“Did you stay up all night?” Yi Yi stretched lazily and quickly sat up, feeling a bit warm inside.
This person was being too nice to her, wasn’t he? They had only known each other for a day, and he had taken care of her all night.
Yi Yi nodded and spoke honestly, “I didn’t sleep, and I’m not tired either.
It’s good that you’re awake.
Let me check if you still have a fever.”
With that, Yi Yi reached out to touch Jiang Wanning’s forehead.
As soon as her skin made contact with Jiang Wanning’s forehead, her optical brain had already detected Jiang Wanning’s body temperature.
“Over 36 degrees, no fever.
I have some clean clothes over there.
You can take a shower later,” Yi Yi said with a smile as she withdrew her hand.
“Okay.” Jiang Wanning’s ears turned red.
She thought Yi Yi was great, but sometimes she was a bit too direct, which was quite embarrassing.
Yi Yi didn’t know what Jiang Wanning was thinking.
She returned to her room, took out a set of clothes along with underwear from her backpack, and handed them to Jiang Wanning.
“You take a shower first, and I’ll go back to take one too.”
“Okay, see you in a bit.” Jiang Wanning smiled at Yi Yi.
After resting all night and receiving an IV, she was looking quite well.
“See you in a bit,” Yi Yi replied and went back to her room to shower.
The reason why androids can pass for humans is that their physiological structure is similar to humans.
Except for not eating or excreting, they are almost indistinguishable from humans in other aspects.
Especially in terms of skin and flesh, they can get dusty, have oily hair, and during certain physiological activities, they can have sensations and bodily fluids like humans.
However, internally, they are different from humans.
The insides of androids are all mechanical and complex circuitry.
Their spines and other bones are made of high-precision steel, which is more flexible and durable than human spines.
The circuits connecting their bodies are incredibly precise, which is why reconstructing Yan Yan’s body is so difficult.
The young girl looked at the clothes Yi Yi brought over, smiled softly, and thought that Yi Yi seemed to be a beta? She didn’t sense any pheromones from her.
Realizing what she was thinking, the young girl quickly shook her head, blushing, and went into the bathroom.
Jiang Wanning had essentially slept for a whole day and night yesterday, so she woke up particularly early.
After showering, she realized she was hungry and planned to check outside her room.
It was just past six when she went out, and there was a female alpha she didn’t recognize sitting in the living room drinking water.
Jiang Wanning went over to greet her, “Hello, are you also a friend of my sister?”
Qin Ke nodded, surprised that Jiang Wanning was already awake.
“Yes, I’m Qin Ke.
Are you feeling better?”
“Much better, thank you for your concern,” Jiang Wanning replied, feeling that Qin Ke was a bit cold.
The living room fell silent for a moment.
Chen Wan also got up early in the morning.
After washing up, she came downstairs, saw people in the living room, and smiled, “Good morning.”
“Good morning,” Qin Ke nodded at her.
“Good morning, Sister Chen Wan,” the young girl finally saw a family member and stood up, her eyes smiling.
“Wanning, you’re awake? Are you still feeling unwell? Is there any discomfort? A nurse will come by later for an IV,” Chen Wan said, feeling a bit relieved seeing Jiang Wanning was okay.
It was a blessing in disguise; as long as Jiang Yanxin’s family was fine, this trip to the base wasn’t in vain.
“I’m all better.
I was a bit dizzy last night, but I feel fine today,” Jiang Wanning replied with a smile.
Jiang Zhaoyuan and Ye Lan, being older, naturally woke up early.
Hearing the commotion downstairs, they also came down.
Ye Lan saw the young girl sitting energetically on the sofa, talking to everyone, and her eyes turned red.
“Wanning, let mom take a look.
Are you okay?”
“I’m all better.
Sorry for worrying you and dad,” Jiang Wanning said, feeling like she was dreaming.
They were staying in Area A, her sister and the others had come, and the whole family was reunited.
Everyone gradually came downstairs.
Yi Yi, Jiang Yanxin, and Yang Yang soon joined them in the living room.
Yang Yang swung her legs leisurely, indicating her good mood, while Jiang Yanxin, holding Yang Yang, went to talk to Jiang Wanning.
Chen Wan smiled and said, “Let’s all go to the cafeteria and have breakfast first.
We don’t know what will happen today, so it’s important to take care of our health.”
Thinking about their current situation, everyone lost their joy and became worried.
Ye Lan even grabbed Chen Wan’s hand and asked, “What should we do now?”
“Let’s eat first.
Whatever comes, we’ll face it.
I’m here, so don’t worry,” Chen Wan reassured with a smile.
Just as everyone opened the door to head to the cafeteria, two members of the Special Operations Squad arrived outside the main door, both carrying rifles, seemingly armed.
Chen Wan sneered.
Speak of the devil, they hadn’t even had breakfast yet, and people were already here.
One of the men with a spotted face spoke first, “Who is Chen Wan, Qin Ke? Major General Yao has ordered that these two join the Special Operations First Squad for a mission, departing immediately.”
