239: Chapter 239 Sensibility and Reason

Ye Qingqing raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face.

For a moment, even Ye Qingqing herself felt a bit bewildered.

The tears on her face still carried a lingering warmth.

"Qingqing, what's wrong?"

Deng Jiayu felt that Ye Qingqing wasn't herself; at the very least, the Ye Qingqing from before had never been like this.

Ever since the recreational vehicle was stopped, Ye Qingqing had become like this.

Just thinking about it, Deng Jiayu was certain something must have happened to Ye Qingqing.

But Ye Qingqing stubbornly refused to speak.

Although Deng Jiayu was worried, at this moment, she could only wait for Ye Qingqing to open up and resolve the knot in her heart herself.

"I..." Ye Qingqing opened her mouth, but she didn't know where to begin.

She couldn't possibly start by saying she had seen her daughter, could she?

That was too absurd.

Ye Qingqing simply couldn't bring herself to say it.

So, in the end, Ye Qingqing could only shake her head: "I'm fine."

"I just had a nightmare."

Deng Jiayu looked at Ye Qingqing, her eyes clearly filled with disbelief.

But Deng Jiayu didn't press further.

Just as the atmosphere inside the vehicle was becoming tense and awkward,

Little Green suddenly slammed on the brakes.

At this moment, the few old folks were all standing inside the recreational vehicle.

With Little Green's sudden emergency stop, the old folks all stumbled forward.

Seeing this, Ah Huang immediately lunged toward Deng Jiayu, who was closest to him.

Meanwhile, Little Leaf was floating at the back.

His short little hands instantly elongated, transforming into two vines that directly wrapped around Pei Siyuan and Huo Cunsheng's waists.

Only then did the old folks avoid falling.

Anger flashed in Ye Qingqing's eyes, but immediately, she saw the commotion ahead.

It was a massive zombie tide.

They were heading straight toward the direction of Ye Qingqing's group's recreational vehicle.

Ye Qingqing shouted, "Not good!"

Then she immediately hid in her space.

Although these zombies currently posed little threat to Ability Users,

they couldn't withstand the sheer number of zombies, and once infected, there was a risk of mutation.

So, Ye Qingqing would never choose to confront them head-on.

Instead, she chose the best policy: retreat.

However, after sensing the disappearance of the recreational vehicle's presence, the large zombie tide stopped right where the vehicle had been, not moving an inch.

"Damn it,"

Ye Qingqing muttered under her breath.

These zombies were clearly waiting for Ye Qingqing and the others to come out of the space, like waiting for a rabbit by a tree stump.

Unless some other presence or sound attracted the zombies away,

they wouldn't budge, just standing there, waiting for Ye Qingqing and the others to emerge from the space.

Little Green and Little Leaf had never seen zombies before.

Seeing them for the first time, Little Green and Little Leaf were so scared their legs trembled.

They couldn't even manage to keep floating in the air.

"Wh-what are these... such terrifying Babies..."

"Wh-why is their blood black, and why are they just standing there motionless?"

"And some of these Babies... their intestines are... are hanging out..."

Seeing these zombies, Little Green and Little Leaf were clearly terrified.

They couldn't even speak properly.

Seeing these two inexperienced plants, Ah Huang snorted disdainfully through his nose.

Ah Huang's inner monologue: You've never even seen zombies before? How ignorant! Don't tell anyone you're my, Ah Huang's, underlings!

"M-master..." Although Little Green and Little Leaf were viewing the zombies through the space, the view from inside the space was extremely clear.

So, at that moment, Little Green and Little Leaf felt as if the zombies were right in front of them.

The visual impact was intense.

Ye Qingqing had no choice. Originally, she had thought of hiding in the space and waiting for the zombies to leave, after which she could continue the journey with Deng Jiayu and Ah Huang.

But she hadn't expected the zombies to just stop outside.

"There's nothing I can do either."

Ye Qingqing waved her hand, putting on a helpless expression.

"We can only wait for some mutated plants or animals nearby to create a disturbance."

Otherwise, they'd have to keep waiting.

However, Ye Qingqing didn't voice the second half of that thought.

Perhaps Ye Qingqing's wish was too strong, for the zombies hadn't stayed put for long before she noticed they were starting to move.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingqing's view of the outside from within the space was limited; she couldn't see too clearly.

"They're leaving, the zombies are leaving,"

Huo Cunsheng said joyfully from the side.

"Right, once those zombies have moved far enough away, we need to speed up."

"Little Green, when we go out later, increase the speed. We'll charge out quickly."

Little Green, who had been extremely frightened upon seeing the zombies,

upon hearing Ye Qingqing's words, quickly nodded. Little Green was afraid that if it agreed too late, Ye Qingqing would make it fight those zombies.

Little Green was a clean plant. Although it had been somewhat brutal in the past, that didn't mean it wanted to twist off the arms and legs of those disgusting zombies upon seeing them.

After all, Little Green was picky too.

But, just as Ye Qingqing was about to go out, she suddenly heard a very loud Infant crying from outside the space.

A string in Ye Qingqing's mind tightened completely.

If she wasn't mistaken,

could that sound be...

Ye Qingqing couldn't think about it, didn't dare to think about it.

If that Infant's cry really belonged to the Infant in the arms of that Woman with a Buzz Cut from earlier,

what should she do?

Should she go save her?

"Qingqing, why is there a child crying?"

Deng Jiayu couldn't bear hearing such sounds the most.

The zombies, seeing them all, surged toward the source of the sound.

The numbers were huge.

The dilapidated van Ye Qingqing had given them wouldn't be able to hold them off.

Ye Qingqing's emotion and reason were locked in an intense struggle.

Normally, Ye Qingqing would wait for the Infant's cries to draw all the zombies away, then she'd take everyone and run forward.

But, if she left like that, Ye Qingqing's conscience would bother her, and she would constantly worry about that Infant.

"Qingqing, should we go check on that child? With so many zombies, I'm scared..."

Deng Jiayu's words instantly pulled Ye Qingqing's thoughts back.

If she were alone, with her space, she would naturally go check on that child.

But Ye Qingqing wasn't alone now; she had Deng Jiayu, Pei Siyuan, and Huo Cunsheng.

And Ah Huang, Little Leaf, and Little Green.

So, Ye Qingqing couldn't endanger Deng Jiayu and the others for a moment of pity.

Besides, that Woman with a Buzz Cut had attacked her earlier.

Including today, there were only four and a half hours left of time in the space.