Of course, no one dared to speak up or voice their inner doubts.
Su Ling, on her part, never intended to share her thoughts with them.
It was not something suitable or necessary to discuss.
"I'm full. You all eat slowly. I'm going out for a bit. Don't mind me," Su Ling said, putting down her bowl and rising from the table.
After leaving the dining room, Su Ling shouldered the bulging backpack she had brought back and then left the house.
From the dining table after Su Ling's departure, Sister Na and the others all turned their gazes towards Gu Shangse.
With everyone's attention focused on him, Gu Shangse finished the rice in his bowl and put down his chopsticks. "I'll go."
Then, Gu Shangse also slung his bulging backpack over his shoulder and followed Su Ling.
As the two left one after another, Jiang Jiang put down his bowl, his face drooping. "It's all my fault. I gave Han Xu an opportunity to track me. If it weren't for him, Sister wouldn't be acting so strangely."
Fatty patted Jiang Jiang's shoulder and tried to comfort him. "It's not your fault. As for what's really going on, time will tell, and I believe we'll find out."
Skinny didn't say anything to comfort him. He picked up some food and placed it in Jiang Jiang's bowl. "Eat first. After you finish and clean up, we need to sort out the things we brought back. We can't fall into disarray just because we've lost our backbone."
"Sister Ling likes crystal cores. The crystal cores we brought back haven't been organized and cleaned yet. After dinner, everyone categorize and organize the crystal cores. When Sister Ling returns, give them to her. I think she'll be very happy to see those beautifully colored crystal cores."
Sister Na glanced at Skinny and nodded.
Hanhan, sitting next to Sister Na, still had rice grains on his face. He raised his spooned hand and said, "Sister really likes pretty stones. I gave her a lot of stones today, and she even patted my head and praised me!"
The atmosphere at the table, thanks to Hanhan's milky voice, became lively again.
The heavy and oppressive mood vanished, replaced by laughter and chatter as everyone continued to eat.
After Su Ling left the castle, to prevent any ill-intentioned individuals from attacking, she made the castle slowly ascend.
Watching the castle slowly rise, Su Ling put on her black mask, covering her face except for her eyes.
Then, shouldering the bulging backpack, she bent down to pick up a bottle of mineral water and walked into the night.
After Su Ling departed, the slowly ascending castle door opened, and Gu Shangse leaped down from mid-air, landing steadily.
After adjusting himself, Gu Shangse followed the direction Su Ling had gone.
Where had Su Ling gone?
She went to a survivor settlement, which was an old people's home.
This place was discovered by Su Ling during the day while she was killing zombies and collecting supplies.
The people gathered there were all in need of help.
During the day, she had wanted to send them some supplies, but because her zombie-killing had been too brutal and had frightened them, she hadn't gone to disturb them.
Now that it was late, she would deliver the items and leave.
She remembered that in her past life, Shang Qi had always taken her to help those in need during the apocalypse within their capabilities.
Not all survivors had awakened abilities or the means to protect themselves in the apocalypse.
Nor were all survivors extremely wicked.
There were also the weak, survivors who didn't moralize to the strong just because they were weak.
In this chaotic world, good and evil coexisted, and between black and white, there was also gray.
Su Ling soon arrived at the survivor settlement. Lanterns flickered, casting light that ebbed and flowed.
The smell of boiled noodles wafted through the air. Su Ling stood outside and looked in.
Young survivors were spooning cooked noodles into small bowls, adding a little soup, and then handing them to the elders.
When serving noodles to pregnant women, they would add a bit of broth boiled with oil and eggs.
Such a dinner, compared to Su Ling's abundant meals, could be described as meager.
Yet, even with such meager dinners, everyone ate with gusto, as if the food in their bowls were the most delicious in the world.