknesses of the various mutated marine creatures that the others had mentioned.
Afterwards, Yan Qian's deputy came in to report to Yan Qian.
Seeing that Yan Qian was busy, Zhou Yang and the others packed up their folding chairs and got up to say goodbye.
Stepping out of the villa, in the open space, the people from the capital base had just finished eating and were gathered in several groups around the campfire, talking.
Zhou Yang and his group walked through the crowd and were about to leave when a voice called out to them.
The group looked over at the sound and saw a figure that was not clearly visible in a corner not far behind them.
When the person in the shadows stepped into the moonlight, it became clear that it was Li Mei, with short hair and still dressed in a black outfit, looking dashing and heroic.
Dressed in all black against the dark night, Zhou Yang and the others wouldn't have noticed her if she hadn't spoken up.
Zhou Yang looked at Li Mei in surprise: "Captain Li, it's been a long time. I didn't expect you to be in Shanghai this time too? Is your brother feeling better?"
He hadn't noticed Li Mei was in the team from the capital before, and it was obviously impossible for her to bring her younger brother with her on this rescue mission. It was really strange that she would leave her ailing brother alone in the capital.
"Long time no see. My brother is completely healed. I was very lucky to find a child with healing abilities before. He helped heal my brother. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have dared to travel so far to Shanghai."
"Healing ability?" Zhou Yang was slightly taken aback, then laughed. "That's quite lucky. Healing abilities are one in a million."
"I really have to thank you all. Without your medicine, my brother might not have made it to the day he meets a healer." Li Mei smiled. "Don't call me Captain Li anymore, it's too formal. I'm probably older than all of you, so call me 'sister' from now on!"
"Okay, Sister Li."
Zhou Yang readily agreed and shouted out with a smile.
However, Shen Zechuan and the others behind him did not speak, and simply watched the two talk without interrupting.
Seeing this, Li Mei shrugged and didn't take it to heart.
After chatting with Zhou Yang for a couple more minutes, he excused himself, saying he had to go check on his teammates.
After watching Li Mei leave, Zhou Yang and the others slowly returned to Bai Jishan's group.
When they returned to their room, Chi Feng and Yu Hui were nowhere to be seen, but the dishes and chopsticks that had been used for the meal had already been cleaned up and placed on the small table in Zhou Yang's room.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang ignored the two of them and went to bed early after washing up with Shen Zechuan and the others.
Chi Feng and his companion returned in the middle of the night. Because of the previous sea monster night attack, everyone was not sleeping soundly, so they all noticed the commotion.
Especially Lu Yanwen, who shared a room with Chi Feng and the others.
However, seeing that the two had returned safely, he didn't pay much attention to it.
……
For the next three days, everyone remained on high alert, but the anticipated sea monster attack never came.
This allowed everyone to enjoy a few truly peaceful days.
However, such days did not bring joy to the people; instead, they felt it was more like the calm before the storm.
The calmer it is now, the more dangerous it will be when the sea monster attacks.
Two more days passed, and the sea monster still hadn't arrived, but the rescue teams from Hangzhou and Shicheng bases finally did.
However, the number of people from both bases was not large, about the same as the number of people from Baijishan, and their ability levels were not as high as those from Baijishan and the capital base, with the highest being only level 4 peak.
It wasn't until they arrived that they learned the reason for their delay was that, after the extreme heat, both bases had been besieged by a large number of zombies, making it impossible for them to send out rescue teams.
After nearly ten days of hard work, they finally resolved the zombie siege issue and sent a rescue team.
Upon hearing this, everyone was deeply moved.
In the apocalypse, no place is easy.
After that, everyone continued to work hard to upgrade at the base while remaining vigilant against the sea monster's next attack.
During this process, the temperature has dropped significantly, decreasing by about 20 degrees Celsius in just a few days.
The next extreme cold snap is just around the corner.
Zhou Yang estimated that the sea monster would definitely launch another major attack before the next extreme cold snap, otherwise the arrival of the extreme cold would be detrimental to the sea monster's actions.