53: Chapter 53 He walked away alone.

Just like humans running,

these zombies also varied in speed, some fast and some slow.

When there were no zombies around, Ye Qingqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Looking at Huo Sixian, her voice carried a hint of guilt.

"I'm sorry. I didn't keep a good handle on Ah Huang, and it caused trouble for you all."

Hearing this, Huo Sixian immediately replied, "It's nothing. Ah Huang is a dog, after all. He hasn't been out in a long time, so it's only natural for him to get excited seeing the outside world."

But Ye Qingqing didn't think so. She directly voiced the words she had been hesitating over for a long time.

"Huo Sixian, I actually feel like I'm just holding you guys back. I can actually... go on my own."

A flicker of panic appeared in Huo Sixian's eyes when he heard Ye Qingqing's words.

"Qingqing, I didn't mean it like that."

"It's so dangerous outside right now; I'll take that as a joke."

Ye Qingqing remained silent, but she knew that she and Ah Huang were indeed holding Huo Sixian and the others back.

She was grateful to Huo Sixian. Although she knew how he felt about her, she couldn't give him a clear answer right now—in fact, she couldn't give him any answer at all.

Yet Huo Sixian continued to be good to her. In this Post-Apocalyptic World, no one was kind to another without reason, unless they had an ulterior motive.

The seed of leaving had long been planted in Ye Qingqing's heart; today was merely the fuse.

They had only just set out, and already she and Ah Huang were dragging the whole team down. Even though the others hadn't voiced any complaints during their time together, Ye Qingqing knew.

If this continued, Kong Ziyi and the others would eventually grow tired of her.

Besides, Ye Qingqing had her own plans. If Ah Huang could go with her, she had an inflatable boat in her space. Traveling alone and keeping Ah Huang in the space would actually be safer for her.

Furthermore, she could hide in her space whenever she encountered danger.

In any case, it was safer than being with Huo Sixian and the others.

Moreover, following Huo Sixian's group, she and Ah Huang would always be a burden.

Ye Qingqing was self-aware about this. Even if Huo Sixian liked her, she didn't believe he would keep being good to her indefinitely without any reason.

She also recognized the gap between them. She didn't know the true identities of Huo Sixian and his companions, but people who carried grenades were definitely not ordinary. And judging by the moves Huo Sixian had taught her...

ordinary Soldiers did not have that kind of skill.

Thus, Ye Qingqing wanted to leave, and her resolve was firm.

The rest of the journey seemed very smooth. They didn't encounter any zombie sieges, and everyone remained quiet.

They even encountered other people driving inflatable boats along the way.

Anyone who could survive this Typhoon and torrential rain and still possess an inflatable boat was not to be underestimated.

Plus, Ye Qingqing's group had four men who clearly looked like trained fighters.

So, no one dared to approach them.

At night, they took turns keeping watch. They had to sleep on the water, specifically choosing areas far from any buildings.

Ye Qingqing had been thinking all day. When it was her turn to keep watch at night, she set a vibrating alarm clock and left a note.

Just before the next person was due to wake up, she lowered an inflatable rubber boat into the water.

At the same time, she pulled Ah Huang into her space.

The rubber boat didn't have the sound of an engine, so Ye Qingqing left silently.

She departed quietly, just like that.

Not long after Ye Qingqing left, Huo Sixian woke up. His fists clenched as he saw the note she had left behind.

[Hello Huo Sixian, Lu Huan, Kong Ziyi, and Meng Hanfei. Please forgive my silent departure. In this Post-Apocalyptic World, natural disasters are heartless. Staying with you would only make me a burden. May our paths cross again in the future!]

Huo Sixian looked across the water, but there was no sign of anyone.

Like a madman, he woke the people on the adjacent boat.

"Qingqing left on her own!"

Kong Ziyi was the first to react upon hearing the news.

His sleepy eyes snapped wide awake. "Left? Where could she go by herself?"

Huo Sixian's lips were pressed into a thin line, and he said nothing.

Lu Huan took a large stride and jumped directly onto Huo Sixian's inflatable boat.

The two inflatable boats sped off at full power, searching the surrounding area.

Huo Sixian still held a glimmer of hope. Ye Qingqing couldn't have gone far yet; he could still find her.

But all of this was seen clearly by Ye Qingqing, who was hidden inside her space.

After storing the helicopter, Ye Qingqing's space had upgraded once more.

Beside the original open ground, something like a parking lot had appeared, and the helicopter was parked exactly there.

Moreover, she discovered that after the upgrade, she could see the outside world while inside the space. Although the range wasn't large—only about five meters—she could see.

This meant that from then on, Ye Qingqing could observe what was happening outside from within her space.

When Ye Qingqing asked Ah Huang if he could see the outside, he even barked a few times in response.

Thus, everything that had just happened with Huo Sixian and the others was seen clearly by Ye Qingqing from inside her space.

There were no obstacles on the water, so in such a short time, Ye Qingqing certainly couldn't have gone far.

But hiding in the space was a different story.

Fortunately, she had plenty of time available in the space now.

Ever since that time she spent two hours in the space completing the great task of farming...

Ye Qingqing found that the vegetables in the space grew exceptionally well—better than any other leafy greens she could remember.

Furthermore, the growth rate of plants inside the space was much faster than outside.

During this time, she had already harvested two crops of vegetables.

If the quantity wasn't too large, she could even control the harvest with her mind, just like those farming games from before the Post-Apocalyptic World.

But when the harvest was large, she still had to go into the space and harvest it personally.

Because of this, she still had a lot of time remaining in the space.

Rounding it up, she had about fifty minutes left.

Which equated to eight hours of time inside.

Ye Qingqing first took a hot bath in the space and ate a meal leisurely. After seeing that two hours had passed...

she changed into her raincoat and stood on another inflatable boat.

Then she left the space. The moment she exited, the inflatable boat landed on the water.

Ye Qingqing felt a ripple spread through the surrounding water.