And when that person heard Gu Wanqing's words, his gaze shifted towards Pei Yu'an.
Pei Yu'an simply tilted his head and smiled at him: "Sorry, my bodyguard is not for hire."
The man was taken aback, not immediately comprehending the situation.
"It seems the horde won't be coming tonight. Tell the civilians to temporarily lift the danger and get a good night's sleep." Knowing there was nothing more for her, Gu Wanqing waved her hand at them and left the monitoring room.
Pei Yu'an and Wen Qingsheng followed her out.
Only the people in the monitoring room were left looking at each other.
Nevertheless, the captain was right. With no horde tonight, it was indeed inappropriate to keep the civilians underground any longer.
Although the weather had already warmed up, staying underground for extended periods was still unsuitable.
Thus, after half a month of living underground, the surviving civilians finally returned to the surface.
Yu Qingxian's phone suddenly rang.
She took it out and saw that her phone had entered the signal range of this base.
She received a message from the base.
'Level one alert lifted, no zombie attacks tonight, everyone can sleep soundly.'
Reading this text, Yu Qingxian was somewhat surprised.
So the survivors at this base had been living underground for half a month.
That must have been quite arduous.
However, for a homebody like her, residing underground was a fresh experience.
Thinking of this, Yu Qingxian turned to look at the male zombie leisurely trailing behind her.
"But why did you suddenly retreat today?" Previously, Yu Qingxian had been curious about this question.
Since they had persisted for half a month, why did they suddenly retreat?
Zombies don't get tired, and being killed doesn't bother them.
If they had kept up that intensity of attack, perhaps they could have taken this base.
Of course, that would have required exceptional luck.
Otherwise, in the country where she lived, there would undoubtedly be those willing to sacrifice themselves to protect others.
Perhaps there would be an esper willing to take this zombie down with them.
So giving the humans a breather was also giving this zombie an opportunity.
It's just that zombies wouldn't think of that, they only aim to bite a living creature.
"Wasn't it your warning? Telling me not to attack human bases anymore," the male zombie spoke.
Although Yu Qingxian didn't actually say it, he did sense the pressure.
In any case, he knew that now was not the right time to attack human bases.
Hearing this, Yu Qingxian felt this zombie had an incredible ability to fabricate stories.
Indeed, not all zombies were as good at communication as Xing Xinyu.
"You truly are a zombie prone to fantasizing, and besides, I didn't say anything at the time. I just looked at you coolly and left." Yu Qingxian replied.
She had never said anything about not attacking human bases.
The zombie froze upon hearing Yu Qingxian's words.
He was certain he had sensed it, yet she was denying it.
Well, human bases could be attacked at any time, for now he needed to figure out why this zombie came here in the first place.
If she claimed it was for tourism, he wouldn't believe it even if he died.
So the zombie didn't believe Yu Qingxian's words.
Yu Qingxian didn't care whether this zombie believed her or not.
In any case, surveying the entire city from this vantage point was an experience Yu Qingxian had never had before.
She had read about the introduction to this building.
There was an open-air terrace on the roof.
However, the elevator didn't go directly there.
Because this place belonged to many wealthy and powerful individuals as a private space.
So hardly any photos had been circulated.
Yu Qingxian looked at the markings on the building and walked upstairs via the stairwell.
As she stepped onto the stairs, Yu Qingxian felt the wind blowing.
Yu Qingxian set down her suitcase beside her, then shouldered her bag and held her camera as she ascended to the roof.
Once she reached the top floor, Yu Qingxian felt the wind was a bit too strong.
However, there were indeed a few zombies swaying on the roof.
They were still wearing luxurious clothes.
Yu Qingxian recalled how, when writing her novels, she would frantically research clothing brands in order to portray wealthy people accurately, lest her own poverty show through.
Now, looking at them, well, even service staff uniforms seemed of better quality.
Those service uniforms were still intact, while the rich people's clothes had decayed.
Yu Qingxian ignored those zombies and walked to the edge, peering down.
Falling from this height would undoubtedly leave no remains.
So high!
Yu Qingxian almost developed a fear of heights.
She pulled her head back.
Then she turned to look at those swaying rich zombies.
Indeed, a commoner like her could never understand the tastes of the wealthy.
Having a meal on this windy rooftop, the hot food would go cold within a minute.
Did the people who dined here actually enjoy cold meals?
Thinking of this, Yu Qingxian shook her head again.
It couldn't be, it was probably just the weather acting up due to the apocalypse.
No matter what, this was a place for the wealthy to indulge, it should have hosted guests even in winter.
So it couldn't have truly been an open-air space.
There must have been heating and wind protection measures in place.
It was only because of the apocalypse that the cold wind was now allowed to blow freely.
Yu Qingxian found a chair, took off the waiter's vest, grabbed a bottle of wine from the counter, and poured it onto the chair.
Using the vest, she wiped it down.
As Yu Qingxian wiped the chair, her gaze fell upon the bottle she had emptied.
At first, she thought she had seen it wrong.
But she tossed aside the wine-soaked vest, grabbed the bottle and checked it herself.
She even took out her phone to compare carefully.
Sure enough.
It was the exorbitantly expensive wine she had written about in her novel.
The wine the female lead downed in one gulp worth three hundred million upon first meeting the male lead.
Although there were even pricier wines, most of those were one-of-a-kind, so not suitable.
But a limited edition like this, though not quite an absolute rarity, was something she could use for the ending as well as the first meeting scene.
A wine so expensive that she could never afford a single bottle in her lifetime, she had just used as chair polish.
But why was such an invaluable wine just casually sitting in that display case so close to her?
Thinking of this, Yu Qingxian turned to look at the glass case.
This seemed to be an exhibit case, not meant for storing wine.
In other words, this bottle was placed here for display?
To showcase the grandeur of this place?
Well, it was the apocalypse now.
This bottle might not be as precious as a loaf of bread.
What did she have to lament?
With this thought, Yu Qingxian picked up the vest and resumed wiping the chair.
So this bottle of wine had served its final purpose as a chair polish.
Otherwise it would have rotten on this rooftop.
Thinking of this, Yu Qingxian poured some other wine into the bottle, then returned it to the case.
A three-hundred-million wine, no matter what, she did pour it out, leaving Yu Qingxian feeling a bit guilty.
But thankfully, no one had witnessed it.
....
This place probably didn't have any surveillance cameras, right?
After all, the people who came here were the elite privileged class, if any video leaked out, that would be a huge issue.
Although there were no cameras, there was one zombie who had witnessed Yu Qingxian's every action.
He didn't understand why this zombie kept flinching and ducking under the table.
Looking left and right.
This place was the center of the horde, ever since humans had last intruded, he had ordered most of the zombies to surround this area.
Thus it was completely impossible for humans to break in again.
What was she so afraid of?