Chen Wan sneered, “Looks like there’s no such thing as a free lunch, huh? Let’s go then.”
Chen Wan glanced at Jiang Yanxin, signaling her to stay calm, and mentally instructed Yi Yi to adapt to the situation, keep in touch with her, and take everyone to eat.
If anything unexpected happened, they wouldn’t have the strength if they were hungry.
Chen Wan and Qin Ke followed the two men to the training ground of the First Squad.
Xing Feng was standing there giving a briefing.
Although he had been relieved of his duties, he was still acting as the squad leader.
The squad actually had twenty people, excluding the two who were injured yesterday and couldn’t move, leaving eighteen.
Xing Feng looked coldly at Chen Wan and Qin Ke and said sternly, “We’re about to take action, and you’re still so lax.
Hurry up and change into your gear.”
Chen Wan gave Xing Feng a cold look, “We just got the notice.
Who’s to blame for not telling us earlier?”
“Do you think I won’t punish you? Major General Yao ordered you two to join the mission.
I see two useless burdens,” Xing Feng glared at Chen Wan.
Chen Wan didn’t care much and chuckled, “Who the real burden is, we all know.”
“You!” Xing Feng looked around at the cameras and held back.
After all, they were about to leave the base, and there would be plenty of opportunities to deal with these two.
No rush.
Chen Wan and Qin Ke were taken to the locker room by a female alpha.
They exchanged a glance, checked the clothes to make sure there were no issues, and then came out.
The female alpha then handed them firearms.
Chen Wan quickly checked and found several missing parts.
Chen Wan smiled, “I didn’t expect your military equipment to be such junk.
With gear like this, I should have a word with your leaders.”
The female alpha was taken aback, knowing Chen Wan and the others had met with the leaders yesterday.
She quickly replaced their guns with proper ones.
Chen Wan gave the female alpha a knowing look, quietly put away the guns, checked the bullets and knives, and only then did she and Qin Ke head out.
The female alpha ran to Xing Feng and whispered something.
Xing Feng sneered at Chen Wan and Qin Ke, then shouted, “Get in line.”
Chen Wan and Qin Ke leisurely joined the lineup and boarded an armored truck with the others.
Xing Feng had deliberately prepared faulty guns for them, but they had discovered it, so he had to give up.
He sat inside the truck, starting his briefing, “The base has given us a challenging task.
There’s a large granary on the west side of Funan City, near the southern part of Linqi City.
Because it’s far from Funan City, the zombies haven’t been cleared yet, so there should be quite a few.
Everyone must be careful.”
Xing Feng’s gaze swept over Chen Wan, continuing, “Especially since we have burdens joining this mission, everyone must do their best to kick these frauds out of the base.”
“Yes!” The soldiers responded in unison, except for Chen Wan and Qin Ke.
The squad was like a small group, and yesterday’s incident, where Chen Wan and the others injured their squad members and moved into Area A, had left them displeased.
“Some people just talk big.
I’ll see what they’re capable of later,” a man with a broken eyebrow said disdainfully.
“Exactly, if they have real skills, pigs could fly,” another short man chimed in.
Xing Feng let the squad mock Chen Wan and Qin Ke for a while before stopping them, “We’re on a mission, not here to chat.
Stay alert.”
He enjoyed the obedience of his squad members.
Even though he was dismissed, they still had to listen to him, didn’t they? Xing Feng felt smug, looking at Chen Wan and Qin Ke, who seemed unfazed, sitting in their seats.
He felt like his hard punches were hitting cotton, making him even more frustrated.
The truck rumbled along, and any zombies encountered were shot by the soldiers on guard.
Chen Wan relaxed along the way, knowing she might face trouble later and needed to be prepared.
After about two hours of driving, the truck encountered few zombies, only a few here and there, easily taken down by the soldiers.
Soon, the truck entered the courtyard where the granary was located.
The driver stopped, and everyone got off to rest.
Chen Wan felt something was off.
They had seen a few zombies on the road, but there were none in the courtyard, which was too unusual.
Xing Feng also noticed something was wrong.
He pointed his gun at Chen Wan and Qin Ke, “You two, go check the front and report back immediately.”
Chen Wan sneered, “Captain Xing, you’re really clever, not wasting your own people at all.
You only send us outsiders on these suicide missions.”
“Cut the crap.
Since we’re acting together, you have to follow orders.
If you don’t go over there, I’ll treat it as disobeying orders,” Xing Feng said, raising his gun.
Chen Wan nodded, “Alright, let’s go check out the situation.
What’s that old saying? When under someone else’s roof, you have to lower your head.”
“If you know, then stop talking nonsense,” Xing Feng glared at Chen Wan with furrowed brows.
Chen Wan and Qin Ke, holding rifles, walked towards the granary, all the while wary of Xing Feng’s team shooting them in the back.
Xing Feng instructed his people to wait by the car, ready to ditch Chen Wan and her team and drive off at the first sign of trouble, which is why they didn’t shoot at the two from behind.
