Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 41 - 26 Difficult Foraging

41: Chapter 26 Difficult Foraging

41 -26 Difficult Foraging

It was a heavy and lonely night.

Only the zombies outside the Oasis Hotel remained lively.

As the sun began to rise, these creatures finally quieted down.

Although three people had died, due to the exhaustion and fright they’d experienced throughout the day, plus the excessive tension they’d been under, they were able to relax now that they were safe.

Everyone fell into a deep sleep.

This was Room 1108, everyone unanimously decided the twelfth floor was cursed with bad luck, steadfastly refusing to choose any suites on that level anymore.

Tang Zheng didn’t mind, but he also didn’t want to stay with the rotting Nazi zombies corpses, having had enough of their pungent smell of blood.

In the early morning, the flight attendants climbed out of bed one after another, walking out of their bedrooms.

When they saw Tang Zheng sitting cross-legged on the sofa, maintaining his MG42 with a bottle of gun oil, they instantly stopped to greet him.

Even Xu Lu refrained from making a fuss, at least showing respect on the surface.

“Go and freshen up,” Tang Zheng nodded, continuing his work.

Meanwhile, Lin Weiguo, who was lying on another sofa, woke up due to the noise.

He looked at the rising sun outside the window and sighed, “We’ve survived another day.”

“Fellow villager, you’re too pessimistic,” the bald man came over, holding his MG42, trying to get in good with Lin Weiguo.

He knew that his sleazy and cowardly acts have made him increasingly disliked by Lin, so he started thinking of ways to make up for it.

“We are only on day four, and three people have already died.

We still have eleven days to get through,” Lin Weiguo glanced at him and said, “Is the MG42 good to use?”

“I haven’t tried it yet.

I just have two bullet chains, a total of 600 bullets.” The bald man scratched his head, looking somewhat sheepish.

But anyone could tell that he was rather proud, with the MG42, he was now the second most forceful member of the team.

However, this kid was still not satisfied, he turned to Tang Zheng, shamelessly wearing a smile, asking for bullets.

“Little Tang, can you give me another bullet chain?

I promise I’ll work hard to kill zombies.”

Yesterday night while the bald man was scrambling to escape, he managed to grab two bullet chains, four M24 hand grenades, and a few five-round clips.

But unfortunately, by the time the punishment period ended, Li Xinlan had already cleaned up the battlefield, leaving nothing, not even a Camel Brand cigarette for him.

When the seductive young woman walked past him holding several stuffed combat backpacks, the bald man looked around the corridor and noticed there were no other people.

For a moment, he was tempted to drag her into a room and rape her.

But soon, beads of sweat the size of soybeans started rolling down his temples.

He didn’t dare to make a move, let alone wipe away his sweat.

Because Li Xinlan was holding a M1911A1 gun pointed straight at his chest.

[Watson: Some explicit context here]

The young woman’s hand was steady as a rock, not showing the slightest tremor.

Rebuked by Li Xinlan, the bald man gave up; he was already intimidated by the sheer audacity she showed by coming to the sixth floor to clear the battlefield alone.

Moreover, it seemed that this young woman was somewhat close to Tang Zheng.

So, the bald man, Wu Xudong, immediately put on a smile, raising his hands high and kept repeating that it was a misunderstanding.

“All these supplies are Little Tang’s.

If you want them, go ask him,” Li Xinlan nonchalantly said, walking by.

At that moment, the smile was still on the bald man’s face, but he was filled with jealousy.

He thought the young woman would have cleaned up the battlefield for herself but turned out she did it for Tang Zheng’s sake.

“Baldy, you can have the bullet chain if you want, but you need to trade it with your grenades,” Li Xinlan left the restroom, cleaned up and acting like a loyal nanny, protecting Tang Zheng’s interests.

“What are you saying?

I don’t have many grenades.

Most of them are with Captain Zhao.” The bald man promptly backed out.

If he had to trade bullets with grenades, he would refuse to do such a disadvantageous deal.

But he still wasn’t ready to give up, “Little Tang, Brother Tang, do I have to call you my brother for you to lend me a bullet chain?”

“Wait till you’ve used up your bullets, or you can trade with grenades.” Tang Zheng glanced at him and then lowered his head to continue maintaining the MG42 machine gun.

“You already have over twenty grenade bags.

All together that’s more than eighty M24 grenades.

That’s enough.

You don’t need to snatch away my life-saving treasure, do you?” The bald man lost his nerve and slumped onto the sofa, starting to complain.

To be honest, he was almost shocked to the jaw when he found out that Tang Zheng had killed three teams of Nazi zombie soldiers.

The others showed similar expressions.

The flight attendants were whispering about how Tang Zheng was truly a monster as they reaffirmed their resolution to win him over.

It was definitely a good idea to hold such a powerful man in the palm of their hands.

“Indeed, Little Tang, you have so many grenades that you can’t use them all at once.

Why not distribute them to us?

This way, the weapons can be utilized optimally,” Kang Songde was also eager to get a hold of Tang Zheng’s stockpile of supplies.

The MG42 machine gun, MP38 submachine gun, Luger pistol, hundreds of handgun bullets, thousands of Mauser rifle bullets, and more than eighty M24 long-handle grenades; this was the firepower configuration equivalent to two squads of German soldiers.

But of course, he managed to kill two squads of Nazi zombies.

In addition to that, the zombies outside the hotel seem to be Tang Zheng’s own “crops,” ready to be harvested whenever he wanted.

Kang Songde also wanted to go, but he didn’t have the guts.

“I’ll give you grenades if you agree to be the bait while we gather food today,” Tang Zheng didn’t refuse, but made a deal instead.

