"The materials you gave me back then were quite sufficient. Perhaps I could use them to help. I've practiced at the shooting range with Pochi-chan and the others before, but I can't say I'm particularly good at it..."

Drawing her bow and arrow, the girl tilted her head and narrowed her eyes slightly. Her target was the wooden block that Yang Ming had placed to block the door.

The sofa is about 5-6 meters away from the wooden block.

"call out!"

The arrow turned into an arrow that flew off the bow and hit the wooden block.

"It worked! You see, I can help now. If I practice more, I can hit targets farther away."

"That's great. Maybe I'll become the archer Hong Xia in the future."

Yang Ming laughed and joked.

“That’s not the case…”

"Strength-attribute branch weapons are sledgehammers and shotguns. They can only play their greatest role in your hands."

Hongxia lowered her head and rubbed her fingers on the wooden bow.

"Mr. Yang Ming has been protecting me all day, and not only that, he's also been taking very good care of me. I know it must be very hard to be in a place like this, not only fighting zombies but also taking care of others."

"I may not be able to help you much, but I hope to help you as much as possible."

"Look!" Hong Xia changed the subject and lifted up her sleeves, revealing her white arms.

Her fingertips dug into her slender forearms, leaving crescent-shaped indentations on her fair skin.

"I'm quite strong, which I gained from carrying drum sets every day.

"Although I'm not here now, they are much stronger than they look. Liang should be able to cheer up soon... After all, the next performance is coming soon."

"Just need to find another drummer..."

Looking at the energetic Hong Xia, she was gesturing with her slender arms in front of him, as if wanting him to see the power contained in them.

I'm sorry, he can't see it.

——She must be pretending to be strong.

Without any thought, Yang Ming subconsciously reached out and touched her soft golden hair.

"I will keep you safe until you complete the game, and you can return to your life."

"Don't look at me like this, I am a person who takes promises very seriously."

"You still have the chance to practice drums and perform on stage with your teammates. Don't worry, this is a man's promise."

"A man's words carry weight."

"Hey... Hey! What's the sudden..."

Yang Ming saw Hong Xia's fingers tightly gripping the wooden bow, and they began to tremble slightly.

The trembling spread from the palms of my hands to my shoulders and then to my entire body.

“Thank you… Thank you!”

"I... I'm really scared. I'm afraid I'll never see them again, but I also feel lucky to have met Mr. Yang Ming..."

Yang Ming heard many emotions in her words.

"Ah...it's okay. I'm an old player after all."

He has never even held a girl's hand, so how can he know how to comfort a girl who is having an emotional breakdown?

The only response I could give was to pat her on the back to comfort her.

"Liar..."

Hongxia's tears dripped onto the bowstring of the wooden bow.

She suddenly grabbed Yang Ming's arm and rested her forehead on it. In an instant, Yang Ming felt warmth coming from her eye sockets.

"Just a moment..."

"As long as you want."

Hong Xia suddenly increased the force of her cheek against Yang Ming's arm, and the night flowed between her eyelashes.

Gradually, Miss Ijichi calmed down.

He lowered his eyes to look at the strands of hair sticking up from the girl's hairline, which together formed a strange inverted triangle shape.

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I was so busy comforting her that I didn't even feel the touch of her hair.

He stretched out his hand without hesitation and rubbed the strangely shaped hair.

The fingers twisting the stubborn curled hair stayed there for a very short time before they were withdrawn.

It feels very natural and there is no need to use hairspray to fix it.

How did this shape appear?

Chapter 13 Hong Xia's Points

Hong Xia grabbed his fingers and looked at Yang Ming with tear-stained eyes.

"Mr. Yang Ming, are you trying to comfort me?"

"Ah."

He nodded with a firm expression.

Fortunately, fighting in this world will not make you covered in blood and dirt. Not long after the battle ends, the blood, flesh, etc. will disappear on their own.

Strange thoughts flashed through my mind, and the sky outside quietly turned dark.

Hong Xia tidied herself up and rubbed her eyes.

"Ah! The potatoes are ready."

Hongxia calculated the cooking time of the food, and three baked potatoes were ready.

[Baked Potato]: A high-quality staple food rich in carbohydrates - Food +10, Health +5, Water -5, Maximum Stamina Bonus +10

"It's tasteless...but potatoes are good anyway."

"Hehe~ It would be better if the water content was not deducted."

Hongxia doesn't seem to be picky about food. Peel off the dark skin and the golden inside will be revealed.

The young man was eating the rare normal food and couldn't help but sigh. From morning till now, he had only eaten a can of cat food and potatoes.

"Mr. Yang Ming, please don't ask for too much."

Hongxia was very satisfied. She didn't have a big appetite and one was enough to fill her stomach.

Finally, the two of them washed up with half a bottle of boiled water. Fortunately, Yang Ming found a brand new toothbrush and toothpaste in the bathroom closet.

【Water】: Boiled water, drinkable, moisture +20.

