novel bin Chapter 36 Vigil Arrangements
Chapter 36 Vigil Arrangements
Although they have a lot of hot pot seasonings, the ingredients are not plentiful.
There are only a few ingredients inside.
Dumplings, wontons, luncheon meat, instant noodles, dried noodles.
Although there were only five ingredients in the pot, the people gathered around it were all very satisfied with their meal.
In this messed-up apocalypse, even Xu Wenchu and his fellow superhumans were eating hot pot for the first time.
"Yes! Qingya, your cooking skills are really good! If this were before the apocalypse, you could open a hot pot restaurant and the business would definitely be good!" The middle-aged man, who was around fifty years old, said while eating the wontons in his bowl.
The fifty-year-old man is named Wang Changjin, and he is Wang Hu's father.
Before the apocalypse, Wang Changjin ran his own car repair shop. Whenever someone in the convoy had a car problem, they would come to Wang Changjin for repairs.
"Wow, it smells so good! It smells like hot pot!" An ordinary survivor swallowed hard, his envy barely concealed.
"Yes! This really smells like hot pot. Who is so extravagant as to be able to eat hot pot? I have to be frugal with what I eat every day, and yet someone in the convoy can afford to eat hot pot. It's really infuriating to compare yourself to others."
"Who else could it be! Apart from those superhumans in the convoy, how could we ordinary people possibly afford to eat hot pot!" After saying that, the woman pointed to Xu Wenchu and the others who were eating hot pot.
"Look at what you're saying. Wang Changjin and those other ordinary people are eating hot pot there too. Why can't we ordinary people eat hot pot?" said a slightly younger girl.
"Tch, you're really thinking too much. Who are Wang Changjin and the others? They're relatives of superhumans. If you were also a relative of a superhuman, you could eat hotpot with them too." The woman who had spoken earlier said with a look of disdain.
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After Xu Wenzhu and his group finished their hotpot meal, Chen Zhifu, showing great foresight, came over.
He spoke respectfully, "Captain Xu, Sister Wanyue, Brother Hu, Brother Hai, I've arranged the night watch personnel. Please take a look and see if they're suitable."
Zhao Hai and his two companions had no interest whatsoever in this ordinary night watch arrangement, and showed no intention of even taking a look at the paper Chen Zhifu handed them.
Xu Wenzhu casually took the paper with densely written names that Chen Zhifu handed him, glanced at it briefly, and then nodded, saying, "Alright! Let's arrange it this way!"
"Okay, Captain Xu, I'll go arrange it right away!" After saying that, Chen Zhifu tactfully left.
Seeing that Xu Wenchu and his group seemed to have something else to discuss, Wang Jinchang and the other ordinary people tactfully left.
There's a rule in the convoy: when superhumans are discussing matters, ordinary people are not allowed to be nearby, not even their close relatives.
They haven't awakened any extraordinary sequences, so knowing too much wouldn't do them any good.
"Hai Zi, you take the first half of the night watch, and Wan Yue and I will take the second half. We can switch tomorrow, how about that?" Xu Wenchu, at some point, stopped calling Zhao Hai "Brother Zhao Hai" and started calling him Zhao Hai "Hai Zi," just like Wang Hu did.
"I have no objection, Captain Xu!" Zhao Hai said indifferently.
Wang Hu lost an arm. Due to the side effects of his ability, he is now only slightly stronger than an ordinary person. Therefore, no one wanted Wang Hu to keep watch with them.
"Okay! It's settled then!" Xu Wenchu made the decision.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you! There are fewer and fewer ordinary survivors in the convoy now! Not counting us, there are only about fifty people left! We need to think of a way to increase the number of ordinary survivors in the convoy," Xu Wenchu said again.
"Fifty-odd people is indeed a bit too few! It seems we really need to increase the number of people in the convoy next time!" Wang Hu said.
Although a larger group would attract more attention, it wouldn't be a problem for Xu Wenzhu and his group to migrate with one or two hundred ordinary survivors.
After all, everyone knows the advantages of having ordinary survivors with you. Even if you encounter a troublesome monster, you just need to run faster than ordinary survivors.
If it weren't for the various benefits of bringing along ordinary survivors, wouldn't it have been better for Xu Wenzhu and the other superhumans to act together?
"Let's go to the next supply point and see if there are any other survivors! Anyway, we're not in a shortage of regular survivors yet," Su Wanyue said.
"Alright! Next time you're collecting supplies, you guys should keep an eye out and see if there are any ordinary survivors in town. If you do, try to bring them to the convoy," Xu Wenchu said.
"Okay! However, we'll definitely wait until Wang Hu's sequence ability recovers before we gather supplies next time. Otherwise, losing a meat shield will cause a lot of trouble!" Su Wanyue said with some seriousness.
"Yes! The supplies we've gathered this time are enough to feed us for a while, so we're not in a hurry to gather more!" Xu Wenchu agreed.
Afterwards, the group chatted casually for a while, and then Xu Wenchu and the other two went back to their car to rest.
Because he had to keep watch, Zhao Hai returned to his car instead of lying down to rest.
Soon after, Chen Zhifu also arrived at Zhao Hai's car.
"How is it, Uncle Fu?" Zhao Hai asked first.
Zhao Hai had already instructed Chen Zhifu when he went to the town to collect supplies.
He was instructed to tell the ordinary survivors in the convoy that if anyone found poison while scavenging supplies in town, they could bring it back, and he would exchange it for supplies.
"Brother Hai, none of the people who came back found anything poisonous!" Chen Zhifu said apologetically.
"Fine!" Zhao Hai was also somewhat disappointed.
In fact, Zhao Hai had already anticipated this outcome.
After all, in a normal family, who would be so idle as to put poison in their own home?
Zhao Hai was somewhat frustrated that he hadn't found any poisonous substances during his search for supplies in the town.
Without poison, one's secondary ability cannot exert much power.
Not long after Chen Zhifu left, the Li Meier and her sister walked towards Zhao Hai.
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhao Hai on successfully awakening to become a Sequence Transcendent!" Li Meier looked at Zhao Hai with a smile.
"Then thank you very much, Miss Li!" Zhao Hai replied casually.
"I suppose Miss Li didn't just come to congratulate me!"
"Congratulating you, Zhao Hai, is the most important thing. As for everything else, it's just secondary!" Li Meier replied with a smile.
"You're not here to ask me how to awaken a sequence of extraordinary abilities, are you, like that Chen Wen?"