'Your brother is living well now, and he can't be harmed by ordinary humans or zombies. He was taken care of by your brother for a while, so these photos are my token of gratitude.'
Shi Xingtian knew that her brother would never take care of anyone; it must have been the other way around where someone took care of her brother.
She then opened the envelope.
Inside were nearly a hundred photographs.
All of them were of her brother and the surrounding scenery.
Although he had turned into a zombie and would not think of changing clothes, he was wearing a clean down jacket.
Shi Xingtian knew that the girl had indeed taken good care of her brother.
As she flipped through the photos, towards the last few, she found that her brother was actually fighting with a big white dog.
This made Shi Xingtian pause.
And judging from the scenery in the following photos, it was at Autumn Color Lake.
Which meant that her brother had returned here recently.
The very last photo was a group photo.
The face of the shorter person standing in the middle was blacked out, leaving only Shi Xingyu and the big white dog.
Shi Xingtian was a little exasperated, she used a hot towel to wipe off the black scribbles, revealing a smiling face with eyes curved into crescents.
In fact, the first time she met her, Shi Xingtian knew she was a zombie.
After all, her psychic type superhuman ability allowed her to hypnotize zombies.
Since she had a psychic type superhuman ability, it was easy for her to distinguish whether someone was a zombie or a human.
Shi Xingtian pondered for a moment and made a decision.
It would be very difficult for her to achieve her goals alone, so she needed help.
When the survivors at the shelter heard that Shi Xingtian wanted to go to the Official Base, they were a little surprised but also pleased.
Because going to the Official Base meant they could live better lives.
They just didn't know why Shi Xingtian had suddenly decided to go to the Official Base.
Although people from the Official Base had come to find Shi Xingtian before, she had refused them then.
So why the sudden change of mind?
After Shi Xingtian made this decision, a panicked patrolman suddenly came running in from outside.
"Sister Shi, those people have come again. Do you want to see them this time?"
"Yes, I have something to discuss with her," said Shi Xingtian.
When Gu Wanqing was led into this shelter to see Shi Xingtian again, it had already been three months since their last meeting.
"Miss Shi, have you considered it thoroughly? We at the Official Base will help find your brother if you cooperate with us," Gu Wanqing began.
After all, psychic type superhuman abilities were quite unique, especially Shi Xingtian's ability to hypnotize zombies and prevent them from going berserk, which was extremely rare.
Shi Xingtian did not respond.
Gu Wanqing didn't mind and continued, "You know what our goal is, not just to eliminate the zombie virus, but to find a way for those who have turned into zombies to regain their senses. And to achieve this goal, we need your help."
Shi Xingtian had been considering joining the Official Base anyway.
If she hadn't been interested before, she certainly was now.
Because she had just seen a glimmer of hope, so she didn't think Gu Wanqing's words were just wishful thinking.
Seeing Shi Xingtian agree, Gu Wanqing was delighted but also surprised.
After all, during their previous negotiations, Shi Xingtian had shown no interest at all, even saying that the people from the Official Base were delusional.
How could those man-eating monsters possibly regain human senses?
"It seems Miss Shi has experienced something profound in the last three months that changed your mind," Gu Wanqing smiled and extended her hand towards Shi Xingtian.
Shi Xingtian reached out and shook Gu Wanqing's hand in return.
"It's a pleasure to work together, but with conditions..." Shi Xingtian said.
Now that she knew her brother was a zombie, her negotiations with the Official Base would be more difficult.
But she also knew that her own abilities alone would not be enough to help her brother regain his humanity.
"Rest assured, with me here, you won't be taken advantage of. I guarantee it," Gu Wanqing seemed to understand her meaning and spoke reassuringly.
Afterwards, Gu Wanqing began arranging for the survivors in this shelter to be transferred to a nearby base.
As for Shi Xingtian, she could not remain at that base and would need to go to the Capital Base.
That's where the two of them reached their agreement.
Meanwhile, Yu Qingxian was busy consoling her T-Rex.
There was no other choice.
She had been busy all day and night, only returning this morning, so her T-Rex didn't want to pay any attention to her now.
This made Yu Qingxian feel quite helpless.
"I really was handling legitimate business, not abandoning you here, I swear!" Yu Qingxian explained.
She had previously said her T-Rex had a good temper, but never expected it to get angry like this.
And she hadn't expected to be occupied for an entire day and night either.
She admitted it was her fault, so Yu Qingxian apologized now.
Seeing the T-Rex sitting on the mat, refusing to look at her, she stood up helplessly.
"I know, it was my fault before, so please forgive me this one time. There won't be a next time. From now on, if I have to go handle something, I'll let you know in advance. This time I really didn't expect to be busy for so long."
There was a hint of pleading in Yu Qingxian's tone.
If the T-Rex really didn't want to forgive her, then she would have to leave on her own.
She wasn't good at coaxing others, nor at coaxing animals.
Such things were really troublesome.
After all, she had already put in a lot of effort just to manage her own emotions.
But once the T-Rex got Yu Qingxian's reassurance, it stopped sulking.
Seeing it finally willing to look at her, Yu Qingxian felt a bit more settled.
Fortunately, the T-Rex forgot quickly. As long as she fed it some treats, it would forget about the previous incident.
Being a puppy or kitten was quite nice.
As long as their owner treated them well, they could instantly forget all their troubles.
Or perhaps they remembered, but were still willing to choose to trust humans.
But with this attitude, it's so easy for them to be hurt again and again.
Yu Qingxian reached out to stroke the T-Rex's head, and couldn't help but say, "You silly fool, don't believe everything you're told. If something happens to me and I'm not around anymore, go hide in the mountains by yourself. Don't come out, even though I know you're very strong. Starving humans will do anything to survive.
Be careful they don't catch you and make you into a hot pot dog meat dish."
But the T-Rex completely ignored her words.
Seeing its silly, carefree expression, Yu Qingxian felt a bit helpless and could only pat its big head.
Such a silly dog.
She refilled all the T-Rex's dried dog food and everything else.
The various power sources were also fully charged.
Worried that there might be fewer towns and cities on their upcoming journey, Yu Qingxian even placed a car battery on the sled.
This battery was the type used in vehicles, enough to last her a long time.
If not for worrying that the T-Rex couldn't pull it, Yu Qingxian would have put several more car batteries on there.
As they went through the city area, they found that the road ahead was also blocked, piled with many abandoned cars.
Getting through would certainly be difficult.
Remembering how Little Green Girl could flip a car with one hand, Yu Qingxian wished she could go back and ask her to come help flip those cars over.
Or why hadn't she thought to learn that skill of flipping cars herself back then?
If she had learned how to flip cars, then now she could just flip them out of the way one by one.
Although the T-Rex could probably flip cars, it would get tired.
There were probably a few hundred cars blocking the way in just this short few kilometers.