He also discovered through this that things like toothbrushes did not belong to the category of [Game Player Items], so they could not be put into the backpack space.

At Yang Ming's request, Hong Xia drank the remaining half bottle of water. She hadn't finished a drop of water so far today, and she also ate baked potatoes to reduce water content.

Low-level food not only has low attributes, but also comes with some negative attributes. Burnt meat will also lose moisture, which is really a rip-off.

"Ms. Ijichi, please invest your skill points into agility."

"The branch weapons for agility are bows and arrows, pistols, and swords. I've checked them for you. You're like this..."

"Ok."

Hong Xia nodded with a slightly embarrassed expression.

Her eyes occasionally shifted to Yang Ming's shoulders which were covered with wet marks.

I ended up hugging him and crying for a long time...

"Go to bed early. I'll sleep in this room. Call me if you need anything."

Yang Ming waved goodbye to Hong Xia and returned to the room where he had stayed for two days.

The mottled walls, the creaking floors, the wooden table with broken legs, everything was exactly the same as when he left home in the morning.

But now it's completely different.

It's like the change in attitude from casually dealing with the work assigned by the boss to giving one's all.

As it was almost time for a break, Yang Ming did not forget to tear down the stairs leading to the second floor of the villa. The original stairs had long been smashed to pieces by Yang Ming with a sledgehammer. The wooden stairs with only 500 health points could not withstand a few hits from the sledgehammer.

What he mistook for a new staircase were building blocks.

These building blocks are all about 90CM in height and can be put back into the backpack by themselves unless they are strengthened into wooden blocks.

The second floor of the villa without stairs has become an absolutely safe space. Even if wandering zombies discover him and start attacking the villa, they cannot reach him after breaking through the wall with great effort.

He had been living a miserable life for the past two days, surviving on the supplies collected in the villa. Of course, he was not too idle, as he had knocked down a lot of trees, grass, stones and other things around the villa. He was not in a hurry to collect these basic supplies now.

Thinking about the plans for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and the plan for the supplies on hand, Yang Ming suddenly felt his eyelids heavy.

Today is the day when he fights the most intensely.

Even Hongxia reached level three and gained two skill points because of the shared experience gained by the team.

I only gained three skill points after reaching level 4... Could it be that the first three levels were some prerequisite? Only after level 4 can I gain multiple skill points.

These things cannot be verified, and we can only give them the answers slowly over time.

Hongxia was in the room. She looked at the wardrobe and saw a lot of the owner's clothes in it, which were quite clean.

It's girls' clothes, but it's a little too big for me, although girls abroad are generally taller.

This is a survival game called 7 Days to Die, and the location is in an unknown European or American country. The signs on the buildings are all in English. Apart from that, Hong Xia and Yang Ming know nothing about this place.

She padded the bed with the previous owner's clothes, and then added another layer of a brand new sleeping bag she had rolled out of her backpack before lying down on the creaking bed.

【Sleeping Bag】: It is the warmest place for you to rest in this end times.

Then she opened the attribute panel and her attributes changed.

Agility: 2 [1+1] (Clumsy): No football team would want you, but that won't stop you from practicing like crazy.

Parkour [Level 1] - [Acrobat]: You can now do some acrobatics, but you'll mostly land on your face.

Two skill points are placed on the agility attribute and the parkour skill of its branch.

She tried it out a bit and found that she did feel her body was lighter when jumping. If she went back to participate in the school sports meet now, she should be able to easily get full marks in the high jump and long jump events.

"It's sure to be a shock."

Thinking of her friend's astonished expression, Hong Xia couldn't help but smile.

Mr. Yang Ming's additional arrangements are also to ensure his own safety.

Adding points to the agility attribute... in the later stages it's a bit like a thief or an assassin.

Is Mr. Yang Ming taking such good care of me because I'm a girl? Or is it because...

Zombies···Supplies···Weapons···Battle···

Not long after, she opened her eyes from her sleeping bag, unable to fall asleep at all.

As soon as she closed her eyes, her mind was filled with bloody images. This was no more real than the scenes in the movies. She saw it with her own eyes. Hong Xia was not a very brave person and would suffer from insomnia at night after watching horror movies.

She sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the dark night outside through the fixed wooden window, and suddenly a feeling of tension and fear came over her, as if something in the dim room was peeping at her.

Hong Xia got out of bed out of inexplicable nervousness, put on her round-toed boots, and walked to the corridor.

Although she didn't know why there was no electricity in the room, the ceiling light in the living room was working. She had no time to care about it and quickly walked to the door of Yang Ming's room.

The feeling of panic suddenly improved a lot.

Pushing open the half-open door, Hong Xia saw the young man crawling into his sleeping bag and closing his eyes.

"call···"

The calm breathing sound and the breath of a living person made her feel at ease. The beds in the rooms here were all single beds. Of course... even if it was a double bed, she would not dare to squeeze in with Yang Ming to sleep.

Chapter 14 Early Morning and Two People

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