49: Chapter 49 Fatty

Having been delayed a bit on the way, Chen Ze's pace noticeably quickened, and by the end, he was essentially running.

His total stats had now reached a high of thirty points; his stamina, endurance, and speed were all far beyond that of an ordinary person.

With such peak attributes, once he went all out, his speed was incredibly astonishing.

Along the way, Chen Ze passed by many Fortresses and saw many survivors.

Yet, not a single one of those people could even make out his appearance.

"Holy crap, what just flew past? Whoosh!"

"Don't know? Seemed like a person, right?"

"Are you kidding me? Can a human run that fast? I don't even ride my electric scooter that fast!"

"I used the system to take a photo just now, it really was a person!"

After saying this, the person uploaded the photo directly to the regional communication channel, immediately causing a commotion.

Male User is a Boy: "Family, who understands this? Someone just ran by so fast, whoosh, they zoomed right past, must have been 40-50 mph!"

Shen Chuyou's Husband: "Buddy, look at what you're saying. If a human could run that fast? Are they even human anymore?"

Su Jianqiu: "Don't disbelieve the person above, I saw it too. That guy was running super fast. I initially thought it was some monster, didn't expect it to be a person!"

Maruko Loves Fishing: "A person? Does he have some urgent business? Is he coming back for dinner?"

I Am Hall Master Hu Taotao: "It looks like a man in this photo, eh. Although it's very blurry, I feel like he must be a handsome guy!"

Chen Ze didn't know that he had caused such a big stir on the communication channel just by running for a while.

Most importantly, he hadn't even used his full strength yet.

After running for about twenty minutes, Chen Ze finally started to feel a bit tired.

Relying on the system's positioning function, he checked the mysterious beast hide and discovered that Fatty's shelter should be nearby, so he slowed his pace.

"At this speed, running for another ten minutes or so should be my limit."

Chen Ze panted heavily.

After his total stats skyrocketed, his understanding of his own physical fitness had actually been quite vague.

He knew he had become stronger, but he didn't have a clear concept of just how strong he was.

This run had given him a preliminary understanding of his physical limits.

Understanding himself well would allow him to handle enemies with ease and composure in the future.

Chen Ze looked around and discovered that the surroundings were all ordinary single-story buildings; there was no sign of Fatty's toilet Fortress at all.

But now the beast hide showed that his location overlapped with Fatty's, so he had to find the more precise location himself.

"What the? Where is this guy Fatty?"

Chen Ze muttered, then kicked off with his legs, instantly leaping over three meters high and landing on the roof of a nearby shelter.

With the thirty-point stat boost, this kind of jump was easy for him, and he landed silently, without making a single sound.

With this, his field of vision immediately widened significantly.

He immediately scanned his surroundings and locked onto his target in just a few seconds.

In an open space a hundred meters away, several survivors were sitting together, their heads huddled in a group, whispering as if they were discussing some important intelligence.

And in the center of the crowd, the person was stout, chubby, about 1.75 meters tall, wearing a particularly eye-catching, fancy pair of beach shorts and flip-flops, looking completely out of place in this dilapidated and desolate post-apocalyptic wasteland, making him highly recognizable.

Even from a hundred meters away, Chen Ze could tell at a glance that this person was definitely Fatty.

"This guy, he really is no different from what I imagined."

As the saying goes, appearance reflects the heart; Chen Ze had never actually seen a photo of Fatty, but after several exchanges, he felt the other party must be a carefree, stout, and chubby person.

Chen Ze smiled faintly, lightly leaped down from the roof, and walked straight toward the crowd.

Just as he approached, he heard a survivor nearby speak in an anxious tone.

"Fatty, are you really leaving?"

"Yeah! Definitely, didn't you see that I've already packed my things?"

Fatty tilted his head and pointed not far away, where there was an inconspicuous portable toilet.

The reason Chen Ze hadn't seen it earlier was mainly that the outer wall of this thing was covered in a mess of yellow mud and weeds; he had thought it was just a pile of trash, who would have thought it was Fatty's Fortress.

"Listen Wang Dun, why are you running around? If the Fortress is a toilet, so be it. We brothers can help you, at least you can survive. Once you abandon your Fortress, you really have no way out!"

The person speaking was a man around 30, with a crew cut and dark stubble, and it was clear he was genuinely looking out for Fatty.

"That's right! Don't leave. My parents liked to stockpile rice and flour before the apocalypse, and there's still quite a bit at home. I can steal some for you every day."

The skinny, yellow-haired guy nearby also spoke up.

Fatty looked at them, reached out to put his arm around each of their shoulders, his face full of helplessness.

"Brother Lu, Yellow Hair, I appreciate your kindness, but you can help me for a while, but can you help me for a lifetime?"

Halfway through speaking, he reached into his waistband pocket and pulled out half a pack of crumpled Soft China cigarettes from somewhere, with only three and a half left in total.

Why were there three and a half? Because one of the cigarettes had obviously been smoked halfway; the butt was much shorter, and he had tucked it separately into the corner of the cigarette pack to make up the number.

"Come, come, light up!"

Fatty pulled out the three whole ones and distributed them to Brother Lu, Yellow Hair, and another survivor nearby.

He took the half-length cigarette butt, put it in his mouth, took a deep drag, and white smoke drifted out from the corners of his mouth.

"I know you guys are doing this for my own good, but this time, I, Fatty, have really found a great boss!"

"In this shitty apocalypse, it's never wrong to be extra cautious. By the way, you aren't talking about that Liang Kun, are you?"

Brother Lu frowned deeply, took a deep breath, and continued.

"Brother Wang Dun, that Liang Kun guy is too flashy; he doesn't look like a good person to me. If you want to rely on him, I advise you to forget it. Let's just stay here peacefully, we can huddle together for warmth, we should be able to survive!"

Fatty laughed out loud upon hearing this, his belly fat wobbling with the laughter, his fancy beach shorts shaking, and he quickly waved his hands.

"My dear Brother Lu, do you really think I'm stupid? That Liang Kun is like an idiot, doing things so high-profile; it's obvious he wants to harvest leeks. Would I go and rely on him?"

He took a hard drag on the cigarette butt, but unexpectedly burned his finger. Fatty jerked his hand, quickly tossing the half-cigarette butt onto the ground.

"Hiss, that almost gave me a blister."

"The boss I'm relying on is much more awesome than him, and much more reliable! I won't hide it from you guys, I'm already his man now. As long as my boss is recruiting in the future, I will definitely think of you first!"

Fatty's words were clearly meant to hide Chen Ze's identity, but to the three of them, it carried a different meaning.

"You're his man? Holy crap? Fatty, isn't that a bit too much of a sacrifice?"

Yellow Hair's eyes went wide, clearly having misunderstood.

Brother Lu and the other survivor also stared at each other, and it took them a long time to react.

"This person you're relying on... is from Chengdu?"

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