“Ha, hahaha, the weather is nice today.

I’ll do my best,” Kang Songde sidestepped the topic, walking over to Zhao Jingye, sitting next to the table, daring not to mention the topic of grenades anymore.

“This crafty guy is off to coax the ‘great’ Captain Zhao again,” the bald man looked scornfully at Kang Songde’s fat figure and suggested to Tang Zheng, “We can’t let him have an easy life.

Why should he stay back and enjoy while we do all the work?”

Tang Zheng didn’t respond, but he had already planned in his mind; from now on, everyone must work hard and sweat to get food and shelter.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t get a single thing.

After seeing the bodies of the high school student Yang Bin and Hu Qiong, he had suddenly matured quite a bit.

He wouldn’t blindly care for these ungrateful people anymore.

As for the weapons and equipment, they were to arm and rescue the team members who had made contributions.

While everyone was eating the simple and scarcely remaining breakfast, they put the plan to search for food on the agenda.

“We must stock up food for more than five days.

Then, before the arrival of the Nazi zombie soldiers, we need to find a safe hideout.

Anyway, during the half-hour punishment time, we just need to hold on,” Zhao Jingye was the first to speak, making his presence felt.

“How do you know when the Nazi Zombies will arrive?

What if that so-called Punishment Squad shows up later?

Should we all look for food?

Or continue to run?

Also, their teleportation points seem to be random, so hiding doesn’t do any good.” The bald man retorted, he just loved stirring things up.

“From what Silver Trojan said, the Punishment Squad isn’t a daily occurrence, so we should use this time to gather and stockpile supplies.” Zhao Jingye gave the bald man a look that screamed ‘idiot’ and ignored him.

“The most critical issue is power.

We have to ensure that the Oasis Hotel’s generator can run whenever needed before the whole city loses power.

Without electricity, even if we don’t get a surprise attack from the Nazi zombie soldiers at night, dealing with the common zombies will become extremely difficult.” Qin Yan didn’t want any more deaths.

“Let’s get enough food to survive and save the rest.

We need to solve the electricity problem first.”

“There are eleven days left, is there enough food in the kitchen for everyone?” Cheng Chen licked the remnants of sausage from the corner of her mouth and voiced out the concerns of the group.

In their view, food was more critical than electricity.

“Should be enough.

There’s a bunch of raw meat and seafood in the freezer.

However, we must cook it thoroughly before consumption.” The bald man desperately said, “Little Tang, let’s focus on food first.”

“Everyone, prepare yourselves.

We will meet in the living room at nine and then take action.” Tang Zheng glanced at the time on his phone, then slowly scanned the crowd.

“Don’t think about making excuses.

If you’re late, don’t blame us for leaving you behind.”

Seeing the poker-faced Tang Zheng, nobody doubted he was joking.

They each quickly finished their breakfasts, went to their rooms, and started to assemble their equipment.

“Little Tang, come here for a second.” Li Xinlan picked up a travel bag and gestured to Tang Zheng.

She left the room and went into the hallway.

Tang Zheng rose to follow her out the door.

Behind him, curious glances followed, even from Lin Weiguo and Qin Yan.

“Take a look.” Li Xinlan was in the room opposite room 1108, waiting for Tang Zheng to enter.

She closed the door and threw the travel bag to him.

“What’s this, a Golden Seed?” Tang Zheng opened the bag and saw a golden seed on top of some clips, then he casually handed it back, “You must know about it already.

You should have a minute of questions as a newbie.”

“I know, this seed was dropped by the Nazi zombies on the sixth floor.” Li Xinlan didn’t take it back but kept her eyes on Tang Zheng, “Now it’s yours.”

“Why don’t you use it?” Tang Zheng was curious.

“I apologize for not telling you the secret earlier.”

“It’s unnecessary.

It makes sense to keep some trump cards when dealing with strangers that are hard to trust.” Li Xinlan shook her head, “I think it will be of more use to you.”

“Is all this worth it for me?” Frowning, Tang Zheng felt the pressure of being trusted.

“My instinct tells me, Li Xinlan, that trusting him would be the proudest, most correct decision I’ve made in my life.” Li Xinlan smiled, her beautiful oval face had a gentle, warm glow.

Her demeanor had an appealing allure to it.

“Your kiss yesterday has put a lot of pressure on me.” Tang Zheng laughed and leaned against the door, “That was my first.”

“I am truly honored.” Li Xinlan became momentarily startled and then laughed softly, “It seems I’ve taken advantage.

Unfortunately, I cannot return my first kiss to you.”

As she said this, Li Xinlan stood on tiptoes again and placed a kiss on Tang Zheng’s lips.

Tang Zheng didn’t react or push her away.

He was somewhat stunned, unsure of what to do.

“Indeed, you are a naive virgin with no experience.” Li Xinlan said, touching Tang Zheng’s cheek, “But that’s fine.

I’ll guide you.”

“Use the Golden Seed tonight.

I need someone to help me.

Relying on Zhao Jingye and the others won’t get us through this.

Oh, and by the way, I have a Silver Seed and another Golden Seed I got from killing Shadow Barbie.

Do you think I should give them to Lin Weiguo and Qin Yan?” Tang Zheng pushed Li Xinlan away, his face was serious, and even his heartbeat didn’t change much.

He was as calm as if nothing had happened.

“If you think it’s the right thing to do, go ahead.

Even if it’s a mistake, I’ll stand firmly by your side.” Li Xinlan took out the seed and tightly clenched it in her hand.

Tang Zheng’s behavior had passed her last test.

He hadn’t disappointed her.

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