The bodies in the base had all been cleaned up when the two of them returned to the Ji Wang base. They tied Bing to their backs, completely unaffected by the heat.
"Sister, you're finally back!"
"Strategist!"
The children, their eyes red, clutched her thighs, and the women wiped away tears.
Xu Qian's eyebrows softened, and she said softly, "I avenged you. They will never come again."
Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.
They wanted to ask but didn't dare. There were too many children, and if their thoughts were true, it would probably scare them.
Xu Qian saw what they were thinking at a glance.
She said directly, "They are all dead."
The children in the apocalypse naturally knew what death meant, but they were not scared at all.
Sister went to kill them for their sake.
Instead, they acted coquettishly, "Sister, stay and spend a few days with us, okay?"
"Sister, Sister ~~~"
Xu Qian had no choice but to agree. She had originally planned to take the opportunity to destroy the remaining two bases in G province.
There was still nearly a month of extreme heat, so there was no hurry.
They had cleared out a warehouse for her early on. It contained a small table, small chairs, and a simple bunk bed with clean quilts and pillows on it.
Xu Qian expressed her satisfaction, and everyone was overjoyed, chattering about wanting to chat with Xu Qian.
Seeing the redness in Xu Qian's eyes, Xie Ya Quan quickly pulled the children away.
"Alright, alright, don't be noisy. Let your sister rest well. We'll talk later."
The children obediently agreed.
Xu Qian fell asleep not long after lying down. After 48 consecutive hours of non-stop work, she slept soundly even in broad daylight.
Xiao Ping looked at the crystal cores in the space with great distress.
There was no other way. Xu Qian had said that she couldn't absorb them when she wasn't around, so he had to obey.
Last time he absorbed a zombie crystal core, another Xiao Ping split off. He didn't know what would happen this time if he absorbed another one.
Xiao Ping, with his green eyes blinking, waited for 12 hours before the person who got out of bed finally woke up.
He jumped off the bed excitedly and asked, "Qian, can I absorb crystal cores now?"
Xu Qian had just woken up and was still a bit groggy. Her stomach rumbled at the opportune moment.
"Let's have a feast first."
As soon as he mentioned a feast, Xiao Ping's eyes lit up, and he immediately forgot about the crystal cores.
Xu Qian washed up briefly and set up two large tables and many small stools and tables outside the door.
On one large table were more than a dozen porcupines, very fresh, with blood still flowing from their wounds.
On the other table were auxiliary ingredients and cooking utensils.
"Xiao Ping, you go kill the pigs, I'll cook."
Xiao Ping: ...?
Waiting to eat, Xiao Ping didn't expect he would have to kill pigs.
Xu Qian, with swift movements, killed a porcupine in front of him.
The dagger was very sharp. She first removed the quills from the surface of the porcupine, then cut open its belly to remove the internal organs, and finally cut it into pieces of meat.
Xiao Ping's lips were pressed tightly together, clearly not wanting to kill pigs at all.
He didn't like eating meat.
Seeing him standing still, Xu Qian frowned and said, "Aren't you starting yet?"
Xiao Ping weakly agreed and began his pig-slaughtering career.
Xu Qian prepared the ingredients and waited for Xiao Ping to cut the pork before she could start stewing.
Soon, the aroma of meat filled the entire base.
Xu Qian packed it into bowls and arranged them on the tables. Both large tables were filled with pieces of meat.
Xu Qian called out to anyone who passed by to take a bowl and eat, and also asked them to inform their friends to come.
Xiao Ping finally finished slaughtering the pigs. He squatted by Xu Qian's feet, hugging her small leg, his beautiful green eyes blinking, looking extremely wronged.
"Qian ~ Am I here to do the grunt work?"